Facets
Browse across eight MeSH (opens in new tab) facets — era, geography, science, specialty, technology, history, culture, and reference. Select one tag per group; counts update across the others. What’s new in facet browse how facets relate to subjects and MeSH.
Clear filtersGeography
Specialties & Disease
- Alternative & Fringe Medicine 383
- Anatomy & Pathology 765
- Cardiology & Blood 914
- Dentistry 259
- Diabetes 80
- ENT & Hearing 293
- Epidemiology & Demography 397
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology 316
- General Clinical Medicine 487
- Immunology & Dermatology 1,008
- Infectious Disease (General) 147
- Internal, Emergency & Geriatric 123
- Microbiology & Virology 1,080
- Military Medicine 436
- Neurology & Psychiatry 1,258
- Obstetrics & Reproductive 551
- Oncology & Cancer 377
- Ophthalmology & Vision 412
- Pediatrics 247
- Physiology & Embryology 924
- Plagues & Epidemics 1,279
- Psychology 202
- Public Health 1,129
- Pulmonary & Respiratory 233
- Rheumatology, Rehab & Pain 189
- Surgery & Anesthesia 1,553
- Urology & Nephrology 309
- Veterinary Medicine 165
Social & Historical Studies
Institutions & Culture
Reference & Scholarly Works
1,008 entries match Immunology & Dermatology [C19 / C20 / C17]
1887
#4093
Dermatitis venenata: An account of the action of external irritants upon the skin.
White, a pupil of Hebra, was an outstanding personality in American dermatology; he held the first chair in that subject in the U.S.A. The eponym “White’s disease” refers to his description of keratosis follicularis i…
1887
#12039
Hydrophobia: An account of M. Pasteur's system containing a translation of all his communications on the subject, the technique of his method, and the latest statistical results
The author, qualified M.D. in both Edinburgh and Paris, characterized himself on the title page of this work as "Commissioned by the Government of the Colony of Mauritius to study M. Pasteur's new treatment in Paris."…
1887
#14172
Beiträge zur Anatomie und Pathogenese der Urticaria simplex und Pigmentosa.
Unna reported that skin lesions of urticaria pigmentosa contained numerous mast cells. This was the first report of a primary mast cell disorder. Digital facsimile from deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de at this link.
1888
#2542
Experimente über die bacterienfeindlichen Einflüsse des thierischen Körpers.
Working with the defibrinated blood of certain animals, Nuttall was the first to describe the bactericidal action of blood. Abridged English translation in Bibel, Milestones in immunology (1988).
1888 –1889
#3917
A subcutaneous connective tissue dystrophy of the arms and back, associated with symptoms resembling myxoedema.
First description of adiposis dolorosa (“Dercum’s disease”).
1888
#3998
Diseases of the skin.
1888 –1889
#4094
Folliculite épilante décalvante.
Folliculitis decalvans of Quinquaud first described. At about the same time, P. A. Robert described it independently in his thesis, Paris, 1889.
1888
#5034
De l’immunité contre le virus de la fièvre typhoöde conférée par des substances solubles.
Experimental antityphoid inoculation.
1888 –1889
#5059
Contribution a l’étude de la diphtérie.
Confirmation of the work of Loeffler and demonstration of the exotoxin. This work is the starting point of the development of an immunizing serum.
1889
#1177
Expérience démontrant la puissance dynamogénique chez l’homme d’un liquide extrait de testicules d’animaux.
Brown-Séquard injected into himself a testicular extract in order to bring about rejuvenation. He reported much benefit but his advocacy of this method evoked scepticism and criticism, although it stimulated research …
1889
#2543
Ueber die bakterientödtende Wirkung des zellenfreien Blutserums.
Following Nuttall’s work, Buchner discovered a substance in blood serum that was capable of destroying bacteria. He called the substance "alexin". He demonstrated that the bactericidal power of defibrinated blood was …
1889
#4095
Lupus pernio de la face; synovites fongueuses (scrofulo-tuberculeuses) symétriques des extrémités supérieures.
Besnier–Boeck–Schaumann disease, Boeck’s sarcoid. Boeck (No. 4128) wrote a classic paper on the subject and later Schaumann’s paper (No. 4149) resulted in a triple eponym. (See No. 4067).
1889
#4096
A case of erythema with remarkable nodular thickening and induration of skin, associated with intermittent albuminuria.
Erythema elevatum diutinum (“Bury’s disease”).
1889
#4096.1
Xanthélasma disséminé et symétrique, sans insufficance hépatique.
In 1889 Chauffard gave an important description of pseudoxanthoma elasticum. Further reports on his patient were published by Besnier and Doyon, Darier, and Hallopeau and Laffitte, the last in Ann. Derm. Syph. (Paris)…
1889
#4097
De la psorospermose folliculaire végétante.
Dyskeratosis follicularis was so well described by Darier that it is universally known as “Darier’s disease”. J. C. White also described it (see No. 4093) and the first description is accredited to H.C. Lutz (No. 4050).
1889
#4099
Des érythèmes papuleux fessiers post-érosifs.
“Jacquet’s disease”, “Jacquet’s dermatitis”, papulo-lenticular erythema of the napkin area.
1889
#4100
Ueber das Ulerythema ophryogenes, eine noch nicht beschriebene Hautkrankheit.
Ulerythema ophryogenes (“Taenzer’s disease”) first described.
1889
#4101
Sur une nouvelle forme de dermatite pustuleuse chronique en foyer à progression excentrique.
Pyodermite végétante. Hallopeau described a suppurative form of Neumann’s pemphigus vegetans.
1889 –1890
#4098
A rare form of lupus (marginatus).
“Hilliard’s lupus”. Hutchinson made an innovation in terminology when he named the disease after the patient instead of the physician describing it. The Archives, which ran to 11 volumes, were written entirely by Hutc…
1889
#14299
Die Haut Arterien des menschlichen Körpers.
Manchot was the first to describe the vascular territories of the human skin. This work was translated into English by J. Ristic with an introduction by William D. Morain as The cutaneous arteries of the human body (N…
1890
#2332
Weitere Mittheilungen über ein Heilmittel gegen Tuberkulose.
In 1890, Koch announced the discovery of tuberculin, a substance derived from tubercle bacilli, which he thought was capable of arresting bacterial development in-vitro and in animals. This news gave rise to tremendou…
1890
#2544
Ueber das Zustandekommen der Diphtherie-Immunität und der Tetanus-Immunität bei Thieren.
Antitoxins and their immunizing powers were discovered when Behring and Kitasato published their paper dealing with immunity to tetanus and diphtheria. This work laid the foundation of all future treatment with antito…
1890
#3837
Transplantation du corps thyroïde sur l’homme.
First thyroid transplantation (for treatment of cretinism).
1890
#4102
Acanthosis nigricans. In: Int. Atlas seltener Hautkrankheiten, Heft 4, plates x-xi
First description of acanthosis nigricans.
1890
#4103
Ueber einen Fall von kongenitalem Adenoma sebaceum.
Sebaceous adenoma, type Pringle.
1890 –1892
#4108
Ueber eine eigenartige Form von Atrophia maculosa cutis.
“Jadassohn’s disease” – maculo-papular erythrodermia; Anetoderma erythematosum of Jadassohn.
1890
#5060.1
Immunisirungsversuche bei Diphtherie.
Artificial immunity to diphtheria produced in guinea-pigs by injection of attenuated cultures of the bacillus. Fraenkel's account appeared one day before the paper of Behring and Kitasato. Behring, Die Geschichte der …
1891 –1893
#534.68
Human monstrosities. 4 vols.
The first large work on the subject illustrated primarily by photographs of specimens, and one of the last to use to the term "monster" as a medical descriptor. Digital facsimile of the 4 volumes from the Internet Arc…
1891
#1130
Sur les fonctions du corps thyroïde.
Gley re-discovered the parathyroids and later came across Sandström’s description (see No. 1127). Gley seems to have been the first to understand their real significance; his work showed the necessity of the parathyro…
1891
#1178
On spermin.
Isolation of spermin from the testis.
1891
#2622.1
Inoculation en série d’une tumeur épithéliale de la souris blanche.
In 1889 Morau transferred epitheliomata in mice and by 1893 had carried his experiments through 17 generations, the first systematic survey of tumor-host relationships from a purely biological viewpoint.
1891
#3791
Ueber eine Geschwulst der sogen. Glandula carotica oder des Nodulus caroticus. In Festschrift Rudolf Virchow, 1, 547-54.
First account of the pathology of carotid body tumors.
1891
#3838
Note on the treatment of myxoedema by hypodermic injections of an extract of the thyroid gland of a sheep.
Murray injected thyroid extract subcutaneously in the treatment of myxedema with highly successful results.
1891 –1892
#4104
Infective angeioma or naevus-lupus.
Angioma serpiginosum.
1891
#4105
L’angiocheratoma.
Mibelli gave the name to angiokeratoma although it had already been described by Cottle in 1877. It is also called “Mibelli’s disease”.
1891
#4106
Vier Fälle von Elephantiasis congenita hereditaria.
First description of hereditary oedema of the legs, generally known as “Milroy’s disease” or as “Meige’s disease” (No. 4129).
1891
#4358
Die fibröse oder deformirende Ostitis, die Osteomalacie und die osteoplastische Carcinose in ihren gegenseitigen Beziehungen. In: Festschrift R. Virchow.
Recklinghausen gave an important description of generalized osteitis fibrosa. His reference to the earlier case reported by Engel (see No. 4335) has led to this condition being sometimes referred to as “Engel–Reckling…
1891
#10598
A practical treatise on diseases of the skin
The first systematic treatise on dermatology published in America. Piffard was a pioneer of "indoor" magnesium flashlight photography, and took most of the 50 photographs reproduced in this book by this technique. Dig…
1892
#1157
Sulla distruzione della ghiandola pituitaria.
Vassale and Sacchi showed water and mineral metabolism to be affected by hypophysectomy.
1892
#2307
Leçons sur la pathologie comparée de l'inflammation, faites à l'institut Pasteur en Avril et Mai 1891.
Metchnikoff delivered his classic lectures on inflammation in French at the Pasteur Institute. They were translated into Russian as Lektsii o sravnitelnoi patologii vospaleniy, and published in St. Petersburg by K. L.…
1892
#186
Finger prints.
The use of fingerprints as identification marks was known to the Chinese, but Galton was among the first to explain their possibilities in the identification of criminals. “Galton’s delta” is a triangular area of papi…
1892
#2545.1
Practical results of bacteriological researches.
Sternberg demonstrated that the serum of an animal recovered from vaccinia possesses the property of neutralizing the activity of the causative virus. His test was readily adaptable for use in various host-systems.
1892
#3856
Lieber erfolgreiche Einheilung der Katzenschilddrüse in die Bauchdecke und Auftreten von Tetanie nach deren Exstirpation.
Experimental production of tetany by excision of the thyroid of a cat, previously successfully transplanted into the abdomen.
1892
#4107
Première note et observations préliminaires pour servir d’introduction à l’étude des prurigos diathésiques (dermites multiformes prurigineuses chroniques exacerbantes et paroxystiques, du type du prurigo de Hebra).
“Besnier’s prurigo”.
1892
#4109
An undescribed variety of hereditary oedema.
Independently of Nonne (No. 4106) Milroy described congenital edema of the legs; it has been given the eponym “Milroy’s disease”.
1892
#4110
Drei Favusarten.
Unna described the different fungi of favus. He founded the above-mentioned journal, and he is one of the most eminent figures in modern dermatology.
1892
#5109
Le choléra asiatique chez le cobaye.
Haffkine’s vaccine against cholera was the first to meet with any success.
1892 –1896
#10621
Atlas of clinical medicine. 3 vols.
Published at the end of the 19th century, and employing the wide variety of illustration technologies then available, including color lithography, lithography, and photography, this work testifies to the breadth and d…
1893 –1915
#2545
Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur ätiologischen Therapie von ansteckenden Krankheiten. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1893
#3839
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Basedow’schen Krankheit.
Müller demonstrated that an increased metabolism accompanies exophthalmic goitre.