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1,553 entries match Surgery & Anesthesia [E04 / G02.403.810]

1882

#3627

Ein Fall von Exstirpation der Gallenblase wegen chronischer Cholelithiasis; Heilung.

First successful removal of the gallbladder.

1882

#3022.1

Production artificielle d’insuffisances tricuspidienne mitrale et aortique, isolées ou combinées chez le chien.

Experimental valvulotomy. Translation in Amer. J. Cardiol.,1973, 32,993.

1882

#3477

Intorno alla divulsione digitale del pilore; osservazione cliniche.

First pyloroplasty, 1882. Abstract in English in Brit. med.J., 1885, 1, 372-74.

1882

#4347

Einige Fälle von kunstlicher Ankylosenbildung an paralytischen Gliedmassen.

Albert introduced the concept of joint arthrodesis into orthopedic surgery. This is the first description of arthrodesis of an ankle for paralytic foot. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics, 52-54.

1882

#4426

Fractures of the metacarpal bones.

“Bennett’s fracture” of the first metacarpal. He was Professor of Surgery at Trinity College, Dublin.

1882

#5618

Der Jodoform-Verband.

Introduction of iodoform dressing in surgery.

1882

#5677

Über Trimethylene.

Cyclopropane (trimethylene) first prepared.

1882

#14320

Chirurgie de la main.

The first manual on hand surgery. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1883

#4471

Amputation du membre supérieur dans la contiguïté du tronc (désarticulation de l’omoplate).

“Berger’s operation”, interscapulothoracic amputation. See also his monograph, Paris, Masson, 1887.

1883 –1884

#2229

Lehrbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie der inneren Krankheiten. 2 vols.

Strümpell gave an excellent description of ankylosing spondylitis (“Strümpell’s disease”, the “spondylose rhizomélique” of Pierre Marie, No. 4368) on p. 152 of his Lehrbuch. See No. 2229. He published an important pap…

1883 –1890

#4348

Contributions to surgery and medicine. 8 pts.

Thomas was the veritable founder of modern orthopedics in the British Isles. The conservative methods introduced by him were developed by Sir Robert Jones. Thomas is remembered eponymically by the “Thomas splint”.

1883

#5774

La maladie kystique des mamelles.

“Reclus’s disease”. Reclus was professor of surgery in Paris; he left a classic description of chronic cystic mastitis.

1883 –1885

#5796

Die chirurgischen Klassiker Deutschlands. 2 vols.

1883

#5637

Anleitung zur Technik antiseptischen Wundbehandlung und des Dauerverbandes.

The first attempts at asepsis were made by Neuber. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1884

#1880.1

Ueber coca.

Freud described his observations (with himself as subject) on the effects of cocaine, including its abolition of hunger and fatigue, the “exhilaration and lasting euphoria”. He also described its supposed non-addictiv…

1884

#3566

Clinical lectures on cases of difficult diagnosis; perforation of the appendix vermiformis.

In 1884 Fenwick advocated tying off and removal of the perforated appendix.

1884

#3174.1

Ueber Lungenchirurgie.

Resection of portion of a lobe that was invaded by sarcoma of the rib.

1884

#3292

Das Cocain als Anästheticum und Analgeticum für den Pharynx und Larynx.

Cocaine first employed in laryngology.

1884

#4857

Study of the pathological changes occurring in trifacial neuralgia, with the report of a case in which three inches of the inferior dental nerve were excised.

Mears first suggested Gasserian ganglionectomy for trigeminal neuralgia.

1884

#3480

Darmresektion und Enterorhaphieen, 1878-83.

Billroth was a pioneer in visceral surgery. Above is an account of many intestinal resections and enterorrhaphies carried out by him.

1884

#3482

Intestinal obstruction

Jacksonian Prize essay.

1884

#3482.1

A theoretical and practical treatise on the hemorrhoidal disease, givings its history, nature, cases, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment.

An encyclopedic work containing considerable history and a comprehensive bibliography. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1884

#4179

The hydrochlorate of cocaine in genito-urinary procedures.

Local anesthesia first employed in urology.

1884

#4180

On tumours of the bladder.

Includes description of Thompson’s operation for tumors of the bladder.

1884

#5754.3

Übereine Modification der Hasenschartenoperation.

Hagedom’s operation is important as forming the basis of most modern methods of unilateral cleft lip repair.

1884

#5619

Mikro-Organismen bei den Wund-Infections-Krankheiten des Menschen.

Rosenbach proved that streptococci and staphylococci are distinct and differentiated two strains of staphylococci (“aureus” and “albus”). He cultured cocci from a considerable range of septic conditions, thus more acc…

1884

#5678

Vorläufige Mitteilung über locale Anästheserung am Auge.

Introduction of cocaine as a local anesthetic; this was the first local anesthetic employed (16 September 1884). Freud (No. 1880.1) is accredited by some with this innovation, but in this connection see the letter by …

1884

#8655

On cocaine and its use in ophthalmic and general surgery.

Knapp translated Koller's paper (No. 5678) into English and with the English translation published a large amount of supplementary material by American surgeons who had recently experimented with cocaine as a local an…

1884

#12279

Hertztamponade: Ein Beitrag zur Herzchirurgie.

Rose coined the term "Herztomponade" translated as "cardiac tamponade." He "described the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade and recorded 23 case histories of ruptured or wounded hearts, several of which did not cau…

1885

#3595

A case of strangulated hernia into the fossa intersigmoidea.

First definitely authenticated case of intersigmoid hernia.

1885

#4858

Case of cerebral tumour.

First instance of diagnosis, accurate clinical localization, and operative removal of a tumor of the brain, 25 November, 1884. The patient survived for one month. Preliminary report in Lancet, 1884, 2, 1090-91.

1885

#3482.2

Case of acute extensive ulceration of the colon.

First detailed description of ulcerative colitis.

1885

#3482.3

On a case of acute intestinal obstruction in a boy, with remarks upon the treatment of acute obstruction.

Abdominal section and ileostomy for intestinal obstruction; surgeon’s report on pp. 130-35.

1885

#3483

Zur Casuistik und Statistik der Magenresectionen und Gastro-enterostomieen.

Billroth II pylorectomy, reported by von Hacker. Also published in Arch. klin. Chir., 1885, 32, 616-25.

1885

#4426.1

An operation for displaced semilunar cartilage.

The first deliberate and planned operation for the relief of internal derangement of the knee-joint caused by a displaced cartilage, i.e. repair of the meniscus. Annandale succeeded Lister as Professor of Clinical Sur…

1885

#5679

Practical comments on the use and abuse of cocaine; suggested by its invariably successful employment in more than a thousand minor surgical operations.

The first experiments on local infiltration anesthesia were made by Halsted, who even produced anesthesia by the intradermal injection of water. Through the process of self-experimentation Halsted became addicted to c…

1885

#5680

Spinal anaesthesia and local medication of the cord.

Spinal anesthesia introduced. Corning showed experimentally that cocaine exerts a prolonged anesthetic effect while arresting the circulation in the anesthetized area. He first described injection of cocaine between t…

1885

#12075

The field and limitation of the operative surgery of the human brain.

The first American monograph on surgery on the human brain, also published in 1885 the Transactions of the American Surgical Association. Roberts was "one of the few American surgeons to advocate an aggressive explora…

1886

#3486

Ueber die Verwendung des Musculus rectus abdominis zum Verschlusse der künstlichen Magenfistel.

Von Hacker’s method of gastrostomy.

1886

#3567

Perforating inflammation of the vermiform appendix, with special reference to its early diagnosis and treatment.

A conclusive demonstration of the pathology and symptoms of disease of the vermiform appendix. Fitz invented the term “appendicitis”; his paper, which records 25 cases collected by himself, convinced physicians of the…

1886

#3568

Suppurative peritonitis due to ulceration and suppuration of the vermiform appendix; laparotomy; resection of the vermiform appendix; toilette of the peritonaeum; drainage; recovery.

This is believed to be the first reported case of survival after removal of a perforated appendix. Hall worked with William Halsted during the 1880s and participated in Halsted’s experiments with cocaine as a local an…

1886

#3596

On the radical cure of oblique inguinal hernia by internal abdominal peritoneal pad, and the restoration of the valved form of the inguinal canal.

Macewen’s method for the radical cure of oblique inguinal hernia. The sac was folded into a pad and used as a plug at the internal ring, the ring being closed in layers. Reprinted in Brit. med. J., 1887, 2, 1263-71.

1886

#3629

The surgery of the pancreas, as based upon experiments and clinical researches.

In this review of the world literature and a report of animal experimentation, Senn concluded that complete extirpation of the pancreas was invariably followed by death, but that partial excision was feasible and just…

1886

#5797

Memorials of the craft of surgery in England. From materials compiled by John Flint South. Edited by D'Arcy Power.

South, trained in Germany, became surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital. Through his efforts John Hunter’s body was reburied in Westminster Abbey and South himself wrote the inscription on the tablet there. Digital facsimi…

1886

#5680.1

Local anesthesia in general medicine and surgery.

The first textbook on local anesthesia.

1886

#6084

Ablation des tumeurs flbreuses ou myomes du corps de l’utérus par la voie vaginale.

Péan’s method of morcellement of the uterus for the removal of tumors.

1887

#2250.1

The treatment of burns.

Introduction of the open or exposure method for the treatment of burns.

1887

#3488

Circular suture of the intestines; an experimental study.

Halsted set down some of the fundamental rules regarding intestinal anastomosis.

1887 –1888

#3489

Stuhlträgheit Neuegeborener in Folge von Dilatation und Hypertrophie des Colons.

Hirschsprung’s diseases (congenital megacolon).

1887

#3490

Die sacrale Methode der Exstirpation von Mastdarmkrebsen und die Resectio recti.

Kraske introduced the sacral method of resection of the rectum for carcinoma.