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”

16058 entries, 14142 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: November 9, 2024

SMITH, Theobald

6 entries
  • 2539

On a new method of producing immunity from contagious diseases.

Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 3, 29-33, 18841886.

Smith found that dead virus can induce immunity against the living virulent virus. Although Smith made the discovery on his own, his supervisor, D.E. Salmon, usurped credit. See Bibel, Milestones in immunology (1988) 31-32.



Subjects: IMMUNOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY › Immunization, INFECTIOUS DISEASE
  • 2505

The bacterium of swine-plague.

Amer. monthly micr. J., 7, 204-05, 1886.

Discovery of Salmonella choleraesuis. The Salmonellae tribe was named after Salmon, even though the discovery was made by Smith. See Bibel, Milestones in immunology (1988) 31-32.



Subjects: BACTERIOLOGY › BACTERIA (mostly pathogenic; sometimes indexed only to genus) › Gram-Negative Bacteria › Salmonella, EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Salmonellosis, VETERINARY MEDICINE, VETERINARY MEDICINE › Epizootics
  • 10885

Preliminary observations on the microorganism of Texas fever.

Med. News (Phila.), 55, 689-693, 1889.

First report on the discovery of a Babesia, cause of Babesiosis. Smith first observed the microscopic organism in the summer of 1886, but mentioned Babes's work in this paper, perhaps resulting in Babes being credited with the discovery.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Tick-Borne Diseases › Babesiosis, MICROBIOLOGY, PARASITOLOGY, U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Texas
  • 5529

Investigations into the nature, causation and prevention of Texas or Southern cattle fever.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1893.

U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry, Bulletin No. 1. Discovery of the parasite of Texas cattle fever, Pyrosoma bigeminum, and proof that its transmission is due to the cattle tick, Boöphilus bovis. This was the first demonstration of arthropod transmission of disease. Pyrosoma bigeminum is now known as Babesia bigemina, and Boöphilus bovis as B. annulatus.



Subjects: EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Tick-Borne Diseases › Texas Cattle Fever, PARASITOLOGY, U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Texas, VETERINARY MEDICINE
  • 2335

A comparative study of bovine tubercle bacilli and of human bacilli from sputum.

J. exp. Med., 3, 451-511, 1898.

First clear differentiation between the bovine and human types of tubercle bacillus.



Subjects: BACTERIOLOGY › BACTERIA (mostly pathogenic; sometimes indexed only to genus) › Gram-Positive Bacteria › Mycobacterium › Mycobacterium tuberculosis, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Tuberculosis, VETERINARY MEDICINE
  • 7648

Suppressing the diseases of animals and man: Theobald Smith, microbiologist. By Claude Dolman and Richard J. Wolfe.

Boston, MA: Boston Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 2004.


Subjects: BIOGRAPHY (Reference Works) › Biographies of Individuals, MICROBIOLOGY › History of Microbiology, VETERINARY MEDICINE › History of Veterinary Medicine