Germany
1,482 entries published in Germany. 93 publication places.
1880
#2329
Die Tuberkulose vom Standpunkte der Infectionslehre.
Cohnheim, a pioneer pathologist, was Virchow’s most distinguished pupil. Among his many valuable experiments, the greatest was perhaps his successful inoculation of tuberculosis in the anterior chamber of the rabbit’s…
1880
#3995
Pathologie und Therapie der Hautkrankheiten.
English translation by J. C. Johnston in 1895.
1880
#5773
Die Krankheiten der Brustdrüsen.
A monograph on cancer and other diseases of the breast, including a discussion of cancer in the male breast in the final chapter. This work is also significant in the history of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dig…
1880
#11721
Die Messung des Pulses und des Blutdrucks am Menschen.
Probably the first book published on the messurement blood pressure in mankind. Mostly concerned with normal physiologic conditions, with a small section on fluctuations in illness. Digital facsimile from Google Books…
1881
#635
Handbuch der Physiologie des Gesammt-Stoffwechsels und der Fortpflanzung.
Forms vol. 6, pt. 1 of Hermann’s Handbuch der Physiologie.
1881
#701
Physiologische Chemie.
Hoppe-Seyler, one of the greatest of the physiological chemists, founded the Zeitschrift für physiologische Chemie and wrote a classical textbook on the subject.
1881
#502
Die Coelomtheorie. Versuch einer Erklärung des mittleren Keimblattes.
The Hertwig brothers formulated the “coelom” theory to account for the classification and phylogeny of metazoan animals. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1881
#1414
Ueber die Functionen der Grosshirnrinde.
Munk made important investigations on the functions of the temporal lobes.
1881
#1647
Die öffentliche Hygiene im alten Rom.
1881
#2081
Die Nebenwirkungen der Arzneimittel.
This was the first book of its kind. It deals with the borderline between the pharmacological and the toxicological action of drugs with the untoward or side-effects of all kinds of medicaments. For details regarding …
1881 –1882
#2305
Lehrbuch de allgemeinen und speciellen pathologischen Anatomie und Pathogenese.
An outstanding textbook which today remains of value to pathologists. Ziegler was Professor of Pathology at Freiburg, and founded the Beiträge zur pathologischen Anatomie (“Ziegler’s Beiträge”).
1881
#5002
Die Entdeckung des Hypnotismus: nebst einer ungedruckten Original-Abhandlung von [James] Braid in deutscher Übersetzung.
A translation into German by Preyer of a previously unpublished work on the history of hypnosis by James Braid.
1881
#6339
Vorlesungen über Kinderkrankheiten.
Henoch, whose name is remembered for his description of purpura, initiated the modern concept of pediatrics. English translation, New York, 1882.
1882
#1679
Geschichte der epidemischen Krankheiten.
Forms vol. 3 of his Lehrbuch der Geschichte der Medizin und der epidemischen Krankheiten, 3te. Aufl.
1882
#4178
Die Albuminurie im gesunden und kranken Zustande.
1882
#5132
Pestilentia in nummis.
A study of medals and tokens relating to epidemics of plague and other infectious diseases.
1882
#6242
Der Kaiserschnitt bei Uterusfibromen nebst vergleichender Methodik der Sectio Caesarea und der Porro-Operation.
“Sänger’s operation” – the so-called “classic Caesarean section”. A preliminary note is in Arch. Gynak., 1882, 19, 370.
1882
#4082
Ueber die multiplen Fibrome der Haut und ihre Beziehung zu den multiplen Neuromen
One of Virchow’s distinguished pupils, von Recklinghausen gave a classic description of neurofibromatosis, adding much to the knowledge of the condition, which later became known as “Recklinghausen’s disease”. The art…
1882
#12200
Sorani gynaeciorum vetus translatio Latina. Nunc primum edita cum additis Graeci textus reliquiis a Dietzio repertis atque ad ipsum codicem Parisiensem nunc recognitis a Valentino Rose.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1883
#343
Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbelthiere.
English translation, London, 1886. Digital facsimile of the 1883 edition from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.
1883
#1622
Die Hygiene des Auges in den Schulen.
Cohn did much to promote school hygiene. He advocated regular examination of the eyes of school children, an idea which was put into practice in 1885. An English translation of the book appeared in 1886.
1883
#1875
Grundriss der Arzneimittellehre.
Schmiedeberg, leading German pharmacologist, was professor at Dorpat and Strasburg. Among his many valuable investigations may be mentioned his study of the effect of drugs on the circulation.
1883
#2454
Die thierischen Parasiten des Menschen.
1883 –1884
#2229
Lehrbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie der inneren Krankheiten. 2 vols.
Strümpell gave an excellent description of ankylosing spondylitis (“Strümpell’s disease”, the “spondylose rhizomélique” of Pierre Marie, No. 4368) on p. 152 of his Lehrbuch. See No. 2229. He published an important pap…
1883
#4941
Compendium der Psychiatrie.
Later editions of this book were called Lehrbuch. The sixth edition is notable in that in it manic-depressive psychoses were first mentioned as such. Ninth edition in 1927. Kraepelin, Professor of Psychiatry successiv…
1883 –1885
#5796
Die chirurgischen Klassiker Deutschlands. 2 vols.
1883
#5637
Anleitung zur Technik antiseptischen Wundbehandlung und des Dauerverbandes.
The first attempts at asepsis were made by Neuber. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1883
#229
Überdie Bedeutungder Kerntheilungsfiguren.
Roux investigated why the nucleus undergoes the precise division of mitosis while the rest of the cell undergoes a rather crude division when one cell splits into two. He argued that mitosis ensures a precise halving …
1884 –1890
#555
Untersuchungen zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Zelle.
1884 –1889
#784
Das Venensystem des menschlichen Körpers. 2 pts. and atlas.
Like Braune’s other anatomical works, this is notable for its excellent illustrations.
1884
#1624
Die Canalisation von Berlin.
Hobrecht was responsible for the construction of the Berlin sewers.
1884 –1886
#1880
Vorlesungen über Pharmakologie.
Includes his test for quinine in urine. English translation of second edition, 1895-97. Binz was Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn. His most important work was perhaps the demonstration that quinine in low concentrati…
1884
#2708
Therapie der Kreislauf-Störungen.
English translation in von Ziemssen’s Handbook of general therapeutics, Vol. 7, London, 1887.
1884
#3997
Die krankhaften Veränderungen der Haut.
Hans von Hebra was the son of Ferdinand, whose work he continued. His textbook correlated skin diseases to diseases of the entire organism.
1884
#5619
Mikro-Organismen bei den Wund-Infections-Krankheiten des Menschen.
Rosenbach proved that streptococci and staphylococci are distinct and differentiated two strains of staphylococci (“aureus” and “albus”). He cultured cocci from a considerable range of septic conditions, thus more acc…
1884 –1888
#6716
Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte aller Zeiten und Völker. Edited by August Hirsch, with the assistance of Ernest Gurlt and A. Wernich. 6 vols.
This is one of the best sources of medical biography up to 1880, with useful bibliographical notes. Articles were written by many physicians, whose names were mentioned on the title page. Gurlt and Wernich assisted Hi…
1884
#229.1
Neue Untersuchungen über den Befruchtungsvorgang bei den Phanerogamen als Gründlage für eine Theorie der Zeugung.
Like Roux, Strasburger hypothesized that the cell nucleus contained the material basis of heredity, and developed the idea with evidence from microscopical observations.
1884
#12279
Hertztamponade: Ein Beitrag zur Herzchirurgie.
Rose coined the term "Herztomponade" translated as "cardiac tamponade." He "described the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade and recorded 23 case histories of ruptured or wounded hearts, several of which did not cau…
1884
#12892
Zur Anatomie der Zunge. Eine vergleichend-anatomische Studie.
One of the first and the most extensive comparative anatomical studies of the tongues of animals. The book contrasts the tongues of fish, amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals, through various sectional illustrat…
1884
#13341
Ibn Abi Useibia. Herausgegeben von August Müller.
Self-published. Arabic text with relatively brief commentary. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1885
#4502
Das Regimen bei der Gicht.
A pupil of Frerichs, Virchow, and Romberg, Ebstein became Professor of Medicine at Göttingen.
1885 –1886
#705
Ueber Ptomaine. 3 vols.
Brieger isolated and determined the composition of a number of the ptomaines.
1885
#2500
Vorlesungen über Bacterien.
1885
#2502
Ueber Fäulnissbacterien.
Isolation of Proteus vulgaris.
1885
#2503
Die Methoden der Bakterienforschung.
Hueppe, a colleague of Koch, wrote an admirable manual on bacteriological methods, a subject to which he gave several original contributions. English translation, New York, 1886.
1885
#179
Das Weib in der Natur-und Völkerkunde. 2 vols.
Ploss incorporated a vast amount of data concerning every aspect of woman in the unillustrated first edition, and died the year it was published. He covered anthropology, psychology, aesthetics, physiology, sexuality,…
1885 –1888
#180
Völkerkunde. 2 vols.
Ratzel emphasized the importance of the investigation of the history of primitive peoples in the study of ethnology.
1885
#2540
Das Sauerstoff-Bedürfniss des Organismus. Eine farbenanalytische Studie.
Includes the first statement of Ehrlich’s “side-chain” theory.
1885
#3295
Über die Bedeutung der Bursa pharyngea für die Erkennung und Behandlung gewisser Nasenrachenraum-Krankheiten.
“Tornwaldt’s [Thornwaldt’s] bursitis”, first described by Wendt (see No. 3283).
1885
#3731
Untersuchungen über Osteomalacie und Rachitis.
Hess considered this the foremost contribution to the subject during the 19th century.