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1922 CE

#6508

Arab medicine and surgery. A study of the healing art in Algeria.

Medicine, surgery and pharmacology as practiced among the nomadic Arabs in Algeria at time of writing.

1922 CE

#12506

Bibliographiae stomatologicae.

An extensively annotated historical bibliography of dental bibliographies. Also published in Arthur D. Black, ed., Index of the periodical dental literature.... for 1916-1920 (Chicago, 1922) pp. xiv-liii. Digital facs…

1922 CE

#5369

Bibliography of hookworm disease.

Contains 5,680 references to all aspects of hookworm disease, prefaced by a short history. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1922 CE

#5782

Cancer of the breast and its treatment. 2nd ed.

Sampson Handley advanced the theory that in mammary cancer metastasis is due to extension along lymphatic vessels – “lymphatic permeation” – and not to dissemination byway of the blood stream. …

1922 CE

#660

Correlation of basal metabolic rate with pulse rate and pulse pressure.

Read’s formula for computation of basal metabolic rate.

1922 CE

#3871

Crises solaires et hypertension paroxystique en rapport avec une tumeur surrénale.

First full description of chromaffin cell tumors of the adrenal medulla. With J. Tinel and E. Doumer.

1922 CE

#7832

Di un raro caso di osteite simmetrica ereditaria degli arti inferior.

"Camurati-Engelmann disease", a very rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic anomalies in the skeleton. It is a form of dysplasia. See No. 4395.1.

1922 CE

#12637

Die epidemische Encephalitis. (Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Neurologie und Psychiatrie. Bd. 30).

Felix Stern was the leading German specialist in encephalitis lethargica . No national statistics for this disease, first described in Vienna in 1916, were kept in Germany. For this reason, the data collected by Stern…

1922 CE

#6352

Die Geschichte der Kinderheilkunde.

1922 CE

#9985

Die homerische Medizin. Eine medizin-kulturhistorische Skizze.

Medicine in Homer.

1922 CE

#13884

Die Theologie und der ärztliche Stand.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1922 CE

#9249

Die Zauberkraft des Auges und das Berufen. Ein Kapitel der Geschichte der Aberglaubens.

1922 CE

#12001

Early British botanists and their gardens, based on unpublished writings of Goodyer, Tradescant, and others

Most of this book concerns John Goodyer, his life, his garden, a detailed 40-page catalogue of Goodyer's library, Goodyer's list of plants, lists of plants grown in English gardens, etc. Digital facsimile from Google …

1922 CE

#4724

Eigenartige Erkrankung in extrapyramidalen System mit besonderer Beteiligung des Globus pallidus und der Substantia nigra.

The (extrapyramidal) syndrome of Hallervorden and Spatz.

1922 CE

#3086

Gangräneszierende Prozesse und Defekt des Granulocytensystems.

“Schultz’s syndrome” – first description of agranulocytic angina. Schultz reported four cases of necrotic ulcerative infection of the throat with complete or almost complete disappearance of po…

1922 CE

#6369

Geschwisterpaar mit adiposo-genitaler Dystrophie.

Laurence–Moon–Biedl syndrome (see also No. 6368). Biedl’s cases were more fully described by W. Raab, in Wien. Arch. inn. Med., 1924, 7, 443-530.

1922 CE

#9933

History of American Red Cross nursing.

By six authors. Also authored by Sarah Elizabeth Pickett, and Anna R. van Meter. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1922 CE

#12406

History of medicine and surgery and physicians and surgeons of Chicago. Endorsed and published under the supervision of the council of the Chicago Medical Society.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1922 CE

#3197.2

Klinische und experimentelle Beitrag zur krampflösenden Wirkung der Purinderivate.

Hirsch established the value of theophylline in the management of asthma.

1922 CE

#5967

L’adaption compensatrice de l’oeil.

Introduction of the photometric spectacle lens.

1922 CE

#9413

La maîtrise de soi-même par l'autosuggestion consciente.

English translation as Self-mastery through conscious autosuggestion, New York: Markan Publishing Co., 1922. Digital facsimile of the English translation from the Internet Archive at this link.

1922 CE

#10819

Montaigne and medicine; being the essayist's comments on contemporary physic and physicians; his thoughts on many material matters relating to life and death; an account of his bodily ailments and peculiarities and of his travels in search of health.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1922 CE

#2185

Notes on the history of military medicine.

1922 CE

#1910.1

On a remarkable bacteriolytic element found in secretions and tissues.

Lysozyme, an antimicrobial enzyme that is a component of secretions such as tears and saliva. Digital facsimile from royalsocietypublishing.org at this link

1922 CE

#1055

On the existence of a hitherto unrecognized dietary factor essential for reproduction.

Discovery of vitamin E. See also their later paper in J. Amer. med. Ass.,1923, 81, 889-92.

1922 CE

#3968

Pancreatic extracts in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

The first clinical application of insulin in the treatment of diabetes. Co-authored by W. R. Campbell, and A. A. Fletcher. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

1922 CE

#2896

Paravertebrale Novokaininjektionen zur Differentialdiagnose intra-abdomineller Erkrankungen.

First paravertebral injection for the treatment of angina pectoris.

1922 CE

#6348.1

Premature and congenitally diseased infants.

“The first book ever written dealing solely with premature and congenitally diseased infants” (Cone). Hess founded the first premature infant center in the United States at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.

1922 CE

#3545

Probleme und Technik der Gastroskopie, mit der Beschreibung eines neuen Gastroskops.

Schindler made gastroscopy a “method”. See also his paper in the Münch, med. Wschr., 1922, 69, 535-37.

1922 CE

#12842

Regional anesthesia: Its technic and clinical application. With a foreward by William J. Mayo.

First work in English on regional anesthesia. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1922 CE

#5630.1

Removal of intrathoracic tumours by the trans-sternal route.

Dunhill’s operation for the removal of intrathoracic tumors.

1922 CE

#961

Respiration.

An account of the work of the Oxford School of Physiology, in particular the Pike’s Peak expedition (No. 957). Second edition, 1935, with J. G. Priestley.

1922 CE

#4605.2

Right-sided hemi-hypertrophy resulting from right-sided congenital spastic hemiplegia, with a morbid condition of the left side of the brain, revealed by radiograms.

Sturge–Weber syndrome (see No. 4560.1).

1922 CE

#6863

Samuel Hahnemann, sein Leben und Schaffen. 2 vols.

A standard work on the development of homeopathy and the life of Hahnemann. Digital facsimile of the 1922 German edition from the Hathitrust at this link. The work was translated into English as Samuel Hahnemann, His …

1922 CE

#3136.1

Sickle-cell anemia.

Mason gave sickle-cell anemia its present name.

1922 CE

#8712

South America from a surgeon's point of view.

Martin, "Director-General, American College of Surgeons," and Managing Editor, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, visited South American with William J. Mayo, who wrote the introduction. Digital facsimile from Google…

1922 CE

#12656

Studies in the specific study of the bacteriology of dental cavities.

Rodríguez discovered that three types of the Lactobacillus species of bacteria, during the process of fermentation, are the causes of cavities. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1922 CE

#2413

Studies in the standardization of the Wassermann reaction. XXX. A new complement-fixation test for syphilis based upon the results of studies in the standardization of technic.

Kolmer test.

1922 CE

#1054.1

Studies on experimental rickets. XXI. An experimental demonstration of the existence of a vitamin which promotes calcium deposition.

Discovery of vitamin D. with N. Simmonds, J. E. Becker, and P. G. Shipley.

1922 CE

#793

The anatomy and physiology of the capillaries.

Silliman Lectures. Krogh was first to describe the adaptation of blood perfusion in muscle and other organs according to demands through opening and closing the arterioles and capillaries. In 1920 Krogh received the N…

1922 CE

#137

The biology of death.

Raymond Pearl did important work on the subject of vital statistics.

1922 CE

#11919

The etiology and epidemiology of influenza.

Digital facsimile from Harvard Library at this link.

1922 CE

#5393

The etiology and pathology of typhus. Being the main report of the Typhus Research Commission of the League of Red Cross Societies to Poland.

The carefully controlled experiments of Wolbach, Todd, and Palfrey eliminated all doubt that R. prowazeki was the causal agent in typhus. Digital facsimile from the U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

1922 CE

#3966

The internal secretion of the pancreas. (Abstract).

A preliminary one-page communication regarding the isolation of insulin, made to a meeting of the American Physiological Society in December 1921. Digital facsimile from insulin.library.utoronto.ca at this link. In 19…

1922 CE

#1035

The mechanics of the digestive tract.

Includes (p. 111) his smooth diet for duodenal ulcer. Fourth edition entitled Introduction to gastro-enterology, 1950.

1922 CE

#2048

The old English herbals.

Reprinted London, Minerva Press, 1972.

1922 CE

#3691.1

The origin and evolution of the human dentition.

Reprinted with revisions and new index from J. dent. Res., 1920, 2, 89-175, 215-426, 604-717; 1921, 3, 87-228.

1922 CE

#1713

The population problem: A study in human evolution.

1922 CE

#212

The Rhodesian skull.

Description of the skull found at Broken Hill, Rhodesia, in 1921.

1922 CE

#3002

Traitement des varices par les injections phlébo-sclérosantes du salicylate de soude.

Introduction of sodium salicylate injections for the treatment of varicose veins. With J. Paraf and J. Lermoyez.