246 Journals and Serials 



1910-1914: Zur historischen Biologic der Krankheitserreger. Materialien, Studien 

 und Abhandlungen, gemeinsam mit V. Fossel, Tiberius Gyory, W. His, hrsg. 

 von Karl Sudhoff und Georg Sticker. Giessen, Alfred Topebnann. 

 Isis 2, 150. Seven thin parts appeared between 1910 and 1914. The main 

 authors were the two editors Sudhoff and Sticj^er. Short memoirs were con- 

 tributed also by Grafton Elliot Smith and Marc Armand Buffer, Gyory and 

 Arnold Klebs, 



MISLEADING TITLES 

 APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 20 



by Claudius F. Mayer 



A glance into the Index-Catalogue under any subject of medico-historical research 

 reveals many references in journals not primarily of medico-historical nature. It 

 often happens that, with the change of editorship, a periodical publication assumes 

 a new character, opens perhaps a new historical section, or closes it. 



There are many serials whose title is misleading. Without the examination of 

 a publication nothing should be said about its true nature. In the late 18th and 

 early 19th centuries, the meaning of the terms "philosophy" and "history" was also 

 different, and the occurrence of these terms in the title or the subtitle of a publication 

 may lead the 20th century man to wrong assumptions. "Philosophy" often means 

 "theoretical discussion," while "history" can be either "natural history" or the record 

 of any current event. 



Another way of being misled is by believing that a generic name commonly asso- 

 ciated with a serial polygraphic publication is always the label of a journal or periodi- 

 cal. In the literature of science the words "Beitrage," "Abhandlungen," or "Vor- 

 trage," or "Transactions" do not mean necessarily that we are dealing with a journal. 



In order to avoid the pitfalls of terminology and to save time for those who should 

 like to enlarge this list of true historico-scientific serials the following roll of journals 

 is published as a warning! 



Acta mcdica ct philosophica Hafniensia. Copenhagen, v. 1-5 (1671) 1673-(1679) 



1680. 



It has nothing to do with medical philosophy. 

 Annali di Ippocrate. Milano, v. 1-7, 1906-1912. 



A journal of clinical medicine; not historical. 

 Annals of medicine; exhibiting a concise view of the latest and most important dis- 

 coveries in medicine and medical philosophy. Edinburgh, ser. 1, v. 1-5, 1796- 



1800; ser. 2, v. 1-3, 1801-1804. 



Neither medical history nor philosophy of medicine. 

 Ars mcdica. Barcelona, v. 1-12, 1925-1936. 



Clinical medicine. 

 Ars mcdici. Wien, v. 1, 1911- 



Clinical medicine. 

 Asclepios. La Habana, v. 1-14, 1915-1928. 



Clinical medicine. 

 Aus dcm Archiv F. A. Brockhaus; Zeugnissc zur Geschichte geistigen SchafiFens; ed. 



by Hermann Michel. Leipzig, v. 1-4, 1926-1929. 



Not history of science. 

 Beitrage zur bayerischen Kulturgeschichte. Miinchen, v. 1, 1927. 



Not history of science. 

 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Chemie. Braunschweig, v. 1, 1869, etc. 



Not a serial but a collection of various writings of the single author ( Dr. Kopp ) 

 on a single topic. 

 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Erfindungen (or, Erfindungskunst). Leipzig, Bd 1-5, 



1780-1805. 



Not a true serial but the work of a single author (J. Beckmann). 



