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

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1942

#4404.01

The use of preserved bone grafts in orthopaedic surgery.

INCLAN, Alberto Francis (1916 – )

These studies form the basis of the modern use of bone preserved by refrigeration.

1942

#5724

The use of curare in general anesthesia.

GRIFFITH, Harold Randall (1894 – 1985) MACLEOD, Enid Johnson (1909 – 2001)

Introduction of curare in anesthesia.

1942

#5766

Plastic surgery of the breast and abdominal wall.

THOREK, Max (1880 – 1960)
THOREK, Max (1880 – 1960)

1942

#6232.1

Continuous caudal anesthesia during labor and delivery.

HINGSON, Robert Andrew (1913 – 1996) EDWARDS, Waldo Berry (1905 – 1981)

1943

#2578.4

The fate of skin homografts in man.

GIBSON, Thomas (1915 – 1993)
MEDAWAR, Sir Peter Brian (1915 – 1987)
MEDAWAR, Sir Peter Brian (1915 – 1987)

Gibson and Medawar placed the laws of transplantation on a firm scientific basis. A later paper by Medawar (J. Anat. [Lond.], 1944, 78, 176- 99) demonstrated that the mechanism of rejection of transplanted tissues is …

1943

#4912

Plasma clot and silk suture of nerves. 1. An experimental study of comparative tissue reaction.

TARLOV, Isadore Max (1905 – 1977) BENJAMIN, Bernard (1903 – )

Plasma clot nerve suture. Preliminary communication in Science, 1942, 95, 258.

1943

#5765

Skin grafting. A new method based on the principles of tissue culture.

SANO, Machteld Elisabeth (1903 – 1993)

First use of fibrin glue for skin grafting. See also Surg. Gynec. Obstet., 1943, 77, 510-13.

1943

#5768.1

Reconstructive surgery of the eyelids.

HUGHES, Wendell L. (1900 – 1994)

Most of this work is a very carefully documented history of the subject. Bibliography of 451 references.

1943

#5812

History of surgery

LEONARDO, Richard Anthony (1895 – )

1943

#13709

A new laryngoscope.

MACINTOSH, Sir Robert Reynolds (1897 – 1989)
MACINTOSH, Sir Robert Reynolds (1897 – 1989)

Macintosh larygnoscope.

1944

#2992.1

Aortectomy for thoracic aneurysm.

ALEXANDER, John (1891 – 1954) BYRON, Francis X.

Resection of saccular aneurysm of thoracic aorta.

1944

#4404.02

Surgery of the hand.

BUNNELL, Sterling (1882 – 1957)

Bunnell originated hand surgery as a specialty.

1944

#11352

Intracranial arterial aneurysms.

DANDY, Walter Edward (1886 – 1946)
DANDY, Walter Edward (1886 – 1946)

1944

#11859

Congenital cardiac disease: Bibliography of 1000 cases analyzed in Maude Abbott's Atlas. Edited by Donald deF. Bauer and Effie C. Astbury.

ABBOTT, Maude Elizabeth Seymour (1869 – 1940)
ABBOTT, Maude Elizabeth Seymour (1869 – 1940) BAUER, Donald deF. ASTBURY, Eppie C.

Provides all the references used in Abbott, Atlas of congenital cardiac disease. New York: American Heart Association, 1936, but not included in the 1936 work.

1944

#12599

Penicillin content of blood serum after various doses of penicillin by various routes.

FLEMING, Sir Alexander (1881 – 1955)
FLEMING, Sir Alexander (1881 – 1955) SUCHET, Jack (1908 – 2001) & et al.

In this paper Fleming and colleagues explained how to choose routes of administration of penicillin as well as dosage, and reproduced the graphs/figures that showed blood levels achieved with different doses and route…

1945

#1929.1

Effectiveness of a nitrofuran in the treatment of infected wounds.

SNYDER, Marshall Lovejoy (1907 – 1969) & et al.

First clinical use of “furacin” (nitrofuran). With C. L. Kiehn and J. W. Christopherson.

1945

#3043

The surgical treatment of malformations of the heart in which there is pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia.

BLALOCK, Alfred (1899 – 1964) TAUSSIG, Helen Brooke (1898 – 1986)

The “Blalock-Taussig operation” for the relief of congenital defects of the pulmonary artery, Tetralogy of Fallot ("blue baby syndrome"). "The first surgical repair was carried out in 1944 at Johns Hopkins.[70] The pr…

1945

#3044

Congenital coarctation of the aorta and its surgical treatment.

CRAFOORD, Clarence (1899 – 1984)
CRAFOORD, Clarence (1899 – 1984) NYLIN, Karl Gustav Vilhelm (1892 – 1961)

Crafoord and Gross (No. 3044.1) pioneered this basic operation in cardiac and pediatric surgery.

1945

#3044.1

Surgical correction for coarctation of the aorta.

GROSS, Robert Edward (1905 – 1988)

Resection of coarctation and direct anastomosis of remaining ends. See also his report of 60 cases in J. Amer.med.Assoc.,1949, 139,285-92.

1945

#5732

The history of surgical anesthesia.

KEYS, Thomas Edward (1908 – 1995)

Reprinted with corrections and additions, 1963. Reprint, 1978.

1945

#11353

Surgery of the brain.

DANDY, Walter Edward (1886 – 1946)
DANDY, Walter Edward (1886 – 1946)

Volume XII in Lewis' Practice of Surgery.

1946

#3045

Anastomosis of the aorta to a pulmonary artery. Certain types in congenital heart disease.

POTTS, Willis John (1895 – 1968) & et al.

With S. Smith and S. Gibson.

1946

#5725

Propriétés curarisantes du di-iodoéthylate de bis-[quinoléyloxy-8’] 1.5-pentane.

BOVET, Daniel (1907 – 1992)
BOVET, Daniel (1907 – 1992) & et al.

Introduction of gallamine triethiodide (“flaxedil”). With S. Courvoisier, R. Ducrot, And R. Horclois. See also the same journal, 1947, 225, 74.

1946

#5732.1

The centennial of surgical anesthesia. An annotated catalogue of books and pamphlets bearing on the early history of surgical anesthesia exibited at the Yale Medical Library.

FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960)
STANTON, Madeline Earle (1898 – 1980)
STANTON, Madeline Earle (1898 – 1980)

1946

#8634

Ancient anodynes: Primitive anaesthesia and allied conditions.

ELLIS, E. S.

1946

#8901

Victory over pain: A history of anesthesia.

ROBINSON, Victor (1866 – 1947)

1946

#11018

Harvey Cushing: A biography.

FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)

Remains the most comprehensive biography of Cushing, by his student Fulton.

1947

#5

Le papyrus médical Chester Beatty, par le Dr. Frans Jonckheere.

JONCKHEERE, Frans (1903 – 1956)

A hieratic papyrus of the 13th-12th century BCE. It is a fragment of a monograph on diseases of the anus. The papyrus was reproduced with transcription by A. H. Gardiner in 1935. See No. 8318.

1947

#2090

Curare, its history, nature, and clinical use.

MCINTYRE, Archibald Ross (1902 – )

1947

#1939

Procaine penicillin G (duracillin); a new salt of penicillin which prolongs the action of penicillin.

HERRELL, Wallace Edgar (1909 – 1992) HEILMAN, Fordyce Russell (1905 – 1960) & et al.

Procaine benzylpenicillin also known as penicillin G procaine was developed by Herrell and colleagues. With D.R. Nichols.

1947

#3558

Atresia of the ileum. First successful case cured by enterostomy alone.

JUDD, James Robert (1876 – 1947)

1947

#2878.1

Ventricular fibrillation of long duration abolished by electric shock.

BECK, Claude Schaeffer (1894 – 1971) PRITCHARD, Walter Herbert (1910 – 1982) & et al.

The first successful defibrillation of a surgical patient, with the chest opened, and the paddles applied directly to the heart. With H.S. Feil.

1947

#3019.1

Sur la désobstruction des thromboses artérielles anciennes.

SANTOS, João Alfonso Cid dos (1907 – 1975)

In 1946 Santos removed a thrombus and atheroma plaque from an artery in order to unblock it, and, using the knowledge acquired from Gordon Murray, placed the patient on heparin in order to avoid re-thrombosis. Called …

1947

#4912.1

Stereotaxic apparatus for operations on the human brain.

SPIEGEL, Ernest Adolf (1895 – 1985) WYCIS, Henry T. (1911 – 1972) & et al.

"The first successful cranial application of stereotactic surgery in humans is credited to the team of Ernest Spiegel and Henry Wycis in the Department of Experimental Neurology at Temple University in Philadelphia (S…

1947

#5733

The development of inhalation anaesthesia, with special reference to the years 1846-1900.

DUNCUM, Barbara Mary (1910 – 2001)

Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, New series, No. 2. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1947

#10822

The diagnosis of the acute abdomen in rhyme by Zeta.

COPE, Sir Vincent Zachary (1881 – 1974)

Cope published this humorous version of his Early diagnosis of the acute abdomen under the pseudonym Zeta.

1948

#4482

Source book of orthopaedics.

BICK, Edgar Milton (1902 – 1978)

A concise, thematic history of orthopedic surgery from the earliest times. Includes a useful bibliography. Reprinted 1968.

1948

#4615.2

The clinical use of fluorescein in neurosurgery; localization of brain tumors.

MOORE, George Eugene (1920 – 2008)

Tumor localization by radio-isotopes. With W. T. Peyton, L. A. French, and W. W. Walker. Preliminary reports in Science, 1947, 106, 130-31; 1948, 107, 569-71.

1948

#3046

Pulmonary valvulotomy for the relief of congenital pulmonary stenosis. Report of three cases.

BROCK, Russell Claude (1903 – 1980)
BROCK, Russell Claude (1903 – 1980)

"Brock performed the first successful valvotomies for isolated pulmonary stenosis in 1948. He gained access to the blood-filled beating heart through a small incision in the right ventricle through which he passed a v…

1948

#3046.1

The surgical treatment of mitral stenosis. 1. Valvuloplasty.

HARKEN, Dwight Emary (1910 – 1993) ZARSKY, Leona Norman (1923 – 2013) & et al.

Valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis. Harken reported the first successful intracardiac operation for treatment of this lesion--a procedure was first attempted in the 1920s. Charles Bailey in Philadelphia undertook a sim…

1948

#3046.2

Surgery of pulmonary stenosis. A case in which the pulmonary valve was successfully divided.

SELLORS, Sir Thomas Homes (1902 – 1987)

Operation Dec. 4, 1947.

1948

#3047

A venous shunt for marked mitral stenosis.

BLAND, Edward Franklin (1901 – 1992) SWEET, Richard Harwood (1901 – 1962)

First pulmonary-azygos shunt operation for relief of mitral stenosis. Two further patients were operated upon later the same year; all three are reported in J. Amer. med. Ass.,1949, 140, 1259. A similar procedure was …

1948

#3611.2

Inguinal and femoral hernioplasty: anatomic repair.

MCVAY, Chester B. (1911 – 1987)

The McVay or Cooper ligament repair.

1948 –1949

#6740

Lives of master surgeons.

LEONARDO, Richard Anthony (1895 – )

One volume and supplement.

1949

#4483

On the contributions of Hugh Owen Thomas of Liverpool, Sir Robert Jones of Liverpool and London, John Ridlon, M.D., of New York and Chicago, to modern orthopedic surgery.

ORR, Hiram Winnett (1877 – 1956)

1949

#2924.1

Le traitement de l’artérite oblitérante parla greffe veineuse.

KUNLIN, Jean (1904 – 1991)

Kunlin, an associate of R. Leriche, first reported the use of a bypass venous graft for femoropopliteal occlusive arterial disease.

1949

#4914

Revascularization of the brain through establishment of a cervical arteriovenous fistula. Effects in children with mental retardation and convulsive disorders.

BECK, Claude Schaeffer (1894 – 1971) & et al.

With C. F. McKhann and W. D. Belnap.

1949

#4914.1

Selective cortical undercutting as a means of modifying and studying frontal lobe function in man. Preliminary report of forty-three operative cases.

SCOVILLE, William Beecher (1906 – 1984)
SCOVILLE, William Beecher (1906 – 1984)

1949

#4404.1

Osteogenesis imperfecta: A study of clinical features and heredity based on 55 Danish families comprising 180 affected members.

SEEDORFF, Knud Stakemann (1915 – 1991)

Includes a translation of Ekman’s thesis (No. 4304.1). Also gives a case reported in 1678.

1949

#4404.2

Control of bone growth by epiphyseal stapling: A preliminary report.

BLOUNT, Walter Putnam (1900 – 1992) CLARKE, George R.

“Blount staple”. Unlike previous processes, epiphyseal stapling permitted subsequent correction.