1980–1989

1981 CE

#8693

Meilensteine der Wiener Medizin: Grosse Arzte Osterreichs in drei Jahrhunderten.

1981 CE

#9175

Molecular cloning of poliovirus cDNA and determination of the complete nucleotide sequence of the viral genome.

The poliovirus genome. Digital facsimile from PNAS through PubMedCentral at this link.

1981 CE

#13554

Mystical Bedlam: Madness, anxiety, and healing in seventeenth-century England.

"Mystical Bedlam explores the social history of insanity of early seventeenth-century England by means of a detailed analysis of the records of Richard Napier, a clergyman and astrological physician, who treated over …

1981 CE

#3342.1

Naissance et développement de l’oto-rhino-laryngologie dans l’histoire de la médecine. 3 vols.

1981 CE

#6007.2

Ophthalmologisch-optische Untersuchungsgeräte.

English translation by F.C. Blodi as The history of optical instruments for the examination of the eye, Bonn: J. P. Wayenborgh, 1986.

1981 CE

#10990

Oslerian pathology: An assessment and annotated atlas of museum specimens.

Covers the 55 remaining specimens of pathological preparations by William Osler preserved at McGill University. The book is divided into 4 sections: A: presentation and discussion of those aspects of Osler's activitie…

1981 CE

#12177

Pflanzen, Wurzeln, Säfte, Samen. Antike Heilkunst in Miniaturen des Wiener Dioskurides.

1981 CE

#9329

Pneumocystis pneumonia - Los Angeles.

The first paper on HIV/AIDS, reporting on June 5, 1981 on five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) seen at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) medical center. PCP was then a rare infection; ho…

1981 CE

#9176

Primary structure, gene organization and polypeptide expression of poliovirus RNA.

The poliovirus genome. With around 10 co-authors. "The primary structure of the poliovirus genome has been determined. The RNA molecule is 7,433 nucleotides long, polyadenylated at the 3′ terminus, and covalentl…

1981 CE

#7760

Radiation and human health.

The first comprehensive book summarizing the evidence relating low-level ionizing radiation to cancer and other diseases.

1981 CE

#11740

Research and discovery in medicine: Contributions from Johns Hopkins.

Essays on the history of pioneering clinical research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

1981 CE

#8668

Science at the beside: Clinical research in American medicine 1905-1945.

Definitive account of the development of academic medicine and clinical research in America during the period covered.

1981 CE

#6524.4

Taddeo Alderotti and his pupils. Two generations of Italian medical learning.

1981 CE

#2188.3

The [United States] Army Medical Department, 1775-1818.

1981 CE

#8659

The American Red Cross: The first century.

Extensively illustrated with photographs.

1981 CE

#6610.15

The art of healing. Medicine and science in American art.

1981 CE

#14224

The crystallization of ribsomal proteins from the 50 S subunit of the Escherichia coli and Bacillus stearothermophilus ribosome.

The authors crystallized fragments of the 50S subunit of a thermophile bacterium’s ribosome to 3 angstroms resolution. Order of authorship in the original publication: Appelt, Dyck, et al., Yonath. Digital facsi…

1981 CE

#4158.2

The dermatology and syphilology of the nineteenth century.

A scholarly work written in a particularly entertaining style.

1981 CE

#9728

The DNA story: A documentary history of gene cloning.

1981 CE

#5019.18

The doctrine of the nerves. Chapters in the history of neurology.

Deals with the structure, function, and diseases of the nervous system to the end of the 19th century.

1981 CE

#13902

The family book about sexuality.

1981 CE

#11966

The garden of eden: The botanic garden and the re-creation of paradise.

In the 15th century people still hoped that the original garden of Eden might be rediscovered, but in the 16th and 17th centuries efforts turned to collecting plants and attempting to re-create the wonder of the garde…

1981 CE

#6551.2

The healers: a history of medicine in Scotland.

1981 CE

#6485.61

The Hippocratic treatises “On generation” “On the nature of the child” “Diseases IV”. A commentary.

1981 CE

#11269

The house of Appleton: The history of a publishing house and its relationship to the cultural, social, and political events that helped shape the destiny of New York City.

1981 CE

#6958

The Manchu anatomy and its historical origin. With annotations and translations by John B. de C. M. Saunders and Francis R. Lee.

The Anatomie Manchoue, a series of graphic illustrations taken from Western anatomical works, with notes in the Manchu-Tungus language. This was compiled under the supervision of Father Parrenin, a French Jesuit worki…

1981 CE

#13068

The mismeasure of man.

A critique of statistical methods and cultural motivations underlying biological determinism. "Gould argues that the primary assumption underlying biological determinism is that, “worth can be assigned to indivi…

1981 CE

#12120

The Pan-American Health Organization: Origins and Evolution.

1981 CE

#11959

The shaping of Cambridge botany: A short history of whole-plant botany in Cambridge from the time of Ray into the present century. Published on the sequicentenary of Henslow's New Botanic Garden, 1831-1981.

1981 CE

#11909

Theories of fever from antiquity to the enlightenment. Edited by W. F. Bynum and Vivian Nutton. Medical History, Supplement No. 1.

1981 CE

#11735

Willis's Oxford casebook (1650-52) edited by Kenneth Dewhurst.

1981 CE–1984 CE

#9123

Galen: On the doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato. Edition, translation and commentary by Phillip DeLacy. 3 vols.

1981 CE–1984 CE

#12918

Historia de la odontologia en Cuba. Vol. 1: La colonia (1492-1898) Vol. 2: Intervencion norteamericana (1899-1902) (1906-1909). Periodo republicano 1902-1909, 1909-1940. Vol. 3: Peridodo republicano (1940-1958) Vol. 4: Cuba comunista y en el exilio (1959-1983).

A remarkably comprehensive history of dentistry for a small country.

1981 CE–1986 CE

#8324

The complete works, translated into English by Charles Allison Behr. 2 vols.

"The six books of Sacred Tales “ are in a class apart. A record of revelations made to Aristides in dreams by the healing god Asclepius…they are of major importance, both as evidence for the practices ass…

1981 CE–1987 CE

#6579.3

Historia general de la medicina española. Vol. 1-4.

Vol. 1: Ancient and medieval; Vol. 2: Renaissance; Vol. 3: 17th century; Vol.. 4: 18th century.

1982 CE

#1588.18

A bio-bibliography for the history of the biochemical sciences since 1800.

An index to bio-bibliographical articles listed alphabetically by scientist. Supplement published, Philadelphia, 1985.

1982 CE

#6786.26

A catalogue of sixteenth-century medical books in Edinburgh libraries.

Describes 2509 books with paginations and collations. Reproduces 89 illustrations.

1982 CE

#3910

A history of endocrinology.

A detailed illustrated history, tracing the development of knowledge from ancient times to the present. Includes biographical notes on the important pioneers in the field and chronological tables. Revised and updated …

1982 CE

#7431

A history of the National Library of Medicine: The nation's treasury of medical knowledge.

Digital facsimile from the National Library of Medicine at this link; from the Internet Archive at this link. Chapter XX is "Evolution of Computerized Bibliographies."

1982 CE

#11058

A new subtype of human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV-II) associated with a T-cell variant of hairy cell leukemia.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Kalyanaraman, Sarngadharan,... Gallo. Discovery by Gallo of HTLV-II, which like HTLV-I, is carcinogenic. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this entry and its interpretation.)

1982 CE

#14018

Agrobacterium rhizogenes inserts T-DNA into the genomes of the host plant root cells.

Chilton was the first (1977) to demonstrate the presence of a fragment of Agrobacterium Ti plasmid DNA in the nuclear DNA of crown gall tissue. Her research on Agrobacterium also showed that the genes responsible for …

1982 CE

#5475.2

Bibliography of dengue fever and dengue-like illnesses, 1780-1981.

1982 CE

#5766.6

Breast reconstruction with a transverse abdominal island flap.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Hartrampf, Scheflan, Black. The transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap for breast reconstruction. Breast reconstruction without the use of an artificial implant.

1982 CE

#12236

Catheter technique for closed-chest ablation of the atrioventricular conduction system.

The catheter ablation technique, pioneered by Gallagher and team. Abstract "This report describes a catheter technique for ablating the His bundle and its application in nine patients with recurrent supraventricular t…

1982 CE

#9752

Cinq cents ans de bibliographie hippocratique, 1473-1982.

Includes 3332 numbered entries of works concerning Hippocrates and the Hippocratic corpus with index of author's names with their Latin form (particularly helpful for Renaissance Latinized names) and index of modern a…

1982 CE

#12368

Congenital heart disease: Benchmark papers in human physiology.

1982 CE

#14189

Corps infirmes et sociétés : Essais d'anthropologie historique.

Translated into English by William Sayers as A history of disability. New foreward by David T. Mitchel and Sharon L. Snyder. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2019. "The first book to attempt to provide a f…

1982 CE

#9775

Dark paradise: Opiate addiction in America before 1940.

Enlarged edition retitled: Dark paradise: A history of opiate addiction in America (2002).

1982 CE

#8333

Das Bad in der byzantinischen Zeit.

1982 CE

#10572

Demographic collapse: Indian Peru, 1520-1620.

The first in depth study of the demographic effects of the Spanish conquest. Cook estimated population size on the basis of archaeology, carrying capacity of the agricultural systems, disease mortality, depopulation r…