1930–1939

1932 CE

#3204

The common cold, with special reference to the part played by streptococci, pneumococci, and other organisms.

Annals of the Pickett-Thomson Research Lab., Vol. 8.

1932 CE

#3554

The early diagnosis of acute intestinal obstruction with comments on pathology and treatment. With a report of successful decompression of three cases of mechanical bowel obstruction by nasal catheter suction siphonage.

Wangensteen’s apparatus for relief of acute intestinal obstruction. See also his Intestinal Obstructions: Physiological, pathological and clinical considerations with emphasis on therapy, including description o…

1932 CE

#2863

The electrocardiographic diagnosis of coronary occlusion by the use of chest leads.

Introduction of chest leads.

1932 CE

#9283

The ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians. M.A. thesis.

1932 CE

#271

The history of the microscope.

A classic history of microscopes up to 1800.

1932 CE

#1446.2

The hypothalamus and heat regulation.

Location of the heat-regulating center in the hypothalamus.

1932 CE

#4899

The operative treatment of facial palsy by the introduction of nerve grafts into the Fallopian canal and by other intratemporal methods.

A classic paper which includes some history of the surgical treatment of facial palsy.

1932 CE

#5487

The presence of heterophile antibodies in infectious mononucleosis.

The Paul–Bunnell test for the diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis.

1932 CE

#14038

The process of tendon repair: An experimental study of tendon suture and tendon graft.

1932 CE

#2654

The production of cancer by pure hydrocarbons.

Discovery of the carcinogenic properties of dibenzanthracene compounds. With I. Hieger, E. L. Kennaway, and W. V. Mayneord.

1932 CE

#5786

The radium treatment of carcinoma of the breast.

Keynes’s successes with radium in breast cancer established this method of conservative treatment. His first paper on the subject, with the same title, was published in St. Barth. Hosp. Rep., 1927, 60, 91-95.

1932 CE

#1657.1

The rise of preventive medicine.

1932 CE

#12753

The sexual side of marriage.

A very good advice book for its time by a physician. Initially published by a small publisher, this book was rapidly reprinted, many times by W.W. Norton. The cover reprinted an endorsement by Havelock Ellis: "An admi…

1932 CE

#351

The social life of monkeys and apes.

A study of the relationship of Man to the other primates, from the physiological and biochemical standpoint. Zuckerman’s work is considered the first adequate interpretation of simian society. 2nd ed., 1980.

1932 CE

#1448

The structure and connections of the thalamus.

1932 CE

#7003

The Swimmer manuscript. Cherokee sacred formulas and medicinal prescriptions, by James Mooney, revised, completed and edited by Frans M. Olbrechts. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 99.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1932 CE

#664

The wisdom of the body.

A discussion of the regulation of body fluids, hunger, thirst, temperature, oxygen supply, water, sugar, and proteins of the body, and the role of the sympathetic-adrenal mechanism.

1932 CE

#5178

Tularemia: Accurate and earlier diagnosis by means of the intradermal reaction.

Skin test for the diagnosis of tularemia. Digital facsimile from Jstor at this link.

1932 CE

#970

Ueber ein neues Oxydationsferment und sein Absorptionsspektrum.

1932 CE

#5465.1

Untersuchungen über das Verhalten des Gelbfiebervirus in der Gewebekultur. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner Kultivierbarkeit.

Yellow fever virus grown in tissue culture.

1932 CE

#5465

Vaccination against yellow fever with immune serum and virus fixed for mice.

These workers devised an immune serum for prophylactic inoculation against yellow fever. With S. F. Kitchen and W. D. M. Lloyd.

1932 CE

#6918

X-ray studies of the structures of hair, wool, and related fibres. I. General.

Astbury, a student of William Lawrence Bragg, was the first to study proteins by X-ray analysis. He applied X-ray analysis to the structure of hair, wool, and related fibers, of which the protein keratin is the princi…

1932 CE

#4767

Zur Pathogenese und Therapie der Myasthenie gravis pseudoparalytica.

Introduction of neostigmine in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.

1932 CE

#5257

Zur Weiterentwicklung synthetisch dargestellter Malariamittel. I. Ueber die chemotherapeutische Wirkung des Atebrin.

Introduction of atebrin (mepacrine, quinacrine).

1932 CE–1933 CE

#6732

Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte der letzen fünfzig Jahre. 1 vol. [in 2].

A supplement to the Biographisches Lexikon compiled by A. Hirsch (No. 6716). Reprinted Munich, 1962. Covers the period 1880-1930.

1932 CE–1933 CE

#4901

Intracranial aneurysms: Cerebral arterioradiography: Surgical treatment.

The first planned intracranial operation for aneurysm.

1932 CE–1934 CE

#1921

Handbuch der Chemotherapie. 2 vols.

1932 CE–1934 CE

#8738

The history of St. Thomas's Hospital. Vol. 1: From the earliest times until A.D. 1600. Vol. 2: From 1600 to 1800.

1932 CE–1937 CE

#7163

The abridged version of "The book of simple drugs" of Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghāfiqī by Gregorius abu l-Faraj (Bar Hebraeus). Edited from the only two known manuscripts with an English translation, commentary and indices by M. Meyerhof and G. P. Sobhy Bey. 2 pts.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1932 CE–1939 CE

#2056.1

Geschichte der Homöopathie. 4 vols.

A comprehensive history, particularly for homeopathy in Germany. Includes extensive bibliographies.

1932 CE–1954 CE

#6734

Obituary notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. Vol. 1-9.

Continued as Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol. 1- 1955- See http://www.historyofmedicine.com/id/11216

1932 CE–1957 CE

#7023

British Optical Association Library and Museum catalogue. 3 vols.

Vol. 1 primarlily by Sutcliffe; vol.3 by Mitchell. The 3 volumes describe more than 1000 items; every entry is annotated. The first volume is extensively illustrated.

1933 CE

#1068.1

“Pantothenic acid”, a growth determinant of universal biological occurrence.

Discovery of pantothenic acid (vitamin B3). with C. M. Lyman, G. H. Goodyear, J. H. Truesdail, and D. Holaday.

1933 CE

#5815.1

(Al-morchid fi'l-kohhl) ou, Le guide d'oculistique: Ouvrage inédit de l'oculiste arabe-espagnol, Mohammad ibn Qassoum ibn Aslam al-Ghafiqi (XIIe siècle); traduction des parties ophtalmologiques d’après le manuscrit conservé à la bibliothèque de l’Escurial par Max Meyerhof.

1933 CE

#11233

A catalogue of the works of Linnaeus (and publications more immediately relating thereto) perserved in the libraries of the British Museum (Bloomsbury) and the British Museum (Natural History) (South Kennsington). Second edition

Includes a vast number of works theses and orations, of works edited by or supervised by Linnaeus or written with his cooperation. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1933 CE

#2524.2

A serological differentiation of human and other groups of hemolytic streptococci.

Lancefield determined the principal pathogenic strains of hemolytic streptococci and subdivided them into types. All important strains pathogenic to humans fall into Lancefield’s Group A.

1933 CE

#5221

A sixth venereal disease. Climatic bubo, lymphogranuloma inguinale, esthioméne, chronic ulcer and elephantiasis of the genito-ano-rectal region, inflammatory stricture of the rectum.

In this exhaustive review of the literature, Stannus considered all the conditions he discussed to be different manifestations of infection by the same organisms – the agent causing lymphogranuloma venereum. Inc…

1933 CE

#5494

A virus obtained from influenza patients.

Smith, Andrewes, and Laidlaw first isolated the influenza A virus in humans. They successfully infected ferrets with filtered throat-washings from influenzal patients by intranasal instillation.

1933 CE

#5466

A yellow fever protection test in mice by intracerebral injection.

Intracerebral protection test.

1933 CE

#6592

Amerika und die Medizin.

This is not a systematic history of American medicine, but an account of the most important landmarks in the development of medical science and teaching in the United States. An English translation, American Medicine,…

1933 CE

#2662

An exhibit of important books, papers, and memorabilia illustrating the evolution of the knowledge of cancer.

1933 CE

#6266

Anatomical variations in the female pelvis and their effect in labor, with a suggested classification.

The modern classification of the female pelvis is based on the work of Caldwell and Moloy.

1933 CE

#11349

Benign tumors in the third ventricle of the brain: Diagnosis and treatment.

1933 CE

#6621

Bouquet poëtique des médecins, chirurgiens, dentistes et apothicaires.

1933 CE

#971

Carbonic anhydrase: Its preparation and properties.

Isolation of carbonic anhydrase.

1933 CE

#1924.2

Cellule enterocromaffini e cellule basigranulose acidofile nei vertebrati. (Ricerche istochimiche.)

Vialli and Erspamer reported “enteramine”, which Erspamer and B. Asero (Nature, Lond., 1952, 169, 800-01) found to be identical with 5-hydroxytryptamine, isolated and named serotonin by M. M. Rapport et al…

1933 CE

#1198

Chemical and physiological properties of crystalline oestrogenic hormones.

Estriol obtained from placental tissue.

1933 CE

#2899

Congestive heart failure and angina pectoris: The therapeutic effect of thyroidectomy on patients without clinical or pathologic evidence of thyroid toxicity.

Thyroidectomy for congestive heart failure and angina pectoris. With D. D. Berlin.

1933 CE

#1199

Die Behandlung der Amenorrhoë mit hohen Dosen der Ovarialhormone.

First use of estrogenic hormone for the treatment of amenorrhea in ovariectomized women, with production of the typical cyclical endometrial changes.

1933 CE

#4838

Die Behandlung der postoperativen Tetanie.

Introduction of A.T. 10 (“Antitetanisches Praparat Nr. 10”), dihydrotachysterol, in the treatment of tetany.