1862 –1865 GURLT, Ernst Julius (1825 – 1899)
Handbuch der Lehre von den Knochenbruchen. 2 vols.
Gurlt, the celebrated historian of surgery (see No. 5800), wrote an exhaustive and detailed review of the literature on fractures. As a source of obscure and arcane information it is unsurpassed. Digital facsimile fro…
GMN 4422.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6223
1877 –1878 HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370); PÉTREQUIN, Joseph Pierre Eléonord (1809 – 1876)
Chirurgie d’Hippocrate. 2 vols
A Greek-French edition with extensive notes and commentaries by J. E. Pétrequin, surgeon-in-chief of the Hôtel-Dieu of Lyon. Operations attributed to Hippocrates included trephination and paracentesis; his most import…
GMN 4850.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6814
1919 KEITH, Sir Arthur (1866 – 1955)
Menders of the maimed.
Gives details of the work of John Hunter, John Hilton, Hugh Owen Thomas, Little, Stromeyer, Marshall Hall, Arbuthnot Lane, Syme, Julius Wolff, etc., in the development of modern orthopaedics. Second edition, 1925. Fac…
GMN 4479 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/85
1925 OSGOOD, Robert Bayley (1873 – 1956)
The evolution of orthopaedic surgery.
GMN 4480 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/324
1930 PUTTI, Vittorio (1880 – 1940)
Historic artificial limbs.
GMN 7797 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9969
1936 –1938 GOCHT, Hermann (1869 – 1938); BLENCKE, August (1869 – 1937); WITTE, Erich
Die orthopädische Weltliteratur 1903-30. Herausg von A. Blencke und H. Gocht. Ergänzungsband 1931-35 bearbeitet von Erich Witte. 3 vols.
GMN 4481 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8872
1948 BICK, Edgar Milton (1902 – 1978)
Source book of orthopaedics.
A concise, thematic history of orthopedic surgery from the earliest times. Includes a useful bibliography. Reprinted 1968.
GMN 4482 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/325
1949 ORR, Hiram Winnett (1877 – 1956)
On the contributions of Hugh Owen Thomas of Liverpool, Sir Robert Jones of Liverpool and London, John Ridlon, M.D., of New York and Chicago, to modern orthopedic surgery.
GMN 4483 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/326
1961 VALENTIN, Bruno (1885 – 1969)
Geschichte der Orthopädie.
GMN 4483.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/86
1966 RANG, Mercer Charles (1933 – 2003)
Anthology of orthopaedics.
Selections (often abridged) from classic primary sources, arranged thematically, with commentary.
GMN 4483.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/87
1970 SHANDS, Alfred Rives (1899 – 1981)
The early orthopaedic surgeons of America.
GMN 4483.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/341
1972 STACK, H. Graham
The palmar fascia.
"There have been many descriptions of the palmar fascia by anatomists and in papers dealing with the surgical treatment of Dupuytren's contracture, but what seems to be lacking is an overall view of the problem, based…
GMN 7433 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9605
1976 BICK, Edgar Milton (1902 – 1978)
Classics of orthopaedics.
Eighty classic papers and sections from books, reprinted from the series of articles in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.
GMN 4483.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/88
1976 BOYES, Joseph H. (1905 – 1995)
On the shoulders of giants. Notable names in hand surgery.
A history of hand surgery.
GMN 4483.5 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/342
1990 PELTIER, Leonard Francis (1920 – 2003)
Fractures: a history and iconography of their treatment.
GMN 4483.6 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/343
1990 LE VAY, Abraham David (1915 – 2001)
The history of orthopaedics: An account of the study and practice of orthopaedics from the earliest times to the modern era.
GMN 8690 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10867
1993 PELTIER, Leonard Francis (1920 – 2003)
Orthopedics: A history and iconography.
GMN 6902 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9066
1994 BURKHALTER, William E. (1928 – 1992)
Medical Department, United States Army Surgery in Vietnam orthopedic surgery. Orthopedic surgery in Vietnam. Edited by William E. Burkhalter.
Digital text from the U.S. Army Medical Department Office of Medical History at this link.
GMN 9226 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11408
1995 HAGELIN, Ove
Kinetic jottings: Rare and curious books in the library of the old Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics. An illustrated and annotated catalogue.
Outstanding descriptions and superb illustrations of a very unusual collection of books, including those on fencing, gymnastics, orthopedics, physical medicine, acrobatics, and dance.
GMN 7211 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9378
1996 BENGSTON, Bradley P.; KUZ, Julian E.
Orthopaedic injuries of the Civil War: An atlas of orthopaedic injuries and treatments during the Civil War.
GMN 9427 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11610
2005 MOSTOFI, Seyed Behrooz
Who's who in orthopedics.
A biographical encyclopedia of contributors to the history of orthopedics.
GMN 12315 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14538
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