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1,553 entries match Surgery & Anesthesia [E04 / G02.403.810]
1876
#4342.1
Lectures on orthopaedic surgery and diseases of the joints.
See Nos. 4344 & 4344.1.
1876
#4344
Report on Pott’s disease, or caries of the spine; treated by extension, and the plaster of Paris bandage.
Sayre was the first to use plaster of Paris as a support for the spinal column in scoliosis and Pott’s disease. His name is eponymically linked with Sayre’s jacket, a plaster of Paris jacket applied while the patient …
1876
#5754.1
Contributions to reparative surgery; showing its application to the treatment of deformities produced by destructive disease or injury; congenital defects from arrest or excess of development; and cicatrical contractions from burns.
First American work exclusively on reconstructive surgery.
1876
#5794
Chirurgie vor 100 Jahren; historische Studie.
Reprinted Berlin, Springer, 1978.
1876
#5795
A century of American surgery.
The first serious history of American surgery to 1876. Also published in No. 6586.
1876
#5636
Chirurgie antiseptique.
Lucas-Championnière, eminent French surgeon, was one of the first to adopt the principles of Listerism. He wrote the first authoritative work on antiseptic surgery and introduced antisepsis into France. First edition …
1876
#5674
On an apparatus for administering nitrous oxide gas and ether, singly or combined.
Clover’s ether inhaler. See also the same journal, 1877, 1, 69. He invented an inhaler in 1862; this was described, but not by Clover, in Med. Times Gaz., 1862, 2, 149.
1876
#6360
Haemorrhagic periostitis of the shafts of several of the long bones, with separation of the epiphyses.
Craniohypophyseal xanthomatosis was first reported by Sir Thomas Smith (see also No. 6359). Hand in 1893 (No. 6361), Schüller in 1915 (No. 6362), and Christian in 1919 (No. 6363) also reported cases, and the condition…
1877
#3593
Studien zur Radikalbehandlung der Hernien.
1877
#4342
On the formation of synovial cysts in the leg in connection with disease of the knee joint.
“Baker’s cysts” of the knee-joint. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1941, 5, 785-820.
1877
#4343
On a form of chronic inflammation of bones (osteitis deformans).
Paget was at one time Sergeant Surgeon to Queen Victoria. His classic description of osteitis deformans led that condition to be called “Paget’s disease”. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1936, 1, 29-71.
1877
#4344.1
Spinal disease and spinal curvature, their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage.
Sayre’s monograph on his methods of treating tuberculosis of the spine and scoliosis is the first American surgical textbook to contain actual mounted photographs, some of which are remarkable for their artistic quali…
1877 –1878
#4850.1
Chirurgie d’Hippocrate. 2 vols
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A Greek-French edition with extensive notes and commentaries by J. E. Pétrequin, surgeon-in-chief of the Hôtel-Dieu of Lyon. Operations attributed to Hippocrates included trephination and paracentesis; his most import…
1877 –1888
#5613
Mémoires de chirurgie. 5 vols.
Verneuil, Paris surgeon, introduced forcipressure in hemorrhage (see No. 5612), dry bandaging, and iodoform in the treatment of abscesses. All his works are included in his Mémoires.
1877
#5614
Du cautére Paquelin.
Paquelin introduced a thermocautery (“Paquelin’s cautery”).
1877
#9532
The mortality of surgical operations in the upper lake states, compared with that of other regions.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1878
#2536
Untersuchungen über die Aetiologie der Wundinfectionskrankheiten.
Koch’s epochal work on the etiology of traumatic infectious disease established his reputation. He inoculated animals with material from various sources and produced six types of infection, each due to microorganisms.…
1878
#3594
The radical cure of hernia by the antiseptic use of the carbolized catgut ligature.
Marcy introduced antiseptic ligatures in the radical cure of hernia. See also No. 3601.
1878 –1879
#3469
Volvulus flexurae sigmoideae coli – Laparo-colotomia – Helsa.
First recorded operation for volvulus.
1878
#3470
Ueber den Mastdarmkrebs und die Extirparlo recti.
First excision of the rectum for cancer.
1878
#4345
Die spontane Subluxation der Hand nach vorne.
“Madelung’s deformity” of the wrist. Madelung regarded the condition as a defect of growth of the wrist joint.
1878
#5916.1
Ueber Keratoplastik.
Sellerbeck was first to use human donor corneas for transplants. He was not very successful, probably because the antiseptics employed were too strong.
1878
#6070
Eine neue Methode der Exstirpation des ganzen Uterus.
Freund performed the first successful abdominal hysterectomy for cancer. Although removal of the uterus by the abdominal route had been carried out earlier, to Freund belongs the credit for the invention of the operat…
1878
#7706
Etude historique et clinique sur la trépanation du crâne; la trépanation guidée par les localisations cérébrales.
Lucas-Chamionnière asserted that the operation was performed by ancient surgeons for both magical and therepeutic reasons, and noted that ancient surgeons prevented lethal hemorrhage from the sagittal sinus by avoidin…
1878
#14194
La théorie des germes et ses applications à la médecine et à la chirurgie. Lecture faite à l'Académie de médecine par M. Pasteur en son nom et au nom de MM. Joubert et Chamberland ....
In this speech Pasteur first introduced the term "germ theory" and defined its applications in medicine, surgery, and infectious disease. The speech was first published in condensed form in Comptes rendus...de l'Acadé…
1879
#4856
Tumour of the dura mater–convulsions–removal of tumour by trephining–recovery.
1879
#3472
De l’ablation des tumeurs de l’estomac par la gastrectomie.
First gastrectomy for carcinoma; unsuccessful.
1879
#4346
Sarcoma of the long bones; based upon a study of one hundred and sixty-five cases.
First comprehensive work on bone sarcoma.
1879
#4346.1
Ein Fall von sogenannter Myositis ossificans progressiver.
Helferich described the association of microdactyly with myositis ossificans progressiva.
1879
#5615
Remarks on forcipressure and the use of pressure-forceps in surgery.
Spencer Wells forceps.
1879
#11626
Traité des corps étrangers en chirurgie. Voies naturelles pharynx et oesophage - estomac - intestin - rectum - voies respiratoire - organes génito-urinaires de l'homme et de la femme conduit auditif - fosses nasales - conduits glandulaires. Avec figures dans le texte, desinées par H. Dauphin.
A comprehensive treatise on an astounding variety of foreign bodies that surgeons had recorded removing from various and sometimes amazing parts of the body. Digital facsimile of the 1879 edition from Google Books at …
1880
#1871
Ueber die physiologische Wirking des Cocaïn.
Anrep studied the action of cocaine and, like Moréno y Maïz, suggested that it might be used as a local anesthetic.
1880
#2492.1
De l’extension de la théorie des germes à l’étiologie de quelques maladies communes.
In this study of furunculosis (“boils”) and osteomyelitis Pasteur left the first recognizable descriptions of staphylococcus and streptococcus. The term streptococcus had been coined by Billroth in 1874; however, Past…
1880
#3565
On perityphlitis.
Sands published an account of 26 cases, in which he had operated successfully in all but two. His later publications show that he recognized the early signs of perforation of the appendix, and he advocated and practis…
1880
#3594.1
Hernia, strangulated and reducible, with cure by subcutaneous injections.
The injection method of treating hernia remained a frequently utilized procedure until the 1930s.
1880
#3473
Ueber Radicalheilung des Krebses.
Kocher’s operation of radical extirpation of the tongue for carcinoma.
1880
#3473.1
Wyçiecie raka odźwiernika zoladkowego, śmierćw 12 godzinach.
First extirpation of carcinomatous pylorus. Death after 12 hours. German translation in Dtsch. Z. Chir., 1881, 14, 252-60.
1880
#5773
Die Krankheiten der Brustdrüsen.
A monograph on cancer and other diseases of the breast, including a discussion of cancer in the male breast in the final chapter. This work is also significant in the history of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dig…
1880
#5676
Clinical observations on the introduction of tracheal tubes by the mouth instead of performing tracheotomy or laryngotomy.
First administration of an anesthetic (chloroform) through a metal tracheal tube introduced by the mouth (endotracheal anesthesia).
1881
#2176
Ueber primäres Debridement der Schusswunden.
Reyher, a Russian surgeon, reintroduced débridement and made a controlled study of its value in contaminated gunshot wounds during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. See No. 2177.
1881
#2494
Report upon micro-organisms in surgical diseases.
Ogston showed that micrococci are constantly present in acute and chronic abscesses. He discovered Staphylococcus aureus. Ogston named staphylococcus in his paper, "Micrococcus poisoning," J. Anat. Physiol., 1882, 16,…
1881
#3474
Offenes Schreiben an Herrn Dr. L. Wittelshöfer.
First successful resection of the pylorus for cancer, the Billroth I operation.
1881
#3476
Gastro-Enterostomie.
Wölfler perfected the operation of gastro-enterostomy.
1881
#3479
On a case of obstruction of the bowels due to volvulus, treated by abdominal section; recovery.
First successful operation in Britain for treatment of volvulus, performed 20 February, 1883.
1881
#4346.2
Observations concerning transplantation of bone. Illustrated by a case of inter-human osseous transplantation, whereby over two-thirds of the shaft of a humerus was restored.
First allograft transplantation of bone in humans.
1881
#5754.2
An operation for prominence of the auricles.
Otoplasty first described. Ely died very young from tuberculosis.
1881
#5617
Die ischaemischen Muskellähmungen und Kontrakturen.
“Volkmann’s ischemic contracture” first described. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics.
1881
#5636.1
Ueber Desinfection.
Koch showed that mercuric chloride was superior to carbolic acid, and that live steam surpassed hot air in sterilizing power.
1881
#6074
Ueber die theilweise und vollständige Ausschneidung der carcinomatösen Gebärmutter.
1881
#5616
