Facets

1912 CE

#7482

The depths of the ocean. A general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian Steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic.

Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive at this link.

1873 CE

#7483

The depths of the sea. An account of the general results of the dredging cruises of H. M. SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning during the summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, under the scientific direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1916 CE

#14094

The differentiation of cells as a criterion for cell identification, considered in relation to the small cortical cells of the thymus.

First use of the term "stem cells" in English. Digital facsimile from rupress.org at this link.

1963 CE

#12428

The distribution of colony-forming cells among spleen colonies.

Evidence that stem cells are capable of self-renewal. (Order of authorship in the original publication: Siminovitch, McCullch, Till). Digital facsimile from tspace.library.utoronto.ca at this link.

1981 CE

#9728

The DNA story: A documentary history of gene cloning.

2015 CE

#11368

The genealogy of a gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS, and race.

"Myles Jackson uses the story of the CCR5 gene to investigate the interrelationships among science, technology, and society. Mapping the varied “genealogy” of CCR5—intellectual property, natural sele…

1930 CE

#253

The genetical theory of natural selection.

The first coherent general algebraic analysis of Mendelian population behavior. The work contains Fisher’s rigorous development of his “fundamental theorem of natural selection”–”the rate…

2006 CE

#9722

The genetics revolution: History, fears and future of a life-altering science.

1979 CE

#8173

The growth of medical information systems in the United States.

"About a fourth of the operating cost off hospitals is expended on information handling. (p. 2).

1833 CE

#411.1

The hand: Its mechanism and vital endowments as evincing design.

Classic work on the anatomy, physiology, bio-mechanics, comparative anatomy, and adaptive importance of the hand. Issued as a volume in a series entitled the "Bridgewater Treatises." The first edition has 288pp. An en…

1978 CE

#1716.1

The history of statistics in the 17th and 18th centuries against the changing background of intellectual, scientific and religious thought. Lectures by Karl Pearson given at University College London during the academic sessions 1921-1933.

1986 CE

#1716.2

The history of statistics: The measurement of uncertainty before 1900.

The first comprehensive history of statistics from about 1700 to 1900.

2020 CE

#13776

The human gene editing debate.

"Provides a history of the debate about gene editing, a summary of the ethics, and a proposal for moving forward. Re-conceptualizes the historical discussion about gene editing in the context of today's widespread use…

2010 CE

#9459

The introduction of numerical methods to assess the effects of medical interventions during the 18th century: a brief history.

An outstanding bibliographical survey available online from the James Lind Library at this link.

2008 CE

#7360

The mechanical mind in history. Edited by Philip Husbands, Owen Holland, and Michael Wheeler.

1963 CE

#7947

The MEDLARS story at the National Library of Medicine.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1895 CE

#9320

The mental development of the child and the race.

A central text in the development of social psychology in North America; now also considered a pioneering study of adaptive learning, and in this sense a precursor to research in artificial intelligence. Digital facsi…

1949 CE

#14289

The mind of mechanical man.

Jefferson’s paper on the differences between electronic computers and the human brain inspired Alan Turing to respond with his famous paper, “Computing machinery and intelligence” (1950), which intro…

1981 CE

#13068

The mismeasure of man.

A critique of statistical methods and cultural motivations underlying biological determinism. "Gould argues that the primary assumption underlying biological determinism is that, “worth can be assigned to indivi…

1877 CE

#9532

The mortality of surgical operations in the upper lake states, compared with that of other regions.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1859 CE

#9972

The natural history of the European seas. Edited and continued by Robert Godwin-Austen.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

2013 CE

#11978

The NCBI handbook, 2nd edition.

Available online from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov at this link. "The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is a lead…

2013 CE

#13729

The NCBI handbook, 2nd edition.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK143764/ "The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is a leader in t…

1994 CE

#8140

The NeuroStation--a highly accurate, minimally invasive solution to frameless stereotactic neurosurgery.

The beginning of image-guided surgery. Abstract: "The NeuroStation is an image-guided neurosurgery workstation designed to deliver frameless stereotaxy within an ergonomic, integrated surgical environment. Generally, …

2009 CE

#11355

The quest for artificial intelligence.

A history of artificial intelligence in general, including medical applications, from the 18th century onward by a pioneer of artificial intelligence.

1980 CE

#11488

The seeds of artificial intelligence: SUMEX-AIM.

A semi-popular and extensively illustrated summary of research on artificial intelligence in medicine at Stanford Medical School as directed by Edward A. Feigenbaum, Stanley N. Cohen, Carl Djerassi, and Elliott C. Lev…

1732 CE

#9460

The state of physick, ancient and modern, briefly considered: with a plan for the improvement of it.

Instead of assessing the efficacy of therapies by their correlation with theories, Clifton argued that physicians should base their judgments about the effects of treatments on a sufficient number of their own observa…

1993 CE

#8618

The uses of life: A history of biotechnology.

1986 CE

#10201

The Visible Human Project.

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html "The Visible Human Project® is an outgrowth of the NLM's 1986 Long-Range Plan. It is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional r…

1877 CE

#7484

The voyage of the "Challenger": The Atlantic: A preliminary account of the general results of th exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile of the first American edition (1878) from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.

1972 CE

#9628

The voyage of the Challenger.

1953 CE

#7993

The Welch Medical Library indexing project.

A progress report on this pioneering information retrieval project. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

2024 CE

#14326

Three epochs of artificial intelligence in health care.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2813874 Abstract: "Importance Interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has reached an all-time high, and health care leaders across the ecosystem are faced with questi…

2001 CE

#7959

Transatlantic robot-assisted telesurgery.

The "Lindbergh operation", a complete very long distance tele-surgical gallbladder operation carried out by a team of French surgeons located in New York on a patient in Strasbourg, France using high-spreed telecommun…

1979 CE

#13929

Transformation of mammalian cells with genes from procaryotes and eucaryotes.

Axel, along with microbiologist Saul J. Silverstein and geneticist Michael H. Wigler, discovered a technique of cotransformation via transfection. This process, which allows foreign DNA to be inserted into a host cell…

1959 CE

#13334

Transfusions et greffes de moelle osseuse homologue chez des humains irradiés a haute dos accidentellement.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Mathé, Jammet, Pendic et al. Mathé performed the first bone marrow graft between unrelated donors and hosts in order to save six Yugoslavian nuclear resea…

1889 CE

#12646

Über den Schwerpunkt des menschlichen Körpers mit Rücksicht auf die Ausrüstung des deutschen Infanteristen.

Translated into English by P.G.J. Maquet and R. Furlong as On the centre of gravity of the human body as related to the equipment of the German infantry soldier. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1985.

1908 CE

#244

Überden Nachweis der Vererbung beim Menschen.

Weinberg, a general practitioner and obstetrician in Stuttgart, was also a founder of population genetics. He co-discovered the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium.

1878 CE

#228.1

Ueber die Vortheile der Mimicry bei Schmetterlingen.

Bates’s theory of mimicry did not account for the superficial resemblances between two or more unpalatable species. Müller explained such mimicry, known today as “Müllerian mimicry”. A pred…

2023 CE

#14200

Ultra-fast deep-learned CNS tumour classification during surgery.

Published "open access" 11 October 2023. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06615-2 "Abstract: "Central nervous system tumours represent one of the most lethal cancer types, particularly among children1. Prima…

1965 CE

#7356

Use of computers in biology and medicine.

2011 CE

#12440

Using a pan-viral microarray assay (Virochip) to screen clinical samples for viral pathogens.

Direct link to the Journal of Visualized Experiments, JOVE.com: https://www.jove.com/video/2536/using-pan-viral-microarray-assay-virochip-to-screen-clinical-samples Using a Pan-Viral Microarray Assay (Virochip) to Scr…

1926 CE

#145.64

Variazioni e fluttuazioni del numero d’individui in specie animali conviventi.

The mathematician Volterra created the basic equations for two species interactions. Abridged English translation as appendix to R. Chapman, Animal ecology, New York, 1931.

1997 CE

#7457

Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells.

Cloning of the lamb Dolly, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. Her birth established that the nuclei of at least some adult cells can be used to produce sheep or other animals that are genetically identi…

2011 CE

#10563

Visual complexity: Mapping patterns of information.

An exceptionally beautiful graphic work with many historical examples showing how data in many fields, including medicine and biology, can be mapped and visualized.

1885 CE

#1704

Vital statistics. A memorial volume of selections from the reports and writings of William Farr.

Farr applied statistical methods to epidemiology and was the first mathematically to express the rise and fall of epidemic diseases, thus making possible the more accurate prediction of the occurrence of epidemics.

2019 CE

#12970

Whole-animal connectomes of both Caenorhabditis elegans sexes.

The first whole-animal connectomes for both adult sexes of a single species. "As none of the EM series cover an entire single animal, to generate whole animal connectomes, data from different reconstruction series wer…

1949 CE

#12635

X-ray crystallographic investigation of the structure of penicillin. IN: Clarke, Johnson, Robinson (eds.) Chemistry of penicillin (1949) 310-67.

Hodgkin and colleagues, including biochemist Barbara Low, solved the structure of penicillin in 1945, demonstrating, contrary to scientific opinion at the time, that it contains a β-lactam ring. The discovery was…