1920–1929

1929 CE

#2463

Landmarks in medical helminthology.

1929 CE

#967

Le sinus carotidienet la zone homologue cardio-aortique.

In 1938 Heymans was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration."

1929 CE

#2857

Medionecrosis aortae idiopathica (cystica).

Classic description of aortic medionecrosis.

1929 CE

#9560

Microscopical atlas of the human brain. Edited by the Royal Academy of Sciences Amsterdam. Plates IV, IV B, VI A , VI B, VII, and VIII.

Very large format. This was a continuation of the Fuse and Monakow atlas begun in 1916 (No. 9559), and interupted by World War I. It appears that only that part, and this continuation were published.

1929 CE

#11936

Mittelalterliche Pflanzenkunde.

Reprint, with a forward by Johannes Steudel. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 2001.

1929 CE

#3143

Observations on the etiologic relationship of achylia gastrica to pernicious anemia. I. The effect of the administration to patients with pernicious anemia of the contents of the normal human stomach recovered after the ingestion of beef muscle.

Castle showed pernicious anemia to be due to absence from the gastric juice of a substance (Castle’s intrinsic factor, hemopoietin) that reacts with an extrinsic factor present in many foodstuffs to form the ant…

1929 CE

#6299.1

Obstetric forceps, its history and evolution.

1929 CE

#9247

On Chinese medicine: Drugs of Chinese pharmacies in Malaya.

1929 CE

#1933

On the antibacterial action of cultures of a penicillium, with special reference to their use in the isolation of B. influenzae.

Discovery of the growth-inhibiting action of Penicillium on certain bacteria. In 1945 Fleming shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey "for the discovery of …

1929 CE

#2989

Operative decompression of aortic aneurysm by carotid-jugular anastomosis.

Babcock’s operation for aortic aneurysm.

1929 CE

#4433.1

Osteomyelitis and compound fractures and other infected wounds: Treatment by the method of drainage and rest.

Orr developed a treatment for open fractures “consisting of thorough debridement, reduction of the fracture, and usually, maintenance of the reduction by the technique of pins transfixing the fragments and incor…

1929 CE

#13079

Pathfinders: A history of the progress of colored graduate nurses. With biographies of many prominent nurses.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1929 CE

#3018

Phlébites, thromboses et embolies post-opératoires.

1929 CE

#751

Phosphorus compounds of muscle and liver.

Discovery of adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP).

1929 CE

#1188

Physiology of the corpus luteum.

Discovery of the corpus luteum hormone, progesterone.

1929 CE

#3735

Rickets, including osteomalacia and tetany.

Hess made numerous clinical observations on rickets and scurvy and discovered that antirachitic properties could be imparted to certain oils and to food by exposing them to ultra-violet rays. His book includes an impo…

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

#3202.2

Serum treatment in type I lobar pneumonia.

Introduction of monovalent antiserum.

1929 CE

#2716

Some different types of essential hypertension; their course and prognosis.

The Keith-Wagener-Barker classification of hypertension. With N. W. Barker.

1929 CE

#11004

Stretchers: The story of a hospital unit on the western front.

History of the U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces Evacuation Hospital no. 8, World War 1, 1914-1918, in which Pottle served. Pottle was the greatest Boswell and Samuel Johnson scholar. Digital facsimile from the …

1929 CE

#3873

Suprarenal cortical extracts in suprarenal insufficiency (Addison’s disease).

Rogoff and Stewart were the first to use adrenal cortical extract (“inter-renalin”) in the treatment of adrenal insufficiency. See also No. 1148.

1929 CE

#4397

Sur une forme de dystrophie osseuse familiale.

“Morquio’s disease”, eccentro-osteochondrodysplasia.

1929 CE

#3202

Surgical principles underlying one-stage lobectomy.

Brunn’s one-stage lobectomy.

1929 CE

#4433

Technik der Knochenbruchbehandlung.

Böhler introduced several new methods and devised new apparatus for the treatment of fractures. His clinic in Vienna became world-famous. 12-13th ed., 1951.

1929 CE

#3550

The “coeliac affection” – idiopathic steatorrhoeas.

Idiopathic steatorrhoea, first described by Gee (No. 3491) was extensively studied by Thaysen, in so far as it occurs in adults and adolescents in non-tropical countries. It also bears the name “Gee-Thaysen dise…

1929 CE

#1061

The absorption spectrum of vitamin D.

See No. 1065. With C. Fischmann, R. G. C. Jenkins, and T. A. Webster.

1929 CE

#14192

The action of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and epinephrine on the bronchioles.

Swanson showed that just 0.01 mg. of epinephrine was as vasconstrictive as 2 mg. of ephedrine and 4 mg. of pseudoephedrine. He also showed that all three of these drugs have bronchodilator properties, but epinephrine …

1929 CE

#1243

The aglomerular kidney of the toadfish (Opsanus tau).

Proof that the tubules of the kidney of a vertebrate could secrete foreign substances.

1929 CE

#1190

The chemistry of oestrin. I. Preparation from urine and separation from an unidentified solid alcohol.

Isolation of pregnanediol.

1929 CE

#857

The determination of the cardiac output of man by the use of acetylene.

Grollman introduced the acetylene method of determination of cardiac output.

1929 CE

#1191

The effects of extracts of testis in correcting the castrated condition in the fowl and in the mammal.

C. R. Moore, T. F. Gallagher, and F. C. Koch were the first to obtain a potent testicular extract containing the male sex hormone, androsterone, later obtained in crystalline form by Butenandt. They also gave a detail…

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.

1929 CE

#566.1

The growth, development and phosphatase activity of embryonic avian femora in limb-buds cultivated in vitro.

First modern organ cultures.

1929 CE

#11003

The history of hemostasis.

Reprinted with additions and corrections from Annals of Medical History, N. S. Vol. I, No. 2, March, 1929.

1929 CE

#1189

The male hormone.

Funk and Harrow obtained crude active male hormone extracts from male urine.

1929 CE

#7634

The medical museum: Modern developments, organisation and technical methods based on a new system of visual teaching.

1929 CE

#2054

The mystery and art of the apothecary.

1929 CE

#7467

The origin of life.

Haldane suggested that organic molecules could have been synthesized in an early atmosphere of carbon dioxide.

1929 CE

#1149

The preparation of an active extract of the supra-renal cortex.

First practical method of preparing an extract of the active agent of the adrenal cortical hormone. It was named cortin until it was recognized that there are several active agents in the secretion.

1929 CE

#1345

The presence of histamine and acetylcholine in the spleen of the ox and the horse.

Isolation of acetylcholine from ox and horse spleen.

1929 CE

#12394

The rapid shallow breathing resulting from pulmonary congestion and edema.

First description of the Churchill–Cope reflex, a reflex in which distension of the pulmonary vascular bed, as occurs in pulmonary oedema, causes an increase in respiratory rate (tachypnoea) by stimulation of th…

1929 CE

#1657

The treatment of the sick poor of this country and the preservation of the health of the poor in this country.

1929 CE

#5761.1

The use and uses of large split skin grafts of intermediate thickness.

Split-skin grafts for covering large areas of granulating surfaces introduced.

1929 CE

#1978

The use of a new apparatus for the prolonged administration of artificial respiration. I. A fatal case of poliomyelitis.

The Drinker respirator (“iron lung”).

1929 CE

#3090

The velocity of blood flow in health and disease as measured by the effect of histamine on the minute vessels.

Measurement of circulation time.

1929 CE

#8812

The work of medical women in India.

1929 CE

#1446

Über das Elektrenkephalogramm des Menschen.

First recording of human brain activity, which Berger called electroencephalography. Berger actually recorded his first EEG in 1924, but did not publish the technique until 1929. He showed that the electrical activity…

1929 CE

#3548

Ueber Gastrophotographie.

Introduction of gastrophotography.

1929 CE

#969

Ueberden Absorptionsspektrum des Atmungsferments.

Warburg discovered the nature and function of the respiratory ferment. In 1931 Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme."

1929 CE–1930 CE

#4396

Further studies in osteomalacia.

Maxwell showed osteomalacia to be due to lack of vitamin D.