1920–1929
804 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1924 CE
#14287
The morphology and evolution of the apes and man. With a foreward by Professor G. Elliot Smith.
As far as I able to determine in 2024, Sonntag's book was the first attempt to write a general treatise on what eventually came to be called "human evolutionary anatomy," in the sense of studying the relationship betw…
1924 CE
#4392.1
The reconstruction operation for arthritis deformans of the hip-joint.
The first sustained attempt to relieve osteoarthrosis of the hip by surgical means other than fusion.
1924 CE
#14195
The scrotum as a temperature regulator for the testes.
Moore and Quick established that the scrotal sac, and its ability to expand or contract, helps to regulate the temperature of the testes. Through this mechanism it enables sperm production and supports the viability o…
1924 CE
#5084
The significance of Streptococcus hemolyticus in scarlet fever and the preparation of a specific anti-scarlatinal serum by immunization of the horse to Streptococcus hemolyticus-scarlatinae.
Dochez and Sherman immunized a horse by repeated injections of scarlet fever toxin. A serum obtained from the horse blanched a scarlet fever rash and, when injected subcutaneously, caused marked amelioration of the ea…
1924 CE
#10592
The surgical treatment of mitral stenosis: Experimental and clinical studies.
The first successful operations on the mitral valves, published in a paper of monograph length. As Surgeon-in-Chief of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, under whom Beck, Cutler, and Levine worked, Harvey Cushing reported, …
1924 CE
#1306
The theory of decrementless conduction in narcotised region of nerve.
Kato made valuable investigations on nerve conduction. A second volume, Further studies, appeared in 1926.
1924 CE
#3851
The value of iodine in exophthalmic goitre.
Plummer and Boothby recommended the pre-operative administration of iodine in exophthalmic goitre.
1924 CE
#530
Über Induktion von Embryonalanlagen durch Implantation artfremder Organisatoren.
This was Hilde Mangold's thesis. Spemann designed the experiment, and Mangold performed the work, and was the co-discoverer of the "organizer," the chemical that directs the embryonic development of tissues and organs…
1924 CE
#5069
Ueber cutane Hautreaktion mittels Diphtherie-Toxin zum Nachweis der Diphtherie-Immunität.
The “scratch test”, a cutaneous reaction for determination of susceptibility to diphtheria.
1924 CE
#1344
Ueber humorale Uebertragbarkeit der Herznervenwirkung
Established the presence of cholinesterase and that in vitro eserine inhibited this esterase.
1924 CE
#4687
Une nouvelle maladie infectieuse du système nerveux central?
Acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis (aseptic meningitis syndrome) first described.
1924 CE
#2602
Vascular reactions of the skin to injury. II. The liberation of a histamine-like substance in injured skin; the underlying cause of factitious urticaria and of wheals produced by burning; and observations upon the nervous control of certain skin reactions.
Lewis postulated that a histamine-like substance (“H-substance”) was responsible for the anaphylaxis symptom-complex. See also The blood-vessels of the human skin and their responses, 1927 (No. 797).
1924 CE–1925 CE
#2049
Malati medici e farmacisti: Storia dei rimedi traverso i secoli e delle teorie che ne spiegano l’azione sull’organismo. 2 vols.
Second edition, 1947-51.
1924 CE–1925 CE
#1240
The secretion of urine as studied on the isolated kidney.
Demonstration that the anti-diuretic action of vasopressin is exerted directly on the kidney, and that tubules of the kidney reabsorb water.
1924 CE–1927 CE
#7156
Corpus hippiatricorum Graecorum. 2 vols. 1. Hippiatrica Berolinensia. 2. Hippiatrica Parisina, Cantabrigiensia, Londinensia, Lugdunensia; Appendix.
1924 CE–1929 CE
#7097
A bibliography of American natural history. The pioneer century. The role played by the scientific societies; scientific journals; natural history museums and botanic gardens; state geological and natural history surveys; federal exploriing expeditions in the rise and progress of American botany, geology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology. 3 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1924 CE–1929 CE
#6129
Biologie und Pathologie des Weibes. Hrsg. von 8 vols.
Second edition, 10 vols. & index, 1941-55.
1924 CE–1933 CE
#3405
Atlas of otology illustrating the normal and pathological anatomy of the temporal bone. 2 vols.
1925 CE
#12035
Pansporella perplexa. Réflexions sur la biologie et la phylogénie des protozoaires.
Chatton was the first to characterize the distinction between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems of cellular organization. See Jan Sapp, "The prokaryote-Eukaryote dichtomy: meanings and mythology," Microbiol. Mol.…
1925 CE
#4151
A case of relapsing non-suppurative nodular panniculitis, showing phagocytosis of subcutaneous fat-cells by macrophages.
Weber–Christian disease (see No. 4152).
1925 CE
#3862
A case of tetany treated with parathyrin.
First use of parathyroid hormone in the treatment of tetany.
1925 CE
#3872
A case of virilism associated with a suprarenal tumour: recovery after its removal.
Records the first removal (by P. Sargent) of an adrenal cortical tumor. This was followed by disappearance of the heterosexual symptoms, thus establishing the relationship of sexual abnormality and adrenal tumors.
1925 CE
#3138
A form of acute hemolytic anemia probably of infectious origin.
“Lederer’s anemia” first described.
1925 CE
#5707
A lecture on respiration in anaesthesia: Control by carbon dioxide.
Henderson’s important investigations on the physiology of respiration included his demonstration of the relation of acapnia to anesthesia and the recommendation that carbon dioxide inhalation be used to overcome…
1925 CE
#11426
A list of old medical books, books on the history of medicine, and medical bibliography, and a list of medical portraits, in the posession [sic] of Le Roy Crummer. Together with some bibliographical notes
1925 CE
#3692
A new kind of x-ray examination for preventive dentistry.
Original description of technique of making “bite-wing” radiographs.
1925 CE
#749
A study of the oxidation of the ammonium salts of normal saturated fatty acids and its biological significance.
1925 CE
#2603
Allergic diseases; diagnosis and treatment of bronchial asthma, hay fever, and other allergic diseases.
In his important studies of asthma, Storm van Leeuwen demonstrated that in the great majority of patients allergens are the cause of the condition and also that patients are sensitive to mold spores. He experimented w…
1925 CE
#10197
Arrowsmith.
"This novel has been inspirational for several generations of pre-medical and medical students. There is much agonizing along the way concerning career and life decisions. While detailing Arrowsmith's pursuit of the n…
1925 CE
#211.1
Australopithecus africanus: The man-ape of South Africa.
First report on Dart's discovery in 1924 of the first member of the genus Australopithecus, the first hominin found in Africa. In their 150th anniversary issue published on November 4, 2019 the editors of Nature inclu…
1925 CE
#11007
Beginnings of medical education in and near Chicago: The institutions and the men.
Digital facsimile of separately paginated 144pp. illustrated offprint from the Internet Archive at this link.
1925 CE
#3139
Blood regeneration in severe anaemia. II. Favourable influence of liver, heart and skeletal muscle in diet.
These workers showed the beneficial effect of raw beef liver upon blood regeneration in anemia. Their work paved the way for the liver diet treatment of Minot and Murphy. In 1934 Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Phys…
1925 CE
#4393
Bone sarcoma, an interpretation of the nomenclature used by the Committee on the Registry of Bone Sarcoma of the American College of Surgeons.
1925 CE
#10615
Bryan and Darrow at Dayton. The Record and documents of the "Bible-Evolution Trial." Edited and compiled by Leslie H. Allen.
Key documents from the Scopes Trial. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1925 CE
#2050
Catalogue of early herbals.
1925 CE
#12382
Chirurgie der Sportunfalle.
1925 CE
#2917
Consideraciones sobre la denominación de “Enfermedad de Ayerza”.
In 1901 Argentinian physician Abel Ayerza (1861-1918) lectured on the syndrome of chronic cyanosis, dyspnoea, erythremia, and sclerosis of the pulmonary artery, “Ayerza’s disease” (cor pulmonale). He…
1925 CE
#1037
Contributions to the physiology of gastric secretion. The proof of a humoral mechanism. A new procedure for the study of gastric physiology.
1925 CE
#6610
De arts in de caricatuur.
German edition, Berlin, 1927.
1925 CE
#2354
Development of our knowledge of tuberculosis.
1925 CE
#3003
Die Behandlung der Krampfadern mit intravarikösen Kochsalzinjektionen.
Sodium chloride first used in the injection treatment of varicose veins.
1925 CE
#1444
Die Cytoarchitektonik der Hirnrinde des erwachsenen Menschen. 1 vol. and atlas.
This work consisted of textbook of more than 800 pages and an atlas with 112 large-sized microphotographic plates of the cortex. The textbook contained detailed descriptions of their studies and an introduction to the…
1925 CE
#3573.1
Die Handschrift des Schnitt- und Augenarztes Caspar Stromayr in Lindau im Bodensee: In der Lindauer Handschrift (P.1.46) vom 4. Juli 1559. Mit einer historischen Einführung und Wertung von Walter von Brunn.
Stroymayr's manuscript was discovered in Lindau in 1909, and remained unpublished until the above edition, which reproduced his drawings in color. Like Bartisch (No. 5817) Stromayr specialized in hernia repair and eye…
1925 CE
#5969
Diseases of the uvea. I. Sympathetic ophthalmia: the use of uveal pigment in diagnosis and treatment.
Intradermal pigment test in sympathetic ophthalmitis.
1925 CE
#12850
Documents pour servir à l’histoire de l’art dentaire en France et principalement à Paris.
1925 CE
#5218
Eine neue Hautreaktion bei “Lymphogranuloma inguinale”.
The Frei skin test for the diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum.
1925 CE
#145.63
Elements of physical biology.
In this landmark of theoretical population ecology Lotka attempted to provide for parts of biology a basis comparable to that given by theoretical physics to experimental physics. This was the first great exposition a…
1925 CE
#6297
Entwicklund der Gerurtshilfe und Gynäkologie im 19. Jahrhundert.
1925 CE
#2316
Entwicklung und Bibliographie der pathologisch-anatomischen Abbildung.
Traces the development of pathological anatomical illustration, and includes a chronological bibliography of all important publications known to Goldschmid containing illustrations of pathological conditions, and an i…
1925 CE
#6355
Erstlinge der pädiatrischen Literatur.
Facsimile reproductions of the three earliest printed works on pediatrics: Bagellardo, Metlinger, and Roelans, together with a valuable prefatory essay on their importance.