Facets

1895 CE

#4679

First description of the Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome (Nos. 4685-86). Abstract of post mortem report, no title.

1974 CE

#6935

A selective inhibitor of serotonin uptake: Lilly 110140, 3-(p-Trifluoromethylphenoxy)-n-methyl-3-phenylpropylamine.

The first paper on the anti-depressant fluoxetine, marketed under the trade name Prozac. With Jong S. Horng, Frank P. Bymaster, Kenneth. L. Hauser, and Bryan B. Molloy. doi:10.1016/0024-3205(74)90345-2. PMID 4549929

1992 CE

#7354

Brain maps: Structure of the rat brain.

The first computer graphics atlas of the brain of any species, with the illustration files also available separately (1993). The work included a complete and systematic, hierarchically organized set of annotated nomen…

1826 CE

#6828

Cases illustrative of the remedial effects of acupuncturation.

The first original study of acupuncture published in North America, and one of the earliest American publications on the alleviation of pain. Franklin Bache, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, was the first American…

2021 CE

#13916

"All manner of ingenuity and industry." A bio-bibliography of Dr. Thomas Willis 1621-1675 by Alastair Compston.

2008 CE

#9489

"Hand mnemonics in classical Chinese medicine: Texts, earliest images, and arts of memory," Festschrift issued in honor of Nathan Sivin, Asia Major series 3, 21.1, 325-357.

1857 CE

#4813.1

[Contribution to discussion on paper by E.H. Sieveking.]

Locock, physician accoucheur to Queen Victoria, recommended bromide of potassium in the treatment of epilepsy.

1968 CE–1982 CE

#7349

1: The brain stem of the cat: a cytoarchitectonic atlas with stereotaxic coordinates. 2: The thalamus and basal telencephalon of the cat: a cytoarchitectonic atlas with stereotaxic coordinates.

Large folio. Images reproduced from contact prints recorded on 14 x 17 inch Kodak high-contrast metallographic plates. The first volume was by Alvin L. Berman; the second volume was by Berman and Edward G. Jones.

1951 CE

#4672.4

A bibliography of infantile paralysis 1789-1949. With selected abstracts and annotations. 2nd edition.

An exhaustive list of books and papers.

1666 CE

#4992

A brief account of Mr Valentine Greatrakes, and divers of the strange cures by him lately performed. Written by himself in a letter addressed to the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq., 1666.

The earliest scientific account, by a practitioner, and corroborated by witnesses, of healing by the “laying-on of hands”. Greatrakes became known as “the Irish stroker” because of his method o…

1603 CE

#13553

A brief discourse of a disease called the suffocation of the mother. Written uppon occasion which hath beene of late taken thereby, to suspect possession of an evill spirit, or some such like supernaturall power. Wherin is declared that divers strange actions and passions of the body of man, which the common opinion, are imputed to the Divell, have their true naturall causes, and do accompanie this disease.

Jorden was the first English physician who viewed women accused of witchcraft as unfortunate persons suffering from some medical condition. "Asserting that there were natural causes for their afflictions, Jorden often…

1896 CE

#4584

A case of circumscribed unilateral, and elective sensory paralysis.

1892 CE

#4708

A case of complete athetosis with post-mortem.

One of the earliest accounts of bilateral athetosis (“Vogt syndrome”, No. 4720).

1839 CE–1840 CE

#4525

A case of disease in the posterior columns of the spinal cord.

Stanley was the first to describe disease of the posterior columns of the spinal cord.

1740 CE

#4731

A case of extraordinary exostoses on the back of a boy.

Probably the earliest description of myositis ossificans progressiva. Freke was a friend of Fielding, who mentioned him in Tom Jones.

1877 CE

#4799

A case of general paralysis at the age of sixteen.

Clouston, eminent English psychiatrist, was the first definitely to recognize the relationship between paresis and congenital syphilis and to report a case. This paper is also of interest as being the only recorded ca…

1879 CE

#4560.1

A case of partial epilepsy, apparently due to a lesion of one of the vasomotor centres of the brain.

“Sturge–Weber syndrome” – association of a port-wine nevus in the skin of the face with a vascular abnormality of the meninges on the same side. See No. 4605.2.

1911 CE

#4685

A case of suprarenal apoplexy.

Waterhouse–Friderichsen (WFS) syndrome (see also Nos. 4679, 4686).

1925 CE

#3862

A case of tetany treated with parathyrin.

First use of parathyroid hormone in the treatment of tetany.

1900 CE

#4711

A case of unilateral progressive ascending paralysis, probably representing a new form of degenerative disease.

First description of unilateral progressive ascending paralysis (“Mills’s disease”).

1974 CE

#5019.15

A centennial bibliography of Huntington’s chorea, 1872-1972.

Over 2,000 references to original works. Chronological arrangement. Author, geographic and other indexes. With F. Baro and N. C. Myrianthopoulos.

1926 CE

#4608

A classification of the tumors of the glioma group on a histogenetic basis with a correlated study of prognosis.

From 1922 to 1925 Bailey undertook extensive pathological and histological studies of brain tumors, and based on cellular configuration, he created a classification system of thirteen categories. In 1927 he reduced th…

1894 CE–1896 CE

#2232

A collection of the published writings. 2 vols.

Gull, one of the best clinicians of his time, spent most of his working life at Guy’s Hospital. He described the spinal lesion of tabes and left an important account of aneurysm. His best works are his descripti…

1781 CE

#11601

A complete collection of the medical and philosophical works of John Fothergill. With an account of his life; and occasional notes, by John Elliot.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1863 CE

#4538

A contribution to the pathology of the crura cerebri.

“Weber’s syndrome”or “Weber–Gubler syndrome” – hemiplegia associated with disease of the crura cerebri; first described by Gubler (No. 4531).

2016 CE

#10240

A critical history of schizophrenia.

1852 CE

#12047

A curious dance round a curious tree.

Dickens' account of his visit on the day after Christmas, 1851 to the wards at St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, founded in 1751 to provide free care to the impoverished and incurable mentally ill. "The inhabitants of…

1830 CE

#6952

A demonstration of the nerves of the human body.

The largest and most splendidly produced atlas of neuroanatomy originally published in English, with plates that remain unsurpassed as works of art. Later editions were in reduced format.

1913 CE

#4805

A demonstration of Treponema pallidum in the brain in cases of general paralysis.

A pure culture of Trep. pallidum was obtained from a case of dementia paralytica.

1892 CE

#4947

A dictionary of psychological medicine. 2 vols.

1788 CE

#10004

A dissertation on the influence of passions upon disorders of the body.

A treatise on the psychosomatic aspects of certain diseases. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1820 CE

#7596

A dissertation on the treatment of morbid local affections of nerves.

An early discussion of peripheral nerve injuries, tumors, and inflammation of nerves, including issues of pain and healing. Swan was among the first of the 19th-century surgeons to argue that divided nerves that are s…

2011 CE

#13894

A first rate madness: Uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness.

1911 CE

#4822

A first study of inheritance of epilepsy.

Davenport and Weeks produced strong evidence in support of the hereditary origin of epilepsy.

2005 CE

#9780

A historical dictionary of psychiatry.

The first historical dictionary of psychiatry.

2000 CE

#8229

A history of madness in sixteenth-century Germany.

1941 CE

#5013

A history of medical psychology.

2008 CE

#14011

A history of neuro-oncology.

2000 CE

#6825

A history of neuroanatomical mappiing IN: Arthur W. Toga and John C. Mazziotta, Brain mapping: The systems, Chapter 3, pp. 77-109.

Extensively illustrated in color, with a thorough bibliography of original references.

1959 CE

#5019.1

A history of neurology.

1983 CE–1988 CE

#1588.19

A history of neurophysiology in the 17th and 18th centuries. From concept to experiment. A history of neurophysiology in the 19th century. 2 vols.

2002 CE

#11135

A history of neuroradiology (1895-2002). XVIIth Symposium Radiologicum: Paris-France, August 18-24, 2002.

1971 CE

#4672.5

A history of poliomyelitis.

1989 CE

#10742

A history of stroke: Its recognition and treatment.

2017 CE

#11088

A history of the mind and mental health in classical Greek medical thought.

1968 CE

#5019.7

A history of the treatment of speech disorders.

1908 CE

#1302

A human experiment in nerve division.

Head submitted to the division of his own left radial and external cutaneous nerves. His subsequent study of the loss and restoration of sensation thus brought about, led to a reclassification of the sensory pathways.…

1810 CE

#4969.2

A letter to Henry Cline, Esq. on imperfect developements (sic) of the faculties mental and moral, as well as constitutional and organic; and on on the treatment of impediments of speech.

The first book on mental deficiency. Thelwall recognized that sensory deprivation could be a cause of apparent mental defect through his work with handicapped children. He established criteria for distinguishing betwe…

1927 CE

#4653

A leukoenkephalitis periaxialis concentricaról.

“Baló’s disease” – encephalitis periaxialis concentrica. Translation in Arch. Neurol. Psychiat. (Chicago), 1928, 19, 242-64.

1943 CE

#7357

A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity.

This paper described the McCulloch-Pitts neuron, the first mathematical model of a neural network. Digital text available at this link.