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1,553 entries match Surgery & Anesthesia [E04 / G02.403.810]
1891
#4868
Four cases of tubercular meningitis in which paracentesis of the theca vertebralis was performed for the relief of fluid pressure.
Lumbar puncture. Reprinted in Middx. Hosp. J., 1951, 51, 147.
1891
#4869
Die Lumbalpunction des Hydrocephalus.
Quincke popularized lumbar puncture, which he had introduced independently of Wynter and others. He used it both for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. He first presented his method at the German Congress of Interna…
1891
#4356
Lehrbuch der orthopädischen Chirurgie .
Hoffa, a leading German orthopedist, made important contributions to the subject and founded the Zeitschrift für orthopädische Chirurgie.
1891
#4358
Die fibröse oder deformirende Ostitis, die Osteomalacie und die osteoplastische Carcinose in ihren gegenseitigen Beziehungen. In: Festschrift R. Virchow.
Recklinghausen gave an important description of generalized osteitis fibrosa. His reference to the earlier case reported by Engel (see No. 4335) has led to this condition being sometimes referred to as “Engel–Reckling…
1891
#4359
Die angeborene Verschiebung des Schulterblattes nach oben.
Classic description of “Sprengel’s deformity”, a congenital upward displacement of the scapula.
1891
#4359.1
Wiring of the vertebrae as a means of immobilization in fracture and Pott’s disease.
“In a case of fracture-dislocation of the cervical spine (C 6-7) he [Hadra] performed open reduction, twisting metal wires around the spinous processes to stabilize the injured sector” (Bick). This is the first report…
1891
#4359.2
Wiring the spinal processes in Pott’s disease.
First spinal fusion.
1891
#5754.5
The correction of angular deformities of the nose by a subcutaneous operation.
The first reduction rhinoplasty to enhance the appearance of a patient. See No. 5755.3.
1891
#7243
Entsefalometriya mozga cheloveka v otnoshenii k polu, vozrastu i cherepnomu ukazatelyu [in Cyrillic].
In 1889, nearly 20 years before Horsley and Clarke published their paper on the use of stereotaxy to examine the brain, Dmitrii Zernov, a professor of anatomy at Moscow University, invented the first prototype of a st…
1892
#3501
Intestinal anastomosis and suturing.
Abbe, a New York surgeon, introduced catgut rings for intestinal suturing. See also Med. News (Phila.), 1889, 54, 589-92.
1892
#3502
Om extra-abdominal Behandlung af cancer intestinalis (rectum derfra undtaget) med en Fremstilling af de for denne Sygdom foretagne Operationer og deres Resultater.
Bloch was first to employ the two-stage (Mikulicz) operation for cancer of the colon. See also No. 3527.
1892
#3504
De la gastro-duodénostomie.
Introduction of gastroduodenostomy.
1892
#3505
Ein Fall von einem frei in die Bauchhöhle perforirten Magengeschwür; Laparotomie; Naht der Perforationsstelle; Heilung.
In 1892 Ludwig Heusner (1846-1916) successfully sutured a perforated gastric ulcer, the first successful case on record. It was reported by H. Kriege.
1892
#3507
Cholecysto-intestinal, gastro-intestinal, entero-intestinal anastomosis, and approximation without sutures.
“Murphy’s button” introduced.
1892
#3600
Zur Radicalcur der Hernien.
Kocher’s hernia operation.
1892
#3601
The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia.
Marcy wrote a great deal on hernia, describing high ligation of the sac, transplantion of the spermatic cord, and careful reconstruction of the inguinal canal. This work, illustrated with 66 full-page plates, is one o…
1892
#2966
Ligation of the first portion of the left subclavian artery and excision of a subclavio-axillary aneurism.
First successful ligation of the left subclavian artery. This was the first “successful ligation of the first part of either subclavian artery and the first one of complete extirpation of such an aneurysm” (MacCallum)…
1892
#4870
Intracranial neurectomy of the second and third divisions of the fifth nerve.
Hartley originated the operation of intracranial neurectomy for trigeminal neuralgia.
1892
#4871
Resection des Trigeminus innerhalb der Schädelhöhle.
Hartley–Krause operation for relief of trigeminal neuralgia (see also No. 4870).
1892
#4357
Traumatische rarefizierende Ostitis.
“Kümmell’s disease”. He described a form of traumatic spondylitis.
1892
#4360
Oderevenielost pozvonochnika s iskrivleniyem yevo, kak osobaya forma zabolievaniya. [Ankylosis of the spine with curvature as a special form of disease.]
Bechterev’s disease – ankylosing spondylitis, previously described by Strümpell. A German translation of the paper is in Neurol. Zbl., 1893, 12, 426-34.
1892
#4361
Untersuchungen über die sogenannte foetale Rachitis (Chondrodystrophia foetalis).
First study of the cartilage changes in achondroplasia.
1892
#4362
De la pseudo-paralysie générale arthritique.
First description of “Klippel’s disease”, arthritic general pseudoparalysis.
1892
#4363
A new operation for paralytic talipes valgus, and the enunciation of a new surgical principle.
First successful tendon transplantation.
1892
#5754.6
On restoring sunken noses without scarring the face.
Reduction rhinoplasty by the endonasal approach. “The beginnings of the logical step-by-step rhinoplasty in use today” (McDowell).
1892
#5775
Das Cystadenom der Mamma.
“Schimmelbusch’s disease”.
1892
#5554
Die Chirurgie des Heinrich de Mondeville. Hrsg. von Julius Leopold Pagel.
Henri de Mondeville was the teacher of Guy de Chauliac; he belonged to the School of Montpellier. His work was first printed as above; French translations by E. Nicaise, 1893, and A. Bos, 1897; the latter was reprinte…
1892
#5621
Conditions underlying the infection of wounds.
Discovery of Staph. epidermidis (albus) and its relation to the infection of wounds.
1892
#5683
Infiltrationsanästhesie (locale Anästhesie) und ihr Verhältniss zur allgemeinen Narcose (Inhalationsanästhesie).
Infiltration anesthesia was developed by Schleich after pioneer work by Halsted (No. 5679) Schleich published a paper in English on the subject in Int. Clin., 1895, 5 ser., 2, 177-92.
1893
#431
Atlas of head sections. Fifty-three engraved copperplates of frozen sections of the head, and fifty-three key plates with descriptive texts.
Intended to supplement and illustrate Macewen’s neurosurgical textbook published the same year (No. 4872). Includes coronal, sagittal and horizontal sections with commentary on each.
1893
#3508
Eine neue Methode der Gastrostomie bei Carcinoma oesophagi.
See No. 3512.
1893
#3509
De la gastrostomie par la méthode de la valvule ou du plissement de la muqueuse stomacale.
Pénières of Toulouse conceived the idea of the valvular method of gastrostomy.
1893
#3511
Enterorrhaphy; its history, technique and present status.
Senn, Professor of Surgery at Chicago, was one of the first to investigate experimentally the subject of gastro-intestinal anastomosis.
1893
#3512
Über die Anlegung einer röhrenformigen Magenfistel bei Verengerungen der Speiseröhre.
Ssabanejew and Frank independently developed a new method of gastrostomy, the Ssabanejew-Frank operation. The above is an abstract of the original, which appeared in Khirurgitscheski Vestnik, June 1893.
1893
#3602
Nuovo metodo operativo per la cura radicale dell’ ernia crurale.
Bassini’s operation for femoral hernia.
1893
#3603
Resection of the intestine and immediate suture in gangrenous hernia.
Franks finally demonstrated the advantages of primary resection for gangrenous gut in strangulated hernia.
1893
#3604
The radical cure of femoral and inguinal hernia.
Lockwood’s operation for femoral hernia.
1893
#4872
Pyogenic infective diseases of the brain and spinal cord.
Macewen’s greatest work was in connection with the surgery of the brain. In the above book he included extensive case reports of 65 patients under his care, with details of operative procedures. A biography of Macewen…
1893
#4364
Achillodynie.
Tendo Achilles bursitis, “Albert’s disease”.
1893
#5755
Ueber die Transplantation grosser ungestielter Hautlappen.
Krause popularized the use of whole thickness skin grafts. English translation in No. 5768.2.
1893
#5682
Anaesthetics and their administration.
Hewitt, anesthetist to Edward VII, did much to develop the use of ether, and advanced our knowledge of the pharmacology of anesthetics. In 1892 he introduced the first practical gas and oxygen apparatus.
1893
#9637
Brain surgery.
The first American book on neurosurgery, published the same year as Macewen's pioneering neurosurgical classic (No. 4872). Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive at this link.
1894
#4472
La désarticulation interilio-abdominale.
Interilio-abdominal amputation first described.
1894
#3022.2
Stab wound of pericardium; resection of rib; suture of pericardium; recovery.
“This was the first report in America and probably world-wide in which there was a successful evacuation of a traumatic hemopericardium and a suture placed in the pericardium. Dalton’s patient was operated on in Septe…
1894
#4364.1
Des moyens prothétiques destinés à obtenir la réparation des parties osseuses.
Total prosthetic replacement of shoulder (p. 291) using an artificial joint made of hardened rubber and platinum. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics, 443-46.
1894
#4429
A method of treating simple oblique fractures of the tibia and fibula more efficient than those in common use.
Lane’s method of “osteo-synthesis” in the treatment of fractures – the perfect re-apposition of the affected parts by means of operative intervention.
1894
#5639
De l’asepsie et antisepsie en obstétrique.
Tarnier was the first to adopt Listerism in obstetrics. In the discussion following a paper in Trans. int. med. Congr., London, 1881, 4, 390-391, he showed that he was the first to employ carbolic acid solution in obs…
1894 –1895
#5640
The results of operations for the cure of cancer of the breast performed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from June, 1889, to January, 1894.
Halsted’s operation invariably excised the pectoralis major muscle in radical mastectomy. His operation, modified by the retention of the pectoral muscles, remains the cornerstone of surgical treatment of carcinoma of…
1894
#5682.1
Further observations on the use of oxygen with nitrous oxide.
Includes description of Hewitt’s nitrous oxide/oxygen stopcock.
1894
#8939
Lanfrank's "Science of Cirurgie." Edited from the Bodeian Ashmole MS. 1396 (ab. 1380 A.D.) and the British Museum Additional MS. 12, 056 (ab. 1420 A.D.) by Robert v. Fleischhacker.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.