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551 entries match Obstetrics & Reproductive [C13 / G02.403.615]

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1919

#8900

Pioneers of birth control in England and America.

ROBINSON, Victor (1866 – 1947)

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1920

#6127

Nonoperative determination of patency of Fallopian tubes in sterility. Intra-uterine inflation with oxygen, and production of an artificial pneumoperitoneum.

RUBIN, Isador Clinton (1883 – 1958)

Tubal insufflation method for the diagnosis and treatment of sterility due to occlusion of the Fallopian tubes.

1920

#12489

The prophylactic forceps operation.

DELEE, Joseph Bolivar (1869 – 1942)

DeLee's advocacy of prophylactic forceps delivery made forceps deliveries more common. It remains probably his most controversial contribution to obstetrics. "At a meeting of the American Gynecological Society in 1920…

1921

#6128

Perforating hemorrhagic (chocolate) cysts of the ovary.

SAMPSON, John Albertson (1873 – 1946)
SAMPSON, John Albertson (1873 – 1946)

The true nature of ovarian endometriomata was elucidated by Sampson.

1921

#6221

Version.

POTTER, Irving White (1868 – 1956)

Potter’s operation of podalic version.

1922

#6221.1

A pathognomonic sign of intra-uterine death.

SPALDING, Alfred Baker (1874 – 1942)

“Spalding’s sign” of fetal death.

1923

#1641.2

Contraception (birth control). Its theory, history and practice. A manual for the medical and legal professions.

STOPES, Marie Charlotte Carmichael (1880 – 1958)
STOPES, Marie Charlotte Carmichael (1880 – 1958)

The first formal handbook on birth control.

1923

#6267

Epidemics 1, case 4. In: [Works] with an English translation by W.H. Jones.

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

The earliest known description of puerperal fever.

1924 –1929

#6129

Biologie und Pathologie des Weibes. Hrsg. von 8 vols.

HALBAN, Josef von (1870 – 1937) SEITZ, Ludwig (1872 – 1961)

Second edition, 10 vols. & index, 1941-55.

1924

#6252

Césarienne suivie d’extériorisation temporaire de l’utérus et de réintégration secondaire dans le bassin.

PORTES, Louis (1891 – 1950)

Portes operation – the classic Caesarean section followed by temporary exteriorization of the uterus. More fully described in Gynéc. et Obstét., 1924, 10, 225-50.

1924

#6296

Geschichte der Gynäkologie. In: J. von Halban and L. Seitz: Biologie und Pathologie des Weibes.1, 1-202.

FISCHER, Isidor (1868 – 1943)

1925

#6297

Entwicklund der Gerurtshilfe und Gynäkologie im 19. Jahrhundert.

FEHLER, Hermann Johann Karl (1847 – 1925)

1926

#7105

Happiness in marriage.

SANGER, Margaret (1879 – 1966)
SANGER, Margaret (1879 – 1966)

Full text available from LifeDynamics.com at this link.

1927

#6009

Sorani Gynaeciorum libri 4. De signis fracturarum. De fasciis. Vita Hippocratis secundum Soranum. Ed. Johannes Ilberg. Corpus medicorum Graecorum, 4.

SORANUS OF EPHESUS (ΣΩΡΑΝΌΣ) (100 – 150) ILBERG, Johannes (1860 – 1930)

Standard Greek edition of the works of Soranus. Digital facsimile from the Corpus Medicorum Graecorum at this link.

1927

#6298

Missgeburten und Wundergestalten in Einblattdrucken und Handzeichnungen des 16. Jahrhunderts.

SONDEREGGER, Albert

1927

#6299

History of British midwifery from 1650-1800.

SPENCER, Herbert Ritchie (1860 – 1941)
SPENCER, Herbert Ritchie (1860 – 1941)

1928

#6222

Schwangerschaftsdiagnose aus dem Ham (durch Hormonnachweis).

ZONDEK, Bernhard (1891 – 1966)
ZONDEK, Bernhard (1891 – 1966)
ASCHHEIM, Selmar (1878 – 1965)
ASCHHEIM, Selmar (1878 – 1965)

The Aschheim-Zondek test for the diagnosis of pregnancy.

1929

#6299.1

Obstetric forceps, its history and evolution.

DAS, Sir Kedarnath (1867 – 1936)
DAS, Sir Kedarnath (1867 – 1936)

1929

#7186

The female sex hormone. Part I: Biology, pharmacology and chemistry. Part II: Clinical investigations based on the female sex hormone blood test.

FRANK, Robert Tilden (1875 – 1949)

The first handbook on female sex hormones. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1930

#6223

Amniography; preliminary report.

MENEES, Thomas Orville (1890 – 1937) & et al.

Introduction of amniography. With J. D. Miller and L. E. Holly.

1930

#12158

Seed, a novel of birth control.

NORRIS, Charles Gilman (1881 – 1945)
NORRIS, Charles Gilman (1881 – 1945)

1931

#6224

A simple, rapid procedure for the laboratory diagnosis of early pregnancies.

FRIEDMAN, Maurice Harold (1903 – 1991) LAPHAM, Maxwell Edward (1899 – 1983)

Friedman test for the diagnosis of pregnancy.

1931

#13561

Die hormonale Sterilisierung des weiblichen Organismus.

HABERLANDT, Ludwig (1885 – 1932)

Halberlandt, professor of physiology at Innsbruck, invented the first hormonal contraceptive, Infecundin, using corpus luteum extracts from females rich in the hormone progesterone. His initial report on the contracep…

1932

#4400.2

Cerebral birth injuries: Their orthopaedic classification and subsequent treatment.

PHELPS, Winthrop Morgan (1894 – 1971)

Phelps established the modern classification and approach to these injuries.

1932

#12160

Brave new world.

HUXLEY, Aldous Leonard (1894 – 1963)
HUXLEY, Aldous Leonard (1894 – 1963)

"The novel opens in the World State city of London in AF (After Ford) 632 (AD 2540 in the Gregorian calendar), where citizens are engineered through artificial wombs and childhood indoctrination programmes into predet…

1933

#1199

Die Behandlung der Amenorrhoë mit hohen Dosen der Ovarialhormone.

KAUFMANN, Carl

First use of estrogenic hormone for the treatment of amenorrhea in ovariectomized women, with production of the typical cyclical endometrial changes.

1933 –1939

#6131

Considérations sur la radiothérapie des cancers cervico-uterins, d’après l’experience et les résultats acquis à l’Institut du Radium de Paris.

REGAUD, Claudius (1870 – 1940)
REGAUD, Claudius (1870 – 1940)

The Paris method of radium treatment of cancer of the uterus was devised by Regaud.

1933

#6132

Early diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix.

SCHILLER, Walter (1887 – 1960)
SCHILLER, Walter (1887 – 1960)

Schiller’s test for carcinoma of the cervix.

1933

#6225

Natural childbirth.

DICK-READ, Grantly (1890 – 1959)

In this work Dick-Read coined the term "natural childbirth." He advocated natural childbirth for many years; he demonstrated that prenatal education in methods of relaxation in many cases makes labor almost painless.

1933

#6266

Anatomical variations in the female pelvis and their effect in labor, with a suggested classification.

CALDWELL, William Edgar (1880 – 1943) MOLOY, Howard Carman (1903 – 1953)

The modern classification of the female pelvis is based on the work of Caldwell and Moloy.

1933

#6300

L’ostretricia e la ginecologia in Italia.

VLANA, Odorico (1877 – 1942) VOZZA, Francesco

1933

#12485

Sound motion pictures in obstetrics.

DELEE, Joseph Bolivar (1869 – 1942)

DeLee was one of the pioneers of filmmaking for the purpose of medical teaching. In this paper he described the necessary components of a medical film, including scripts, props, lighting, sound and expert staff member…

1934

#6132.01

Tumors of the female pelvic organs.

MEIGS, Joe Vincent (1892 – 1963)

“Meigs’s syndrome” – fibroma of the ovary with pleural effusion – is described on pp. 262-63.

1934

#6226

A rapid test for the diagnosis of pregnancy.

BELLERBY, Charles William

The Xenopus toad test for the diagnosis of pregnancy; this preliminary note followed Hogben’s demonstration that Xenopus responds by ovulation to the gonadotrophic hormone (Trans. roy. Soc. S. Africa, 1930, Ser. A, 5,…

1934

#6227

Über eine neue chemische Schwangerschaftsreaktion.

KAPELLER-ADLER, Regina (1900 – 1991)
KAPELLER-ADLER, Regina (1900 – 1991)

Kapeller-Adler test for diagnosis of pregnancy.

1934

#6229

Roentgen visualization of the placenta.

SNOW, William (1898 – ) POWELL, Clilian Bethany (1894 – 1977)

Direct radiography of the placenta. "Clilan (C.B.) Powell, longtime owner of the Amsterdam News, was born in 1894 to former Virginia slaves. Very little is known about his childhood. He received his medical degree in …

1934

#11001

Postures & practices during labor among primitive peoples: Adaptations to modern obstetrics, with chapters on taboos & superstitions & postpartum gymnastics.

JARCHO, Julius (1882 – 1963)

1935

#6132.1

Amenorrhea associated with bilateral polycystic ovaries.

STEIN, Irving Freiler (1887 – 1976) LEVENTHAL, Michael Leo (1901 – 1971)

Stein–Leventhal syndrome.

1935

#6230

The substance responsible for the traditional clinical effect of ergot.

DUDLEY, Harold Ward (1887 – 1935) MOIR, John Chassar (1900 – 1977)

Isolation and introduction of ergometrine.

1935

#6280.1

Unsere Erfahrungen mit Prontosil bei Puerperalfieber.

ANSELM, Eugen

First report of the use of an antimicrobial agent in the treatment of obstetric infections.

1935

#6301

Classical contributions to obstetrics and gynecology.

THOMS, Herbert (1885 – 1972)

1936

#1662

Medical history of contraception.

HIMES, Norman Edwin (1899 – 1949)

Reprinted with updating preface, 1963, 1970.

1936

#6281

Treatment of human puerperal infections, and of experimental infections in mice, with prontosil.

COLEBROOK, Leonard (1883 – 1967)
COLEBROOK, Leonard (1883 – 1967) KENNY, Méave

Chemotherapeutic treatment of puerperal sepsis.

1936

#11896

Gynäkologische Fragmente aus dem frühen Mittelalter: nach einer Petersburger Handschrift aus dem VIII.-IX. Jahrhundert zum ersten Mal gedruckt.

EGERT, Ferdinand Paul

1937

#6303

Geschichte der Frauenheilkunde. 1 Teil. Die Frauenheilkunde der alten Welt.

DIEPGEN, Paul (1878 – 1966)
DIEPGEN, Paul (1878 – 1966)

Forms Bd. 12, Teil 1, of Handbuch der Gynäkologie, hrsg. J. Veit u. Stoeckel. See also No. 6311.4

1938

#2682.51

The history of the forceps: An investigation on the occurrence, evolution, and use of the forceps from prehistoric times to the present (with a summary in Danish). Translated by William Ernest Calvert.

MØLLER-CHRISTENSEN, Vilhelm (1903 – 1988)

Not limited to the obstetric forceps.

1938

#4962.1

A clinical and genetic study of 1,280 cases of mental defect.

PENROSE, Lionel Sharples (1898 – 1972)

In this exhaustive study Penrose showed (p. 36) the significance of maternal age in the etiology of Down syndrome.

1938

#6133

An operation for the cure of congenital absence of the vagina.

MCINDOE, Sir Archibald Hector (1900 – 1960) BANISTER, John Bright (1880 – 1938)

Mclndoe’s operation for the construction of an artificial vagina.

1938

#7406

Margaret Sanger: An autobiography.

SANGER, Margaret (1879 – 1966)
SANGER, Margaret (1879 – 1966)

1939

#6231

Prediction and prevention of late pregnancy accidents in diabetes.

WHITE, Priscilla (1900 – 1989) & et al.

First report of hormone treatment. Written with R.S. Titus, E.P. Joslin, and H. Hunt.