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1,553 entries match Surgery & Anesthesia [E04 / G02.403.810]
1894 –1895
#11390
Chirurgie opératoire du système nerveux. 2 vols.
Among the innovations that Chipault made in neurosurgery were the removal of the underlyling dura in meningiomas, a new laminectomy technique, development of small clamps for closing a scalp incision, the treatment of…
1895
#4473
Désarticulation de l’os iliaque pour sarcome.
First successful hind-quarter amputation.
1895
#3514
Modified incision for removal of the vermiform appendix.
“Battle’s incision”.
1895
#3515
Colectomy.
Paul’s operation of extra-abdominal resection of the colon.
1895
#3604.1
Imbrication or lap joint method; a plastic operation for hernia.
Described imbrication of flaps in hernia repairs.
1895
#4873
Zur klinischen Bedeutung der spinalen Punction.
Fürbringer demonstrated the diagnostic value of spinal puncture.
1895
#4365
The operative treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.
Lorenz suggested a bloodless method for closed reduction of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint – the “Hoffa–Lorenz” method.
1895
#4428
Ueber den Gang bei angeborener Hüftgelenksluxation.
“Trendelenburg’s sign” of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.
1895
#5799
The history and literature of surgery. IN: System of surgery, edited by Frederic S. Dennis, assisted by John S. Billings. 1, 17-144.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1895
#12876
La cocaine en chirurgie.
The first French book on local anesthesia.
1896
#2998
The operative treatment of varicose veins, with especial reference to a modification of Trendelenburg’s operation.
Moore’s operation of high resection of the saphenous vein for treatment of varicosities.
1896
#3023
Fall von penetrirender Stichverletzung des rechten Ventrikel’s. Herznaht.
Rehn was the first successfully to suture a wound of the human heart.
1896
#4365.1
Un cas de déformation congénitale des quatre membres, plus prononcée aux extrémités, charactérisée par l’allongement des os avec un certain degré d’amincissement.
“Marfan syndrome”. Marfan described only the skeletal deformities. He called the condition dolichostenomelia. Later writers recorded bilateral ectopia lentis and cardiovascular complications in this syndrome.
1896
#4366
Deformities: A treatise on orthopaedic surgery.
Includes a valuable discussion of congenital anomalies of the bones and joints from the orthopedic point of view. Greatly expanded second edition, 2 vols., London, 1912.
1896
#5755.1
Zwei neue Methoden der Rhinoplastik.
First free bone graft to the nose. Abridged English translation in No. 5768.2.
1896
#5778.1
On the treatment of inoperable cases of carcinoma of the mamma: suggestions for a new method of treatment, with illustrative cases.
Öophorectomy in the treatment of breast cancer.
1896
#6102
Ueber den künstlichen Ersatz der Scheide.
Mackenrodt’s operation for the plastic reconstruction of the vagina.
1896
#9905
Les asphyxies par les gaz, les vapeurs et les anesthésiques.
1897 –1899
#3517
Ueber Ernährung und Verdauung nach vollständiger Entfernung des Magens, Oesophagoenterostomie, beim Menschen.
First successful total gastrectomy.
1897 –1898
#3518
First removal of the stomach in America.
Operation performed by Baldy in 1893. He refers to a claim in J. Amer. med. Ass., 1898, 30, 341-44 giving credit for the first excision of the stomach in America to A. C. Bernays (1854-1907). While Baldy probably dese…
1897
#2967
Resection of arteries and veins injured in continuity – end to end suture – experimental and clinical research.
Successful suture of femoral artery, 1896. This was one of the earliest end-to-end anastomoses of arteries ever performed.
1897
#3023.1
Ueber penetrirende Herzwunden und Herznaht.
Before 1896 wounds of the heart had always been regarded as fatal. Rehn’s work marks the begining of cardiac surgery. English translation in Callahan, Keys & Key, Classics of Cardiology, vol. 3, 34-44. See See Karel B…
1897
#4367
Ueber eine seltene Form von Erkrankung der Knochen und Gelenke.
“Bruck’s disease” – deformity of bones, multiple fractures, ankylosis of joints, and muscular atrophy.
1898
#4474
Amputazione, disarticulazione et protesi.
Vanghetti was the first to suggest the use of the musculature remaining above the amputation stump to form a motor unit for artificial limbs – “kinematization of stumps”.
1898
#3604.2
The transplantation of the rectus muscle in certain cases of inguinal hernia in which the conjoined tendon is obliterated.
Bloodgood’s operation for inguinal hernia. See also Ann. Surg., 1919, 70, 81-88.
1898
#3605
Zur Radikaloperation der Schenkelhernien.
Lotheissen’s operation for femoral hernia.
1898
#4874
Zur Technik der temporären Schädelresektion mit meiner Drahtsäge.
Gigli’s saw adapted for craniotomy. Translation in J. Neurosurg., 1962, 19, 1103.
1898
#4368
Sur la Spondylose rhizomélique.
Marie described as “spondylose rhizomélique” the ankylosing spondylitis or spondylitis deformans originally reported by Strümpell and called variously “Strümpell’s disease”, “Bechterev’s disease”, “Marie’s disease”.
1898
#4369
Sur la dysostose cléido-crânienne héréditaire.
In their important description of cleido-cranial dysostosis, Marie and Sainton gave to it its present name. It was first described by Morand (No. 4302.1) in 1760. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics,…
1898
#4429.1
Traumatic separation of the epiphyses.
Definitive and exhaustive study of growth plate fractures in children. Poland also published the series of x rays included in the above work as a separate atlas: Skiagraphic atlas showing the development of the bones …
1898
#4429.2
Further observations regarding the use of the bone-clamp in ununited fractures, fractures with malunion, and recent fractures with a tendency to displacement.
Parkhill introduced external fixation for the treatment of fractures.
1898
#5755.2
A new plastic operation for the relief of deformity due to double harelip.
Abbe’s lip-switch flap, transferring a full-thickness flap from one lip of the oral cavity to fill a defect in the other lip. This is also known eponymically as the Abbe–Estlander operation, crediting Jakob Estlander …
1898
#5755.3
Über die operative Verkleinerung eine Nase (Rhinomiosis).
Joseph rhinoplasty, developed independently of Roe (Nos. 5754.4-5) and Weir (No. 5754.6). Translation in Plast. reconstr. Surg., 1970, 46, 178-81.
1898
#5755.4
Correction, by operation, of some nasal deformities and disfigurements.
Monks developed the modern surgical treatment of rhinophyma.
1898
#5778
A clinical and histological study of certain adenocarcinomata of the breast, and a brief consideration of the supraclavicular operations for cancer of the breast from 1889 to 1898 at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
1898
#5800
Geschichte der Chirurgie und ihrer Ausübung. Volkschirugie - Alterthum - Mittelalter - Renaissance. 3 vols.
A history of surgery to the end of the 16th century. Includes translations from the literature and illustrations of instruments. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1898
#5801
Hundert Jahre Chirurgie.
History of 18th-century German surgery.
1898
#6108
Operative gynecology. 2 vols.
Kelly, professor of gynecology at Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University, was a leading gynecologist in America. This work is notable for its 315 illustrations and ten plates, mostly by Max Brödel, the most famous …
1898
#10269
Traité des maladies chirurgicales d'origine congénitale.
The first book entirely devoted to the surgical treatment of congenital abnormalities. The work also contains pp. 593-698 an exposition of Kirmisson's staged reduction of congenital dislocations of the hip, and discus…
1898
#13224
Miniature hammers and the suture of the bile ducts.
Illustrated by Max Brödel. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1899
#2680.01
The mechanics of surgery.
An encyclopedic work that described illustrated and analysed the entire range of instrumentation employed in medical and surgical practice at the end of the 19th century. Reprinted with introduction by James M. Edmons…
1899
#3639.1
Contribution to the surgery of the bile passages, especially of the common bile-duct.
“Among Halsted’s many outstanding surgical accomplishments those related to surgery of the biliary tract are lesser known. However, he is commonly credited with performing the first successful operation for a primary …
1899
#2908.2
Ueber Arteriennaht.
All-layer intima-to-intima arterial anastomosis.
1899
#4191.1
Sonde urétérale opaque. In Traité de chirurgie, 2e ed. vol. 7, p. 414.
Tuffier made the first pioneer attempt to visualize the urinary tract by the combination of an opaque ureteral styletted catheter and radiography.
1899
#5622
An experimental research into surgical shock.
Crile saw and recorded elevations in systemic and portal venous pressures under experimental shock.
1899
#5641
De l’emploi du masque dans les opérations.
Introduction of the gauze face mask, October 1897.
1899
#5684
Versuche über Cocainisirung des Rückenmarkes.
Bier introduced the use of cocaine as a spinal anesthetic.
1899
#5685
Ueber die Chemie der localen Anaesthetica.
Synthesis of procaine (novocaine).
1899
#5685.1
Zur Theorie der Alkoholnarkose. Erste Mitteilung.
Meyer’s theory of narcosis.
1900
#3522
Malignant diseases of the stomach and pylorus.
Mayo’s operation of partial gastrectomy. Mayo was co-founder of the Mayo Clinic.