Facets

1914 CE

#1664.1

A study in hospital efficiency as demonstrated by the case report of the first two years of a private hospital.

Pioneer application of efficiency engineering principles to hospital administration, made over a two year period. Codman was responsible for the “end result idea”. This revolutionary concept, which seems s…

1845 CE–1849 CE

#7694

Dr. Heinrich Berghaus’ Physikalischer Atlas: oder, Sammlung von Karten, auf denen die hauptsächlichsten Erscheinungen der anorganischen und organischen Natur nach ihrer geographischen Verbreitung und Vertheilung bildlich dargestellt sind. 2 vols.

Berghaus created a new genre of thematic atlases. He issued this work gradually in eighteen installments from 1837 to1848. The first edition of the complete atlas consists of ninety maps in two vols., dated 1845 and 1…

1913 CE

#7436

Our vanishing wild life: Its extermination and reservation.

One of the first books wholly devoted to endangered wild animals. Hornaday revolutionized museum exhibits by displaying wildlife in their natural settings, and is credited with discovering the American crocodile, savi…

1874 CE

#9643

Shadows from the walls of death: Facts and inferences prefacing a book of specimens of arsenical wall papers.

To drive home the dangers of arsenic in wallpaper Kedzie took the step of publishing one of the most unusual books ever issued: Shadows from the Walls of Death: Facts and Inferences Prefacing a Book of Specimens of Ar…

1874 CE

#7479

Statistical atlas of the United States based on the results of the ninth census 1870, with contributions from many eminent men of science and several departments of the government.

This oversized compendium of maps, graphs, statistical tables, and essays was the first comprehensive thematic atlas produced by any nation. It was hailed both at home and abroad for its innovative use of graphic elem…

1970 CE

#8156

The influence of nitrogen oxides on the atmospheric ozone content.

Crutzen showed that nitrous oxide impacts the ozone layer by pointing out "that emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a stable, long-lived gas produced by soil bacteria, from the Earth's surface could affect the amount of…

1988 CE

#12349

The politics of prevention: Anti-Vaccinationism and public health in nineteenth-century England.

Digital facsimile from semanticscholar.org at this link.

2008 CE

#9878

The politics of vaccination: Practice and policy in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, 1800-1874.

1999 CE

#8078

... And the pursuit of national health: The incremental strategy toward national health insurance in the United States of America.

1998 CE

#9642

"Every man his own doctor." Popular medicine in early America: An exhibition drawn from the collections of Charles E. Rosenberg, William H. Helfand and the Library Company of Philadelphia.

1987 CE

#13165

"I have done my duty." Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War, 1854-56. Edited by Sue M. Goldie.

Nightingale's correspondence, 1854-1856.

1954 CE

#9879

"L'Eunuque dans l'Égypte pharaonique.

Full annotated text available at https://people.well.com/user/aquarius/pharaonique.htm.

1933 CE

#1068.1

“Pantothenic acid”, a growth determinant of universal biological occurrence.

Discovery of pantothenic acid (vitamin B3). with C. M. Lyman, G. H. Goodyear, J. H. Truesdail, and D. Holaday.

1908 CE

#2913

[In Russian:] Changes in parenchymatous organs and in the aorta of rabbits under the influence of animal protein.

Experimental atherosclerosis produced by a cholesterol-rich diet of whole milk, egg yolks, and meat. French translation as" Influence de la nourriture animale sur l'organisme des lapins," Arch. Méd. exp. Anat. …

1962 CE

#13164

A bio-bibliography of Florence Nightingale.

Completed and edited for publication by Sue M. Goldie after the death of William J. Bishop.

1928 CE

#2134.1

A case of pneumoconiosis. Result of the inhalation of asbestos dust.

Seiler established an unequivocal relationship between asbestos and pulmonary fibrosis.

2006 CE

#10148

A century of adventure in northern health: The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in Alaska, 1879-1978.

1932 CE

#1658

A century of public health in Britain, 1832-1929.

1981 CE

#10329

A century of surgery: The history of the American Surgical Association, 1880-1980. 2 vols.

2010 CE

#9670

A companion to American environmental history. Edited by Douglas Cazaux Sackman.

1937 CE

#1074

A crystalline vitamin A concentration.

1817 CE

#6330

A cursory inquiry into some of the principal causes of mortality among children. With a view to assist in ameliorating the state of the rising generation, in health, morals, and happiness. To which is added an account of the universal dispensary for sick indigent children.

Davis called attention to the high infant mortality rate, especially in London. His suggestion that poor mothers should be instructed in the care of their infants resulted in a system of health-visiting by benevolent …

1743 CE

#1596

A description of ventilators.

Hales devised a ventilator, by means of which fresh air could be introduced into jails, mines, hospitals, the holds of ships, etc. The invention met with immediate approval and contributed much towards health of those…

1760 CE

#7060

A discourse on the nature, causes, and cure of corpulency. Illustrated by a remarkable case, Read before the Royal Society, November 1757. And now first published.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1730 CE

#13626

A dissertation upon tea, explaining its nature and properties by many new experiments; and demonstrating from philosophical principles, the various effects it has on different constitutions. To which is added the natural history of tea; and a detection of the several frauds used in preparing it. Also a discourse on the virtues of sage and water, and an enquiry into the reasons why the same food is not equally agreeable to all constitutions....

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1940 CE

#1085

A further note on the identity of vitamin H with biotin.

Isolation of β-biotin (formerly known as vitamin H). With D. B. Melville, P. György, and C. S. Rose.

1926 CE

#3758

A further study of butter, fresh beef, and yeast as pellagra preventatives, with consideration of the relation of factor P-P of pellagra (and black tongue of dogs) to vitamin B.

Anti-pellagra vitamin. With G. A. Wheeler, R. D. Lillie, and L. M. Rogers.

1926 CE

#1057

A further study of butter, fresh beef, and yeast as pellagra preventives, with consideration of the relation of factor P-P of pellagra (and black tongue of dogs) to vitamin B.

Anti-pellagra vitamin (B2, riboflavine). With G. A. Wheeler, R. D. Lillie, and L. M. Rogers.

1935 CE

#1780

A geography of disease.

Published as supplement to Amer. J. trop. Med., 1935, 15, No. 5.

1947 CE

#1668

A guide to the history of physical education. 3rd edition, revised and enlarged by George Affleck.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1921 CE

#1654

A half-century of public health. Jubilee historical volume of the American Public Health Association.

2001 CE

#10866

A history of bisexuality.

1991 CE

#9760

A history of education in public health: Health that mocks doctors' rules.

"This is the first book to examine and compare the history and contemporary problems of education for public health in Britain and the United States. In Britain, education for public health has been directed solely to…

1950 CE

#1670

A history of English public health, 1834-1939.

1934 CE

#1659

A history of food adulteration and analysis.

2016 CE

#9238

A history of global health: Interventions into the lives of other peoples.

1987 CE

#12139

A history of health & medicine in Queensland 1824-1960.

2010 CE

#8275

A history of healthcare in Istanbul: Health organizations, epidemics, infections and disease control, preventive health institutions, hospitals, medical education.

1957 CE

#1092.52

A history of nutrition.

1974 CE

#12491

A history of public health in New York City.

1958 CE

#1671.3

A history of public health.

1947 CE

#8644

A history of the American Medical Association 1847 to 1947.

1923 CE

#11008

A history of the Massachusetts Medical Society: With brief biographies of the founders and chief officers, 1781-1922.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1964 CE–2005 CE

#6550.1

A history of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 4 vols. Vols. 1 & 2 by Sir George Norman Clark, vol. 3 by A. M. Cooke, vol. 4 by Asa Briggs.

1916 CE

#6537.1

A history of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and of the Irish schools of medicine, including a medical bibliography and a medical biography. 2nd ed.

First edition, 1886. Digital facsimile of the 1886 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.

2009 CE

#9830

A history of total health.

https://kaiserpermanentehistory.org/ "A History of Total Health invites you to join in a discussion of today’s health care as we draw links to relevant events in the history of Kaiser Permanente and the industri…

1864 CE

#1614

A manual of practical hygiene.

First important English treatise on hygiene.

1741 CE

#13383

A mechanical and critical enquiry into the nature of hermaphrodites.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1957 CE

#10322

A Medical chronicle of New York State: Being a compendium of historic developments and events during the past 150 years, published on the occasion of the sesquicentennial of the Medical Society of the State of New York.

1938 CE

#12593

A medical survey of the republic of Guatemala, by George Cheever Shattuck. With the collaboration of Joseph C. Bequaert, Margaret M. Hilferty, Jack H. Sandground [and] Samuel Drury Clark.

Organized and directed by the Department of Tropical Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.