Warren Henry Cole

Warren Henry Cole was affiliated with Washington University, St. Louis, before he moved to Illinois. At Washington University, Evarts Ambrose Graham (1883-1957) and Cole in 1923 discovered how to visualize the gall bladder with X-rays by using contrast media, a discovery significant in the diagnosis of gall bladder disease.

Cole was Professor and Head, 1936-1966 Department of Surgery University of Illinois Hospital. He is remembered for his dedication to the linking of scientific advances with clinical care and instruction. He was a pioneer in the field of adjunctive treatments for surgical cancer patients.

• Evarts Ambrose Graham (1883-1957) and Warren H. Cole:
  Roentgenologic examination of the gallbladder.
  Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1924, 82: 613-614.
  Introduction of Cholecystrography.
• E. A. Graham, W. H. Cole, and Glover Hancock Copher (born 1893):
  Visualization of the gallbladder by the sodium salt of tetrabromphenolphthalein.
  Journal of the American Medical Association, 1924, 82: 1777.
• E. A. Graham, W. H. Cole, and G. H. Copher:
  Cholecystrography : an experimental and clinical study.
  Journal of the American Medical Association, 1925, 84: 14-16.
• E. A. Graham, W. H. Cole, and G. H. Copher:
  The roentgenological visualization of the gallbladder by the use of intravenous injections of sodium tetrabromphenolphthalein.
  Radiology, 1925, 4: 83-88.
• E. A. Graham, W. H. Cole, and G. H. Copher:
  Cholecystrography: the use of sodium tetrabromphenolphthalein.
  Journal of the American Medical Association, 1925, 84: 1175-1177.
• E. A. Graham, Warren H. Cole and Glover H. Copher:
  Cholecystrography: its develoment and application. Leonard Prize Essay.
  The American Journal of Roentgenology and Radium Therapy Springfield, Illinois, 1925, 14: 487.
• . Graham, W. H. Cole, S. Moore, and G. H. Copher:
  Cholecystrography: the oral administration of of tetraiodophenolphthalein.
  Journal of the American Medical Association, 1925, 85: 953-955.
• Evarts Ambrose Graham (1883-1957), Warren H. Cole, Glover H. Copher, and Sherwood Moore:
  Simultaneous cholecystrography and tests of hepatic and renal functions by a single new substance, sodium phenoltetraiodeophtalein: preliminary report.
  Journal of the American Medical Association, 1926, 86: 467.
• E. A. Graham, W. H. Cole, G. H. Copher, and Sherwood Moore (1880-1963):
  Cholecystrography: the use of phenoltetraiodeophthalein.
  Journal of the American Medical Association, 1926, 86: 1899.
• E. A. Graham, W. H. Cole, G. H. Copher, and S. Kodama:
  Some new phases of the physiology of the biliary tract.
  Annals of Surgery, Philadelphia, 1926, 84: 343.
• E. A. Graham, W. H. Cole:
  Simultaneous Cholecystrography and determination of liver function.
  Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, New York, 1927, 24: 500.
• E. A. Graham, W. H. Cole, Glover H. Copher, and S. Moore:
  Diseases of the Gall Bladder and Bile Duct : A book for practitioners and students.
  Philadelphia, Pa, : Lea & Febiger, 1928. 500 pages.
• E. A. Graham, W. H. Cole and Glover H. Copher:
  Simultaneous cholecystography and determination of hepatic function.
  Journal of the American Medical Association, 1928, 90: 1111-1113.
• W. H. Cole and Robert Elman:
  Textbook of General Surgery.
  New York; D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. 1031 pages.
  3rd edition. New York; London : D. Appleton-Century Company, 1941. 1067 pages.
• W. H. Cole and Charles Bernard Puestow (born 1902), editors:
  First Aid, Surgical and Medical.
  D. Appleton/Century, 1942. Illustrated by Carl Linden and Tom Jones.
  2nd edition, 1943: New York : Appleton-Century. 351 pages.
• W. H. Cole, R. Elman, G. H. Ambrose, Brian Brewer Blades (1906-1977):
  Textbook of General Surgery, by Warren H. Cole and Robert Elman.
  4th edition. New York : D. Appleton-Century Co., 1944. 1126 pages.
• W. H. Cole and Edson Fairbrother Fowler (1915-1964):
  The Present status of the surgical treatment of hyperthyroidism.
  Springfield, Illinois : C. C. Thomas, 1948. 91 pages.
  American lecture series, publication no. 4. American lectures in endocrinology
• W. H. Cole, R. Elman, Thomas Hanahan Burford (107-), Frank Brown Berry (1892-1976):
  Textbook of General Surgery.
  5th edition. New York : Appleton-Century, 1948. 1160 pages.
  Contains: Surgical diseases of the chest, by Evarts A. Graham and Thomas H. Burford, pp. 875-940.
  Military surgery, Frank B. Berry: pp. 1072-1109.
• W. H. Cole, editor:
  Operative technic in specialty surgery. Introduction by Allen O. Whipple.
  New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1949. 725 pages.
• W. H. Cole, editor:
  Operative technic in general surgery. With 67 contributing authors.
  2nd edition. New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1955. 973 pages.
• W. H. Cole and Charles Bernard Puestow (1902-), editors:
  Emergency Care : Surgical and Medical. Appleton Century Crofts, 1951. 438 pages.
• W. H. Cole and Charles B. Puestow, editors:
  First Aid : Diagnosis and Managament.
  5th edition. New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1960. 420 pages.
  6th edition, 1965. 445 pages.
• Tilden C. Everson and Warren H. Cole:
  Spontaneous regression of cancer; a study and abstract of reports in the world medical literature and of personal communications concerning spontaneous regression of malignant disease.
  Philadelphia, Saunders, 1966.
• Tilden C. Everson and Warren H. Cole, editors:
  Cancer of the digestive tract, clinical management.
  New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts 1969. 380 pages.
• W. H. Cole, editor:
  Chemotherapy of cancer. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1970. 349 pages.
• W. H. Cole and Charles B. Puestow, editors:
  Emergency care, surgical and medical.
  With 28 contributing authors. 7th edition. New York Appleton Century Crofts 1972. 438 pages.
  First published in 1942 under title: First Aid, Surgical and Medical.
  Spanish edition: Primeros Auxilios. 7ma. ed.; México: Nueva Editorial Interamericana, S.A., 1976. 412 págs.
• Tilden C. Everson and Warren H. Cole:
  Spontaneous regression of cancer. The metabolic triumph of the host.
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1974, 230: 128-129.
• Dennis Connaughton:
  Warren Cole, MD., and the ascent of scientific surgery.
  Chicago, Warren & Clara Cole Foundation, 1991.
• W. G. Cance:
  Warren H. Cole, MD: visionary surgeon-scientist and mentor.
  Surgery, November 2001, 130 (5): 891-892.