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

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1974

#11369

The surgical construction of male genitalia for the female-to-male transsexual.

LAUB, Donald R. (1935 – )
NOE, Joel M.
NOE, Joel M. BIRDSELL, Dale

Order of authorship in the original publication: Noe, Birdsell, Laub.

1974

#11371

Proceedings of the second Interdisciplinary Symposium on Gender Dysphoria Syndrome. Edited by Donald R. Laub and Patrick Gandy.

LAUB, Donald R. (1935 – ) GANDY, Patrick BUROU, Georges (1910 – 1987)

A symposium held at the Stanford University School of Medicine, February 2-4, 1973. It is probable that this is the first separate publication on the medical and surgical aspects of transsexuality -- male to female an…

1974

#12343

The courage to fail: A social view of organ transplants and dialysis.

SWAZEY, Judith P. (1939 – ) FOX, Renée Claire (1928 – )

Includes chapters on the heart transplantation moratorium and the artificial heart.

1975

#5733.3

The development of anaesthetic apparatus. A history based on the Charles King Collection of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

THOMAS, Kenneth Bryn (1916 – 1978)

1975

#5766.4

The free vascularized bone graft. A clinical extension of microvascular techniques.

TAYLOR, Geofrrey Ian & et al.

First clinically successful free bone graft with microvascular anastomosis in which a fibular segment was transferred to the contralateral leg to reconstruct a large tibial defect. With G.D.H. Miller and F. J.Ham.

1975

#5813.10

The healing hand: Man and wound in the ancient world.

MAJNO, Guido (1922 – 2010)

Emphasizing surgery, this is an exceptionally imaginative and exquisitely designed and illustrated history of medicine in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China.

1975

#8633

La chirurgie à Montpellier de ses origines au début du XIXe siècle.

DULIEU, Louis (1917 – 2003)

1976

#4483.3

Classics of orthopaedics.

BICK, Edgar Milton (1902 – 1978)

Eighty classic papers and sections from books, reprinted from the series of articles in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

1976

#4483.5

On the shoulders of giants. Notable names in hand surgery.

BOYES, Joseph H. (1905 – 1995)

A history of hand surgery.

1976

#1931.71

Biological effects of cyclosporin A: a new antilymphocytic agent.

BOREL, J. F. & et al.

The immunosuppressive cyclosporin A, instrumental in the success of organ transplants. With C. Feurer, H.U. Gubler & H. Strähelin.

1976 –1980

#5766.5

Cleft craft: The evolution of its surgery. 3 vols.

MILLARD, David Ralph Jr. (1919 – 2011)

An encyclopedic monograph on cleft palate surgery, exceptionally well written, illustrated, and produced, incorporating an historical approach.

1977

#3161.41

The top ten clinical advances in cardiovascular-pulmonary medicine and surgery 1945-1975. Final report. 2 vols.

COMROE, Julius H. Jr. (1911 – 1984) DRIPPS, Robert D. (1911 – 1973)

1977

#4914.7

Aspects of coma after severe head injury.

JENNETT, Bryan (1926 – 2008) TEASDALE, Graham Michael (1940 – )

Glasgow Coma Scale for grading brain injury following head trauma.

1977 –1981

#5768.2

McDowell series of plastic surgical indexes. 5 vols.

MCDOWELL, Frank (1911 – 1981)

Vol. I: 900 b.c. to a.d. 1863 (Zeis [see No. 5767] translated, with additions and revisions); Vol. II: 1864-1920; Vol. III: 1921-1946; [Vol. IV]: 25-year index of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1946-71; Vol. V: 1…

1977

#5768.3

The source book of plastic surgery.

MCDOWELL, Frank (1911 – 1981)

Reprints, translated into English where necessary, of classic papers on plastic surgery, with commentary.

1977

#11656

Revised technique for cellulite fat reduction in riding breeches deformity.

FISCHER, Arpad FISCHER, Giorgio

This father-and-son team of Italian gynecologists invented a technique that used a small, rotating scalpel inside a thin, hollow metal cannula inserted through small incisions in the body. The rotating scalpel broke u…

1977

#12174

Palladius Kommentar zu Hippokrates ‘De fracturis’ und seine Parallelversion under dem Namen des Stephanus von Alexandria. Edited by Dieter Irmer. [Hamburger Philologische Studien 45].

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370)
HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) STEPHANUS OF ATHENS (550 – 630) IRMER, Dieter (1935 – ) PALLADIUS (550 – )

1978

#5813.11

The rise of surgery from empiric craft to scientific discipline.

WANGENSTEEN, Owen Harding (1898 – 1981) WANGENSTEEN, Sarah D.

Not a systematic history but an assessment of those technical factors that contributed to or retarded the advance of surgery.

1978

#8775

Catalog of works in the neurological sciences collected by Cyril Brian Courville, representative of clinical neurology, neuroanatomy, and neuropathology with particular reference to head trauma.

COURVILLE, Cyril Brian (1900 – 1968) COOPER, William Conrad (1931 – 2006) THOMAS, M. L. Manson

1980

#6596.4

Medicine in colonial Massachusetts, 1620-1820. Edited by Philip Cash, Eric H. Christanson and J. Worth Estes.

CASH, Philip (1931 – 2005) ESTES, J. Worth (1934 – 2000) CHRISTANSON, Eric H.

A well-illustrated collection of essays covering medicine in Massachusetts but also applicable in some cases to the history of medicine and surgery throughout the American colonies.

1980

#11454

Professionalizing modern medicine: Paris surgeons and medical science and institutions in the 18th century.

GELFAND, Toby (1942 – )

1981

#5768.4

History of free skin grafting.

KLASEN, Henk J.

Comprehensive work, with hundreds of bibliographical references. No index.

1981

#10329

A century of surgery: The history of the American Surgical Association, 1880-1980. 2 vols.

RAVITCH, Mark Mitchell (1910 – 1989)

1982

#5733.4

Under the influence. A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia.

SMITH, William Denis Ashley (1918 – 2002)

The most comprehensive work on the subject. Articles reprinted primarily from Brit. J. Anaesth., with new introduction and index.

1982

#5766.6

Breast reconstruction with a transverse abdominal island flap.

HARTRAMPF, Carl R. (1932 – 2019) BLACK, Paul W. SCHEFLAN, Michael

Order of authorship in the original publication: Hartrampf, Scheflan, Black. The transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap for breast reconstruction. Breast reconstruction without the use of an artificial implant.

1982

#5768.5

The progress of plastic surgery: An introductory history.

WALLACE, Antony F.

1982

#10659

Heart-lung transplantation: Successful therapy for patients with pulmonary vascular disease.

SHUMWAY, Norman Edward (1923 – 2006) REITZ, Bruce A.

First successful heart-lung transplant, performed on March 9, 1981, after nearly four years of testing on primates. Abstract "We report our initial experience with three patients who received heart-lung transplants. T…

1983

#5768.6

Plastic surgery past and present. Origin and history of modern lines of incision.

GABKA, Joachim VAUBEL, Ekkehard

Well-documented history of current plastic operations using both recent surgical photographs and illustrations from classics in the historical literature. Includes brief biographies of the most important pioneers.

1983

#5813.13

Surgery in America. From the colonial era to the twentieth century. Second edition.

EARLE, A. Scott

Well-chosen readings from original published sources, with informative commentary.

1983

#7871

A short history of breast cancer.

MOULIN, Daniël de (1919 – 2002)

1983

#11657

Body contouring by lipolysis: A 5-year experience with over 3000 cases.

ILLOUZ, Yves-Gérard (1929 – 2015)

Illouz improved on the Fischers’ technique with the invention of a cannula with a blunt tip. This new type of cannula reduced blood loss and nerve damage, as well as reducing the risk of complications or death from li…

1983

#12230

The artificial heart.

DEVRIES, William Castle (1943 – )
DEVRIES, William Castle (1943 – ) JOYCE, Lyle D.

First published report on the first successful "permanent" artificial heart operation, in which DeVries implanted the Jarvik-7 artifical heart in Barney Clark, a patient affected with end-stage congestive heart failur…

1984

#5766.7

Tissue expansion in soft-tissue reconstruction.

RADOVAN, Chadomir (1932 – 1984)

1984

#10330

Stapling in surgery.

RAVITCH, Mark Mitchell (1910 – 1989) STEICHEN, Félicien M. (1926 – 2011)

Ravitch and Steichen refined primitive surgical stapling systems that were developed in Russia, and made them viable in a wide range of procedures.

1984

#11658

Lipoplasty: The theory and practice of blunt suction lipectomy. Edited by G. P. Hetter.

HETTER, Gregory P.

The first comprehensive review in English of the development of liposuction, theory, and technique, including the techniques of Illouz and Fournier. Includes several chapters by Pierre Fournier, including "A history a…

1984

#12231

Clinical use of the total artificial heart.

KOLFF, Willem Johann (1911 – 2009)
DEVRIES, William Castle (1943 – )
DEVRIES, William Castle (1943 – ) JOYCE, Lyle D.
JARVIK, Robert Koffler (1946 – )
JARVIK, Robert Koffler (1946 – )

"Abstract "We report here our first experience with the use of a total artificial heart in a human being. The heart [Jarvik-7] was developed at the University of Utah, and the patient was a 61-year-old man with chroni…

1984

#12333

Cold hearts: The story of hypothermia and the pacemaker in heart surgery.

BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005)

1985

#5019.20

Neurosurgical giants: Feet of clay and iron.

BUCY, Paul Clancy (1904 – 1992)

Brief biographical essays by various authors, edited by Bucy. The companion volume, Modern neurosurgical giants (1986) includes articles on living neurosurgeons, written by colleagues. Neither volume includes bibliogr…

1985

#5768.7

The creation of aesthetic plastic surgery.

GONZÁLEZ-ULLOA, Mario (1913 – 1995)

Reprints useful papers from Aesthetic plast. Surg., 1976-85. No index.

1985

#10054

A calculus of suffering: Pain, professionalism and anesthesia in nineteenth-century America.

PERNICK, Martin S. (1948 – )

1986

#12356

The veins. Edited by Harold Laufman.

LAUFMAN, Harold (1912 – 2010)

Reprints classic papers, some translated into English for the first time, dealing with the surgical anatomy of the venous system, diagnostic tests for venous disease, varicose veins, and thromboembolic disease, among …

1986

#12376

Pioneering research in surgical shock and cardiovascular surgery: Vivien T. Thomas and his work with Alfred Blalock. An autobiography by Vivien T. Thomas

THOMAS, Vivien Theodore (1910 – 1985)

Later retitled, Partners of the Heart: Vivien Thomas and His Work with Alfred Blalock.

1987

#5813.15

A century of black surgeons. The U.S.A. experience. 2 vols.,

ORGAN, Claude H. Jr. (1926 – 2005) KOSIBA, Margaret M.

1987

#7136

Correction of astigmatism with the excimer laser.

SEILER, Theo (1949 – )
SEILER, Theo (1949 – ) WOLLENSAK, J

In 1985 Seiler performed the first large area ablation in a human eye to remove a corneal scar, having previously performed T-incisions with an excimer laser to correct for astigmatism.

1988 –1992

#5813.14

The history of surgery in the United States 1775-1900. Vol. 1: Textbooks, monographs and treatises. Vol. 2: Periodicals and pamphlets.

RUTKOW, Ira Michael (1948 – 2026)

The most comprehensive annotated bibliographies of American surgical literature to 1900. Includes separate bibliographies for general surgery, ophthalmology, oto-rhino-laryngology, orthopedic surgery, gynaecology, uro…

1988

#7952

A robot with improved absolute positioning accuracy for CT guided stereotactic brain surgery.

KWOH, Yik San

With Jin Hou, E. A. Jonckheere, and S. Hyati.

1988

#8268

Moses Maimonides medical writings: Poisons, Hemorrhoids, and cohabitation, translated and annotated by Fred Rosner.

MAIMONIDES, (Moses ben Maimon; מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מַימוֹן‎; Mōšeh bēn-Maymōn; موسى بن ميمون‎‎ Mūsā bin Maymūn) (1135 – 1204) ROSNER, Fred (1931 – )

1988

#9970

A history of surgery: With emphasis on the Netherlands.

MOULIN, Daniël de (1919 – 2002)

1989

#5733.41

The history of anesthesia

ATKINSON, Richard Stuart (1927 – 2000) BOULTON, Tbomas Babington (1925 – 2016)

Proceedings of the 1987 Second International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Over 100 contributors. International Congress and Symposium Series 134.

1989

#7763

Socioeconomics of surgery.

RUTKOW, Ira Michael (1948 – 2026)

Probably the first book-form study of these issues.