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1960–1969

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1968 CE

#5487.1

Relation of Burkitt’s tumor-associated herpes-type virus to infectious mononucleosis.

The Henles and Diehl showed that Epstein-Barr virus is the aetiological agent in infectious mononucleosis.

1968 CE

#12282

Response to exercise after bed rest and after training.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Saltin, Blomqvist, Mitchell, Johnson, Wildenthal, Chapman. Chapman planned the Dallas Bed Rest and Training Study, which defined the degree to which the level of habitu…

1968 CE

#3047.21

Saphenous vein autograft replacement of severe segmental coronary artery occlusion: Operative technique.

First report on bypass of a human coronary artery. See No. 3047.25. Two years later Favoloro published a monograph on the topic: Surgical treatment of coronary arteriosclerosis (Baltimore, 1970). Digital facsimile fro…

1968 CE

#2581.7

Selected papers on the pathogenic rickettsiae. Edited by Nicholas Hahon.

"The selected papers ... range from the sixteenth century to the modern era. A number of the papers are classics in the field and several of the selections appear in English translation for the first time. The editor …

1968 CE

#8776

Short-title catalogue of books printed before 1851 in the library of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. 2nd ed.

1968 CE

#9848

Soma: Divine mushroom of immortality.

Ethnomycologist and banker Wasson provided evidence for the important role that hallucinogenic mushrooms - in particular the ubiquitous mushroom Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) - play in various ancient and modern cultu…

1968 CE

#10655

Successful internal mammary-coronary arterial anastomosis using a "minivascular" suturing technic.

Bailey was the first to graft the internal mammary artery, now typically called the internal thoracic artery.

1968 CE

#7282

Sur la decouverte dans le Pleistocene inferieur de la valle de l'Omo (Ethiopie) d'une mandibule d'Australopithecien.

In 1967 Arambourg and Coppens discovered Omo 18, the first specimen of Paranthropus aethiopicus, also known as Paraustralopithecus aethiopicus; however it's classification as a new species was initially dismissed. In …

1968 CE

#8172

The computer and medical care.

1968 CE

#12027

The double helix.

Portions of Watson's famous memoir appeared in the January and February issues of the Atlantic Monthly prior to their publication in book form in the Spring of 1968. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference.)

1968 CE

#7139

The double helix. A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA.

Vivid first hand account of the discovery, renowned for its candor. See also the Norton Critical Edition of The double helix with supporting material, edited by Gunther Stent (1980), and The annotated and illustrated …

1968 CE

#7884

The evolution of preventive medicine in the United States Army, 1607–1939.

Available from the U.S. Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History, at this link.

1968 CE

#9157

The formation of the American medical profession: The role of institutions, 1780-1860.

1968 CE

#10213

The Framingham Study: An epidemiological investigation of cardiovascular disease.

"The Framingham Heart Study is a long-term, ongoing cardiovascular cohort study on residents of the town of Framingham, Massachusetts. The study began in 1948 with 5,209 adult subjects from Framingham, and is now on i…

1968 CE

#2578.38

The H-2 locus of the mouse: observations and speculations concerning its comparative genetics and its polymorphism.

Antigen II, discovered by Gorer (No. 2576.5), was studied by Snell and became known as the product of the H-2 locus, the fundamental locus in the history of mammalian transplant biology.

1968 CE

#13947

The integrated state of viral DNA in SV40-transformed cells.

Dulbecco and his group demonstrated that the infection of normal cells with certain types of viruses (oncoviruses) led to the incorporation of virus-derived genes into the host-cell genome, and that this event lead to…

1968 CE

#9200

The rise of anthropological theory: A history of theories of culture.

1968 CE

#7928

The trial of the assassin Guiteau: Psychiatry and law in the gilded age.

1968 CE

#6913

Three-dimensional Fourier synthesis of horse oxyhaemoglobin at 2.8Å resolution: The atomic model.

Thirty years after beginning his research on hemoglobin Perutz solved the Fourier synthesis of hemoglobin at 2.8Å (high resolution) and built an atomic model of the molecule. With Hilary Muirhead, J. M. Cox & L.…

1968 CE

#11827

Women in medicine.

1968 CE–1975 CE

#12442

Lexikon zur Arzneimittelgeschichte. Sachwörterbuch zur Geschichte der pharmazeutische Botanik, Chemie, Mineralogie, Pharmakologie, Zoologie. Band 1: Tierische Drogen, Band 2: Pharmakologische Arzneimittelgruppen, Band 3: Pharmazeutische Chemikalien und Mineralien, Band 4: Geheimmittel und Spezialitäten, Band 5: Pflanzliche Drogen, Band 6: Ergänzungen zu Band 3, Band 7: Register. (7 vols. in 9)

1968 CE–1977 CE

#11331

Alchemy and the occult; a catalogue of books and manuscripts from the collection of Paul and Mary Mellon given to Yale University Library. Compiled by Ian MacPhail, with essays by R. P. Multhauf and Aniela Jaffé and additional notes by William McGuire. 4 vols.

1968 CE–1982 CE

#7349

1: The brain stem of the cat: a cytoarchitectonic atlas with stereotaxic coordinates. 2: The thalamus and basal telencephalon of the cat: a cytoarchitectonic atlas with stereotaxic coordinates.

Large folio. Images reproduced from contact prints recorded on 14 x 17 inch Kodak high-contrast metallographic plates. The first volume was by Alvin L. Berman; the second volume was by Berman and Edward G. Jones.

1968 CE–1994 CE

#6786.14

Rare books and collections of the Reynolds Historical Library. A bibliography. 2 vols. First volume by Martha Lou Thomas.

Vol. 1 describes 5119 rare books, manuscripts, and medieval anatomical mannequins donated by Lawrence Reynolds; includes some fine color plates. Vol. 2 contains material collected for the Reynolds Library after Reynol…

1969 CE

#8415

A guide to medicinal plants of Appalachia. (U.S.D.A. Forest Service Research Paper NE-138).;

Digital facsimile from www.fs.fed.us at this link.

1969 CE

#3047.22

A new approach to “anatomic” repair of transposition of the great arteries.

The Rastelli procedure. “Intraventricular rerouting of left ventricular output through the ventricular septal defect to the aorta and establishing of a new right ventricular outflow through the ventriculotomy an…

1969 CE

#5351.7

A new series of 2-aminomethyltetrahydroquinoline derivatives displaying schistosomicidal activity in rodents and primates.

Oxamniquinine.

1969 CE

#10211

Anatomy of the newborn: An atlas.

Self-illustrated by Crelin, this was the first atlas of human infant anatomy. Crelin followed this with a synopsis of the atlas, Functional anatomy of the newborn (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973).

1969 CE

#2662.2

Bibliographic control of the literature of oncology 1800-1960.

Includes a short, well-documented history.

1969 CE

#7916

Bürger und Irre. Zur Sozialgeschichte und Wissenschaftssoziologie der Psychiatrie.

1969 CE

#2883.8

Catheter technique for recording His bundle activity in man.

Scherlag was the first person to consistently record atrial ventricular bundle ("His bundle") potentials, which served as one of the cornerstones of clinical electrophysiology. With 5 co-authors.

1969 CE

#10611

Computerized mapping of disease and environmental data. A report of the Mapping of Disease (MOD) Project.

This appears to be the earliest monograph on computerized disease mapping. At the time the research was conducted both computer graphics processing and data output in mainframe computers were inadequate for drawing al…

1969 CE

#6610.8

Das Bild des Kranken. Die Darstellung äusserer Veränderungen Durch innere Leiden und ihrer Heilmassnahmen von der Renaissance bis in unsere Zeit.

1969 CE

#7046

Dawn of Western science in Japan. Rangaku Kotohajime by Genpaku Sugita translated by Ryōzō Matsumoto, supervised by Tomio Ogata.

1969 CE

#11322

Demography in early America: Beginnings of the statistical mind 1600-1800.

Covering the period 1600–1800, the author deals with demography in its economic, political, and social aspects. The work is particularly concerned with the development of health-related and scientific aspects of…

1969 CE

#532.4

Early stages of fertilization in vitro of human oocytes.

First successful in-vitro fertilization of human oocytes. In 2010 Robert Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the development of in vitro fertilization."

1969 CE

#11098

Epitome on the nature of man. Edited by Robert Renehan. Corpus Medicorum Graecorum 10/4.

Leo the Physician was a medical encyclopedist; traditionally dated to 9th century, but possibly as late as 12th–13th century CE. His Epitome survives in only one manuscript, possibly because Leo avoided theologi…

1969 CE

#7487

Exploring the ocean world: A history of oceanography.

1969 CE

#7540

Gandhi's truth: On the origins of militant nonviolence.

1969 CE

#5019.8

Garrison’s History of neurology. Revised and enlarged with a bibliography of classical, original and standard works in neurology.

A comprehensive, well-illustrated history of the subject, considerably enlarging Garrison’s work previously published in C. L. Dana’s Textbook of nervous diseases, 1925, pp. xv-lvi.

1969 CE

#10637

George III and the mad business.

1969 CE

#8936

História da febre-amarela no Brasil.

Digital facsimile from bvsms.saude.gov.br at this link.

1969 CE

#1588.6

Ideas of life and matter; studies in the history of general physiology 600 B.C. to A.D. 1900. 2 vols.

1969 CE

#6808

Illustrated dictionary of eponymic syndromes and diseases and their synonyms.

Second edition as Jablonski’s Dictionary of syndromes and eponymic diseases, Malabar, Fl., Krieger, 1989.

1969 CE

#13715

Index of manuscripts on medicine, pharmacy, and allied sciences in the Zahiriyah Library

1969 CE

#14142

Isolation of adenyl cyclase from Escherichia coli.

Lipmann and Tao isolated, purified, and characterized biochemically an enzyme which they called "adenyl cyclase." They stated that this enzyme is responsible for producing "cyclic AMP" in E. coli. Digital facsimile fr…

1969 CE

#13971

Isolation of pure lac operon DNA.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Shapiro, MacHattie, Eron, Ihler, Ippen, Beckwith. Beckwith led the research group that in 1969 isolated the first gene from an organism, specifically a gene from a bact…

1969 CE

#8840

La médecine de l'Amérique précolombienne.

1969 CE

#2068.11

Medical ceramics: A catalogue of the English and Dutch collections in the Museum of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.

1969 CE

#13035

Medicine on stamps.