1614 PLATER, Felix [PLATTER] (1536 – 1614)
Observationum in hominis affectibus plerisque, corpori & animo, functionum laesione, dolore, aliave molestia & vitio incommodantibus, libri tres.
First known report of a case of death from hypertrophy of the thymus, in an infant, is reported on p. 172; it is reproduced on p. 239 of J. Ruhräh’s Pediatrics of the past, New York, 1925. Platter first described flex…
GMN 3789 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4706
1831 DUPUYTREN, Guillaume, Le Baron (1777 – 1835)
De la rétraction des doigts par suite d’une affection de l’aponévrose palmaire, opération chirurgicale qui convient dans ce cas.
Dupuytren devised an operation for the treatment of contracture of the palmar fascia (“Dupuytren’s contracture”). Reprinted, with translation, in Med. Classics, 1939, 4, 127-50. The condition was first mentioned by Pl…
GMN 4317 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5532
1838 BARTON, John Rhea (1794 – 1871)
Views and treatment of an important injury of the wrist.
“Barton’s fracture” of the radius.
GMN 4415 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6192
1882 BLUM, Albert (1844 – )
Chirurgie de la main.
The first manual on hand surgery. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.
GMN 14320 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16645
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
1898 POLAND, John (1855 – 1937)
Traumatic separation of the epiphyses.
Definitive and exhaustive study of growth plate fractures in children. Poland also published the series of x rays included in the above work as a separate atlas: Skiagraphic atlas showing the development of the bones …
GMN 4429.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6265
1905 KANAVEL, Allen Buchner (1874 – 1938)
An anatomical, experimental, and clinical study of acute phlegmons of the hand.
"Kanavel produced the classic paper on infection in Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics in 1905. In that paper, he described the anatomy and clinical study of acute infections of the hand. This clearly changed the cour…
GMN 14147 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16462
1912 KANAVEL, Allen Buchner (1874 – 1938)
Infections of the hand: A guide to the surgical treatment of acute and chronic suppurative processes in the fingers, hand, and forearm.
The first comprehensive treatise on hand surgery, and the classic work on tendon and bursal hand spaces relevant to management of hand infections. Kanavel developed the method of forcible injection of radio-opaque mat…
GMN 4386.01 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5922
1912 DARRACH, William (1876 – 1948)
Anterior dislocation of the head of the ulna.
Darrach procedure for problems of the distal ulna.
GMN 4386.02 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5924
1932 MASON, Michael Livingood (1895 – 1963); SHEARON, Clarence Good (1899 – 1945)
The process of tendon repair: An experimental study of tendon suture and tendon graft.
GMN 14038 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16346
1939 STEINDLER, Arthur (1878 – 1959)
Tendon transplanation in the upper extremity.
Correction to this article in Am. J. Surg., 1939, 44, 534.
GMN 4403.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6056
1944 BUNNELL, Sterling (1882 – 1957)
Surgery of the hand.
Bunnell originated hand surgery as a specialty.
GMN 4404.02 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6071
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
1963 HUESTON, John (1926 – 1993)
Recurrent Dupuytren's contracture.
Hueston described Dupuytren's diathesis, including early onset, bilateral involvement, postive family history, and presence of ectopic lesions. He noted that patents presenting Dupuytren's diathesis experience more se…
GMN 14103 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16414
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
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
