1881 LE BARON, Jules Prosper (1855 – 1902)
Lésions osseuses de l'homme préhistorique en France et en Algérie.
Le Baron attempted diagnosis and predicted etiology on thousands of bones collected at the Musée Broca, the Musée Dupuytren, and the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle.. Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.
GMN 7707 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9879
1881 MCCONNELL, James Frederick Parry (1848 – 1896)
Catalogue of the Pathological Museum, Medical College, Calcutta.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 10374 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12566
1882 KAPOSI, Moritz Kohn (1837 – 1902)
Xeroderma pigmentosum.
Excellent pathological study of this condition (“Kaposi’s disease”), which he first described in Virchow’s Handbuch der speziellen Pathologie und Therapie, 1876, 2, 182.
GMN 4080 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5568
1882 DELAFIELD, Francis A. (1841 – 1915)
Studies in pathological anatomy. Vol. 1. Plates I. - XCIII. (All Published).
Delafield's work includes striking microscopic illustrations as well as explanatory text. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 11351 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13549
1884 CORNIL, André Victor (1837 – 1908); LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826)
Traité inédit sur l'anatomie pathologique, ou Exposition des altérations visibles qu'éprouve le corps humain dans l'état de maladie par R.-T.-H. Laënnec. Introduction et premier chapitre, précédés d'une préface par V. Cornil.
Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.
GMN 11648 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13849
1885 ESMARCH, Johann Friedrich August von (1823 – 1908); KULENKAMPFF, Diedrich (1846 – )
Die elephantiastischen Formen. Eine umfassende Darstellung der angeborenen und erworbenen Elephantiasis sowie aller verwandten Leiden.
This atlas illustrates the various changes that occur under the collective term elephantiasis, including tumors of the blood and lymphatic vessels, fibromas, neuromas, papillomas. Goldschmid 258.
GMN 9544 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11730
1886 WILD, Carl
Beitrag zur Kenntnis der amyloiden und der hyalinen Degeneration des Bindegewebes.
First reported case of primary amyloidosis.
GMN 2306 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2949
1886 WHITNEY, William Fiske (1850 – 1921)
Notes on the anomalies, injuries and diseases of the bones of the native races of North America.
The first American contribution to paleopathology. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 7708 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9880
1892 METCHNIKOFF, Élie [MECHNIKOV] (1845 – 1916)
Leçons sur la pathologie comparée de l'inflammation, faites à l'institut Pasteur en Avril et Mai 1891.
Metchnikoff delivered his classic lectures on inflammation in French at the Pasteur Institute. They were translated into Russian as Lektsii o sravnitelnoi patologii vospaleniy, and published in St. Petersburg by K. L.…
GMN 2307 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2952
1892 –1896 BRAMWELL, Sir Byrom (1847 – 1931)
Atlas of clinical medicine. 3 vols.
Published at the end of the 19th century, and employing the wide variety of illustration technologies then available, including color lithography, lithography, and photography, this work testifies to the breadth and d…
GMN 10621 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12814
1893 –1903 CATHCART, Charles Walker (1853 – 1932); SHENNAN, Theodore
Descriptive catalogue of the anatomical and pathological specimens in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 3 Vols. Vols. 1 & 2 by Charles W. Cathcart; Vol. 3 by Theodore Shennan. Vol. 1.- The skeleton and organs of motion.
Digital facsimile of vol. 1 from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 10367 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12559
1894 UNNA, Paul Gerson (1850 – 1929)
Die Histopathologie der Hautkrankheiten.
This monumental work is a landmark in dermatological history. Sir Norman Walker translated it into English in 1896. Unna, short in stature but a giant among dermatologists, initiated the study of the skin by means of …
GMN 4000 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5072
1894 OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
Lectures on the diagnosis of abdominal tumors. Reprinted from the New York Medical Journal.
This 165-page "monograph, based on lectures delivered to the postgraduate class at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1893, includes 67 case reports and 43 illustrations, some of which are photographs that depict patients …
GMN 11652 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13853
1896 GOULD, George Milbry (1848 – 1922); PYLE, Walter Lytle (1871 – 1921)
Anomalies and curiosities of medicine: Being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery, derived form an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day, abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed.
Digital facsimile of the 1900 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 10793 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12989
1897 WELCH, William Henry (1850 – 1934)
Adaptation in pathological processes.
Reproduced in Bibliotheca Medica Americana, Baltimore, 1937, Vol. 3.
GMN 2308 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2957
1897 MEIGS, Arthur Vincent (1850 – 1912)
The origin of disease, especially of disease resulting from intrinsic as opposed to extrinsic causes. With chapters on diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. With one hundred and thirty-seven original illustrations.
The most valuable features of this work are the exceptionally fine and delicate histologic illustrations engraved on steel and printed on thick paper to eliminate show-through. Each image is faced with detailed explan…
GMN 11875 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14079
1900 TEACHER, John Hammond (1869 – 1930); HUNTER, William (1718 – 1783)
Catalogue of the anatomical and pathological preparations of Dr. William Hunter in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 7588 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9760
1903 CHIARI, Hans (1851 – 1916)
Geschichte der pathologischen Anatomie des Menschen. In: Puschmann, T.: Handbuch der Geschichte der Medizin, 2, 473-559
GMN 2313 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2992
1903 –1909 WASSERMANN, August von (1866 – 1925); KOLLE, Wilhelm (1868 – 1935)
Handbuch der pathogenen Mikroorganismen. 6 vols.
Third edition, 10 vols. [in 19], 1929-31.
GMN 2517 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3271
1903 ALBARRAN Y DOMINGUEZ, Joaquin Maria (1860 – 1912); IMBERT, Léon (1868 – 1955)
Les tumeurs du rein.
Seminal work on renal tumors with unsurpassed descriptions of the clinical semiology of these diseases. In 1903 Albarran was the first "... to diagnose transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis by detecting mali…
GMN 7217 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9384
1903 MACLEOD, John MacLeod Hendrie (1870 – 1954)
Practical handbook of the pathology of the skin. An introduction to the histology, pathology, and bacteriology of the skin, with special reference to technique.
The first textbook on dermatopathology in English. Digital facsimile from Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 7315 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9485
1903 LETULLE, Maurice Éléonor Joseph Lucien (1853 – 1929)
La pratique des autopsies.
Considered the most beautiful book on autopsies. Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.
GMN 11132 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13328
1904 NISSL, Franz (1860 – 1919)
Histologische und histopathologische Arbeiten über die Grosshirnrinde. Vol. 1.
Pages 315-494 contain Nissl’s classic account of the histopathology of general paresis.
GMN 4803 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1571
1904 –1908 PARSONS, Sir John Herbert (1868 – 1957)
The pathology of the eye. 4 vols.
GMN 5947 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6934
1904 HORTON-SMITH HARTLEY, Sir Percival (1867 – 1952); MULLINGS, William Thomas (1875 – 1949)
A descriptive catalogue of pathological specimens in the museum of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 7652 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9824
1906 EHRLICH, Paul (1854 – 1915); WEIGERT, Carl (1845 – 1904); EDINGER, Ludwig (1855 – 1918); RIEDER, Robert
Carl Weigert Gesammelte Abhandlungen unter Mitwirkung von Ludwig Edinger und Paul Ehrlich. Herausgegeben und Eingeleitet von Robert Rieder. 2 vols.
GMN 11731 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13932
1908 –1909 ADAMI, John George (1862 – 1926)
The principles of pathology. 2 vols.
Vol. 2 written with A. G. Nicholls.
GMN 2309 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2962
1909 EHRLICH, Paul (1854 – 1915)
Beiträge zur experimentellen Pathologie und Chemotherapie.
GMN 2565 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3683
1909 TURNER, Sir William (1832 – 1916)
Catalogue of the specimens in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh. Vol. 1.- Pathology. Edited by Sir William Turner.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 10368 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12560
1910 SMITH, Sir Grafton Elliot (1871 – 1937); RUFFER, Sir Marc Armand (1859 – 1917)
Pott’sche Krankheit an einer ägyptischen Mumie.
The fact that tuberculosis was present among the ancient Egyptians was proved when Elliot Smith and Ruffer described a genuine case of Pott’s disease in a mummy of 1000 B.C.E.
GMN 2320 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3013
1911 MARCHAND, Felix Jacob (1846 – 1928)
Ueber die Entzündung.
A notable paper on inflammation. Marchand succeeded Ziegler as editor of the latter’s Beiträge.
GMN 2310 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2964
1920 WELCH, William Henry (1850 – 1934); BURKET, Walter Cleveland (1888 – 1974)
Papers and addresses by William Henry Welch. [Edited by Walter C. Burket]. 3 vols.
Vol. 1: Pathology and preventive medicine. Vol. 2: Bacteriology. Vol. 3: Medical education, history, miscellaneous subjects, and Welch's bibliography. Introduction by Simon Flexner. Digital facsimile from the Internet…
GMN 86.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1444
1921 RUFFER, Sir Marc Armand (1859 – 1917)
Studies in the palaeopathology of Egypt. Edited by Roy Lee Moodie.
A collection of papers published previously in various journals. Ruffer spent many years in Egypt in the study of palaeopathology. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 2312.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2975
1923 MOODIE, Roy Lee (1880 – 1934)
Paleopathology; an introduction to the study of ancient evidences of disease.
Surveys the ancient evidence of disease in plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, including man.
GMN 2312.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2977
1923 MOODIE, Roy Lee (1880 – 1934)
The antiquity of disease.
An account intended for general audiences, as compared to Moodie's Palaeopathology published the same year. Digital facsimile of The Antiquity of Disease from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 7709 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9881
1925 GOLDSCHMID, Edgar (1881 – 1957)
Entwicklung und Bibliographie der pathologisch-anatomischen Abbildung.
Traces the development of pathological anatomical illustration, and includes a chronological bibliography of all important publications known to Goldschmid containing illustrations of pathological conditions, and an i…
GMN 2316 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2995
1926 SCHAFFER, Károly (1864 – 1939)
Über das morphologische Wesen und die Histopathologie der hereditaersystematischen Nervenkrankheiten.
Schaffer was a pioneer Hungarian neuropathologist. He laid down a triad of criteria for judging whether or not a neurological disease is hereditary.
GMN 4609 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/575
1926 –1978 HENKE, Friedrich (1868 – 1943); LUBARSCH, Otto (1860 – 1933); RÖSSLE, Robert (1876 – 1856)
Handbuch der speziellen pathologischen Anatomie und Histologie. Edited by Friedrich Henke, Otto Lubarsch and Robert Rössle. 13 vols. in 43.
1: Blut, Knochenmark, Lymphknoten, Milz. 1/1: Blut, Lymphknoten von Max Askanazy. 1926. 1/2: Milz, Knochenmark von Max Askanazy. 1927. 3A: Lymphknoten: Diagnostik in Schnitt und Ausstrich: Cytologie und Lymphadenitis …
GMN 2311 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2967
1928 LONG, Esmond Ray (1890 – 1979)
A history of pathology.
The first systematic history of the subject in the English language. Revised edition, New York, Dover Publications, 1965.
GMN 2317 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2996
1929 WILLIAMS, Herbert Upham (1866 – 1938)
Human paleopathology, with some original observations on symmetrical osteoporosis of the skull.
GMN 2312.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2979
1929 LONG, Esmond Ray (1890 – 1979)
Selected readings in pathology.
This work makes it possible to read many of the classical writings on the subject which previously, through language difficulties, were beyond the reach of many. The book forms a valuable companion to Long’s history o…
GMN 2318 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2999
1930 PALES, Léon (1905 – 1988)
Paleopathologie et pathologie comparative.
Pales described a broad range of diseases and noted relationships between disease, evolution and species extinction.
GMN 7710 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9882
1932 JELLINEK, Stefan (1871 – 1968)
Elektrische Verletzungen. Klinik und Histopathologie.
Jellinek specialized in the study of injuries and deaths caused by electricity, and their prevention.
GMN 2257 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2797
1932 SHOPE, Richard Edwin (1901 – 1966)
A transmissible tumor-like condition in rabbits.
Shope papilloma virus (SPV), a benign infectious tumor due to a virus. This was the first mammalian tumor virus discovered. Full text from PubMedCentral at this link. See also Shope, "Infectious Papillomatosis of Rabb…
GMN 2656 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3328
1936 ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH
Catalogue of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Part I. Comprehending the preparations illustrative of pathology.
"The letters B.C. ... signify that the preparation is part of an extensive collection purchased by the College from Sir Charles Bell...." Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 10704 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12897
1937 MENKIN, Valy (1901 – 1960)
Isolation and properties of the factor responsible for increased capillary permeability.
Leukotaxine isolated.
GMN 2312 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2969
1937 KRUMBHAAR, Edward Bell (1882 – 1966)
Pathology.
Krumbhaar edited the Clio Medica series of volumes on the history of medicine, and contributed a history of pathology to it.
GMN 2319 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3003
1941 PAPANICOLAOU, George Nicholas (1883 – 1962); TRAUT, Herbert Frederick (1894 – 1963)
The diagnostic value of vaginal smears in carcinoma of the uterus.
The first cytopathology test, smear diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix: the "Pap" test. Papanicolaou first reported in 1928 that he could recognize cancer cells (Proc. Third Race Betterment Conf., p. 528) but the im…
GMN 6135 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7663
1943 PAPANICOLAOU, George Nicholas (1883 – 1962); TRAUT, Herbert Frederick (1894 – 1963)
Diagnosis of uterine cancer by the vaginal smear.
"In 1943, after a three-year period of concentrated collaborative experience with the vaginal smear for the diagnosis of gynecologic cancer, Papanicolaou and Traut published their widely heralded monograph, Diagnosis …
GMN 13597 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15876
1944 JONCKHEERE, Frans (1903 – 1956)
Une maladie Égyptienne: l'hématurie parasitaire.
GMN 8470 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10647
