1764 COTUGNO, Domenico [COTUNNIUS] (1736 – 1822)
De ischiade nervosa commentarius.
Cotugno published a classic description of sciatica, which is useful even today. He recognized two types – arthritic and nervous; the latter has been called “Cotugno’s disease”, and his book is confined to that type. …
GMN 1382 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8632
1821 CHURCHILL, James Morss (1796 – 1863)
A treatise on acupuncturation, being a description of a surgical operation originally peculiar to the Japonese and Chinese, and by them denominated zin-king, now introduced into European practice, with directions for its performance, and cases illustrating its success.
The first English monograph on acupuncture. Churchill had most success with rheumatic conditions, sciatica, back-pain, etc. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. The German translation of Churchill…
GMN 6374.14 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8321
1849 DAY, George Edward (1815 – 1872)
A practical treatise on the domestic management and most important diseases of advanced life. With an appendix, containing a series of cases illustrative of a new and successful mode of treating lumbago and other forms of chronic rheumatism, sciatica and other neuralgic affections, and certain forms of paralysis.
Digital facsimile from wellcomelibrary.org at this link.
GMN 13167 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15427
1856 ARETAEUS OF CAPPADOCIA, (Ἀρεταῖος Καππάδοκος) (80 – 140); ADAMS, Francis (1796 – 1861)
Тα ∑ωζομενα. The extant works of Aretaeus, the Cappadocian. Edited and translated by Francis Adams.
Aretaeus left many fine descriptions of disease; in fact Garrison ranks him second only to Hippocrates in this respect. In the printed editions of this bibliography, before the present online version, the Adams editio…
GMN 22 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8934
1881 FORST, J. J.
Contribution à l’étude clinique de la sciatique.
“Lasègue’s sign” in sciatica. Although discovered by E. C. Lasègue, it was first reported by his pupil Forst.
GMN 4563 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8916
1911 GOLDTHWAIT, Joel Ernest (1866 – 1961)
The lumbo-sacral articulation. An explanation of many cases of “lumbago”, “sciatica” and paraplegia.
Goldthwait suggested that lumbago and sciatica might be due to intervertebral disc injury.
GMN 4383 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5898
1911 TEACHER, John Hammond (1869 – 1930); MIDDLETON, George Stevenson (1854 – 1928)
Injury of the spinal cord due to rupture of an intervertebral disc during muscular effort.
Report of a case of “sciatica” due to rupture of an intervertebral disc.
GMN 4384 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5908
1934 MIXTER, William Jason (1880 – 1958); BARR, Joseph Seaton (1901 – 1963)
Rupture of the intervertebral disc with involvement of the spinal canal.
Demonstration of the causal role of intervertebral disc herniation in sciatica.
GMN 4435 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6294
