St. Louis, MO
36 entries published in this place. (St. Louis, US)
1871 CE
#10483
Physical effects of compressed air, and of the causes of pathological symptoms produced on man, by increased atmospheric pressure employed for the sinking of piers, in the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.
Study of caisson disease and its treatement resulting from experience in treating workmen constructing the Eads Bridge, which opened in 1874. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1882 CE
#6284
Labor among primitive peoples.
Third edition, revised, 1884.
1900 CE
#10314
One hundred years of medicine and surgery in Missouri: Historical and biographical review of the careers of the physicians and surgeons of the state of Missouri, and sketches of some of its notable medical institutions. Edited by Max A. Goldstein.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1907 CE
#3337
Tracheo-bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy and gastroscopy.
First textbook on endoscopy.
1910 CE
#11616
Hookworm disease; Etiology, pathology, diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis, and treatment
When the authors published this book hookworm disease was endemic in the American south, partly because so many people walked in the soil without wearing shoes, so the hookworms entered their body through the soles of…
1912 CE
#5756.7
Surgery and diseases of the mouth and jaws.
First comprehensive work on maxillofacial surgery. After World War I Blair established the first separate Plastic Surgery Service in the United States at Barnes Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis.
1913 CE
#12905
Exodontia: A practical treatise on the technic of extraction of teeth with a chapter on anesthesia. A complete guide for the exodontist, general dental practitioner, and dental student.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1919 CE
#9436
The medical aspects of mustard gas poisoning.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1925 CE
#4480
The evolution of orthopaedic surgery.
1926 CE
#3699
Orthodontics; an historical review of its origin and evolution, including an extensive bibliography of orthodontic literature up to the time of specialization. 2 vols.
1926 CE
#12907
The dental assistant.
The first textbook for dental assistants.
1929 CE
#6299.1
Obstetric forceps, its history and evolution.
1929 CE
#4433.1
Osteomyelitis and compound fractures and other infected wounds: Treatment by the method of drainage and rest.
Orr developed a treatment for open fractures “consisting of thorough debridement, reduction of the fracture, and usually, maintenance of the reduction by the technique of pins transfixing the fragments and incor…
1939 CE
#4403.2
Operative orthopedics.
First edition of the most influential American textbook of orthopedics in the twentieth century.
1941 CE
#3158
Cardiac classics. A collection of classic works on the heart and circulation with comprehensive biographic accounts of the authors.
Covers the literature up to 1912. Reprinted in 2 vols, as Classics of cardiology, New York, Dover, 1961. Reprinted again, with volume 3 by John A. Callahan, Thomas E. Keys & Jack E. Key, Malabar, Florida, Krieger, 198…
1943 CE
#6636
History of nursing.
Second edition, History and trends of professional nursing, 1950.
1943 CE
#5768.1
Reconstructive surgery of the eyelids.
Most of this work is a very carefully documented history of the subject. Bibliography of 451 references.
1948 CE
#3703
An introduction to the history of dentistry. 2 vols.
The first volume covers the history to 1800; the second deals solely with the history of dentistry in America.
1966 CE
#7398
The ocular fundus in neurologic disease: A diagnostic manual and stereo atlas.
Photographs by Diane Beeston.
1969 CE
#11990
Microneurosurgery. Edited by Robert W. Rand.
The first textbooks on microneurosurgery by the pioneering American neurosurgeon, Robert Rand, and the pioneering Turkish-Swiss neurosurgeon Gazi Yasargil, both appeared in 1969.
1970 CE
#3611.4
Hernia repair without disability.
First monograph on ambulatory hernia surgery. Second edition published by Ishiyaku Euroamerica in 1986 was retitled: Hernia repair without disability: A surgical atlas illustrating the anatomy, technique, and physiolo…
1970 CE
#4483.4
The early orthopaedic surgeons of America.
1971 CE
#14193
The American Association of Orthodontists: The biography of a specialty organization.
1976 CE
#13064
Caspar Peucer's library: Portrait of a Wittenberg professor of the mid-sixteenth century
1985 CE
#3705.4
Dentistry: An illustrated history.
1985 CE
#6639.11
Nursing: the finest art. An illustrated history.
The most elaborately illustrated history available.
1989 CE
#7763
Socioeconomics of surgery.
Probably the first book-form study of these issues.
1990 CE
#9776
A chronology of nuclear medicine.
1992 CE
#6993
Chiropractic: History and evolution of a new profession.
1992 CE
#7184
Radiology: An illustrated history.
1993 CE
#6967
Surgery: An illustrated history.
Text written by Ira Rutkow; captions to illustrations written by Jeremy Norman.
1994 CE
#7821
Medical history through postage stamps.
1995 CE
#9796
Chiropractic: An illustrated history.
1996 CE
#7012
The Bernard Becker collection in ophthalmology. An annotated catalogue. Third edition, compiled by Lilla Wechsler, Christopher Hoolihan, Mark F. Weimer.
1996 CE
#9800
Veterinary medicine: An illustrated history.
1997 CE
#7463