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1910–1919

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1909 CE

#1375

Der rote Kern, die Haube und die Regio hypothalamica bei einigen Säugetieren und beim Menschen.

“Monakow’s bundle”, the rubrospinal tract.

1909 CE

#1436

Gehirn und Sympathicus.

First experimental studies on hypothalmic function

1909 CE

#245

Kreuzungsuntersuchungen an Hafer und Weizen.

The “multiple factor” theory advanced by Nilsson-Ehle brought under the Mendelian law cases which, by their extreme variability of inheritance, might be considered exceptions to it.

1910 CE

#10399

A history of the medical profession of Southern California with an historical sketch. Second edition. First edition destroyed in Times catastrophe.

Probably the first book on the history of medicine in the State of California. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1910 CE

#245.1

A Mendelian interpretation of variation that is apparently continuous.

East published simultaneously and independently a theory essentially identical to Nilsson-Ehle (No. 245).

1910 CE

#3532

A method of anastomosis between sigmoid and rectum.

Balfour’s operation for resection of the sigmoid colon.

1910 CE

#5756.4

A new operation for prominent ears based on the anatomy of the deformity.

Luckett developed the modern operation for the correction of protruding ears.

1910 CE

#2637

A transmissible avian neoplasm (sarcoma of the common fowl).

Original description of the chicken sarcoma (Rous sarcoma). Rous demonstrated that sarcomatous tumors in hens could be transmitted to normal hens by the injection of cell-free filtrates (virus) of the original tumor. …

1910 CE

#4670.2

Action microbicide exercée sur la virus de la poliomyélite aiguë dans le sérum des sujets antérieurement atteints de paralysie infantile. Sa constatation dans le sérum d’un sujet qui a présenté une forme abortive.

Antibodies discovered in human convalescentserum. See also No. 4670.3.

1910 CE

#5382

An acute infectious disease of unknown origin. A clinical study based on 221 cases.

“Brill’s disease” – recrudescent typhus; first description.

1910 CE

#4236

An experimental and clinical study of the functional activity of the kidneys by means of phenolsulphonephthalein.

The phenolsulphonephthalein kidney-function test.

1910 CE

#4380

An obscure affection of the hip-joint.

Juvenile osteochondritis deformans (“Calvé–Legg–Perthes disease”; see also Nos. 4381 and 4382.). Previously described by H. Waldenström, Z. orthop. Chir., 1909, 24, 486.

1910 CE

#4670.1

Anterior poliomyelitis. Methods of diagnosis from spinal fluid and blood in monkeys and in human beings.

Gay and Lucas were the first to make accurate cell counts of the spinal fluid in poliomyelitis.

1910 CE

#2833

Auricular flutter and fibrillation.

Auricular flutter first described.

1910 CE

#3646

Beitrag zur funktionellen Diagnostik des Pankreas.

Wohlgemuth’s pancreatic function test.

1910 CE

#6869

Biographies of pioneer American dentists and their successors. Edited by Charles R. E. Koch.

Forms Vol. 3 of History of Dental Surgery, edited by Charles R. E. Koch. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1910 CE

#2600.1

Bronchial asthma as a phenomenon of anaphylaxis.

The work of Auer and Lewis (see No. 2600) led Meitzer to the conclusion that bronchial asthma was due to anaphylaxis, although he did not appreciate that not all cases of asthma were so caused.

1910 CE

#8947

Catálogo da Bibliotheca da Escola Medico-Cirurgica do Porto.

(Thanks to Richard Ramer for this reference.)

1910 CE

#1898

Chemical structure and sympathomimetic action of amines.

Discovery of histamine in an ergot extract.

1910 CE

#2045

Chronicles of pharmacy. 2 vols.

From antiquity to time of writing, with chapters on pharmacy in mythology, in Shakespeare, in the Bible, and in popularmedicine.

1910 CE

#3402.1

Contribution à la seméiologie de la surdité; un nouveau signe pour en dévoiler la simulation.

Lombard’s test for simulated unilateral deafness.

1910 CE

#2636

Cultures de sarcome en dehors de l’organisme.

Using the Rous chicken sarcoma, Carrel and Burrows were the first to grow tumor tissue in vitro.

1910 CE

#11674

Das Elektrokardiogramm des gesunden and kranken Menschen.

The first comprehensive monograph on electrocardiography in any language.

1910 CE

#2403

Die experimentelle Chemotherapie der Spirillosen (Syphilis, Rückfallfieber, Hühnerspirillose, Frambösie).

After many experiments on the action of synthetic drugs upon spirochetal diseases, Ehrlich and Hata in 1909 discovered Arsphenamine (Salvarsan, "the arsenic that saves", also known as “606”), an effective …

1910 CE

#1900

Die experimentelle Pharmakologie als Grundlage der Arzneibehandlung.

1910 CE

#740

Die Theorie des Haftdrucks (Oberflächendrucks) und ihre Bedeutung für die Physiologie.

1910 CE

#11752

Diseases of the heart and aorta.

The first comprehensive monograph on cardiology written and published in the United States. Hirschfelder interned under William Osler at Johns Hopkins, and became Hopkins's first full-time cardiologist. Digital facsim…

1910 CE

#3535

Duodenal ulcer.

Moynihan greatly advanced our knowledge of duodenal ulcer. He developed the concept of the so-called ulcer sequence, pain-food-ease, and he stressed the well-ordered sequence of symptoms. More than any other he establ…

1910 CE

#6608.1

Eine Kindheitserinnerung des Leonardo da Vinci.

The first psychoanalytic investigation in art.

1910 CE

#2836

Endocarditis lenta. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Artunterscheidung der pathogenen Streptokokken.

First to isolate Strep viridans in cases of bacterial endocarditis, Schottmüller named the condition Endocarditis lenta.

1910 CE

#1160

Experimental hypophysectomy.

First experimental evidence of the relationship between the pituitary and the reproductive system; demonstration that hypophysectomy causes genital atrophy.

1910 CE

#4670

Experimental poliomyelitis in monkeys: Active immunization and passive serum protection.

Demonstration of antibodies in convalescent serum in monkeys.

1910 CE

#3028.01

Experimental surgery of the aorta and heart.

Carrel attempted the direct placement of a bypass vessel in a dog.

1910 CE

#5308

Experimental yaws in the monkey and rabbit.

A monkey was first infected and from it the infection was transmitted to a rabbit.

1910 CE

#3191

Gangrène pulmonaire ouverte dans les bronches et traitée par décollement pleuro-pariétal, et greffe d’une masse lipomateuse entre la plèvre décollée et les espaces intercostaux.

Tuffier’s method of extrapleural pneumolysis.

1910 CE

#2566

Handbuch der experimentellen Serumtherapie.

1910 CE

#196

History of anthropology. With the help of A. Hingston Quiggin.

Revised edition, 1934.

1910 CE

#10523

History of the Mississippi State Medical Association; with biographies of its presidents, complete roster of its officers, programmes of its meetings, and the past and present laws relating to the practice of medicine in Mississippi.

1910 CE

#2439

Histotechnik der leprösen Haut.

Unna was among the first to maintain that the lymphatics were involved in leprosy and that it was curable.

1910 CE

#11616

Hookworm disease; Etiology, pathology, diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis, and treatment

When the authors published this book hookworm disease was endemic in the American south, partly because so many people walked in the soil without wearing shoes, so the hookworms entered their body through the soles of…

1910 CE

#13217

Hygiene and morality: A manual for nurses and others, giving an outline of the medical, social, and legal aspects of the venereal diseases.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1910 CE

#4478.106

Hygiene des Sports… Herausgegeben von Siegfried Weissbein. 2 vols.

The first comprehensive work on sports medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1910 CE

#10364

Illustrated guide to the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Vistor's guide to the museum, including the collections formed by John Hunter, when it was intact, before the destruction it suffered in World War II. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1910 CE

#1123

Innere Sekretion.

Biedl showed that the adrenal cortex is essential for life. His classic work shows the rapid development of the knowledge concerning endocrinology. In 1890 there were few publications dealing with internal secretion, …

1910 CE

#5366

La malattia dei minatory dal S. Gottardo al Sempione.

Includes reprints of Perroncito’s earlier papers. He insisted on the parasitic origin of the disease as it occurred among the St. Gotthard tunnellers in 1880, and he introduced Felix mas as a vermifuge against h…

1910 CE

#4670.3

La poliomyélite experimental.

Serum from a monkey that had recovered from experimental poliomyelitis was mixed with an emulsion containing active polio virus; it failed to produce paralytic disease when injected into fresh monkeys.

1910 CE

#1975

La thérapeutique en vingt médicaments.

Huchard and Fiessinger suggested that actual drug therapy should be limited to 20 medicaments.

1910 CE

#3028

Latent life of arteries.

Carrel’s experiments showed that it was possible to preserve portions of blood vessels in cold storage for long periods before using them in transplantation. For an appreciation of Carrel, see Garrison’s H…

1910 CE

#11729

Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes: A celebrated malpractice suit in Maine.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1910 CE

#2267

Manual of tropical medicine.

Castellani made several discoveries of great importance in tropical medicine. The above work is a standard text on tropical medicine in English. Third edition, 1919.