1811 NORTH, Elisha (1771 – 1843)

A treatise on a malignant epidemic, commonly called spotted fever.

First book on cerebrospinal meningitis; in it North recommended the use of the clinical thermometer, not in general use until the time of Wunderlich. For more information on this book, see the article by F. L. Pleadwe…

GMN 4676 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/944

1819 LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826)

De l’auscultation médiate, ou traité du diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur. 2 vols.

This book revolutionized the study of diseases of the chest. Auscultation in the instrumental sense dates from Laennec’s invention of the stethoscope (at first merely a roll of stiff paper) with a view to amplifying t…

GMN 2673 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3518

1826 LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826)

Traité de l'auscultation médiate ou traité diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur. 2 vols.

Second edition, hugely revised, expanded, and improved. The pagination of the first edition (1819) was 456 pp. in vol. 1 and 472 pp. in vol. 2. The second edition was expanded to 728pp. in vol. 1 and 790 pp. in vol. 2…

GMN 14323 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16648

1837 STOKES, William (1804 – 1878)

A treatise on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest.

Stokes, most prominent of the Irish school of medicine, established his reputation by his book on diseases of the chest. Important among its contents are his discovery of a stage of pneumonia prior to that described b…

GMN 2213 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1697

1839 ŠKODA, Josef (1805 – 1881)

Abhandlung über Perkussion und Auskultation.

Skoda classified the various sounds obtained on percussion according to their musical pitch and tone. “Skoda’s resonance” is an important diagnostic sign in pneumonia and pericardial effusion. Following Skoda’s work, …

GMN 2676 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3525