Denmark

1652 CE

#1096

De lacteis thoracicis in homine brutisque.

Contains Bartholin’s discovery of the thoracic duct. English translation, 1653.

1653 CE

#1097

Vasa lymphatica.

Bartholin disputed the claim of Rudbeck as to priority in the discovery of the intestinal lymphatics. Although anticipated in this by Rudbeck, there is no doubt that Bartholinus was the first to appreciate the signifi…

1659 CE

#13819

Bibliotheca medical Henrici Fuiren.

Catalogue of the library of Henrick Fuiren compiled by his brother Thomas after Henrick's death. Henrick bequeathed the library to the University of Copenhagen.

1661 CE

#5645.90

De nivis usu medico observationes variae…

The first work after Avicenna to discuss the use of snow as an anesthetic.

1662 CE

#7690

Cista medica Hafniensis: variis consiliis, curationibus, casibus rarioribus, Vitis medicorum Hafniensium, aliisq; ad rem medicam, anatomicam, botanicam & chymicam spectantibus referta. Accedit eiusdem Domus anatomica brevissime descripta.

Histories of famous physicians in Copenhagen along with the description of the building designed for the teaching of anatomy there, designated the "Anatomy House". Bartholin's Domus anatomica brevissime descripta was …

1663 CE

#13818

Rariora musaei Henrici Fuiren medicinae doctoris quae Academie Regiae Hafniensi legavit.

1664 CE

#576

De musculis et glandulis observationum specimen.

Stensen described the structure of muscles, the fibra motrix, confirming that contraction actually occurs in the muscle fibres, not in the tendon as Galen had thought. He attempted a geometrical description of muscle …

1666 CE

#9638

De medicina Danorum domestica dissertationes x.

An early study of medicine in Denmark, including local botanic drugs and folk medicine. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1669 CE

#6613

De medicis poetis dissertatio.

1670 CE

#7123

De bibliothecis incendio. Dissertatio ad filios.

As a result of the burning of his home and the destruction of his library, which included numerous unpublished manuscripts on a wide range of subjects, Bartholin published what was intended to be work of self-consolat…

1684 CE

#974.2

Du ductu salivati hactenus non descriptio.

“Bartholin’s duct” and “gland”, the sublingual salivary gland and ducts.

1696 CE

#7580

Museum regium, seu, Catalogus rerum tam naturalium, quam artificialium, quae in basilica bibliothecae augustissimi Daniae Norvegiaeq[ue] monarchae Christiani Quinti, Hafniae asservantur.

Catalogue of the museum of Christian V, King of Denmark by Jacobaeus, physician, traveller, and writer. Digital facsimile from Getty Research Institute, Internet Archive at this link.

1754 CE

#13065

Briefe welch einige Erfahrungen der electrischen Wirkungen in Krankheiten enthalten.

1786 CE

#2466

Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina, quae detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari.

Müller was the first to attempt a systematic classification of infusoria. He published several papers on the subject, the best being the above posthumous work. Muller described 8 species of the genus Vibrio (incl…

1802 CE–1803 CE

#2028.4

Die Transfusion des Blutes und Einspriitzung der Arzneyen in die Adem. Historisch und in Rücksicht auf die practische Heilkunde bearbeitet. 2 vols.

Schell was the author of the first 2 vols, which were the first major work on transfusion since the 17th century and an excellent early history of the subject. Scheel reviewed both transfusion and intravenous injectio…

1822 CE

#7695

Grundtræk til en almindelig Plantegeographie.

The first atlas of the geography of plants, including distribution maps for the eastern and western hemisphere. Schouw translated the work into German and had the translation published the following year: Grundzü…

1830 CE–1845 CE

#6754

Medicinisches Schriftsteller-Lexicon der jetzt lebenden Aerzte, Wundärzte, Geburtschelfer, Apotheker, und Naturforscher aller gebildeten Völker. 33 vols.

In 25 vols. and and 8-vol. supplement, Callisen’s great medical bibliography of writings by physicians, surgeons, obstetricians, pharmacists, and naturalists then living gives a complete view of the literature o…

1836 CE

#7374

Ledetraad til Nordisk Oldkyndighed.

Thomsen's work established the "Three-Age system," according to which artifacts were first made of stone, then bronze, and then iron. This basic chronology underpins the archaeology of most of the "Old World.”

1842 CE

#217

Om Fortplantning og Udvikling gjennem vexlende Generations-raekker.

Steenstrup is responsible for the theory of the “alternation of generations”. He showed that certain animals produce offspring which never resemble them but which, on the other hand, bring forth progeny wh…

1852 CE

#2615

Om epithelioma, en særegen Svulst, som man hidtil i Almindelighed har anseet for Kræft.

Hannover coined the word “epithelioma.” He did not recognize its malignant character but maintained that metastases were produced by cancer cells arriving by way of the blood stream. Translated into German…

1873 CE

#6570

Danmarks Laeger og Laegevaesen fra de aeldste Tider indtil Aar 1800. 2 vols.

1877 CE

#2033

Hauptmomente in der geschichtlichen Entwickelung der medicinischen Therapie.

Reprinted Hildesheim, 1966.

1886 CE

#1883.01

Om Periodiske Depressionstilstande og deres Patogenese.

Lange was the first to use a mixture of drugs containing lithium carbonate for the preventive treatment of periodic depression. This work contains the “first unequivocal account of prophylactic drug treatment fo…

1890 CE

#6392

Hauptmomente in der älteren Geschichte der medicinischen Klinik.

Reprinted Hildesheim, G. Olms, 1966.

1896 CE

#2000

Om anvendelse medicinen af koncentrerede kemiske lysstraaler.

Finsen was the founder of modern phototherapy. He demonstrated the value of invisible light, the actinic or chemical ray, the ultra-violet ray, as therapeutic measures. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at…

1905 CE–1922 CE

#6571

Den Danske Laegestand, 1749-1900. 5 vols.

Biographies of Danish physicians and surgeons. Supplements about every ten years.

1910 CE

#7474

Opera philosophica. Edited by Vilhelm Maar. 2 vols.

Steno's collected works, presented in the original Latin with an introduction in English. Digital facsimile from biusante.parisdescartes.fr at this link.

1931 CE

#11447

Fra Mand til Kvinde: Lili Elbes Bekendelser.

Posthumously published autobiography of one of the first transgender women, known prior to the sex change as the Danish painter Einar Wegener. Translated into English as Man into woman: An authentic record of a change…

1932 CE

#12060

Light and life. Address delivered at the opening meeting of the International Congress on Light Therapy in Copenhagen 15. August 1932.

In 1922 Bohr was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them." Including Bohr's 1932 address, Light and life, in the Nob…

1935 CE

#3700

Die Zahnheilkunde im achtzehnten Jahrhundert.

1938 CE

#11771

Bird books and bird art: An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology, based principally on the collection of books containing plates with figures of birds and their eggs now in the University Library at Copenhagen and including a catalogue of these works.

This bibliography is distinctive for its very detailed annotations.

1941 CE

#4404

Chondrodystrophic dwarfs in Denmark (supplemented with investigations from Sweden and Norway) with special reference to the inheritance of chondrodystrophy.

Morch established the fact that chondrodystrophy may be inherited.

1942 CE

#6651

ACTA HISTORICA SCIENTIARUM NATURALIUM ET MEDICINALIUM. 1-, Kobenhavn, Odense,

Monographic series.

1945 CE

#3701

Die Zahnheilkunde im neunzehnten Jahrhundert.

1949 CE

#4404.1

Osteogenesis imperfecta: A study of clinical features and heredity based on 55 Danish families comprising 180 affected members.

Includes a translation of Ekman’s thesis (No. 4304.1). Also gives a case reported in 1678.

1950 CE

#6655

CENTAURUS. International Magazine of the History of Science and Medicine. 1-

1950 CE

#6447

Medicinens historie.

2nd edition, 1964.

1950 CE

#1584

The history of muscle physiology from the natural philosophers to Albrecht von Haller.

Acta Historica Scientiarum Naturalium et Medicinalium, Vol. 7.

1955 CE

#12911

Index of dental and adjacent topics in medical and surgical works before 1800.

1974 CE

#8280

Ancient ophthalmological agents: A pharmaco-historical study of the collyria and seals used during Roman antiquity, as well as of the most frequent components of the collyria.

1986 CE

#13185

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

1986 CE

#1588.22

The history of blood gases, acids and bases.

The authors were prominent investigators in the field.

1998 CE

#8889

The Old English illustrated pharmacopoeia. British Library Cotton Vitellius C III. Edited by M. A. D'Aronco and M. L. Cameron. Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile, 27.

Macer glosses, Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium, Macrobius, etc. 12th century. "A composite manuscript which comprises four parts, Parts 1 and 2 contain items in English, Part 3 contains Macrobius, "Saturnalia" and Part 4 i…

2010 CE

#13650

Cambodians and their doctors: A medical anthropology of colonial and postcolonial Cambodia.

Digital facsimile from diva-portal.org at this link.

2010 CE

#11393

The last plague in the Baltic Region 1709-1713.

This work "offers a thorough description and analysis of the terrible plague epidemic that ravaged the Baltic region in the years between 1709 and 1713? at the same time when the region was razed by the Great Northern…