An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: November 17, 2024

PETERS, Sir Rudolph Albert

2 entries
  • 956

Chemical nature of specific oxygen capacity in haemoglobin.

J. Physiol. (Lond.), 44, 131-49, 1912.

Peters made accurate determinations of the ratio of iron to oxygen in the blood.



Subjects: HEMATOLOGY, RESPIRATION
  • 1929

British anti-lewisite (BAL).

Nature (Lond.), 156, 616-19, 1945.

British Anti-Lewisite BAL (dimercaprol), a medication used to treat acute poisoning by arsenic, mercury, gold, and lead, was discovered during the 1939-45 war. With L. A. Stocken and R. H. S. Thompson. 



Subjects: TOXICOLOGY