Facets

1519

#3048

Liber theoricae nec non practicae Alsaharavii.

This is the first printing of the medical and therapeutic section of Abul Qasim’s medical encyclopedia or al-Tasrif. It contains what is probably the earliest description of hemophilia (fol. 145). Digital facsimile fr…

1652

#3050

Iatrologismorum seu medicinalium observationum pentecostae quinque utilibus praeceptis.

Panaroli described hemolytic jaundice of the newborn.

1671 –1672

#2726.1

Embryo monstro affinis Parisiis dissectus.

First known description of the “tetralogy of Fallot” (see No. 2792). Reprinted in his Opera philosophica, ed. W. Maar, Vol. 2, Copenhagen, V. Tryde, 1910, pp. 49-53. For translation see Proc. Mayo Clin., 1948, 23, 317.

1784

#2734.3

Three cases of mal-conformation of the heart.

Three cases of congenital heart disease recorded. Two plates are opposite pp. 417-18 of the journal.

1784

#2734.4

A treatise on the diseases of children.

Underwood laid the foundation of modern pediatrics. His work was superior to anything that had previously appeared and remained the most important book on the subject for sixty years, passing through many editions. Th…

1788

#2280

An account of a remarkable transportation of the viscera.

Baillie recorded a case of congenital dextrocardia with complete situs inversus viscerum. Reprinted in Willius & Keys, Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 257-62.

1793

#2281

The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body.

Baillie was a nephew and pupil of William Hunter. The above is the first systematic textbook of morbid anatomy, treating the subject for the first time as an independent science. See also Nos. 2736, 3167.1. Baillie wa…

1803

#3054

An account of an haemorrhagic disposition existing in certain families.

Otto recognized and adequately described hemophilia, noting that females are not affected but may transmit the disease. His paper is one of the first great contributions to medicine in North America. Reproduced in Maj…

1814

#2740.1

Pathological researches. Essay I. On malformations of the human heart. [All published.]

The first monograph on congenital defects of the heart.

1829 –1833

#2288

Traité d’anatomie pathologique. 2 vols. and atlas.

Includes a historical review of the subject from the time of the Ancient Egyptians to Corvisart, and a summary of the advances in pathology during the preceding 50 years. Vol. 2, pp. 553-600 deals with diseases of the…

1852

#2904

Ueber einige der wichtigsen Krankheiten der Arterien.

One of Rokitansky’s best works. He described atheroma and calcification in the intima of arteries, and various congenital malformations. Rokitansky "is credited with the initial case report of polyarteritis nodosa in …

1855

#3063

Die Haemophilie oder die Bluterkrankheit.

First full clinical description of hemophilia.

1858

#2761

On malformations, etc., of the human heart.

Includes an account of the “tetralogy of Fallot” (see No. 2792). Peacock’s book was “the first comprehensive study covering the whole field” (Maude Abbott). Reprinted, Boston, Mass., 1973.

1865

#3064.2

Hereditary epistaxis.

1865

#3915

Glycosurie, diabète sucré. In his Clinique médicale de l’Hôtel-Dieu, 2me. éd., 2, 663-98.

First description of hemochromatosis.

1866

#2764.1

Ueber einen sehr seltenen Fall von Insufficienz der Valvula tricuspidalis, bedingt durch eine angeborene hochgradige Missbildung derselben.

“Ebstein’s anomaly,” a congenital abnormality of the tricuspid valve. Translation in Amer. J. Cardiol, 1968, 22, 867-72.

1871

#3766.1

De la microcythémie

Vanlair and Masius were the first to suggest the concept of hereditary hemolytic anemia. Their paper was republished in book form, Brussels, 1871.

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.

1877

#2780

Du rétrécissement mitral pur.

First description of congenital mitral stenosis, “Duroziez’s disease.”

1879

#2782

Recherches cliniques sur la communication congénitales des deux coeurs par inocclusion du septum intervenniculare.

Roger drew attention to an important anomaly of the septum, interventricular patency (“maladie de Roger”), demonstrating the presence of a murmur in this condition. This is sometimes called “Roger’s murmur”, although …

1882 –1883

#11737

"A study of the malformations, variations, and anomalies of the circulatory apparatus in man," with a brief consideration of some of the principles governing their production.

A pioneering study of the embryology of the cardiovascular system and its relationship to congenital heart disease.

1886

#3067.1

A case of haemophilia: pedigree through five generations.

True hemophilia in a female. The family was the subject of several later investigations, the last being reported in Lancet, 1973, 2,734.

1888

#2792

Contribution à l’anatomie pathologique de la maladie bleu (cyanose cardiaque).

The “tetralogy of Fallot.” He gave an important, but not the first, account of this condition (see Nos. 2726.1 & 2761). Abstract translation in Willius & Keys, Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 689-90.

1889

#3916

Ueber Haemochromatose.

Recklinghausen gave to hemochromatosis its present name.

1890

#3069

Die Gelenkerkrankungen bei Blutern mit Berücksichtigung der Diagnose.

König gave a detailed description of joint involvement in hemophilia.

1897

#2806

Die angeborenen Defecte der Kammerscheidewand des Herzens.

“Riding aorta”, patent interventricular septum and right ventricular enlargement – the “Eisenmenger syndrome”.

1898

#11716

Die angeborenen Herzkrankheiten.

The first systematic treatise on congenital heart defects. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1903

#2814

Sur la lésion dite sténose congénitale de l’aorte dans la région de l’isthme.

Distinction of infantile and adult types of coarctation of the aorta.

1904

#3132.1

Elliptical human red cell corpuscles.

Hereditary elliptocytosis.

1907

#3025.3

Ligation of the ductus arteriosus.

Munro was first to suggest the feasibility of ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus.

1908

#3080.1

Ueber den habituellen Ikterus de Neugeborenen.

First detailed description of familial icterus gravis neonatorum.

1910

#898

Ueber Vererbung gruppenspezifischer Strukturen des Blutes.

Proof that blood groups are inherited according to Mendelian laws.

1910

#3133

Peculiar elongated and sickle-shaped red blood corpuscles in a case of severe anemia.

Identification of the sickle-cell type of anemia. Abstract "This case is reported because of the unusual blood findings, no duplicate of which I have ever seen described. Whether the blood picture represents merely a …

1911

#3081

Haemophilia.

Bulloch and Fildes, in their detailed account of hemophilia, claimed to have established immunity to the disease in females, and denied the authenticity of published cases of female hemophilia. They confirmed the law …

1913

#3028.1

Chirurgie des malformations congénitales ou acquises du coeur.

First attempt at surgical relief of valvular disease of the heart (congenital pulmonary stenosis). Experimental valvotomy.

1921

#11677

Traité des maladies congenitales du coeur.

1922

#3136.1

Sickle-cell anemia.

Mason gave sickle-cell anemia its present name.

1924

#907.1

Ergebniss einer biostatischen zusammenfassenden Betrachtung über die erblichen Blutstrukturen des Menschen.

Bernstein, a mathematician, determined the correct blood group inheritance pattern of multiple alleles at one locus through statistical analysis.

1925

#3087.1

Familial icterus gravis of the new-born and its treatment.

Successful exchange transfusion.

1926

#3087.2

Hereditär pseudohemofili.

Von Willebrand’s disease, pseudo-hemophilia type B, an hereditary bleeding disorder affecting both sexes.

1927

#2856

Congenital cardiac disease by Maude Abbott. IN: Modern medicine: Its theory and practice, edited by Sir William Osler, assisted by Thomas McCrae. 3rd ed., 4, 612-812.

1927

#3141

Anemia in children, with splenomegaly and peculiar changes in the bones.

“Cooley’s erythroblastic anemia”, thalassemia. With E. R. Witwer and O. P. Lee. An earlier brief account by Cooley and Lee appeared in Trans. Amer. Pediat. Soc.,1925, 37, 29.

1927

#3142

Familiäre infantile perniziösaartige Anämie (perniziöses Blutbild und Konstitution).

“Fanconi’s syndrome”, congenital hypoplasia of bone marrow with multiple congenital defects occurring as a familial disease.

1928

#2856.1

Beiträge zur Lehre von den angeborenen Herzfehlern.

Roesler described the most important roentgenologic sign of aortic coarctation.

1932

#14087

Erythroblastosis fetalis and its association with universal edema of the fetus, icterus gravis neonatorum and anemia of the newborn.

The authors described and named this syndrome/illness of newborns for the first time, including pathological findings, clinical data, lab abnormalities, presentation and course of illness. Order of authorship in the o…

1933

#3206

Zur Pathogenese der Bronchiektasien. I. Mitteilung: Bronchiektasien bei Situs viscerum inversus.

Bronchiectasis and sinus maldevelopment associated with transposition of viscera – “Kartageners syndrome”.

1934

#3093

The haemostatic possibilities of snake-venom.

Snake venom used in the treatment of hemophilia.

1935

#3095

The prothrombin in hemophilia and in obstructive jaundice.

Quick’s method for determination of prothrombin clotting time. See also Amer. J. med. Sci.,1935, 190,501-11.

1936

#3148.1

Mediterranean disease – thalassemia (erythroblastic anemia of Cooley); associated pigment abnormalities simulating hemochromatosis.

Whipple and Bradford contributed a classic paper on the pathology of thalassemia, a name introduced by them.

1936

#2865

Atlas of congenital cardiac disease.