1900–1909
957 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1901
#1146
The blood-pressure-raising principle of the suprarenal glands.
Isolation of adrenaline.
1901
#1147
A preliminary report on the active principle of the suprarenal gland.
Independently of Takamine, Aldrich succeeded in isolating adrenaline in a crystalline form. He gave it the formula C9H13NO3. Adrenaline was the first hormone to be isolated.
1901
#4802
Ueber einige Fälle atypischer progressiver Paralyse. Nach einem hinterlassenen Manuscript Dr. H. Lissauer’s.
“Lissauer’s atypical general paralysis” first described. Heinrich Lissauer was bom in 1861 and died in 1891.
1901
#2003.1
Introduction électrolytique des ions dans l’organisme vivant.
Introduction of ionic medication.
1901
#1236.1
The action of pituitary extracts on the kidney.
Magnus and Starling reported that pituitary extracts caused expansion of the kidney and a marked and often prolonged diuresis. This was the first indication that the neurohypophysis plays a part in the regulation of u…
1901
#1632
Some points in the construction of the continuous sewage filter.
1901
#129
Die organischen Regulationen.
1901
#1428.1
Estructura dela corteza cerebral olfativa del hombre y mamíferos.
Ramón y Cajal’s descriptions of the limbic cortex are still the most authoritative. The above work and three shorter papers in the same volume were translated by L.M. Kraft as Studies on the cerebral cortex, London, 1…
1901
#2040.1
Peru: The history of coca, “the divine plant of the Incas”.
The most comprehensive work on the coca plant and the history of its use by the Incas and their descendants. Reprinted, San Francisco, And/Or Press, 1974.
1901
#1294
On the origin from the spinal cord of the vaso-dilator fibres of the hindlimb, and on the nature of these fibres.
1901
#1295
The Croonian Lectures on the chemical side of nervous activity. Delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London, in June, 1901.
First edition in book form, expanded from the journal publications, London: Bale, 1901. Digital facsimile of the book-form edition from the Internet Archive at this link.
1901
#2250.2
Studien zur Pathologie der Verbrennung. Die Ursache des Todes nach ausgedehnter Hautverbrennung.
Wilms was first to carry out full excision of burnt tissue, and sometimes grafted excised areas.
1901 –1911
#2423
Der Ursprung der Syphilis. 2 pts.
Bloch was a chief modern supporter of the theory of the Columbian origin of syphilis.
1901
#1754
Eine Methode zur Unterscheidung der verschiedenen Blutarten, im besonderen zum differentialdiagnostischen Nachweise des Menschenblutes.
Uhlenhuth was the first to use precipitins in medico-legal tests for human blood.
1901
#2624.1
On transplantation of tumours.
Loeb successfully transplanted cystic sarcoma of the thyroid in rats. He established the fact that growth of the transplant occurred through proliferation of its peripheral cells.
1901
#2661
Die Carcinomlitteratur. Eine Zusammenstellung der in-und ausländischen Krebsschriften bis 1900.
1901
#2553
Sur l’existence de substances sensibilisatrices dans la plupart des sérums antimicrobiens.
The Bordet–Gengou complement-fixation reaction is the basis of many tests for infection, notably the Wassermann test for syphilis, and reactions for gonococcus infection, glanders, hydatid disease. English translation…
1901
#2555
L’immunité dans les maladies infectieuses.
A classic study of the mechanisms concerned in specific antibacterial immunity, and one of Metchnikoff’s best works. Russian edition: Nevospriimchivost’ k infekcionnim boleznyam. St. Petersburg: K.L. Rikker, 1903. Eng…
1901
#3072
A fatal case of acute primary infectious pharyngitis.
First recorded case of extreme leucopenia.
1901
#3523
Nouveau procédé pour la gastrostomie.
Depage used a tube formed from the anterior wall of the stomach, lined with mucous membrane, in his gastrostomy operation.
1901
#3524
Diseases of the stomach and their surgical treatment.
1901
#2687.3
The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery.
Because of rapid developments in this field Williams put this book through three editions, in 1901, 1902, and 1903. Digital facsimile of the 1901 first edition from the Wellcome Collection at this link, of the 1902 se…
1901
#2711
On a family form of recurring epistaxis, associated with multiple telangiectases of the skin and mucous membranes.
“Rendu–Osler–Weber disease.” Multiple hereditary telangiectasis was first described by Legg (No. 2707) in 1876 and later by Rendu (No. 2710) and Weber (No. 2714). Reprinted in Medical Classics, 1939, 4, 243-53.
1901
#3606
Abstract of a clinical lecture on femoral hernia.
Battle’s operation for femoral hernia.
1901
#3607
An operation for the radical cure of umbilical hernia.
Mayo’s operation for umbilical hernia.
1901
#3742
Over polyneuritis gallinarum
Grijns succeeded Eijkman as director of the Research Laboratory for Pathological Anatomy and Bacteriology in Batavia. He was the first to adopt the view that beriberi was simply a “deficiency disease”, since he found …
1901 –1906
#3339
Histoire des maladies du pharynx. 5 vols.
1901
#3866
A study of congenital sarcoma of the liver and suprarenal. With report of a case.
Pepper’s type of adrenal medullary tumor.
1901
#3889
Ein Fall von Tumor der Hypophysis cerebri ohne Akromegalie.
Fröhlich’s classic description of dystrophia adiposogenitalis, pituitary tumor, with obesity and sexual infantilism (“Fröhlich’s syndrome”). Reprinted (in German) in Research Publications, Association for Nervous and …
1901
#4229
The cure of chronic Bright’s disease by operation.
Edebohls introduced the operation of renal decortication for the treatment of chronic nephritis.
1901
#4003
Note sur le traitement du lupus érythémateux par des applications de radium.
First application of radium in the treatment of lupus.
1901
#3954
Untersuchungen über die Acidosis im Diabetes melitus und die Säureintoxication im Coma diabeticum.
Magnus-Levy studied the relationship of ß-oxybutyric acid and diabetic coma.
1901
#4264
A clinical lecture on total extirpation of the prostate for radical cure of enlargement of that organ with four successful cases.
Freyer claimed priority over Fuller (No. 4263) in originating the rectovesical method of prostatectomy. Although mistaken in this claim, Freyer certainly popularized the operation. Regarding the controversy, see Brit.…
1901
#4294
Uretercatheterezés és radiographia.
Géza von Illyés showed that ureteral calculi could be accurately demonstrated by x rays with the help of an indwelling opaque catheter. German translation in Dtsch. Z. Chir., 1901, 62, 132-40.
1901
#4295
Scratch-marks on the wax-tipped catheter as a means of determining the presence of stone in the kidney and in the ureter.
Kelly tipped the catheter with wax, so that it registered clearly any pressure from sharp stones. This became an important means of diagnosing calculi.
1901
#4876
The division of the sensory root of the trigeminus for the relief of tic douloureux; an experimental, pathological, and clinical study, with a preliminary report of one surgically successful case.
Introduction of intracranial trigeminal neurotomy, using a modification of the techniques of Horsley (No. 4865) and Krause (No. 4871). Also published in Philad. med. J., 1901, 8, 1039-49.
1901
#4132
Cutis laxa. Neigung zu Haemorrhagien in der Haut, Lockerung mehrerer Artikulationen.
Description of the syndrome to which the name “Ehlers–Danlos syndrome” was later attached (see also No. 4144), earlier described by Tschernogubow: Cutis laxa, Mh. prakt. Derm., 1892, 14, 76.
1901
#4133
Ueber eine eigenartige Erkrankung der Nasenhaut bei Kindern (“Granulosis rubra nasi”).
In his important paper on granulosis rubra nasi, Jadassohn gave the condition its present name. Previously Pringle, 1894, and Luithlen, 1900, had described probable cases.
1901
#4134
A peculiar progressive pigmentary disease of the skin.
Schamberg’s progressive pigmentary dermatosis; first description.
1901
#4370
Ueber acute Knochenatrophie bei Entzündungsprocessen an den Extremitäten (fälschlich sogenannte Inactivitätsatrophie der Knochen) und ihre Diagnose nach dem Röntgen-Bilde.
“Kienböck’s atrophy” – acute atrophy of bone in inflammatory conditions of the extremities.
1901
#4952
Einführung in die psychiatrische Klinik.
Kraepelin evolved a new classification of insanity. He introduced the concepts “dementia praecox” and “manic-depressive insanity”. (Regarding the latter, see also No. 4932.)
1901
#5779
The treatment of cancer of the breast by öophorectomy and thyroid extract.
1901
#5362
Ueber das Eindringen der Ankylostomalarven in die menschliche Haut.
Looss discovered that hookworms can penetrate the skin; he himself became infected when hookworm culture accidentally spilled on his hands. English translation in Kean (No. 2268.1).
1901
#5997
Die Augenheilkunde der Alten.
A history of ancient ophthalmology in which the writer has attempted to reconstruct the anatomical concepts of the ancient Greeks. Translated into English by Richey L. Waugh as Ophthalmology of the ancients, Oostende:…
1901
#5998
Histoire des lunettes.
1901
#5624
An experimental and clinical research into certain problems relating to surgical operations.
Crile made important contributions to knowledge regarding shock. He originated the theory that it is due to exhaustion of the vasomotor center. (See also No. 5629.) Chapter V: On the physiologic action of cocain and e…
1901
#5625
The cause of diffuse peritonitis complicating appendicitis and its prevention.
Ochsner was professor of clinical surgery at the University of Illinois. The above is reprinted in Med. Classics, 1940, 4, 600-26.
1901
#5686
Une nouvelle voie d’injection rachidienne. Méthode des injections épidurales par le procédé du canal sacré. Applications à l’homme.
Caudal anesthesia.
1901
#5688
Studien über die Narkose.
Overton developed the lipid theory of narcosis.
1901
#6115