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37 entries match Immunology & Dermatology [C19 / C20 / C17] · Diagnostics & Imaging [E01]
1823
#1492.1
Commentatio de examine physiologico organi visus et systematis cutanei.
Purkynĕ was first to examine the interior of the human eye and the dog eye, using only a candle and a concave spherical lens. He thus invented the ophthalmoscope three decades before Helmholtz (1851; No. 5866). Reprin…
1837
#539
Symbolae ad anatomiam villorum intestinalium, imprimis eorum epithelii et vasorum lacteorum.
Henle first described the epithelia of the skin and intestines, and defined the structure and function of columnar and ciliated epithelium. He applied the term “epithelium” to all mucous membranes in the body. Modern …
1865
#6873
Photographs (coloured from life) of the diseases of the skin.
The first dermatologic publication illustrated with photographs.
1868
#6872
Clinique photographique de l'hôpital Saint-Louis.
The first French dermatologic book illustrated with photographs. Originally issued in fascicules, 1867-68. The first edition includes 49 or 50 albumin photographs; second edition, entitled Clinique photographique des …
1871 –1872
#10585
Photographic review of medicine and surgery. A bi-monthly illustration of interesting cases, accompanied by notes. Edited by F.F. Maury [and] L.A. Duhring. Vols. 1 & 2 (All published).
The leading 19th century American publication of artistic medical photography. Each of the two volumes includes 24 mounted photographs. The photographs ilustrate cases of unusual and extreme disease, such as gross def…
1872
#13212
Autumnal catarrh (Hay fever) with three maps.
Wyman conducted experiments that convinced him that ragweed was a cause of hay fever. He then collected data from correspondents and published the first pollen maps of the U.S. so that sufferers could plan vacations i…
1880
#3996
Photographic illustrations of skin diseases.
Fox, who was Professor of Dermatology in New York, produced a valuable atlas of skin diseases.
1880
#6874
Tratado clinico iconografico de dermatologia quirurgica.
The first medical text in Spanish to use photographs as illustrations. Includes 17 lithographed plates (12 chromolithographs) and 3 original photographs (2 hand-colored). Giné y Partagás was a surgeon, dermatologist, …
1886 –1890
#7744
Klinicheskii sbornik po dermatologii i sifilologii. 4 vols.
Mansurov was the first dermatologist in Russia, and one of the first physicians to use photography systematically in medical illustration. This was a periodical, illustrated with original photographs, of which Manusro…
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…
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
#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
#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.
1896
#2550
Recherches de la réaction agglutinante dans le sang et le sérum desséchés des typhiques et dans la sérosité des vesicatoires.
Developing the work of Gruber and Durham, Widal noted that a patient’s serum could be tested with bacteria of known type and his disease identified by this means. They demonstrated specific agglutinins in the blood of…
1897
#2002
Demonstration eines mit Röntgenstrahlen behandelten Falles von Naevus pigmentosus pilosus.
First use of x rays for deep irradiation therapy.
1897
#2550.1
Über specifische Reactionen im keimfreien Filtraten aus Cholera, Typhus und Pestbouillonculturen, erzeugt durch homologes Serum.
The precipitin reaction, employed for the qualitative identification of antigens and antibodies. English translation in Bibel, Milestones in immunology,(1988) pp. 265-68.
1897
#10597
Skin diseases of children. With twelve photogravure and chromographic plates, and sixty illustrations in the text.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1901
#2553
Sur l’existence de substances sensibilisatrices dans la plupart des sérums antimicrobiens.
The Bordet–Gengou complement-fixation reaction is the basis of many tests for infection, notably the Wassermann test for syphilis, and reactions for gonococcus infection, glanders, hydatid disease. English translation…
1901
#4003
Note sur le traitement du lupus érythémateux par des applications de radium.
First application of radium in the treatment of lupus.
1904
#2561
Blood immunity and blood relationship, a demonstration of certain blood relationships amongst animals by means of the precipitin test for blood.
1904
#4004
Surla radiothérapie des teignes.
Sabouraud’s method of radiological treatment of ringworm.
1905 –1906
#5440
The histology of the skin lesions in varicella.
Tyzzer was first to recognize inclusion bodies in varicella.
1908
#5065
Kutanreaktion beil Impfung mit Diphtherietoxin.
The Schick test for the determination of susceptibility to diphtheria.
1913
#5066
Die Diphtherietoxin – Hautreaktion des Menschen als Vorprobe der prophylaktischen Diphtherieheilseruminjektion.
Schick developed his test for use as an indication as to whether or not prophylactic injections of antitoxin are necessary in children already exposed to diphtheria. English translation in J. Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1938, 5,…
1915
#2569
The influence of the x-ray on the production of antibodies.
Proof that x rays suppress the antibody response.
1919
#2440
On the value of a skin reaction to a suspension of leprous nodules.
Mitsuda (lepromin) reaction. English translation by the author in Int. J. Leprosy, 1953, 21, 347-58.
1919 –1920
#3850
Epinephrin hypersensitiveness test in the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism.
Goetsch devised a skin reaction test for use in the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism
1919
#3922
A system of blood analysis.
Folin–Wu test for blood sugar.
1924
#5069
Ueber cutane Hautreaktion mittels Diphtherie-Toxin zum Nachweis der Diphtherie-Immunität.
The “scratch test”, a cutaneous reaction for determination of susceptibility to diphtheria.
1927
#2008
Discordance des effets des rayons X, d’une part dans la peau, d’autre part dans le testicule, par le fractionnement de la dose: diminution de l’efficacité dans la peau, maintien de l’efficacité dans le testicule.
Dose fractionation.
1931
#3923
The analysis of whole-blood. II. The determination of sugar and of saccharoids (non-fermentable copper-reducing substances).
Benedict’s test for blood-sugar.
1937
#12832
Electrophoresis of serum globulin. II- Electrophoretic analysis of normal and immune sera.
Tiselius showed that an antibody that he produced in a rabbit by immunizing it with albumin (ovalbumin) was clearly located in the gamma globulin fraction. He summarized the paper with this statement: "Investigation o…
1946
#9338
Radioactive iodine therapy: Effect on functioning metastases of adenocarcinoma of the thyroid.
Seidlin and Marinelli described the first successful treatment of a patient with thyroid cancer metastases using radioiodine (I-131). This paper demonstrated the potential of nuclear medicine as a medical specialty.
1950
#2352
A new and practical B.C.G. skin test (the B.C.G. scarification test) for the detection of the total tuberculous allergy.
1956 –1960
#86.4
Collected papers of Paul Ehrlich. Compiled and edited by F. Himmelweit. 3 vols.
Vol. I: Histology, biochemistry, and pathology, Vol. 2: Immunology and cancer research; Vol. 3: Chemotherapy. Most texts are in German. English translations are also published when available. The set includes new Engl…
1971
#12601
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Quantitative assay of immunoglobulin G.
Perlmann (principal investigator) and Engvall conceptualized and developed the very commonly used enzyme-lined immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that uses antibodies to detect proteins and other different immunogens. The as…
2003
#10244
ArtandMedicine.com.
http://www.artandmedicine.com/Index.html A highly personal but in all aspects extraordinary website/blog on the history of medical photography in the form of what Rowley calls his Cabinet Journal.