1890 GLUCK, Themistocles (1853 – 1942)
Referat über die durch das moderne chirurgische Experiment gewonnen positive Resultate, betreffend die Naht und den Ersatz von Defecten.
The first total joint replacements: Gluck replaced the tuberculous knee joint of a 17 year old woman with a hinged ivory prosthesis on May 20, 1890, followed by a total wrist replacement in another patient three weeks…
GMN 7212 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9379
1894 PÉAN, Jules-Émile (1830 – 1898)
Des moyens prothétiques destinés à obtenir la réparation des parties osseuses.
Total prosthetic replacement of shoulder (p. 291) using an artificial joint made of hardened rubber and platinum. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics, 443-46.
GMN 4364.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5821
1916 SAUERBRUCH, Ernst Ferdinand (1875 – 1951)
Die willkürlich bewegbare künstliche Hand: Eine Anleitung für Chirurgen und Techniker. Mit. anatomischen Beiträgen von G. Ruge and W. Felix.
GMN 9590 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11777
1918 PUTTI, Vittorio (1880 – 1940)
The utilization of the muscles of a stump to actuate artificial limbs: cinematic amputations.
Putti developed and improved kineplastic surgery.
GMN 4477 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/76
1930 PUTTI, Vittorio (1880 – 1940)
Historic artificial limbs.
GMN 7797 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9969
1939 SMITH-PETERSEN, Marius Nygaard (1886 – 1953)
Arthroplasty of the hip. A new method.
Vitallium cup arthroplasty.
GMN 4403 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6045
1950 JUDET, Jean (1905 – 1995); JUDET, Robert Louis (1909 – 1980)
The use of an artificial femoral head for arthroplasty of the hip joint.
Judet acrylic prosthesis.
GMN 4405 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6091
1959 BRANNON, Earl W.; KLEIN, Gerold
Experiences with a finger-joint prosthesis.
First prosthetic device for replacement of destroyed finger-joints.
GMN 4405.02 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6097
1961 CHARNLEY, Sir John (1911 – 1982)
Arthroplasty of the hip: a new operation.
Total hip replacement; Charnley arthroplasty.
GMN 4405.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6100
1966 SWANSON, A. B.
A flexible implant for replacement of arthritic or destroyed joints in the hand.
“Swanson prosthesis” – flexible silicone rubber finger-joint prosthesis.
GMN 4405.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6123
1971 GUNSTON, Frank Herbert (1933 – 2016)
Polycentric knee arthoplasty: Prosthetic simulation of normal knee movement.
Total knee replacement (replacing diseased articular surfaces of both femur and tibia), holding the metal and plastic components in place with acrylic cement.
GMN 4405.5 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6128
