Facets

1998 CE

#10933

A history of the Society of Apothecaries.

1963 CE

#6550

A history of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. Abstracted and arranged from the MS notes of Cecil Wall by H. Charles Cameron, revised annotated and edited by E. Ashworth Underwood. Vol.1: 1617-1815.

1948 CE

#2010.3

A linear electron accelerator.

With W. R. Kennedy.

2016 CE

#7526

A Linnean kaleidoscope: Linnaeus and his 186 dissertations. 2 vols.

The first comprehensive introduction to all 186 Linnaean dissertations, in the form of short essays (many illustrated) on each dissertation. Most of these dissertations, which were published in Latin, have remained re…

1853 CE

#7747

A materia medica animalia, containing the scientific analysis, natural history and chemical and medical properties and uses of the substances that are the products of beasts, birds, fishes or insects ...

Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1702 CE

#9569

A mechanical account of poisons in several essays.

Mead performed numerous experiments, including tests with viper venom which lead to his book on poisons. His book describes their effects on the body in accordance with the precepts of the Iatrophysical School, which …

1972 CE

#9021

A medicine-man's implements and plants in a Tiahuanacoid tomb in highland Bolivia, (Etnologiska studier, 32). Edited by Henry Wassén.

Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia. The first reference to the site in modern history was recorded by Spanish conquistador Pedro Cieza de León, who cam…

1931 CE

#7062

A modern herbal. The medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties, cultivation and folk-lore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs & trees with their modern scientific uses. With an introduction by the editor, Mrs. C. F. Leyel. 2 vols.

Online version at Botanical.com at this link.

1789 CE

#13763

A narrative of four journeys into the country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria. In the years one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, eight, and nine.

Trained in horticulture at Syon House, London, Paterson was sent in 1777 to the Cape of Good Hope to collect plants for the estate of the Countess of Strathmore, undertaking four journeys into the South African interi…

1822 CE

#10751

A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of Samuel Thomson: Containing an account of his system of practice, and the manner of curing disease with vegetable medicine, upon a plan entirely new; to which is added an introduction to his New Guide to Health, or Botanic Family Physician containing the principles upon which the system is founded, with remarks on fevers, steaming, poison &c.

Thomson issued this introductory work shortly before publication of his New Guide. Three issues appeared in 1822: one with 180 pages, another with 182 pages including testimonials, and a 204 page issue with the introd…

1853 CE

#7445

A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, with an account of the native tribes and observations on the climate, geology and natural history of the Amazon Valley.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1964 CE

#1931.5

A new adrenergic beta-receptor antagonist.

Development of Propranolol, the first beta-blocker effectively used in the treatment of coronary heart disease and hypertension. R. G. Shanks, L. H. Smith and A. C. Dornhorst. In 1988 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or …

1915 CE

#2021

A new and greatly simplified method of blood transfusion. A preliminary report.

About the same time as Agote, Lewisohn introduced the citrate method of blood transfusion. See also his later paper in Surg. Gynec. Obstet., 1915, 21, 37-47.

1913 CE

#2018.1

A new and simple method of transfusion.

In order to prevent blood coagulation during transfusion, Kimpton and Brown used apparatus lined with paraffin wax. See also Boston med. surg. J., 1915, 173, 425-7.

1919 CE

#1908

A new germicide for use in the genito-urinary tract; “mercurochrome-220”.

Introduction of mercurochrome. With E. C. White and E. O. Swartz.

1551 CE–1568 CE

#1811

A new herball. 3 vols.

The first original scientific herbal written by an Englishman, and the first scientific herbal published in the English language. The illustrations were taken from the blocks cut for the 8vo edition of Fuchs (1546). T…

1936 CE

#2024

A new method of blood transfusion.

Heparin used in blood transfusion. See also the same journal, 88, 443-49.

1969 CE

#5351.7

A new series of 2-aminomethyltetrahydroquinoline derivatives displaying schistosomicidal activity in rodents and primates.

Oxamniquinine.

1961 CE

#2353.3

A new synthetic compound with antituberculous activity in mice; ethambutol (dextro-2, 2’-(ethylenediimino)-di-l-butanol).

Ethambutol for the treatment of tuberculosis. With C. O. Baughn, R. G. Wilkinson and R. G. Shepherd.

1899 CE

#2082

A note on the influence of maternal inebriety on the offspring.

Fetal alcohol syndrome – first serious study.

1963 CE

#7413

A pharmaceutical view of Abulcasis al-Zahrawi in moorish Spain.

1992 CE

#13062

A pictorial history of blood practices and transfusion.

1999 CE

#9602

A Pompeian herbal: Ancient and modern medicinal plants. Plant portraits by Victoria I and Lillian Nicholson Meyer. Photographs by Stanley A. Jashemki and others.

1871 CE

#1996.4

A practical treatise on the medical and surgical uses of electricity, including localized and general electrization.

Beard and Rockwell were the leading American electrotherapists of the 19th century. This is the most influential American treatise ever published on electrotherapy. It is of especial value today for its comprehensive …

2019 CE

#11374

A randomized, controlled trial of Ebola virus disease therapeutics.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Mulangu, Dodd, Davey.... One synthetic drug (Remdesivir, an antiviral) and 3 biologicals were used in this trial. The 3 biologicals were: REGN-EB3, a triple monoclonal …

1930 CE

#4765

A report of progress on the use of ephedrine in a case of myasthenia gravis.

Harriet Edgeworth discovered by accident the beneficial effect of ephedrine in myasthenia gravis. Digital facsimile from jamanetwork.com at this link.

1842 CE

#13747

A scripture herbal.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

2010 CE

#11971

A short history of the seed & nursery catalogue in Europe & the U.S.

http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/seed/introduction/collection/ "The OSU Seed and Nursery Trade catalogue collection contains over 2,000 items from 1832 to 1966. While the collection is most com…

1821 CE–1824 CE

#13911

A sketch of the botany of South-Carolina and Georgia. 2 vols.

A founding work of botany of the American South, containing first botanical descriptions of many species. Initially published in parts from 1816 to 1824. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1793 CE–1795 CE

#12951

A specimen of the botany of New Holland

The first published book on the flora of Australia, issued by Sowerby in four parts between 1793 and 1795. It included 16 hand-colored plates reproducing paintings by Sowerby, mostly based on sketches by John White, a…

2019 CE

#11056

A spotlight on the history of ancient Egyptian medicine.

A general survey with chapters that focus on the ancient Egyptian understanding and treatments of cardiovascular disease, as well as a description of herbal medicines used by ancient Egypt medical practitioners and ph…

1965 CE

#6491.2

A story of medicine and pharmacy in India. Pharmacy 2000 years ago and after.

A short history of the four systems of medicine practiced in India.

1921 CE

#3197.1

A study of antispasmodic drugs on the bronchus.

Laboratory demonstration of the antispasmodic action of theophylline on bronchial smooth muscle.

1942 CE

#9284

A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs.

In this publication Delaware refers to the name of the Native American people known as Lenape, or Leni Lenape, or Delaware people, rather than the U.S. state. In terms of geographical scope, the book covers traditiona…

1948 CE

#1929.4

A study of the adrenotropic receptors.

Described the concept of α and β adrenergic receptors in the sympathetic nervous system, and placed specific receptors into pharmacologic mechanisms.

1983 CE

#9997

A study of the English apothecary from 1660 to 1760, with special reference to the provinces.

Medical History Supplement No. 3. Digital facsimile from discovery.ucl.ac.uk at this link.

1783 CE

#8923

A system of vegetables, according to their classes, orders, genera, species with their characters and differences.... Translated from the thirteenth edition (As published by Dr. Murray) of the Systema vegetabilium of the late professor Linneus; and from the Supplementum plantarum of the present professor Linneus

English translation of Linneus's Species plantarum (No. 99.1), edited by Charles Darwin's grandfather. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.

1885 CE

#1881

A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica.

Brunton was physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and an eminent pharmacologist. He is notable for his introduction of amyl nitrite in the treatment of angina pectoris and for a vast amount of other work conce…

1789 CE

#1838

A treatise of the materia medica. 2 vols.

An expansion of Cullen’s “Lectures on materia medica”, 1773.

1829 CE

#2076

A treatise on poisons.

Christison, a famous toxicologist, was a Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh. During the trial of Burke and Hare he performed an autopsy on the body of one of the victims and gave evidence as to the cause …

1820 CE

#1604.2

A treatise on the adulterations of food and culinary poisons: Exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spirituous liquors, tea, coffee, cream, confectionery, vinegar, mustard, pepper, cheese, olive oil, pickles and other articles employed in domestic economy; and methods of detecting them.

One of the earliest exposures of food adulteration, written by a German chemist who spent most of his career in England. This sensational popular scientific work exposed established scandalous practices within the foo…

1822 CE

#10068

A treatise on the materia medica, intended as a sequel to the Pharmacopoeia of the United States: Being an account of the origin, qualities and medical uses of the articles and compounds, which constitute that work, with their modes of prescription and administration.

Bigelow, who with Lyman Spalding, was largely responsible for the creation and publication in 1820 of the first U.S. pharmacopeia, published this valuable explanatory and supplementary volume two years later. It was p…

1816 CE

#11799

A treatise on the medicinal leech; including its medical and natural history, with a description of its anatomical structure; also, remarks upon the diseases, preservation, and management of leeches.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1874 CE

#1972

A treatise on therapeutics.

Wood was a professor of botany (1866-76), therapeutics (1875-1907) and nervous diseases (1875-1901) in the University of Pennsylvania. In his book the effects of various drugs in small doses was first discussed; it al…

1744 CE

#1987.1

Abhandlung von dem Nutzen der Electricität in der Artzneywissenschaft.

A student of Johann Gottlob Krüger (No. 1987.2), Kratzenstein was apparently the first to publish a treatise on electrotherapy, although he may have been publishing experiments devised by Krüger. Second edit…

1836 CE

#2077

Account of a method of separating small quantities of arsenic from substances with which it may be mixed.

Marsh method for the detection of arsenic.

1808 CE

#6164

Accounts of the pulvis parturiens, a remedy for quickening child-birth.

The first use of ergot in the induction of labor in America. Reprinted in H. Thoms: Classic Contributions to Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1935, pp. 21-23.

1555 CE

#13125

Acerca de la materia medicinal, y de los venenos mortiferos, traduzido de lengua griege, en la vulgar castellana, & illustrado con claras y substantiales annotationes, y con las figuras de innumeras plantas exquisitas y raras, por el Doctor Andres de Laguna....

Laguna' translation of Dioscorides into Spanish included commentaries and additions that double the original text. It included very beautiful botanical woodcuts of plants and animals, and is considered one of the best…

1914 CE

#1341

Acetylcholine, a new active principle of ergot.

Isolation of acetylcholine in ergot.

1937 CE

#1925

Action protectrice des éthers phénoliques au cours de l’intoxication histaminique.

First description of structure and action of an antihistamine. In 1957 Bovet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of …