Entry Nos. 3600–3699

1856

#22

Тα ∑ωζομενα. The extant works of Aretaeus, the Cappadocian. Edited and translated by Francis Adams.

Aretaeus left many fine descriptions of disease; in fact Garrison ranks him second only to Hippocrates in this respect. In the printed editions of this bibliography, before the present online version, the Adams editio…

1563 –1564

#1093

Opuscula anatomica.

Eustachius is credited with several anatomical discoveries, among them the tensor tympani muscle and the Eustachian tube, published in his chapter entitled De auditus organis. In the last respect, however, he was anti…

1842 –1846

#2293

Handbuch der pathologischen Anatomie. 3 vols.

Rokitansky ranks with Morgagni as among the greatest of all writers on gross pathology. He is said to have performed over 30,000 autopsies himself. His Handbuch was for many years pre-eminent among its contemporaries.…

1819

#2673

De l’auscultation médiate, ou traité du diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur. 2 vols.

This book revolutionized the study of diseases of the chest. Auscultation in the instrumental sense dates from Laennec’s invention of the stethoscope (at first merely a roll of stiff paper) with a view to amplifying t…

1896

#2684.3

The x-ray and its application to dentistry.

First dental radiography in America.

1892

#3600

Zur Radicalcur der Hernien.

Kocher’s hernia operation.

1892

#3601

The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia.

Marcy wrote a great deal on hernia, describing high ligation of the sac, transplantion of the spermatic cord, and careful reconstruction of the inguinal canal. This work, illustrated with 66 full-page plates, is one o…

1893

#3602

Nuovo metodo operativo per la cura radicale dell’ ernia crurale.

Bassini’s operation for femoral hernia.

1893

#3603

Resection of the intestine and immediate suture in gangrenous hernia.

Franks finally demonstrated the advantages of primary resection for gangrenous gut in strangulated hernia.

1893

#3604

The radical cure of femoral and inguinal hernia.

Lockwood’s operation for femoral hernia.

1898

#3605

Zur Radikaloperation der Schenkelhernien.

Lotheissen’s operation for femoral hernia.

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.

1923

#3609

Living sutures in the treatment of hernia.

Gallie and LeMesurier used fascial sutures in their operation for inguinal hernia.

1936

#3611

Operation for femoral hernia by a midline extraperitoneal approach; with a preliminary note on the use of this route for reducible inguinal hernia.

Henry’s operation for femoral hernia.

1685

#3613

A remarkable account of a liver, appearing glandulous to the eye.

First description of cirrhosis of the liver.

1832

#3615

Cases and observations connected with disease of the pancreas and duodenum.

1833

#3616

Abscess of the liver, with hydatids. – Operation.

Diagnostic liver puncture.

1836

#3617

Observations on jaundice.

Original description of acute yellow atrophy of the liver.

1845

#3619

On diseases of the liver.

Budd was Professor of Medicine at King’s College, London. Section III of the above book includes a description of that form of cirrhosis to which the name “Budd’s disease” has been applied. In the second edition, 1852…

1858 –1861

#3620

Klinik der Leberkrankheiten. 2 vols. and atlas.

Frerichs’s classic monograph on diseases of the liver summarized the existing knowledge and included his own important work on the subject. He discovered leucine and tyrosine in the liver in acute yellow atrophy (Dtsc…

1868

#3621

Case of lithotomy of the gall-bladder.

First cholecystotomy for the removal of gallstones.

1868

#3622

Clinical lectures on diseases of the liver.

1874

#3623

Contribution à l’étude de l’hépatite interstitielle chronique avec hypertrophie (sclérose ou cirrhose hypertrophique du foie).

Classic description of chronic interstitial hepatitis.

1876

#3624

Étude sur une forme de cirrhose hypertrophique du foie (cirrhose hypertrophique avec ictère chronique).

“Hanot’s disease”. First description of hypertrophic cirrhosis of the liver with icterus. Thesis publication, 1875; published in book form, Paris, 1876. Digital facsimile of the book form edition from the Internet Arc…

1878

#3625

Remarks on cholecystotomy in dropsy of the gall-bladder.

Sims’ operation of cholecystotomy.

1882

#3626

Ueber Fettnekrose, eine zuweilen tödliche Krankheit des Menschen.

First description of pancreatic necrosis, “Balser’s fat necrosis”.

1882

#3627

Ein Fall von Exstirpation der Gallenblase wegen chronischer Cholelithiasis; Heilung.

First successful removal of the gallbladder.

1885

#3628

Eine Icterusepidemie.

Dr. Lürman, a general practitioner in Bremen, was first to report homologous serum hepatitis. English translation in Human viral hepatitis, by A. J. Zuckerman, 2nd ed., New York, 1972, pp. 4-10.

1886

#3629

The surgery of the pancreas, as based upon experiments and clinical researches.

In this review of the world literature and a report of animal experimentation, Senn concluded that complete extirpation of the pancreas was invariably followed by death, but that partial excision was feasible and just…

1888

#3630

Contribution à l’étude clinique et anatomo-pathologique du cancer primitif du pancréas.

“Bard-Pic syndrome” first described.

1888

#3631

Ueber den zungenförmigen Fortsatz des rechten Leberlappens und seine pathognostiche Bedeutung für die Erkrankung der Gallenblase nebst Bemerkungen über Gallensteinoperationen.

“Riedel’s lobe”, a form of constriction lobe of the liver.

1889

#3632

Acute pancreatitis; a consideration of pancreatic hemorrhage, hemorrhagic suppurative, and gangrenous pancreatitis, and of disseminated fat necrosis.

Fitz described three forms of acute pancreatitis, and made the earliest suggestion that disseminated fat necrosis is the result of a pathologic process in the pancreas.

1891

#3633

Der Icterus und seine verschiedenen Formen.

1892

#3634

Klinik der Cholelithiasis.

Naunyn produced a classic monograph on gall-stones, devising an accurate chemical classification. He was one of Frerichs’s best pupils and became Professor of Clinical Medicine successively at Dorpat, Berne, Königsber…

1895

#3635

Sulla puntura del fegato a scopo diagnostico.

Liver puncture biopsy.

1896

#3636

Calculs du rein. Calculs de la vésicule biliaire.

Chappuis and Chauvel were the first to study biliary concretions by means of Roentgen rays.

1898

#3637

Ueber ein neues Operationsverfahren zur Entfernung von Echinococcus in der Leber und anderen parenchymatösen Bauchorganen.

Important work on surgical treatment of hydatids of the liver. Originally appeared in Russian in Khirurgiya, 1898, 3, 3-9.

1898

#3638

Ueber die Photographie von Gallensteinen in vivo.

First x-ray demonstration of gall-stones.

1898

#3639

Chirurgische Oeffnung neuer Seitenbahnen für das Blut der Vena portae.

Talma’s operation for the relief of ascites in cirrhosis of the liver.

1900 –1901

#3640

Experimental bacillary cirrhosis of the liver.

Hektoen produced experimental cirrhosis of the liver. His notable work in pathology includes the foundation of the Archives of Pathology.

1903

#3641

Disease of the pancreas; its cause and nature.

1904

#3642

The chemistry of the urine in diseases of the pancreas.

Test for diseases of the pancreas.

1906

#3643

Ueber die Assimilation von Galaktose und Milchzucker Beim Gesunden und Kranken.

Galactose tolerance test.

1908

#3644

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

Loewi’s pancreatic function test.

1909

#3645

Die Cholelithiasis.

1910

#3646

Beitrag zur funktionellen Diagnostik des Pankreas.

Wohlgemuth’s pancreatic function test.

1913

#3647

Die Farbstoffe des Blutserums. 1. Eine quantitative Bestimmung des Bilirubins im Blutserum.

The van den Bergh test.

1913 –1914

#3648

Experiments on haemolytic icterus.

McNee showed that bile pigment formation is not a function of the liver cells alone, but can take place in other tissues. He thus disproved the theory propounded by Minkowski and Naunyn in 1886.

1917

#3649

The disturbance of the law of contrary innervation as a pathogenetic factor in the diseases of the bile ducts and the gall-bladder.

Non-surgical drainage of the gallbladder was first suggested by Meltzer. See also No. 3651.