Springfield, IL

1928 CE

#13778

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

1929 CE

#2318

Selected readings in pathology.

This work makes it possible to read many of the classical writings on the subject which previously, through language difficulties, were beyond the reach of many. The book forms a valuable companion to Long’s his…

1929 CE

#7186

The female sex hormone. Part I: Biology, pharmacology and chemistry. Part II: Clinical investigations based on the female sex hormone blood test.

The first handbook on female sex hormones. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1931 CE

#7788

American martyrs to science through the Roentgen rays.

1932 CE

#2241

Classic descriptions of disease.

A collection of classic descriptions of disease by 179 different writers, from ancient times to the present. Foreign papers are translated into English. A second edition of this most interesting and useful book appear…

1932 CE

#4900

Intracranial tumours.

Cushing’s operating technique reduced the mortality rate dramatically in intracranial surgery. This was his last published report on the statistical results of his operations on brain tumors-- essentially a summ…

1932 CE

#3552

Papers relating to the pituitary body, hypothalamus, and para-sympathetic nervous system.

Cushing advanced the theory that the hypothalamus is responsible for the development of peptic ulcer (see p. 175 et seq.). This work contains his four principal contributions to pituitary-hypothalamic interrelationshi…

1932 CE

#2861

The cardiac output of man in health and disease.

1933 CE

#11349

Benign tumors in the third ventricle of the brain: Diagnosis and treatment.

1933 CE

#2429

The history and epidemiology of syphilis.

1933 CE

#4156

The history of dermatology.

Reprinted, New York, 1976.

1935 CE

#8894

Child psychiatry.

Leo Kanner, an Austrian émigré and medical graduate of the University of Berlin, founded the first academic department of child psychiatry under the direction of Adolf Meyer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital…

1935 CE

#6301

Classical contributions to obstetrics and gynecology.

1935 CE

#10057

The care of the aged, the dying and the dead.

Digital facsimile of the 2nd edition (1940) from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1935 CE

#4904

The clinical aspects of visceral neurology with special reference to the surgery of the sympathetic nervous system.

1935 CE

#6461

The medicine-man of the American Indian and his cultural background.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1936 CE

#13044

Collected writings. With a biographical memoir by Abraham Flexner. 2 vols.

1937 CE

#2866

Clinical roentgenology of the cardiovascular system.

1937 CE

#8594

Dr. Bodo Otto and the medical background of the American revolution by James E. Gibson.

Oddo, born in Germany, is one of the better-known American surgeons in the American revolutionary war; however he published nothing and is primarily known from this biography.

1938 CE

#14110

Artificial fever produced by physical means; its development and application.

Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the application of pyrotherapy in the treatment of a wide variety of diseases, including syphilis. For syphilis in particular the treatment was replaced by penicillin, developed…

1938 CE

#4612

Meningiomas: Their classification, regional behavior, life history, and surgical end results.

Begun in 1915, soon after Cushing's monograph on pituitary disorders, this represents 25 years of work, and is, by common consent, regarded as Cushing’s greatest clinical monograph. Reprint, 2 vols., New York, H…

1939 CE

#11189

A bibliography of the writings of Harvey Cushing prepared on the occasion of his seventieth birthday April 8, 1939 by The Harvey Cushing Society.

Revised and best third edition, Park Ridge, IL: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1993. This includes a photographic essay, with extensive captions, by Richard Upjohn Light.

1941 CE

#4910.1

Epilepsy and cerebral localization: A study of the mechanism, treatment and prevention of epileptic seizures.

Penfield’s most widely recognized contribution was the gradual development of cortical excision as an accepted and valuable method of treating medically refractory focal epilepsy. See also No. 4914.2.

1941 CE

#11000

The medical reports of John Y. Bassett, M.D., the Alabama student. Edited by Daniel C. Elkin.

Bassett was the subject of William Osler's famous essay, "An Alabama Student."

1942 CE

#2137.30

A bibliography of aviation medicine.

1942 CE

#3159

A short history of cardiology.

1942 CE

#5766

Plastic surgery of the breast and abdominal wall.

1942 CE

#2261

The treatment of burns.

Contains some history of the subject and includes a valuable bibliography of 1,320 entries.

1944 CE

#2349.1

The pathogenesis of tuberculosis.

Classic work on the pathogenesis of tuberculosis and its immunology and hypersensitivity.

1945 CE

#6623

Poet physicians: An anthology of medical poetry written by physicians.

1946 CE

#11018

Harvey Cushing: A biography.

Remains the most comprehensive biography of Cushing, by his student Fulton.

1948 CE

#11766

Congenital anaomies of the heart and great vessels. Clinicopathologic study of 132 ases.

An extensively illustrated pathological-anatomical and physiological presentation with an historical approach.

1949 CE

#4483

On the contributions of Hugh Owen Thomas of Liverpool, Sir Robert Jones of Liverpool and London, John Ridlon, M.D., of New York and Chicago, to modern orthopedic surgery.

1950 CE

#12821

The diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders in childhood and adolescence.

The first textbook of pediatric endocrinology.

1951 CE

#9093

A translation of Galen's Hygiene (De santiate tuenda) by Robert Montraville Green, with an introduction by Henry E. Sigerist.

First translation into a modern language.

1951 CE

#11699

Tobacco and the cardiovascular system: The effects of smoking and of nicotine on normal persons.

1953 CE

#4158

Classics in clinical dermatology. With biographical sketches.

Contains 143 classic descriptions of cutaneous diseases by 93 writers. Many portraits are also included.

1954 CE

#6451.2

A history of medicine. 1 vol. [in 2]

1954 CE

#11159

Neurosurgery of infancy and childhood.

The first complete textbook of pediatric neurosurgery. Ingraham, a protegé of Harvey Cushing, established the first pediatric neurosurgery unit at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1929.

1954 CE

#7351

The human brain in sagittal section.

A superb atlas is based on sagittal sections. This was an innovative approach for the time as almost all previous illustration of the adult human brain was typically based on frontal or horizontal sections: “in …

1955 CE

#2360

Historical chronology of tuberculosis. 2nd ed.

1956 CE

#3160.1

Classics in arterial hypertension.

1958 CE

#14170

Homosexuality, transvestism and change of sex.

Probably the first publication to illustrate the stages of surgical transition from male to female, and to discuss the risks then involved in the operations. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1958 CE

#8657

Young endeavour: Contributions to science by medical students of the past four centuries.

1959 CE

#8757

Dictionary of medical slang and related esoteric expressions.

This book by the physician chairman of the National Association on Standard Medical Vocabulary includes many terms and phrases that were found in any other dictionary with the word medical in the title. Digital facsim…

1960 CE

#5813.2

The surgeon’s glove.

Contains an extensive bibliography.

1960 CE

#13195

The transplantation of tissues and organs.

Contains an unusually extensive bibliography.

1961 CE

#3161.01

A history of thoracic surgery

Includes cardiovascular surgery.

1961 CE

#12165

Hypokinetic disease: Diseases produced by lack of exercise

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1962 CE

#2432.1

A history of syphilis.