1900–1909
957 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1906
#3401
Untersuchungen über den vom Vestibularapparat des Ohres reflektorisch ausgelösten Rhythmischen und seine Begleiterscheinungen.
Bárány’s pointing test for the localization of circumscribed cerebellar lesions. Republished in book form, Berlin, 1906. In 1914 Bárány was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his work on the physio…
1906
#3959
Morphology and physiology of areas of Langerhans in some vertebrates
Lydia De Witt ligated the pancreatic ducts and obtained extracts from the islets of Langerhans in cats, noting their glycolytic qualities.
1906
#4267
A method of controlling the bleeding after suprapubic prostatectomy.
The distensible bag for controlling hemorrhage after suprapubic prostatectomy was introduced by Briggs in 1905.
1906
#3025.2
Nuevas trabajos de cirugía vascular; substitución plástica de las arteriás por las venas, ó arterioplastia venosa, aplicada, como nuevo metodo, al tratamiento de los aneurismas.
Goyanes used vein grafts to restore arterial flow.
1906
#4376
Ueber Ablösung von Gelenkteilen und verwandte Prozesse.
Büdinger was the first to describe pathological fracture of the cartilage of the patella. See also his later paper in the same journal, 1908, 92, 510-36. Later descriptions by Karl Ludloff, Verh. dtsch. Ges. Chir., 19…
1906
#4376.1
Ueber Osteogenesis imperfecta tarda.
Looser’s syndrome.
1906
#5087
Le microbe de la coqueluche.
The cocco-bacillus Haemophilus pertussis, commonly regarded as the causal organism of whooping cough, was at first named “Bordet–Gengou bacillus” after its discoverers. It has later renamed Bordetella pertussis.
1906
#5111.1
Über Cholera- und choleraähnliche Vibrionen unter den aus Mekka zurückkehrenden Pilgern.
Isolation of El Tor vibrio, a particular strain of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Gotschlich first identified this strain in 1905 at a quarantine camp on the Sinai Peninsula in El Tor, Egypt . The vibrios were found i…
1906
#4194
The operative treatment of acute gonorrheal epididymitis.
Hagner devised the open operation for the relief of acute epididymitis.
1906
#5129
Les inoculations antipesteuses.
Haffkine developed an anti-bubonic plague vaccine (killed bouillon cultures), for use in man.
1906 –1907
#4194.1
The treatment of malignant diseases of the bladder through suprapubic incision, with report of a case.
Radiotherapy for carcinoma of bladder.
1906
#5280
Traitement des trypanosomiases par les “couleurs de benzidine”.
Introduction of trypan-blue in the treatment of trypanosomiasis. Second paper by Mesnil and Nicolle.
1906
#5319
Study of a spirochete obtained from a case of relapsing fever in man, with notes on morphology, animal reactions, and attempts at cultivation.
Spirochaete causing the American variety of relapsing fever first isolated. With A. W. Pappenheimer and T. Flournoy.
1906
#5320
Studies in Spirillum obermeieri and related organisms.
Novy and Knapp made important observations on the spirochaete isolated by Norris et al. from a case of (American) relapsing fever, proving it to be different from Borrelia obermeieri, sometimes referred to as “Novy’s …
1906
#5531.1
A study of some tropical ulcerations of skin with particular reference to their etiology.
Strong described organisms consistent with Histoplasma capsulatum before Darling, although his work was overshadowed by the latter.
1906
#5532
A protozoon general infection producing pseudotubercles in the lungs and focal necroses in the liver, spleen and lymphnodes.
Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma capsulatum), “Darling’s disease”.
1906
#5780
Senile parenchymatous hypertrophy of female breast.
Bloodgood’s theory of the causation of chronic mastitis.
1906
#5805
The evolution of American surgery. IN: American practice of surgery, Edited by J.D. Bryant and A.H. Buck, 2, 1-67.
1906
#5950
Notes on a peculiar pupil phenomenon in cases of partial iridoplegia.
Markus was among the first to describe the condition known as “Adie’s syndrome” (No. 4611).
1906
#5950.1
Eine erfolgreiche totale Keratoplastik.
First successful corneal transplantation (keratoplasty).
1906
#5378
The transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever by the bite of the wood-tick (Dermacentor occidentalis).
Ricketts (who himself died of typhus) demonstrated that the wood tick Dermacentor andersoni is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
1906
#5430
Was wissen wir über den Vakzineerreger?
“Paschen elementary bodies”; see also No. 5427.
1906
#5472
On the etiology of dengue fever.
Bancroft was the first to produce evidence that Aëdes aegypti is a vector of dengue.
1906
#6212
Geburten in künstlichem Dämmerschlaf.
“Twilight sleep”. Gauss developed the method introduced by Steinbüchel (No. 6210).
1906
#6213
Die Mechanik der Geburt.
1906
#5213
Ueber den Nachweis von Antikörpern im Serum eines an Arthritis gonorrhoica Erkrankten mittels Komplementablenkung.
“Müller–Oppenheim reaction” – a complement fixation test for the diagnosis of gonorrhoea.
1906
#6291
Geschichte der Geburtshüfe.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1906
#6506
Die Medizin im Koran.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1906
#6554
La médecine et les médecins en France à l’époque de la Renaissance.
Wickersheimer, librarian of University of Strasbourg, contributed several scholarly works on the history of medicine.
1906
#6580
La médecine à Genève jusqu’à la fin du dix-huitième siècle.
1906 –1911
#6401
Geschichte der Medizin. Vol. 1-2, pt. 1.
An English translation was published in London, 2 vols., 1909-25.
1906
#242.3
Further experiments on inheritance in sweet peas and stocks; preliminary account.
W. Bateson, E. R. Saunders and R. C. Punnett noted the phenomena of linkage of genes.
1906
#6989
The science of chiropractic. Its principles and adjustments by Dr. D. D. Palmer, discoverer and developer of chiropractic, and B. J. Palmer, D. C.
D. D. Palmer founded chiropractic; his son B. J. developed the practice. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1906
#7051
The health and physique of the Negro American: report of a social study made under the direction of Atlanta University: together with the Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, on May the 29th, 1906.
Probably the earliest sociological study of the medical problems of blacks written by a black. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1906
#7199
Das Sexualleben unserer Zeit in seinen Beziehungen zur modernen Kultur.
An encyclopedia of the sexual sciences. English translation by M. Eden Paul from the sixth German edition as The sexual life of our time in its relations to modern civilization (1909). Digital facsimile of the 1907 Ge…
1906
#7340
Cerebra simiarum illustrata. Das Affenhirn in bildlicher Darstellung.
Describes and illustrates with photographs the cerebral cortex of over 50 species of primate, including prosimians, monkeys, and apes..
1906
#7341
Cerebellum der Säugetiere. Eine Vergleichend Anatomische Untersuchung.
Bolk studied some 69 species of mammals, both in the adult and during development, and elaborated a basic plan for the cerebellum that remains influential today. "Lodewijk Bolk and the comparative anatomy of the cereb…
1906
#7733
De l'acrocéphalosyndactylie.
"Apert syndrome", consisting of a triad of disorders: craniosynostosis, syndactyly and maxillary underdevelopment. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1906
#8473
Bibliotheca chemica: A catalogue of the alchemical, chemical and pharmaceutical books in the collection of the late James Young of Kelly and Durris....by John Ferguson. 2 vols.
One of the great landmarks of descriptive scientific bibliography. With bibliographical details of each work, biographical notices of each writer, and exhaustive lists of references in chronological order, its scope a…
1906
#9220
Earthquake in California April 18, 1906. Special report of Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, U.S.A. on the relief operations conducted by the military authorities of the United States at San Francisco and other points, with accompanying documents.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1906 –1954
#9393
Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. The Macrolepidoptera of the world: A systematic description of the known Macrolepidoptera. 16 vols. plus 4 supplements. Written and edited by Adalbert Seitz.
Published in French, German and English. The first 4 vols. describe the Palaearctic fauna and vols. 5–16 describe the exotic fauna (Volums 1–4, Palaearctic fauna, with 4 supplements; Vols. 5–8, American fauna; Vol. 9–…
1906
#11559
Case teaching in medicine: A series of graduated exercises in the differential diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of actual cases of disease.
"The first comprehensive description of the 'Cabot case' style of medical teaching that evolved into the classic clinicopathological case (CPC) mode. Cabot had a special interest in heart disease and was a pioneer of …
1906
#11563
Uniterminal and biterminal venous transplantations.
"The possibility of transforming a vein into an artery, from a functional point of view, naturally arouses the idea of substituting veins for arteries when the latter are rendered useless by some pathological processe…
1906
#11589
Het telecardiogram.
This paper includes the first published ECG tracing of atrial fibrillation. See W. Bruce Fye, "Tracing atrial fibrillation - 100 years," New Eng. J. Med., 355 (2006) 1412.
1906
#11731
Carl Weigert Gesammelte Abhandlungen unter Mitwirkung von Ludwig Edinger und Paul Ehrlich. Herausgegeben und Eingeleitet von Robert Rieder. 2 vols.
1906
#12297
Höheklima und Bergwanderungen in ihrer Wirkung auf den Menschen. Ergebnisse experimenteller Forschungen im Hochgebirge und Laboratorium.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1906
#12739
The jungle.
Sinclair wrote The jungle to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and other industrialized cities. His primary purpose in describing the meat industry and its …
1906
#12820
Walter Reed and yellow fever.
Digital facsimile of the revised edition published in 1907 from Google Books at this link.
1906
#13137
La pharmacie en Egypte.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1906
#13360