Walter Reed (b. 1851) Proved Finlay's assump- 23. Herbert McLean Evans (b. 1882) Discovered 48 tion about yellow fever being transmitted by in man (which was later proved Aedes mosquito to be true. inaccurate); discovered fat soluble vitamin E; 14. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (b. 1849) 1904 Nobel said tocopherol was essential for mammalian re- laureate; condition reflexes. production. Margaret Sanger (b. 1883) Birth control propa- 24. Sir Howard Walter Florey (b. 1898) 1945 Nobel gandist. prize in Medicine and for role in large- 15. David Landreth (b. 1802) Headed one of most scale production of penicillin. complete nurseries and experimental grounds (b. 1905) 1959 in of time in U.S.; experimented with steam plow- Medicine; discovered and isolated TPN; dis- ing. covered RNA; helped break genetic code. 16. (b. 1853) 1910 Nobel prize in Theodore Thomas Puck (b. 1916) Mammalian Medicine and Physiology; discovered thymine, cell growth . adenine; action of nucleic acids on bacteria. 25. Thomas Hunt Morgan (b. 1860) 1933 Nobel Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (b. 1893) Bioenergetics; prize in Medicine and Physiology: popularized chemical physiology of muscle. 1957 Nobel Laure- in study of genetics. ate 26. John Chapman (b. 1774) Johnny Appleseed 17. Stephen Hales (b. 1677) Curate; experimented Archibald Vivian Hill (b. 1886) 1923 Nobel lau- Downloaded from http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/31/6/393/25653/4442653.pdf by guest on 23 September 2021 in plant physiology; transpiration; rates of reate; investigated the nature of physiochemical growth of shoots and leaves; first quantitative actions of muscles. estimate of blood pressure. 27. Adolph W. H. Kolbe (b. 1818) Following Wohler, 18. Max Nitze (b. 1848) Invented cytoscope (1877). first to make acetic acid from CS2 and chlorine. 19. Fritz Schaudinn (b. 1871) Co-discovered (1905) 28. Richard Bright (b. 1789) Explained certain drop- syphilis spirochete. sy conditions were caused by kidney disfunctions 20. Elizabeth Kenny (b. 1886) Developed physical (Bright's disease). therapy method of treating victims. 29. Enrico Fermi (b. 1901) 1938 Nobel laureate; Alden March (b. 1795) Founder of American discovered neptunium; instrumental in creation Medical Association. of atomic bomb. 21. Karl Joseph Eberth (b. 1835) Isolated typhus Joel Walker Hedgpeth (b. 1911) Pycnogonid bacillus (Eberthella typhosa) with Koch; iso- specialist. lated typhoid bacillus. Joseph Banks Rhine (b. 1895) ESP. Charles Jean Henri Nicolle (b. 1866) 1928 Nobel 30. Sidney Farber (b. 1903) First to classify cystic laureate; indicated typhus transmitted by the fibrosis as generalized disorder; helped pioneer body louse. discovery of eastern equine encephalitis; re- 22. John Bartram (d. 1777) "Father of American search in drugs and hormones causing remission botany;" Linnaeus called him "greatest natural of leukemia. botanist in the world." Hans Geiger (b. 1882) Geiger-Muller counter.

BIBLIOGRAPHYOF THE HISTORY tributions of physicians and medical scientists or OF MEDICINE medical aspects of the life or work of famous non- medical persons. The seond part, "Subject Index," The Bibliography of the , lists citations under appropriate subject headings. No. 2, 1966, is the second of a series of annual The third part, "Authors," lists alphabetically by bibliographies of the history of medicine. Within author citations appearing in Parts I and II. its scope are medicine and related sciences, pro- Authors wishing to insure prompt consideration fessions, and institutions. All periods and geographi- of articles published since 1964 in journals not in- cal areas are represented. No. 2 (219 p.) is sold by dexed in Index Medicus are invited to send reprints the Superintendent of Documents at $1.25 per to: Chief, History of Medicine Division, National copy. The bibliographies will be cumulated every Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, five years. 20014. The majority of citations, including both journal A few copies of the Bibliography of the History articles and monographs, come from the National of Medicine, No. 1, 1965, are still available at $1.75 Library of Medicine's computer-based MEDLARS. from the Superintendent of Documents, Govern- Other selected journals, bibliographies, and lists of ment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. recent publications in classics and general history have been reviewed regularly for citations. The rat snakes, or chicken snakes are some of the The first part of the Bibliography, "Biographies," longest and most colorful snakes of the Eastern lists citations dealing with the biographies or con- .

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