Facets

1858

#13193

Anatomie chirurgicale homolographique, ou Déscription et figures des principales regions du corps humain, representées de grandeur naturelle, d'après des sections planes pratiquées sur des cadavres congeles....

Contains 25 plates lithographed by Lemercier after drawings by the author representing natural size sections taken in horizontal, sagittal and oblique planes from various portions of the body. The first plate of the s…

1860 –1864

#1778

Handbuch der historisch-geographischen Pathologie. 2 vols.

This is perhaps the greatest historical classic on the subject. Vol.1 appeared in 2 parts, with the first part issued in 1859 and the second part issued in 1860.

1861

#421

An elementary treatise on human anatomy.

Leidy illustrated this book himself. He was professor of anatomy at Philadelphia and the leading American anatomist of his time.

1861

#1107

Untersuchungen über den Bau der Lymphdrüsen.

Histology of the lymphatics. His drew the illustrations.

1861

#7608

Essays and observations on natural history, anatomy, physiology, psychology, and geology by John Hunter, F.R.S. Being his posthumous papers on those subjects, arranged and revised, with notes; to which are added the introductory lectures on the Hunterian collection of fossil remains delivered in the theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, March 8th, 10th and 12th, 1855 by Richard Owen .... 2 vols.

Digital facsimiles from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1861 –1867

#14159

Atlas des peripherischen Nervensystems des menschlichen Körpers / Atlas du système nerveux périphérique du corps humain. Mit einem Vorwort von Prof. Dr. Th. W. L. Bischoff, nach der Natur photographirt von Joseph Alb. 10 parts.

Issued in 10 parts in folio (510 x 360 mm). Includes 46 large-format original photographs mounted on sheets of cardboard.

1862

#936

Untersuchungen über den Bau der Nasenschleimhaut, namentlich die Structur und Endigungsweise der Geruchsnerven bei dem Menschen und den Wirbelthieren.

Schultze’s classic paper on the nerves to the neuro-epithelium in the special sense organs marks an epoch in histology. He described the cells of the olfactory muccous membrane, “Schultze’s cells”.

1862

#1108

Die Lymphgefässe und ihre Beziehung zum Bindegewebe.

“Recklinghausen’s canals”, the lymph canaliculi.

1862

#3007

Beiträge zur normalen und pathologischen Anatomie der Lungen.

First description of pulmonary fat embolism in man.

1862

#7621

Catalogue of the osteological portion of specimens contained in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Cambridge.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1863

#548.1

Ueber Eiter- und Bindegewebskörperchen.

Recklinghausen described granular cells in the frog mesentery, later named “mast cells” by Ehrlich (No. 553.1).

1863

#165

Evidence as to man’s place in nature.

Huxley showed that in the visible characters man differs less from the higher apes than do the latter from lower members of the same order of primates. He also provided the first thorough and detailed comparative desc…

1864

#7331

The gray substance of the medulla oblongata and trapezium.

The first American medical book illustrated with photomechanically reproduced plates. Oliver Wendell Holmes praised the book for its remarkable photomicrographs, which may be the first published of brain cross-section…

1865

#6938

Catalogue de la superbe bibliothèque d'ethnographie, de zoologie, d'anatomie comparée, etc....

The auction catalogue of Vrolik's library, sold two years after his death, organized by subject. Prefaced by an essay about Vrolik's life and work by J. van der Hoeven, and a chronological list of Vrolik's publication…

1865

#10273

Wandtafeln zur Schwangerschafts- und Geburtskunde. Text volume in quarto format plus atlas in double elephant folio format (915 x 650mm.)

This huge atlas of obstetric wall charts contains 20 chromolithographed plates measuring over 3 feet by 2 feet, illustrating the female reproductive anatomy, stages of pregnancy, normal and breech presentations of the…

1866 –1868

#336

On the anatomy and physiology of the vertebrates. 3 vols.

Vol. 1. Fishes and reptiles; Vol. 2. Birds; Vol. 3. Mammals. The most important work on the subject after Cuvier, based entirely on personal observations. Owen entitled his 40th and concluding chapter "Derivative hypo…

1866

#10378

Catalogue of the pathological museum of St. George's Hospital.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1867

#2125.1

Ueber Staubinhalationskrankheiten der Lungen.

Zenker described siderosis and suggested the term “pneumonokoniosis” as a suitable general title for diseases due to inhaled dust.

1867

#7704

Cas singulier de trépanation chez le Incas.

Broca attributed a defect in an ancient Peruvian skull to antemortem trepanation; prior to this paleopathologists and paleoanthropologists were unaware that the Incas practiced trepanation.

1868

#13221

The anatomical memoirs of John Goodsir F.R.S. Edited by William Turner. With a biographical memoir by Henry Lonsdale. 2 vols.

1869

#549

Die Einschmelzungs-Methode, ein Beitrag zur mikroskopischen Technik.

Introduction of paraffin embedding

1869 –1872

#550

Handbuch der Lehre von den Geweben des Menschen und der Thiere. Edited by Salomon Stricker. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. Translated into English by Henry Power as Manual of human and comparative histology. Edited by S. Stricker. 3 vols. London: New Sydenham Society, 1870-73. Digi…

1869

#1009

Beiträge zur mikroskopischen Anatomie der Bauchspeicheldrüse. Inaugural-Dissertation.

First account of the islets of Langerhans. In 1893 Édouard Laguesse attached the name of Langerhans to the structures. Langerhans did not suggest any function for them. The book was reprinted with an English translati…

1869 –1876

#2300

Manuel d’histologie pathologique. 3 pts.

English translations, Philadelphia, 1880, and London, 1882-86.

1869 –1880

#10292

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, comprenant la description et l'iconographie du squelette et du système dentaire de ces animaux, ainsi que des documents relatifs à leur histoire naturelle. Folio atlas + 3 vols. text.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1870

#337

Grundzüge der vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbelthiere.

Gegenbaur’s best work. He stressed the value of comparative anatomy as the basis of the study of descent, considering that knowledge of the relations of corresponding parts in different animals was more important even…

1870

#423

Die descriptive und topographische Anatomie des Menschen.

1870

#442

A sketch of the early history of practical anatomy. The introductory address to the course of lectures on anatomy at the Philadelphia School of Anatomy.

Reprinted in 1874 by Lippincott as a separate pamphlet, and in Keen’s Addresses and other papers, Philadelphia, 1905.

1870

#491

Zur Kenntnis der menschlichen Placenta.

“Langhans’s layer”—the cytotrophoblast, the individual cells of which are termed “Langhans’s cells”.

1871

#338

A manual of the anatomy of vertebrated animals.

Huxley was among those who refuted Owen’s theory of the vertebral skull.

1871

#170

The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. 2 vols.

This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for humans while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selectio…

1871

#2535

Die Ursache der infectiösen Wundkrankheiten.

Klebs, Professor of Pathology at Berne, Würzburg, Prague, Zurich, and Chicago, preceded Koch in investigations of the pathology of traumatic infection. He found bacteria in gunshot wounds, granulation tissue, etc., an…

1871 –1878

#11715

Gesammelte Beiträge zur Pathologie und Physiologie. 3 vols.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1872

#424

Topographisch-anatomischer Atlas. Nach Durchschnitten angefrornen Cadavern.

Fine illustrations of frozen sections. Translated into English by Edward Bellamy as An atlas of topographical anatomy after plane sections of frozen bodies. (Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1877).

1872

#2301

Leçons de pathologie expérimentale.

An elaboration of his lectures on the subject at the Collège de France.

1872

#6188

Die Lage des Uterus und Foetus am Ende der Schwangerschaft nach Durchschnitten an gefrornen Cadavern

Supplement to No. 424.

1873

#2302

Neue Untersuchungen über die Entzündung.

Cohnheim was the master experimental pathologist of the 19th century. He was a pupil of Virchow and Kölliker; in contradiction of the former, he showed the essential feature of inflammation to be the passage of leucoc…

1873 –1875

#5910

Atlas der pathologischen Anatomie des Augapfels. Atlas of the pathological anatomy of the eyeball

Text in German and English; Sir W. R. Gowers was responsible for the English translation. Digital facsimile from the Bayerische StaatsBibliothek at this link.

1873 –1892

#7473

La scienza e la pratica della anatomia patologica.

Divided into six parts, as follows: Book I: Delle alterazioni di prima formazione (on teratology) Book II: Delle ipertrofie Book III: Delle atrofie Book IV: Dell’infiammazione e della mortificazione Book V: Dei tumori…

1873

#425

Die Corrosions-Anatomie und ihre Ergebnisse: mit 18 chromolithographirten Tafeln.

Hyrtl significantly enhanced the techniques of corrosion anatomy, a technique of preparing anatomical specimens invented by Frederik Ruysch. He built up a collection unsurpassed in Europe. In this work Hyrtl described…

1874 –1875

#1110

Anatomie, physiologie, pathologie des vaisseaux lymphatiques.

Notable for its illustrations.

1874

#7498

Catalogue of the preparations of comparative anatomy in the Museum of Guy's Hospital.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1874

#7705

Sur les crânes artificiellement perforés à l'époque des dolmens.

Prunières separated postmortem trepanations and rondelles from antemortem operations, and also described tuberculous lesions in Neolithic bones.

1875

#2778

Die Defecte der Scheidewände des Herzens.

Rokitansky’s memoir on defects of the septum of the heart was his last work, and possibly his greatest. It represented 14 years’ study of the subject.

1876

#552

Ueber Stemzellen der Leber.

“Kupffer cells” – macrophage stellate cells in the lining of the blood channels in the liver. Confocal microscopy picture showing the steady-state location and interactions between Kupffer cells (Red), hepatic stellat…

1876

#2304

Die Sections-Technik im Leichenhause des Charité-Krankenhauses.

On the technique of dissection. English translation, London, 1876.

1876

#14060

Explorations of the aboriginal remains of Tennessee.

The first major discussion of human skeletal pathology in American archeological samples. Jones introduced histopathological techniques in analysis of paleopathological material. Digital facsimile from Google Books at…

1877 –1880

#2303

Vorlesungen über allgemeine Pathologie. 2 vols.

Apart from Virchow’s Cellularpathologie, this was the most influential textbook of pathology during the 19th century. It includes (vol. 1, p. 38) a report on the experimental production of heart murmurs. English trans…

1877

#11096

Art anatomy.

Perhaps the first great American anatomy for artists by an American painter and sculptor. Rimmer not only drew the 900 drawings on the 81 heliotype plates, but he also wrote in the explanatory text on the sheets along…

1877 –1879

#11147

Catalogue des pièces du Musée Dupuytren, publié sous les auspices de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris. 5 vols. text plus 4 vols. atlas.

Detailed catalogue, illustrated by photography, of the Musée Dupuytren, a museum of gross pathology. When this catalogue was published the museum contained about 6000 items.