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309 entries match Urology & Nephrology [C13]

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1909

#4195.1

A new direct irrigating observation and double catheterizing cystoscope.

BUERGER, Leo (1879 – 1943)
BUERGER, Leo (1879 – 1943)

Brown–Buerger cystoscope.

1909

#4196

The technique of orcheopexy.

TOREK, Franz John A. (1861 – 1938)

Torek’s operation for undescended testicle.

1909

#12792

The operation of epididymo-vasostomy for the relief of sterility.

MARTIN, Edward (1859 – 1938)

Of 11 men with an epididymal obstruction, seven underwent a unilateral and four a bilateral epididymo-vasostomy. The operations consisted of the formation of a side-to-side epididymo-vasal fistula using silver wire su…

1910

#4236

An experimental and clinical study of the functional activity of the kidneys by means of phenolsulphonephthalein.

ROWNTREE, Leonard George (1883 – 1959)
ROWNTREE, Leonard George (1883 – 1959) GERAGHTY, John Timothy (1876 – 1924)

The phenolsulphonephthalein kidney-function test.

1910

#4268

Removal of neoplasms of the urinary bladder. A new method of employing high-frequency (Oudin) current through a catheterizing cystoscope.

BEER, Edwin (1876 – 1938)

Beer’s method of transurethral fulguration of bladder tumours, from which arose the operation of transurethral prostatectomy.

1910

#4196.1

The diagnosis of stricture of the urethra by the roentgen rays.

CUNNINGHAM, John Henry (1877 – )

Urethrography.

1911

#4269

Suprapubic intra-urethral enucleation of the prostate.

SQUIER, John Bentley (1873 – 1948)

Squier modified the operation of total suprapubic prostatectomy.

1911

#4196.2

Physiologic implantation of the severed ureter or common bile-duct into the intestine.

COFFEY, Robert Calvin (1869 – 1933)

The modern method of uretero-intestinal anastomosis followed the experimental work of Coffey.

1912

#2838

Glomerular lesions of subacute bacterial endocarditis.

BAEHR, George (1887 – 1978)

Baehr drew attention to the renal lesions in subacute bacterial endocarditis.

1912

#4197

Ueber Leitungsanästhesie bei Nierenoperationen und Thorakoplastiken überhaupt bei Operationen am Rumpf.

KAPPIS, Max (1881 – 1938)

Paravertebral anesthesia in urology.

1913

#4237

Klinische Diagnostik der degenerativen Nierenerkrankungen.

MUNK, Fritz (1879 – 1950)

Munk introduced the term “lipoid nephrosis”. He found that urine in such cases contained anisotropic lipoid droplets.

1913

#4270

A new procedure (punch operation) for small prostatic bars and contracture of the prostatic orifice.

YOUNG, Hugh Hampton (1870 – 1945)
YOUNG, Hugh Hampton (1870 – 1945)

Young’s punch prostatectomy operation.

1914

#741.2

On the removal of diffusible substances from the circulating blood of living animals by dialysis.

ABEL, John Jacob (1857 – 1938)
ABEL, John Jacob (1857 – 1938) TURNER, Benjamin Bernard (1871 – 1945)
ROWNTREE, Leonard George (1883 – 1959)
ROWNTREE, Leonard George (1883 – 1959)

Hemodialysis. See also No. 1976. Preliminary communication in Trans Ass. Amer. Phycns., 1913, 28, 51-4. "Together with L.G. Rowntree and B.B. Turner, Abel devised what they called a "vividiffusion" apparatus, consisti…

1914

#4238

Die Brightsche Nierenkrankheit.

VOLHARD, Franz (1872 – 1950)
VOLHARD, Franz (1872 – 1950)
FAHR, Karl Theodor (1877 – 1945)
FAHR, Karl Theodor (1877 – 1945)

First full description of pure nephrosis, relating clinical features to morbid anatomy.

1914

#11906

Diseases of the kidneys, ureters and bladder, with special reference to the diseases in women. With 628 illustrations, for the most part by Max Brödel

KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943)
KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943) BRÖDEL, Max (1870 – 1941) BURNHAM, Curtis F.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1917

#1237

The secretion of the urine.

CUSHNY, Arthur Robertson (1866 – 1926)
CUSHNY, Arthur Robertson (1866 – 1926)

Cushny’s theory of urinary secretion was similar to that of Ludwig, with some modifications. Subsequent work of Richards and his co-workers confirmed his theory.

1918

#4238.1

Experimental hydronephrosis; repair following ureterocysto-neostomy in white rats with complete ureteral obstruction.

HINMAN, Frank Sr. (1880 – 1961)

Commencement of Hinman’s classic work on treatment of hydronephrosis.

1919

#1908

A new germicide for use in the genito-urinary tract; “mercurochrome-220”.

YOUNG, Hugh Hampton (1870 – 1945)
YOUNG, Hugh Hampton (1870 – 1945) & et al.

Introduction of mercurochrome. With E. C. White and E. O. Swartz.

1919

#4239

Renal efficiency tests in nephritis, and the reaction of the urine.

LEATHES, John Beresford (1864 – 1956)
LEATHES, John Beresford (1864 – 1956)

Alkaline tide of urine.

1920

#4240

On the testing of renal efficiency, with observations on the “urea coefficient”.

MACLEAN, Hugh (1879 – 1957) DE WESSELOW, Owen Lambert Vaughan (1883 – 1959)

Urea concentration test.

1920

#4271

Infiltration anesthesia of the internal vesical orifice for the removal of minor obstructions: presentation of a cautery punch.

CAULK, John Roberts (1881 – 1938)

Caulk’s cautery punch.

1920

#4198

X-ray studies of the seminal vesicles and vasa deferentia after urethroscopic injection of the ejaculatory ducts with thorium – a new diagnostic method.

YOUNG, Hugh Hampton (1870 – 1945)
YOUNG, Hugh Hampton (1870 – 1945) WATERS, Charles Alexander (1888 – 1961)

Vesiculography first demonstrated.

1921

#4241

Un nuevo procedimiento para explorar al riñón.

CARELLI, Humberto Horacio (1882 – 1962) SORDELLI, Alfredo (1891 – 1967)

Perirenal insufflation of oxygen, for the roentgenological study of the kidney.

1922

#3871

Crises solaires et hypertension paroxystique en rapport avec une tumeur surrénale.

LABBÉ, Ernest Marcel (1870 – 1939) & et al.

First full description of chromaffin cell tumors of the adrenal medulla. With J. Tinel and E. Doumer.

1922

#4272

A new method of perineal prostatectomy which insures more perfect functional results.

GERAGHTY, John Timothy (1876 – 1924)

Geraghty’s modification of Young’s perineal prostatectomy.

1923

#1237.1

The mechanism of the elimination of phenolsulphonephthalein by the kidney–a proof of secretion by the convoluted tubules.

MARSHALL, Eli Kennerly Jr. (1889 – 1966) VICKERS, J. L.

Proof of tubular secretion in mammals.

1923

#4242

Ueber die Beseitigung giftiger Stoffe aus dem Blute durch Dialyse.

GANTER, Georg

First description of the experimental use of peritoneal dialysis in uremia.

1923

#4243

Ueber Nierenveränderungen nach Verschüttung.

MINAMI, Seigo (1893 – 1975)

Crush syndrome.

1923

#4198.1

A new type of observation and operating cysto-urethroscope.

MCCARTHY, Joseph Francis (1874 – 1965)

McCarthy foroblique pan-endoscope.

1923

#4199

Roentgenography of the urinary tract during excretion of sodium iodide.

ROWNTREE, Leonard George (1883 – 1959)
ROWNTREE, Leonard George (1883 – 1959) OSBORNE, Earl Dorland (1895 – 1960) & et al.

First use of sodium iodide in uretero-pyelography. With C. G. Sutherland and A. J. Scholl.

1924

#1238

A description of the glomerular circulation in the frog’s kidney and observations concerning the action of adrenalin and various other substances upon it.

RICHARDS, Alfred Newton (1876 – 1966)
RICHARDS, Alfred Newton (1876 – 1966) SCHMIDT, Carl Frederic (1893 – 1988)

Richards made many experiments concerning the secretion of urine. Among other things he collected and analysed the fluid from a single glomerulus; his work confirmed the theories of Ludwig and Cushny.

1924

#1239

Observations on the composition of glomerular urine with particular reference to the problem of reabsorption in the renal tubules.

RICHARDS, Alfred Newton (1876 – 1966)
RICHARDS, Alfred Newton (1876 – 1966) WEARN, Joseph Treloar (1893 – 1984)

Experimental proof that the initial step in urine production is the formation in Bowman’s space of a protein-free ultrafiltrate of plasma and that reabsorption of certain substances must occur in the tubules since the…

1924 –1925

#1240

The secretion of urine as studied on the isolated kidney.

STARLING, Ernest Henry (1866 – 1927)
STARLING, Ernest Henry (1866 – 1927) VERNEY, Ernest Basil (1894 – 1967)

Demonstration that the anti-diuretic action of vasopressin is exerted directly on the kidney, and that tubules of the kidney reabsorb water.

1924

#4244

An unexplained diazo-colour-reaction in uraemic sera.

ANDREWES, Sir Christopher Howard (1896 – 1988)
ANDREWES, Sir Christopher Howard (1896 – 1988)

Diazo-color test of renal function.

1926

#1227

Die Unfruchtbarkeit als Folge unnatürlicher Lebensweise.

STIEVE, Hermann (1886 – 1952)
STIEVE, Hermann (1886 – 1952)

Investigation of the effect of starvation and overfeeding on the gonads and on sexual capacity.

1926

#1241

Studies on kidney function.

REHBERG, Poul Brandt (1895 – 1985)

First attempt to determine the glomerular filtration rate in man.

1926

#4273

Minor surgery of the prostate gland; a new cystoscopic instrument employing a cutting current capable of operation in a water medium.

STERN, Maxmilian (1878 – 1946)

Stern’s resectoscope.

1927

#1242

Estimation of afferent arteriole and glomerular capillary pressures in the frog kidney.

HAYMAN, Joseph Marchant (1896 – )

1927 –1928

#4296

The experimental production of stone-in-the-bladder.

MCCARRISON, Sir Robert (1878 – 1960)

McCarrison’s experiments showed that urinary calculi could follow a diet probably deficient in vitamin A.

1927

#4203.9

Aphorisms, Section VII, number 34. In his Works. Ed. W. H. S. JONES and E. T. WITHINGTON

JONES, William Henry Samuel (1876 – 1963)
HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370)
HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) WITHINGTON, Edward Theodore (1860 – 1947)

The first description of the association of proteinuria and chronic renal disease.

1928 –1929

#4246

Studies of urea excretion.

MØLLER, Eggert Hugo Heiberg (1893 – 1978)

Blood urea clearance test. With J. F. Mcintosh and D. D. Van Slyke.

1929

#1243

The aglomerular kidney of the toadfish (Opsanus tau).

MARSHALL, Eli Kennerly Jr. (1889 – 1966)

Proof that the tubules of the kidney of a vertebrate could secrete foreign substances.

1929

#3656

Hepato-nephromegalia glykogenika (Glykogenspeicherkrankheit der Leber und Nieren).

GIERKE, Edgar Otto Konrad von (1877 – 1945)

“Von Gierke’s disease”, glycogen disease of hepatomegalic type. See also the review by S. van Creveld, Medicine, 1939, 18, 1-128.

1929

#4200

Darstellung der Niere und Harnwege im Röntgenbild durch intravenöse Einbringung eines neuen Kontraststoffes, des Uroselectans.

SWICK, Moses (1900 – 1985)

Introduction of Uroselectan. In a following paper (pp. 2089-91), A. von Lichtenberg and M. Swick used it in human excretion urography.

1931

#4248

Die nicht diabetischen Glykosurien und Hyperglykämien des älteren Kindes.

FANCONI, Guido (1892 – 1979)
FANCONI, Guido (1892 – 1979)

“Fanconi’s syndrome”, dysfunction of the renal tubules with hypophosphatemia, renal glycosuria, and metabolic disturbances.

1931

#4274

Surgical pathology of prostatic obstructions.

RANDALL, Alexander (1883 – 1951)

1933

#4249

Über das Wesen der spezifischen Veränderungen der Niere und der Leber durch das Nephrotoxin bzw. das Hepatotoxin.

MASUGI, Matazo (1896 – 1947)

Experimental production of acute glomerulonephritis. For Masugi’s later work, see the same journal, 1933-34, 92, 429, and Klin. Wschr., 1935, 14, 373.

1933

#4297

History of urology. Prepared under the auspices of the American Urological Association. Editorial Committee: Edgar G. Ballenger, William A. FRontz, Homer G. Hamer, and Bransford Lewis. 2 vols

BALLENGER, Edgar Garrison (1877 – 1945)

Every aspect of the subject is covered exhaustively by the various contributors to this collective work; valuable bibliographies are included.

1933

#4201

Excretion urography by means of the intravenous and oral administration of sodium ortho-iodohippurate: with some physiological considerations.

SWICK, Moses (1900 – 1985)

Introduction of Hippuran.

1934

#1244

A method for explantation of the kidney.

RHOADS, Cornelius Packard (1898 – 1959)