1940–1949
610 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1942 CE
#13316
The epigenotype.
Waddington coined the term epigenetics: "For the purpose of a study of inheritance, the relation between phenotypes and genotypes [...] is, from a wider biological point of view, of crucial importance, since it is the…
1942 CE
#5811
The history and evolution of surgical instruments.
1942 CE
#14004
The identification and characterization of bacteriophages with the electron microscope.
First identification, observation under the electron microscope, and reproduction of photomicrographs of bacteriophages taken through the electron microscope. Digital facsimile, but with poor reproductions of the two …
1942 CE
#1087
The isolation of a new oxidation-reduction enzyme from lemon peel (vitamin P).
Isolation of vitamin P (hespendin chalcone).
1942 CE
#2924
The rôle of hypersensitivity in periarteritis nodosa; as indicated by seven cases developing during serum sickness and sulfonamide therapy.
Rich considered hypersensitivity to be an important factor in the aetiology of periarteritis nodosa.
1942 CE
#3412
The surgical treatment of deafness.
Shambaugh improved the technique of the fenestration operation. See also Ann. Otol. (St. Louis), 1942, 51, 817-25.
1942 CE
#2261
The treatment of burns.
Contains some history of the subject and includes a valuable bibliography of 1,320 entries.
1942 CE
#145.67
The trophic-dynamic aspect of ecology.
“The birth of ecosystem ecology” (McIntosh). Lindeman described energy flow in ecosystems in a form amenable to productive abstract analysis. This paper introduced what came to be known as the "Ten percent…
1942 CE
#9824
The United States Exploring Expedition and its publications, 1844–1874: A bibliography
Reprinted with additions and corrections from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library of February 1940 and January, July and October 1941.
1942 CE
#5724
The use of curare in general anesthesia.
Introduction of curare in anesthesia.
1942 CE
#4404.01
The use of preserved bone grafts in orthopaedic surgery.
These studies form the basis of the modern use of bone preserved by refrigeration.
1942 CE
#5302
Transmission of Indian kala-azar to man by the bites of Phlebotomus argentipes, Ann. and Brun.
Successful transmission of kala-azar to man by the bite of Phlebotomus argentipes reported, showing it to be the vector of Leishmania. With H. E. Shortt and L. A. P. Anderson.
1942 CE
#5508
Transmission of rubella to Macacus mulatta monkeys.
Successful transmission of rubella.
1942 CE
#3664.1
Zur Aetiologie der Hepatitis epidemica.
Transmission of infective hepatitis agent.
1942 CE–1943 CE
#12088
A doctor comes to California: The diary of John S. Griffin, Assistant Surgeon with Kearny's Dragoons, 1846-1847. Edited by George Walcott Ames, Jr.
"In 1840, Griffin was appointed assistant surgeon in the Army and served under General William J. Worth in Florida and, with the rank of captain, on the Southwest frontier at Fort Gibson, Griffin came to California fo…
1943 CE
#8096
A bio-bibliography of Andreas Vesalius.
The standard annotated bibliography of Vesalius's works, known for its unusual system of numbering entries. Posthumously edited for publication by John F. Fulton and Arturo Castiglioni. Digital facsimile of the 1943 e…
1943 CE
#7357
A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity.
This paper described the McCulloch-Pitts neuron, the first mathematical model of a neural network. Digital text available at this link.
1943 CE
#13709
A new laryngoscope.
Macintosh larygnoscope.
1943 CE
#1174
Adrenocorticotropic hormone.
Choh Hao Li and colleagues Isolated pure adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from sheep pituitary glands.
1943 CE
#2027.1
Advantages of a disodium-citrate-glucose mixture as a blood preservative.
This work made possible the storage of whole blood for up to three weeks.
1943 CE
#7347
An atlas of the basal ganglia, brain stem and spinal cord, Based on myelin-stained material.
"Classic atlas of the human brain (excluding the cerebral and cerebellar cortex). Each structure has a blurb with varying amounts of useful historical and factual information. There is also a very useful bibliography …
1943 CE
#7625
Autistic disturbances of affective contact.
The first description of “early infantile autism” as a disorder marked by extreme detachment, self-isolation, inability to form relationships, frequent failure to acquire communicative abilities, and preoc…
1943 CE
#11669
Aviation medicine.
1943 CE
#12192
Barometric pressure: Researches in experimental physiology. Translated from the French by Mary Alice Hitchcock and Fred A. Hitchcock. [Foreward by John F. Fulton].
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1943 CE
#6437
British medicine and the Vienna School: contacts and parallels.
1943 CE
#8762
Civilization and disease.
Study of the effect of disease on economics, law, religion and science.
1943 CE
#1665
Cleanliness and godliness.
A history of sewage disposal, the privy, and related matters.
1943 CE
#6357.58
Congenital atresia of the esophagus with tracheo-esophageal fistula. Extrapleural ligation of fistula and end-to-end anastomosis of esophageal segments.
Ablation of the tracheo-oesophageal fistula and primary end-to-end oesophageal anastomosis, first achieved in 1941.
1943 CE
#5509
Congenital defects in infants following infectious diseases during pregnancy.
Figures demonstrating that rubella in the first or second month of pregnancy always results in an abnormal infant. With A. L. Tostevin, B. Moore, H. Mayo, and G. H. B. Black.
1943 CE
#12123
Correspondence inédite entre Réaumur et Abraham Trembley, comprenant 113 lettres, recueillies et annotées par Maurice Trembley. Introduction par Emile Guyenot.
1943 CE
#13597
Diagnosis of uterine cancer by the vaginal smear.
"In 1943, after a three-year period of concentrated collaborative experience with the vaginal smear for the diagnosis of gynecologic cancer, Papanicolaou and Traut published their widely heralded monograph, Diagnosis …
1943 CE
#14005
Electron microscope studies of bacterial viruses.
This work demonstrated the absorption of the phages on the host cell, and the lysis of the host cell and the liberation of a hundred or so daughter paritcles from each cell. It also showed that the particles multiply …
1943 CE
#5990
Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. I. Isolation and identification of a filterable virus.
1943 CE
#8590
Exploring the dangerous trades: The autobiography of Alice Hamilton.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1943 CE
#7895
GESNERUS: Revue Trimestrielle publiée par la Société d'Histoire de la Médecine et des Sciences Naturelles. Current title: GESNERUS: Swiss Journal of the History of Medicine and Sciences. 1-
1943 CE
#6657
GESNERUS: Vierteljahrsschrift für Geschichte der Medizin und der Naturwissenschaften. 1-
The latest issue may viewed at www.gesnerus.ch.
1943 CE
#6636
History of nursing.
Second edition, History and trends of professional nursing, 1950.
1943 CE
#5812
History of surgery
1943 CE
#1041
Human gastric function. An experimental study of a man and his stomach.
Important experiments on gastric function, made on “Tom”, a man who had a gastric fistula from the age of 9. Second edition in 1947.
1943 CE
#8180
Kaiser wakes the doctors.
The first book on what became the Kaiser Permanente health plan, initially set up by Henry J. Kaiser to provide health care for his 200,000 workers.
1943 CE
#6937
La raccolta Vittorio Putti; antiche opere di medicina manoscritte e stampate lasciate all'Istituto Rizzoli di Bologna, compiled by Tamarro de Marinis.
Description of the 1158 manuscripts and printed volumes, particularly concerning medieval and renaissance medicine and surgery, donated by Putti to the Rizzoli Institute, followed by a listing of the collection of med…
1943 CE
#11284
One hundred years, 1843-1943.
A relatively brief anonymous account of the first century of activity the medical publisher, Blakiston.
1943 CE
#1040.1
Pancreozymin, a stimulant of the secretion of pancreatic enzymes in extracts of the small intestine.
1943 CE
#1928.1
Partialsynthese von Alkaloiden vom Typus des Ergobasins.
Synthesis of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
1943 CE
#1934.2
Penicillamine, a characteristic degradation product of penicillin.
With W. Baker.
1943 CE
#2418
Penicillin treatment of early syphilis. A preliminary report.
Mahoney and colleagues introduced penicillin in treatment of syphilis. This was the report of the first four cases of patients with early stages of the disease. Digital facsimile of the version published in the the Am…
1943 CE
#6357
Pioneers of pediatrics. 2nd ed.
1943 CE
#4912
Plasma clot and silk suture of nerves. 1. An experimental study of comparative tissue reaction.
Plasma clot nerve suture. Preliminary communication in Science, 1942, 95, 258.
1943 CE
#1175
Preparation and properties of pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone.
Isolation of ACTH from swine pituitaries.
1943 CE
#1040
Radioactive iron absorption by gastro-intestinal tract. Influence of anemia, anoxia, and antecedent feeding distribution in growing dogs.
An important contribution to the knowledge of iron absorption. With W. F. Bale, J. F. Ross, W. M. Balfour, and G. H. Whipple.