1763 BOISSIER DE SAUVAGES DE LACROIX, François (1708 – 1767)
Nosologia methodica sistens morborum classes, genera et species juxtà Sydenhami mentem & botanicorum ordinem. 5 vols.
Sauvages de Lacroix, a friend of Linnaeus, adopted the botanical system of Linnaeus for the classification of diseases. His classification system listed 10 major classes of disease, which were further broken down into…
GMN 2202 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1614
1769 CULLEN, William (1710 – 1790)
Synopsis nosologiae methodicae.
This work made Cullen’s reputation. In it he divided diseases into fevers, neurosis, cachexias and local disorders. Cullen was the foremost British clinical teacher of his time, one of the first to give clinical lectu…
GMN 2204 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1618
1813 YOUNG, Thomas (1773 – 1829)
An introduction to medical literature, including a system of practical nosology. Intended as a guide to students, and an assistant to practitioners.
The remarkable Thomas Young compiled this bibliography of works which he considered necessary to a complete medical library. Second edition, 1823.
GMN 6751 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8167
1835 FORBES, Sir John (1788 – 1861)
A manual of select medical bibliography, in which the books are arranged chronologically according to the subjects, and the derivations of the terms and the nosological and vernacular synonyms of the diseases are given. With an appendix, containing lists of the collected works of authors, systematic treatises on medicine, transactions of societies, journals, &c. &c &c.
“First serious attempt by anyone in the English-speaking world to give a subject classification for medical literature” (Fulton). This was first published in volume 4 of Cyclopaedia of practical medicine, edited by Fo…
GMN 6755 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8176
1847 PRUNER, Franz Ignaz [PRUNER-BEY] (1808 – 1882)
Die Krankheiten des Orient’s: vom Standpunkte der vergleichenden Nosologie betrachtet.
Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.
GMN 2265 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2821
1869 ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
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,…
GMN 12126 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14335
1912 BERTILLON, Jacques (1851 – 1922)
On mortality and the causes of death according to occupations. IN: Transactions of the 15th International Congress on Hygiene Demography, pp. 336-339.
Bertillon, brother of Alphonse Bertillon, was Chief of Statistical Services for the city of Paris. His classification of diseases was based on the principle, adopted by Farr, of distinguishing between general diseases…
GMN 8407 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10584
1930 FABER, Knud Helge (1862 – 1956)
Nosography, the evolution of clinical medicine in modern times. 2nd ed.
A well-illustrated and reliable account.
GMN 2239 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3827
1952 COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE AND STATISTICS, AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
Diagnostic and statistical manual: Mental disorders with special supplement on plans for revision.
The first edition was known as DSM-1; DSM-5 was published in 2013.
GMN 13047 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15298
2011 MORIYAMA, Iwao Milton (1906 – 2006); LOY, Ruth M.; ROBB-SMITH, Alastair Hamish Tearloch (1908 – 2000)
History of the statistical classification of diseases and causes of death. Edited and updated by Harry M. Rosenberg and Donna L. Hoyert.
Digital facsimile available from the cdc.gov at this link.
GMN 8408 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10585
