1900–1909

1901 CE

#6287

The history of ancient gynaecology.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1901 CE

#651

The human figure in motion. An electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of muscular actions.

Muybridge, an Englishman, made exhaustive photographic investigations of consecutive animal movements while he was in America. More than 100,000 photographs were embodied in his Animal locomotion. An electro-photograp…

1901 CE

#8540

The medicinal plants of the Philippines. Translated and revised by Jerome B. Thomas, Jr.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1901 CE

#2687.3

The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery.

Because of rapid developments in this field Williams put this book through three editions, in 1901, 1902, and 1903. Digital facsimile of the 1901 first edition from the Wellcome Collection at this link, of the 1902 se…

1901 CE

#9207

The theory and practice of military hygiene.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1901 CE

#5779

The treatment of cancer of the breast by öophorectomy and thyroid extract.

1901 CE

#10833

The vivisection question.

Leffingwell sought a middle ground between the anti-vivisectionists, who callled for the abolition of all experimentation, and vivisectionists who rejected any restraint. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at…

1901 CE

#12789

Über oligonitrophile Mikroben.

Discovery of nitrogen fixation, the process by which diatomic nitrogen gas is converted to ammonium ions and becomes available to plants. Bacteria perform nitrogen fixation, dwelling inside root nodules of certain pla…

1901 CE

#4370

Ueber acute Knochenatrophie bei Entzündungsprocessen an den Extremitäten (fälschlich sogenannte Inactivitätsatrophie der Knochen) und ihre Diagnose nach dem Röntgen-Bilde.

“Kienböck’s atrophy” – acute atrophy of bone in inflammatory conditions of the extremities.

1901 CE

#5362

Ueber das Eindringen der Ankylostomalarven in die menschliche Haut.

Looss discovered that hookworms can penetrate the skin; he himself became infected when hookworm culture accidentally spilled on his hands. English translation in Kean (No. 2268.1).

1901 CE

#4133

Ueber eine eigenartige Erkrankung der Nasenhaut bei Kindern (“Granulosis rubra nasi”).

In his important paper on granulosis rubra nasi, Jadassohn gave the condition its present name. Previously Pringle, 1894, and Luithlen, 1900, had described probable cases.

1901 CE

#4802

Ueber einige Fälle atypischer progressiver Paralyse. Nach einem hinterlassenen Manuscript Dr. H. Lissauer’s.

“Lissauer’s atypical general paralysis” first described. Heinrich Lissauer was bom in 1861 and died in 1891.

1901 CE

#840

Un nouveau galvanomètre.

Einthoven directed much of his research to the development and perfection of recording instruments. His most famous work was in connexion with his string galvanometer, a perfection of the instrument invented by J. S. …

1901 CE

#5686

Une nouvelle voie d’injection rachidienne. Méthode des injections épidurales par le procédé du canal sacré. Applications à l’homme.

Caudal anesthesia.

1901 CE

#3954

Untersuchungen über die Acidosis im Diabetes melitus und die Säureintoxication im Coma diabeticum.

Magnus-Levy studied the relationship of ß-oxybutyric acid and diabetic coma.

1901 CE

#4294

Uretercatheterezés és radiographia.

Géza von Illyés showed that ureteral calculi could be accurately demonstrated by x rays with the help of an indwelling opaque catheter. German translation in Dtsch. Z. Chir., 1901, 62, 132-40.

1901 CE–1902 CE

#6288

Versuch einer Geschichte der Geburtshilfe. 2te. Aufl. 2 vols.

First edition, 1839-45. Continuation by R. Dohm, for the period 1840-80, forming Bd. 3 (see No. 6289).

1901 CE–1903 CE

#725.1

Darstellung und Analyse einiger Nucleinsäuren. I.-VI. Mittheilung.

Chemical distinction between DNA and RNA. Levene elucidated the fundamentals of nucleic acid chemistry. His work led to the tetranucleotide hypothesis.

1901 CE–1903 CE

#240

Die Mutationstheorie. 2 vols.

The theory of mutation was first advanced by de Vries. English translation, 2 vols., Chicago, 1909-10.

1901 CE–1905 CE

#13226

Topographischer Atlas der medizinisch-chirurgischen Diagnostik. Topographic Atlas medico-surgical diagnosis. Atlas Topographique de diagnostic médico-chirurgical. 5 parts.

Contains 30 chromolithographed plates of cross-sectional anatomy made from frozen sections, with accompanying uncolored outline plates and text, published in German, English and French. Digital facsimile from biusante…

1901 CE–1906 CE

#3339

Histoire des maladies du pharynx. 5 vols.

1901 CE–1907 CE

#6485.9

The Ayurvedic system of medicine, or an exposition, in English, of Hindu medicine as occuring in Charaka, Susruta, Bagbhata, and othe rauthoritative works, ancient and modern, in Sanskrit. 3 vols.

Ayurveda is the most ancient system of Hindu medicine; only fragments of the original remain. The early Hindus believed it to be of divine origin and ascribed it to Brahma. It dates from circa 1400-1200 BCE. Digital f…

1901 CE–1910 CE

#346

A monograph of the Culicidae, or mosquitoes. Mainly compiled from the collections received at the British Museum from various parts of the world in connection with the cause of malaria conducted by the Colonial Office and the Royal Society. 4 vols. and atlas.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1901 CE–1911 CE

#2423

Der Ursprung der Syphilis. 2 pts.

Bloch was a chief modern supporter of the theory of the Columbian origin of syphilis.

1901 CE–1911 CE

#652

Fisiologia dell’uomo. 4 vols.

5th edition (5 vols.), 1919-21; English translation (5 vols.), London, 1911-21. Luciani was professor of physiology successively at Siena, Florence, and Rome.

1902 CE

#5435.1

A concise history of small-pox and vaccination in Europe.

A comprehensive summary, in tabular form.

1902 CE

#5363

A new species of hookworm (Uncinaria americana) parasitic in man.

Discovery of the American species of hookworm, afterward re-named Necator americanus. It was later believed to have originated in Africa, being brought over by slaves.

1902 CE

#3525

A new use for the useless appendix, in the surgical treatment of obstinate colitis.

Weir’s appendicostomy operation.

1902 CE

#13220

A nurse's guide for the operating room. Published under the direction of the Sisters of Charity, St. Joseph's Hospital.

Distinctively, Senn devoted his first chapter to the "Preparation of Operating Room in a Private House," suggesting that surgeons may have been frequently called upon to perform operations in homes when the book was p…

1902 CE

#12249

A report of a case of successful suturing of the heart, and table of thirty-seven other cases of suturing by different operations with various terminations, and the conclusions drawn.

Hill reported his successful suturing of a knife wound in the left ventricle. His patient, a thirteen-year-old boy recovered. This was the first successful suture of the heart performed in America. Hill argued "that a…

1902 CE

#5531

Actinobacilosis.

Discovery of the actinobacillus.

1902 CE

#12619

Alveolar pyorrhoea - its pathological anatomy and its radical treatment.

Znamensky, professor of stomatology in Moscow, had a very clear understanding of periodontitis, and the interaction of local and systemic factors in its etiology. He presented the first description of the histopatholo…

1902 CE

#10830

Animal experimentation: A series of statements indicating its value to biological and medical science.

Contributors included Charles Elliot, G. Stanley Hall, William T. Sedgwick, James J. Putnam, Henry P. Bowditch, William T. Porter, William T. Councilman, Theobald Smith, and members of the religious community. Digital…

1902 CE

#10354

Ärztliche Ethik: Die Pflichten des Arztes in allen Beziehungen seiner Thätigkeit.

See Andreas-Holger Maehle, "'God's ethicist': Albert Moll and his medical ethics in theory and practice," Medical History, 56 (2012) 217-236. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1902 CE

#2625.1

Cancroid des rechten Handrückens.

Frieben reported the carcinogenic effect of x-rays in man.

1902 CE

#5802

Chirurgisches aus der Völkerkunde.

1902 CE

#2129

Dangerous trades: the historical, social, and legal aspects of industrial occupations as affecting health, by a number of experts.

A collective work edited by Oliver. Digital fascimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1902 CE

#5756

De l’ablation esthétique des tumeurs bénignes du sein.

Morestin’s method of mammaplasty. He was also responsible for several of the techniques employed in maxillo-facial surgery. Reprinted, Pittsburgh, 1959

1902 CE

#2590

De l’action anaphylactique de certains venins.

First full description of the phenomenon of “anaphylaxis,” the name of which was coined by Richet. Abbreviated English translation in Bibel, Milestones of immunology (1988). In 1913, Richet was awarded the…

1902 CE

#8569

Des Pedanios Dioskurides aus Anazarbos Arzneimittellehre in fünf Büchern. Übersetzt und mit Erklärungen Versehen.

Analysis of Dioscordes from the pharmacological standpoint, including determination of his units of measurements, critical in dosage. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1902 CE

#8824

Die Augenheilkunde des Ibn Sina aus dem Arabischen Übersetzt und Erläutert.

Translation of Book III, Fan III of Avicenna's Canon pertaining to the eye and its diseases. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1902 CE

#12294

Die Geisteskrankheiten des Kindesalters mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des schulpflichtigen Alters.

The first systematic work on child psychiatry in Germany. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1902 CE

#1025

Die Gesetze des Energieverbrauchs bei der Ernährung.

Rubner’s classic work on the influence of foodstuffs on metabolism. In it he introduced the term “specific dynamic action of the foodstuffs”.

1902 CE

#2625

Die Lehre von den Geschwülsten. 2 vols.

“With this book the microscopical epoch in the evolution of the knowledge of cancer may be said to have been brought to a close” (Haagensen).

1902 CE

#2626

Die mikroskopische Diagnose der bösartigen Geschwülste. 2te. Aufl.

Hansemann originated the theory of anaplasia.

1902 CE

#1296

Die Silberimprägnation der Axencylinder.

Bielschowsky’s method of silver staining of nerve fibers. Further paper in the same journal, 1903, 22, 997-1006.

1902 CE

#12943

Dominique Larrey et les compagnes de la révolution et de l'empire 1768-1842. Étude historique aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles d'après documents inédits. Journal et agendas de compagnes. Notes manuscrites. Correspondance officielle et privée.

Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link

1902 CE

#2688

Eine neue, einfache Dosirungsmethode in der Radiotherapie (das Chromoradiometer).

Holzknecht did important work on x-ray dosimetry.

1902 CE

#12082

Essays in medical sociology. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1902 CE

#4229.1

Experimentelle Nierentransplantation. Vorlaüfige Mittheilung.

Successful autotransplantation of kidneys in dogs.