1860–1869
571 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1868
#6060
A practical treatise on diseases of women.
The most complete and systematic treatise on the subject in its day.
1868
#5558
Pfolspeundt: Buch der Bündth-Ertznei. Hrsg. von H. Haeser und A. Middeldorpf.
Although not printed until 1868, this treatise was written about 1460, and is the first work of the early German surgeons. Pfolspeundt was a Bavarian army surgeon; his book includes the first allusion to the extractio…
1868
#5749
Mittheilungen aus der chirurgischen Klinik des Rostocker Krankenhauses während der Jahre 1861-65. I. Abtheilung: Summarische Berichte. Chirurgische Mittheilungen mit Beschreibung interessanter Krankheitsfälle. (Separat-Abdruck aus der 'Deutschen Klinik' vom Jahre 1866 und 1867.) II. Abtheilung. Beiträge zur plastischen Chirurgie, vorzugsweise zu den plastischen Operationen an den Wandungen der zugängigen Körperhölen. Separat-Abdruck aus der 'Prager Viertelhahrschrift für prakt. Heilkunde' vom J. 1866 u. 1867.
Subtitle of II Abtheilung: ..."zugängigen Körperhöhlen: des Mundes, der Scheide und des Mastdarmes verbunden mit einem Berichte über meine plastischen Operationen von Ostern 1861 - Ostern 1866." Simon was the first to…
1868
#6187
On the condition of the uterus in obstructed labour.
1868
#6872
Clinique photographique de l'hôpital Saint-Louis.
The first French dermatologic book illustrated with photographs. Originally issued in fascicules, 1867-68. The first edition includes 49 or 50 albumin photographs; second edition, entitled Clinique photographique des …
1868
#7252
Mémoire sur une sépulture des anciens troglodytes du Périgord.
In March 1868, railway workers clearing away debris from a rock shelter known locally as the Abri de Crô-Magnon (shelter of Crô-Magnon) at Les Eyzies, Dordogne, noticed stone tools and pieces of skeleton imbedded in t…
1868
#8817
Pharmacopoeia of India, prepared under the authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council
Waring was "Surgeon in Her Majesty's Indian Army." Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1868
#8998
Hospital days.
Woolsey participated in the first meetings of the Women's Central Relief Association, which preceded the U.S. Sanitary Commission. In 1863 she became Superintendent of Nurses at Fairfax Seminary Hospital, and served t…
1868
#9020
Donnolo. Pharmakologische Fragmente aus dem zehnten Jahrhundert, nebst Beiträgen zur Literatur der Salternitaner hauptsächlich nach handschriftlichen hebräischen Quellen. (Sonderabdruck in 50 Expl. aus d, "Archiv f. patholog. Anatomie u.s.w. "herausg. von Rud. Virchow, Bd. 38-42). Als Beilagen: Constantinus Africanus und seine arabischen Quellen (aus demselben Archiv, Bd. 37)., Donnolo, Fragment des ältesten medicinischen Werkes in hebräischer Sprache, zum ersten Mal herausgegeben von M. Steinschneider.
1868
#9351
On the animals which are most nearly intermediate between birds and reptiles.
Huxley proposed a close relationship between birds and dinosaurs after the discovery in Germany of the primitive fossil bird Archaeopteryx. He made detailed comparisons of Archaeopteryx with various prehistoric reptil…
1868
#9470
Accidents et maladies: Premier soins a donner avant l'arrivée du médecin.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1868
#10180
Zakarīyā b. Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī's Kosmographie. Nach der Wüstenfeldschen Textausgabe, mit Benutzung und Beifügung der reichhaltigen Anmerkungen und Verbesserungen des Herrn Prof. Dr. Fleischer in Leipzig, aus dem Arabischen zum ersten Male vollständig übersetzt von Dr. Hermann Ethé. Die Wunder der Schöpfung. 1. Halbband
Digital facsimile from Bayerische StaatsBibliothek at this link.
1868
#12404
Memoir of Valentine Mott, M.D., LL.D., Professor of surgery in the University of the City of New York; member of the Institute of France.
An insightful biography written by a colleague in surgery. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1868
#12887
Dental materia medica. Compiled by James W. White.
The first American treatise on materia medica written specifically for dentists. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1868
#13197
The birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire: A contribution to the natural history of the two counties.
The first book on ornithology illustrated with original photogaphs. In this case the four photographs were also hand-tinted. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1868
#13221
The anatomical memoirs of John Goodsir F.R.S. Edited by William Turner. With a biographical memoir by Henry Lonsdale. 2 vols.
1868 –1874
#13444
Recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des mammifères comprenant des considérations sur la classification de ces animaux. 2 vols.
Concerns primarily the mammals of China and Tibet. Volume 2 is an atlas of 108 plates. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1868
#13492
Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. de Docteur E. Follin.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1868
#13493
Notice de livres d'histoire naturelle, de médecine et de la litérature composant la bibliothèque de fe M. E. R. A. Serres.
1868
#13813
Sur la paralysie agitante et la sclérose en plaques généralisée.
In his doctoral thesis Ordenstein, a pupil of Charcot, first defined the clinical features of multiple schlerosis in detail, with pathologic confirmation, and distinguished the main symptoms and pathologic findings of…
1868
#14093
Palaeontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer. For many years superintendent of the H.E.I. Company's botanical gardens at Suharunpoor and Calcutta. With a biographical sketch of the author. Compiled and edited by Charles Murchison. Vol. 1. Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. Vol. II. Mastodon, elephant, rhinoceros, ossiferous caves, primeval man and his cotemporaries. 2 vols.
Falconer's writings on human antiquity appear in Vol. 2 of his Palaeontogical memoirs. Together with William Pengelly, Falconer was one of the first two scientists to visit Brixham Cave after its discovery in 1858, an…
1869
#549
Die Einschmelzungs-Methode, ein Beitrag zur mikroskopischen Technik.
Introduction of paraffin embedding
1869 –1872
#550
Handbuch der Lehre von den Geweben des Menschen und der Thiere. Edited by Salomon Stricker. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. Translated into English by Henry Power as Manual of human and comparative histology. Edited by S. Stricker. 3 vols. London: New Sydenham Society, 1870-73. Digi…
1869
#4622
On the various forms of loss of speech in cerebral disease.
Bastian’s first important paper on aphasia. His axiom “We think in words” explains his whole work on the subject. See also his later paper on pp. 470-92 of the same volume.
1869
#1009
Beiträge zur mikroskopischen Anatomie der Bauchspeicheldrüse. Inaugural-Dissertation.
First account of the islets of Langerhans. In 1893 Édouard Laguesse attached the name of Langerhans to the structures. Langerhans did not suggest any function for them. The book was reprinted with an English translati…
1869
#2168
Der erste Verband auf dem Schlachtfelde.
Esmarch introduced the first-aid bandage on the battlefield.
1869
#4740
Deux cas d’atrophie musculaire progressive avec lésions de la substance grise et des faisceaux antéro-latéraux de la moëlle épinière.
Description of the lesions of the spinal cord in muscular atrophy.
1869
#4741
Ueber Myositis ossificans progressiva.
Münchmeyer described a form of progressive ossifying myositis (“Münchmeyer’s disease”).
1869
#1328
Ueber eine Form von Ptosis.
“Horner’s syndrome”, due to lesion of the cervical sympathetic. The same syndrome was evoked in animals by Pourfour du Petit in 1727 (see No. 1313). It is a proof that the sympathetic governs the pupillary, vasomotor,…
1869
#4779
Remarks on a case of locomotor ataxy with hydrarthrosis.
An early description of the joint symptoms in tabes dorsalis.
1869
#1364
Beiträge zur Lehre von den Functionen der Nervencentren des Frosches.
Goltz made important observations on the decerebrate frog. He showed it to possess no volitional powers except after stimulation, no memory and no intelligence. His experiments on frogs deprived of their spinal cords …
1869
#1617
Ueber gewisse, die Gesundheit benachtheiligende Einflüsse der Schulen.
Improvements in school hygiene and the regular inspection of school children were brought about by the efforts of Virchow. English translation, New York, 1871. Virchow’s papers on public health were collected, annotat…
1869
#1618
Das Kanal- Oder Siel-System in München.
Pettenkofer was responsible for the installation of the modern system of sewage disposal in Munich, and thus succeeded in almost completely ridding that city of typhoid.
1869
#2017.1
Cases of transfusion, with some remarks on a new method of performing the operation.
Sodium phosphate used as anticoagulant in blood transfusion.
1869
#1404
Researches on the physiology of the cerebellum.
Mitchell, leading American neurologist of his time, performed over 350 experiments upon the cerebellum. He emphasized its co-ordinating function, first postulated by Flourens, and he proposed his “augmentor” theory of…
1869
#2028.58
Plain rules for the restoration of persons apparently dead from drowning.
Howard’s method of artificial respiration is taught for resuscitation from drowning.
1869
#1272
On the changes in the nervous system which follow the amputation of limbs.
Demonstration that the proximal end of a severed nerve eventually atrophies.
1869
#1869
Das Chloral, ein neues Hypnoticum.
Demonstration of the value of chloral hydrate as a hypnotic. See also his monograph Das Chloralhydrat, Berlin, 1869.
1869 –1876
#2300
Manuel d’histologie pathologique. 3 pts.
English translations, Philadelphia, 1880, and London, 1882-86.
1869
#2678
On markings of furrows on the nails as the result of illness.
1869
#4843
Neurasthenia, or nervous exhaustion.
“Beard’s disease” (neurasthenia) first described. See also No. 4846.
1869
#226
Hereditary genius.
Galton investigated the families of great men and suggested that genius was hereditary, and thus founded the science of Eugenics, although he did not coin the word until 1883 (see No. 230). Karl Pearson’s, The life, l…
1869
#3754
Studii clinici ed esperimentali sulla natura, causa e terapia della pellagra.
Lombroso upheld the maize theory of the origin of pellagra. He believed that the symptoms were caused by a toxin which developed in deteriorated maize. Reprinted from Riv. clin. Bologna, 1869, 8, 289-314, 321-44.
1869
#2767
Mycosis endocardii.
Winge first suggested that endocarditis was due to microbial infection. A translation of part of his paper is in Major, Classic descriptions of disease, 3rd ed., 1945, p. 472.
1869
#2964
Observations on ligature of arteries on the antiseptic system.
Lister evolved a carbolized catgut ligature, better than any previously produced. He was able to cut short the ends of his ligature, closing the wound tightly and eliminating the necessity for bringing the ends of lig…
1869
#3938
Retinitis in glycosuria.
First investigation of retinitis accompanying glycosuria.
1869
#4057
Chronic urticaria leaving brown stains: nearly two years’ duration.
Urticaria pigmentosa (Mastocytosis of the skin) described by Nettleship, was named eponymically “Nettleship’s disease”.
1869
#4058
On a diseased condition of the hairs of the axilla, probably of parasitic origin.
Tinea nodosa (trichorrhexis nodosa, “Paxton’s disease”) first described.
1869 –1870
#4059
Lafa Tokelau, or Tokelau ringworm.
First description, tinea imbricata. Turner described the disease while serving as a medical missionary in Samoa.
1869
#3463
Ueber die Behandlung der Magenerweiterung durch eine neue Methode (mittelst der Magenpumpe).
In 1867 Kussmaul used the stomach pump for gastric dilatation due to pyloric obstruction. Although his advocacy of gastric lavage established this method of treatment in medical practice, the instrument had already be…