1900–1909
957 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1902
#2625
Die Lehre von den Geschwülsten. 2 vols.
“With this book the microscopical epoch in the evolution of the knowledge of cancer may be said to have been brought to a close” (Haagensen).
1902
#2625.1
Cancroid des rechten Handrückens.
Frieben reported the carcinogenic effect of x-rays in man.
1902
#2626
Die mikroskopische Diagnose der bösartigen Geschwülste. 2te. Aufl.
Hansemann originated the theory of anaplasia.
1902
#2397
Ueber eine bei Syphilitischen vorkommende Quecksilberreaktion.
See No. 2396.
1902
#2812
The study of the pulse.
In his classic monograph Mackenzie included (p. 10) a description and illustration of his polygraph, with which he made simultaneous tracings of the pulse, apex beat, etc.
1902
#2813
Ueber orthodiagraphische Untersuchungen am Herzen.
Orthodiagraphy of the heart.
1902
#2556
Hämolysine, Cytotoxine and Präcipitine.
1902
#3525
A new use for the useless appendix, in the surgical treatment of obstinate colitis.
Weir’s appendicostomy operation.
1902
#2688
Eine neue, einfache Dosirungsmethode in der Radiotherapie (das Chromoradiometer).
Holzknecht did important work on x-ray dosimetry.
1902
#2590
De l’action anaphylactique de certains venins.
First full description of the phenomenon of “anaphylaxis,” the name of which was coined by Richet. Abbreviated English translation in Bibel, Milestones of immunology (1988). In 1913, Richet was awarded the Nobel Prize…
1902
#3313
The correlation of deflections of the nasal septum with a minimum of traumatism.
Improvement of Ingals’s operation (see No. 3289).
1902
#3780
On the pathological changes in Hodgkin’s disease, with especial reference to its relation to tuberculosis.
Dorothy Reed’s classic work on Hodgkin’s disease included a study of the histological picture. She described the proliferation of the endothelial and reticular cells, and the formation of lymphadenoma cells – “Dorothy…
1902
#3842
Ueber Thyreoaplasie (kongenitales Myxoedem und infantiles Myxoedem)
Pineles differentiated endemic (familial) cretinism associated with goitre from sporadic cretinism.
1902
#2909
La technique opératoire des anastomoses vasculaires et la transplantation des viscères.
Carrel perfected the operation of arterial suture, end-to-end anastomosis of severed vessels with triple-threaded sutures. See also No. 3026.
1902
#4229.1
Experimentelle Nierentransplantation. Vorlaüfige Mittheilung.
Successful autotransplantation of kidneys in dogs.
1902
#3957
Zur normalen und pathologischen Morphologie der inneren Secretion der Bauchspeicheldrüse. (Die Bedeutung der Langerhans’-schen Inseln.
Sobolew found that ligation of the pancreatic excretory ducts led to atrophy of the acinous tissue, the islets of Langerhans remaining intact.
1902
#3025
Ueber chronich adhäsive Mediastino-Perikarditis und deren Behandlung.
Brauer was first to suggest the operation of cardiolysis, a procedure carried out by Petersen.
1902
#4135
Les parapsoriasis.
“Brocq’s disease”; he proposed the term “parapsoriasis” for the condition which had previously been described under various names and often mistaken for other dermatoses.
1902
#4137
Two cases of a rare papular disease affecting the axillary region.
“Fox–Fordyce disease”. These writers described a papular, itchy eruption, confined to the axillae, nipples and pubes, and considered to be due to a dysfunction of the apocrine glands.
1902
#4138
Ueber Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans.
Taylor described the condition in 1876 (No. 4069) and Herxheimer and Hartmann named it, separating it from other atrophies which had been called by a number of different names.
1902
#5756
De l’ablation esthétique des tumeurs bénignes du sein.
Morestin’s method of mammaplasty. He was also responsible for several of the techniques employed in maxillo-facial surgery. Reprinted, Pittsburgh, 1959
1902
#5531
Actinobacilosis.
Discovery of the actinobacillus.
1902
#5802
Chirurgisches aus der Völkerkunde.
1902
#5362.1
On the causal relationship between “ground itch”, or “pani-ghao”, and the presence of the larvae of the Ankylostoma duodenale in the soil.
While a medical officer in the tea plantations in Assam, India, Bentley demonstrated the mode of entry of Ankylostoma into the body.
1902
#5363
A new species of hookworm (Uncinaria americana) parasitic in man.
Discovery of the American species of hookworm, afterward re-named Necator americanus. It was later believed to have originated in Africa, being brought over by slaves.
1902
#5689
On the avoidance of shock in major amputations by cocainization of large nerve-trunks preliminary to their division.
William S. Halsted was first to use infiltration anesthesia (see No. 5679) and it was later developed by Cushing.
1902
#5435.1
A concise history of small-pox and vaccination in Europe.
A comprehensive summary, in tabular form.
1902 –1904
#534.69
Manual of antenatal pathology and hygiene. Volume 1, The foetus. Volume 2, The embryo.
Ballantyne was a pioneer advocate of antenatal care. Volume 2, The Embryo, is the most complete history of teratology in English, and among the best in any language. American edition, New York, 1905. Digital facsimile…
1902
#6209
Sinfisiotomia classica e taglio lateralizzato del pube.
“Gigli’s operation”. Gigli substituted pubiotomy for symphysiotomy.
1902
#6210
Vorläufige Mittheilung über die Anwendung von Skopolamin-Morphium-Injecktionen in der Geburtshilfe.
“Twilight sleep”.
1902
#6472
Keilschriftmedicin. Einleitendes zur Medicin der Kouyunjik-Collection.
Medicine preserved on cuneiform tablets, with a chronological account of discoveries in this field. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1902 –1905
#6398
Handbuch der Geschichte der Medizin. Begründet von Theodore Puschmann. Herausgegeben von Max Neuburger und Julius Pagel. 3 vols.
Puschmann died before the completion of this work, and it was then edited by Pagel and Neuburger. It ranks with the work of Haeser; many authorities collaborated in the writing of the histories of the various subjects…
1902
#6399
Iatromathematiker vornehmlich im 15. und 16. Jahrundert.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1902
#6607
L’art et la médecine.
1902
#5274
Some clinical notes on a European patient in whose blood a trypanosoma was observed.
In 1901 Forde saw (but did not at first recognize as such) trypanosomes in the blood of a patient in Gambia. (See No. 5275.)
1902
#5275
Preliminary note upon a trypanosome occurring in the blood of man.
Dutton was the first to recognize human trypanosomiasis. He saw Forde’s patient (see No. 5274) and named the trypanosome T. gambiense. Sleeping sickness itself has been referred to as “Dutton’s disease”. The first ann…
1902
#241
Mendel’s principles of heredity: A defence.
The first book on Mendelism in English, and the first English textbook of genetics. It contains a reprint of the first English translation of Mendel’s “Versuch über Pflanzen-Hybriden” from the J. Roy. Horticult. Soc.,…
1902
#7979
The Goulstonian lectures on some abnormal psychical conditions in children. Delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London on March 4th, 6th, and 11th, 1902.
Considered by many historians to be the scientific starting point of the study of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Digital facsimile of the separate offprint from the Internet Archive at this link.
1902
#8569
Des Pedanios Dioskurides aus Anazarbos Arzneimittellehre in fünf Büchern. Übersetzt und mit Erklärungen Versehen.
Analysis of Dioscordes from the pharmacological standpoint, including determination of his units of measurements, critical in dosage. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1902
#8824
Die Augenheilkunde des Ibn Sina aus dem Arabischen Übersetzt und Erläutert.
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Translation of Book III, Fan III of Avicenna's Canon pertaining to the eye and its diseases. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1902
#8961
Lithotherapie: Historische Studien über die medizinische Verwendung der Edelsteine.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1902
#9260
Mosquito brigades and how to organise them.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1902
#9404
The philosophy and mechanical principles of osteopathy.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1902
#9955
Handbook of the medical organisations (chiefly for war) of foreign armies.
Includes short accounts of the field medical units and other details of the army medical service of 20 different states. Digital facsimile from Wellcome Library at this link.
1902
#10354
Ärztliche Ethik: Die Pflichten des Arztes in allen Beziehungen seiner Thätigkeit.
See Andreas-Holger Maehle, "'God's ethicist': Albert Moll and his medical ethics in theory and practice," Medical History, 56 (2012) 217-236. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1902
#10830
Animal experimentation: A series of statements indicating its value to biological and medical science.
Contributors included Charles Elliot, G. Stanley Hall, William T. Sedgwick, James J. Putnam, Henry P. Bowditch, William T. Porter, William T. Councilman, Theobald Smith, and members of the religious community. Digital…
1902 –1909
#10875
A history of Hindu chemistry from the earliest times to the middle of the sixteenth century, A.D. With Sanskrit texts, variants, translation and illustrations. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile of the 1903 revised 2nd ed. plus the 1st ed. of vol. 2 from the Internet Archive at this link.
1902
#11402
Les cavernes ornées de dessins. La grotte d’Altamira, Espagne. “Mea culpa” d’un sceptique.
Cartailhac’s famous retraction of his opposition to the concept of paleolithic cave wall art, published over 20 years after Sanz de Sautuola’s discovery of the Altamira cave paintings in northern Spain. Cartailhac, on…
1902
#11573
Some experimental and clinical observations concerning states of increased intracranial tension.
According to Theodore Janeway (No. 11572), Cushing was the first to recommend routine measurement of blood pressure during surgery using the Riva Rocci sphygmomanometer.(See No. 2804). Cushing visited Riva Rocci at Pa…
1902
#11860
Recent researches concerning the etiology, propagation, and prevention of yellow fever, by the United States Army Commission.
By 1902 Reed knew that the infectious agent of yellow fever was smaller than bacteria, though he did not specifically call it a virus. "In 1898, the passage of an animal pathogen through a Chamberland filter was repor…