1964 MCKHANN, Charles Freemont (1930 – ); MALT, Ronald A. (1931 – 2002)

Replantation of severed arms.

First successful reattachment of a completely amputated human limb.

GMN 4405.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6118

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

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

1973 PAUWELS, Friedrich (1885 – 1980)

Atlas zur Biomechanik der Gesunden und kranken Hüfte,

Translated into English by Ronald J. Furlong and Paul Maquet as Biomechanics of the normal and diseased hip. Theoretical foundation, technique and results of treatment: An atlas. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1976.

GMN 12648 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14889

1975 TAYLOR, Geofrrey Ian; ET AL

The free vascularized bone graft. A clinical extension of microvascular techniques.

First clinically successful free bone graft with microvascular anastomosis in which a fibular segment was transferred to the contralateral leg to reconstruct a large tibial defect. With G.D.H. Miller and F. J.Ham.

GMN 5766.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6741

1977 HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370); STEPHANUS OF ATHENS (550 – 630); IRMER, Dieter (1935 – ); PALLADIUS (550 – )

Palladius Kommentar zu Hippokrates ‘De fracturis’ und seine Parallelversion under dem Namen des Stephanus von Alexandria. Edited by Dieter Irmer. [Hamburger Philologische Studien 45].

GMN 12174 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14384