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1,553 entries match Surgery & Anesthesia [E04 / G02.403.810]
1936
#3611
Operation for femoral hernia by a midline extraperitoneal approach; with a preliminary note on the use of this route for reducible inguinal hernia.
Henry’s operation for femoral hernia.
1936
#4904.1
Gefässmissbildungen und Gefässgeschwülste des Gehirns.
Olivecrona first successfully removed an intracranial aneurysm in 1932.
1936
#4905
Essai d’un traitement chirurgical de certaines psychoses.
Prefrontal leucotomy (lobotomy). Translation in J. Neurosurg., 1964, 21, 1110-14. See also Egas Moniz's book Tentatives opératoires dans le traitement de certaines psychoses, Paris, 1936. His name was originally Anton…
1936
#4906
Prefrontal lobotomy in agitated depression. Report of a case.
See also the book by the same authors, Psychosurgery: Intelligence, emotion, and social behavior following prefrontal lobotomy for mental disorders. Springfield: Charles C Thomas, 1942. By the 1950s lobotomy was large…
1936
#4907
The location of cerebral tumours by electro-encephalography.
1936 –1938
#4481
Die orthopädische Weltliteratur 1903-30. Herausg von A. Blencke und H. Gocht. Ergänzungsband 1931-35 bearbeitet von Erich Witte. 3 vols.
1936
#9893
On certain septicemias due to anaerobic organisms.
"Lemierre's syndrome (or Lemierre's disease, also known as postanginal shock including sepsis and human necrobacillosis) refers to infectious thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. It most often develops as a …
1937
#3038
Arterectomy.
Arterectomy in arterial thrombosis. With R. Fontaine and S. M. Dupertuis.
1937
#2576.5
The genetic and antigenic basis of tumour transplantation.
Gorer made the initial discoveries which formed the basis of transplantation genetics. He studied mouse blood groups and described an antigen in erythrocytes (antigen II). His studies established the laws of transplan…
1937
#3660
Resection of head of pancreas and duodenum for carcinoma – pancreatoduodenectomy.
See also the same journal, 1943, 77, 581-84.
1937
#3019
Heparin and the thrombosis of veins following injury.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Murray, Jaques, Perrett, Best. Heparin was discovered by Jay McLean and William Henry Howell in 1916; however it was not tested as an anticoagulant in clinical trials u…
1937
#4908
Eine neue Operationsmethode bei Trigeminusneuralgie: Durchschneidung des Tractus spinalis trigemini.
Trigeminal tractotomy. See also Acta psychiat. neural. (Kbh.), 1938, Suppl. 17, 1-139.
1937
#4401
Syndrome characterized by osteitis fibrosa disseminata, areas of pigmentation and endocrine dysfunction, with precocious puberty in females. Report of five cases.
“Albright’s syndrome”. With A. M. Butler, A. O. Hampton, and P. Smith.
1937
#5631
Künstliche Scheidenbildung mittels Eihäuten.
Introduction of amnioplastin.
1937
#11215
A bibliography of the works of Ambroise Paré: Premier chirugien & conseiller du Roy
1938
#4478.110
On the injuries to the ligaments of the knee joint: A clinical study.
Classic study of knee ligament injuries.
1938
#4612
Meningiomas: Their classification, regional behavior, life history, and surgical end results.
Begun in 1915, soon after Cushing's monograph on pituitary disorders, this represents 25 years of work, and is, by common consent, regarded as Cushing’s greatest clinical monograph. Reprint, 2 vols., New York, Hafner,…
1938
#4909
First surgical sections, in man, of the lemniscus lateralis (pain-temperature path) at the brain stem, for the treatment of diffused rebellious pain.
1938
#4435.01
“Rotules à os” pour la réduction dirigée, non sanglante, des fractures (“ostéotaxis”).
Hoffmann, a Swiss general surgeon with a doctorate in theology and unusual skill in carpentry, developed the versatile Hoffmann system of external fixation devices.
1938
#4435.1
El tratamiento de la fractura de guerra.
During the Spanish Civil War (1935-38) Trueta adopted as standard treatment for gunshot wounds and compound fractures the closed plaster method originated by the American surgeon H. Winnett Orr. Trueta called this the…
1938
#5808
The romance of proctology, which is the story of the history and development of this much neglected branch of surgery.
1938
#6133
An operation for the cure of congenital absence of the vagina.
Mclndoe’s operation for the construction of an artificial vagina.
1938
#11187
Intracranial aneurysm of the internal carotid artery cured by operation.
Dandy was the first surgeon to directly clip an intracranial aneurysm.
1938
#13328
Bound feet.
The author was assistant superintendent of Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals in Boston and Assistant Professor of Tropical Diseases at Boston University School of Medicine. His book is part travelogue and part memoir o…
1939
#4771
Myasthenia gravis and tumors of the thymic region. Report of a case in which the tumor was removed.
First deliberate treatment of myasthenia gravis by thymectomy, with M. F. Mason, H. J. Morgan, and S. S. Riven.
1939
#3038.1
An oxygenator with a large surface–volume ratio.
First heart–lung machine used successfully on an animal.
1939
#3039
Surgical ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus: Report of first successful case.
One of the earliest successful surgical repairs for congenital heart disease. See also later paper in Ann. Surg.,1939, 110, 321-56.
1939
#4909.1
A new palliative operation in cases of inoperable occlusion of the Sylvian aqueduct.
Ventriculocisternostomy for the relief of obstructive hydrocephalus.
1939
#4403
Arthroplasty of the hip. A new method.
Vitallium cup arthroplasty.
1939
#4403.1
Principles involved in the treatment of congenital clubfoot.
Kite’s method, involving “a series of plaster casts and wedgings, without the use of anesthetics, forcible manipulations, or operative procedures”, became standard practice.
1939
#4403.2
Operative orthopedics.
First edition of the most influential American textbook of orthopedics in the twentieth century.
1939
#4403.3
Tendon transplanation in the upper extremity.
Correction to this article in Am. J. Surg., 1939, 44, 534.
1939
#5721.1
The art of anesthesia. 6th ed.
Flagg had an important influence on American anesthesia. The Flagg can is described on p. 148 of his book.
1939
#5763.1
Calibrated intermediate skin-grafts.
Padgett dermatome.
1939
#5645
The local implantation of sulfanilamide in compound fractures.
Sulphonamide dressing of wounds. With L. W. Johnsrud and M. C. Nelson.
1939
#6304
The evolution of obstetric analgesia.
1939
#11189
A bibliography of the writings of Harvey Cushing prepared on the occasion of his seventieth birthday April 8, 1939 by The Harvey Cushing Society.
Revised and best third edition, Park Ridge, IL: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1993. This includes a photographic essay, with extensive captions, by Richard Upjohn Light.
1939
#14362
Atlas of surgical operations
Considered a new type of surgical textbook, with particularly remarkable illustrations by Codding. The work, which was initially used as a field guide for American military personnel during World War II, remained in p…
1940
#2260
Envelope method of treating burns.
Bunyan bag.
1940
#3040
De la résection du carrefour aortico-iliaque avec double sympathectomie lombaire pour thrombose artéritique de l’aorte; le syndrome de l’oblitération termino-aortique par artérite.
Obliteration of the abdominal aorta.
1940
#3041
A technique for splanchnic resection for hypertension; preliminary report.
Smithwick operation for hypertension.
1940
#5722
A method of continous spinal anesthesia. A preliminary note.
Continous spinal analgesia introduced.
1940
#7727
Esser inlay (Epithethelial inlay).
Though he developed the "skin graft inlay technique" or epithelial inlay during World War I, Esser did not fully publish it until this very extensively illustrated monograph, with about 1500 images, issued in 1940.
1940
#11654
Fractures and other bone and joint injuries.
Watson-Jones's textbook became known as "the bible." It was reprinted 15 times during the author's lifetime and translated into Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Polish. "Throughout its publication, Watson-Jones…
1941
#3042
Surgery of the heart.
Includes valuable information regarding the history of the subject.
1941
#3158
Cardiac classics. A collection of classic works on the heart and circulation with comprehensive biographic accounts of the authors.
Covers the literature up to 1912. Reprinted in 2 vols, as Classics of cardiology, New York, Dover, 1961. Reprinted again, with volume 3 by John A. Callahan, Thomas E. Keys & Jack E. Key, Malabar, Florida, Krieger, 198…
1941
#4910.1
Epilepsy and cerebral localization: A study of the mechanism, treatment and prevention of epileptic seizures.
Penfield’s most widely recognized contribution was the gradual development of cortical excision as an accepted and valuable method of treating medically refractory focal epilepsy. See also No. 4914.2.
1941
#5723
The Oxford vaporiser No. 1.
With R. R. Macintosh and K. Mendelssohn. The Oxford vaporiser No. 2 is described in the same journal, pp. 64-66 by S. L. Cowan, R. D. Scott, and S. F. Suffolk.
1942
#2261
The treatment of burns.
Contains some history of the subject and includes a valuable bibliography of 1,320 entries.
1942
#3611.1
A ‘slide’ operation for inguinal and femoral hernia.
The Tanner slide operation as a relaxing incision.