1882 LANGENBUCH, Carl Johann August (1846 – 1901)
Ein Fall von Exstirpation der Gallenblase wegen chronischer Cholelithiasis; Heilung.
First successful removal of the gallbladder.
GMN 3627 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4579
1882 LORETA, Pietro (1831 – 1889)
Intorno alla divulsione digitale del pilore; osservazione cliniche.
First pyloroplasty, 1882. Abstract in English in Brit. med.J., 1885, 1, 372-74.
GMN 3477 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5669
1882 MOSETIG-MOORHOF, Albert von (1838 – 1907)
Der Jodoform-Verband.
Introduction of iodoform dressing in surgery.
GMN 5618 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7156
1883 RECLUS, Jean Jacques Paul (1847 – 1914)
La maladie kystique des mamelles.
“Reclus’s disease”. Reclus was professor of surgery in Paris; he left a classic description of chronic cystic mastitis.
GMN 5774 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6811
1883 –1885 ROHLFS, Heinrich (1827 – 1898)
Die chirurgischen Klassiker Deutschlands. 2 vols.
GMN 5796 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6881
1883 NEUBER, Gustav Adolf (1850 – 1932)
Anleitung zur Technik antiseptischen Wundbehandlung und des Dauerverbandes.
The first attempts at asepsis were made by Neuber. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 5637 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7254
1884 FENWICK, Samuel (1821 – 1902)
Clinical lectures on cases of difficult diagnosis; perforation of the appendix vermiformis.
In 1884 Fenwick advocated tying off and removal of the perforated appendix.
GMN 3566 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4080
1884 KRÖNLEIN, Rudolph Ulrich (1847 – 1910)
Ueber Lungenchirurgie.
Resection of portion of a lobe that was invaded by sarcoma of the rib.
GMN 3174.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4162
1884 HAUER, Ernst
Darmresektion und Enterorhaphieen, 1878-83.
Billroth was a pioneer in visceral surgery. Above is an account of many intestinal resections and enterorrhaphies carried out by him.
GMN 3480 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5680
1884 TREVES, Sir Frederick (1853 – 1923)
Intestinal obstruction
Jacksonian Prize essay.
GMN 3482 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5691
1884 THOMPSON, Sir Henry (1820 – 1904)
On tumours of the bladder.
Includes description of Thompson’s operation for tumors of the bladder.
GMN 4180 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6078
1884 ROSENBACH, Anton Julius Friedrich (1842 – 1923)
Mikro-Organismen bei den Wund-Infections-Krankheiten des Menschen.
Rosenbach proved that streptococci and staphylococci are distinct and differentiated two strains of staphylococci (“aureus” and “albus”). He cultured cocci from a considerable range of septic conditions, thus more acc…
GMN 5619 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7159
1885 EVE, Sir Frederic Samuel (1853 – 1916)
A case of strangulated hernia into the fossa intersigmoidea.
First definitely authenticated case of intersigmoid hernia.
GMN 3595 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4423
1885 GREVES, Edwin Hyla (1856 – 1932)
On a case of acute intestinal obstruction in a boy, with remarks upon the treatment of acute obstruction.
Abdominal section and ileostomy for intestinal obstruction; surgeon’s report on pp. 130-35.
GMN 3482.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5698
1885 HACKER, Viktor von (1852 – 1933)
Zur Casuistik und Statistik der Magenresectionen und Gastro-enterostomieen.
Billroth II pylorectomy, reported by von Hacker. Also published in Arch. klin. Chir., 1885, 32, 616-25.
GMN 3483 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5701
1885 HALSTED, William Stewart (1852 – 1922)
Practical comments on the use and abuse of cocaine; suggested by its invariably successful employment in more than a thousand minor surgical operations.
The first experiments on local infiltration anesthesia were made by Halsted, who even produced anesthesia by the intradermal injection of water. Through the process of self-experimentation Halsted became addicted to c…
GMN 5679 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7369
1886 HACKER, Viktor von (1852 – 1933)
Ueber die Verwendung des Musculus rectus abdominis zum Verschlusse der künstlichen Magenfistel.
Von Hacker’s method of gastrostomy.
GMN 3486 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3879
1886 FITZ, Reginald Heber (1843 – 1913)
Perforating inflammation of the vermiform appendix, with special reference to its early diagnosis and treatment.
A conclusive demonstration of the pathology and symptoms of disease of the vermiform appendix. Fitz invented the term “appendicitis”; his paper, which records 25 cases collected by himself, convinced physicians of the…
GMN 3567 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4081
1886 HALL, Richard John (1856 – 1897)
Suppurative peritonitis due to ulceration and suppuration of the vermiform appendix; laparotomy; resection of the vermiform appendix; toilette of the peritonaeum; drainage; recovery.
This is believed to be the first reported case of survival after removal of a perforated appendix. Hall worked with William Halsted during the 1880s and participated in Halsted’s experiments with cocaine as a local an…
GMN 3568 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4082
1886 MACEWEN, Sir William (1848 – 1924)
On the radical cure of oblique inguinal hernia by internal abdominal peritoneal pad, and the restoration of the valved form of the inguinal canal.
Macewen’s method for the radical cure of oblique inguinal hernia. The sac was folded into a pad and used as a plug at the internal ring, the ring being closed in layers. Reprinted in Brit. med. J., 1887, 2, 1263-71.
GMN 3596 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4425
1886 SENN, Nicholas (1844 – 1908)
The surgery of the pancreas, as based upon experiments and clinical researches.
In this review of the world literature and a report of animal experimentation, Senn concluded that complete extirpation of the pancreas was invariably followed by death, but that partial excision was feasible and just…
GMN 3629 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4584
1886 SOUTH, John Flint (1797 – 1882); POWER, Sir D’Arcy (1855 – 1941)
Memorials of the craft of surgery in England. From materials compiled by John Flint South. Edited by D'Arcy Power.
South, trained in Germany, became surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital. Through his efforts John Hunter’s body was reburied in Westminster Abbey and South himself wrote the inscription on the tablet there. Digital facsimi…
GMN 5797 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6886
1886 PÉAN, Jules-Émile (1830 – 1898)
Ablation des tumeurs flbreuses ou myomes du corps de l’utérus par la voie vaginale.
Péan’s method of morcellement of the uterus for the removal of tumors.
GMN 6084 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7487
1887 HALSTED, William Stewart (1852 – 1922)
Circular suture of the intestines; an experimental study.
Halsted set down some of the fundamental rules regarding intestinal anastomosis.
GMN 3488 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3883
1887 WOODBURY, Frank (1848 – 1927); MORTON, Thomas George (1835 – 1903)
Cases of exploratory laparotomy followed by appropriate remedial operation.
Thomas George Morton (1835-1903) was one of the first deliberately to operate for and remove the inflamed appendix after correct diagnosis, April 1887. The patient survived. Case reported by Woodbury.
GMN 3569 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4083
1887 FRÄNKEL, Bernhard (1836 – 1911)
Erste Heilung eines Larynx-Cancroids vermittelst Ausrottung per vias naturales.
First successful intralaryngeal extirpation of a malignant growth.
GMN 3296 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4209
1887 LUCAS-CHAMPIONNIÈRE, Just-Marie-Marcellin (1843 – 1913)
Cure radicale des hernies.
GMN 3597 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4427
1887 BERGMANN, Ernst von (1836 – 1907)
Zur Sublimatfrage.
Bergmann was a pioneer in the evolution of asepsis. He gradually merged the corrosive sublimate method of antisepsis into steam sterilization of instruments and dressing material, demonstrating its superiority to chem…
GMN 5638 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7257
1887 PRATT, Edwin Hartley
Orificial surgery and its application to the treatment of chronic diseases.
Pratt's bizarre orificial surgery emerged from the the practice of homeopathy. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 9623 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11810
1888 SENN, Nicholas (1844 – 1908)
Rectal insufflation of hydrogen gas an infallible test in the diagnosis of visceral injury of the gastro-intestinal canal in penetrating wounds of the abdomen.
Senn’s method of detecting intestinal perforation by insufflation with hydrogen.
GMN 3494 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3903
1888 KOCHER, Emil Theodor (1841 – 1917)
Eine einfache Methode zurErzielung sicherer Asepsis.
Kocher introduced silk sutures.
GMN 5619.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7163
1889 MCBURNEY, Charles Heber (1845 – 1913)
Experience with early operative interference in cases of disease of the vermiform appendix.
Describes (p. 678) “McBurney’s point”: “The seat of greatest pain, determined by the pressure of one finger, has been very exactly between an inch and a half and two inches from the anterior spinous process of the ili…
GMN 3570 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4084
1889 BASSINI, Edoardo (1844 – 1924)
Nuovo metodo per la cura radicale dell’ ernia inguinale.
Bassini’s operation for the radical cure of inguinal hernia. His first account was unillustrated. Translation in J. Hist. Med., 1966, 21, 401-07. Bassini expanded his paper into an illustrated book with the same title…
GMN 3598 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4429
1889 HALSTED, William Stewart (1852 – 1922)
The radical cure of hernia.
Simultaneously with Bassini, Halsted devised the modern operation for the radical cure of inguinal hernia. This is known as the Halsted I repair. Later his technique differed much from that of Bassini. See also his la…
GMN 3599 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4431
1889 SENN, Nicholas (1844 – 1908)
Experimental surgery.
Senn made important experimental studies on air embolism, introduced a method of diagnosing intestinal perforation by means of insufflation of hydrogen (see No. 3494), and used X-rays in the treatment of leukemia. He …
GMN 5620 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7166
1889 TIEMANN, George Christoph (1793 – 1868)
The American armamentarium chirurgicum.
The most comprehensive trade catalogue of medical and surgical instruments and equipment published in America during the 19th century. Reprinted with introduction by James M. Edmondson and F. Terry Hambrecht, San Fran…
GMN 5620.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7170
1889 MANCHOT, Carl (1866 – 1932)
Die Haut Arterien des menschlichen Körpers.
Manchot was the first to describe the vascular territories of the human skin. This work was translated into English by J. Ristic with an introduction by William D. Morain as The cutaneous arteries of the human body (N…
GMN 14299 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16624
1890 TAIT, Robert Lawson (1845 – 1899)
Surgical treatment of typhlitis.
Lawson Tait was the first British surgeon to diagnose acute appendicitis and to treat it by removal of the appendix (May 1880). See J. A. Shepherd, Lawson Tait. The rebellious surgeon. Lawrence, Kansas, Coronado Press…
GMN 3570.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4085
1890 –1891 HALSTED, William Stewart (1852 – 1922)
The treatment of wounds with especial reference to the value of the blood clot in the management of dead spaces.
Halsted showed that optimum wound healing was most easily obtained by avoiding hematoma formation. Contains description of Halsted’s method of radical mastectomy – one of the greatest contributions ever made to the tr…
GMN 5776 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6816
1890 YOUNG, Sidney (1843 – )
The annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London, compiled from their records and other sources
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 5798 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6888
1890 GUY DE CHAULIAC, (Guido de Cauliaco) (1298 – 1368); NICAISE, Édouard (1838 – 1896)
La grande chirurgie de Guy de Chauliac...composée en l'an 1363, revue et collationnée sur les manuscrits et imprimes Latins et Français, ornée de gravures avec des notes, une introduction sur le moyen age, sur la vie et les oeuvres de Guy de Chauliac, un glossaire et une table alphabétique by E. Nicaise.
The standard edition in French includes a very extensive bibliography of both manuscript and printed versions. English translation of sections on wounds and fractures, Chicago, 1923.
GMN 6999 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9165
1892 ABBE, Robert (1851 – 1928)
Intestinal anastomosis and suturing.
Abbe, a New York surgeon, introduced catgut rings for intestinal suturing. See also Med. News (Phila.), 1889, 54, 589-92.
GMN 3501 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3918
1892 BLOCH, Oscar Thorvald (1847 – 1926)
Om extra-abdominal Behandlung af cancer intestinalis (rectum derfra undtaget) med en Fremstilling af de for denne Sygdom foretagne Operationer og deres Resultater.
Bloch was first to employ the two-stage (Mikulicz) operation for cancer of the colon. See also No. 3527.
GMN 3502 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3921
1892 JABOULAY, Mathieu (1860 – 1913)
De la gastro-duodénostomie.
Introduction of gastroduodenostomy.
GMN 3504 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3927
1892 KRIEGE, Hermann; HEUSNER, Ludwig (1843 – 1916)
Ein Fall von einem frei in die Bauchhöhle perforirten Magengeschwür; Laparotomie; Naht der Perforationsstelle; Heilung.
In 1892 Ludwig Heusner (1846-1916) successfully sutured a perforated gastric ulcer, the first successful case on record. It was reported by H. Kriege.
GMN 3505 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3946
1892 MURPHY, John Benjamin (1857 – 1916)
Cholecysto-intestinal, gastro-intestinal, entero-intestinal anastomosis, and approximation without sutures.
“Murphy’s button” introduced.
GMN 3507 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3962
1892 KOCHER, Emil Theodor (1841 – 1917)
Zur Radicalcur der Hernien.
Kocher’s hernia operation.
GMN 3600 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4433
1892 MARCY, Henry Orlando (1837 – 1924)
The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia.
Marcy wrote a great deal on hernia, describing high ligation of the sac, transplantion of the spermatic cord, and careful reconstruction of the inguinal canal. This work, illustrated with 66 full-page plates, is one o…
GMN 3601 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4435
1892 SCHIMMELBUSCH, Curt Theodor (1860 – 1895)
Das Cystadenom der Mamma.
“Schimmelbusch’s disease”.
GMN 5775 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6812
1892 MONDEVILLE, Henri de (1260 – 1316); PAGEL, Julius Leopold (1851 – 1912)
Die Chirurgie des Heinrich de Mondeville. Hrsg. von Julius Leopold Pagel.
Henri de Mondeville was the teacher of Guy de Chauliac; he belonged to the School of Montpellier. His work was first printed as above; French translations by E. Nicaise, 1893, and A. Bos, 1897; the latter was reprinte…
GMN 5554 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6876
