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1940–1949

610 entries with publication dates in this decade.

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1949 CE

#5262.2

The pre-erythrocytic stage of Plasmodium falciparum. A preliminary note.

With N. H. Fairley, G. Covell, P. G. Shute, and P. C. C. Garnham. See also Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 1951, 44, 405-19.

1949 CE

#2578.7

The production of antibodies. 2nd ed.

Burnet and Fenner introduced the “self-marker” concept – natural tolerance to one’s own body constituents depended on their presence at a critical stage of embryonic development.

1949 CE

#10654

The surgical treatment of mitral stenosis (mitral commissurotomy).

Pioneering work in mitral valve surgery.

1949 CE

#7128

The Texas City disaster; a survey of 3,000 casualties.

After ships anchored in Texas City exploded in 1947, injuring and burning some 3,000 persons, the Blockers published a survey of the casualties. For this and other research studies involving trauma and burns the Block…

1949 CE

#2010.5

Therapeutic possibilities of microwaves.

Introduction of microwave radiation therapy. With J. F. Herrick, G. M. Martin.

1949 CE

#4729

Trihexyphenidyl. Evaluation of the new agent in the treatment of parkinsonism.

Clinical introduction of benzhexol (“artane”) in Parkinson’s disease.

1949 CE

#4728

Un nouveau médicament symptomatique des syndromes parkinsoniens: le chlorhydrate de [(diéthylamino-2’-methyl-2’) éthyl-1-’] N-dibenzoparathiazine.

Introduction of ethopropazine (“lysivane”) in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

1949 CE

#3155

Vitamin B12 in pernicious anaemia: parenteral administration.

1949 CE

#12635

X-ray crystallographic investigation of the structure of penicillin. IN: Clarke, Johnson, Robinson (eds.) Chemistry of penicillin (1949) 310-67.

Hodgkin and colleagues, including biochemist Barbara Low, solved the structure of penicillin in 1945, demonstrating, contrary to scientific opinion at the time, that it contains a β-lactam ring. The discovery was…

1949 CE–1955 CE

#6445

Geschichte der Medizin. Die historische Entwicklung der Heilkunde und des ärztlichen Lebens. 2 vols. [in 3].