1930–1939

1929 CE

#2857

Medionecrosis aortae idiopathica (cystica).

Classic description of aortic medionecrosis.

1930 CE

#10333

A brief history of medicine in Massachusetts.

1930 CE

#12150

A history of the California Medical Society.

1930 CE

#4765

A report of progress on the use of ephedrine in a case of myasthenia gravis.

Harriet Edgeworth discovered by accident the beneficial effect of ephedrine in myasthenia gravis. Digital facsimile from jamanetwork.com at this link.

1930 CE

#45

A treatise on the Canon of Medicine incorporating a translation of the First Book

This translation of Book I of the Canon accompanied by a large number of valuable notes and comments on the text, which bring out the close connection between Arabic and Chinese medicine, and the influence which Avice…

1930 CE

#7225

Action currents in the auditory nerve in response to acoustical stimulation.

Wever and Bray discovered the electrical activity of the inner ear−then called the coclear microphonic−which enabled the development of the physiology of the ear.

1930 CE

#2653

Allergie des Lebensalters, die bösartigen Geschwülste.

Important study of the age and sex incidence of cancer.

1930 CE

#6223

Amniography; preliminary report.

Introduction of amniography. With J. D. Miller and L. E. Holly.

1930 CE

#6627.1

Amulets and superstitions: the original texts with translations and descriptions.

Reprinted, 1961.

1930 CE

#2603.1

Arsphenamine hypersensitiveness in guinea pigs. II. Experiments demonstrating the role of the skin, both as originator and as site of the hypersensitiveness.

Sulzberger showed that allergens gaining access to the epidermis are processed there in some manner (Langerhans cells?) that determines their allergenicity. See No. 2576.02

1930 CE

#11686

Bibliography with synopsis of the original papers of the writings of Sir James Mackenzie. Edited by William Black Rankin Monteith.

1930 CE

#2860

Bundle-branch block with short P-R interval in healthy young people prone to paroxysmal tachycardia.

Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, the best-known of the “pre-excitation syndromes”.

1930 CE

#2256

Burns. Types, pathology and management.

1930 CE

#3326

Cancer of the larynx.

Thomson’s technique in the laryngofissure procedure for intrinsic cancer of the larynx was published in his Diseases of the nose and throat, London, 1911, pp. 732-37.

1930 CE

#2576.1

Chemische Untersuchung des Präzipitates aus Hämoglobin und AntiHämoglobin-Serum und Bemerkungen über die Natur der Antikörper.

Template or instruction theory of antibody formation.

1930 CE

#5978

Choroidal sarcoma treated by the intra-ocular insertion of radon needles.

Foster Moore’s technique for the radiation treatment of choroidal neoplasms.

1930 CE

#3145

Classification of the anemias on the basis of differences in the size and hemoglobin content of the red corpuscles.

Wintrobe’s classification of the anemias.

1930 CE

#7918

Clinical observations on phenylethanolamine sulfate.

In 1929 Alles discovered the sympathomimetic properties of beta-phenyl-isopropylamine (amphetamine). With G. Piness and H. Miller.

1930 CE

#3973

Contribución al estudio sobre la composición quimica de la insulina. Estudio de algunos cuerpos sintéticos solfurados con acción hypoglucemiante.

Discovery of the hypoglycemic effect of certain sulphonamide derivatives. With L. L. Silva and L. Libenson.

1930 CE

#1038.1

Crystalline pepsin.

Crystallization of pepsin and its identity as a protein. In 1946 Northrop shared half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Wendell Meredith Stanley "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form."…

1930 CE

#1038

Demonstration of the humoral agent in fat inhibition of gastric secretion.

The work of Kosaka and Lim led to the discovery of a hormone inhibiting gastric secretion (“enterogastrone”).

1930 CE

#5539

Die Ätiologie der Psittakosis.

Discovery of the causal agent of psittacosis, Chlamydia psittaci. Simultaneously A. C. Coles (Lancet, 1930, 1, 1011-12) and R. D. Lillie (Publ. Hlth. Rep., Wash., 1930, 45, 773-78) made the same discovery, and the ele…

1930 CE

#18.2

Die griechische Empirikerschule: Sammlung der Fragmente und Darstellung der Lehre von Karl Deichgräber.

The writings of Heraclides are frequently quoted by Galen, who regarded Heraclides as a reliable authority. Unfortunately, only a few fragments of Heraclides's works survived; his work is mainly known through quotatio…

1930 CE

#1920

Digoxin, a new digitalis glucoside.

Isolation of digoxin from Digitalis lanata.

1930 CE

#532.9

Early theories of sexual generation.

1930 CE

#3144.1

Ein hochwirksamer, injizierbarer Leberextrakt.

Gänsslen introduced an injectable liver extract in the treatment of pernicious anemia.

1930 CE

#5540

En Bornholmsk epidemi-myositis epidemica.

First full description of epidemic myositis, “Bornholm disease”. See also Sylvest’s monograph on the subject, London, 1934.

1930 CE

#1918

Ephedrine and related substances.

A digest of the literature, together with an excellent bibliography. By their earlier work (J. Pharmacol., 1924, 24, 339-57) Chen and Schmidt aroused worldwide interest in ephedrine.

1930 CE

#9846

Erwin Bälz: Das Leben eines deutschen Arztes im erwachenden Japan. Tagebücher, Briefe, Berichte hrsg. von Toku Bälz.

Bälz was personal physician to the Japanese Imperial Family and cofounder of modern western medicine in Japan. "Bälz taught more than 800 students in Western medicine during his tenure at the Tokyo Imperial …

1930 CE

#5630.3

Experimental shock. The cause of the low blood pressure produced by muscle injury.

Blalock “demonstrated that surgical shock is not due to the elaboration of toxins nor to reflex neurologic mechanisms, but … to decrease in circulating the blood volume” (M.M. Ravitch). He wrote man…

1930 CE

#1919

Histamin: seine Pharmakologie und Bedeutung für die Humoralphysiologie.

1930 CE

#7797

Historic artificial limbs.

1930 CE

#6596.9

History of Haitian medicine.

1930 CE

#13255

Human speech. Some observations, experiments, and conclusions as to the nature, origin, purpose and possible improvement of human speech.

Paget believed that speech originated in the "pantomimic action" of the lips and tongue related to the speaker's senses and emotions. This led to his central thesis that hand signs and gestures were the original form …

1930 CE

#5071

Insoluble precipitates in diphtheria and tetanus immunization.

Alum-precipitated toxoid for active immunization.

1930 CE

#2919

Intracranial aneurysms.

Temporal arteritis is first described in Case 24 (p. 532). Schmidt’s paper also appeared in Bibl. Laeger, 1930, 122,269 (Case 24, p. 320). Temporal arteritis was also described as a new condition by B. T. Horton…

1930 CE

#5975

Keratoplasty.

Elschnig developed the method of corneal grafting introduced by von Hippel (No. 5933) and produced good results on the human eye.

1930 CE

#1169

La diabetes pancreática de los perros hipofisoprivos.

Houssay’s depancreatized hypophysectomized dog. This work led to Houssay’s demonstration of the importance of the anterior pituitary in sugar metabolism. See also Endocrinology, 1931,15, 511-23. In 1947 Ho…

1930 CE

#12366

Le cœur dans les textes égyptiens depuis l'ancien jusqu'à la fin du nouvel Empire.

1930 CE

#14322

Les femmes et la progrès des sciences médicales.

1930 CE

#5010

Les malades de l’esprit et leurs médecins du XVIe siècle. Les étapes des connaissances psychiatriques de la Renaissance à Pinel.

1930 CE

#5012

Les pionniers de la psychiatrie française avant et après Pinel. 2 vols.

A history of French psychiatry from Fernel to the end of the 19th century, focused around the work of each pioneer. Semelaigne was the great grand-nephew of Pinel.

1930 CE

#1064

Maintenance nutrition in the adult pigeon and its relation to torulin (vitamin B1).

Discovery of vitamin B5, probably identical with nicotinic acid. With H. W. Kinnersley and R. A. Peters.

1930 CE

#7308

Mathematische Klimalehre und astronomische Theorie der Klimaschwankungen. Handbuch der Klimatologie, Bd. 1, Teil A.

Milankovitch cycles, first exposition (176 pages). Milankovitch theorized that variations in eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession of the Earth's orbit determined climatic patterns on Earth through orbital forcing,…

1930 CE

#10301

Medical history of Michigan. Compiled and edited by a committee, C. B. Burr, Chairman, and published under the auspices of the Michigan State Medical Society. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the U.S. Library of Congress at this link.

1930 CE

#6540

Medicine in the British Isles

Clio Medica series.

1930 CE

#5220

Meningo-enzephalitische Veränderungen bei Affen nach intra-cerebraler Impfung mit Lymphogranuloma inquinale.

The authors transmitted lymphogranuloma venereum to animals and attributed it to a virus. See also C. R. Soc. Biol. (Paris), 1931, 106, 802-03.

1930 CE

#5762

Mirault operation for single harelip.

Modern refinement of Mirault’s precedure for repair of cleft lip.

1930 CE

#2239

Nosography, the evolution of clinical medicine in modern times. 2nd ed.

A well-illustrated and reliable account.

1930 CE

#1063

On the nature and rôle of the fatty acids essential in nutrition.

Demonstration of the need of the body for certain unsaturated fatty acids (vitamin F).