1870–1879
662 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1878
#3594
The radical cure of hernia by the antiseptic use of the carbolized catgut ligature.
Marcy introduced antiseptic ligatures in the radical cure of hernia. See also No. 3601.
1878
#3719
Three cases of scurvy supervening on rickets in young children.
Infantile scurvy was confused with rickets until Cheadle differentiated between the two conditions.
1878
#3625
Remarks on cholecystotomy in dropsy of the gall-bladder.
Sims’ operation of cholecystotomy.
1878
#3768
Specimens illustrative of the pathology of lymphadenoma and leucocythemia
Greenfield also drew attention to the giant cells in lymphadenoma, which later became known as “Dorothy Reed’s giant cells” (see No. 3780).
1878
#2781
Ein Fall von thrombotischen Verschlusse einer der Kranzarterien des Herzens.
First description of coronary thrombosis with diagnosis before death. English translation of original report, Amer. J. Cardiol, 1978, 42, 849-52.
1878
#3825
On myxoedema.
Ord coined the term “myxedema” for the condition noted earlier by Curling and Gull.
1878
#3826
Exstirpation einer Struma retroesophagea.
Kocher, a pupil of Billroth, was a pioneer of thyroidectomy for goitre. Before his time the operation was seldom performed. Garrison says that Kocher performed this difficult operation 2,000 times, with a mortality ra…
1878 –1882
#3387
Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde. 2 pts.
Politzer was one of the greatest of all otologists. He was the first Professor of Otology in Vienna and his textbook was for many years the standard authority on the subject. English translation, 1883.
1878
#3387.2
Ueber eine neue Methode der Hörprüfung mit Hülfe elektrischer Ströme.
First audiometer.
1878
#4292
Lithotrity by a single operation.
Introduction of litholapaxy at one sitting.
1878
#4074
Summer prurigo, prurigo aestivalis, seu prurigo adolescentium, seu acne-prurigo.
Hutchinson’s summer prurigo.
1878
#4075.1
On the treatment of psoriasis by an ointment of chrysophanic acid.
Introduction of chrysarobin in dermatology.
1878 –1879
#3469
Volvulus flexurae sigmoideae coli – Laparo-colotomia – Helsa.
First recorded operation for volvulus.
1878
#3470
Ueber den Mastdarmkrebs und die Extirparlo recti.
First excision of the rectum for cancer.
1878
#4345
Die spontane Subluxation der Hand nach vorne.
“Madelung’s deformity” of the wrist. Madelung regarded the condition as a defect of growth of the wrist joint.
1878
#5511
Neue Beobachtungen auf dem Gebiete der Mykosen des Menschen.
Israel contributed an important early paper on the ray fungus Actinomyces. He included some drawings made by Langenbeck in 1845 and was the first to describe a human case of actinomycosis.
1878
#5346
Cases of filarious disease.
Discovery (1876) of Wuchereria bancrofti. Bancroft’s first report on this was in the form of a letter to T. S. Cobbold, who published it in Lancet, 1877, 2, 70-71.
1878
#5916.1
Ueber Keratoplastik.
Sellerbeck was first to use human donor corneas for transplants. He was not very successful, probably because the antiseptics employed were too strong.
1878
#5357
Intornoall’Anchilostoma duodenale (Dubini).
Fecal diagnosis of hookworm disease. Before this time hookworm had been diagnosed only post mortem. With C. Parona and E. Parona. English translation in Kean (No. 2268.1).
1878
#6070
Eine neue Methode der Exstirpation des ganzen Uterus.
Freund performed the first successful abdominal hysterectomy for cancer. Although removal of the uterus by the abdominal route had been carried out earlier, to Freund belongs the credit for the invention of the operat…
1878
#6193
Traité du palper abdominal au point de vue obstétrical.
Pinard, professor of obstetrics in Paris, showed the importance of abdominal palpation as an aid to obstetrical diagnosis. English translation, 1885.
1878
#6715.1
The physicians and surgeons of the United States.
The second edition was entitled, A biographical dictionary of contemporary American physicians and surgeons. Philadelphia, D. G. Brinton, 1880. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1878
#228.1
Ueber die Vortheile der Mimicry bei Schmetterlingen.
Bates’s theory of mimicry did not account for the superficial resemblances between two or more unpalatable species. Müller explained such mimicry, known today as “Müllerian mimicry”. A predator must learn which potent…
1878
#5270.1
The microscopic organisms found in the blood of man and animals, and their relation to disease.
First description of a trypanosome (T. lewisi) in a mammal. Seoarate edition in book form with the same title: Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1879.
1878
#268.1
On a large-angled immersion objective, without adjustment collar; with some observations on “numerical aperture”.
Stephenson suggested the oil immersion lens system to Abbe, who developed it.
1878
#7294
La méthode graphique dans les sciences expérimentales et particulièrement en physiologie et en médecine.
Marey pioneered the use of graphical recording in the experimental sciences, using instruments (many of his own invention) to capture and display data impossible to observe with the senses alone, and to record the pro…
1878 –1883
#7515
Les produits de la nature japonaise et chinoise: comprenant la dénomination, l'histoire et les applications aux arts, à l'industrie, à l'économie, à la médecine, etc. des substances qui dérivent des trois règnes de la nature et qui sont employées par les Japonais et les Chinois / Partie inorganique et minéralogique, contenant la description des minéraux et des substances qui dérivent du règne minéral.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1878
#7706
Etude historique et clinique sur la trépanation du crâne; la trépanation guidée par les localisations cérébrales.
Lucas-Chamionnière asserted that the operation was performed by ancient surgeons for both magical and therepeutic reasons, and noted that ancient surgeons prevented lethal hemorrhage from the sagittal sinus by avoidin…
1878
#7745
The life and education of Laura Dewey Bridgman, the deaf, dumb, and blind girl.
Biography of Laura Bridgman (1829-89, the first deaf-blind person ever to read, write, and converse in the finger alphabet. The book includes a signed holograph facsimile of Bridgman's widely circulated religious poem…
1878 –1879
#8966
Alexander von Tralles. Original-Text und Übersetzung nebst einer einleitenden Abhandlung. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Medicin. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1878
#9174
Tropical nature and other essays.
"Wallace's extensive work in biogeography made him aware of the impact of human activities on the natural world. In Tropical Nature and Other Essays (1878), he warned about the dangers of deforestation and soil erosio…
1878
#9497
The poisonous snakes of India: For the use of the officials and others residing in the Indian Empire.
Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1878
#10721
Elephants and their treatment in health and disease.
Expanded from a "small" edition issued in 1873 at the request of the Conservator of Forests, British Burma to "answer the purpose of a guide for the management of those animals, in a more direct and complete form; and…
1878
#11078
De l'influence des découvertes de M. Pasteur sur les progrès de la chirurgie.
Sedillot, a surgeon, first used the word "microbe" on p. 634, third paragraph, of this paper. He coined the term after consulting with lexicographer Émile Littré, to ascertain etymological appropriateness. Shortly the…
1878
#11427
Catalogue des livres composant la bibliothèque scientifique de Claude Bernard.
Auction catalogue of Bernard's library conducted by Bernard's publisher and bookseller, J.-B Baillière et Fils. The sale, conducted over 4 days, included 1077 lots. Most were books published during Bernard's lifetime.…
1878
#11536
A manual of nursing prepared for the Training School for Nurses attached to Bellevue Hospital. [Compiled and edited by Dr. Victoria White.]
The Training School for Nurses attached to Bellevue Hospital opened in 1873, the first school in United States run according to Florence Nightingale's nursing principles. Among other things, these principles called fo…
1878
#11538
A hand-book of nursing for family and general use. Published under the direction of the Connecticut Training-School for Nurses, State Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut.
The Connecticut Training-School for Nurses opened in 1873, and the first edition of this manual was copyright 1878, the same year as the Bellevue manual. However, it is believed that the first copies of this work were…
1878
#11696
The action of medicines.
Ott founded experimental pharmacology in America; his book was the first written by an American on the action of medicines.
1878 –1880
#11788
American ornithological bibliography. 4 parts. (Also called "Ornithological bibliography").
This is an exhaustive work up to time of publications, including scientific references to American birds in publications, the titles of which do not indicate any ornithological material. [Pt. 1.] Geological and Geogra…
1878
#12257
Weitere Beiträge zur Entstehungsgeschichte der Endocarditis.
Klebs "concluded that most cases of acute endocarditis were caused by 'monads' or by 'septic cocci' " (Bloomfield, Bibliography of internal medicine, selected diseases, 43-44). Klebs believed that all cases of endocar…
1878
#12401
William Harvey: A history of the discovery of the circulation of the blood
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1878
#13475
Der Alkoholismus seine Verbreitung und Wirkung auf den Individuellen und sozialen Organismus, sowie die Mittel Ihn zu Bekämpfen.
1878
#14194
La théorie des germes et ses applications à la médecine et à la chirurgie. Lecture faite à l'Académie de médecine par M. Pasteur en son nom et au nom de MM. Joubert et Chamberland ....
In this speech Pasteur first introduced the term "germ theory" and defined its applications in medicine, surgery, and infectious disease. The speech was first published in condensed form in Comptes rendus...de l'Acadé…
1879
#122
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Zelle und ihrer Lebenserscheinungen
Classic account of cell division and karyokinesis. Flemming named the nuclear substance “chromatin” and gave the name “mitosis” to cell division. Translation of Part II in J. Cell Biol., 1965, 25, No. 1, pt. 2, 3-69. …
1879 –1880
#945
On the respiratory function of the internal intercostal muscles.
The important work of Martin and Hartwell on the intercostal muscles settled the controversy regarding their function.
1879
#553
Technique de l’emploi du collodion humide pour la pratique des coupes microscopiques.
Introduction of collodion for embedding.
1879
#553.1
Beitrage zur Kenntniss der granulirten Bindegewebszellen und der eosinophilen Leukocyten.
Mast cells; see No. 548.1.
1879 –1880
#824
On the time-relations of the excitatory process in the ventricle of the heart of the frog.
These workers were among the first to study the action currents of the heart, and made the first records (with the capillary electrometer) of the minute electrical current produced by the beating of the heart. See als…
1879
#4560
Topische Diagnostik der Gehirnkrankheiten.
On p. 220 is the description of unilateral oculomotor paralysis combined with cerebellar ataxia, “Nothnagel’s syndrome”.
1879
#4560.1
A case of partial epilepsy, apparently due to a lesion of one of the vasomotor centres of the brain.
“Sturge–Weber syndrome” – association of a port-wine nevus in the skin of the face with a vascular abnormality of the meninges on the same side. See No. 4605.2.