Baltimore, MD

1823 CE

#5844

A treatise on the diseases of the eye.

First American textbook of ophthalmology by the first American who is believed to have restricted his practice to diseases of the eye. Frick studied under Georg Beer in Vienna.

1839 CE

#3680

The dental art, a practical treatise on dental surgery.

One of the most popular books on the subject ever published. It underwent 13 editions during the next 74 years! Harris was instrumental in founding the first dental college in the world, the Baltimore College of Denta…

1839 CE–1850 CE

#12931

American Library of Dental Science. 10 vols.

This was a series of American editions, and first English translations, of then-standard or classic works, most of which remain classics in dental literature. The volumes were listed by Weinberger (1938) as follows: V…

1867 CE

#4423

Treatment of fractures of the lower extremity, by use of the anterior suspensory apparatus.

1873 CE

#11388

Letter of Johns Hopkins to the trustees of "The Johns Hopkins Hospital".

The letter published in this 12-page pamphlet was dated March 10th, 1873. It outlined financier and philanthropist Johns Hopkins' planned bequest and general plans for the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Hopkins died in Decem…

1876 CE

#10795

The southern side: Or, Andersonville Prison. Complied from official documents. Together with an examination of the Wirz Trial: A comparison of the mortality in Northern and Southern prisons; remarks on the exchange bureau, etc. An appendix, showing the number of prisoners that died at Andersonville, and the causes of death; classified lists of all that died in stockade and hospital, etc., etc.

Stevenson was chief surgeon at the Confederate States Military Prison Hospitals in Andersonville, Georgia. The appendix lists the causes of death of 12,912 men. "Andersonville Prison, established in Georgia early in 1…

1890 CE

#1627

Description of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Billings was responsible for the designing of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. “It marked a new departure in hospital construction…It was the most perfect and best equipped institution of its time&r…

1891 CE

#6092

Contributions to the histogenesis of the papillary cystoma of the ovary.

1892 CE

#2966

Ligation of the first portion of the left subclavian artery and excision of a subclavio-axillary aneurism.

First successful ligation of the left subclavian artery. This was the first “successful ligation of the first part of either subclavian artery and the first one of complete extirpation of such an aneurysm”…

1894 CE

#11267

Hospitals dispensaries and nursing. Papers and discussions in the International Congress of Charities, Correction and Philanthropy, Section III, Chicago, June 12th to 17th, 1893. Edited by John S. Billings and Henry M. Hurd.

Includes almost 90 articles on all aspects of hospitals and nursing, by luminaries such Henry Burdett, Lavinia Dock, Cardinal Gibbons, Isabel Hampton, Henry Lyman, and Lewis Pilcher, among dozens of others. Florence N…

1901 CE

#11180

An atlas of the medulla and midbrain: A laboratory manual.

1901 CE

#2711

On a family form of recurring epistaxis, associated with multiple telangiectases of the skin and mucous membranes.

“Rendu–Osler–Weber disease.” Multiple hereditary telangiectasis was first described by Legg (No. 2707) in 1876 and later by Rendu (No. 2710) and Weber (No. 2714). Reprinted in Medical Classics,…

1903 CE

#11020

The medical annals of Maryland 1799-1899. Prepared for the centennial of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1913 CE

#1113

The origin and development of the lymphatic system.

1915 CE

#11753

Outline of common skin diseases including eruptive fevers. Also diet plans for children in use in the Department of Pediatrics, the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Gilchrist was the first professor to concentrate on dermatology at Johns Hopkins, joining the faculty in 1898. His guide to the common skin diseases, published for the use of medical students at Hopkins, was printed l…

1916 CE–1917 CE

#5006

The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada. Edited by Henry M. Hurd. 4 vols.

Hurd was Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University. The work includes his history of American psychiatry. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1917 CE

#11266

Bibliography of William Henry Welch.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1917 CE

#4986

The Stanford revision and extension of the Binet–Simon scale for measuring intelligence.

1920 CE

#11483

American medical biographies.

This is the extensively revised second edition of Kelly's A cyclopaedia of American medical biography, comprising the lives of eminent deceased physicians and surgeons from 1610 to 1910. (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, …

1920 CE

#86.2

Papers and addresses by William Henry Welch. [Edited by Walter C. Burket]. 3 vols.

Vol. 1: Pathology and preventive medicine. Vol. 2: Bacteriology. Vol. 3: Medical education, history, miscellaneous subjects, and Welch's bibliography. Introduction by Simon Flexner. Digital facsimile from the Internet…

1921 CE

#11010

Diagnosis of protozoa and worms parasitic in man.

1921 CE

#11920

Influenza: An epidemiological study. The American Journal of Hygiene. Monographic Series No. 1.

A comprehensive survey written two years after the pandemic, including historical information back to 1893. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1922 CE

#3691.1

The origin and evolution of the human dentition.

Reprinted with revisions and new index from J. dent. Res., 1920, 2, 89-175, 215-426, 604-717; 1921, 3, 87-228.

1923 CE

#2522

Manual of determinative bacteriology.

The Society of American Bacteriologists appointed in 1920 a Committee on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. Their reports were incorporated in the above Manual issued under the names of Bergey and…

1924 CE

#11226

Catalogue of the mycological library of Howard A. Kelly. Compiled by Louis C. C. Krieger.

The catalogue was prepared for Kelly by Louis Krieger, an eminent mycologist and botanical illustrator. Entries for this library were not numbered; however in his introduction Kelly stated that the library "herewith c…

1924 CE

#86.3

Surgical papers.[Edited by Walter C. Burket]. 2 vols.

In spite of an addiction to cocaine hydrochlorate from experimentation with it as a surgical anesthetic in 1884 until his death, Halsted was among the greatest of all surgical innovators and teachers. While pioneering…

1925 CE

#145.63

Elements of physical biology.

In this landmark of theoretical population ecology Lotka attempted to provide for parts of biology a basis comparable to that given by theoretical physics to experimental physics. This was the first great exposition a…

1926 CE

#2137.6

Aviation medicine.

Bauer established the first school for flight surgeons in the United States. His book discusses the question of oxygen supply and its essential partial pressure, and discusses the effect of hight degrees of accelerati…

1926 CE

#1912.1

Biological relations of optically isomeric substances.

Cushny made important contributions concerning the pharmacological action of optical isomers over a period of nearly twenty years. He summarized this work and that of others in his Charles E. Dohme Lectures, 1925.

1926 CE

#663

Muscular contraction and the reflex control of movement.

A detailed study of the physiology of skeletal muscle. A valuable historical introduction will be found on pp. 3-55, and the book includes an extensive bibliography.

1927 CE–1948 CE

#6419

Introduction to the history of science. 3 vols. in 5.

An extensively annotated bibliographical survey to the end of the 14th century.

1928 CE

#2317

A history of pathology.

The first systematic history of the subject in the English language. Revised edition, New York, Dover Publications, 1965.

1928 CE

#4958

Mongolism. A study of the physical and mental characteristics of mongolian imbeciles. Revised by H. G. Brainerd.

Down syndrome.

1928 CE

#9943

The holy incense: A botanical, pharmacological, psychological and archaeological appreciation of the Bible.

1928 CE

#13778

Tumors arising from the blood-vessels of the brain. Angiomatous malformations and hemangioblastomas.

1930 CE

#1918

Ephedrine and related substances.

A digest of the literature, together with an excellent bibliography. By their earlier work (J. Pharmacol., 1924, 24, 339-57) Chen and Schmidt aroused worldwide interest in ephedrine.

1930 CE

#1577

Reflex action. A study in the history of physiological psychology.

Reprinted, New York, Hafner, 1964.

1931 CE

#8887

International studies of the relation between the private & official practice of medicine with special reference to the prevention of disease. Vol. 1: The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Vol. 2: Belgium, France, Italy, Jugo-Slavia, Hungary, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia. Vol. 3: England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland.(3 vols.)

Contains almost no references to prior literature.

1931 CE

#139.2

Pinocytosis.

Discovery of pinocytosis.

1931 CE

#4274

Surgical pathology of prostatic obstructions.

1931 CE

#11570

The factor of infection in the rheumatic state.

Coburn demonstated that streptococcus is the infective agent in rheumatic fever that can lead to rheumatic heart disease.

1931 CE

#5468

Yellow fever: an epidemiological and historical study of its place of origin. Edited by Laura Armistead Carter and Wade Hampton Frost.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1932 CE

#1683

Epidemiology, historical and experimental.

1932 CE

#1197

Sex and internal secretions; a survey of recent research.

Second edition, 1939, with C. H. Danforth and E. A. Doisy.

1932 CE

#2347

The chemistry of tuberculosis. Second edition.

1933 CE

#4297

History of urology. Prepared under the auspices of the American Urological Association. Editorial Committee: Edgar G. Ballenger, William A. FRontz, Homer G. Hamer, and Bransford Lewis. 2 vols

Every aspect of the subject is covered exhaustively by the various contributors to this collective work; valuable bibliographies are included.

1934 CE

#11350

Benign, encapsulated tumors in the lateral ventricles of the brain: Diagnosis and treatment.

1934 CE

#6564

The renaissance of medicine in Italy … The Hideyo Noguchi Lectures.

1934 CE

#145.66

The struggle for existence.

Gause developed the concept of competitive exclusion as formulated by Volterra.

1935 CE

#11608

Failure of the circulation.