Facets

1909 CE

#2565

Beiträge zur experimentellen Pathologie und Chemotherapie.

1869 CE

#1009

Beiträge zur mikroskopischen Anatomie der Bauchspeicheldrüse. Inaugural-Dissertation.

First account of the islets of Langerhans. In 1893 Édouard Laguesse attached the name of Langerhans to the structures. Langerhans did not suggest any function for them. The book was reprinted with an English tr…

1862 CE

#3007

Beiträge zur normalen und pathologischen Anatomie der Lungen.

First description of pulmonary fat embolism in man.

1847 CE

#994

Beobachtung einer tödlichen Peritonitis, als Folge einer Perforation des Wurmfortsatzes.

Description of “Gerlach’s valve”, sometimes seen at the orifice of the appendix.

1831 CE

#9807

Beredeneerde beschrijving van het Museum Anatomico-Physiologicum van P. de Riemer.

Digital facsimile from Universiteit Utrecht at this link.

1808 CE–1812 CE

#314

Beyträge zur vergleichenden Anatomie. 2 vols. in 3.

Digital facsimile facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1685 CE

#11174

Bibliotheca anatomica sive recens in anatomia inventorum thesaurus locupletissimus, in quo integra qtque absolutissima totius corporis humani descriptio, eiusdémque oeconomia è praestantissimorum quorumque anatomicorum tractatibus singularibus, tum facenus in lucem edis, tum etiam indeditis, concinnata exhiibetur....2 vols.

With reproductions of the original engraved plates, Bibliotheca anatomica was the most extensive compilation of anatomical treatises published in the 17th century. It was an extensive anatomical library in 2 thick vol…

1774 CE–1777 CE

#438

Bibliotheca anatomica. 2 vols.

Haller is one of the greatest names in medical bibliography. While pursuing his monumental scientific career he found time to compile bibliographies of botany, anatomy, medicine and surgery which together form the mos…

2002 CE

#10238

BioDigital.

https://www.biodigital.com/ "The Word's First Human Visualization Platform: Anatomy, Disease & Treatments— all in interactive 3D. Web, Mobile and Augmented Reality "the virtual body as the health equivalent of G…

1995 CE

#11900

Biology takes form: Animal morphology and the German universities 1800-1900.

2017 CE

#10021

Bodies beyond borders: Moving anatomies, 1750–1950. Edited by Kaat Wils, Raf de Bont, and Sokhieng Au.

2005 CE

#7004

Body worlds. The anatomical exhibition of real human bodies.

In 1977 Gunther von Hagens invented plastination, a technique or process used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts. In the process water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be …

1848 CE

#545

Bone or osseous tissue.

The discovery of the “fibers of Sharpey” is reported on pp. cxlii-cxliii.

1964 CE

#7712

Bones, bodies, and disease. Evidence of disease and abnormality in early man.

2015 CE

#9429

Bones: Orthopaedic pathologies in Roman Imperial age.

1987 CE

#461

British anatomy 1525-1800; a bibliography of works published in Britain, America, and on the Continent. 2nd edition.

Full descriptions, frequently annotated, of 901 items.

2009 CE

#9697

Burke & Hare.

This account of the resurrection men, Burke and Hare, is the first comic book version of a history of medicine story of which I am aware.

1906 CE

#11731

Carl Weigert Gesammelte Abhandlungen unter Mitwirkung von Ludwig Edinger und Paul Ehrlich. Herausgegeben und Eingeleitet von Robert Rieder. 2 vols.

1867 CE

#7704

Cas singulier de trépanation chez le Incas.

Broca attributed a defect in an ancient Peruvian skull to antemortem trepanation; prior to this paleopathologists and paleoanthropologists were unaware that the Incas practiced trepanation.

1865 CE

#6938

Catalogue de la superbe bibliothèque d'ethnographie, de zoologie, d'anatomie comparée, etc....

The auction catalogue of Vrolik's library, sold two years after his death, organized by subject. Prefaced by an essay about Vrolik's life and work by J. van der Hoeven, and a chronological list of Vrolik's publication…

1845 CE

#13424

Catalogue des livres de sciences particulièrement de zoologie, d'anatomie comparée et d'anatomie philosophique composant la bibliothèque de feu M. Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,...: dont la vente se fera le jeudi 20 novembre 1845, et jours suivants, à midi précis, au Jardin des Plantes, rue Cuvier, n° 33.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1877 CE–1879 CE

#11147

Catalogue des pièces du Musée Dupuytren, publié sous les auspices de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris. 5 vols. text plus 4 vols. atlas.

Detailed catalogue, illustrated by photography, of the Musée Dupuytren, a museum of gross pathology. When this catalogue was published the museum contained about 6000 items.

1950 CE

#13912

Catalogue of an exhibition illustrating prehistoric man in health and sickness. With an introduction by E. Ashworth Underwood.

1886 CE

#10207

Catalogue of anatomical models, charts and osteological preparations. Auzoux's papier mache anatomical models, Bocksteger models painted in natural colors, human skeletons.

One of the better illustrated American trade catalogues of the period describing available anatomical models, charts, skeletons for use in teaching. Reprinted, along with several other catalogues relating to instrumen…

1900 CE

#7588

Catalogue of the anatomical and pathological preparations of Dr. William Hunter in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1818 CE

#10614

Catalogue of the museum of John Heaviside, Esq.: Comprising human anatomy, natural and morbid, comparative anatomy, and natural history.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1936 CE

#10704

Catalogue of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Part I. Comprehending the preparations illustrative of pathology.

"The letters B.C. ... signify that the preparation is part of an extensive collection purchased by the College from Sir Charles Bell...." Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1862 CE

#7621

Catalogue of the osteological portion of specimens contained in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Cambridge.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1866 CE

#10378

Catalogue of the pathological museum of St. George's Hospital.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1881 CE

#10374

Catalogue of the Pathological Museum, Medical College, Calcutta.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1962 CE

#7589

Catalogue of the pathological preparations of Dr. William Hunter, Sir William Macewen, Prof. John H. Teacher and Prof. J.A.G. Burton in the museum of the Pathology Dept., Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

1874 CE

#7498

Catalogue of the preparations of comparative anatomy in the Museum of Guy's Hospital.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1879 CE–1891 CE

#7591

Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology and dentition of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 3 vols.: Part 1. Man: Homo sapiens.... Part II: Class Mammalia, other than man... Part III: Class Aves.

Parts 1 and 2 by Flower; part 3 by Sharpe. Digital facsimile of Part 1 from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link, of Part 2 at this link, and Part 3 at this link.

1909 CE

#10368

Catalogue of the specimens in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh. Vol. 1.- Pathology. Edited by Sir William Turner.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1740 CE

#13098

Catalogus ofte naamlyst der voornaamste zaken, dewelke op de anatomie-kamer der stadt Rotterdam te zien zyn.

Catalogue of the cabinet of curiosities of the anatomical theatre of Rotterdam, founded in 1642. Although anatomy theatres were originally established to teach anatomy and medical and surgical techniques to students a…

1721 CE

#11314

Catalogus rerum memorabilium quae in theatro anatomico academia, quae Lugduni Batavorum floret, demonstantur per Franciscum Schuyl.

Numerous editions and translations of the catalogue of the anatomical museum of the University of Leiden were published, probably to supply the needs of medical students from various countries. Digital facsimile of th…

1613 CE

#11237

Catoptri micorcosmici absolutam admirandae partium hominis creaturarum divinarum praestantissimi fabricae eximio artificio sculptam structuram revidendam exhibentis. Engraved by Stephan Michelspacher.

Three large anatomical plates with numerous flaps, in the tradition of fugitive sheets, but larger and more complex. The first edition was issued anonymously without identifying the place of publication or the publish…

1906 CE

#7340

Cerebra simiarum illustrata. Das Affenhirn in bildlicher Darstellung.

Describes and illustrates with photographs the cerebral cortex of over 50 species of primate, including prosimians, monkeys, and apes..

1664 CE

#1378

Cerebri anatome: cui accessit nervorum descriptio et usus.

The most complete and accurate account of the nervous system which had hitherto appeared, and the work that coined the term, “neurology". In its preparation Willis was helped by his students Richard Lower and Th…

1953 CE–1990 CE

#10203

Ciba collection of medical illustrations. 8 vols. in 13.

"In all, Netter produced nearly 4,000 illustrations, which have been included in countless publications. In perspective, that number represents an image researched, sketched, and completely painted for every three bus…

1679 CE

#974.1

Cicutae aquaticae historia et noxae.

This is primarily a work on the poisonous water hemlock, its dangerous effects, its medicinal uses, and antidotes to counter the poison. However, it also contains the first description of the tiny glands in the mucosa…

1662 CE

#7690

Cista medica Hafniensis: variis consiliis, curationibus, casibus rarioribus, Vitis medicorum Hafniensium, aliisq; ad rem medicam, anatomicam, botanicam & chymicam spectantibus referta. Accedit eiusdem Domus anatomica brevissime descripta.

Histories of famous physicians in Copenhagen along with the description of the building designed for the teaching of anatomy there, designated the "Anatomy House". Bartholin's Domus anatomica brevissime descripta was …

1528 CE

#13148

Claudii Galeni ... Liber de plenitudine. Polybus De salubri victus ratione privatorum. Guinterio Ioanne Andernaco interprete. Apuleius Platonicus De herbarum virtutibus. Antonii Benivenii Libellus de abditis nonnullis ac mirandis morboru & sanitationum causis.

First separate edition of Galen's Liber de plenitudine and Polybus's De salubri victus ratione privatorum, edited by Johan Guinter von Andernach. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1829 CE–1836 CE

#5589.1

Clinique chirurgicale, exercée particulièrement dans les camps et les hôpitaux militaires depuis 1792 jusqu’en 1829. 5 vols. plus atlas to vols. 1-3, and atlas to vol. 5.

Larrey’s most comprehensive surgical treatise, and the only one of his works that is extensively illustrated. Many of the plates concern surgical pathology.

1956 CE–1960 CE

#86.4

Collected papers of Paul Ehrlich. Compiled and edited by F. Himmelweit. 3 vols.

Vol. I: Histology, biochemistry, and pathology, Vol. 2: Immunology and cancer research; Vol. 3: Chemotherapy. Most texts are in German. English translations are also published when available. The set includes new Engl…

1521 CE

#367

Commentaria cum amplissimis additionibus super anatomia Mundini una cum textu ejusdem in pristinum et verum nitorem redacto.

Giacomo Berengario da Carpi (Jacobus Berengarius Carpensis, Jacopo Barigazzi, Giacomo Berengario da Carpi or simply Carpus) introduced iconography and independent anatomical observation into the teaching of anatomy. H…

2012 CE

#10865

Comparative anatomy and phylogeny of primate muscles and human evolution.

1027pp. The most comprehensive review of the comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the head, neck, pectoral and upper limb muscles of primates. The format is unusual with the text occupying the first 134pp.…

1857 CE

#8854

Compendio storico della scuola anatomica di Bologna dal Rinascimento delle scienze e delle letters a tutto il secolo XVIII. Con un paragone fra la sua antichità e quella delle scuole di Salerno e di Padova.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1545 CE

#376.1

Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio, aere exarata.

Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio by Belgian engraver, mathematical and surgical instrument maker, Thomas Geminus (Thomas Lambert or Lambrit) was a slightly abridged version of Vesalius's Epitome illustrated with…

1988 CE

#11141

Compendium of human anatomic variation: Text, atlas, and world Literature.

A recent edition is Bergman's Comprehensive encyclopedia of human anatomic variation edited by R. Shane Tubbs, Mohammadali M. Shoja, and Marios Loukas. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2016.