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1980–1989

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1989 CE

#6786.33

A catalogue of seventeenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine.

Describes, with paginations, approximately 13,300 monographs, dissertations, broadsides, pamphlets and serials printed between 1601 and 1700.

1989 CE

#2581.14

A history of immunology.

Carefully documented, well-written, analytical history from the ancient world to c. 1975 by an expert researcher in the field. Includes biographical dictionary of notable contributors, list of “seminal discoveri…

1989 CE

#10742

A history of stroke: Its recognition and treatment.

1989 CE

#10172

A history of vascular surgery.

Second, updated edition: Maklen, MA: Blackwell, 2005.

1989 CE

#8667

A model of its kind. Vol. 1: A centennial history of medicine at Johns Hopkins. Vol. 2: A pictorial history of medicine at Johns Hopkins.

1989 CE

#11924

America's forgotten pandemic: The influenza of 1918.

First published as Epidemic and peace 1918, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976. New edition, 2003.

1989 CE

#8471

An ancient Egyptian herbal.

1989 CE

#7460

An Oak Spring sylva: A selection of the rare books on trees in the Oak Spring Garden Library.

1989 CE

#9730

Approaches to traditional Chinese medical literature. Proceedings of an international symposium on translation methodologies and terminologies. Edited by Paul U. Unschuld.

1989 CE

#436.1

Atlas of human anatomy.

The culmination of the life work of one of the greatest, and most prolific, anatomical illustrators of the 20th century. Includes 514 full-color plates, many of which were created for this atlas. Reproduction of previ…

1989 CE

#11235

Bibliographie der Schriften Samuel Hahnemanns.

1989 CE

#8087

Black women in white: Racial conflict and cooperation in the nursing profession, 1890-1950.

1989 CE

#11378

Botulinum toxin: a treatment for facial asymmetry caused by facial nerve paralysis.

First documentation of a cosmetic use for botulinum toxin (Botox). This was one of the early documented applications of a biological medical product.

1989 CE

#10340

Cancer mapping, edited by Peter Boyle, Calum S. Muir, and Ekkehard Grundmann.

The first chapter, by G. M. Howe is "Historical evolution of disease mapping in general and specifically of cancer mapping." The book as a whole discusses the wide range of cancer maps and atlases in U.S., Europe and …

1989 CE

#11247

Capnocytophaga canimorsus sp. nov. (formerly CDC group DF-2), a cause of septicemia following dog bite, and C. cynodegmi sp. nov., a cause of localized wound infection following dog bite.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Brenner, Hollis, Fanning....The authors defined the genus and species of previously unclassified bacteria that infect dog and cat bites, previous identified as DF-2, an…

1989 CE

#7081

Catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs and catalogue of Thankas, banners and other paintings and drawings in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.

1989 CE

#10079

Chills and fever: Health and disease in the early history of Alaska.

1989 CE

#8446

Das Lorscher Arzneibuch. Band 1: Faksimile der Handschrift Msc. Med. 1 der Staatsbibliothek Bamberg. Band 2: Übersetzung [...] von Ulrich Stoll und Gundolf Keil unter Mitwirkung von Albert Ohlmeyer. 2 vols.

The Lorschner Arzneibuch (Codex Bambergensis medicinalis 1; Lorsch Leechbook), a Carolingian codex from the time of Charlemagne, was written in Latin around 800 in Lorsch Abbey. It is the oldest surviving book of mona…

1989 CE

#12747

De opkomst van het medisch beroep in Belgie: de evolutie van de wetgeving en de beroepsorganisaties in de 19e eeuw.

1989 CE

#9140

De plantis: Five translated. Edited and introduced by H. J. Drossaart Lulofs and E. L. J. Poortman.

On Plants (De Plantis), sometimes attributed to Aristotle, is generally believed to have been written by Nicolaus of Damascus in the first century BCE. It is divided into two parts: "The first part discusses the natur…

1989 CE

#12919

Dental science in a new age: A history of the National Institute of Dental Research.

1989 CE

#9465

Diabetes, its medical and cultural history: Outlines — texts — bibliography. Edited by Dietrich von Engelhardt.

1989 CE

#9049

Discursos medicinales. Edición del Mss. 2208 de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Salamanca. Introducción de Luis S. Granjel. Descripción bibliográfica de Teresa Santander. Transcripción de Gregorio del Ser Quijano y Luis E. Rodríguez-San Pedro.

Facsimile edtion and first publication of the first medical work written in Colombia, written between 1607 and 1611.

1989 CE

#8678

Doctors under Hitler.

1989 CE

#10926

Ebola virus infection in imported primates - Virginia, 1989.

Also published with same title in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 38 (1989) 831, 832-837. Discovery of the "Ebola Reston" strain of the Ebola virus. The strain is lethal in monkeys; it turned out to be non-path…

1989 CE

#12355

Efficiency, scientific management, and hospital standardization: An anthology of souyrces. Edited by Edward T. Morman.

1989 CE

#7071

Evolution of the brain: Creation of the self.

A pioneering work on the evolution of the human mind. Eccles synthesized comparative anatomy--especially brain anatomy--with evidence from paleontology and archaeology, and brain physiology (especially the physiology …

1989 CE

#9050

Flora Huayaquilensis sive descriptiones et icones plantarum Huayaquilensium secundum systema linneanum digestae, auctore Johanne Tafalla. Tomus 1: Introductio historica et adnotationes ab Eduardo Estrella confectae et descriptiones. Tomus II: Icones.

Juan José Tafalla Navascués, a Spanish pharmacist, explored botany in Peru, Chile and Ecuador from 1780 to 1788 as part of the Expedición Botánica al Virreinato del Perú under the di…

1989 CE

#7424

Food in history. Revised and updated edition

Digital version available at this link.

1989 CE

#13245

Führer durch die Schausammlung Phonetisches Institut

1989 CE

#8429

Geschichte der Tiermedizin. 5000 Jahre Tierheilkunde.

1989 CE

#13312

God bless the microscope! A history of the Royal Microscopical Society over 150 years.

1989 CE

#7668

Health for sale: Quackery in England 1660-1850.

1989 CE

#8863

Herbal medicine past and present. Vol. 1: Trying to give ease: Tommie Bass and the story of herbal medicine. Vol. 2: A reference guide to medicinal plants: Herbal medicine past and present.

1989 CE

#18.1

Herophilus: The art of medicine in early Alexandria. Edition, translation and essays by H. von Staden.

The first comprehensive presentation of the ancient evidence for the achievements of Herophilus and his school, including edited versions of all original Greek and Latin texts plus English translations, with in-depth …

1989 CE

#10258

Histoire de la médecine tibetaine. Vie de Yutok Yonten Gonpo l'Ancien, traduit de l'anglais par Jean-Paul R. Claudon et Sylvaine Jean avec la collaboration de Martine Pageon-Tarin.

1989 CE

#10757

Historia general de las drogas.

The following works were issued separately and added as appendices to later editions: El libro de los venenos (1990), Para una fenomenología de las drogas (1992) and Aprendiendo de las drogas (1995). English tr…

1989 CE

#9805

Homicidal insanity, 1800-1985.

"Homicidal insanity has remained a vexation to both the psychiatric and legal professions despite the panorama of scientific and social change during the past 200 years. The predominant opinion today among psychiatris…

1989 CE

#13568

Identification of the cystic fibrosis gene: Chromosome walking and jumping.

Utilizing the chromosome "walking and and jumping" technique developed by Collins, the authors showed how they cloned the cystic fibrosis locus on the basis of its chromosomal location without the benefit of genomic r…

1989 CE

#13569

Identification of the cystic fibrosis gene: Cloning and characterization of complimentary DNA.

The authors first published a ‘map’ of the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene and on p. 1071, they published an illustration/schematic model of the predicted CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulato…

1989 CE

#13570

Identification of the cystic fibrosis gene: Genetic analysis.

The authors demonstrated that about 70% of the crucial mutation in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients corresponds to the specific deletion of 3 base pairs, which results in the loss of a phenylalanine residue at A.A. posit…

1989 CE

#9138

In sickness and in wealth: American hospitals in the twentieth century.

1989 CE

#8423

Index Hippocraticus Cui elaborando interfuerunt sodales Thesauri Linguae Graecae Hamburgensis. Edited by Joseph-Hans Kühn and Ulrich Fleischer.

There have been several supplements, etc. "This index contains the entire vocabulary (with the exception of the article and a few particles) of the complete writings constituting the Corpus Hippocraticum. Quotations a…

1989 CE

#12653

Isolation of a cDNA clone derived from a blood-borne non-A, non-B viral hepatitis genome.

In this paper Houghton and colleagues named “hepatitis C” for the first time. They cloned and isolated the viral RNA genome and demonstrated that a patient who had high antibodies to a ‘native/wild s…

1989 CE

#9433

Leonard of Bertapaglia: On nerve injuries and skull fractures. Translated with an introduction and commentary by Jules C. Ladenheim.

1989 CE

#8452

Médecine et justice en Provence médiévale: Documents de Manosque, 1262-1348.

1989 CE

#9107

Medical licensing and learning in fourteenth-century Valencia.

1989 CE

#9342

Medicinal plants of the desert and canyon West.

1989 CE

#6623.52

Medicine, literature, and eponyms: Encyclopaedia of medical eponyms derived from literary characters.

1989 CE

#7910

MEDIZIN, GESELLSCHAFT UND GESCHICHTE. Jahrbuch des Instituts für Geschichte der Medizin der Robert Bosch Stiftung. 1-