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29 entries published in this place. (Heidelberg, DE)

1687

#975

De glandulis in intestino duodeno hominis detectis.

“Brunner’s glands”, earlier described by Wepfer (No. 974.1).

1821

#9700

Icones cerebri simiarum et quorundam mammalium rariorum.

"Although a few more reports were published furing the next hundred years [after Tyson] it was Tiedemann alone who gave a more detailed account, on monkeys, in his... Icones Simiarum.... In monkeys he found the brain …

1826 –1827

#988

Die Verdauung nach Versuchen. 2 vols.

Confirmation of the work of Prout.

1845

#1502

Die Farbenerscheinungen im Grunde des menschlichen Auges.

An important description of colour phenomena in the fundus oculi. This paper won for Kussmaul the Karl Friedrich Medal of the University of Heidelberg.

1849

#11432

Friedrich Tiedemann’s Bücher-Sammlung.

"After resigning his professorship of anatomy and physiology at Heidelberg due to deteriorating eyesight, Friedrich Tiedemann (1781-1861) sold his extensive personal library—over 4,600 volumes, assembled over fifty ye…

1856

#8215

Die geographischen Verhältnisse der Krankheiten oder Grundzüge der Noso-Geographie. Vol. 1: Allgemeine Gesetze und Lehren der Noso-Geographie; Vol. 2: Thesaurus Noso-Geographicus.

Digital facsimile from Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf at this link.

1859

#5884

Die Krümmung der Homhaut des menschlichen Auges.

Knapp wrote valuable monographs on curvature of the cornea (above) and on intraocular tumours (see No. 5902). He became one of the leading ophthalmologists in America.

1863

#14165

Der Gebrauch des Spektroskopes zu physiologischen und ärztlichen Zwecken.

The first monograph on medical spectroscopy. After Hoppe-Seyler published the first paper on the application of spectroscopy to blood chemistry in 1862 (No. 870), Valentin decided to publish his own contributions to t…

1871

#1273

Untersuchungen über den Erregungsvorgang im Nerven- und Muskelsysteme.

1873 –1877

#4548

Ueber eine eigenthümliche Localisation von Lähmungen im Plexus brachialis.

“Erb’s palsy”, first described by Smellie in 1763 and later by Duchenne (No. 4543).

1908

#11329

Das Gebiss des Menschen und der Anthropomorphen. Vergleichend anatomische Untersuchungen.

1914

#9438

Medicina de quadrupedibus: An early English version with introduction, translation, notes, and glossary.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1947

#7892

Das Diktat der Menschenverachtung. Der Nürnberger Ärzteprozeß und seine Quellen.

English version: Doctors of infamy. The story of the Nazi medical crimes, translated from German by Heinz Norden. With statements of 3 American authorities identified with the Nuremberg medical trial and a note on med…

1953

#10504

Pest in Venedig 1575-1577. Ein Beitrag zur Frage der Infektkette bei den Pestepidemien West-Europas.

Rodenwaldt studied of the course of plague in Venice from 1575-1577 and the measures taken to combat the epidemic, considering symptoms, transmitter, environment, climatic influences, and the success and failure of th…

1968

#13180

Justus von Liebig. Eine Bibliographie sämtlicher Veröffentlichungen mit biographischen Anmerkungen von Carlo Paolini

1975

#10641

Paleoneurology 1804-1966: An annotated bibliography.

1989

#9465

Diabetes, its medical and cultural history: Outlines — texts — bibliography. Edited by Dietrich von Engelhardt.

1989

#10340

Cancer mapping, edited by Peter Boyle, Calum S. Muir, and Ekkehard Grundmann.

The first chapter, by G. M. Howe is "Historical evolution of disease mapping in general and specifically of cancer mapping." The book as a whole discusses the wide range of cancer maps and atlases in U.S., Europe and …

1991

#9851

A history of experimental virology. Translated by Elvira Reckendorf.

1993

#13187

Disease transmission by insects: Its discovery and 90 years of effort to prevent it.

1995

#12837

Zur Geschichte der Endokrinologie und Reproduktionsmedizin. 256 Biographien und Berichte.

2001

#13403

Botanophilia in eighteenth-century France: The spirit of the Enlightenment.

2005

#7004

Body worlds. The anatomical exhibition of real human bodies.

In 1977 Gunther von Hagens invented plastination, a technique or process used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts. In the process water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be …

2005

#13266

Classic papers in modern diagnostic radiology. Edited by Adrian M. K. Thomas, Arpan K. Banerjee, and Uwe Busch.

2007

#11085

A history of plastic surgery.

2008

#7266

Pantheon der Dermatologie. Herausragende historische Persönlichkeiten.

Probably the largest and most comprehensive history of a medical specialty published in the 21st century. Expanded and revised English translation: Pantheon of Dermatology: outstanding historical figures by Löser, Ple…

2011

#10236

Animal inside out: A Body Worlds production.

Applying the technique and theatricality of plastination to the anatomy of animals including animals as large as elephants.

2013

#8487

Mathematical demography: Selected papers. Edited by David Smith and Nathan Keyfitz. Second, revised edition, edited by Kenneth W. Wachter and Hervé Le Bras.

2014

#10629

The Pelvis: Structure, gender and society.

"This book offers a critical review of the pelvic sciences—past, present and future—from an anatomical and physiological perspective....The book starts with a “construction plan” of the pelvis and shows its structural…