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Exhibiting 100 entries found in the GMN corpus.

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1835 CEMemoir of James Jackson, Jr., M. D. with extracts from his letters to his father: and medical cases, collected by him.
JACKSON, James (1777 – 1867)
JACKSON, James (1777 – 1867)
1868 CEMemoir of Valentine Mott, M.D., LL.D., Professor of surgery in the University of the City of New York; member of the Institute of France.
MOTT, Valentine (1785 – 1865)
MOTT, Valentine (1785 – 1865)
GROSS, Samuel David (1805 – 1884)
GROSS, Samuel David (1805 – 1884)
1783 CEMemoirs of Albert de Haller, M.D. Member of the Sovereign Council of Berne; President of the University, and of the Royal Society of Gottingen; Fellow of the Royal Society of London, &c. Compiled, chiefly, from the elogium spoken before the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and from the tributes paid to his memory by other foreign societies
HALLER, Albrecht von (1708 – 1777)
HALLER, Albrecht von (1708 – 1777)
HENRY, Thomas (1734 – 1816)
HENRY, Thomas (1734 – 1816)
1817 CEMemoirs of the life and writings of the late John Coakley Lettsom..., with a selection from his correspondence
LETTSOM, John Coakley (1744 – 1815)
LETTSOM, John Coakley (1744 – 1815)
PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph (1791 – 1865)
PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph (1791 – 1865)
1804 CEMemoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin, chiefly during his residence in Lichfield: With anecdotes of his friends, and criticisms on his writing.
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731 – 1802)
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731 – 1802)
SEWARD, Anna
SEWARD, Anna
2003 CEMountains beyond mountains: The quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a man who would cure the world
FARMER, Paul Edward (1959 – 2022)
FARMER, Paul Edward (1959 – 2022) KIDDER, John Tracy (1945 – )
1959 CENapoleon immortal: The medical history and private life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
KEMBLE, James
1925 CENeurological fragments, with ‘Biographical Memoir’ and ‘List of Dr. Hughlings Jackson's Published Writings’ by James Taylor.
JACKSON, John Hughlings (1835 – 1911)
JACKSON, John Hughlings (1835 – 1911) TAYLOR, James (1859 – 1946)
1961 CENicolás Bautista Monardes: Su vida y su obra, ca. 1493-1588.
MONARDES, Nicolás Bautista (1493 – 1588) GUERRA PÉREZ-CARRAL, Francisco (1916 – 2011)
1857 CENoticia da vida e trabalhos scientificos do medico Bernardino Antonio Gomés.
GOMES, Bernardino António (1769 – 1823)
GOMES, Bernardino António the younger (1806 – 1877)
GOMES, Bernardino António the younger (1806 – 1877)
1840 CE​–1841 CEOeuvres complètes d’Ambroise Paré revues et collationnées sur toutes les éditions, avec les variantes; ornées de 217 planches et du portrait de l'auteur; accompagnées de notes historiques et critiques et précédées d'une introduction sur l'origine et les progrès de la chirurgie en occident du sixième au seizième siècle, et sur la vie et les ouvrages d'Ambroise Paré. Par J.-F. Malgaigne. 3 vols.
PARÉ, Ambroise (1510 – 1590)
MALGAIGNE, Joseph François (1806 – 1865)
MALGAIGNE, Joseph François (1806 – 1865)
2009 CEOliver Wendell Holmes, physician and man of letters. Edited by Scott. H. Podolsky and Charles S. Bryan.
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell Sr. (1809 – 1894)
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell Sr. (1809 – 1894)
BRYAN, Charles Stone (1942 – )
BRYAN, Charles Stone (1942 – ) PODOLSKY, Scott Harris (1970 – )
1994 CEOrder out of chaos: John Shaw Billings and America's coming of age.
BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913) CHAPMAN, Carelton B. (1915 – 2000)
1924 CEPierre Curie par Marie Curie.
CURIE, Pierre (1859 – 1906)
CURIE, Pierre (1859 – 1906)
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934)
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934)
1562 CEPrologomena in Galenum, in tres partes divisa IN: volume one of Cl [audius]Galen Pergameni [Opera] Omnia quae extant, in Latinum sermonem convers.
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216) GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565)
2011 CERadioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love and fallout.
CURIE, Pierre (1859 – 1906)
CURIE, Pierre (1859 – 1906)
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934)
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934) REDNISS, Lauren
1922 CESamuel Hahnemann, sein Leben und Schaffen. 2 vols.
HAEHL, Richard (1873 – 1932)
1760 CESelect remains of the learned John Ray, M.A. and F.R.S. with his life by the late William Derham, D. D. Canon of Windsor, and F.R.S. Published by George Scott, M.A. and F.R.S.
RAY, John (1628 – 1705)
RAY, John (1628 – 1705)
DERHAM, William (1657 – 1735)
DERHAM, William (1657 – 1735)
SCOTT, George Lewis (1708 – 1780)
SCOTT, George Lewis (1708 – 1780)
2020 CESir William Osler: An encyclopedia. Edited by Charles S. Bryan.
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
BRYAN, Charles Stone (1942 – )
BRYAN, Charles Stone (1942 – )
2004 CESuppressing the diseases of animals and man: Theobald Smith, microbiologist
SMITH, Theobald (1859 – 1934)
SMITH, Theobald (1859 – 1934)
WOLFE, Richard J.
WOLFE, Richard J. DOLMAN, Claude Ernest (1906 – 1994)
2001 CETarnished Idol: William Thomas Green Morton and the introduction of surgical anesthesia. A chronicle of the ether controversy
MORTON, William Thomas Green (1819 – 1868)
MORTON, William Thomas Green (1819 – 1868)
WOLFE, Richard J.
WOLFE, Richard J.
2008 CEThe Alfred Russel Wallace correspondence project.
WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823 – 1913)
WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823 – 1913)
1868 CEThe anatomical memoirs of John Goodsir F.R.S. Edited by William Turner. With a biographical memoir by Henry Lonsdale. 2 vols.
GOODSIR, John (1814 – 1867)
GOODSIR, John (1814 – 1867)
TURNER, Sir William (1832 – 1916)
TURNER, Sir William (1832 – 1916)
LONSDALE, Henry (1816 – 1876)
LONSDALE, Henry (1816 – 1876)
1974 CEThe Baglivi correspondence from the library of Sir William Osler. Edited by Dorothy Schullian.
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
BAGLIVI, Giorgio (1668 – 1707)
BAGLIVI, Giorgio (1668 – 1707) SCHULLIAN, Dorothy May (1906 – 1989)
1939 CE​–2015 CEThe collected letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek / Alle de Brieven van Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek. Edited, illustrated & annotated by a committee of Dutch scientists. 17 vols. through 2015.
LEEUWENHOEK, Antonie van (1632 – 1723)
LEEUWENHOEK, Antonie van (1632 – 1723)
2015 CEThe correspondence of Dr. Martin Lister (1639-1712). Volume one: 1662-1677. Edited and translated by Anna Marie Roos.
LISTER, Martin (1639 – 1712)
LISTER, Martin (1639 – 1712)
ROOS, Anna Marie
ROOS, Anna Marie
1974 CEThe Darwin correspondence project.
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)
1983 CEThe dentist and the empress: The adventures of Dr. Tom Evans in gas-lit Paris.
EVANS, Thomas Wilberger (1823 – 1897)
EVANS, Thomas Wilberger (1823 – 1897)
CARSON, Gerald Hewes (1899 – 1989)
CARSON, Gerald Hewes (1899 – 1989)
2007 CEThe first man-made man: The story of two sex changes, one love affair, and a twentieth-century medical revolution.
KENNEDY, Pagan (1963 – )
1887 CEThe health of nations: A review of the works of Edwin Chadwick, with a biographical dissertation by Benjamin Ward Richardson. 2 vols.
CHADWICK, Sir Edwin (1800 – 1890)
CHADWICK, Sir Edwin (1800 – 1890)
RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
1946 CEThe Huxley papers: A descriptive catalogue of the correspondence, manuscripts and miscellaneous papers of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Henry Huxley ... preserved in the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London
HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825 – 1895)
HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825 – 1895) DAWSON, Warren Royal (1888 – 1968)
1907 CEThe journal of Dr. John Morgan of Philadelphia from the city of Rome to the city of London 1764. Together with a fragment of a journal written at Rome, 1764, and a biographical sketch.
MORGAN, John (1735 – 1789)
MORGAN, John (1735 – 1789)
1825 CEThe last days of the Emperor Napoleon by Doctor F. Antommarchi, his physician. 2 vols.
ANTOMMARCHI, Francesco (1789 – 1838)
1874 CEThe Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa. From eighteen hundred and sixty-five to his death. Continued by a narrative of his last Moments and sufferings, obtained from his faithful servants, Chuma and Susi, by Horace Waller, F.R.G.S.
LIVINGSTONE, David (1813 – 1873)
LIVINGSTONE, David (1813 – 1873)
WALLER, Horace (1833 – 1896)
WALLER, Horace (1833 – 1896)
1878 CEThe life and education of Laura Dewey Bridgman, the deaf, dumb, and blind girl.
LAMSON, Mary Swift (1822 – 1909)
1986 CEThe life and letters of Dr. Henry Vining Ogden, 1857-1931 by Leonard Weistrop.
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919) OGDEN, Henry Vining (1857 – 1931) WEISTROP, Leonard
1794 CEThe life of Sir Charles Linnaeus, Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star, &c. &c. To which is added a copious list of his works, and a biographical sketch of the life of his son, by D. H. Stoever. Translated from the original German by Joseph Trapp.
LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778)
LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778) STOEVER, Dietrich Johan Heinrich (1767 – 1822)
1925 CEThe life of Sir William Osler. 2 vols.
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
1966 CEThe life of William Harvey.
HARVEY, William (1578 – 1657)
HARVEY, William (1578 – 1657)
KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
1995 CEThe private science of Louis Pasteur.
PASTEUR, Louis (1822 – 1895)
PASTEUR, Louis (1822 – 1895) GEISON, Gerald Lynn (1943 – 2001)
1999 CEThe saint.
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
NULAND, Sherwin Bernard (1930 – 2014)
NULAND, Sherwin Bernard (1930 – 2014)
1998 CEThe see with a better eye: A life of R. T. H. Laennec
LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826)
LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826) DUFFIN, Jacalyn Mary (1950 – )
1934 CEThe Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith
DAWSON, Warren Royal (1888 – 1968)
SMITH, Sir James Edward (1759 – 1828)
SMITH, Sir James Edward (1759 – 1828)
2022 CEThe transformation of American sex education: Mary Calderone and the fight for sexual health.
MORE, Ellen S.
MORE, Ellen S.
CALDERONE, Mary Steichen (1904 – 1998)
CALDERONE, Mary Steichen (1904 – 1998)
1846 CEThe works. Edited with an introduction and notes by George Gulliver.
HEWSON, William (1739 – 1774)
HEWSON, William (1739 – 1774)
GULLIVER, George (1804 – 1882)
GULLIVER, George (1804 – 1882)
1899 CEUne chaire de médecine au XVe siècle. Un professeur à l'Université de Pavie de 1432 à 1472 avec un fac-simile d'autographe et cinq gravures
FERRARI DA GRADI, Giovanni Matteo [Ferrarius, Johannes Matthaeus, de Gradibus, de Grado] (1392 – 1472) FERRARI, Henri-Maxime (1873 – 1901)
1906 CEWalter Reed and yellow fever.
KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943)
KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943)
REED, Walter (1851 – 1902)
REED, Walter (1851 – 1902)
1933 CEWilhelm Conrad Röntgen and the early history of the Roentgen rays.
GLASSER, Otto (1895 – 1964)
1999 CEWilliam Osler: A life in medicine.
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919) BLISS, Michael John William (1941 – 2017)
1958 CEYoung man Luther: A study in psychoanalysis and history.
ERIKSON, Erik Homburger (1902 – 1994)
ERIKSON, Erik Homburger (1902 – 1994)