1970–1979

1976 CE

#12434

Acute enterocolitis in a human being infected with the protozoan Cryptosporidium.

First report of infection by Cryptosporidium in a human being. "Abstract "A 3-year-old child with severe acute self-limited enterocolitis was found on rectal biopsy to be infected with the protozoal parasite Cryptospo…

1976 CE

#1766.609

American medical education: the formative years, 1765-1910.

1976 CE

#6610.12

Anatomia come arte. 2nd ed.

Includes spectacular color plates of 19th-century wax models and earlier sculptures concerning anatomy.

1976 CE

#8497

Asian medical systems: A comparative study, edited by Charles Leslie.

1976 CE

#6604.7

Bibliography of Australian medicine 1790-1900.

2567 annotated entries, including topics such as nursing, dentistry, etc.

1976 CE

#1931.71

Biological effects of cyclosporin A: a new antilymphocytic agent.

The immunosuppressive cyclosporin A, instrumental in the success of organ transplants. With C. Feurer, H.U. Gubler & H. Strähelin.

1976 CE

#13064

Caspar Peucer's library: Portrait of a Wittenberg professor of the mid-sixteenth century

1976 CE

#4483.3

Classics of orthopaedics.

Eighty classic papers and sections from books, reprinted from the series of articles in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

1976 CE

#14222

Correlation of glucose regulation and hemoglobin AIc in diabetes mellitus.

The authors studied 5 diabetic patients and first realized that A1c was an ideal index to reveal the overall control of a patient’s blood sugar over the past several months before a doctor’s visit. They we…

1976 CE

#11104

Deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase from the extreme thermophile Thermus aquaticus.

The authors showed that the heat resistant bacteria Thermus aquaticus discovered by Thomas Brock contained a vital polymerase enzyme that had evolved in this bacteria to allow it to metabolize and survive in exception…

1976 CE

#11569

Development of angiography and cardiovascular catheterization. Foreward by Herbert Abrams.

1976 CE

#12422

Die arabische Medizin im lateinischen Mittelalter (Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akad. der Wiss., Math. naturw. Klasse, Jrhrg. 1976, 2. Abh.)

1976 CE

#13978

DNA gyrase: An enzyme that introduces superhelical turns into DNA (Escherichia coli / ATP-dependent reaction / superhelix density).

Order of authorship in the original publication: Gellert, Mizuuchi, O'Dea, Nash. Discovery of DNA gyrase, the first type II topoisomerase to be discovered. "It is the only type II enzyme to retain its historical name.…

1976 CE

#2660.28

DNA related to the transforming gene(s) of avian sarcoma viruses is present in normal avian DNA.

Discovery of the first “oncogene. In 1989 Varmus and Bishop shared the Nobel Prize for in Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes."

1976 CE

#9731

Dreams in Greek tragedy: An ethno-psycho-analytical study.

1976 CE

#14245

Evidence for somatic rearrangement of immunoglobulin genes coding for variable and constant regions.

Discovery of V(D)J recombination, the genetic mechanism which produces antibody diversity. In 1987 Tonegawa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the genetic principle for generat…

1976 CE

#8236

Galen on the affected parts. Translated by Rudolph E. Siegel.

1976 CE

#14253

Genetic control of the cell division cycle in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

"Beginning in 1976, Nurse identified the gene cdc2 in fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe). This gene controls the progression of the cell cycle from G1 phase to S phase and the transition from G2 phase to mitosi…

1976 CE

#11035

Hallucinogenic plants of North America.

1976 CE

#1757.1

Highlights in medicolegal relations. Revised & enlarged ed.

1976 CE

#6551

History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

1976 CE

#8193

Islamic science: An Illustrated study.

Includes chapters on natural history, medicine and pharmacology, agriculture and irrigation, man and the natural environment.

1976 CE

#11205

John Ray, 1627-1705: A bibliography, 1660-1970: A descriptive bibliography of the works of John Ray ... with introductions, annotations, various indexes, and a supplement of new entries, additions and corrections by the author, Sir Geoffrey Keynes.

This is the "best" edition. The original edition issued in London by Faber & Faber in 1951 was a far superior example of book production, printed on thick greenish paper.

1976 CE

#9236

Les hommes et la peste en France et dans les pays européens et méditerranéens. Tome I: La peste dans l'histoire. Tome II: Les hommes face à la peste. 2 vols.

1976 CE

#8541

Medical anthropology. Edited by Francis X. Grollig, S. J. and Harold B. Haley.

1976 CE

#8962

Mittelalterliche Pharmazie und Medizin. Dargestellt an Geschichte und Inhalt des ANTIDOTARIUM NICOLAI

1976 CE

#13107

Natural history auctions 1700-1972. A register of sales in the British Isles compiled by J. M. Chalmers-Hunt. With articles by S. Peter Dance, Peter G. Embrey, W. D. Ian Rolfe, Clive Simson, William T. Stern, J. M. Chalmers-Hunt, Alwyne Wheeler.

Entomological sales by J.M. Chalmers-Hunt. Zoological Sales other than those of birds Insects and shells by Alwyne Wheeler Botanical Sales by William T. Stern Ornithology and Oology by Clive Simson Fossil Sales by W. …

1976 CE

#4483.5

On the shoulders of giants. Notable names in hand surgery.

A history of hand surgery.

1976 CE

#2312.7

Paleopathological diagnosis and interpretation: bone diseases in ancient human populations.

The first text providing diagnostic criteria for evaluating ancient skeletal remains.

1976 CE

#8658

Physician signers of the Declaration of Independence.

1976 CE

#9689

Plagues and peoples.

1976 CE

#214.3

Plio-Pleistocene hominid discoveries in Hadar, Ethiopia.

Report on the Afar fossils (formally classified and named Australopithiecus afaranesis in 1998) representing a minimum of 35 and a maximum of 65 individuals, all about 3,000,000 years old. The most famous of these, AL…

1976 CE

#13976

Reovirus messenger RNA contains a methylated, blocked 5'-terminal structure: m7G(5')ppp(5')GmpCp.

Furuichi, working in Shatkin's laboratory, discovered that the viral mRNAs synthesized in vitro by the virion-associated RNA polymerase of reovirus contain a unique 5′-terminal structure m7GpppNm or cap. The pre…

1976 CE

#2028.9

Resuscitation: an historical perspective. Catalogue of an exhibit at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists…

1976 CE

#7454

Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres.

In 1991 Neher and Sakmann were awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells." They were also awarded the prize for the invention…

1976 CE

#8457

Tacuinum sanitatis: The medieval health handbook.

1976 CE

#4478.111

Textbook of sports for the disabled.

Pioneer treatise on sports for the handicapped by the physician who first introduced archery competition as a therapeutic measure for paraplegic war veterans in 1948.

1976 CE

#14127

The eradication of smallpox.

Henderson's paper in the October 1976 issue of Scientific American was one of the first published announcements of the completion of the eradication of smallpox. Illustrating the iconic photograph of a mother holding …

1976 CE

#7072

The face of madness. Hugh W. Diamond and the origin of psychiatric photography. Edited by Sander L. Gilman.

Papers by Diamond, including their illustrations, edited with an extensive annotated introduction.

1976 CE

#6550.7

The great instauration. Science, medicine and reform, 1626-1660.

1976 CE

#6742.8

The lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969.

1976 CE

#8055

The naturalist in Britain: A social history.

1976 CE

#12936

The oral manifestations of systemic disease.

1976 CE

#11888

The resistance factor to Plasmodium vivax in blacks.

The authors showed that the Plasmodium vivax parasite requires the Fya/Fyb Duffy antigen/chemokine receptor on the surface of red blood cells for penetration of human red blood cells. Because most African and American…

1976 CE

#7519

The uses of enchantment: The meaning and importance of fairy tales.

1976 CE

#10100

The Watermark. The quarterly publication of Librarians, Archivists and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS).

http://iis-exhibits.library.ucla.edu/alhhs/index.html "Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS) membership is open to librarians, archivists, and museum professi…

1976 CE

#7486

The wild boy of Aveyron.

1976 CE

#3705.05

Tooth mutilations and dentistry in pre-Columbian Mexico.

First edition in English. First edition, in Spanish, 1971.

1976 CE

#6596.3

Two centuries of American medicine 1776-1976.

A valuable supplement to Packard (No. 6590), besides covering the main events in American medicine.

1976 CE–1980 CE

#5766.5

Cleft craft: The evolution of its surgery. 3 vols.

An encyclopedic monograph on cleft palate surgery, exceptionally well written, illustrated, and produced, incorporating an historical approach.