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1,553 entries match Surgery & Anesthesia [E04 / G02.403.810]
1913
#11550
Surgery of the vascular system.
Bernheim was a pupil of William Halsted. His work includes 53 illustrations by James Didusch, a protegé of Max Broedel. "The depict the innovative vascular procedures developed by Carrel, halsted, Matas, and Bernheim …
1914
#3029
Etude expérimentelle sur la chirurgie des valvules du coeur.
Tuffier carried out the first successful experimental operation for the relief of chronic valvular disease. He also operated successfully in a case of aortic stenosis.
1914
#5704
L’anesthésie régionale.
There was a second edition in 1917. Gaston Labat was the third co-author of the third edition (1921). Labat published his own book in English in 1922, the first work in English on the subject.
1914
#4597
Internal hydrocephalus.
Dandy and the pediatrician Blackfan published two papers on the production, circulation, and absorption of CSF in the brain and on the causes and potential treatments of hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus is the buildup of …
1914
#5699.1
Anesthesia.
Gwathmey was one of the first physicians in the United States to specialize exclusively in anesthesiology. This work includes (p. 334) a description of his nitrous oxide-oxygen-ether apparatus.
1914
#9585
The text book of chiropody: A treatise bearing upon all the elements of medicine, of surgery and of the kindred sciences having for its purpose the thorough education of those who wish to learn and to practise the scientific care of the human foot in health and in diseases. Comp
" ... the first modern chiropodial book. This voluminous work attempted to combine all chiropodial knowledge up to that date, with outline of the basic sciences and the teachings of other medical disciplines. It is an…
1915
#2177
Treatment of gunshot wounds by excision and primary suture.
Gray revived débridement of wounds, with primary suture. This procedure has been traditionally credited to Larrey and Desault. Larrey (No. 2160) employed excision and primary suture only for treatment of wounds of the…
1915
#1903.2
On the use of certain antiseptic substances in the treatment of infected wounds.
Eusol and chloramine-T. “Dakin’s solution” was employed by Carrel (No. 5642) in the Carrel–Dakin method of irrigation of wounds.
1915
#4386.1
Eine seltene, bisher nicht bekannte Strukturanomalie des Skelettes.
First definitive description of osteopoikilosis.
1915
#4386.2
La préhension dans les paralysies du nerf cubital et le signe du pouce.
“Froment’s sign” of ulnar nerve paralysis.
1915
#5757
Bone-graft surgery.
Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. He used cutting machines and saws to make inlaid, perfectly-fitting grafts. See especially his “Transplantation of a portion of the tibia into the …
1915
#5642
Traitement abortif de l’infection des plaies.
Carrel–Dakin treatment of wounds. With J. Daufresne and M. Dumas. Carrel & Dehelly expanded this into a monograph entitled Le traitement des plaies infectées. Paris: Masson et Cie, 1917. That was rapidly translated in…
1915
#6218
Eutocia by means of nitrous oxide gas analgesia; a safe substitute for the Freiburg method.
1916
#3000
Ueber die konservative Behandlung der Varicen.
Injection treatment of varicose veins was introduced by Linser.
1916
#4885
De la causalgie envisagée comme une névrite du sympathique et de son traitement par la dénudation et l’excision des plexus nerveux périartériels.
Periarterial sympathectomy.
1916
#4886
The wire gauze brain drain.
Mosher initiated the modern method of trephining and draining inflammatory processes of the brain.
1916
#4386.3
The physiological method of tendon transplanation.
Mayer’s method of tendon transfer, using tendon sheaths to preserve the gliding surfaces.
1916
#4910
Diagnosis and treatment of surgical diseases of the spinal cord and its membranes.
Elsberg, American pioneer in neurosurgery, made valuable contributions to the surgery of the spinal cord. on tumours of the cord in 1925. His final work was Surgical diseases of the spinal cord, membranes, and nerve r…
1916
#5644
The treatment of infected suppurating war wounds.
Introduction of “BIPP” in the treatment of wounds, an acronym for bismuth iodoform parafin paste.
1916
#6537.1
A history of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and of the Irish schools of medicine, including a medical bibliography and a medical biography. 2nd ed.
First edition, 1886. Digital facsimile of the 1886 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.
1916
#9590
Die willkürlich bewegbare künstliche Hand: Eine Anleitung für Chirurgen und Techniker. Mit. anatomischen Beiträgen von G. Ruge and W. Felix.
1917
#4476
Eine neue osteoplastische Amputationsmethode des Oberschenkels.
1917
#4601
Tumors of the nervus acusticus and the syndrome of the cerebello-pontile angle.
Reprinted 1963.
1917
#1905
Flavine and brilliant green, powerful antiseptics with low toxicity to the tissues: their use in the treatment of infected wounds.
Introduction of acriflavine. With R. Gulbransen, E. L. Kennaway, and L. H. D. Thomton.
1917
#3194
Endothelioma of the right bronchus removed by peroral bronchoscopy.
First reported case.
1917
#5757.1
Plastika na kruglom stebl. [Plastic procedure using a round pedicle].
Filatov used a tubed pedicle flap in September 1916. English translation in Surg. Clin. N. Amer., 1959, 39, 277-87.
1917
#5757.2
Weichteilplastik des Gesichts bei Kieferschuss-Verletzungen.
Independantly of Filatov, Ganzer devised a tubed flap for repairs about the mouth and jaw.
1917 –1918
#5700
Nitrous oxide-oxygen-ether outfit.
Boyle’s continous-flow anesthetic machine.
1918
#4477
The utilization of the muscles of a stump to actuate artificial limbs: cinematic amputations.
Putti developed and improved kineplastic surgery.
1918
#3543
Ausgedehnte Magenresektion bei Ulcus duodeni statt der einfachen Duodenalresektion bzw.
Hofmeister-Finsterer gastro-enterostomy (see No. 3529).
1918
#4888
Extirpation of the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricles in communicating hydrocephalus.
1918
#4889
Tic douloureux and its treatment, with a review of the cases operated upon at the University Hospital in 1917.
Trigeminal nerve resection with conservation of the motor root, for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.
1918
#5757.3
Congenital clefts of the face.
Roberts introduced the push-back procedure - backward displacement of the velum to ensure adequate speech.
1918
#7725
Die Rotation der Wange und allgemeine Bemerkungen bei chirurgischer Gesichtsplastik.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1918
#12076
War surgery of the face: A treatise on plastic restoration after facial injury. Prepared at the suggestion of the Subsection on Plastic and Oral Surgery connected with the Office of the Surgeon General.
Digital facsimile from the U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
1919
#4479
Menders of the maimed.
Gives details of the work of John Hunter, John Hilton, Hugh Owen Thomas, Little, Stromeyer, Marshall Hall, Arbuthnot Lane, Syme, Julius Wolff, etc., in the development of modern orthopaedics. Second edition, 1925. Fac…
1919
#3608.2
The permanent cure of inguinal and femoral hernia. A modification of the standard operative procedures.
Laroque combined a superior transperitoneal gridiron incision with a Bassini repair.
1919
#3403.1
Essays on the surgery of the temporal bone. 2 vols.
Finely illustrated, and beautifully produced, with several historical chapters. Includes a history of the development of temporal bone surgery.
1919
#5757.4
Plastic surgery: Its principles and practice.
Davis was the first surgeon to limit his work exclusively to plastic surgery. This was the first comprehensive textbook on the subject.
1919
#5630
Histamine shock.
Experimental shock produced by histamine and shown to be similar to traumatic and surgical shock.
1919
#7729
La chirurgie esthétique des rides du visage.
Passot was the first surgeon in France to perform facelifts. In this article with 1 illustration, Passot showed "sites of elliptic skin excision of the hairline, the forehead, and the temporal and preauricular areas t…
1920
#3608.3
An operation for the radical cure of inguinal and femoral hernia.
First preperitoneal approach to hernia repair.
1920
#4890
Puncture of the cistema magna.
Introduction of cisternal puncture.
1920
#4892
Algievélo-pharyngée essentielle. Traitement chirurgical.
Idiopathic glossopharyngeal neuralgia described and treated.
1920
#4387
Eine typische Erkrankung des 2. Metatarsophalangealgelenkes.
“Köhler’s second disease” – juvenile deforming metatarsophalangeal Osteochondritis. English translation in Amer. J. Roentgenol., 1923, 10,705-10. Also known as “Freiberg’s infraction” or “Freiberg–Köhler disease”.
1920
#5701
Zur Technik der Splanchnicusanästhesie.
Splanchnic anesthesia. See also Dtsch. med. Wschr., 1920, 46, 535.
1920
#5758
Plastic surgery of the face.
Gillies introduced a tubed pedical flap in 1917.
1921
#2970
Ligation (partial occlusion) of the abdominal aorta for aneurism.
First successful ligation of the abdominal aorta.
1921
#3030
Un cas de cardiolyse.
First pericardiectomy, for constrictive pericarditis.
1921
#4388
Diffuse endothelioma of bone.
Ewing described a form of bone sarcoma (“Ewing’s sarcoma”), usually involving the shaft of long bones.