Oceania
30 entries published in Oceania.
1859 CE
#10891
Original contributions to the practice of conservative surgery; being a selection from the surgical cases occurring in the practice of James G. Beaney.
The first work on surgery written and published in Australia, and one of the first medical works on any subject written and published in Australia.
1863 CE
#10894
On Australasian climates and their influence in the prevention and arrest of pulmonary consumption.
Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.
1869 CE
#10890
Syphilis: Its nature & diffusion popularly considered.
The first work on dermatology or syphilology written, printed and published in Australia. This work is illustrated with chromolithographed plates printed in Australia. This may be the earliest medical book printed in …
1873 CE
#11749
Heart studies in Australia, with observations on aneurism of the aorta.
The first book on heart disease written by an Australian physician and published in Australia.
1907 CE
#12138
Plague in Queensland, 1900-1907.
Ham was Queensland's first Commissioner of Public Health. Extensively illustrated. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1914 CE
#13802
The history of small-pox in Australia 1788-1908.
A second volume, The history of small-pox in Australia, 1909-1923 by J.H.L. Compston and F. McCallum was published in Melbourne: H. J. Green, govt. printer, 1925.
1930 CE–1943 CE
#9621
Official history of the Australian Army Medical Services in the war of 1914-1918
1941 CE
#4614.1
Encephalography.
Robertson improved the accuracy and reliability of encephalography and reduced its discomforts.
1949 CE
#2578.7
The production of antibodies. 2nd ed.
Burnet and Fenner introduced the “self-marker” concept – natural tolerance to one’s own body constituents depended on their presence at a critical stage of embryonic development.
1954 CE–1960 CE
#5352.3
Annotated bibliography of filariasis and elephantiasis. 5 parts.
South Pacific Commission Technical Papers, Nos. 65, 88, 109 (and Supplement), 124, and 160.
1955 CE
#6604.6
An annotated bibliography of the history of medicine in Australia.
Revised and enlarged as An annotated bibliography of the history of medicine and health in Australia. Sydney, Royal Australian College of Physicians, 1984. With A. Holster and S. Simpson.
1966 CE
#12410
Te Rongoa Maori: Maori medicine.
"Arriving in Kaikohe (in the Far North) as a pharmacist he [the author] "passed into a new world as far as medicine was concerned." He found that customers made their own "concoctions" and were under the influence of …
1971 CE
#13181
A list of the works of Sir James Young Simpson, 1811-1870: A centenary tribute by K. F. Russell and F. M. C. Forster.
1979 CE
#6786.22
Catalogue of the historical books in the library of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
1979 CE
#8772
The Monro collection in the Medical Library of the University of Otago: A descriptive catalogue with annotations and introduction
Scottish army surgeon John Monro (1670-1740) initiated a series of events that lead to the establishment of a dynasty which, beginning with his son Alexander Monro, changed the course of medical teaching and learning.…
1980 CE
#12916
A history of dentistry in New Zealand.
1982 CE
#5475.2
Bibliography of dengue fever and dengue-like illnesses, 1780-1981.
1983 CE
#6604.81
Australia’s quest for colonial health. Some influences on early health and medicine in Australia.
A collective work edited by Pearn and O’Carrigan.
1983 CE
#10868
Sorcerers and healing spirits: Continuity and change continuity in an Aboriginal medical system.
1986 CE
#6623.51
The medical mind of Shakespeare.
1988 CE
#10997
Bibliography of Australian medicine and health services to 1950. 4 vols.
"A joint project of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Department of Community Services and Health."
1988 CE
#10029
Managing madness: Psychiatry and society in Australia 1788-1980.
1988 CE
#6604.82
Pioneer medicine in Australia. Edited by John Hemsley Pearn.
Twenty illustrated essays by various authors.
1999 CE
#14077
The faces of homoeopathy.
"The history of homeopathic medicine as seen through the people who contributed towards its development. Focusing on homeopathy in the USA and in the UK, it traces the development of the practice through the 1800s, th…
2001 CE
#14076
The heritage of homoeopathic literature: An abbreviated bibliography and commentary.
"... an abbreviated bibliography of 915 of the best and the worst of homeopathic literature from 1810 to 2000.... the book presents the work by category (Materia Medica, Repertory, Domestic Manuals, etc.) and in chron…
2002 CE
#8476
Helicobacter pioneers: Firsthand accounts from the scientists who discovered helicobacters 1892-1982. Edited by Barry Marshall.
RE the history of this discovery see this Wikipedia timeline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_peptic_ulcer_disease_and_Helicobacter_pylori .
2002 CE
#12661
The flight of the Emu: A hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001.
2005 CE
#8700
The cultivation of whiteness: Science, health and racial destiny in Australia.
2012 CE
#10668
Democratic governance & health: Hospitals, Politics and health policy in New Zealand.
"New Zealand is the only country in the world where elected health boards have long been a core feature of the health care system. These boards are conceptually important and aspirational for policy-makers and communi…
2013 CE
#11366