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914 entries match Cardiology & Blood [C14 / C15]
1874
#2906.1
The etiology of Bright’s disease and the prealbuminuric stage.
Mahomed proved that cases of “arteriocapillary fibrosis” were hypertensive, and showed that they may occur without renal involvement.
1875 –1876
#877
Undersökningar af de s.k. fibringeneratorema fibrinet samt fibrinogenets koagulation.
Investigating the mechanism of blood coagulation, Hammarsten showed it to be accomplished by the splitting up of fibrinogen into fibrin and other substances.
1875
#1869.1
Untersuchungen über die pharmakologisch wirksamen Bestandtheile der Digitalis purpurea
Schmiedeberg isolated digitoxin from digitalis.
1875
#3067
Ueber das Vorkommen von Bilirubinkrystallen bei neugebornen Kindern.
Kernicterus first described.
1875
#3125
Progressive pernicious anaemia, or anaematosis.
Pepper described bone-marrow changes of pernicious anemia, though his actual description more closely resembles leukaemia.
1875
#2778
Die Defecte der Scheidewände des Herzens.
Rokitansky’s memoir on defects of the septum of the heart was his last work, and possibly his greatest. It represented 14 years’ study of the subject.
1875
#12235
On the interpretation of cardiographic tracings, and the evidence which they afford as to the causation of the murmurs attendant upon mitral stenosis.
"The first case of heart block in a human documented graphically was reported in 1875 by British physician Alfred Galabin. He published an apical pulse tracing from a 34-year-old man with a two-year history of lighthe…
1876
#696
Die quantitative Spectralanalyse in ihrer Anwendung auf Physiologie, Physik, Chemie und Technologie.
Vierordt’s spectral analyses of hemoglobin, bile and urine were of great value. He studied the variations in the spectrum of oxyhemoglobin produced by different dilutions of this substance and was thus able to estimat…
1876
#781
Ueber den Druck in den Blutcapillaren der menschlichen Haut.
Kries attempted to measure blood pressure in the capillaries by using a skin blanching method.
1876
#3125.1
Erkrankung des Knochenmarkes bei perniciöser Anämie.
Cohnheim gave a more convincing account than Pepper of the bone-marrow changes in pernicious anemia.
1876
#2777
Du rhythme cardiaque appelé bruit de galop, de son mécanisme et de sa valeur séméiologique.
Analysis of “gallop rhythm.” Partial English translation in No. 2241 and No. 3160.1.
1876
#2779
Clinical lectures on diseases of the heart and aorta.
Includes “Balfour’s test” to ascertain whether the heart is still active, in cases of apparent death.
1876
#2983
On aortic aneurism in the army and the conditions associated with it.
Welch, an Army surgeon, supported the theory of a causal connexion between syphilis and aneurysm.
1876
#7215
Études historiques, physiologiques et cliniques sur la transfusion du sang.
An excellent and well-documented treatise on blood transfusion, including a comprehensive history of the subject from its beginnings in the seventeenth century to its revival in the nineteenth after a long period of d…
1877
#823.1
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Reizwell und Contractionswelle des Herzmuskels.
Marchand obtained the first electrocardiogram. Using the differential rheotome he measured the time course of the potential variations from the frog’s heart.
1877 –1880
#2303
Vorlesungen über allgemeine Pathologie. 2 vols.
Apart from Virchow’s Cellularpathologie, this was the most influential textbook of pathology during the 19th century. It includes (vol. 1, p. 38) a report on the experimental production of heart murmurs. English trans…
1877
#3125.2
A case of progressive pernicious anaemia (idiopathic of Addison).
First complete account of pernicious anemia. "In 1877, William Gardner and Osler described a patient who was almost certainly the first with the clinical, hematologic, and pathologic features to leave no doubt it was …
1877
#2780
Du rétrécissement mitral pur.
First description of congenital mitral stenosis, “Duroziez’s disease.”
1878
#879
Recherches sur l’évolution des hématies dans le sang de l’homme et des vertébrés.
First accurate counts of the blood platelets.
1878
#3125.3
Die progressive perniziöse Anämie.
Comprehensive account.
1878
#2781
Ein Fall von thrombotischen Verschlusse einer der Kranzarterien des Herzens.
First description of coronary thrombosis with diagnosis before death. English translation of original report, Amer. J. Cardiol, 1978, 42, 849-52.
1878
#12257
Weitere Beiträge zur Entstehungsgeschichte der Endocarditis.
Klebs "concluded that most cases of acute endocarditis were caused by 'monads' or by 'septic cocci' " (Bloomfield, Bibliography of internal medicine, selected diseases, 43-44). Klebs believed that all cases of endocar…
1879
#878
An apparatus for the clinical estimation of haemoglobin.
Gowers introduced the colorimetric method of estimating hemoglobin and devised a hemoglobinometer for the purpose. This was modified by Haldane (see No. 891). Previously Hoppe-Seyler had used a hematinometer.
1879 –1880
#880
Methodologische Beiträge zur Physiologie und Pathologie der verschiedenen Formender Leukocyten.
Foundation of the differential blood count technique.
1879
#2782
Recherches cliniques sur la communication congénitales des deux coeurs par inocclusion du septum intervenniculare.
Roger drew attention to an important anomaly of the septum, interventricular patency (“maladie de Roger”), demonstrating the presence of a murmur in this condition. This is sometimes called “Roger’s murmur”, although …
1879
#2892
Nitro-glycerine as a remedy for angina pectoris.
Murrell introduced trinitrin (nitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate) in the treatment of angina.
1879
#2907
Ueber eine eigenthümliche Form von Endarteriitis und Endophlebitis mit Gangrän des Fusses.
Early description of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease, No. 2912).
1879
#6338
Ueber eine bisher nicht beschriebene endemisch aufgetretene Erkrankung Neugeborener.
First description of “Winckel’s disease” of the newborn, characterized by icterus, hemorrhage, hemoglobinuria, and cyanosis.
1879
#8852
Gold as a remedy in disease, notably in some forms of organic heart disease, angina pectoris, melancholy, tedium vitae, scrofula, syphilis, skin disease, & as an antidote to the ill effects of mercury.
Burnett, a homeopath, provided an excellent summary of the history of gold as it was used in medicine, with extensive references to the historical literature. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1880
#2783
Ueber die pathologische Gerinnungs-Vorgänge.
First description (p. 106) of myocardial infarction. Leibowitz called this "the most significant contribution by a pathologist to the history of coronary heart disease." He also wrote, "This work not only provides a g…
1880
#3125.4
Über Regeneration und Degeneration der rothen Blutscheiben bei Anämien.
1880
#11721
Die Messung des Pulses und des Blutdrucks am Menschen.
Probably the first book published on the messurement blood pressure in mankind. Mostly concerned with normal physiologic conditions, with a small section on fluctuations in illness. Digital facsimile from Google Books…
1880
#13109
The spectroscope in medicine.
1881
#783
La circulation du sang à l’état physiologique et dans les maladies.
1881
#2785
Sulla poliorromennite scrofolosa, otisi delle sierose.
“Concato’s disease” – inflammation of the serous membranes. Involvement of the pericardium was later described by Pick (No. 2803).
1881
#3125.5
Über einige Beobachtungen am anämischen Blut.
In the above contributions to the knowledge of anemia, Ehrlich dealt in the first paper with the blood cells in anemia, and in the second gave the first description of the reticulocyte.
1882
#829
On the rhythm of the heart of the frog, and on the nature of the action of the vagus nerve.
Croonian Lectures, 1881. Gaskell’s classical memoir on the muscles and nerves of the heart included a description of “Gaskell’s nerves”, the accelerator nerves of the heart. He showed that the motor impulses from the …
1882
#881
Su di un nuovo elemento morfologico del sangue dei mammiferi e della sua importanza nella trombosi e nella coagulazione.
Bizzozero gave the blood platelets their name and found that they play a part in blood coagulation. A German translation with additions is in Virchows Arch. path. Anat., 1882, 90, 261-332. The expanded German version …
1882
#882
Mésure du volume de sang contenu dans l’organisme d’un mammifére vivant.
A method of determining blood volume with carbon monoxide.
1882
#2786
Ueber Fettherz.
Fatty infiltration of the heart first described.
1882
#3126
Dell’anemia splenica.
“Banti’s disease”. Banti described the pathological changes in the spleen in splenic anemia. A later paper in Sperimentale, 1894, 48, sez. biol., 407-32, gives an account of hepatic cirrhosis as the sequel of the earl…
1882 –1883
#11737
"A study of the malformations, variations, and anomalies of the circulatory apparatus in man," with a brief consideration of some of the principles governing their production.
A pioneering study of the embryology of the cardiovascular system and its relationship to congenital heart disease.
1883
#1875
Grundriss der Arzneimittellehre.
Schmiedeberg, leading German pharmacologist, was professor at Dorpat and Strasburg. Among his many valuable investigations may be mentioned his study of the effect of drugs on the circulation.
1883
#2788
Traité clinique des maladies du coeur et de la crosse de l’aorte.
1883
#2789
Diagnostic et traitement des maladies du coeur.
English translation, 1884.
1884
#1572
Doctrines of the circulation.
1884
#1468
Experimentelle Beiträge zur Lösung der Frage über die specifische Energieder Hautnerven
Besides his investigation of the specific energies of cutaneous nerves, Blix is remembered for his work on the thermodynamics of muscular contraction; he designed a muscle indicator diagram; he was also the first to s…
1884
#3128
Ueber progressive perniciöse Anämie bei Tabeskranken
First description of subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord, which Leichtenstern termed progressive pernicious anemia in tabetics.
1884
#2907.1
Ueber die Sclerose der coronar-Arterien und die davon abhängigen Krankheitszustände.
A comprehensive account of the schlerosis of the coronary arteries and the morbid states arising from them, including a historical review of the problems.
1884
#12279
Hertztamponade: Ein Beitrag zur Herzchirurgie.
Rose coined the term "Herztomponade" translated as "cardiac tamponade." He "described the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade and recorded 23 case histories of ruptured or wounded hearts, several of which did not cau…