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1920–1929

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1921 CE

#5350.7

On the life cycle of Fasciolopsis buski Lankester.

1921 CE

#3322

Operations on the frontal sinus.

Conservative treatment of sinusitis.

1921 CE

#12254

Organon der Heilkunst. 6th edition.

Hahnemann completed his work for the 6th edition in 1842, a year before his death. After Hahnemann’s death in 1843, his widow, Mélanie Hahnemann, had a hand-written copy made of Hahnemann’s volume a…

1921 CE

#12446

Origin and history of all the pharmacopeial vegetable drugs, chemicals and preparations with bibliography... Prepared under the auspices of and published by the American Drug Manufacturers' Association, Washington, D.C. Vol. 1 Vegetable drugs

Lloyd comprehensively collected and studied the historical literature, citing it throughout the text and in the numerous bibliographies of specific drugs in this work. The book includes a bibliography of historical so…

1921 CE

#6128

Perforating hemorrhagic (chocolate) cysts of the ovary.

The true nature of ovarian endometriomata was elucidated by Sampson.

1921 CE

#4988.1

Psychodiagnostik. 1 vol & atlas of test cards.

Rorschach test. 2nd ed., Bern, 1932. English translation, Bern, Huber, 1942. See the biography of Rorschach in Bull. Menninger Clin., 1954, 18, 173-219.

1921 CE

#4723

Rapport sur les syndromes parkinsoniens.

Souques recognized the importance of encephalitis lethargica as a cause of Parkinsonism; more than any other neurologist he was responsible for unifying its diverse manifestations.

1921 CE

#3965

Recherches sur le rôle du pancréas dans l’assimilation nutritive.

Paulesco isolated the anti-diabetic hormone of the pancreas before Banting and Best. He named it “pancréine”.

1921 CE

#2573

Results of experimental studies on focal infection and elective localization.

Rosenow showed that focal infection could by caused by bacteria in teeth, etc.

1921 CE

#3197

Roentgenographic studies of bronchiectasis and lung abscess after direct injection of bismuth mixture through the bronchoscope.

Important studies on bronchiectasis were carried out by Lynah and Stewart.

1921 CE

#2601.1

Studien über die Ueberempfindlichkeit.

Prausnitz–Küstner reaction. These workers demonstrated antibodies in the blood of persons suffering from atopic allergic diseases. They produced local passive sensitization by intracutaneous injection of se…

1921 CE

#3544

Studies in gastric secretion. Introduction.

Ryle’s tube, for obtaining specimens of gastric juice.

1921 CE

#2312.2

Studies in the palaeopathology of Egypt. Edited by Roy Lee Moodie.

A collection of papers published previously in various journals. Ruffer spent many years in Egypt in the study of palaeopathology. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1921 CE

#3085

Studies of the suspension stability of the blood in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Westergren’s method of measuring the erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

1921 CE

#5287

Studies on the treatment of human trypanosomiasis with tryparsamide (the sodium salt of N-phenylglycineamide-p-arsonic acid).

Introduction of tryparsamide in the treatment of trypanosomiasis.

1921 CE

#1332

The autonomic nervous system.

Langley divided the autonomic nervous system into (1) the orthosympathetic, and (2) the parasympathetic; he defined it as an efferent system.

1921 CE

#855

The blood supply to the heart.

Coronary arterial anatomy studied by radiography of the injected arteries by a standard technique.

1921 CE

#1163

The effect of the anterior lobe administered intraperitoneally upon growth, maturity and oestrus cycles of the rat.

Evans and Long discovered the growth hormone of the anterior pituitary, showing that continued injections of an anterior pituitary extract produced an acceleration in the growth-rate of laboratory animals.

1921 CE

#6414

The evolution of modern medicine. A series of lectures delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913.

The final text of these lectures, which Osler characterized as "an aeroplane flight over the progress of medicine through the ages," remained unfinished at Osler’s death, and Osler requested in his will that thi…

1921 CE

#1441

The form and functions of the central nervous system.

1921 CE

#5368

The use of carbon tetrachloride for the removal of hookworms.

Introduction of the carbon tetrachloride treatment of ankylostomiasis.

1921 CE

#11677

Traité des maladies congenitales du coeur.

1921 CE

#2411

Traitement de la syphilis par le bismuth.

Introduction of sodium-potassium bismuth tartrate in the treatment of syphilis.

1921 CE

#4605.1

Über die diagnostische Bedeutung der intraspinalen Luftinjektionen bei Rückenmarksleiden, besonders bei Geschwülsten.

Myelography by air injection into spinal subarachnoid space.

1921 CE

#5192

Ueber Behandlungsversuche der chronischen Amoebenruhr mit Yatren.

Introduction of Yatren.

1921 CE

#1910

Ueber die wirksamen Substanzen des Mutterkorns.

Isolation of ergotamine.

1921 CE

#4722

Ueber eigenartige Erkrankungen der Zentralnervensystems mit bemerkenswertem anatomischem Befunde. (Spastische Pseudosklerose — Encephalomyclopathie mit disseminirrten Degenerationsherden.)

“Creutzfeld-Jakob disease”, spastic pseudosclerosis. Traditionally considered to have been independently discovered by Creutzfeld, but in the 21st century recognized as a discovery by Jakob alone. See also…

1921 CE

#3196

Un cas d’épithélioma spino-cellulaire de la région latérale du pharynx, avec adénopathie angulo-maxillaire, guéri depuis six mois par la röntgenthérapie.

Carcinoma of pharynx cured by the Coutard method of Röntgen therapy.

1921 CE

#3030

Un cas de cardiolyse.

First pericardiectomy, for constrictive pericarditis.

1921 CE

#4241

Un nuevo procedimiento para explorar al riñón.

Perirenal insufflation of oxygen, for the roentgenological study of the kidney.

1921 CE

#4388.1

Une maladie congénitale et héréditaire de l’ossification: la pléonostéose familiale.

“Léri’s pleonosteosis” first described.

1921 CE

#2521.1

Untersuchungen über die Ätiologie der Krankheiten der Herpesgruppe (Herpes zoster, Herpes genitalis, Herpes febrilis).

Lipschütz’s account of herpes virus diseases included identification of the characteristic inclusion bodies (“Zosterkörperchen”).

1921 CE

#6221

Version.

Potter’s operation of podalic version.

1921 CE

#7746

Wunder in uns. Ein Bch von menschlichen Körper für Jedermann von Hanns Günther [Walter de Haas].

Remarkable illustrations in the 1920's "modernizing" industrial style later, made more famous by Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) who got his start by contributing an essay to this work. Günther was the pseudonym of the po…

1921 CE

#4604

Zur Analyse und Pathophysiologie der striären Bewegungsstörungen.

Foerster made a most important contribution to the literature on extra pyramidal diseases.

1921 CE–1922 CE

#1205

The internal secretion of the pancreas.

This paper reports the isolation of insulin. An extract from the pancreas of a dog, removed after ligation of the excretory duct, was found to exercise a reducing influence on the percentage of sugar in the blood. Dig…

1921 CE–1922 CE

#1343

Ueber humorale Uebertragbarkeit der Herznervenwirkung.

Loewi’s important experiments firmly established the theory of chemical intermediaries in nervous reactions. In 1936 Loewi shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Dale "for discoveries related to c…

1921 CE–1924 CE

#37

Paulus Aegeneta [Opera] ed. J.L. Heiberg. Corpus Medicorum Graecorum IX. 2 vols.

Standard Greek text.

1921 CE–1929 CE

#2178

History of the Great War Medical Services. Edited by William Grant MacPherson. 12 vols.

GREAT BRITAIN. War Office. Medical Services

1921 CE–1929 CE

#2179

The medical department of the U.S. Army in the First World War. Prepared under the direction of Merritte W. Ireland. Editor-in-chief: Col. Charles Lynch. 15 vols. in 17.

UNITED STATES. War Dept. Surgeon General

pt. 1. Demobilization, 1919, by C.B. Davenport and A.G. Love. 1921. pt. 2. Medical and casualty statistics based on the medical records of the United States Army, April 1, 1917, to December 31, 1919, inclusive, by A.G…

1921 CE–1969 CE

#3698

Index of the periodical dental literature in the English language.

Retrospective from 1839; discontinued in 1969. Later known as Index to dental literature. Digital facsimile of the early volumes from the Hathi Trust at this link. Black spearheaded the project and supervised the comp…

1922 CE

#5008

A glimpse into the history of the surgery of the brain.

Thomas Vicary Lecture. First published in Lancet, 1922, 1, 111-16, 165-72.

1922 CE

#4150

A new eruptive fever associated with stomatitis and ophthalmia; report of two cases in children.

“Stevens-Johnson syndrome”, a generalized eruption, continued fever, inflamed buccal mucosa, and severe purulent conjunctivitis. B.A. Thomas (Brit. med. J., 1950, 1, 1393) believes this to be merely a seve…

1922 CE

#5255.2

A new malaria parasite of man.

Plasmodium ovale described.

1922 CE

#4272

A new method of perineal prostatectomy which insures more perfect functional results.

Geraghty’s modification of Young’s perineal prostatectomy.

1922 CE

#6221.1

A pathognomonic sign of intra-uterine death.

“Spalding’s sign” of fetal death.

1922 CE

#2412

A simple quantative precipitation reaction for syphilis.

Kahn test.

1922 CE

#3690.1

A textbook of clinical periodontia. A study of the causes and pathology of periodontal disease and a consideration of Its treatment.

“The first authoritative book in the field” (Ring). Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1922 CE

#11722

All about coffee.

Covers the historical, technical, scientific, commercial, social and artistic dimensions of coffee. Second edition, 1935. Digital facsimile of the 1922 edition from Google Books at this link.

1922 CE

#2047

An essay on the history of electrotherapy and diagnosis.