An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

MELTZER, Samuel James

5 entries
  • 1015

Der Schluckmechanismus, seine Erregung und seine Hemmung.

Arch. Anat. Physiol., Physiol. Abt., Suppl.-Bd., 328-62, 1883.

An experimental study, by means of a balloon, of swallowing and of oesophageal contractions.



Subjects: GASTROENTEROLOGY › Anatomy & Physiology of Digestion
  • 1894

Physiological and pharmacological studies of magnesium salts.

Amer. J. Physiol, 14, 366-88; 15, 387-405; 16, 233-51, 1905, 1906.

A study of the anesthetic and other effects of magnesium salts.



Subjects: ANESTHESIA, PHARMACOLOGY
  • 5694

Continuous respiration without respiratory movements.

J. exp. Med., 11, 622-25, 1909.

Meltzer and Auer experimented further with the intratracheal insufflation method introduced by Kuhn (No. 5693).



Subjects: ANESTHESIA
  • 2600.1

Bronchial asthma as a phenomenon of anaphylaxis.

J. Amer. med. Assoc. 55, 1021-24, 1910.

The work of Auer and Lewis (see No. 2600) led Meitzer to the conclusion that bronchial asthma was due to anaphylaxis, although he did not appreciate that not all cases of asthma were so caused.



Subjects: ALLERGY › Anaphylaxis, ALLERGY › Asthma
  • 3649

The disturbance of the law of contrary innervation as a pathogenetic factor in the diseases of the bile ducts and the gall-bladder.

Amer. J. med. Sci., 153, 469-77, 1917.

Non-surgical drainage of the gallbladder was first suggested by Meltzer. See also No. 3651.



Subjects: HEPATOLOGY › Diseases of the Gallbladder, Biliary Tract, & Pancreas