The MD Theses collection consists of manuscripts written by medical students from 1931-1969 at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, now University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)
Theses/Dissertations from 1942
Intravenous anesthesia : its progress and modern application, William W. Skokan
Etiology of renal calculi, Arthur A. Spar Jr
Blood plasma : its role in modern medicine, Lavern Donahue Sprague
Psychotherapy in general practice, Clyde C. Stanfield Jr
Infectious mononucleosis, Richard R. Stappenbeck
Mechanism, diagnosis and treatment of adynamic ileus, Robert R. Stuart
Role of nicotinic acid in nutrition, Maurice M. Tatelman
Addison's disease and the adrenal glands, Edwin E. Taylor
Significance and interpretation of cardiac murmurs with the aid of the stethoscope, George St George Tyner
Acrodynia, Eugene George Van Ackeren
Electroencephalogram : an example of the utilization of bioelectric potentials in diagnostic medicine, Jacob J. Wagner
Blood transfusion, Thomas T. Willcockson
Theses/Dissertations from 1941
Problems and trends in medical care : the indigent, Verne V. Alder
Lipocaic : a vaso dilating hormone from the pancreas and its relation to hypertension, Alvin Thomas Alvin
Cause and elimination of reactions following intravenous injections, Vernon V. Anderl
Protruded intervertebral disk and its relationship to the sciatic syndrome, Clifford C. Babbitt
Static pes valgoplanus, Stanley S. Bach
Development of internal fixation of fractures of the neck of the femur : with special emphasis on the action of metals in the body, Nicholas N. Bailey
Etiology of essential hypertension, Carl C. Barr
Pathogenesis of apoplexy, Paul P. Bartos
Pyelonephritis and its relation to arterial hypertension : the probable humoral mediators, Robert R. Biglin
Heart pathology in rheumatic heart disease, Jacob J. Brenneman
Preoperative hemostasis in defective blood congestion, Carl Eugene Carl
Malignant neoplasms of infancy and childhood, Carruth John Carruth
Rheumatoid arthritis : recent trends in its study, Robert R. Chamberlain
Treatment of the eclamptic toxemias of pregnancy : with special emphasis on placental infarcts, Charles Rodney Charles
Migraine syndrome, Clark Cottrell Clark
Ischemic kidney and hypertension, Harvey H. Copsey
History and etiological theories of exophthalmic goiter, Guy G. Crook
Tuberculosis in medical students : is the disease an occupational hazard to students of medicine?, Roger R. Drew
Patent ductus arteriosus, Frank F. Eagle
Reflex headaches, Eldon Charles Eldon
Hypothyroidism in relation to reproduction, James J. Embick
Consideration of the nature of the shock, Robert R. Finley
Question of the etiology of essential hypertension, Richard R. Flebbe
Polyneuritis in pregnancy, Harold H. Friesen
Pathogenesis of cardiac dyspnea, Glenn Quintin Glenn
Relationship of biliary tract disease to cardiac disease, Frank F. Goss
Origins of a clinical concept of coronary thrombosis : a study in medical history of heart diseases, Frank F. Greenslit
Anaerobic streptococci : a history, classification, habitat and pathogenic activities, culture methods, and clinical aspects, Lawrence L. Gridley
Syringomyelia, George G. Hardt
Lipid pneumonia, Harry Harry
Vitamin K : ts discovery, development and clinical application, Robert R. Hasty
Hysteria of infancy and childhood, Kathryn K. Hill
Etiology of adult obesity, Jerome J. Hirschmann
Present concepts of the mechanism of edema, Jerome J. Hollister
Low back pain is not pathogenic of a dislocated vertebra but due to a variety of causes, John Andrew John
Hypersecretion of the suprarenal cortex, Harper H. Kerr
Migraine, Joseph J. Koutsky
Food allergy, Jacob J. Krieg
Diagnosis and treatment of the perforated peptic ulcer, Lee Chader Lee
Pandemic influenzal therapeutics, Leo Eugene Leo
Etiology of inclusion blennorrhea, Clifford C. Lierman
Puerperal infection : with special reference to operative obstetrics, Kenneth K. Lightbody
Hypotension, Charles C. Marsh
Use and indications for blood, plasma, and serum transfusion, Guy G. Matson
Anoxemia of the myocardium as the cause of angina pectoris, John J. McFee
Internal derangements of the knee joint in sports and recreation, Kenneth K. McGinnis
Meckel's diverticulum, Harold H. Merselis
Premature separation of the normally implanted placenta, Robert R. Morris
Sterility in the male, Joseph J. Novak
Trachoma : its etiology and treatment with sulfanilamide, William W. Nutzman
Addison's disease : with special reference to progress in treatment"", Willard W. Peck
Acute mastoiditis, Paul P. Peterson
Factors influencing wound healing, Matt M. Pilling
New role of surgery in hypertension, Stanley S. Potter
Cardiac and neurogenic syndrome, Donald D. Purvis
Tetanus, Walter W. Reiner
Diabetes complicating pregnancy, Richard Earl Richard
Intravenous anesthesia, Ronald Ronald
Pituitary dwarfism, Nathaniel N. Scott
Pentosuria : chronic congenital pentosuria :a harmless metabolic anomaly, Vance V. Senter
Earache, Robert R. Shepard
Headaches associated with gastro-intestinal disturbances / by Paul Francis Shirey, Paul P. Shirey
Etiology of otosclerosis, Sanford S. Staley
Subclinical hypothyroidism :and its relation to obstetrics and gynecology, Edward E. Stoll
Granulocytopenia : review with special considerations to etiology, pathology and the relationship of the sulfonamide derivatives, Harold H. Stowe
Syphilitic aortic aneurysm, Estel E. Surber
Tetanus, Samuel S. Swenson Jr
Hyperemesis gravidarum : its etiology and treatment, Willis W. Taylor Jr
Chronic heart failure, Robert R. Venner
Cerebrospinal fluid : with special reference to its formation, absorption and circulation, John J. Wendland
Etiological considerations of pernicious anemia, Charles C. White
Critical review and evaluation of the literature on the new synthetic estrogen Stilbestrol (Diethylstilbestrol), William William
Hypertension and its relation to unilateral renal disease, William Earl William
Congenital heart disease : a diagnostic problem, Julius J. Willson
Causalgia, John J. Wilson
Injection treatment for hernia : its inefficacy, Burton B. Wilt
Postpartum hemorrhage : with special reference to prophylaxis, Glenn G. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1940
Physics and physiology of heat therapy : with special consideration of conversive heat, W. A.G. Armbrust
Idiopathic epilepsy, Maurice Ayres
Liver function tests, Wallace E. Baker
So-called liver death"", Charles M. Bonniwell
Equine encephalomyelitis in man, Herman H. Brinkman
Placenta as a barrier to infection, Kenneth Brown
Geriatrics as a modern specialty, Norville L. Butler
Trichomonas vaginalis vaginitis, Wayne W. Carpenter
Mechanism of the anginal syndrome, Ernest A. Cerv
Still's disease : a distinct pathological entity?, Sidney Chait
Cause and dynamics of heart failure in chronic valvular disease, W. Harold Civin