Facets

1849

#534.61

Tabulae ad illustrandam embryogenes in hominis et mammalium tam naturalem quam abnormem.

The 100 plates of this volume contain some of the most accurate and beautiful depictions of human and animal malformations ever published. Text in Dutch and Latin. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1850

#3817

Existence de l’iode dans les plantes d’eau douce. Conséquences de ce fait pour la géognosie, la physiologie végétale, la thérapeutique et peut-être pour l’industrie.

Chatin was the first to show that iodine could prevent endemic goitre and cretinism.

1850

#3818

Two cases of absence of the thyroid body and symmetrical swellings of fat tissue at the sides of the neck, connected with defective cerebral development.

Curling, of the London Hospital, was the first accurately to note the clinical picture of cretinism, which Ord was later to name “myxedema”. Curling was also the first to suggest deficiency of the thyroid as a case of…

1850

#3933

Chiens rendus diabétiques.

By experimental puncture (piqûre) of the fourth ventricle of the brain, Claude Bernard produced temporary glycosuria.

1850

#4040

Des principales formes du lupus et de son traitement.

Lupus erythematosus – “Cazenave’s disease”.

1850

#4327

Case of mollities and fragilitas ossium.

Multiple myeloma first described.

1851

#2614

Transplantation of malignant tumors.

First experimental transplantation of tumors.

1851

#4260

The anatomy and diseases of the prostate gland.

Adams was the first to distinguish between hypertrophy and carcinoma of the prostate. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1851

#4041

On a certain affection of the skin, vitiligoidea: α Plana, β tuberosa.

In their classic account of xanthoma multiplex, Addison and Gull believed they were describing a new disease, but Rayer had been the first to mention it. (See No. 3989; see also the later paper by Gull, Guy’s Hosp. Re…

1851

#6965

Traité pratique des maladies cancéreuses et des affections curables confondues avec le cancer.

Lebert studied cancer cells under high magnification to discover the specific elements distinguishing them from normal cells. He classified tumors as either homeomorphous (composed of elements analogous to those of th…

1852

#1126.1

On the anatomy of the Indian rhinoceros (Rh. unicornis L.).

Owen was the first to describe the parathyroids, which he observed in his dissection of a Great Indian Rhinoceros that had lived at the Zoological Society of London from 1834 to 1849. See B. Modarai, A. Sawyer, & H. E…

1852

#1460

Ueber das Vorhandensein bisher unbekannter eigenghümlicher Tastkörperchen (Corpuscula tactus) in den Gefühlswärzchen dermenschlichen Haut, und über die End-Ausbreitung sensitiver Nerven.

First published account of the tactile nerve endings – “Wagner’s corpuscles”.

1852

#2615

Om epithelioma, en særegen Svulst, som man hidtil i Almindelighed har anseet for Kræft.

Hannover coined the word “epithelioma.” He did not recognize its malignant character but maintained that metastases were produced by cancer cells arriving by way of the blood stream. Translated into German as Das Epit…

1852

#3262

The surgical treatment of polypi of the larynx and oedema of the glottis.

Green was one of the few to remove a laryngeal tumor before the invention of the laryngoscope.

1852

#5203

Traité des affections de la peau symptomatiques de la syphilis.

Bassereau defined chancroid clearly for the first time.

1853

#3263

On the surgical treatment of morbid growths within the larynx, illustrated by an original case and statistical observations, elucidating their nature and forms.

Thyrotomy for removal of cancer of the larynx. The operation took place in May 1851, and the patient died in 1852.

1853

#7313

Recherches sur la nature et le traitement des teignes.

Bazin proved the fungal origin of favus and tinea; this was the first work to incorporate mycotic skin diseases into dermatological literature. Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

1854

#4042

On the keloid of Alibert, and on true keloid.

Addison described two forms of keloid, that described by Alibert, and the “true keloid” (the skin disease morphoea, “Addison’s keloid”).

1854

#4043

Ueber die Folge und den Verlauf epidermischer Krankheiten.

First description of tinea cruris (eczema marginatum, “Bärensprung’s disease”).

1854

#5551

Glossulae quatuor magistrorum super chirurgiam Rogerii et Rolandi nunc primum ad fidem codicis Mazarinei edidit

In Roger of Salerno's Practica chirurgiae, which appeared about 1180, end-to-end suture is described, as is the value of mercurial inunction in chronic skin diseases; in his recommendation of seaweed for the treatment…

1854

#5875

Die pyämische Ophthalmie in Beziehung zur feinsten Organisation des Entzündungs-Produkts und zu der eigenthümlichen Struktur des Glaskörpers.

First account of metastatic ophthalmia.

1855

#3864

On the constitutional and local effects of disease of the supra-renal capsules.

Addison was the first to draw attention to the importance of the adrenals in clinical medicine. The above work first appeared in the Lond. med. Gaz., 1849, 43, 517-18, and was later expanded into book form. It describ…

1855

#9921

Portraits of diseases of the skin.

Wilson's atlas, with 48 plates drawn and engraved by the medical artist, William Bagg, was the first English large folio atlas of dermatology in the style of similar folios issued in France by Alibert and Cazenave. Th…

1856

#1140

Recherches expérimentales sur la physiologie et la pathologie des capsules surrénales.

Brown-Séquard found that excision of both adrenals in animals invariably proved fatal, thus determining their indispensability. He also believed that they had an antitoxic influence upon the blood. His experimental wo…

1856

#1141

Note sur quelques réactions propres à la substance des capsules surrénales.

Vulpian discovered adrenaline in the adrenal medulla.

1856

#3064

Ueber farblose Blutkörperchen und Leukämie. In his Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur wissenschaftlichen Medicin, pp. 147-218.

Includes his paper on “weisses Blut” (see No. 3062) and three later papers on leukemia. See No. 3006.

1856

#3764

Cases of a peculiar enlargement of the lymphatic glands frequently associated with disease of the spleen.

Wilks really put Hodgkin’s disease “on the map”; the second paper for the first time attached Hodgkin’s name to the disease

1856 –1876

#3992

Atlas der Hautkrankheiten. 10 parts.

Hebra's work includes 104 spectacular folio-sized chromolithographed plates reproducing paintings by Anton Elfinger and Carl Heitzmann.

1856

#3992.1

Leçons sur les maladies de la peau.

Cazenave was among the first to classify skin diseases on an anatomical basis. He founded the first journal devoted entirely to dermatology (Annales des maladies de la peau et de la syphilis). This large folio atlas i…

1856

#3934

Bericht über einige Versuche, um den Ursprung des Harnzuckers bei künstlichem Diabetes zu ermitteln.

Schiffs important experiments on the production of artificial diabetes.

1856

#4044

Pityriasis pilaris, maladie de peau non décrite par les dermatologistes.

Devergie is remembered for his clear description of pityriasis rubra pilaris, (“Devergie’s disease”). He was the first to demonstrate the presence of a fungus in eczema marginatum.

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…

1857

#3064.1

Ein neuer Fall von Leukämie.

Acute leukemia first described.

1857

#3935

Untersuchungen über die Honigharnruhr.

Petters discovered acetone in diabetic urine.

1857

#4045

Lichen exsudativus ruber.

First description of this condition (“Hebra’s pityriasis”).

1857 –1858

#4046

Sur la coloration partielle en noir ou en bleu de la peau chez les femmes.

Chromidrosis first described.

1857

#3456

De polypis oesophagi atque de tumore ejus generis primo prospere exstirpato.

First operation for tumor of the esophagus.

1857

#13248

Untersuchungen uber die Entwickelung des Schädelgrundes im gesunden und krankhaften Zustande und über Einfluss derselben auf Schädelform, Gesichtsbildung und Gehirnbau.

In his Investigations on the development of the base of the skull in healthy and diseased conditions, and on the influence of the same upon skull form, facial structure and brain formation Virchow laid the foundation …

1858

#5525

Historia de la verrugas.

Verruga peruana.

1858

#6045

Der Gebärmutterkrebs.

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

1859

#3819

Untersuchungen über die Zuckerbildung in der Leber und den Einfluss des Nervensystems auf die Erzeugung des Diabetes.

Schiff’s reports on his experimental thyroidectomies, which were attended with fatal results. Subsequently (Arch. exp. Path. Pharmak., 1884, 18, 25) he showed that intra-abdominal transplantation of the gland would ob…

1859

#3913

Lieber das Alcapton; ein neuer Beitrag zur Frage: welche Stoffe des Harns können Kupferreduction bewirken?

Excretion of homogentisic acid (in alkaptonuria) first described.

1860

#534.62

Untersuchungen über die Entstehung der Missbildungen Zunächst in den Eiem der Vögel.

The first monograph on experimental teratology.

1860

#2616

Clinical memoirs on abdominal tumours and intumescence.

1860

#2586

On asthma: its pathology and treatment.

The best work on asthma to appear during the 19th century. Salter, who had suffered from asthma from childhood, may be considered the first modern student of the condition. He called special attention to asthma from a…

1860

#4048

Traité pratique des maladies de la peau. 3 éd., 2 vols.

Gibert’s name is associated with pityriasis rosea, which he first established as a definite clinical entity. His complete and accurate description of this condition is on page 402 of vol. 1 of the above work.

1860

#4049

Das umschriebene Eczem. Eczema marginatum. In Virchow’s Handbuch der spec. Path. u. Therap., 3, 1 Abt., 361-63.

Complete description of tinea cruris (eczema marginatum), first described by Bärensprung in 1854.

1860

#4050

De l’hypertrophie générale du système sébacé.

First description of keratosis follicularis.

1860

#3459.1

A practical treatise on the aetiology, pathology, and treatment of the congenital malformations of the rectum and anus.

The first systematic treatise on the subject, and a landmark in pediatric surgery. Includes an early account of colostomy and one of the earliest histories of that procedure. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at …

1861

#534.63

Die Missbildungen des Menschen, systematisch dargestellt. 2 vols.

An encyclopedia of cases from the literature and from Forster’s personal experience. It contains an extremely useful bibliography of teratology, which served as the basis for all subsequent bibliographies of the subject.