1788 EKMAN, Olaus Jacob
Dissertatio medica descriptionem et casus aliquot osteomalaciae sistens.
In his doctoral thesis Ekman gave an account of osteogenesis imperfecta in three generations. For extensive translation see No. 4404.1. K.S. Seedorff, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Copenhagen, 1949.
GMN 4304.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5474
1791 SOEMMERRING, Samuel Thomas von (1755 – 1830)
Abbildungen und Beschreibungen einiger Misgeburten.
Achondroplasia is first described on page 30 and pictured on plate 11. English translation in No. 2241.
GMN 4306 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5488
1803 SCARPA, Antonio (1752 – 1832)
Memoria chirurgica sui piedi torti congenita dei fanciulli.
First accurate description of the pathological anatomy of congenital club-foot. English translation, Edinburgh, 1818.
GMN 4308 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5497
1817 ROMBERG, Moritz Heinrich (1795 – 1873)
De rachitide congenita.
Classic description of achondroplasia. Romberg’s graduation thesis. English translation (Sydenham Society), 1853.
GMN 4310 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5513
1831 AXMANN, Edmund
Merkwürdige Fragilität der Knochen ohne dyskrasische Ursache als krankhafte Eigenthümlichkeit dreier Geschwister.
Axmann of Wertheim described osteogenesis imperfecta occurring in himself and his two brothers. He referred to the occurrence of articular dislocations and blue sclerotics. See also No. 6367.
GMN 6358.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8256
1833 STROMEYER, Georg Friedrich Ludwig (1804 – 1876)
Die Durchschneidung der Achillessehne, als Heilmethode des Klumpfusses, durch zwei Fälle erläutert.
Successful tenotomy for clubfoot established the reputation of Stromeyer as an orthopedic surgeon.
GMN 4320 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5537
1839 LITTLE, William John (1810 – 1894)
On the nature of club-foot and analogous distortions.
Little suffered from club-foot himself. This is the greatest English classic on the subject. See No. 4329.
GMN 4322.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5540
1839 BROWN, John Ball (1784 – 1862)
Operations on club-feet.
Brown was the first surgeon in the United States to specialize in orthopedics, founding the Orthopedic Infirmary of the City of Boston (soon renamed the Boston Orthopedic Institution) in 1838. Brown was also the first…
GMN 4322.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5541
1863 HENKE, Philipp Jakob Wilhelm von (1834 – 1896)
Contractur des Metatarsus.
Congenital metatarsus varus described.
GMN 4333 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5564
1900 EDDOWES, Alfred (1850 – 1946)
Dark sclerotics and fragilitas ossium.
“Eddowes’s syndrome” – blue sclerotics and fragility of the bones, occurring as a familial syndrome; osteogenesis imperfecta. See also No. 6358.1.
GMN 6367 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8290
1904 NAU, Pierre
Les scolioses congénitales.
First description of platyspondylia.
GMN 4375 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5872
1922 CAMURATI, M
Di un raro caso di osteite simmetrica ereditaria degli arti inferior.
"Camurati-Engelmann disease", a very rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic anomalies in the skeleton. It is a form of dysplasia. See No. 4395.1.
GMN 7832 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10004
1929 ENGELMANN, Guido (1876 – 1959)
Ein Fall von Osteopathia hyperostotica (sclerotisans) multiplex infantilis.
“Engelmann’s disease”, also known as "Camurati-Engelmann disease" — a very rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic anomalies in the skeleton. It is a form of dysplasia, causing osteoscleros…
GMN 4395.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5989
1939 KITE, Joseph Hiram (1891 – 1986)
Principles involved in the treatment of congenital clubfoot.
Kite’s method, involving “a series of plaster casts and wedgings, without the use of anesthetics, forcible manipulations, or operative procedures”, became standard practice.
GMN 4403.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6049
1949 SEEDORFF, Knud Stakemann (1915 – 1991)
Osteogenesis imperfecta: A study of clinical features and heredity based on 55 Danish families comprising 180 affected members.
Includes a translation of Ekman’s thesis (No. 4304.1). Also gives a case reported in 1678.
GMN 4404.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6075
