Europe
6,838 entries published in Europe.
1869
#1009
Beiträge zur mikroskopischen Anatomie der Bauchspeicheldrüse. Inaugural-Dissertation.
First account of the islets of Langerhans. In 1893 Édouard Laguesse attached the name of Langerhans to the structures. Langerhans did not suggest any function for them. The book was reprinted with an English translati…
1869
#2168
Der erste Verband auf dem Schlachtfelde.
Esmarch introduced the first-aid bandage on the battlefield.
1869
#1364
Beiträge zur Lehre von den Functionen der Nervencentren des Frosches.
Goltz made important observations on the decerebrate frog. He showed it to possess no volitional powers except after stimulation, no memory and no intelligence. His experiments on frogs deprived of their spinal cords …
1869
#1618
Das Kanal- Oder Siel-System in München.
Pettenkofer was responsible for the installation of the modern system of sewage disposal in Munich, and thus succeeded in almost completely ridding that city of typhoid.
1869 –1876
#2300
Manuel d’histologie pathologique. 3 pts.
English translations, Philadelphia, 1880, and London, 1882-86.
1869
#226
Hereditary genius.
Galton investigated the families of great men and suggested that genius was hereditary, and thus founded the science of Eugenics, although he did not coin the word until 1883 (see No. 230). Karl Pearson’s, The life, l…
1869
#3754
Studii clinici ed esperimentali sulla natura, causa e terapia della pellagra.
Lombroso upheld the maize theory of the origin of pellagra. He believed that the symptoms were caused by a toxin which developed in deteriorated maize. Reprinted from Riv. clin. Bologna, 1869, 8, 289-314, 321-44.
1869
#5312
Fièvre à rechutes. (Thesis.)
Silliau gave a good account of the epidemic of relapsing fever at Réunion, 1865. He showed the contagious nature of the disease.
1869
#5610
Collezione della memorie chirurgiche ed ostetriche. 2 vols.
Rizzoli was Professor of Surgery at Bologna and an outstanding operative surgeon. He introduced a compressor for aneurysms, a tracheotome, cystotome, lithotrite, enterotome, osteoclast, and performed acupressure as ea…
1869
#5904
Opthalmoskopischer Hand-Atlas.
A fine atlas which was for many years unsurpassed. The illustrations were reproduced from Jaeger’s own paintings, each of which required from 20 to 50 sittings of from two to three hours each. English translation, Lon…
1869
#6475
État de la médecine entre Homère et Hippocrate: Anatomie, physiologie, pathologie, médecine militaire, histoire des écoles médicales pour fair suite à la médecine dans Homère.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1869
#4540
On an interesting series of eye symptoms in a case of spinal disease, with remarks on the action of belladonna on the iris.
“Argyll Robertson pupil” first described. See also his later paper in the same journal, 1869, 15, 487-93. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1937, 1, 851-76.
1869
#6876
Atlas zur Pathologie der Zahne . . . Atlas to the Pathology of the Teeth [in German and English].
The first atlas of dental pathology, a "beautifully made, richly illustrated work" (Hoffmann-Axthelm, p. 399). "In these plates we find numerous anomalies of the teeth and jaw in delicate, clear drawings. . . . Occasi…
1869
#9473
De l'espèce et de la classification en zoologie. Traduction de l'anglais par Félix Vogeli. Édition revue et agumentée par l'auteur.
While Agassiz often wrote in general terms regarding his virulent opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, he provided his scientific rationale for that opposition only in an appendix to the Fr…
1869
#9660
Leçons cliniques sur les maladies chirurgicales des enfants, professées par M. J. Giraldès. Recueillies et publiées par MM. Bourneville et E. Bourgeois; revues par le professeur.
1869 –1880
#10292
Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, comprenant la description et l'iconographie du squelette et du système dentaire de ces animaux, ainsi que des documents relatifs à leur histoire naturelle. Folio atlas + 3 vols. text.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1869
#11144
Des difformités congénitales et acquises des doigts et des moyens d’y remédier. Thèse présentée au concours pour l’agrégation (section de chirurgie).
This exceptionally long and comprehensive (246pp., 39 text illustrations) thesis was the first French work on hand surgery. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1869
#12126
The nomenclature of diseases drawn up by a joint committee appointed by the Royal College of Physicians of London. (Subject to decennial revision).
"The first authoritative source of disease terminology, with the names in English, Latin, French, German and Italian. Standardization of disease terminology was necessary for accurate recording and study of mortality,…
1869
#13430
Catalogue de la bibliotheque delaissé par Mr. J. van der Hoeven.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1869
#13817
Histoire médicale du tatouage. Anatomie - Physiologie - Médecine légale - Pathologie - Applications chirurgicales.
Médecin Principal de la Marine, Berchon based his research on the increasing numbers of tattooed sailors in the French navy. In 1861 he observed the transmission of syphilis from one sailor to another, who claimed to …
1870
#337
Grundzüge der vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbelthiere.
Gegenbaur’s best work. He stressed the value of comparative anatomy as the basis of the study of descent, considering that knowledge of the relations of corresponding parts in different animals was more important even…
1870
#4541
Das Rankenneurom.
Original description of plexiform neurofibroma.
1870
#423
Die descriptive und topographische Anatomie des Menschen.
1870
#2169
Kriegschirurgische Beiträge aus dem Jahre 1866.
A surgical history of the Seven Weeks War between Germany and Austria. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1870
#492
Eierstock und Ei.
Waldeyer discovered the germinal epithelium.
1870
#1619
On the effects of the antiseptic system of treatment upon the salubrity of a surgical hospital.
1870
#1467
De physiologie der spraakklanken.
Donders’s most important work was performed in the field of ophthalmology, but he wrote a classic treatise on the physiology of speech. Also published in Onderzoekingen gedaan in het Physiologisch Laboratoriumder Utre…
1870
#2481
Études sur la maladie des vers à soie. 2 vols.
This work saved the French silk industry, which had been crippled by the disease pébrine. After three years of research on the problem, Pasteur was able to show that the disease known as pébrine was caused by a parasi…
1870
#171
Anthropométrie, ou mesure des différentes facultés de l’homme.
In his classification of various populations, Quetelet adopted the plan of determining the standard or typical “mean man” as a basis, using stature, weight, or complexion, etc., as a measure in each particular race or…
1870
#3121
Cachessia puerperale raccolta nella clinica ginecologica dell’ospitale Maggiore di Milano.
“Valsuani’s disease” – progressive anemia in pregnant and lactating women, probably first described by H. N. Bennett (No. 3117).
1870
#228
Contributions to the theory of natural selection.
Reprints, with important revisions and additions, nine important papers concerning natural selection, which had previously appeared in journals, and publishes for the first time a major paper on The limits of natural …
1870
#2768
On the etiology and prevalence of diseases of the heart among soldiers.
First description of “Da Costa’s syndrome” – the “effort syndrome” of Sir Thomas Lewis.
1870
#3381
Die Schalleitung durch die Kopfknochen und ihre Bedeutung für die Diagnostik der Ohrenkrankheiten.
Lucae was the first to study the transmission of sounds through the cranial bones for the purpose of diagnosing diseases of the ear.
1870
#3009
Traité clinique et expérimental des embolies capillaires.
1870
#4425.1
Traité de l’immobilisation directe des fragments osseux dans les fractures.
First book devoted to the treatment of fractures by internal fixation.
1870
#4212
Handbuch der pathologischen Anatomie. I. Abt.
A classic description of glomerulonephritis (“Klebs’s disease”) is on pp. 644-48.
1870
#5905
Das Ulcus corneae serpens und seine Therapie.
First description of serpiginous ulcer of the cornea and its treatment. Called also “Saemisch’s ulcer”.
1870
#6387
Histoire des sciences médicales. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1870
#10567
The religious system of the Amazulu. Izinyanga zokubula; or, divination, as existing among the Amazulu, in their own words, with a translation into English, and notes.
Callaway, a surgeon turned missionary and bishop of the Diocese of Natal, may have been the first to publish actual transcriptions of Zulu divination, including indigenous medical beliefs and practices, in their origi…
1870
#11702
Handbuch der operativen Chirurgie von Julius von Szymanowski. Deutsche Ausgabe von dem Verfasser und ... C.W. F. Uhde. Ester Theil (All Published.)
The author, who died of testicular cancer at the age of 39 two years before this posthumous publication, is one of the forgotten pioneers of plastic surgery. Many of the techniques described by later authors without c…
1870
#13675
Nouvelles études sur les quinquinas, d'après les matériaux présentés en 1867 à l'Exposition universelle de Paris et accompagnées de facsimilé des dessins de la quinologie de Mutis, suivis de remarques sur la culture de quinquinas.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1870
#13688
Étude médico-légale sur la pendaison, la strangulation, les suffocations.
Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.
1871
#943
Der Kehlkopf des Menschen.
1871
#338
A manual of the anatomy of vertebrated animals.
Huxley was among those who refuted Owen’s theory of the vertebral skull.
1871
#874
Die Blutkrystalle.
1871
#1273
Untersuchungen über den Erregungsvorgang im Nerven- und Muskelsysteme.
1871 –1878
#2127
Die Krankheiten der Arbeiter. Beiträge zur Förderung der öffentlichen Gesundheitspflege. Erste Abtheilung. Dien inneren Krankheiten der Arbeiter. Erster Theil. Die Staubinhalations-Krankheiten und die von ihnen besonders heimgesuchten Gewerbe und Fabrikbetriebe (1871). Theil. II. Die in Folge der Einathmung von Gasen und Dämpfen entstandenen Krankheiten ("Gasinhalations - Krankheiten") und die von ihnen besonders heimgesuchten Gewerbe- und Fabrikbetriebe (1873). Theil III. Die in Folge der Beschäftigung mit giftigen Stoffen entstandenen Krankheiten ("Gewerbliche Vergiftungen") und die von ihnen besonders heimgesuchten Gewerbe- und Fabrikbetriebe (1875). Theil IV. Die Krankheiten der Arbeiter. Abt. II. Die äusseren (chirurgischen) Krankheiten der Arbeiter (1878). 4 vols.
Hirt was the leading German writer on occupational medicine in the second half of the 19th century. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1871 –1888
#169
Mémoires d’anthropologie. 5 vols.
Most often remembered for his contributions to neurology, Broca was also among the greatest of the French anthropologists. He originated modern craniometry and in that connection devised many craniometric and craniosc…
1871
#170
The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. 2 vols.
This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for humans while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selectio…
1871
#172
Primitive culture: Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom. 2 vols.
The standard work on primitive religion for many years. Tylor approached his subject from the point of view of psychology, exploring the nature of belief in spirits, omens, magic, etc. His work has important ties with…