An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16077 entries, 14165 authors and 1948 subjects. Updated: October 12, 2025

RUBNER, Max

3 entries
  • 1025

Die Gesetze des Energieverbrauchs bei der Ernährung.

Leipzig: Franz Deuticke, 1902.

Rubner’s classic work on the influence of foodstuffs on metabolism. In it he introduced the term “specific dynamic action of the foodstuffs”.



Subjects: BIOCHEMISTRY › Metabolism, GASTROENTEROLOGY › Anatomy & Physiology of Digestion
  • 1651

Zur Vorgeschichte der modernen Hygiene.

Berlin: O. Francke, 1905.


Subjects: Hygiene › History of Hygiene
  • 1639

Handbuch der Hygiene. 6 vols.

Leipzig: S. Hirtzel, 1911 – 1913.

With Max Gruber and P. M. Ficker.



Subjects: Hygiene, PUBLIC HEALTH