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6,838 entries published in Europe.
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 …
1837
#482
Ueber die Visceralbogen der Wirbelthiere.
First description of the visceral arches in vertebrates.
1837
#110
Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire anatomique et physiologique des végétaux et des animaux. 2 vols. and atlas.
Dutrochet asserted that respiration follows the same pattern in both animals and plants, showing that the minute openings on the surface of leaves (the stomata) communicate with lacunae in deeper tissue. He also demon…
1837
#2213
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…
1837
#1261
Beitrag zur mikroskopischen Anatomie der Nerven.
1837
#2380
Practical observations on the venereal disease, and on the use of mercury.
“Colles’s law” is stated on. p. 304. Colles introduced small doses of mercury in the treatment of syphilis. He was Professor of Surgery at Dublin.
1837
#3257.1
A treatise on the diseases and injuries of the larynx and trachea.
“A clear exposition of diseases of the larynx as known before the invention of the laryngoscope”. (Scott Stevenson and Guthrie, see No. 3342).
1837
#3258
Traité pratique de la phthisie laryngée, de la laryngite chronique, et des maladies de la voix.
A laryngological classic. English translation, 1839.
1837
#3328
Practical surgery.
In his day Liston was the most dexterous and resourceful surgeon in the British Isles. He was the first in the country to remove the scapula and the first – on 21 Dec. 1846 – to perform a major operation with the aid …
1837
#2750
Akute idiopathische Herzentzündung. In his: Praktische Diagnostik, pp. 118-20
Sobernheim first used the term “myocarditis.”
1837
#5851
Procéde pour écrire au moyen des points.
Braille, himself blind, modified the system of elevated points first suggested by Charles Barbier in 1820 for enabling the blind to read. In 1837 he added symbols for mathematics and music to his six dot system.
1837
#6173
An exposition of the signs and symptoms of pregnancy.
“Montgomery’s glands”, the sebaceous glands of the areola, were previously described by Morgagni. They are described, with his “tubercles” (the secondary areola seen in pregnancy) in the above work.
1837
#6530
Essai sur l’histoire de la médecine belge avant le XIXe siècle.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1837
#7633
Musée d'anatomie de la Faculté de Médecine de Strasbourg, ou Catalogue méthodique de son cabinet d'anatomie physiologique, comparée et pathologique.
Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link. See also Ehrmann's Nouveau catalogue du musée d'anatomie normal et pathologique de la Faculté de Médecine de Strasbourg (1843) and his Notice sur les accroissements du …
1837
#8209
An essay on the antiquity of Hindoo medicine, including an introductory lecture to the course of materia medica and therapeutics, delivered at King's College.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1837
#9651
A descriptive and statistical account of the British Empire, exhibiting its extent, physical capacities, population, industry and civil and religious institutions. 2 vols.
McCulloch indicated on the title page that he was "assisted by numerous contributors." Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link. Fourth edition, revised with an appendix of tables (2 vols., 1854). Digital f…
1837
#11467
The spirit of the woods, illustrated by coloured engravings
Little is known of the anonymous author of this early illustrated work on trees except that she was also "Mrs. William Hey" and had previously published The moral of flowers. The beautiful hand-colored plates presumab…
1837 –1841
#11697
Anatomia chirurgica truncorum arteriarum nec non fasciarum fibrosarum.
An atlas of arterial stems and fasciae. Translated into German as Chirurgische anatomie der Arterienstamme und Fascien neu Bearbeitet von Julius Szymanowski. Leipzig und Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1850. Digital facsimi…
1837
#11813
Histoire statistique et morale des enfants trouvés.
A thorough analysis of the problem of foundling children from a social, medical, legal and historical standpoint. The work begins with a history of the treatment of abandoned children from antiquity to the time of wri…
1837
#12871
Handbuch der Zahnheilkunde: enthaltend Anatomie u. Physiologie, Materia Medica dentaria und Chirurgie. Nach eigen 43 Jar. Erfahrung und viefältigen Beobactungen dargestellt.
The first German handbook of scientific dentistry, a collaboration between the Linderers, father and son. Second edition, revised and expanded by Joseph Linderer, 2 vols, 1842. Digital facsimile of the 1842 edition fr…
1837
#13056
Catalogue raisonné, or, classified arrangement of the books in the Library of the Medical Society of Edinburgh.
Classification by subject. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1838
#111
Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. 1 vol. and atlas of 64 hand-colored engraved plates.
In this monumental work in folio format Ehrenberg extended Otto Friedrich Müller’s bacteriological classification. Like Müller, he made no distinction between protozoa and bacteria, classing them both as infusoria. Hi…
1838
#1262
Observationes anatomicae et microscopicae de systematis nervosi structura.
See No. 1260.
1838
#2291
Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease.
Carswell was Professor of Morbid Anatomy at University College, London, and one of the leading English pathologists of his day. A fine artist, he personally painted 2,000 water-colours of pathological specimens. His g…
1838
#2612
Ueber den feinern Bau und die Formen der krankhaften Geschwülste. Lief. 1.
This classic work showed that Müller realized the necessity of the cell theory for the comprehension of the nature of cancer. He recognized cells, their nuclei and nucleoli, and could distinguish various types of tumo…
1838
#2381
Traité pratique des maladies vénériennes.
Includes the description of “Ricord’s chancre”, the initial lesion in syphilis. Ricord re-demonstrated the specific character of syphilis and divided it into the three stages, primary, secondary, and tertiary. Repeati…
1838
#3587
Treatise on ruptures. 5th ed.
This was the standard text for many years. It first appeared in 1807 as Treatise on hernia.
1838
#4028
Abrégé pratique des maladies de la peau. 3me. éd.
Laurent Théodore Biett (1781-1840), was a pupil of Alibert, Willan, and Bateman. His classic description of lupus erythematoides migrans (“Biett’s disease”) occurs on pp. 11 and 415 of the above work.
1838
#4321
Beiträge zur operativen Orthopädik.
Stromeyer is the founder of modern surgery of the locomotor system. He advocated and practised subcutaneous tenotomy for all deformities of the body arising from muscular defects.
1838
#4798
Des maladies mentales. 2 vols. and atlas.
Esquirol succeeded Pinel at the Salpêtrière, and was the first lecturer on psychiatry. After Pinel he was a founder of the French School. This is the first modern textbook on psychiatry. It is notable for its striking…
1838
#5743.4
Handbuch der plastischen Chirurgie. Nebst einer Vorrede von J.F. Dieffenbach.
In this work Zeis introduced the term “plastic surgery”. The first half of the work covers the general principles of plastic surgery, and the first history of the subject. The second half describes the special operati…
1838
#5594
Traité d’anatomie chirurgicale et de chirurgie expérimentale. 2 vols.
1838
#6008
De arte obstetricia morbisque mulierum quae supersunt. Ex apographo Friderici Reinholdi Dietz, nuper fato perfuncti primum edita.
Greek editio princeps of Soranus, based on manuscripts Dietz discovered in Paris and Rome, and published after the early death of the editor. Soranus was the leading authority on the gynecology and obstetrics of antiq…
1838 –1847
#5852
Klinische Darstellungen der Krankheiten und Bildungsfehler des menschlichen Auges, der Augenlider und der Thränenwerkzeuge nach eigenen Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen. 4 pts.
This great color-plate atlas is probably the best summary of the knowledge of diseases of the eye prior to the introduction of the ophthalmoscope.
1838
#5853
Guide pratique pour l’étude et le traitement des maladies des yeux. 2 vols.
Carron du Villards taught ophthalmology in Paris; his book is one of the best of the period.
1838
#6175
Die geburtshülfiche Auscultation
Pioneering work on obstetric auscultation, including the sounds of the foetal heart. English translation by C. West, London, 1839.
1838 –1840
#6711
Medical portrait gallery. Biographical memoirs of the most celebrated physicians, surgeons, etc. etc. who have contributed to the advancement of medical science. 4 vols.
Includes engraved portraits as well as text. The text frequently contains extensively annotated bibliographies of key works of the physicians portrayed. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1838
#4458
Excision of the head of the femur for disease of the hip-joint. IN: S. COOPER: A dictionary of practical surgery. 7th ed., pp. 272-73
White was the first to perform this operation, April 1821.
1838
#7672
Histoire des embaumements et de la préparation des pièces d'anatomie normale, d'anatomie pathologique et de l'histoire naturelle suivie de procédés nouveau.
Gannal discovered the efficacy of solutions of aluminum acetate and chloride for preserving anatomical preparations. His method of embalming involved injection of solutions of aluminum salts into the arteries. Transla…
1838
#8401
Herophilus. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Medicin.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1838
#13036
Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, édition en-folio et in 4to de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1770. Publié par C. J. Temminck. 5 vols.
Though Baron Laugier was responsible for this publication, which was issued over a period of 18 years, but not formally published until 1838, the scientific work has been credited to Temminck. Describes about 800 spec…
1838
#13150
Clinique des maladies des enfants nouveau-nes.
The first work on the diseases of newborns and the first work on child neurology and pediatric neurosurgery.
1838
#13790
Des maladies les plus fréquentes à bord des navires baleiniers, et de leur traitement.
On injuries and diseases of the crews of whaling voyages in particular. This was Santy's medical dissertation; dissertation and commercially published issues appeared from the same publisher the same year. Digital fac…
1839
#541
De formatione granulosa in nervis aliisque partibus organismi animalis.
In 1839 Purkynĕ was the first to use the term protoplasma, by which he described the embryonic ground substance. This fact is recorded in the inaugural dissertation of one of his students, J. Rosenthal.
1839
#483
Entwicklungsgeschichte der Natter (Coluber natrix).
“Rathke’s pouch”, a diverticulum from the embryonic buccal cavity.
1839
#2215
Elements of the practice of medicine. Vol. 1. (All Published.)
Originally issued in three parts from 1836 to 1839 when the authors were joint lecturers on medicine at Guy’s Hospital.
1839
#1605.1
Die Krankheiten des höhren Alters und ihre Heilung. 2 vols.
Canstatt’s book is one of the most important in the history of gerontology, summarizing all previous work on the subject. Suffering from tuberculosis, Canstatt himself only lived to the age of 43. Digital facsimile fr…
1839 –1857
#1396.01
Anatomie comparée du système nerveux. 2 vols. and atlas.
The first comprehensive systematic investigation of the mammalian brain. Leuret wrote vol. 1 without Gratiolet, who later became his collaborator, publishing vol. 2 and the atlas after Leuret’s death.
1839
#113
Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Uebereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen.
Mainly devoted to the investigation of the elementary structure of animal tissues, Schwann’s Untersuchungen had an important bearing on the development of the doctrine of the cell structure of animal tissue. In this w…
1839
#1458