Medical Bibliography

Medical Bibliography, one of the types of specialized bibliography (from Greek biblos - book and grapho - I write), book description - a field of knowledge that deals with describing literary works. The work of bibliography consists of collecting, describing, and systematizing literature. The basis of collection is usually certain questions or topics to which the works are dedicated; collection can also be conducted according to other criteria (language, place, time of publication, etc.). Description achieves its purpose only when following certain rules. It should be done, whenever possible, directly from the book and contain for individual books - the surname and initials of the author, title, number of pages, place and year of publication; for articles in collective works, collections and journals, it is necessary to indicate, in addition, the name, volume or number and page of the publication. The most convenient system for bibliographic work is the card system (the so-called international size of card is widely used - 7.5x12.5 cm). The arrangement (classification) of bibliography can be chronological, alphabetical, systematic (by disciplines), subject (by individual topics, etc.). A large number of classification methods have been proposed, based on various principles. They all aim to facilitate the quick finding of the required literature; none of them is perfect. Of the most well-known classification systems currently in use, the following should be mentioned: 1. The International Decimal Classification of the International Bibliographic Institute in Brussels. 2. The Library of Congress Classification in Washington. Among the original Russian systems, we should mention the Reis system, adopted in the Library of the 1st Moscow State University, and the Baer system, adopted in the Library of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. For medical bibliography in cases covering many specialties and a very large number of titles, it is most convenient to use as detailed a subject-systematic classification as possible, arranging topics in alphabetical order; this is how indexing is done in Index Medicus and in Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's office U. S. Army; in such a system the number of subdivisions reaches hundreds and thousands. For small bibliographic works in the field of medicine, a simplified classification by disciplines, with division of the material into several dozen departments, is suitable. This principle forms the basis of the catalog of the Central Medical Library in Moscow.-There is general, national, and specialized bibliography. Great difficulties in medical bibliography, as in bibliography of other fields of knowledge, are connected with the enormous quantity and diversity of literary material, as well as the absence of a generally accepted classification of sciences. Nevertheless, a number of publications and institutions make it quite possible to orient oneself in medical literary production. Without considering it appropriate to provide an exhaustive medical bibliography here, we will only indicate the most complete and large bibliographic guides to medical literature. It should be noted that in foreign languages there is a whole series of large bibliographic and bibliographic-abstract collections and journals, already counting decades of existence. German bibliographic-abstract journals and collections and American library indexes and catalogs are distinguished by particular perfection. In the following summary, only the main sources covering world literature are given. As for Russian medical bibliography, unfortunately, we do not have any publication covering all the literature. The following summary of Russian medical bibliography is a selection from a large number of guides to Russian medical literature scattered in various periodic publications, as well as partially collected in special collections of Russian medical bibliography that appeared from time to time. Detailed current medical bibliography is conducted in the Central Medical Library of the People's Commissariat of Health of the RSFSR and in the V. I. Lenin Public Library of the USSR, in Moscow.

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from 1896; Zentralblatt f. d. Grenzgebiete der Medizin u. Chirurgie, Jena, from 1897; Zentralblatt f. Chirurgie, Lpz., from 1874; Zentralorgan f. d. gesamte Chirurgie u. ihre Grenzgebiete, B., from 1913; Neurologisches Zentralblatt, B.-Lpz., 1882-1921; Zentralblatt f. d. gesamte Neurologie u. Psychiatrie, B., from 1921; Jahresbericht uber die Leistungen und Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Neurologie und Psychiatrie, B., 1897-1919; Zentralblatt f. Gynakologie, Lpz., from 1877; Jahresbericht uber die Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Geburtshilfe und Gynakologie, Wiesbaden, from 1887; Zentralblatt f. Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten, B., from 1921; Zentralblatt f. Krankheiten d. Harn- und Sexualorgane, Lpz., 1890-1906; Zentralblatt f. d. gesamte Ophthalmologie und ihre Grenzgebiete, B., from 1914; Jahresbericht uber die Leistungen und Fortschritte im Gebiete der Ophthalmologie, Tubingen-B., from 1872; Zentralblatt f. d. gesamte Hygiene und ihre Grenzgebiete, B., from 1922; Jahresbericht uber die Fortschritte und Leistungen auf dem Gebiete der sozialen Hygiene, Demographie und Medizinalstatistik, Jena, from 1903; Bibliographie d'hygiene industrielle, Geneve, from 1923; in addition, there are very detailed and well-selected bibliographies in the main German handbooks on all specialties (Handbucher). Bibliography of the main Russian medical bibliography.-Catalogs of medical libraries; Catalog of the Library of the Medico-Surgical Academy, 5 vols., SPB, 1871-1884; Systematic book catalog of the Library of the Military Medical Academy (a series of issues, starting from 1901); Catalog of the Library of the Medical Council, SPB, 1914; Catalog of the Library of the Kharkov Medical Society, Kharkov, 1908; same, 1st supplement, Kharkov, 1913; same, 2nd supplement, Kharkov, 1915; Systematic catalog of the Library of the Russian Surgical Society named after Pirogov, SPB, 1907.-General medical bibliography: Index of Russian literature on mathematics, pure and applied natural sciences, medicine and veterinary medicine, ed. by N. A. Bunge, Kiev, 1872-77; Nemtser M. G., Bibliographic index of current Russian medical literature, SPB, 1889-98; Vakulovsky N. K., Bibliographic index of books and articles concerning the congresses of Russian natural scientists and physicians, 1867-93, "Knigoovedenie", 1894, No. 3; Zmeev L. F., Russian physician-writers, SPB, 1886-92; Rakhmaninov I. M., Index of Russian book and journal literature from 1889 to 1905, "Medical Review", 1890-1906; Petrov N. N., Bibliographic index of Russian dissertations in medicine and veterinary medicine from 1860 to 1892, vol. 1, 3rd ed., SPB, 1907; Ternovsky V. N., Dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Medicine defended at Moscow University from its foundation to 1918, coll. "Scientific Medicine", No. 11, P., 1923; Annual of Russian medical press under the editorship of A. V. Martinov, review of 1911, M., 1912 and review of 1912, M., 1914; "Central Medical Journal", M.-L., from 1928. In addition, in 1928 a permanent commission was established under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR for compiling and publishing indexes of scientific literature, both current and for 1914-27; The Publishing House of the People's Commissariat of Health of the RSFSR publishes an index of Russian medical books from 1918 to 1928.-"10 years of Soviet medical press", ed. by I. A. Bagashev. Catalogs of publishing houses and bookstores also have bibliographic value, in particular, the catalog of the Ricker publishing house, SPB, 1912 (and its supplements), the catalog of the "Practical Medicine" publishing house, catalogs of Giz, M.-L., for 1919-27. Annual indexes in journals are extremely important: "Vrach" (1880-1901) and "Russian Physician" (1902-18, indexes are well developed until 1914), as well as "Vestnik Obshchestvennoi Gigieny, Sudebnoi i Prakticheskoi Meditsiny" (1865-1916, indexes from 1902; in 1914 a systematic list of original articles printed in the "Vestnik" from 1865 was given), "Voenno-Meditsinskii Zhurnal" [1823-1916, two detailed alphabetical indexes to articles printed in the "Voenno-Meditsinskii Zhurnal" from 1823 to 1893 (SPB, 1895) and from 1894 to 1900 (SPB, 1901) were published; for 1900-16 there are annual indexes]; "Medical Review" (1874-1916) and "Physician's Newspaper" (1894-1918). Bibliography by individual disciplines: Zhbankov D. N., Bibliographic index on zemstvo medical literature, M., 1890; ibid., Bibliographic index on public medical literature for 1890-1905, M., 1907; Klikrikova O. N., Bibliographic index on public medicine for 1914, M., 1915 (from "Obshchestvennyi Vrach", 1915, M-4, 5); Vigdorich N. A., Bibliography on social insurance and provision until 1922, M., 1922; Kaplun S, Bibliographic index on labor protection issues, M., 1922; Vyazemsky T. N., Bibliography on the issue of alcoholism, vol. 1, M., 1909; Medical

Politov L. G., Bibliography on alcoholism in Russian language ("Alcoholism, as a scientific and everyday problem", pp. 269-285, M.-L., 1928); Teodorovich M. F., Prostitution, "Venereology and Dermatology", 1927, №№ 7, 8, 11; Sovetov S. B. and Pigida I. P., Bibliographical guide on methodology and organization of sanitary education, Kharkov, 1928; Mileev S, What to read on questions of physical culture and labor hygiene, M., 1926; Bibliography of Russian surgery and its border fields for 1914-1924, under the editorship of E. R. Hesse, M., 1926; Popov V. A., Russian literature on tuberculosis for 1917-1923, "Questions of Tuberculosis", 1924, № 3, 4; the same for 1924, "Questions of Tuberculosis", 1926, № 5; Rossiisky D. M., Systematic guide to Russian literature on endocrinology and organotherapy from 1860 to 1926, M.-L., 1926,-supplement to it for 1926, "Medico-Biological Journal", issue 2, 1928; his same, Bibliographical guide to Russian literature on the history of medicine from 1789 to 1928, M., 1928; Bibliographical guide on malaria in Russian language up to 1913, "Russian Journal of Tropical Medicine", 1926, № 1; the same from 1914 to 1921, ibid., 1928, № 1; Rashina M. G., Bibliographical guide of Russian works on malaria from 1922 to 1926, ibid., 1927, № 7; Mikhnov S. D., Systematic guide to Russian obstetric-gynecological literature from its beginning to 1901, "Scientific Notes of the University of Yuryev", 1908, №4-8 and 1909, № 1-6; Silin P. I., Systematic guide to obstetric-gynecological literature for 1925, Rostov-on-Don, 1926; Puchkovsky A. M., Guide to Russian literature on otorhinolaryngology, vol. 1-up to 1890, Kiev, 1926; Mysh Vl., Guide to domestic urological literature from 1900 to 1925, supplement to "Clinical Lectures on Urology", Tomsk, 1926; Rabinovich M. S, Guide to original articles of the journal "Surgical Archive of Vyalyaminov" for 1885-1917, Tomsk, 1927.