Facets

2001 CE

#7275

'Millennium Ancestor', a 6-million-year-old bipedal hominid from Kenya - Recent discoveries push back human origins by 1.5 million years.

Living around 6 million years ago, in the Tugen hills region of central Kenya, this species, named Orrorin tugenensis, had small teeth with thick enamel similar to modern humans. It climbed trees, but also probably wa…

2018 CE

#12668

‘Ubaidallāh Ibn Buḫtīšū‘ on apparent death: The Kitāb Taḥrīm dafn al-aḥyā’, Arabic edition and English translation by Oliver Kahl.

1974 CE

#14315

"Conformational Coupling in Biological Energy Transductions." In L. Ernster et al. (eds.), Dynamics of Energy-Transducing Membranes, pp. 289-301.

In 1997 Boyer shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with John Walker and Jens C. Skou “for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).” The Nobel Pr…

2002 CE

#7274

A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, central Africa.

The first paper on Sahelanthropus tchadensis, dating from between 7 and 6 million years ago in West Central Africa (northern Chad). This species had a combination of ape-like and human-like features. Ape-like elements…

2001 CE

#14273

HIFalpha targeted for VHL-mediated destruction by proline hydroxylation: implications for O2 sensing.

Kaelin and colleagues identified aspects of the molecular machinery in Von Hippel-Landau disease that regulates the activity of genes in response to varying levels of oxygen. In 2019 Kaelin shared the Nobel Prize in P…

1971 CE

#13958

Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis as a mechanism of action for aspirin-like drugs.

In 1982 Vane shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sune Bergström and Bengt Samuelsson for "their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances."

1983 CE

#6996

Isolation of a T-lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Isolation of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). In 2008 Barré-Sinoussi and Montagnier shared half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine "for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus." The …

1666 CE

#13899

Modo practico de embalsamar cuerpos defunctos, para preservarlos incorruptos....

On embalming corpses, and on human cadavers. This work includes (pp. 98-127) instructions for the embalming process in Spain, with woodcut illustrations of the tools used and recipes for the ointments. The author also…

1974 CE

#9942

The DNA of CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS.

Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

1999 CE

#14270

The tumour suppressor protein VHL targets hypoxia-inducible factors for oxygen-dependent proteolysis.

The focus of both Peter Ratcliffe’s and William Kaelin’s work, for which they shared the Nobel Prize with Gregg Semenza, was the relationship between pVHL and HIF. This led to an increased understanding of…

1994 CE

#14261

Ultrastructural analysis of the autophagic process in yeast: detection of autophagosomes and their characterization.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Baba, M., Takeshige, Baba, N., Ohsumi. In 2016 Oshuni received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy."

1999 CE

#8078

... And the pursuit of national health: The incremental strategy toward national health insurance in the United States of America.

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.

1966 CE

#14064

"Fertile" intestine nuclei.

Gurdon and Uehlinger replaced the cell nucleus of frog ova with frog intestinal nuclei to generate tadpoles, some of which became fertile adult male and female frogs. In 2012 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine …

1986 CE

#10987

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

1987 CE

#13165

"I have done my duty." Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War, 1854-56. Edited by Sue M. Goldie.

Nightingale's correspondence, 1854-1856.

1923 CE

#8552

"Magistri Salernitani nondum cogniti": A contribution to the history of the Medical School of Salerno. By Pietro Capparoni. With a foreward by D'Arcy Power. (Wellcome Historical medical Museum. Research Studies in Medical History No. 2).

Physicans from the medical school at Salerno who were unknown to de Renzi (No. 6518). Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1857 CE

#7250

[On the Feldhofer Neanderthal.]

The first account of the Neanderthal remains (Neanderthal 1), discovered in 1856 in the the Feldhofer cave of the Neander valley. The remains, which consist of a partial skull, pelvis and assorted long bones, were sen…

1957 CE

#14250

3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine and 5-Hydroxytryptophan as reserpine rntagonists.

Carlsson demonstrated that dopamine was a neurotransmitter in the brain and not just a precursor for norepinephrine. Digital facsimile from nature.com at this link. In 2000 Arvid Carlsson shared the Nobel Prize in Phy…

1973 CE

#3705.04

A bibliography of dentistry in America, 1790-1840.

Covers monographs and periodical literature.

1968 CE

#6639.1

A bibliography of nursing literature, 1859-1960.

Includes sections on history and biography. Supplement 1961-70, 1974.

1962 CE

#13164

A bio-bibliography of Florence Nightingale.

Completed and edited for publication by Sue M. Goldie after the death of William J. Bishop.

1976 CE

#8778

A catalogue of the rare book collection in the Northwestern University Dental School Library. Edited by Wilma Troxel.

1921 CE

#12923

A century of dental art. A centenary memoir 1820-1921.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1944 CE

#12606

A century of service to dentistry 1844 -1944. Published by S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co. in commemoration of its one hundredth anniversary. Edited by Harry C. Keane.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1790 CE

#7657

A companion to the museum, (Late Sir Ashton Lever's) removed to Albion Street, the Surry end of Black Friar's Bridge.

A room by room, case by case guide to Lever's celebrated museum of natural history and ethnography, authorshop of which is unidentified. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1767 CE

#13557

A comparative history of the increase and decrease of mankind in England, and several countries abroad, according to the different soils, situations, business of life, use of the non-naturals, &c. faithfully collected from, and attested by, above three hundred vouchers, and many of them for a long course of years, in two different Periods. To which is added a syllabus of the general States of health, air, seasons, and food for the last three hundred years; and also a meteorological discourse.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

2005 CE

#9965

A concise history of euthanasia: Life, death, god, and medicine.

2010 CE

#8013

A contemporary history of the U. S. Army Nurse Corps.

From the end of the Vietnam War to the year 2000.

1921 CE

#12620

A contribution to the histology and pathogenesis of pyorrhea alveolaris.

Gottlieb was "the major periodontal investigator of the early 20th century. He extended the histopathologic studies of Znamensky.... His major contributions were in the nature of the epithelial attachment to the tooth…

1848 CE

#3683

A course of lectures on dental physiology and surgery.

Tomes invented a set of anatomically correct forceps for tooth extraction, thereby elevating this device, which had been previously neglected, to dentistry’s most important extraction instrument. This book was r…

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…

1968 CE

#10044

A definition of irreversible coma. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Medical School to examine the definition of brain death.

This report described the following characteristics of a permanently nonfunctioning brain, a condition it referred to as "irreversible coma," now known as brain death: 1. Unreceptivity and unresponsitivity--patient sh…

1949 CE

#3704

A dental bibliography: British and American, 1692-1880.

1837 CE

#9651

A descriptive and statistical account of the British Empire, exhibiting its extent, physical capacities, population, industry and civil and religious institutions. 2 vols.

McCulloch indicated on the title page that he was "assisted by numerous contributors." Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link. Fourth edition, revised with an appendix of tables (2 vols., 1854). Digital f…

1849 CE

#12893

A dictionary of dental science, biography, bibliography, and medical terminology.

An encyclopedia in dictionary form, combining all the elements described in the title in one alphabetical sequence. This work underwent numerous later editions. Digital facsimile of the 1849 edition from Google Books …

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.

1978 CE

#7456

A gene complex controlling segmentation in Drosophila.

Discovery of the Drosophila Bithorax complex and elucidation of its function. Lewis founded the field of developmental genetics and laid the groundwork for current understanding of the universal, evolutionarily conser…

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…

2016 CE

#8826

A history of anthropological theory. 5th edition.

1876 CE

#12891

A history of dental and oral science in America. Prepared under the direction of the American Academy of Dental Science.

The first history of dentistry in America written by James E. Dexter for the American Academy of Dental Science. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1909 CE

#3695

A history of dentistry from the most ancient times until the end of the eighteenth century.

1971 CE

#3705.03

A history of dentistry in Canada.

1977 CE

#12915

A history of dentistry in New South Wales, 1788-1945. Original manuscript by R. W. Halliday, arranged and edited by A. O. Watson. Foreword by Robert Harris.

1980 CE

#12916

A history of dentistry in New Zealand.

1968 CE

#12913

A history of dentistry in the Philippines.

2009 CE

#9225

A history of dentistry in the U.S. Army to World War II.

The development of military dentistry in the United States, from beginnings in the early 17th century, through the professionalization of dentistry in the 19th century, dental care on both sides of the Civil War, the …

1948 CE

#3702

A history of dentistry. 2nd edition.

1991 CE

#9760

A history of education in public health: Health that mocks doctors' rules.

"This is the first book to examine and compare the history and contemporary problems of education for public health in Britain and the United States. In Britain, education for public health has been directed solely to…