Facets

1902

#2688

Eine neue, einfache Dosirungsmethode in der Radiotherapie (das Chromoradiometer).

Holzknecht did important work on x-ray dosimetry.

1903

#2689

Die Röntgen-Technik.

Albers-Schönberg invented the compression diaphragm, the function of which is to intensify the object by cutting out secondary rays.

1903 –1904

#4372

Projektions-Röntgenbilder einer seltenen Knochenerkrankung.

First description of osteosclerosis fragilis, marble bones (“Albers-Schönberg disease”).

1903

#4191.3

Zur Technik der Röntgenphotographie (Lendenwirbel, Blasensteine).

Cystography. Wittek filled the bladder with air and was able to demonstrate vertebrae and urinary calculus.

1904

#2561

Blood immunity and blood relationship, a demonstration of certain blood relationships amongst animals by means of the precipitin test for blood.

1904

#4004

Surla radiothérapie des teignes.

Sabouraud’s method of radiological treatment of ringworm.

1904

#269.1

Mikrophotographische Untersuchungen mit ultraviolettem Licht.

The ultraviolet light microscope was conceived and designed by Köhler.

1905

#2817

Technik der Herstellung fast orthodiagraphischer Herzphotogramme vermittelst Röntgeninstrumentarien mit kleiner Elektrizitätsquelle.

Introduction of teleradiography of the heart.

1905

#4192

Die Gestalt der menschlichen Harnblase im Röntgenbilde.

First cystograms.

1905 –1906

#5440

The histology of the skin lesions in varicella.

Tyzzer was first to recognize inclusion bodies in varicella.

1905 –1906

#10599

The Edinburgh stereoscopic atlas of Anatomy. Edited by David Waterston. 5 vols.

The first large scale application of stereoscopic photography to anatomy. The 5 parts each contain 50 stereo cards on which are pasted original stereo photographs and corresponding printed descriptive text. Digital fa…

1906

#2402

Eine serodiagnostische Reaktion bei Syphilis.

The “Wassermann reaction”, a specific diagnostic blood test for syphilis, and a modification of the complement-fixation reaction of Bordet and Gengou. With A. Neisser and C. Bruck.

1906

#4231

Pyelographie (Roentgenographie des Nierenbeckens nach Kollargolfüllung).

Introduction of pyelography.

1907

#2338

Der diagnostische Wert der kutanen Tuberkulinreaktion bei der Tuberkulose des Kindesalters auf Grund von 100 Sektionen.

Introduction of Pirquet’s test – a cutaneous reaction employed in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

1907

#3337

Tracheo-bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy and gastroscopy.

First textbook on endoscopy.

1907

#13333

A new method by which sponges may be artificially reared.

In one of the first dissociation-reaggregation experiments Wilson demonstrated that mechanically dissociated sponge cells can reaggregate and self-organize to generate a whole organism. Digital facsimile from zenodo.o…

1908

#2339

Ueber eine diagnostische verwertbare Reaktion der Haul auf Einreibung mit Tuberkulinsalbe.

Moro’s percutaneous tuberculin reaction, employed as a diagnostic measure.

1908

#2340

Die kutane und konjunktivale Tuberkulinreaktion, ihre Bedeutung für Diagnostik und Prognose der Tuberkulose.

Wolff-Eisner’s conjunctival tuberculin reaction.

1908

#2341

Intradermo-réaction de la tuberculine.

Mantoux’s intradermal tuberculin skin test.

1908

#3316

Die entzündlichen Nebenhöhlenerkrankungen der Nase im Röntgenbild.

The first important work on the radiology of the accessory nasal sinuses.

1908

#5065

Kutanreaktion beil Impfung mit Diphtherietoxin.

The Schick test for the determination of susceptibility to diphtheria.

1908

#12385

Die von Pirquet'sche Hautreaktion und die intravenöse Tuberkulinbehandlung.

First publication on the The Mantoux test or Mendel–Mantoux test (also known as the Mantoux screening test, tuberculin sensitivity test, Pirquet test, or PPD test for purified protein derivative) is a tool for screeni…

1908

#12898

La photographie au laboratoire de médecine légale de l'Université de Nancy.

iIlustrated with 77 photographs, Bedin's work describes the methods and practices of forensic photography developed at Nancy between 1905 and 1908. The work is divided into two parts: The first part contains four chap…

1909

#2690

Die Technik der Roentgenkinematographie.

Groedel invented the first machine for taking serial x-rays.

1909

#12426

Der Lymphozyt als gemeinsame Stammzelle der verschiedenen Blutelemente in der embryonalen Entwicklung und im postfetalen Leben der Säugetiere.

Maximow developed and introduced a unitarian theory of hematopoiesis, a theory upon which the modern concept of blood cells' origin and differentiation is based. He introduced the term "stem cell." Translated into Eng…

1911

#2851

The mechanism of the heartbeat: With special reference to its clinical pathology.

Sir Thomas Lewis was a pioneer in the application of electrocardiography to clinical medicine. His book was both an exhaustive treatise on the subject for its time, and a valuable bibliographical source. Second editio…

1911

#2637.1

Le cancer expérimental.

Experimental production of malignant tumors by means of x rays.

1911 –1912

#2701

Die Röntgen-Literatur. 2 vols.

1911

#6216

Ueber die Anwendung des Roentgenverfahrens bei der Diagnose der Schwangerschaft.

First use of x rays for the diagnosis of pregnancy.

1911

#269.2

Das Fluoreszenzmikroskop.

Fluorescence microscopy

1912

#2840

Electro-cardiography and its importance in the clinical examination of heart affections.

1912

#3338

Die Schwebelaryngoscopie.

Introduction of suspension laryngoscopy. English translation in 1914.

1912

#4596.1

Röntgen-diagnostik der Erkrankungen des Kopfes.

A fundamental work on radiological examination of the skull. English translation, St. Louis, 1918.

1912

#6917

Interferenz-Erscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen. . . . Eine quantitative Prüfung der Theorie für die Interferenz-Erscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen

Discovery of the diffraction of X-rays in crystals. Laue’s discovery was of dual importance: it allowed the subsequent investigation of X-radiation by means of wavelength determination, and it provided the means for t…

1912

#13924

The cinematograph as an aid to medical education and research: A lecture illustrated by moving pictures of ultramicroscopic life in the blood and tissues, and of surgical operations.

1913 –1914

#560.1

Estudios sobre la degeneración y regeneración de sistema nervioso.

The most complete work on the subject so far written. Ramón y Cajal, great neuroanatomist and histologist, was for many years in charge of the institute bearing his name at Madrid. He gained the Nobel Prize in 1906. E…

1913

#1031

Le mouvement de l’intestin en circulation artificielle (chez les vertébrés). Thèses présentées a la Faculté des sciences de Paris.

Cinematographic studies of the movements of the intestines in animals. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1913

#2842

Der Ersatz des Orthiodiagraphen durch der Teleröntgen.

Instantaneous radiography of the heart.

1913 –1914

#2691

A grafting-diaphragm to cut off secondary rays from the object.

Bucky devised a diaphragm for roentgenography which, by preventing the secondary rays from reaching the plate, secured better contrast and definition.

1913 –1914

#2692

A powerful Roentgen ray tube with a pure electron discharge.

Coolidge invented the high vacuum tube, capable of kilovoltage energies.

1913

#3647

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

The van den Bergh test.

1913

#5066

Die Diphtherietoxin – Hautreaktion des Menschen als Vorprobe der prophylaktischen Diphtherieheilseruminjektion.

Schick developed his test for use as an indication as to whether or not prophylactic injections of antitoxin are necessary in children already exposed to diphtheria. English translation in J. Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1938, 5,…

1913

#6919

The diffraction of short electromagnetic waves by a crystal.

At the age of 22, Bragg discovered that the regular pattern of dots produced on a photographic plate by an X-ray beam passing through a crystal could be regarded as a reflection of electromagnetic radiation from plane…

1913

#6920

The reflection of x-rays by crystals.

Discovery of X-ray crystallography. The father and son team of physicists, William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg, constructed the first X-ray spectrometer using crystals as gratings, using a known wavelength …

1913

#13264

Beiträge zur Pathologie und Klinik der Mammacarcinome.

In a study of 3,000 mastectomies, Salomon compared X-rays of the beasts (mammograms) to the actual removed tissue, paying close attention to microcalcifications. In doing so he was able to establish the difference in …

1914

#13877

Book of monsters.

The first book of macro photographs (extreme close-up photography) of insects.

1915

#2569

The influence of the x-ray on the production of antibodies.

Proof that x rays suppress the antibody response.

1915

#9646

X rays and crystal structure.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1916

#4718

The histology of disseminated sclerosis.

A classic monograph on the pathology of multiple sclerosis.

1916

#1331

The involuntary nervous system. Part 1.

This book sums up the life work of Gaskell, who laid the histological foundation of the modern study of the autonomic nervous system. No more published.