Entry Nos. 6000–6099

1521

#367

Commentaria cum amplissimis additionibus super anatomia Mundini una cum textu ejusdem in pristinum et verum nitorem redacto.

Giacomo Berengario da Carpi (Jacobus Berengarius Carpensis, Jacopo Barigazzi, Giacomo Berengario da Carpi or simply Carpus) introduced iconography and independent anatomical observation into the teaching of anatomy. H…

1890

#4222

Ueber Blasenscheidenfisteloperationen und über Beckenhochlagerung bei Operationen in der Bauchhöhle.

Includes an account of his attempt, 1886, to cure hydronephrosis by a plastic operation – the first recorded surgical intervention for the relief of this condition. Includes description of the “Trendelenburg position”…

1943

#5768.1

Reconstructive surgery of the eyelids.

Most of this work is a very carefully documented history of the subject. Bibliography of 451 references.

1903

#6000

Die Brille und ihre Geschichte.

1905

#6001

Geschichte der Augenheilkunde. Handbuch der Geschichte de Medizin 3, 489-572

1908

#6002

The development of ophthalmology in America, 1800 to 1870.

Of limited value, but the only available history of early American ophthalmology.

1921

#6003

Die Erfindung der Augengläser.

1933

#6004

Studies in the history of ophthalmology in England prior to the year 1800.

1948

#6006

A short history of ophthalmology. 2nd ed.

1961

#6007

Geschichte der Tonometrie.

Revised and enlarged English translation with deceptive title: Tonometry: physical fundamentals, development of methods and clinical application, New York, Hafner, 1966.

1838

#6008

De arte obstetricia morbisque mulierum quae supersunt. Ex apographo Friderici Reinholdi Dietz, nuper fato perfuncti primum edita.

Greek editio princeps of Soranus, based on manuscripts Dietz discovered in Paris and Rome, and published after the early death of the editor. Soranus was the leading authority on the gynecology and obstetrics of antiq…

1927

#6009

Sorani Gynaeciorum libri 4. De signis fracturarum. De fasciis. Vita Hippocratis secundum Soranum. Ed. Johannes Ilberg. Corpus medicorum Graecorum, 4.

Standard Greek edition of the works of Soranus. Digital facsimile from the Corpus Medicorum Graecorum at this link.

1566

#6011

Gynaeciorum, hoc est, de mulierum turn aliis, tum gravidarum, parientium et puerperarum affectibus et morbis, libri veterum ac recentiorum aliquot, partim nunc primum editi, partim multo quam antea castigatiores.

The first encyclopedia of gynecology and obstetrics, originally conceived by Conrad Gesner, who collected material for the purpose. Wolff, Gesner’s literary executor, added material and published the collection one ye…

1586 –1588

#6012

Gynaeciorum sive de mulierum affectibus commentarii Graecorum, Latinorum, barbarorum, iam olim & nunc recens editorum: in tres tomos digesti, et necessariis passim imaginibus illustrati. 4 vols.

A hugely enlarged version of No. 6011, with texts in Greek as well as Latin. Digital facsimile of vol. 1 from Google Books at this link.

1597

#6013

Gynaeciorum sive de mulierum tum communibus, turn gravidarum, parientum, et puerperarum affectibus et morbis, libri Graecorum, Arabum, Latinorum veterum et recentium quotquot extant, parti nunc primum editi, partim vero denuo recogniti, emendati, necessariis imaginibus exornati, & optimorum scriptorum autoritatibus illustrati.

Spach was the editor of this collection of gynecological writings. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1643

#6014

De virginum et mulierum morbis liber.

1663

#6015

Heel-konstige aanmerkkingen betreffende de gebreeken der vrouwen.

Roonhuyze’s book is regarded as the first work on operative gynecology in the modern sense. He successfully performed caesarean section several times, and he used retractors for the repair of vesicovaginal fistulae. E…

1724

#6016

Ausführliche Abhandlung von den Zufällen und Kranckheiten des Frauenzimmers.

1726

#6017

An account of a dropsy of the left ovary of a woman, aged 58, cured by a large incision made in the side of the abdomen.

Houstoun was the first to treat ovarian edema by tapping the cyst, 1701. For biographical note, see J. Obst. Gynaec. Brit. Comw., 1973, 80, 193-200.

1752

#6018

Tabulae anatomicae quatuor uteri duplicis.

Atlas of bipartite and double uterus.

1761 –1765

#6019

Traité des maladies des femmes. 6 vols.

Mettler considers this “the most pretentious gynecologic work of the [eighteenth] century… chiefly useful for its historical orientation”. English translation, 3 vols., London, 1762-67.

1771

#6020

Appendix to Lynn’s The history of a fatal inversion of the uterus.

First accurate description of retroversion of the uterus.

1789

#6021

An account of a particular change of structure in the human ovarium.

Matthew Baillie’s notable anatomico-pathological studies on dermoid cysts of the ovary. Also published in Lond. med. J., 1789, 10, 322-32.

1793

#6022

Ueber die Wirkungen der Schnürbrüste.

Soemmerring enumerated the bad effects of tight corsets on the internal organs of women. His book created much interest and resulted in a great decline in the fad of tight lacing and hoop skirts. This is the second ed…

1817

#6023

Three cases of extirpation of diseased ovaria.

McDowell was a pioneer ovariotomist. Although not the first to perform this operation, he deserves credit for putting it upon a permanent basis. The above records his first ovariotomy, performed in 1809, together with…

1822

#6024

Case of ovarian dropsy, successfully removed by a surgical operation.

Smith was the first in the U.S.A. after McDowell to perform ovariotomy, for ovarian edema. Smith was apparently without knowledge of the previous operations of McDowell.

1824

#6025

Ueber den Gebärmutterkrebs, dessen Entstehung und Verhütung.

Classic account of cancer of the uterus.

1825

#6026

Observations on extraction of diseased ovaria.

Lizars performed the first (unsuccessful) ovariotomy in Britain. His book made generally known the practical possibility of this operation.

1829

#6027

Case of successful excision of the cervis uteri in a scirrhous state.

First successful excision of the cervix in America. Reported by T. F. Gillan.

1833

#6028

Traité pratique des maladies de l’utérus et de ses annexes. 2 vols. and atlas.

Boivin and Dugès practiced amputation of the cervix for chronic ulceration. On page 648 of vol. 2 is the first recorded case of cancer of the female urethra. English translation, 1834.

1834

#6029

Mémoire sur la restauration du périnée chez la femme dans les cas de division ou de rupture complète de cette partie.

Roux was the first to suture the ruptured female perineum.

1839

#6030

Case of vesico-vaginal fistula, successfully treated by an operation.

Hayward’s successful treatment of vesicovaginal fistula was performed after Mettauer’s, although reported earlier.

1840

#6031

Vesico-vaginal fistula.

The first successful operation for vesicovaginal fistula is believed to be that performed in August 1838, by Mettauer, a Virginian gynecologist. He introduced metallic sutures and a retention catheter.

1842

#6032

Cases of peritoneal section, for the extirpation of diseased ovaria, by the large incision from sternum to pubes, successfully treated.

Clay, pioneer ovariotomist in Great Britain, introduced the word “ovariotomy”. (See also his later paper, No. 6054.)

1842 –1843

#6033

Invention du spéculum plein et brisé.

Description of the speculum invented by Récamier.

1843

#6034

Case of ovarian tumors – both the right and the left being removed at the same operation.

First successful double oöphorectomy. Communicated in a letter to the editor by J. M. Foltz.

1843

#6035

Contributions to the pathology and treatment of disease of the uterus.

Simpson introduced many important procedures into gynecology and obstetrics; among them may be mentioned his use of the uterine sound for diagnosing retro-positions of the uterus

1845

#6036

A practical treatise on inflammation, ulceration, and induration of the neck of the uterus.

Bennet was the first to differentiate between benign and malignant uterine tumors.

1852

#6037

On the treatment of vesico-vaginal fistula.

Original description of Sims’s operation for the treatment of vesicovaginal fistula; also describes “Sims’s position, the knee–chest position. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1938, 2, 677-712.

1851

#6038

A table of all the known operations of ovariotomy. From 1701-1851.

Atlee is said to have performed ovariotomy 387 times; with his brother John he firmly established the operation in the U.S.A.

1853

#6039

The surgical treatment of certain fibrous tumours of the uterus.

Atlee was among the first to study the surgical removal of uterine fibroids.

1854

#6040

Extirpation of the uterus and ovaries for sarcomatous disease.

First successful abdominal hysterectomy, 25 May, 1853. An account of Burnham’s work is given by J. C. Irish in Trans. Amer. med. Ass. 1878, 29, 447-61.

1854

#6041

Ueber die Heilung der Blasen-Scheidenfisteln.

Simon is perhaps best remembered as being the first in Europe to excise the kidney; he also wrote a fine monograph on vesico-vaginal fistula.

1855

#6042

Successful case of extirpation of the uterus.

First successful abdominal hysteroscopic myomectomy (for fibromyoma), 1 September 1853.

1857

#6043

System of practical surgery. 4th ed.

Fergusson’s vaginal speculum is described on p. 724.

1858

#6044

On epicystotomy.

Noeggerath, who devised the operation of epicystotomy, spent many years in America, where he became a leading gynecologist and obstetrician.

1858

#6045

Der Gebärmutterkrebs.

In this work Wagner presented the first important contribution to the knowledge of the gross pathology of uterine cancer.

1859

#6046

Congenital exstrophy of the urinary bladder, complicated with prolapsus uteri following pregnancy; successfully treated by a new plastic operation.

First successful plastic operation for exstrophy of the female bladder.

1860

#6047

Case of successful operation for vesico-vaginal fistula.

Atlee’s operation for vesicovaginal fistula.

1860 –1862

#6048

Clinique médicale sur les maladies des femmes. 2 vols.

One of the most important texts on the subject during the mid-nineteenth century. English translation, New Sydenham Society, 1867.