Skip to main content

1900–1909

957 entries with publication dates in this decade.

← Back to decades

1908

#734

The oxidation of butyric acid by means of hydrogen peroxide with formation of acetone, aldehydes, and other products.

See No. 735.

1908

#735

Comparative studies of the mode of oxidation of phenyl derivatives of fatty acids by the animal organism and by hydrogen peroxide.

Dakin’s oxidation theory.

1908

#736

Ueber die kleinsten Moleküle, welche die Leber zur Synthese des Glykogenes verwerten kann.

1908

#452

Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Anatomie im Mittelalter, speziell der anatomischen Graphik nach Handschriften des 9. bis 15. Jahrhunderts.

Studien zur Geschichte der Medizin, Leipzig, Heft 4. Reprinted Hildesheim, 1964.

1908

#4715

Weitere Mitteilungen über eine eigenartige hereditär-familiare Erkrankung des Zentralnervensystems.

“Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease”, familial centrolobar sclerosis (see also No. 4703).

1908

#4716

Eine eigentümliche tonische Krampfform mit hysterischen Symptomen.

First description of torsion-spasm, dystonia musculorum deformans; also called “Ziehen–Oppenheim disease” following reports of cases by these writers in Neurol. Zbl., 1911, 30, 109, 1090.

1908 –1909

#1339

The mode of action of specific substances with special reference to secretin.

These workers drew attention to the similarity between the effects of nerve stimulation and certain drugs, especially muscarine, on the heart.

1908

#1158

L’hypophyse du cerveau. I. Physiologie.

Paulesco found that the removal of the anterior pituitary had fatal results, while removal of the posterior lobe had negative results.

1908

#1181

Der Bau der Uterusschleimhaut des geschlechtsreifen Weibes besonderer Berücksichtigung der Menstruation.

First definite description of the cyclical changes in the endometrium, which were shown to be a normal physiological process.

1908

#523

Contributions to the study of the early development and imbedding of the human ovum. An early ovum imbedded in the decidua.

The “Bryce-Teacher ovum”, age estimated at 13-14 days.

1908

#524

Ueber den chemischen Character des Befruchtungvorgangs.

1908

#132

The problem of age, growth and death.

Minot’s theory of aging, based on cytomorphosis and the rate of growth. This work first appeared as a paper in vol. 7 of the Popular Science Monthly, 1907.

1908

#1434

Beiträge zur histologischen Lokalisation der Grosshirnrinde. VI. Die Cortexgliederung des Menschen.

“Brodmann’s areas”, the occipital and pre-occipital area of the cerebral cortex.

1908

#2044

Die volkmedizinische Organotherapie und ihr Verhältnis zum Kultopfer.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1908

#1435.1

The structure and functions of the cerebellum examined by a new method.

Stereotactic apparatus for the accurate location of electrodes in the brain. The apparatus devised by Horsley and Clarke opened the way to stereotactic surgery of the brain.

1908 –1912

#1681

Abhandlungen aus der Seuchengeschichte und Seuchenlehre. Pt. 1: Die Pest. Pt. 2: Die Cholera. 2 vols. in 3.

1908

#1301

Der Bau der Spinalganglien des Menschen und der Säugetiere.

1908

#1302

A human experiment in nerve division.

Head submitted to the division of his own left radial and external cutaneous nerves. His subsequent study of the loss and restoration of sensation thus brought about, led to a reclassification of the sensory pathways.…

1908

#1948

Ueber Sulfamide der p-Amidobenzolsulfonsäure.

Para-aminobenzenesulfonamide (sulphanilamide) first prepared.

1908 –1909

#2309

The principles of pathology. 2 vols.

Vol. 2 written with A. G. Nicholls.

1908

#2339

Ueber eine diagnostische verwertbare Reaktion der Haul auf Einreibung mit Tuberkulinsalbe.

Moro’s percutaneous tuberculin reaction, employed as a diagnostic measure.

1908

#2340

Die kutane und konjunktivale Tuberkulinreaktion, ihre Bedeutung für Diagnostik und Prognose der Tuberkulose.

Wolff-Eisner’s conjunctival tuberculin reaction.

1908

#2341

Intradermo-réaction de la tuberculine.

Mantoux’s intradermal tuberculin skin test.

1908

#2634

Chronisch entzündliche Bauchdeckengeschwülste nach Bruchoperationen.

“Schloffer’s tumor” – a rare inflammatory pseudotumor of the abdomen. It usually appears several years after abdominal surgery, including herniotomy, or trauma.

1908

#2826

Diseases of the heart.

Chapter 30 of the third edition (1914) includes Mackenzie’s classic description of the clinical picture of “nodal rhythm” (auricular fibrillation). Reprinted in Willius & Keys, Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 769-93.

1908 –1909

#2827

Chronic infectious endocarditis.

The tender subcutaneous nodes in subacute bacterial endocarditis (“Osler’s nodes”) were first observed by Osler in 1888, and reported in 1909. This paper is the first definite clinical description of subacute bacteria…

1908

#3079.1

Experimentelle Leukämie bei Hühnern.

Cell-free transmission of fowl leukemia. Ellermann and Bang produced leukemia by means of a filterable agent.

1908

#3080

Per la patogenesi e per la diagnosi delle malattie del sangue e degli organi emopoietici. Puntura esplorativa del midollo osseo.

Introduction of bone marrow biopsy by puncturing the shaft of the tibia.

1908

#3080.1

Ueber den habituellen Ikterus de Neugeborenen.

First detailed description of familial icterus gravis neonatorum.

1908

#3231

Indications du traitement chirurgical de la tuberculose pulmonaire.

First radical thoracoplasty.

1908

#3528

On infantilism from chronic intestinal infection; characterized by the overgrowth and persistence of flora of the nursling period.

“Herter’s infantilism”. Called also “Gee-Herter disease” (No. 3491).

1908

#3528.1

A method of performing abdomino-perineal excision for carcinoma of the rectum and of the terminal portion of the pelvic colon.

Miles devised the operation of abdomino-perineal resection.

1908

#3529

Beitrag zur Magenchirurgie.

Report of Hofmeister’s modification of the Billroth II gastro-enterostomy.

1908

#3572

Die Wurmfortsatzentzündung.

Aschoff’s theory of the enterogenous origin of appendicitis.

1908

#3188

The Bradshaw Lecture on massive collapse of the lung.

William Pasteur discovered and described massive collapse of the lung.

1908 –1952

#18

The works of Aristotle translated into English. Edited by J.A. Smith and W.D. Ross. 12 vols.

De motu animalium. De incessu animalium. In his Works, edited by J.A. Smith and W.D. Ross, 5, 698a-714b., Oxford, 1912. De Anima. In his Works… translated into English. Edited by J. A. Smith and W. D. Ross. 3, 402a-35…

1908

#3316

Die entzündlichen Nebenhöhlenerkrankungen der Nase im Röntgenbild.

The first important work on the radiology of the accessory nasal sinuses.

1908

#3644

Ueber eine neue Funktion des Pankreas und ihre Beziehung zum Diabetes mellitus.

Loewi’s pancreatic function test.

1908

#3844

The relation of iodin to the structure of the thyroid gland.

Marks the beginning of Marine’s lifelong study of the thyroid.

1908

#2912

Thrombo-angiitis obliterans; a study of the vascular lesions leading to presenile spontaneous gangrene.

Buerger’s important paper on thrombo-angiitis obliterans gives the first comprehensive report of the clinical and pathological aspects of the disease. Buerger gave the condition its present name; it is also known as “…

1908

#2913

[In Russian:] Changes in parenchymatous organs and in the aorta of rabbits under the influence of animal protein.

Experimental atherosclerosis produced by a cholesterol-rich diet of whole milk, egg yolks, and meat. French translation as" Influence de la nourriture animale sur l'organisme des lapins," Arch. Méd. exp. Anat. path.,1…

1908

#3893

Insuffisance thyro-ovarienne et hyperactivité hypophysaire (troubles acromégaliques).

Rénon–Delille syndrome – dyspituitarism manifested by lowered blood-pressure, tachycardia, oliguria, insomnia, hyperhidrosis, and intolerance to heat.

1908

#4235

Transplantation in mass of the kidneys.

Carrel revolutionized vascular surgery. He transplanted the kidney from one animal to another, an operation later carried out successfully in man. For his earlier work on vascular anastomosis and transplantation of vi…

1908

#3960

Note on the sodium nitro-prusside reaction for acetone.

Test for acetone bodies in urine

1908

#3961

Ueber Versuche einer specifischen Fermenttherapie des Diabetes.

Zuelzer succeeded in isolating the pancreatic extract which contained what we now know as insulin; serious hypoglycaemic reactions sometimes followed its use, however, and led to its abandonment. Preliminary paper in …

1908

#2999

La cure des varices du membre inférieur par l’injection intraveineuse d’une solution d’iode.

Schiassi combined operative and sclerosant methods in the treatment of varicose veins. Translation in Med. Press, 1909, 87,377.

1908

#3012

Ueber die operative Behandlung der Embolie der Lungenarterie.

Pulmonary embolectomy first attempted, “Trendelenburg’s operation” – first successfully performed by Kirschner (see No. 3016).

1908

#3027

Results of the transplantation of blood vessels, organs and limbs.

Carrel showed that arteries kept for days or weeks outside the body can be transplanted successfully.

1908

#3689.2

A work on operative dentistry. 2 vols.

Black established a system of cavity preparation from which modern techniques have been derived. He constructed a “gnathodynamometer” with which the pressure exerted on the human tooth and therefore on the filling mat…

1908

#4880

Ueber eine neue operative Methode der Behandlung spastischer Lähmungen mittels Resektion hinterer Rückenmarkswurzeln.

Foerster’s operation of rhizotomy for spastic paralysis.