Facets

1964 CE

#2702.2

Classic descriptions in diagnostic roentgenology. 2 vols.

A compilation of pioneer contributions to the technology and methodology of diagnostic roentgenology.

2005 CE

#13266

Classic papers in modern diagnostic radiology. Edited by Adrian M. K. Thomas, Arpan K. Banerjee, and Uwe Busch.

1937 CE

#2866

Clinical roentgenology of the cardiovascular system.

1868 CE

#6872

Clinique photographique de l'hôpital Saint-Louis.

The first French dermatologic book illustrated with photographs. Originally issued in fascicules, 1867-68. The first edition includes 49 or 50 albumin photographs; second edition, entitled Clinique photographique des …

2018 CE

#14146

Cloning of Macaque monkeys by somatic cell nuclear transfer.

The authors at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai reported the first cloning of a non-human primate. Full text available from cell.com at this link. Order of authorship in the original publication: Liu, Cai..…

1956 CE–1960 CE

#86.4

Collected papers of Paul Ehrlich. Compiled and edited by F. Himmelweit. 3 vols.

Vol. I: Histology, biochemistry, and pathology, Vol. 2: Immunology and cancer research; Vol. 3: Chemotherapy. Most texts are in German. English translations are also published when available. The set includes new Engl…

1823 CE

#1492.1

Commentatio de examine physiologico organi visus et systematis cutanei.

Purkynĕ was first to examine the interior of the human eye and the dog eye, using only a candle and a concave spherical lens. He thus invented the ophthalmoscope three decades before Helmholtz (1851; No. 5866). Reprin…

1981 CE

#14183

Computer averaging of electron micrographs of the 405 ribosomal subunit.

Frank and colleagues developed a method that allows sorting of particle images into classes based on their orientation, as well as their structural features. Specifically Frank developed mathematical tools used for im…

1969 CE

#10611

Computerized mapping of disease and environmental data. A report of the Mapping of Disease (MOD) Project.

This appears to be the earliest monograph on computerized disease mapping. At the time the research was conducted both computer graphics processing and data output in mainframe computers were inadequate for drawing al…

1974 CE

#6909

Computerized transaxial x-ray tomography of the human body.

Ledley and team developed the developed the ACTA 0100 CT Scanner (Automatic Computerized Traverse Axial)— the first whole-body computed tomography scanner. With G. Di Chiro, A. J. Luessenhop, and H.L. Twigg. For…

1973 CE

#2700.4

Computerized transverse axial scanning (tomography).

Hounsfield invented computer-assisted tomography (CAT), or computed tomography (CT). In 1979 Hounsfield shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Allen M. Cormack "for the development of computer assisted …

1965 CE

#8834

Computers in biomedical research. Edited by Ralph W. Stacy and Bruce Waxman. 2 vols.

Section A, Chapter 2: "New mathematical methods in the life sciences" by George B. Dantzig. Section D, Chapter 12: "The application of computers to electroencephalography" by Mary A. B. Brazier. Section E, Chapter 13:…

1945 CE

#3105

Conglutination test for Rh sensitization.

Conglutination test.

1973 CE

#257.5

Construction of biologically functional bacterial plasmids in vitro.

Cohen, Boyer and associates developed the first practical method for cloning genes, by the formation of recombinant plasmids which can be used to infect plasmid-free bacteria. The authors demonstrated that if DNA is f…

2018 CE

#9959

CONTAGION: Historical views of diseases and epidemics.

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion/ This was the original version of this digital library. It includes commentary. It may be available through the Internet Archive, Archive-It facility or through the Wayback Machine…

1941 CE

#1533

Continuous and reproducible records of the electrical activity of the human retina.

Electroretinography

2001 CE

#9062

CORPUS MEDICORUM GRAECORUM / CORPUS MEDICORUM LATINORUM: Online Editions.

http://cmg.bbaw.de/epubl/online/editionen.html "Within the framework of the “Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities”, the CMG is eager to make the results of the proj…

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…

1844 CE–1845 CE

#267.1

Cours de microscopie. 1 vol. and atlas.

Donne's and Foucault's work was the first biomedical textbook to be illustrated with images made from photomicrographs, in this case daguerreotypes of blood cells. Among its noteworthy images are the first microphotog…

2020 CE

#12186

COVID-19 COMPILER. MAP

https://covid19.topos.com/ "COVID-19 Compiler aims to display relevant data about the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States. "Our goal is to provide a multidimensional view of covid-19’s impact in coun…

1984 CE

#14184

Cryo-electron microscopy of viruses.

Dubochet and colleagues introduced "Dubochet's vitrification method" to vitrify water by cooling it so rapidly that it solidified to form a glass instead of crystals. Using this method, the authors published the first…

2007 CE

#7881

Culturing life: How cells became technologies.

A history of tissue culture.

1963 CE

#12427

Cytological demonstration of the clonal nature of spleen colonies derived from transplanted mouse marrow cells.

McCulloch and Till discovered the blood-forming stem cell, the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC), through their pioneering work in mice. McCulloch and Till began a series of experiments in which bone marrow cells were inj…

2002 CE

#8706

Darwin Online. The complete works of Charles Darwin, edited by John van Wyhe.

http://darwin-online.org.uk/AboutUs.html Darwin's Complete Publications Books Origin of Species, Voyage of the Beagle, Descent of Man... Articles Volcanic, Darwin-Wallace paper... Published Letters Life and letters, D…

1911 CE

#269.2

Das Fluoreszenzmikroskop.

Fluorescence microscopy

1935 CE

#269.5

Das Phasenkontrastverfahren b.d. mikroskopischen Beobachtung.

Zernicke invented phase contrast microscopy. In 1953 Zernike was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his demonstration of the phase contrast method, especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope."

1931 CE

#12985

Das Problem der dentalen Fokalinfektion und ihre Bekämpfung durch die konservierende Zahnheilkunde.

With physicist Fritz Giesel, Walkhoff on December 28, 1895 Walkhoff did the first dental radiograph on his own teeth. Later, Walkhoff was "responsible for the shift to an everyday use of camphorated chlorophenol to st…

2016 CE

#9594

Data Refuge.

https://www.datarefuge.org/ "Data Refuge is a public and collaborative project designed to address concerns about federal climate and environmental data that is in danger of being lost[1]. In particular, the initiativ…

2011 CE

#10008

Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450-1950.

http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/hi/gnt/dsi2/index.php? "Welcome to the Database of Illustrators! Courtesy of the Section for History of Science and Technology, University of Stuttgart ! Our online database, fully function…

1830 CE

#538

De glandularum secernentium structura penitiori.

Müller’s most important histological work. In it he described the microscopic anatomy of a large series of secreting glands. Müller’s greatest influence was not so much through his own work as th…

1855 CE

#1995

De l’électrisation localisée et de son application à la physiologie, à la pathologie, et à la thérapeutique.

Duchenne classified the electrophysiology of the entire muscular system and summed up his findings in the above work. The application of his results to pathological conditions marks him as the founder of electrotherap…

1717 CE

#5232

De noxiis paludum effluviis, eorumque remediis.

Lancisi suggested that since malaria disappears after drainage it was due to some sort of poison emanating from marshes and possibly transmitted by mosquitoes. He planned a drainage scheme for marshy regions. His work…

1655 CE

#261

De vero telescopii inventore.

Borel collected evidence to show that Zacharias (sometimes called Zacharias Janssen) invented the compound microscope about 1590. Zacharias was a spectacle-maker of Middelburg, Holland.

1820 CE

#266

De' microscopj catadiottrici memoria.

Amici constructed the first microscope with achromatic lenses and suggested water-immersion for improved achromatic lenses of the compound microscope. The 1820 publication of his paper indicates that it was "Approvata…

1873 CE

#11333

Découverte d’un squelette humain de l’époque paléolithique dans les cavernes des Baoussé-Roussé dites grottes de Menton.

In March 1872 Rivière discovered an entire fossil human skeleton in a cave at Menton, in the south of France near the Italian border. The skeleton, later known as “Menton man,” closely resembles the…

1897 CE

#2002

Demonstration eines mit Röntgenstrahlen behandelten Falles von Naevus pigmentosus pilosus.

First use of x rays for deep irradiation therapy.

1961 CE

#6235.1

Demonstration of tissue interfaces within the body by ultrasonic echo sounding.

Biparietal fetal cephalometry by ultrasound.

1852 CE

#5866.1

Der Augenspiegel und des Optometer für practische Aerzte.

Ruete introduced a practical lens system for examining the inverted image, and improved the illumination, producing the first practical ophthalmoscope.

1907 CE

#2338

Der diagnostische Wert der kutanen Tuberkulinreaktion bei der Tuberkulose des Kindesalters auf Grund von 100 Sektionen.

Introduction of Pirquet’s test – a cutaneous reaction employed in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

1913 CE

#2842

Der Ersatz des Orthiodiagraphen durch der Teleröntgen.

Instantaneous radiography of the heart.

1893 CE

#557

Der Formaldehyd als Härtungsmittel. Vorläufige Mittheilung.

Formalin first used for tissue fixation.

1863 CE

#14165

Der Gebrauch des Spektroskopes zu physiologischen und ärztlichen Zwecken.

The first monograph on medical spectroscopy. After Hoppe-Seyler published the first paper on the application of spectroscopy to blood chemistry in 1862 (No. 870), Valentin decided to publish his own contributions to t…

1858 CE

#3330

Der Kehlkopfrachenspiegel und die Methode seines Gebrauches.

Türck, at first sceptical of Garcia’s laryngoscope, later adopted it and claimed from Czermak priority in its clinical employment; these two gentlemen fought one another bitterly for some years over this po…

1909 CE

#12426

Der Lymphozyt als gemeinsame Stammzelle der verschiedenen Blutelemente in der embryonalen Entwicklung und im postfetalen Leben der Säugetiere.

Maximow developed and introduced a unitarian theory of hematopoiesis, a theory upon which the modern concept of blood cells' origin and differentiation is based. He introduced the term "stem cell." Translated into Eng…

1998 CE

#13977

Derivation of pluripotent stem cells from cultured human primordial germ cells.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Shamblott, Axelman,... Gearheart. Gearheart led the team that successfully developed human embryonic germ cells, pluripotent stem cells derived from primordial germ cel…

1850 CE–1855 CE

#13157

Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the histological series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Vol. I. Elementary tissues of vegetables and animals; Vol. II. Structure of the skeleton of vertebrate animals. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

2013 CE

#10564

Design for information: An introduction to the histories, theories, and best practices behind effective information visualizations.

Visually splendid; includes frequent comparisons of modern computer representations with historical examples.

2003 CE

#14300

Design of a novel globular protein fold with atomic-level accuracy.

Called, "the breakthrough in computational de novo protein design." This was the proof of concept paper that computers and AI could be used to predict protein structures accurately and much faster than with convention…

1945 CE

#3104

Detection of weak and “incomplete” Rh agglutinins: a new test.

Coombs’s test for detecting antibodies in various clinical scenarios, such as Rh disease and blood transfusion. With A. E. Mourant and R. R. Race. A fuller description appears in Brit. J. exp. Path.,1945, 26, 25…

1986 CE

#13185

Development of the ion X-ray tube: With a description of the Collection in the Medical Historical Museum, University of Copenhagen.