Entry Nos. 3500–3599

1929

#3549

Eine neue Methode der Gastrostomie.

Introduction of tubo-valvular gastrostomy.

1929

#3550

The “coeliac affection” – idiopathic steatorrhoeas.

Idiopathic steatorrhoea, first described by Gee (No. 3491) was extensively studied by Thaysen, in so far as it occurs in adults and adolescents in non-tropical countries. It also bears the name “Gee-Thaysen disease”.

1932

#3551

Regional ileitis. A pathologic and clinical entity.

“Crohn’s disease” – regional ileitis. With L. Ginzburg and G. D. Oppenheimer. "Some of Crohn's initial research into the causes of the Crohn's disease was centered around his personal conviction that it was caused by …

1932

#3552

Papers relating to the pituitary body, hypothalamus, and para-sympathetic nervous system.

Cushing advanced the theory that the hypothalamus is responsible for the development of peptic ulcer (see p. 175 et seq.). This work contains his four principal contributions to pituitary-hypothalamic interrelationshi…

1932

#3553

Ein völlig ungefährliches, flexibles Gastroskop.

Introduction of the flexible gastroscope.

1932

#3554

The early diagnosis of acute intestinal obstruction with comments on pathology and treatment. With a report of successful decompression of three cases of mechanical bowel obstruction by nasal catheter suction siphonage.

Wangensteen’s apparatus for relief of acute intestinal obstruction. See also his Intestinal Obstructions: Physiological, pathological and clinical considerations with emphasis on therapy, including description of oper…

1934

#3555

Treatment of hematemesis and melaena with food.

Meulengracht diet.

1941

#3556

Congenital atresia of the esophagus with tracheoesophageal fistula. Report of successful extrapleural ligation of fistulous communication and cervical esophagostomy.

1943

#3557

Supra-diaphragmatic section of the vagus nerves in treatment of duodenal ulcer.

Vagotomy for peptic ulcer.

1947

#3558

Atresia of the ileum. First successful case cured by enterostomy alone.

1736

#3559

Of an inguinal rupture, with a pin in the appendix caeci, incrusted with stone; and some observations on wounds in the guts.

First recorded successful appendectomy. Amyand was Sergeant-Surgeon to George II and first principal surgeon to Westminster Hospital. See also the paper in Surg. Gynec. Obstet., 1953, 97, 643-52, which reproduces part…

1812

#3560

Case of diseased appendix vermiformis.

First case of appendicitis reported in English, and the first in which perforation was recognized as the cause of death. John Parkinson was the son of James Parkinson (No. 4690).

1824

#3561

Observations pour servir à l’histoire des inflammations de l’appendice du caecum.

Report of two cases of fatal peritonitis due to perforation of the appendix. Of this paper, H. A. Kelly says, “It at once established a definite place for lesions of the appendix in the category of recognized diseases”.

1827

#3562

Mémoire et observations sur quelques maladies de l’appendice cécale.

Mélier was the first to show the existence of chronic appendicitis; he recognized the causal relationship between the chronic affection and abscesses of the right iliac fossa and was first to suggest operative interve…

1848

#3563

Disease of the appendix caeci cured by operation.

First recorded successful operation for peritonitis due to abscess in the appendix. Hancock was surgeon to Charing Cross Hospital, London.

1867

#3564

An operation for abscess of the appendix vermiformis caeci.

Parker was the first American to operate for appendicitis. In this paper he described a case from 1864, but mentioned a case he had operated on as early as 1843. He advocated the opening of the appendicular abscesses …

1880

#3565

On perityphlitis.

Sands published an account of 26 cases, in which he had operated successfully in all but two. His later publications show that he recognized the early signs of perforation of the appendix, and he advocated and practis…

1884

#3566

Clinical lectures on cases of difficult diagnosis; perforation of the appendix vermiformis.

In 1884 Fenwick advocated tying off and removal of the perforated appendix.

1886

#3567

Perforating inflammation of the vermiform appendix, with special reference to its early diagnosis and treatment.

A conclusive demonstration of the pathology and symptoms of disease of the vermiform appendix. Fitz invented the term “appendicitis”; his paper, which records 25 cases collected by himself, convinced physicians of the…

1886

#3568

Suppurative peritonitis due to ulceration and suppuration of the vermiform appendix; laparotomy; resection of the vermiform appendix; toilette of the peritonaeum; drainage; recovery.

This is believed to be the first reported case of survival after removal of a perforated appendix. Hall worked with William Halsted during the 1880s and participated in Halsted’s experiments with cocaine as a local an…

1887

#3569

Cases of exploratory laparotomy followed by appropriate remedial operation.

Thomas George Morton (1835-1903) was one of the first deliberately to operate for and remove the inflamed appendix after correct diagnosis, April 1887. The patient survived. Case reported by Woodbury.

1889

#3570

Experience with early operative interference in cases of disease of the vermiform appendix.

Describes (p. 678) “McBurney’s point”: “The seat of greatest pain, determined by the pressure of one finger, has been very exactly between an inch and a half and two inches from the anterior spinous process of the ili…

1905

#3571

The vermiform appendix and its diseases. With 399 original illustrations, some in colors, and 3 lithographic plates.

The first comprehensive book on the pathology of the appendix. Many of the illustrations are by Max Brödel. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1908

#3572

Die Wurmfortsatzentzündung.

Aschoff’s theory of the enterogenous origin of appendicitis.

1556

#3573

Petit traité contenant une des parties principalles de chirurgie, laquelle les chirurgiens hernieres exercent.

Clifford Allbutt considered Franco the best lithotomist of the 16th century. His skill in extracting the stone by the perineal route was of a high order; in 1556 he introduced the operation of suprapubic cystotomy in …

1561

#3574

Traité des hernies... et autres excellentes parties de chirurgie assavior de la pierre, des cataractes des yeux, & autres maladies...

Greatly expanded second edition, including Franco's operations for cataract and urinary calculi. Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

1719

#3575

Observation sur une nouvelle espèce de hernie.

“Littre’s hernia” – so named from his description of diverticulum hernia. Later Richter (No. 3578) described this condition more fully.

1756

#3576

A treatise on ruptures.

Pott was surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Through a fall in the street he was confined to bed for many days, and during that period wrote his classic book on hernia. He refuted many of the old theories concernin…

1778 –1779

#3578

Abhandlung von den Brüchen.

Richter, lecturer on surgery at Göttingen, in his classic treatise on hernia, first described partial enterocele, or “Richter’s hernia” (Chap. 24).

1793

#3579

Nuevo método de operar en la hernia crural.

Description of Gimbernat’s operation for strangulated femoral hernia. In the same work he also described the ligament in the crural arch named after him. Gimbernat was a pioneer in ophthalmology, vascular surgery, and…

1801

#3580

Icones herniarum. Editae a S. T. Soemmerring.

Camper illustrated his own work, and was an outstanding anatomical artist. His illustrations of hernias are of great value.

1807

#3581

The anatomy and surgical treatment of inguinal and congenital hernia. London, Cox, 1804. The anatomy and surgical treatment of crural and umbilical hernia.

Cooper’s first book, luxuriously produced, in which he described for the first time the transversalis fascia, with full appreciation of its importance in hernia, as well as the superior pubic ligament with bears his n…

1806

#3582

Anatomisch-chirurgische Abhandlung über den Ursprung der Leistenbrüche

Includes description of “Hesselbach’s hernia” and “triangle”. He wrote a further volume on the subject in 1814.

1809

#3583

Sull’ernie. Memorie anatomico-chirurgiche.

This splendidly illustrated work with life-size plates includes the description of “Scarpa’s fascia” (creasteric fascia) and Scarpa’s triangle of the thigh.

1821

#3584

Sull’ernia del perineo.

Scarpa’s work on perineal hernia included a classic description of sliding hernia, or hernia of the large bowel. His contribution to the subject of hernia ranks with that of Cooper, and he did much toward modernizing …

1817

#3585

Recherches anatomiques sur les hernies de l’abdomen.

This is Cloquet’s medical thesis. It was followed by his thesis in competition for head of the anatomy section of the Paris Faculty: Recherches sur les causes et l’anatomie des hernies abdominales. Paris, Méquignon-Ma…

1833

#3586

A memoir on the advantages and practicability of dividing the stricture in strangulated hernia on the outside of the sac.

Introduction of the principle of dividing a stricture outside the sac in cases of strangulated hernia.

1838

#3587

Treatise on ruptures. 5th ed.

This was the standard text for many years. It first appeared in 1807 as Treatise on hernia.

1841

#3588

Operation for strangulated hernia.

Luke’s operation for femoral hernia.

1846

#3589

A practical treatise on abdominal hernia.

1853

#3590

Considérations sur l’étranglement de l’intestin dans la cavité abdominale et sur un mode d’étranglement non décrit par les auteurs. Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine.... No. 128.

Retrocaecal hernia (“Rieux’s hernia”) first described. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1857

#3591

Hernia retroperitonealis. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte innerer Hernien.

Treitz described retroperitoneal hernia through the duodeno-jejunal recess – “Treitz’s hernia”.

1863

#3592

Ueber einen Fall nicht incarcerierter, aber mit Incarceration des Ileum durch das Omentum complicirter Hernia interna mesogastrica.

“Gruber’s hernia” – internal mesogastric hernia.

1877

#3593

Studien zur Radikalbehandlung der Hernien.

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.

1885

#3595

A case of strangulated hernia into the fossa intersigmoidea.

First definitely authenticated case of intersigmoid hernia.

1886

#3596

On the radical cure of oblique inguinal hernia by internal abdominal peritoneal pad, and the restoration of the valved form of the inguinal canal.

Macewen’s method for the radical cure of oblique inguinal hernia. The sac was folded into a pad and used as a plug at the internal ring, the ring being closed in layers. Reprinted in Brit. med. J., 1887, 2, 1263-71.

1887

#3597

Cure radicale des hernies.

1889

#3598

Nuovo metodo per la cura radicale dell’ ernia inguinale.

Bassini’s operation for the radical cure of inguinal hernia. His first account was unillustrated. Translation in J. Hist. Med., 1966, 21, 401-07. Bassini expanded his paper into an illustrated book with the same title…

1889

#3599

The radical cure of hernia.

Simultaneously with Bassini, Halsted devised the modern operation for the radical cure of inguinal hernia. This is known as the Halsted I repair. Later his technique differed much from that of Bassini. See also his la…