Europe
6,838 entries published in Europe.
1878 –1882
#3387
Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde. 2 pts.
Politzer was one of the greatest of all otologists. He was the first Professor of Otology in Vienna and his textbook was for many years the standard authority on the subject. English translation, 1883.
1878
#4075.1
On the treatment of psoriasis by an ointment of chrysophanic acid.
Introduction of chrysarobin in dermatology.
1878
#6193
Traité du palper abdominal au point de vue obstétrical.
Pinard, professor of obstetrics in Paris, showed the importance of abdominal palpation as an aid to obstetrical diagnosis. English translation, 1885.
1878
#7294
La méthode graphique dans les sciences expérimentales et particulièrement en physiologie et en médecine.
Marey pioneered the use of graphical recording in the experimental sciences, using instruments (many of his own invention) to capture and display data impossible to observe with the senses alone, and to record the pro…
1878
#7706
Etude historique et clinique sur la trépanation du crâne; la trépanation guidée par les localisations cérébrales.
Lucas-Chamionnière asserted that the operation was performed by ancient surgeons for both magical and therepeutic reasons, and noted that ancient surgeons prevented lethal hemorrhage from the sagittal sinus by avoidin…
1878 –1879
#8966
Alexander von Tralles. Original-Text und Übersetzung nebst einer einleitenden Abhandlung. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Medicin. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1878
#9174
Tropical nature and other essays.
"Wallace's extensive work in biogeography made him aware of the impact of human activities on the natural world. In Tropical Nature and Other Essays (1878), he warned about the dangers of deforestation and soil erosio…
1878
#9497
The poisonous snakes of India: For the use of the officials and others residing in the Indian Empire.
Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1878
#11427
Catalogue des livres composant la bibliothèque scientifique de Claude Bernard.
Auction catalogue of Bernard's library conducted by Bernard's publisher and bookseller, J.-B Baillière et Fils. The sale, conducted over 4 days, included 1077 lots. Most were books published during Bernard's lifetime.…
1878
#12401
William Harvey: A history of the discovery of the circulation of the blood
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1878
#13475
Der Alkoholismus seine Verbreitung und Wirkung auf den Individuellen und sozialen Organismus, sowie die Mittel Ihn zu Bekämpfen.
1878
#14194
La théorie des germes et ses applications à la médecine et à la chirurgie. Lecture faite à l'Académie de médecine par M. Pasteur en son nom et au nom de MM. Joubert et Chamberland ....
In this speech Pasteur first introduced the term "germ theory" and defined its applications in medicine, surgery, and infectious disease. The speech was first published in condensed form in Comptes rendus...de l'Acadé…
1879
#4560
Topische Diagnostik der Gehirnkrankheiten.
On p. 220 is the description of unilateral oculomotor paralysis combined with cerebellar ataxia, “Nothnagel’s syndrome”.
1879
#634
Leçons de physiologie opératoire.
In this, his last work, Bernard showed himself “the unapproachable master in the technique of experimental procedure” (Garrison).
1879
#443
Das Arabische un Hebräische in der Anatomie.
Hyrtl, professor of anatomy at Prague and Vienna, retired in 1874 and devoted his leisure to the writing of this and his Onomatologia anatomica. Garrison considered Hyrtl, along with Littré, among the greatest medical…
1879
#1766.6
The medical profession. Being the essay to which was awarded the first Carmichael Prize of £200 by the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, 1879.
A history of the organization of the medical profession with particular reference to Britain. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1879
#24
Oeuvres, texte collationné sur les manuscrits, traduit pour la première fois en français avec une introduction. Publication commencée par Ch. Daremberg, continuée et terminée par Ch. Émile Ruelle.
Greek–French edition containing all the extant works of Rufus, as well as fragments collected from a wide range of ancient and medieval sources. Digital facsimile fro the BnF at this link. The treatise On the interrog…
1879
#4075
Lectures on clinical surgery. Pt. 2.
On p. 298 is the first description of hydradenitis destruens suppurativa, later named “Pollitzer’s disease” from the latter’s important description of it in J. cutan. gen.-urin. Dis., 1892, 10, 9-24.
1879
#4856
Tumour of the dura mater–convulsions–removal of tumour by trephining–recovery.
1879 –1902
#3471
Klinik der Verdauungskrankheiten. 3 vols.
An important work on disorders of digestion. With Boas, Ewald devised the test breakfast and he utilized intubation for exploring the contents of the stomach. English translation of vols. 1-2, 1891-92.
1879
#3685.01
Die antiseptische Behandlung der Pulpakrankheiten des Zahnes. Mit Beiträgen sur Lehre von den Neubildungen in der Paulpa.
Witzel used histological methods to analyze pulp diseases, and applied antiseptic principles to their treatment. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1879
#4940
Lehrbuch der Psychiatrie auf klinischer Grundlage.
English translation, Philadelphia, 1905.
1879 –1891
#7591
Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology and dentition of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 3 vols.: Part 1. Man: Homo sapiens.... Part II: Class Mammalia, other than man... Part III: Class Aves.
Parts 1 and 2 by Flower; part 3 by Sharpe. Digital facsimile of Part 1 from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link, of Part 2 at this link, and Part 3 at this link.
1879
#7703
Gesammelte Schriften. 2 vols.
In "Beschreibung und mikroskopische Untersuchungen von Mumien", published in I, 114-156, Czermak used histology to identify arterioschlerosis in an Egyptian mummy. Digital facsimile of this specific paper from ECHO at…
1879
#8240
The practice of medicine among the Burmese, translated from original manuscripts, with an historical sketch of the progress of medicine, from the earliest times.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1879
#8852
Gold as a remedy in disease, notably in some forms of organic heart disease, angina pectoris, melancholy, tedium vitae, scrofula, syphilis, skin disease, & as an antidote to the ill effects of mercury.
Burnett, a homeopath, provided an excellent summary of the history of gold as it was used in medicine, with extensive references to the historical literature. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1879
#8919
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas. With a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin.
Krause's short biography originally appeared in the German evolutionary periodical Kosmos in February 1879. In this translation Darwin added a biographical contribution that is longer than Krause's, i.e. 127pp by Darw…
1879
#9012
Cassius Felicis De medicina ex Graecis logicae sectae auctoribus liber translatus sub Artabure et Calepio consulibus (anno 447) nunc primu editus a Valentino Rose.
Editio princeps. Cassius Felix was a Roman African medical writer, probably native of Constantina (now Algeria). His De medicina is a simple handbook for practical use, drawing on Greek medical sources. Digital facsim…
1879
#9028
The laws relating to quarantine of Her Majesty's dominions at home and abroad, and of the principal foreign states, including the sections of the Public health act, 1875, which bear upon measures of prevention
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1879
#9627
Notes by a naturalist on the Challenger; being an account of observations made during the Voyage of H.M.S.Challenger round the world in the years 1872-1876. Under the Command of Capt. Sir G. S.Nares and Capt. F. T. Thomson.
Includes descriptions of the natural history of Teneriffe, St. Thomas, Bermuda; Azores, Madeira, Cape Verdes; St. Paul’s Rocks and Fernando Do Norhona; Bahia; Tristan Da Cunha, Inaccessible Island; Nightingale Island;…
1879
#10397
On health and occupation. Manuals of Health. Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1879
#11626
Traité des corps étrangers en chirurgie. Voies naturelles pharynx et oesophage - estomac - intestin - rectum - voies respiratoire - organes génito-urinaires de l'homme et de la femme conduit auditif - fosses nasales - conduits glandulaires. Avec figures dans le texte, desinées par H. Dauphin.
A comprehensive treatise on an astounding variety of foreign bodies that surgeons had recorded removing from various and sometimes amazing parts of the body. Digital facsimile of the 1879 edition from Google Books at …
1879
#12084
Gesammelte Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der öffentlichen Medicin und der Seuchenlehre. 2 vols.
Virchow "articulated that the moral goal of the political role of medicine was to become an active agent in eliminating social inequality" (Dorothy Porter, Doctors, the state and the ethics of political medical practi…
1879
#12274
Die Diagnostik des Pulses in Bezug auf die localen Veränderungen desselben.
Bedford 56: "Pulse reporting by hydrosphygmograph by Italian physiologist Angelo Mosso (1846-1910), who was professor of pharmacology at Turin University." Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1880 –1882
#534.66
Die Missbildungen des Menschen. Eine systematische Darstellung der beim Menschen angeboren vorkommenden Missbildungen und erklärung ihrer Entstehungsweise. 2 vols. and atlas.
Reproduces plates of important specimens from otherwise inaccessible sources. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1880
#4562
The diagnosis of diseases of the spinal cord.
Gowers demonstrated the dorsal spinocerebellar tract, “Gowers’s tract”, and introduced the terms myotatic and knee-jerk, which he elicited with the rubber edge of his stethoscope or a percussion hammer.
1880
#444
Onomatologia anatomica. Geschichte und Kritik der anatomischen Sprache der Gegenwart, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Barbarismen, Widersinnigkeiten, Tropen und grammatikalischen Fehler.
A classic work on anatomical terminology. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1880 –1881
#500
A treatise on comparative embryology. 2 vols.
This work sums up all the previous knowledge on the subject, and includes Balfour’s own significant contributions. Balfour, a pupil of Michael Foster, became professor of animal morphology in 1882; in the same year he…
1880 –1885
#501
Anatomie menschlicher Embryonen. 3 pts. and atlas.
A systematic account of early human embryology that stimulated further investigation in a field in which His stood highest among his contemporaries. He was the first to study the human embryo as a whole.
1880
#1621
Observations on the construction of healthy dwellings.
Galton spent some years in the army; he had a variety of interests, chief among them being railways, education and sanitary science. He designed the Herbert Hospital at Woolwich and he invented a ventilating fire grate.
1880
#123
Ueber Zellbildung und Zelltheilung. 3te. Aufl.
A pioneer work on the formation and division of cells. In this third edition Strasburger established one of the principles of modern cytology, i.e., that independent cell formation does not occur but that fresh nuclei…
1880
#2035
Historical sketch of the progress of pharmacy in Great Britain.
1880
#1870
Medicinal plants, being descriptions with original figures of the principal plants employed in medicine. 4 vols.
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
#177
On the skin-furrows of the hand.
Faulds’s fingerprint method of identification.
1880 –1884
#3287
A manual of diseases of the throat and nose. 2 vols.
Mackenzie’s great reputation earned him the title of Father of British Laryngology. In 1863 he founded the Golden Square Throat Hospital, London, the first hospital in the world devoted solely to diseases of the throa…
1880
#2589
Hay fever.
1880
#3594.1
Hernia, strangulated and reducible, with cure by subcutaneous injections.
The injection method of treating hernia remained a frequently utilized procedure until the 1930s.
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…