Facets

1614

#3789

Observationum in hominis affectibus plerisque, corpori & animo, functionum laesione, dolore, aliave molestia & vitio incommodantibus, libri tres.

First known report of a case of death from hypertrophy of the thymus, in an infant, is reported on p. 172; it is reproduced on p. 239 of J. Ruhräh’s Pediatrics of the past, New York, 1925. Platter first described flex…

1700

#4299

Opera posthuma.

Page 68: first description of leontiasis ossea.

1766

#4302.2

Sur un enfant auquel il manquoit les deux clavicules, le sternum et les cartilages, qui dans l’état naturel l’attachent aux côtes.

First description of cleido-cranial dysostosis.

1788

#4304.1

Dissertatio medica descriptionem et casus aliquot osteomalaciae sistens.

In his doctoral thesis Ekman gave an account of osteogenesis imperfecta in three generations. For extensive translation see No. 4404.1. K.S. Seedorff, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Copenhagen, 1949.

1791

#4306

Abbildungen und Beschreibungen einiger Misgeburten.

Achondroplasia is first described on page 30 and pictured on plate 11. English translation in No. 2241.

1798

#3429

Observation sur un enfant né sans anus, et auquel il a été fait une ouverture pour y suppléer.

First successful construction of artificial anus, for congenital atresia, Oct. 20, 1793.

1803

#4308

Memoria chirurgica sui piedi torti congenita dei fanciulli.

First accurate description of the pathological anatomy of congenital club-foot. English translation, Edinburgh, 1818.

1817

#4310

De rachitide congenita.

Classic description of achondroplasia. Romberg’s graduation thesis. English translation (Sydenham Society), 1853.

1827

#14199

Méthode nouvelle pour le traitement des déviations de la colonne vertébrale; précédée d'un examen critique des divers moyens employés par les orthopédistes modernes.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

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…

1831

#4317

De la rétraction des doigts par suite d’une affection de l’aponévrose palmaire, opération chirurgicale qui convient dans ce cas.

Dupuytren devised an operation for the treatment of contracture of the palmar fascia (“Dupuytren’s contracture”). Reprinted, with translation, in Med. Classics, 1939, 4, 127-50. The condition was first mentioned by Pl…

1831

#6358.1

Merkwürdige Fragilität der Knochen ohne dyskrasische Ursache als krankhafte Eigenthümlichkeit dreier Geschwister.

Axmann of Wertheim described osteogenesis imperfecta occurring in himself and his two brothers. He referred to the occurrence of articular dislocations and blue sclerotics. See also No. 6367.

1833

#4320

Die Durchschneidung der Achillessehne, als Heilmethode des Klumpfusses, durch zwei Fälle erläutert.

Successful tenotomy for clubfoot established the reputation of Stromeyer as an orthopedic surgeon.

1839

#4322.1

On the nature of club-foot and analogous distortions.

Little suffered from club-foot himself. This is the greatest English classic on the subject. See No. 4329.

1839

#4322.2

Operations on club-feet.

Brown was the first surgeon in the United States to specialize in orthopedics, founding the Orthopedic Infirmary of the City of Boston (soon renamed the Boston Orthopedic Institution) in 1838. Brown was also the first…

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 …

1863

#4332

Hochgradige Dislocation der Scapula.

First description of congenital high-scapula “Sprengel’s deformity”; see also No. 4359.

1863

#4333

Contractur des Metatarsus.

Congenital metatarsus varus described.

1869

#11144

Des difformités congénitales et acquises des doigts et des moyens d’y remédier. Thèse présentée au concours pour l’agrégation (section de chirurgie).

This exceptionally long and comprehensive (246pp., 39 text illustrations) thesis was the first French work on hand surgery. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1870

#4339

Ueber hereditäre Knochensyphilis bei jungen Kindern.

“Wegner’s disease” – osteochondritic separation of the epiphyses in congenital syphilis.

1876

#4344

Report on Pott’s disease, or caries of the spine; treated by extension, and the plaster of Paris bandage.

Sayre was the first to use plaster of Paris as a support for the spinal column in scoliosis and Pott’s disease. His name is eponymically linked with Sayre’s jacket, a plaster of Paris jacket applied while the patient …

1877

#4344.1

Spinal disease and spinal curvature, their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage.

Sayre’s monograph on his methods of treating tuberculosis of the spine and scoliosis is the first American surgical textbook to contain actual mounted photographs, some of which are remarkable for their artistic quali…

1879

#4346.1

Ein Fall von sogenannter Myositis ossificans progressiver.

Helferich described the association of microdactyly with myositis ossificans progressiva.

1883 –1884

#2229

Lehrbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie der inneren Krankheiten. 2 vols.

Strümpell gave an excellent description of ankylosing spondylitis (“Strümpell’s disease”, the “spondylose rhizomélique” of Pierre Marie, No. 4368) on p. 152 of his Lehrbuch. See No. 2229. He published an important pap…

1887 –1888

#3489

Stuhlträgheit Neuegeborener in Folge von Dilatation und Hypertrophie des Colons.

Hirschsprung’s diseases (congenital megacolon).

1890

#4355

Zur operativen Behandlung der angeborenen Hüftgelenksverrenkungen.

Hoffa’s method of operative treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.

1891

#4359

Die angeborene Verschiebung des Schulterblattes nach oben.

Classic description of “Sprengel’s deformity”, a congenital upward displacement of the scapula.

1892

#4361

Untersuchungen über die sogenannte foetale Rachitis (Chondrodystrophia foetalis).

First study of the cartilage changes in achondroplasia.

1895

#4365

The operative treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.

Lorenz suggested a bloodless method for closed reduction of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint – the “Hoffa–Lorenz” method.

1895

#4428

Ueber den Gang bei angeborener Hüftgelenksluxation.

“Trendelenburg’s sign” of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.

1896

#4365.1

Un cas de déformation congénitale des quatre membres, plus prononcée aux extrémités, charactérisée par l’allongement des os avec un certain degré d’amincissement.

“Marfan syndrome”. Marfan described only the skeletal deformities. He called the condition dolichostenomelia. Later writers recorded bilateral ectopia lentis and cardiovascular complications in this syndrome.

1896

#4366

Deformities: A treatise on orthopaedic surgery.

Includes a valuable discussion of congenital anomalies of the bones and joints from the orthopedic point of view. Greatly expanded second edition, 2 vols., London, 1912.

1897

#4367

Ueber eine seltene Form von Erkrankung der Knochen und Gelenke.

“Bruck’s disease” – deformity of bones, multiple fractures, ankylosis of joints, and muscular atrophy.

1898

#4369

Sur la dysostose cléido-crânienne héréditaire.

In their important description of cleido-cranial dysostosis, Marie and Sainton gave to it its present name. It was first described by Morand (No. 4302.1) in 1760. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics,…

1898

#10269

Traité des maladies chirurgicales d'origine congénitale.

The first book entirely devoted to the surgical treatment of congenital abnormalities. The work also contains pp. 593-698 an exposition of Kirmisson's staged reduction of congenital dislocations of the hip, and discus…

1904

#4375

Les scolioses congénitales.

First description of platyspondylia.

1905

#4375.1

On the means of lengthening in the lower limbs, the muscles and tissues which are shortened through deformity.

First attempt at surgical lengthening of limbs.

1906

#4376.1

Ueber Osteogenesis imperfecta tarda.

Looser’s syndrome.

1907

#3025.3

Ligation of the ductus arteriosus.

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

1908

#4377

Ueber eine häufige, bisher anscheinend unbekannte Erkrankung einzelner kindlicher Knochen.

“Köhler’s disease” of the scaphoid bone of the foot in children. See No. 4387.

1911

#3536

Ein operativ geheilter Fall von kongenitaler Dünndarmatresie.

Treatment of congenital atresia of ileum by lateral anastomosis.

1912

#4385

Dysostose cranio-faciale héréditaire.

First description of cranio-facial dysostosis, hypertelorism (Crouzon's syndrome).

1912

#4386

Un cas d’absence des vertèbres cervicales avec cage thoracique remontant jusqu’à la base du crâne (cage thoracique cervicale).

“Klippel–Feil syndrome” – absence or incomplete development of cervical vertebrae. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics, 511-16.

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.

1918

#5757.3

Congenital clefts of the face.

Roberts introduced the push-back procedure - backward displacement of the velum to ensure adequate speech.

1921

#4388.1

Une maladie congénitale et héréditaire de l’ossification: la pléonostéose familiale.

“Léri’s pleonosteosis” first described.

1921

#5759

A new principle in the surgical treatment of “congenital cleft palate”, and its mechanical counterpart.

Gillies’s operation for cleft palate.

1922

#7832

Di un raro caso di osteite simmetrica ereditaria degli arti inferior.

"Camurati-Engelmann disease", a very rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic anomalies in the skeleton. It is a form of dysplasia. See No. 4395.1.

1923

#4390

Nouvelle observation d’acrocéphalosyndactylie.

With Tixier, Hue, and Kermorgant.

1924

#2573.1

The genetics of tissue transplantation in mammals.

Little established that the homograft reaction was due to genetic differences between donor and recipient.