Digitizing Janet Travell's research papers for The National Library of Medicine

This week's progress report

National Library of Medicine has four collections in which Janet Travell could be included. I’ve opened an inquiry about the process of submitting materials.

Medicine in the Americas

Medical Heritage Library collection.

Archives and Personal Papers Collections

Profiles in Science

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Here are some of Janet Travell’s published research papers currently available online. While researchers over the years have uploaded PDF versions of the original papers, each document needs to be updated using the NLM format to be included in the searchable database of medical research. We’ll be reformatting each paper and uploading the new versions on a regular basis until each one of Janet Travell’s research papers is available online in the NLM format.

Search results for "Janet Travell" on www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

1. PAIN SYNDROMES OF THE CHEST MUSCLES

2. Effects of ergometrine (ergonovine) on the isolated atherosclerotic heart of the cholesterol-fed rabbit

3. AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE HEART IN LOBAR PNEUMONIA

4. Janet G. Travell portrait. Cornell University Medical College, New York City, NY, 1955.

5. EFFECT OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIAC INFARCTION ON RESPONSE TO DIGITALIS

6. The myofascial genesis of pain.

7. Therapy directed at the somatic component of cardiac pain.

8. Blocking effect of ethyl chloride spray on cardiac pain induced by ergonovine.

9. Relief of cardiac pain by local block on somatic trigger areas.

10. A method for the evaluation of the effects of drugs on cardiac pain in patients with angina of effort; a study of khellin (visammin).

11. The electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the presence of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

12. Pain syndromes of the chest muscles; resemblance to effort angina and myocardial infarction, and relief by local block.

13. [Hypometabolism without myxedema accompanying muscular disorders; treatment with levo-triiodothyronine].

14. Detection of coronary atherosclerosis in the living animal by the ergonovine stress test.

15. Detection of coronary atherosclerosis in the living rabbit by the ergonovine stress test.

16. Effects of ergometrine (ergonovine) on the isolated atherosclerotic heart of the cholsterol-fed rabbit.

17. Cardiac effects of nicotine in the rabbit with experimental coronary atherosclerosis.

18. Myofascial origins of low back pain. 2. Torso muscles.

19. Myofascial origins of low back pain. 3. Pelvic and lower extremity muscles.

20. Myofascial origins of low back pain. 1. Principles of diagnosis and treatment.

21. Factors affecting pain of injection.

22. Myofascial pain: diagnosis and treatment. A DM special interview.

23. Myofascial trigger points, a possible explanation.

24. Treatment of painful disorders of skeletal muscle.

25. Mechanism of relief of pain in sprains by local injection technics.

26. Absorption of nicotine from various sites.

27. Protecting the ozone layer.

28. Basis for the multiple uses of local block of somatic trigger areas; procaine infiltration and ethyl chloride spray.

29. Role of somatic trigger areas in the patterns of hysteria.

30. Ethyl chloride spray for painful muscle spasm.

31. Early relief of chest pain by ethyl chloride spray in acute coronary thrombosis; case report.

32. Coordinating care for the myofascial pain patient. A DM roundtable discussion.

33. Rapid relief of acute stiff neck by ethyl chloride spray.

34. Referred somatic pain does not follow a simple "segmental" pattern.

35. Therapy of lowback pain by manipulation and of referred pain in the lower extremity by procaine infiltration.

36. Postural vertigo due to trigger areas in the sternocleidomastoid muscle.

37. Identification of myofascial trigger point syndromes: a case of atypical facial neuralgia.

38. Housework and the physician-mother: report from U.S.A.

39. Use and abuse of muscles in housework.

40. Prevention of turtle headache.

41. More on turtle headaches.

42. A trigger point for hiccup.

43. Mechanical headache.

44. Assessment of drugs for therapeutic efficacy.

45. Referred pain from skeletal muscle; the pectoralis major syndrome of breast pain and soreness and the sternomastoid syndrome of headache and dizziness.

46. The rational use of cathartic agents.

47. The rational use of cathartic agents.

48. AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE HEART IN LOBAR PNEUMONIA.

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    Articles about Janet Travell

    The President's Physician, James E. Bagg, Jr.

    Janet G. Travell, MD: A Daughter's Recollection, Virginia P. Street.

    Cardiology and Myofascial Trigger Points; Janet G. Travell's Contribution, David G. Simons.

    Myofascial Trigger Points Then and Now: A Historical and Scientific Perspective, Jay P. Shah, Nikki Thaker, Juliana Heimur, Jacqueline V. Aredo, Siddhartha Sikdar, Lynn H. Gerber.

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    More coming soon…