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5 entries match Cardiology & Blood [C14 / C15] · Natural History & Evolution [K01.900.500]

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1784 CE

#2734.4

A treatise on the diseases of children.

UNDERWOOD, Michael (1737 – 1820)

Underwood laid the foundation of modern pediatrics. His work was superior to anything that had previously appeared and remained the most important book on the subject for sixty years, passing through many editions. Th…

1879 CE

#8852

Gold as a remedy in disease, notably in some forms of organic heart disease, angina pectoris, melancholy, tedium vitae, scrofula, syphilis, skin disease, & as an antidote to the ill effects of mercury.

BURNETT, James Compton (1840 – 1901)

Burnett, a homeopath, provided an excellent summary of the history of gold as it was used in medicine, with extensive references to the historical literature. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1954 CE

#11887

Protection afforded by sickle-cell trait against subtertian malarial infection.

ALLISON, Anthony Clifford (1925 – 2014)

Allison was the first to connect a hereditary disease (sickle cell disease) to an infectious disease (malaria). He proved that heterozygous and homozygous individuals to the sickle cell trait or disease respectively s…

1909 CE

#6845

The differentiation and specificity of corresponding proteins and other vital substances in relation to biological classification and organic evolution: The crystallography of hemoglobins.

REICHERT, Edward Tyson (1855 – 1931) BROWN, Amos Peaslee (1864 – 1917)

This massive work with 100 plates including 600 images, was the first large-scale investigation of species differences at the molecular level. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1976 CE

#11888

The resistance factor to Plasmodium vivax in blacks.

MILLER, Louis Howard (1935 – )
MASON, Steven J.
MASON, Steven J.
CLYDE, David Francis (1925 – 2002)
CLYDE, David Francis (1925 – 2002) & et al.

The authors showed that the Plasmodium vivax parasite requires the Fya/Fyb Duffy antigen/chemokine receptor on the surface of red blood cells for penetration of human red blood cells. Because most African and American…