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

WOLFE, Richard J.

4 entries
  • 7647

I Awaken to glory: Essays celebrating the sesquicentennial of the discovery of anesthesia by Horace Wells, December 11, 1844–December 11, 1994.

Boston, MA: Boston Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine & Hartford, CT: Historical Museum of Medicine and Dentistry, 1994.

Edited by Wolfe and Menczer. Includes a reproduction of Wells's casebook.



Subjects: ANESTHESIA › History of Anesthesia, BIOGRAPHY (Reference Works) › Biographies of Individuals
  • 6903

Tarnished Idol: William Thomas Green Morton and the introduction of surgical anesthesia. A chronicle of the ether controversy. By Richard J. Wolfe.

Novato, CA: Norman Publishing, 2001.

The most comprehensive biography of Morton, and the most comprehensive account of the ether controversy between Morton and Charles Thomas Jackson.



Subjects: ANESTHESIA › History of Anesthesia, BIOGRAPHY (Reference Works) › Biographies of Individuals
  • 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
  • 7646

Charles Thomas Jackson: “The head behind the hands.” Applying science to implement discovery and invention in early nineteenth century America. By Richard J. Wolfe and Richard Patterson.

Novato, CA: HistoryofScience.com, 2007.

The first biography of Jackson, the physician and geologist who discoverered of the anesthetic effects of ether, and also played an important role in the discovery of the American electro-magnetic telegraph. Forms a supplement to Wolfe's Tarnished idol: William Thomas Green Morton and the introduction of surgical anesthesia. A chronicle of the ether controversy (2001; No. 6903).



Subjects: ANESTHESIA › History of Anesthesia, BIOGRAPHY (Reference Works) › Biographies of Individuals