1930–1939
893 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1938 CE
#5258
Exo-erythrocytic schizogony in Plasmodium gallinaceum Brumpt, 1935.
The term “exo-erythrocytic stage” introduced to describe the unpigmented schizonts found in tissue cells. The parasite Plasmodium gallincaceum described by Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt causes malaria in p…
1938 CE
#4909
First surgical sections, in man, of the lemniscus lateralis (pain-temperature path) at the brain stem, for the treatment of diffused rebellious pain.
1938 CE
#11775
Flower and fruit prints of the 18th and Early 19th centuries: Their history, makers and uses, with a catalogue raisonné of the works in which they are found.
1938 CE
#3787.1
Hemolysins as the cause of clinical and experimental hemolytic anemias.
Acquired hemolytic anemia was the first condition to be recognized as an auto-immune disease.
1938 CE
#2059
Herbals: their origin and evolution. A chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. 2nd edition.
Includes an invaluable bibliography. Reprinted, with new introduction and additional references, 1987.
1938 CE
#13886
Hieronymus Münzer und seine Bibliothek
1938 CE
#4659.1
Human encephalitis caused by the virus of the Eastern variety of equine encephalomyelitis.
Isolation of the virus of Eastern equine encephalitis from man. With J. H. Dingle, S. Farber, and M. L. Connerley.
1938 CE
#14088
Icterus gravis (erythroblastosis) neonatorum.
Darrow was the first to identify the cause of hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). Three years prior to the discovery of antibodies against the Rh antigen, Darrow correctly hypothesized that the disease was caused …
1938 CE
#3410
Improvement of hearing in cases of otosclerosis: a new, one-stage surgical technic.
Lempert’s fenestration operation.
1938 CE
#6776
Incunabula scientifica et medica. Short title list.
3,000 editions of 1,000 incunabula. Reprinted from Osiris, vol.IV. Reprinted, Hildesheim, 1963.
1938 CE
#11187
Intracranial aneurysm of the internal carotid artery cured by operation.
Dandy was the first surgeon to directly clip an intracranial aneurysm.
1938 CE
#6473
La médecine en Assyrie et en Babylonie.
1938 CE
#12702
Madam Curie par Ève Curie.
Ève Curie was Marie Curie's younger daughter. This biography was first published simultaneously in many languages. It was translated into English by Vincent Sheean and published in London by William Heinemann L…
1938 CE
#7406
Margaret Sanger: An autobiography.
1938 CE
#4612
Meningiomas: Their classification, regional behavior, life history, and surgical end results.
Begun in 1915, soon after Cushing's monograph on pituitary disorders, this represents 25 years of work, and is, by common consent, regarded as Cushing’s greatest clinical monograph. Reprint, 2 vols., New York, H…
1938 CE
#6924
Molecular biology: origin of the term.
Perhaps the only mathematician to name a new biological discipline, in 1938, as Director of the Natural Sciences Division of the Rockefeller Foundation, Weaver coined the term molecular biology to describe the use of …
1938 CE
#9339
Nuclear isomerism in element 43.
Isolation of the metastable isotope technetium-99m, the most commonly used medical radioistope, used in tens of millions of medical diagnostic procedures annually. Segrè discovered the first artifical element T…
1938 CE
#3409
Observations on the pathology of Menière’s syndrome.
Hallpike and Cairns were first to describe the characteristic histological changes in Menière’s disease. Also published in J Laryng. Otol., 1938, 53, 625-55.
1938 CE
#3800
Oestrogenic activity of alkylated stilboestrols.
Introduction of dienoestrol. With L. Gol[d]berg, W. Lawson.
1938 CE
#3801
Oestrogenic activity of anol; a highly active phenol isolated from the byproducts.
Isolation of hexoestrol. With E. C. Dodds and W. Lawson.
1938 CE
#4478.110
On the injuries to the ligaments of the knee joint: A clinical study.
Classic study of knee ligament injuries.
1938 CE
#1981
Oxygen for therapy and aviation: an apparatus for the administration of oxygen or oxygen and helium by inhalation.
1938 CE
#2137.9
Oxygen in aviation. The necessity for the use of oxygen and a practical apparatus for its administration to both pilots and passengers.
First acute case of decompression sickness recognized.
1938 CE
#1248
Physiology of the nervous system.
Includes excellent bibliography.
1938 CE
#2868
Praecordial leads in electrocardiography. A joint memorandum of a committee of the Cardiac Society of Gt. Britain and Ireland and the Committee of the American Heart Association.
PRECORDIAL LEADS
Also in Amer. Heart J.,1938, 15,107-08, 235-39. Precordial leads are also called unipolar leads.
1938 CE
#11179
Recherches sur l'embryologie du système central de l'homme.
1938 CE
#3148.2
Recherches sur l’anémie érythroblastique infantile des peuples de la Méditerranée orientale. Étude anthropologique, étiologique et pathogénique. La transmission héréditaire de la maladie.
First evidence that thalassemia is genetically determined. Earlier report in Kliniki, Athens, 1936, 12, No. 5.
1938 CE
#2576.7
Recherches sur le phénomène de Twort-d’Hérelle (bactériophage ou autolyse hérédo-contagieuse).
The Wollmans made important contributions to the knowledge on bacteriophage and lysogeny.
1938 CE
#4660
Recovery of the virus of equine encephalomyelitis from the brain of a child.
Western equine encephalitis virus recovered from man.
1938 CE
#3707
Riboflavin deficiency in man; a preliminary note.
Ariboflavinosis
1938 CE
#4824.1
Sodium diphenyl hydantoinate in the treatment of convulsive disorders.
Introduction of diphenylhydantoin.
1938 CE
#3663
Synthesis of hippuric acid in man following intravenous injection of sodium benzoate.
Intravenous hippuric acid test for liver function. With H. N. Ottenstein and H. Weltchek. See also Amer. J. Dis., 1939, 6, 716-17.
1938 CE
#1926
The action of substances allied to 4:4'-diaminodiphenylsulphone in streptococcal and other infections in mice.
G. A. H. Buttle, T. Dewing, G. E. Foster, W. H. Gray, S. Smith, and D. Stephenson discovered the potency of dapsone (DDS).
1938 CE
#7103
The ape in antiquity.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1938 CE
#14279
The application of isotopic indicators in biological research.
A summary of Hevesy's research on the topic for which he received the 1943 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference.)
1938 CE
#3662
The flocculation of cephalin-cholesterol emulsions by pathological sera.
Cephalin-cholesterol liver-function test.
1938 CE
#2580
The history of bacteriology.
This pioneering and classic history includes brief biographical notes of the more important workers (arranged in a separate section), and an extensive bibliography.
1938 CE
#2682.51
The history of the forceps: An investigation on the occurrence, evolution, and use of the forceps from prehistoric times to the present (with a summary in Danish). Translated by William Ernest Calvert.
Not limited to the obstetric forceps.
1938 CE
#10408
The horse and buggy doctor.
The bestselling work by this Kansas physician documenting the practice of medicine in the rural midwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
1938 CE
#1077
The isolation and identification of the anti-black tongue factor.
Isolation of nicotinic acid, the pellagra-preventing factor (Vitamin B3). With R. J. Madden, F. N. Strong, and D. W. Woolley.
1938 CE
#94
The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Arranged, rendered into English and introduced by Edward MacCurdy. 2 vols.
2nd edition, 1956 (reprinted London, Cape, 1977).
1938 CE
#3799
The oestrogenic activity of certain synthetic compounds.
Introduction of stilboestrol, the first synthetic estrogen. With L. Gol[d]berg, W. Lawson,
1938 CE
#13291
The peyote cult.
The history of the study of the cult, the various botanical questions surrounding peyote, its physiological action and the various ethnological, psychological and historical questions involved in its diffusion.
1938 CE
#7281
The Pleistocene anthropoid apes of South Africa.
Paranthropus robustus, discovered by Broom in Kromdraal, South Africa, in 1938. The species is generally dated from about 2 million to 1.2 million years before present.
1938 CE
#5045.1
The preparation of anti-typhoid serum in the horse for therapeutic use in man.
Typhoid antiserum.
1938 CE
#1451
The primate thalamus.
1938 CE
#4770
The response of the myasthenic state to guanidine hydrochloride.
Guanidine first used in treatment of myasthenia gravis. With K. Dodd and S. S. Riven.
1938 CE
#1532
The responses of single optic nerve fibers of the vertebrate eye to illumination of the retina.
Hartline continued and extended the work initiated by Adrian and Matthews on electrical discharges from the optic nerve. See also his later papers In the same journal, 1940, 130, 690-711. Reprinted with historical int…
1938 CE
#5808
The romance of proctology, which is the story of the history and development of this much neglected branch of surgery.
1938 CE
#3097
The use of vitamin K and bile in treatment of the haemorrhagic diathesis in cases of jaundice.
Vitamin K used in the treatment of hemorrhagic disease.