1910–1919

1916 CE

#3902

Nanosomia pituitaria

Erdheim made important studies on the pathology of the pituitary. He gave the name “nanosomia pituitaria” to describe pituitary dwarfism. See also his paper in Ergebn. allg. Path, 1926, 21, 482.

1916 CE

#2085

On the ‘vomiting sickness’ of Jamaica.

Discovery of the cause of the “vomiting sickness of Jamaica”: ackee poisoning.

1916 CE

#569

On the natural faculties. With an English translation by Arthur John Brock.

Greek-English edition in the Loeb Classical Library. This was one of the first, if not the actual first, modern English translations of Galen. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1916 CE

#5474

On the transmission of Australian dengue by the mosquito Stegomyia fasciata.

These workers proved that Aëdes aegypti (Stegomyia fasciata) is capable of transmitting dengue fever. See also J. Hyg. (Camb.), 1918, 16, 317-418. With C. H. Bradley and W. McDonald.

1916 CE

#2571.1

Pathogénie du choléra. Reproduction expérimentale de la maladie.

Sanarelli claimed priority in observing the Shwartzman phenomenon (See No. 2576). See Ann. Inst. Pasteur,1939, 63, 105.

1916 CE

#8154

Plant succession: An analysis of the development of vegetation.

A seminal work of ecological science, establishing a dynamic model of species succession toward an eventual "climax" equilibrium under the influence of climate and other factors in a given habitat. "From his observati…

1916 CE

#10817

Poetry and the doctors: A catalogue of poetical works written by physicians with biographical notes & An essay on the poetry of certain ancient practitioners of medicine, illustrated with translations from the Latin and by reproductions of the title pages of the rarer works.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1916 CE

#9009

Quinti Sereni Liber medicinalis. Edited by Friedrich Vollmer.

1916 CE

#2845

Roentgenology of the heart.

Introduction of kymography in clinical cardiology.

1916 CE

#8599

Studies in ethics for nurses.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1916 CE

#6365

Sur un syndrome caractérisé par l’inflammation simultanée de toutes les muqueuses externes (conjunctivale, nasale, linguale, buccopharyngée, anale et balano-préputiale) coexistant avec une éruption varicelliforme puis purpurique des quatres membres.

First description of the “Stevens–Johnson syndrome” (see No. 4150).

1916 CE

#4647

Sur un syndrome de radiculo-névrite avec hyperalbuminose du liquide céphalo-rachidien sans réaction cellulaire. Remarques sur les caractères cliniques et graphiques des réflexes tendineux.

“Guillain-Barré syndrome”, acute infective polyneuritis. With J. A. Barré and A. Strohl.

1916 CE

#5699.3

The advantages of warm anaesthetic vapours, and an apparatus for their administration.

Shipway apparatus.

1916 CE

#5326

The cause of rat-bite fever.

K. Futaki, I. Takaki, T. Taniguchi, and S. Osumi found a spirillum (Sp. morsus muris) in the lymphatic glands and blood stream in cases of rat-bite fever (sodoku).

1916 CE

#1033

The control of hunger in health and disease.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1916 CE

#14094

The differentiation of cells as a criterion for cell identification, considered in relation to the small cortical cells of the thymus.

First use of the term "stem cells" in English. Digital facsimile from rupress.org at this link.

1916 CE

#5334

The etiology, mode of infection, and specific therapy of Weil’s disease (Spirochaetosis icterohaemorrhagica)

Inada, Y. Ido, R. Hoki, R. Kaneko, and H. Ito proved that Sp. (Leptospira) icterohaemorrhagiae is the causal organism in Weil’s disease (Leptospirosis). Preliminary report (in Japanese) in Tokyo Ijishinshi, 1915…

1916 CE

#4718

The histology of disseminated sclerosis.

A classic monograph on the pathology of multiple sclerosis.

1916 CE

#1331

The involuntary nervous system. Part 1.

This book sums up the life work of Gaskell, who laid the histological foundation of the modern study of the autonomic nervous system. No more published.

1916 CE

#4386.3

The physiological method of tendon transplanation.

Mayer’s method of tendon transfer, using tendon sheaths to preserve the gliding surfaces.

1916 CE

#11854

The theory of the free-martin.

Lillie found that sex steroids in the blood controlled differentiation. "Free-martins, sterile female cows born without sex organs, were a perplexing issue for cattle ranchers. Lillie found that free-martins formed wh…

1916 CE

#904

The thromboplastic action of cephalin.

McLean extracted from dog liver a substance which retarded blood coagulation in vitro and which, after further work by Howell and Holt (No.905), was named heparin.

1916 CE

#11820

The treatment of diabetes mellitus, with observations upon the disease based upon one thousand cases.

Joslin was the first physician in the United States to specialize in the treatment of diabetes; this was the first textbook on the subject in the English language. The book underwent its 12th edition in 1985. Digital …

1916 CE

#5644

The treatment of infected suppurating war wounds.

Introduction of “BIPP” in the treatment of wounds, an acronym for bismuth iodoform parafin paste.

1916 CE

#4886

The wire gauze brain drain.

Mosher initiated the modern method of trephining and draining inflammatory processes of the brain.

1916 CE

#9615

Theophrastus: Enquiry into plants and minor works on odours and weather signs. With an English translation by Sir Arthur Hort. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1916 CE

#5537

Torula infection in man.

Description of Torula histolytica infection in man, later shown to be identical with Cryptococcus neoformans. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1916 CE

#6219

Ueber die Anlegung der Zange am nicht rotierten Kopf mit Beschreibung eines neuen Zangenmodelles und einer neuen Anlegungsmethode.

Kielland forceps. English translation and historical background in E.P. Jones, Kielland’s forceps, London, 1952.

1916 CE

#5043

Ueber die Behandlung von Typhus mit Milchinjektionen.

1916 CE

#3000

Ueber die konservative Behandlung der Varicen.

Injection treatment of varicose veins was introduced by Linser.

1916 CE

#2643

Ueber die künstliche Erzeugung von Karzinom.

First experimental production of tar cancer in rabbits by painting with tar products. This was the first proof of chemical carcinogenesis.

1916 CE

#6371

Ueber eine bisher unerkannte Spirochäteninfektion (Spirochaetosis arthritica).

“Reiter’s syndrome”, a disease of males characterized by initial diarrhea, urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis. Reiter was a German Nazi physician and war criminal who conducted medical experim…

1916 CE

#5387

Ueber eine neue periodische Fiebererkrankung (Febris Wolhynica).

His encountered a form of “trench fever” in Volhynia, Russia, and named it after that district.

1916 CE

#5388

Zur Aetiologie des Fleckfiebers.

Rickettsia prowazeki, cause of epidemic typhus, was first isolated by the Brazilian microbiologist Henrique da Rocha-Lima, who named it after Ricketts and Prowazek, both of whom died of the disease.

1916 CE

#4600

Zur Diagnose der Rückenmarkskompression.

“Queckenstedt’s test” for determining patency of the spinal subarachnoid space.

1916 CE

#5389

Zur Ursache und Uebertragung des Wolhynischen Fiebers.

Isolation of Rickettsia quintana (now called Bartonella quintana) from lice found on patients suffering from trench fever.

1916 CE

#5390

Zurserologischen Diagnose des Fleckfiebers.

Weil-Felix reaction for the diagnosis of typhus. See also the later paper in the same journal, 1916, 29, 974-78.

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.

1916 CE–1920 CE

#8562

De animalibus libri xxvi. Nach der Cölner Urschrift, herausgegeben von Hermann Stadler. 2 vols. (Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie des Mittelalters 15-16).

1916 CE–1923 CE

#7091

A Bibliography of fishes by Bashford Dean, enlarged and edited by Charles Rochester Eastman. 3 vols. Vol. 3 extended and edited by Eugene Willis Gudger with the cooperation of Arthur Wilbur Henn.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1917 CE

#5159.1

A form of pseudo-tuberculosis (melioidosis).

Stanton identified the bacillus of melioidosis and reproduced the disease in animals by feeding and inoculation of cultures.

1917 CE

#6371.1

A rare disease in two brothers.

First definite description of the Hurler syndrome (No. 6371.2). Hunter became Professor of Medicine in the University of Manitoba.

1917 CE

#2601

Anaphylaxie et antianaphylaxie.

English translation, 1919.

1917 CE

#8639

Anatomical names, especially the Basle Nomina Anatomica ("BNA"). By Albert Chauncey Eycleshymer, assisted by Daniel Martin Schoemaker. With biographical sketches by Roy Lee Moodie.

Includes 800 biographical sketches and a massive index covering nearly 400 pages. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1917 CE

#11266

Bibliography of William Henry Welch.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1917 CE

#12539

Blight: The tragedy of Dublin: An exposition in 3 acts.

Gogarty, an Irish poet, author, otolaryngologist, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist, served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel Ulysses. Blight: The Tragedy of Dublin was "o…

1917 CE

#4631

Congenital word-blindness.

1917 CE

#13069

Cruise of the U.S. brig Argus in 1813. Journal of surgeon James Inderwick, edited from the original manuscript in the New York Public Library with an introduction and notes by Victor Hugo Paltsits.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1917 CE

#9988

Das homerische Tiersystem und seine Bedeutung für die zoologische Systematik des Aristoteles.

Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1917 CE

#7494

Der Vierfarbendruck in der Gefolgschaft Jacob Christoffel Le Blons mit Oeuvre-Verzeichnissen der Familie Gautier-Dagoty, J. Roberts, J. Ladmirals und C. Lasinios