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1,553 entries match Surgery & Anesthesia [E04 / G02.403.810]
1887
#3569
Cases of exploratory laparotomy followed by appropriate remedial operation.
Thomas George Morton (1835-1903) was one of the first deliberately to operate for and remove the inflamed appendix after correct diagnosis, April 1887. The patient survived. Case reported by Woodbury.
1887
#3296
Erste Heilung eines Larynx-Cancroids vermittelst Ausrottung per vias naturales.
First successful intralaryngeal extirpation of a malignant growth.
1887
#3597
Cure radicale des hernies.
1887
#4859
Die chirurgische Behandlung von Hirnkrankheiten.
Bergmann was the first in Germany to undertake an intensive study of the surgical aspects of brain diseases. From his experience as a military surgeon he learned that increased intracranial pressure was a consequence …
1887
#5754.4
The deformity termed “pug nose” and its correction, by a simple operation.
Roe invented the intranasal approach for corrective rhinoplasty.
1887
#5638
Zur Sublimatfrage.
Bergmann was a pioneer in the evolution of asepsis. He gradually merged the corrosive sublimate method of antisepsis into steam sterilization of instruments and dressing material, demonstrating its superiority to chem…
1887
#9623
Orificial surgery and its application to the treatment of chronic diseases.
Pratt's bizarre orificial surgery emerged from the the practice of homeopathy. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1888
#2620.2
Demonstration der durch Impfung von Hund auf Hund erzeugten Carcinomknötchen.
A tumor transplant from dog to dog was reported by Wehr.
1888
#3492
Zur Technik der Kolotomie.
First successful colostomy.
1888
#3493
Zur operativen Behandlung des Prolapsus recti et coli invaginati.
Description of Mikulicz’s important operation for complete prolapse of the rectum.
1888
#3494
Rectal insufflation of hydrogen gas an infallible test in the diagnosis of visceral injury of the gastro-intestinal canal in penetrating wounds of the abdomen.
Senn’s method of detecting intestinal perforation by insufflation with hydrogen.
1888
#2985
Traumatic aneurism of the left brachial artery. Failure of direct and indirect pressure; ligation of the artery immediately above tumor; return of pulsation on the tenth day; ligation immediately below tumor; failure to arrest pulsation; incision and partial excision of sac; recovery.
First aneurysmorrhaphy, April 6, 1888. See also Trans. Amer. surg.Ass.,1902, 20,396-434.
1888
#4860
A case of tumour of the spinal cord. Removal; recovery.
Horsley was the founder of neurosurgery in England. The above paper records the first successful operation for the removal of an extramedullary tumor of the spinal cord.
1888
#4350
Ueber freie Körper in den Gelenken.
König of Göttingen was the first to use the term “osteochondritis dissecans”.
1888
#5933
Eine neue Methode der Hornhauttransplantation.
Modern keratoplasty is based on the technique introduced by von Hippel.
1888
#5619.1
Eine einfache Methode zurErzielung sicherer Asepsis.
Kocher introduced silk sutures.
1888
#9533
Rectal and anal surgery, with a description of the secret methods of the itinerants.
The authors were father and son. An unusual feature of this work was its critical analysis of the methods used by itinerant or untrained practitioners. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1889
#2621
Erfolgreiche experimentelle Uebertragung von Carcinom.
Hanau successfully transplanted cancer in mammals.
1889
#3570
Experience with early operative interference in cases of disease of the vermiform appendix.
Describes (p. 678) “McBurney’s point”: “The seat of greatest pain, determined by the pressure of one finger, has been very exactly between an inch and a half and two inches from the anterior spinous process of the ili…
1889
#3598
Nuovo metodo per la cura radicale dell’ ernia inguinale.
Bassini’s operation for the radical cure of inguinal hernia. His first account was unillustrated. Translation in J. Hist. Med., 1966, 21, 401-07. Bassini expanded his paper into an illustrated book with the same title…
1889
#3599
The radical cure of hernia.
Simultaneously with Bassini, Halsted devised the modern operation for the radical cure of inguinal hernia. This is known as the Halsted I repair. Later his technique differed much from that of Bassini. See also his la…
1889
#3392
Ueber die Gründsätze der Behandlung von Eiterungen in starrwandigen Höhlen, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Empyems der Pleura.
Küster and von Bergmann developed the Operation of radical mastoidectomy.
1889
#4860.1
A contribution to the surgery of the spine.
Posterior rhizotomy.
1889
#4861
The treatment of epilepsy.
Alexander was the first to attempt the treatment of epilepsy by surgical means. He removed the superior cervical sympathetic ganglia. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1889
#4861.1
A case in which acute spasmodic pain in the left lower extremity was completely relieved by sub-dural division of the posterior roots of certain spinal nerves, all other treatment having proved useless. Death from sudden collapse and cerebral haemorrhage on the twelfth day after the operation, at the commencement of apparent convalescence.
Posterior rhizotomy.
1889
#4862
Die temporäre Resektion der Schädeldaches an Stelle der Trepanation.
Osteoplastic flap operation. Wagner’s method of opening the skull made a large area of the brain more easily accessible than by trephining. Translation in J. Neurosurg., 1962, 19, 1099.
1889
#4351
Zur Symptomatologie des multiplen Myeloms.
“Kahler’s disease” – multiple myeloma.
1889
#5620
Experimental surgery.
Senn made important experimental studies on air embolism, introduced a method of diagnosing intestinal perforation by means of insufflation of hydrogen (see No. 3494), and used X-rays in the treatment of leukemia. He …
1889
#5620.1
The American armamentarium chirurgicum.
The most comprehensive trade catalogue of medical and surgical instruments and equipment published in America during the 19th century. Reprinted with introduction by James M. Edmondson and F. Terry Hambrecht, San Fran…
1889
#14299
Die Haut Arterien des menschlichen Körpers.
Manchot was the first to describe the vascular territories of the human skin. This work was translated into English by J. Ristic with an introduction by William D. Morain as The cutaneous arteries of the human body (N…
1890
#3570.1
Surgical treatment of typhlitis.
Lawson Tait was the first British surgeon to diagnose acute appendicitis and to treat it by removal of the appendix (May 1880). See J. A. Shepherd, Lawson Tait. The rebellious surgeon. Lawrence, Kansas, Coronado Press…
1890
#3837
Transplantation du corps thyroïde sur l’homme.
First thyroid transplantation (for treatment of cretinism).
1890
#2997
Ueber die Unterbindung der Vena saphena magna bei Unterschenkelvaricen.
“Trendelenburg’s operation” – ligation of the great saphenous vein for the treatment of varicose veins in the leg. Reprinted, with translation, in Med. Classics, 1940, 4,989-1023. The paper also describes his test for…
1890
#4863
Removal of the gasserian ganglion for severe neuralgia.
Gasserian ganglionectomy for trigeminal neuralgia; the patient lived for at least two years.
1890
#4352
Exostoses multiples.
“Ollier’s disease”. He described a form of dyschondroplasia.
1890
#4353
Treatise on orthopedic surgery.
Includes a description of the “Bradford frame”, used in the treatment of spinal disorders.
1890
#4354
De l’ostéo-arthropathie hypertrophiante pneumonique.
Original description of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, sometimes called “Bamberger–Marie disease”.
1890
#4355
Zur operativen Behandlung der angeborenen Hüftgelenksverrenkungen.
Hoffa’s method of operative treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.
1890 –1891
#5776
The treatment of wounds with especial reference to the value of the blood clot in the management of dead spaces.
Halsted showed that optimum wound healing was most easily obtained by avoiding hematoma formation. Contains description of Halsted’s method of radical mastectomy – one of the greatest contributions ever made to the tr…
1890
#5798
The annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London, compiled from their records and other sources
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1890
#5681
Ueber Cocainanasthesie.
Maximilian Oberst’s method of conduction anesthesia was first reported by Pernice, his pupil.
1890
#6999
La grande chirurgie de Guy de Chauliac...composée en l'an 1363, revue et collationnée sur les manuscrits et imprimes Latins et Français, ornée de gravures avec des notes, une introduction sur le moyen age, sur la vie et les oeuvres de Guy de Chauliac, un glossaire et une table alphabétique by E. Nicaise.
The standard edition in French includes a very extensive bibliography of both manuscript and printed versions. English translation of sections on wounds and fractures, Chicago, 1923.
1890
#7212
Referat über die durch das moderne chirurgische Experiment gewonnen positive Resultate, betreffend die Naht und den Ersatz von Defecten.
The first total joint replacements: Gluck replaced the tuberculous knee joint of a 17 year old woman with a hinged ivory prosthesis on May 20, 1890, followed by a total wrist replacement in another patient three weeks…
1891
#3499
A method of performing inguinal colotomy, with cases.
Paul’s tube introduced.
1891
#2908.1
Ein Beitrag zur Lehre von der Gefässnaht.
Jassinowsky experimented with arterial sutures on animals. His thesis, Die Arteriennaht: Eine experimentell-chirurgische Studie, Dorpat, 1889, was an experimental-surgical study of the subject.
1891
#2965
A treatise on the ligation of the great arteries in continuity.
Includes Ballance’s scale of measurement of caliber of arteries.
1891
#4864
Ueber Rindenexcisionen, als Beitrag zur operativen Therapie der Psychosen.
Burckhardt, physician at a Swiss mental hospital, performed frontal lobotomy on four patients in 1890, with good results in some cases. Digital facsimile from Universitätsbibliothek Bern at this link.
1891
#4865
Remarks on the various surgical procedures devised for the relief or cure of trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux).
Horsley, with J. Taylor and W. S. Coleman, devised an operation for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia in which the Gasserian ganglion was removed by a temporal approach.
1891
#4866
Linear craniotomy (miscalled craniectomy) for microcephalus.
Keen was a pioneer in linear craniotomy and one of the first successfully to operate for meningioma. He was Professor of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College.
1891
#4867
A new operation for spasmodic wry neck, namely, division or exsection of the nerves supplying the posterior rotator muscles of the head.
Spastic torticollis treated by division of spinal accessory nerve and posterior roots of first, second, and third spinal nerves.