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

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1926

#14313

Studies in intracranial physiology & surgery. The third circulation. The hypophysis. The gliomas. The Cameron Prize Lectures delivered at the University of Edinburgh October 19, 20, 22, 1925.

CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)

This series of three lectures was an analytical review by Cushing of the three main categories of scientific work that he had accomplished during the previous 25 years. Remarkably, Cushing completed this review and de…

1927

#2255

Contribution to the study of burns, their classification and treatment.

GOLDBLATT, David (1894 – )

Goldblatt’s classification of burns.

1927

#3972

Carcinoma of the islands of the pancreas; hyperinsulinism and hypoglycemia.

WILDER, Russell Morse (1885 – 1959) & et al.

R. M. Wilder, F. N. Allan, M. H. Power, and H. E. Robertson reported the occurrence of carcinoma with hyperinsulinism. They also reported the first operation for hyperinsulinism performed on December 2, 1926 by Willia…

1927

#4394

Bone sarcoma. The primary malignant tumors of bone and the giant cell tumor.

KOLODNY, Anatole (1892 – 1948)

Based on material collected by the Registry of Bone Sacrcoma in Boston since its foundation in 1921.

1927

#4406

Fractures, joints, instruments of reduction. In [Works] with an English translation by E.T. Withington, 3, 83-449.

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370)
HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) WITHINGTON, Edward Theodore (1860 – 1947)

1927

#5708

Ueber rektale Narkose mit Avertin (E 107).

EICHHOLTZ, Fritz (1889 – 1967)

Experimental use of “avertin’’ (tribromethanol).

1927

#5709

Klinische Erfahrungen mit Avertin (E 107).

BUTZENGEIGER, O

First clinical use of “avertin”.

1927

#6009

Sorani Gynaeciorum libri 4. De signis fracturarum. De fasciis. Vita Hippocratis secundum Soranum. Ed. Johannes Ilberg. Corpus medicorum Graecorum, 4.

SORANUS OF EPHESUS (ΣΩΡΑΝΌΣ) (100 – 150) ILBERG, Johannes (1860 – 1930)

Standard Greek edition of the works of Soranus. Digital facsimile from the Corpus Medicorum Graecorum at this link.

1927

#5630.2

Mechanism and treatment of experimental shock. I. Shock following hemorrhage.

BLALOCK, Alfred (1899 – 1964)

First of a series of papers in the Archives. See also No. 5630.3.

1927

#3088

"Methodology of examining bone marrow in live patients, with haemopoietic disease."

ARINKIN, Mikhail (1876 – 1948)

Needle puncture of bone marrow biopsy. (In Russian.) German account in Folia haemat. (Lpz.), 1929, 38, 233-40. English translation from the German in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics, 339-44.

1927

#12266

Paroxysmal hypertension with tumor of retroperitoneal nerve. Report of a case.

MAYO, Charles Horace (1865 – 1939)
MAYO, Charles Horace (1865 – 1939)

First resection of a pheochromocytoma in America, and the second in the world, by the co-founder of the Mayo Clinic. In 1926 César Roux of Lausanne did the first resection of this rare type of tumor.

1927

#13996

Metatarsus atavicus: The identification of a distinct type of foot disorder.

MORTON, Dudley Joy (1884 – 1960)

"Morton's toe," the condition of having a first metatarsal which is short in relation to the second metatarsal. It is a type of brachymetatarsia. See also Morton, The human foot: Its evolutionary development, physiolo…

1928

#3004.1

Traumatic aneurysm of the intracranial portion of the internal carotid artery. With a note by Wilfred Trotter.

TROTTER, Wilfred Batten Lewis (1872 – 1939)
TROTTER, Wilfred Batten Lewis (1872 – 1939) BIRLEY, James Leatham (1884 – 1934)

In 1924 Wilfred Trotter(1872-1939) performed the first planned operation for intracranial aneurysm diagnosed pre-operatively.

1928

#4897.1

Electro-surgery as an aid to the removal of intracranial tumors. With a preliminary note on a new surgical-current generator by W.T. Bovie.

CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939) BOVIE, William T.

Introduction of electrocoagulation in neurosurgery.

1928

#4395

Dissociation of bone growth. (Exostoses and enchondromata, of Ollier’s dyschondroplasia and associated phenomena.) In The Robert Jones Birthday Volume

JANSEN, Murk (1863 – 1935)

Jansen’s theory of dissociation of bone growth.

1928

#5709.1

Anaesthesia for tonsillectomy and removal of adenoids.

BROWNE, Sir Denis (1892 – 1942)

Denis Browne ether inhaler.

1928

#5761

Cleft palate.

WARDILL, William Edward Mandall (1894 – 1960)

Wardill’s operation for cleft palate.

1928

#5783

Mammectomie totale et autogreffe libre aréolomamelonnaire; mammectomie bilatérale esthétique.

DARTIGUES, Louis (1869 – 1940)

The modern operation of total bilateral mammectomy, with transplantation of the nipple and areola, was especially developed by Dartigues.

1928

#13778

Tumors arising from the blood-vessels of the brain. Angiomatous malformations and hemangioblastomas.

CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939) BAILEY, Percival (1892 – 1973)

1929

#3549

Eine neue Methode der Gastrostomie.

SPIVACK, Julius Leo (1889 – 1956)

Introduction of tubo-valvular gastrostomy.

1929

#2989

Operative decompression of aortic aneurysm by carotid-jugular anastomosis.

BABCOCK, William Wayne (1872 – 1963)

Babcock’s operation for aortic aneurysm.

1929

#3018

Phlébites, thromboses et embolies post-opératoires.

DUCUING, Jean (1889 – )

1929

#4395.1

Ein Fall von Osteopathia hyperostotica (sclerotisans) multiplex infantilis.

ENGELMANN, Guido (1876 – 1959)

“Engelmann’s disease”, also known as "Camurati-Engelmann disease" — a very rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic anomalies in the skeleton. It is a form of dysplasia, causing osteoscleros…

1929 –1930

#4396

Further studies in osteomalacia.

MAXWELL, John Preston (1871 – 1961)

Maxwell showed osteomalacia to be due to lack of vitamin D.

1929

#4397

Sur une forme de dystrophie osseuse familiale.

MORQUIO, Luis (1867 – 1935)
MORQUIO, Luis (1867 – 1935)

“Morquio’s disease”, eccentro-osteochondrodysplasia.

1929

#4397.1

Chondro-osteo-dystrophy. Roentgenographic and clinical features of a child with dislocation of vertebrae.

BRAILSFORD, James Frederick (1888 – 1961)

Morquio–Brailsford disease (see No. 4397).

1929

#4433

Technik der Knochenbruchbehandlung.

BÖHLER, Lorenz (1885 – 1973)

Böhler introduced several new methods and devised new apparatus for the treatment of fractures. His clinic in Vienna became world-famous. 12-13th ed., 1951.

1929

#4433.1

Osteomyelitis and compound fractures and other infected wounds: Treatment by the method of drainage and rest.

ORR, Hiram Winnett (1877 – 1956)

Orr developed a treatment for open fractures “consisting of thorough debridement, reduction of the fracture, and usually, maintenance of the reduction by the technique of pins transfixing the fragments and incorporate…

1929

#5710

Eine psycheschonende und steuerbare Form der Allgemeinbetäubung.

KIRSCHNER, Martin (1879 – 1942)
KIRSCHNER, Martin (1879 – 1942)

Intravenous use of “avertin”.

1929

#5711

A new anaesthetic gas: Cyclopropane. A preliminary report.

LUCAS, George Herbert William (1894 – 1974) HENDERSON, Velyien Ewart (1877 – 1945)

1929

#5712

Induction of anesthesia in man by intravenous injection of sodium isoamyl-ethyl barbiturate.

ZERFAS, Leon Grotius (1897 – 1978) & et al.

Sodium amytal (Amobarbitol). With J. T. C. McCallum, H. A. Shonle, E. E. Swanson, J. B. Scott, and G. H. A. Clowes.

1929

#5761.1

The use and uses of large split skin grafts of intermediate thickness.

BLAIR, Vilray Papin (1871 – 1955) BROWN, James Barrett (1899 – 1971)

Split-skin grafts for covering large areas of granulating surfaces introduced.

1929

#7726

Artery flaps.

ESSER, Johannes Fredericus Samuel (1877 – 1946)

1929

#11003

The history of hemostasis.

HARVEY, Samuel Clark (1886 – 1953)

Reprinted with additions and corrections from Annals of Medical History, N. S. Vol. I, No. 2, March, 1929.

1930

#2256

Burns. Types, pathology and management.

PACK, George Thomas (1898 – 1969) DAVIS, Andrew Hobson (1899 – 1981)

1930

#3326

Cancer of the larynx.

THOMSON, Sir St Clair (1859 – 1943)
THOMSON, Sir St Clair (1859 – 1943) COLLEDGE, Lionel (1883 – 1948)

Thomson’s technique in the laryngofissure procedure for intrinsic cancer of the larynx was published in his Diseases of the nose and throat, London, 1911, pp. 732-37.

1930

#4398

Pseudofractures (hunger osteopathy, late rickets, osteomalacia): report of a case.

MILKMAN, Louis Arthur (1895 – 1951)

“Milkman’s syndrome”.

1930

#5712.1

The intravenous use of the barbituric acid hypnotics in surgery.

TATUM, Arthur Lawrie (1884 – 1955) FITCH, Richard Homer (1903 – ) WATERS, Ralph Milton (1883 – 1979)

Intravenous use of pentobarbitone sodium.

1930

#5713

The anesthetic properties of certain unsaturated ethers.

LEAKE, Chauncey Depew (1896 – 1978)
LEAKE, Chauncey Depew (1896 – 1978) CHEN, Mei-Yu

Demonstration of the anesthetic properties of divinyl ether.

1930

#5762

Mirault operation for single harelip.

BLAIR, Vilray Papin (1871 – 1955) BROWN, James Barrett (1899 – 1971)

Modern refinement of Mirault’s precedure for repair of cleft lip.

1930

#4850

The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus. Published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary by James Henry Breasted. 2 vols.

BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)
BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)

At Luxor, Egypt, in 1862 the American collector and dealer in papyri Edwin Smith purchased the papyrus which bears his name. It is preserved at the New York Academy of Medicine. The original text was written about 300…

1930

#5975

Keratoplasty.

ELSCHNIG, Anton (1863 – 1939)

Elschnig developed the method of corneal grafting introduced by von Hippel (No. 5933) and produced good results on the human eye.

1930

#5979

Transplantation of cornea: a preliminary report on a series of experiments on rabbits.

THOMAS, Sir James William Tudor (1893 – 1976)

See also his paper in Brit. J. Ophthal., 1934, 18, 129-42.

1930

#5630.3

Experimental shock. The cause of the low blood pressure produced by muscle injury.

BLALOCK, Alfred (1899 – 1964)

Blalock “demonstrated that surgical shock is not due to the elaboration of toxins nor to reflex neurologic mechanisms, but … to decrease in circulating the blood volume” (M.M. Ravitch). He wrote many papers on the sub…

1930

#6730

Plarr’s lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; Plarr's lives of the Fellows Online.

PLARR, Victor Gustave (1863 – 1929)
PLARR, Victor Gustave (1863 – 1929)

Publication began with the first 2 vols. edited after Plarr's death by D'Arcy Power with the assistance of W. G. Spencer and G. E. Gask, 1930. Supplement, 1930-51, by Sir D’Arcy Power and W. R. LeFanu, 1953. Second su…

1930

#7797

Historic artificial limbs.

PUTTI, Vittorio (1880 – 1940)

1931

#2990

Erfolgreiche operative Beseitigung eines Aneurysma der rechten Herzkammer.

SAUERBRUCH, Ernst Ferdinand (1875 – 1951)

First successful surgical intervention in cardiac aneurysm.

1931

#4898

Traitement des syndromes douloureux de la périphérie par 1’alcoolisation sub-arachnoïdienne des racines postérieures à leur émergence de la moelle épinière.

DOGLIOTTI, Achile Mario (1897 – 1966)

Subarachnoid injection of alcohol for the relief of pain.

1931

#4399

The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with the maggot (larva of the blow fly).

BAER, William Stevenson (1872 – 1931)

Larrey observed the therapeutic effect of maggots on wounds; W. S. Baer inaugurated the method of treating osteomyelitis by this means (“Baer therapy”).

1931

#4400

Tumors of bone.

GESCHICKTER, Charles Freeman (1901 – 1987) COPELAND, Murray Marcus (1902 – 1981)