Facets

1799 CE

#10511

A description of the American yellow fever, which prevailed at Charleston, in South Carolina, in the year 1748.

Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

1843 CE

#10512

A flora of the state of New-York, comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state; with remarks on their economical and medicinal properties. 2 vols.

For a long time this was the most comprehensive botany of any U.S. state. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1987 CE

#6927

Sequencing the human genome. Summary report of the Santa Fe workshop, March 3-4, 1986.

The initial report on the Human Genome Project. For further information see the entry at HistoryofInformation.com at this link. The report is available at this link.

1998 CE

#9642

"Every man his own doctor." Popular medicine in early America: An exhibition drawn from the collections of Charles E. Rosenberg, William H. Helfand and the Library Company of Philadelphia.

1986 CE

#10987

"For the welfare of mankind": The Commonwealth Fund and American medicine.

1916 CE

#10522

"The path of the destroyer": A history of leprosy in the Hawaiian Islands, and thirty years research into the means by which it has been spread.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1842 CE–1894 CE

#12480

[New York Natural History and Geological Survey.] Natural history of New York. 30 vols.

The New York Natural History and Geological Survey was established by the state legislature in 1836 under the direction of James Ellsworth DeKay. By far the most ambitious scientific project undertaken in the United S…

1924 CE–1929 CE

#7097

A bibliography of American natural history. The pioneer century. The role played by the scientific societies; scientific journals; natural history museums and botanic gardens; state geological and natural history surveys; federal exploriing expeditions in the rise and progress of American botany, geology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology. 3 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1973 CE

#3705.04

A bibliography of dentistry in America, 1790-1840.

Covers monographs and periodical literature.

1930 CE

#10333

A brief history of medicine in Massachusetts.

1863 CE

#9161

A brief plea for an ambulance system for the army of the United States, as drawn from the extra sufferings of the late Lieut. Bowditch and a wounded comrade.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1677 CE

#5406

A brief rule to guide the common-people of New-England how to order themselves and theirs in the small pocks, or measels.

The first medical publication of North America and the only one to appear in the 17th century. Only one copy of the original printing of this broadside survived, written by Thacher, a Boston minister. The sheet was re…

1985 CE

#10054

A calculus of suffering: Pain, professionalism and anesthesia in nineteenth-century America.

1804 CE

#4409.1

A case of fracture of the os humeri, in which the broken ends of the bone not uniting the usual manner, a cure was effected by means of a seton.

The first paper on orthopedic surgery published in the United States. Physick introduced the use of the seton in the treatment of ununited fractures.

1835 CE

#3440.1

A case of introsussception in which an operation was successfully resorted to…in December, 1831.

First operation for intussusception in the United States, performed in Rutherford County, Tennessee. The patient was a negro slave; the operation was a complete success. Reported by Wilson’s pupil, W.W. Thompson.

1863 CE

#10496

A catalogue of surgical instruments, apparatus, appliances, etc. Manufactured and sold by John Weiss & Son.

Though based in England, John Weiss & Son's catalogue offered and illustrated a wide range of equipment that would have been used in the American Civil War or the Crimean War. Facsimile reprint, with Snowdon & Brother…

1831 CE

#13405

A catalogue of the medical library of the Philadelphia Alms-House, prepared agreeably to a resolution of the Board of Managers.

First edition, 1824. Founded in 1732/33, this institution became known in the 19th century as "Old Blockley" after it moved to the Blockley Township in West Philadelphia. It was renamed Philadelphia General Hospital i…

1806 CE

#10379

A catalogue of the medical library, belonging to the Pennsylvania Hospital; exhibiting the names of authors and editors, in alphabetical order, and an arrangement of them under distinct heads. Also, a list of articles contained in the anatomical museum; and the rules of the museum and of the library.

Probably the first catalogue of a medical museum in the United States and also possibly the first catalogue of an institutional medical library. The library was open to users for a one time payment of $30, later raise…

2006 CE

#10148

A century of adventure in northern health: The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in Alaska, 1879-1978.

1876 CE

#6586

A century of American medicine 1776-1876

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1876 CE

#5795

A century of American surgery.

The first serious history of American surgery to 1876. Also published in No. 6586.

1981 CE

#10329

A century of surgery: The history of the American Surgical Association, 1880-1980. 2 vols.

1976 CE

#10781

A cluster of arthritis in children and adults in Lyme, Connecticut.

The first publication on Lyme Disease. Abstract from the Proceedings of the 40th Annual Scientific Session of the American Rheumatism Association. Order of authorship in the original paper was Steere, Malawista, Snydm…

2010 CE

#9670

A companion to American environmental history. Edited by Douglas Cazaux Sackman.

1826 CE

#10513

A compendium of the flora of the northern and middle states, containing generic and specific descriptions of all the plants, exclusive of the cryptogamia, hitherto found in the United States, north of the Potomac.

Published after Torrey's appointment as profess or chemistry at West Point, in a small, handy format for botanical students, that "its small size will enable them to use it without inconvenience in their herborization…

1807 CE

#6163.1

A compendium of the theory and practice of midwifery.

First significant textbook on obstetrics written by an American. Bard gave an excellent description of the mechanism of labor, and of pre-eclampsia. Woodcut illustrations were engraved by American physician and illust…

c. 1894 CE

#12087

A contribution to the history of medicine in Southern California. Annual address of the retiring President of the Souther California Medical Society, Delivered at San Diego, August 8, 1894.

Digital facsimile from the U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

2015 CE

#10275

A Cree healer and his medicine bundle: Revelations of indigenous wisdom: Healing plants, practices, and stories.

"With the rise of urban living and the digital age, many North American healers are recognizing that traditional medicinal knowledge must be recorded before being lost with its elders. A Cree Healer and His Medicine B…

1793 CE

#5452

A description of the malignant, infectious fever prevailing at present in Philadelphia; with an account of the means to prevent infection, and the remedies and method of treatment, which have been found most successful.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1847 CE

#7602

A descriptive catalogue of the Anatomical Museum of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1870 CE

#7601

A descriptive catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1787 CE

#7214

A Discourse before the Humane Society, ... Delivered on the Second Tuesday of June, 1787.

The first separate work on resuscitation published in the United States. A list of “Methods of Treatment to be used with Persons apparently dead from drowning, &c.” appears on p. iv; these methods included…

1769 CE

#1763

A discourse upon the duties of a physician, with some sentiments, on the usefulness and necessity of a public hospital: Delivered before the president and governors of King's College, at the commencement, held on the 16th of May, 1769. As advice to those gentlemen who then received the first medical degrees conferred by that university.

The first American treatise on medical ethics, and the first treatise on medical ethics published in the English language. Samuel Bard was one of the founders of King’s College, New York. Digital facsimile from …

1765 CE

#1766.5

A discourse upon the institution of medical schools in America.…

The first American publication on medical education. Morgan founded the first medical school in the United States, in connection with what is now the University of Pennsylvania.

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…

1901 CE

#3072

A fatal case of acute primary infectious pharyngitis.

First recorded case of extreme leucopenia.

1904 CE

#13170

A group of distinguished physicians and surgeons of Chicago. A collection of biographical sketches of many of the eminent representatives, past and present, of the medical profession of Chicago.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1969 CE

#8415

A guide to medicinal plants of Appalachia. (U.S.D.A. Forest Service Research Paper NE-138).;

Digital facsimile from www.fs.fed.us at this link.

1878 CE

#11538

A hand-book of nursing for family and general use. Published under the direction of the Connecticut Training-School for Nurses, State Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut.

The Connecticut Training-School for Nurses opened in 1873, and the first edition of this manual was copyright 1878, the same year as the Bellevue manual. However, it is believed that the first copies of this work were…

1962 CE

#10357

A history of American medical ethics, 1847-1912.

The first history of medical ethids in the United States. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1905 CE

#10447

A history of medicine in Missouri.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1964 CE–1971 CE

#8783

A history of medicine in South Carolina. Vol. 1: 1670-1825. Vol. 2: 1825-1900. Vol. 3: 1900-1970.

2016 CE

#10419

A history of midwifery in the United States: The midwife said fear not.

1974 CE

#12491

A history of public health in New York City.

1947 CE

#8644

A history of the American Medical Association 1847 to 1947.

1930 CE

#12150

A history of the California Medical Society.

1872 CE

#8613

A history of the Massachusetts General Hospital. [Privately printed in 1851.] Second edition, with a continuation to 1872.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1923 CE

#11008

A history of the Massachusetts Medical Society: With brief biographies of the founders and chief officers, 1781-1922.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

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.

2008 CE

#9117

A history of the Pennsylvania Hospital.