Bibliography of Herbert Thoms

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and the Early History of the Roentgen Rays

The most fascinating and informative biography that has recently come to my attention is that of William Conrad Rontgen by Dr. Otto Glasser of Cleveland, which includes a chapter of "Personal Reminiscences" by Margret Boveri of Berlin. The preliminary part of the book deals with the dramatic chapter in science, the discovery of the roentgen rays, with a reprinting of Rontgen's first article "On...

Herbert King Thoms

Textbook of Obstetrics

In the preface to the First Edition of Williams' Obstetrics published in 1903 the author wrote these words: "I have attempted to set for-th as briefly as seemed to be consistent with thoroughness, the scientific basis for and the practical application of the obstetric art. . . I have endeavored to present the more practical aspects in such a manner as to be of direct service to the obstetrician...

Herbert Thoms

The eventful chapters of contemporaneous medical history in Connecticut have not yet received the historian's scrutiny and are still only records scattered here and there in organization archives and miscellaneous correspondence. Many of us have been a part of these events and as participants are poorly qualified to place values on them. As in all history, one must await the developing vista of...

Jared Eliot, Minister, Doctor, Scientist, and His Connecticut

The harsh and demanding life of the New England colonies in the early eighteenth century produced sturdy men and women. To be a successful leader among them required wisdom and determination. Jared Eliot won distinction as a leader. His intellect, compassion, vigor, and good sense must have been extraordinary, for he served his fellow man as clergyman, physician, educator, and agriculturist. Wh...