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1886
#11163
Traité d'hygiène industrielle, à l'usage des médecins et des membres des conseils d'hygiène.
Poincaré reviewed 105 industries. He was the father of mathematician Henri Poincaré. Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.
1829
#11162
Anatomie des formes extérieures du corps humain appliquée à la peinture, à la sculpture et à la chirurgie.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1876
#11161
Du cancer chez les enfants.
Duzan's thesis was the first treatise exclusively on cancer in childhood. He was able to collect 182 cases. All 182 cases were of pediatric sarcoma: 70 of the eye, 45 of the kidney, 11 of the testicle, 8 of the prosta…
1882
#11160
De l’homicide commis par les enfants.
Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.
1954
#11159
Neurosurgery of infancy and childhood.
The first complete textbook of pediatric neurosurgery. Ingraham, a protegé of Harvey Cushing, established the first pediatric neurosurgery unit at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1929.
1756
#11158
The use of sea voyages in medicine.
Gilchrist recommended sea voyages as treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. Much expanded French translation by Edme-Claude Bourru as Utilité des voy…
2014
#11157
An annotated bibliography of the Dennis G. Pappas Otolaryngology Collection at the Reynolds Historical Library.
Digital edition available from https://library.uab.edu/images/reynolds-finley/collections/otolaryngology/pappas-annotated-bibliography.pdf
1824
#11156
A practical treatise on the diseases of the skin, comprehending an account of such facts as have been recorded on these subjects, with original observations. The whole arranged with a view to illustrate the constitutional causes of these diseases, as well as their local characters.
Plumbe was one of the most outspoken critics of Willan and Bateman’s morphological system of skin disease classification. In his Practical Treatise he was the first dermatologist to attempt to produce a classification…
1913
#11155
Manuel d'ostéopathie pratique, théorie et procédés, par le Dr L. Moutin et G. A. Mann, d'après les ouvrages du Dr Andrew Taylor Still,... et du Dr Wilfred L. Riggs,... à l'usage des élèves de l'École d'ostéopathie.
The first French monograph on osteopathy.
1817
#11154
Des effets et des propriétés du froid, avec un aperçu historique et médical sur la campagne de Russie.
Relative to the suffering of Napoleon's soldiers during the bitter cold of Russian winters, includes methodology of resucitation of victims of freezing. Digital facsimile of thesis issue of the 1817 edition from the I…
1880 –1882
#11153
Recherches sur les difformités congénitales chez les monstres, le foetus et l'enfant.
Published as Vol. 1 of Oeuvres de Docteur Jules Guerin, of which this work was all published. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1898
#11152
Les cancers épithéliaux. Histologie - Histogenèse - Etiologie - Applications thérapeutiques.
1834
#11151
Biographie des sages-femmes célèbres, anciennes, modernes et contemporaines. Avec 20 portraits.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1830
#11150
Mémoire sur l'excision de la partie inférieure du rectum, devenue carcinomateuse.
“The first successful operation for rectal cancer was performed by Lisfranc in 1826. This consisted of excising the anus and rectum via the perineum, which resulted in the functional equivalent of a perineal colostomy…
2012
#11149
Les origines de la sexologie (1850-1900).
1844
#11148
Die männlichen und weiblichen Wollust-Organe des Menschen und einiger Säugetiere.
Kobelt provided the first comprehensive and accurate description of the function of the clitoris.Digital facsimile from digi.ub.uni-heidelberg at this link.
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.
1856
#11146
Manuel d'anatomie pathologique générale et appliquée: Contenant la description et le catalogue du Musée Dupuytren.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1881
#11145
Catalogue du Musée Orfila publié sour les auspices de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris.
Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.
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.
1816
#11143
A practical account of the Mediterranean fever, as it appeared in the ships and hospitals of His Majesty's fleet on that station: With cases and dissections. To which are added facts and observations, illustrative of the causes, symptoms and treatment comprehending the history of the fever in the fleet, during the years 1810, 1811, 1813, and of the Gibraltar and Carthagena fevers.
"Burnett in 1816 described an epidemic of a short term fever occurring among the Naval Forces engaged in the Siege of Malta in 1799, and this fever was almost certainly phlebotomus" (Coulter, The Royal Naval Medical S…
1995
#11142
Anatomy atlases: An anatomy digital library curated by Ronald A. Bergman.
https://www.anatomyatlases.org/ "About Us Curate a comprehensive digital library of anatomy information for patients and providers. Maximize the impact of this digital library by enhancing awareness among potential us…
1988
#11141
Compendium of human anatomic variation: Text, atlas, and world Literature.
A recent edition is Bergman's Comprehensive encyclopedia of human anatomic variation edited by R. Shane Tubbs, Mohammadali M. Shoja, and Marios Loukas. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2016.
1991
#11140
Atlas of human anatomy in cross section.
"We were impressed with the magnitude and depth of the work by Eycleshymer and Schoemaker, A Cross-Section Anatomy, published by D. Appleton Company in 1911, and now out of print. As a consequence, our goal was to pro…
2017
#11139
Medieval Islamic medicine and medical luminaries.
2016
#11138
Anatomy: An encyclopedic reference to the language of anatomy and neuroanatomy. It provides the fascinating origin of terms and biographies of anatomists/physicians who originated them.
1759
#11137
Traité de tumeurs et des ulcères, où l'on a tâché de joindre à une théorie solide, la pratique la plus sûre et la mieux éprouvée ; avec deux lettres : I. Sur la composition de remèdes dont on vante l'utilité et dont on cache la préparation : II. Sur la nature et le succès des nouveaux remèdes qu'on propose pour la guérison des maladies vénériennes. 2 vols.
The earliest French work on dermatology, and one of the earliest works in dermatopathology, including tumors of the skin. Digital facsimile of the 1768 second edition from Google Books at this link.
1900
#11136
De la prostatectomie périnéale totale. Thèse de doctorat en médecine.
Proust performed the first radical perineal prostatectomy. He was the younger brother of the writer Marcel Proust. Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.
2002
#11135
A history of neuroradiology (1895-2002). XVIIth Symposium Radiologicum: Paris-France, August 18-24, 2002.
1992
#11134
Mission and method: The early-nineteenth-century French public health movement.
1858
#11133
Traité de la folie des femmes enceintes, des nouvelles accouchées et des nourrices et considérations médico-légales qui se rattachent à ce sujet.
The first work on psychiatric illnesses of women during and after pregnancy. Marcé provided extensive clinical descriptions of syndromes, with 79 case examples, and summarized etiological theories and treatments chara…
1903
#11132
La pratique des autopsies.
Considered the most beautiful book on autopsies. Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.
1934
#11131
La lèpre.
A handsome folio volume of some seven hundred pages, well printed on fine paper and beautifully illustrated, the book is a tribute to the printer's art as well as to the scientist's efforts. Of special interest is the…
2010
#11130
Dictionnaire des médecins, chirurgiens et pharmaciens de la marine.
Concerns physicians, surgeons and pharmacists who served in the French navy.
1874
#11129
Répertoire bibliographique des médecins et des pharmaciens de la marine française 1698-1873.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1685
#11128
Traité des maladies particulières aux pays orientaux, et dans la route, et de leurs Remèdes. Par M.C.D.D.E.M.
At the age of 17, Dellon, who is sometimes referred to as Gabriel Dellon, embarked as second surgeon aboard the ship La Force. He arrived at Darman, in the Portuguese Indies, in 1673, where he was doctor to Luis de Me…
1897
#11127
La foi qui guérit.
As one of his last works Charcot published this 38-page pamphlet on faith healing.
1827
#11126
Recherches sur l’agénésie cérébrale et la paralysie congénitale.
“The first scientific paper on paralysis in children was published in 1827 by Jean Baptiste Cazauvieilh, who […] noted that congenital hemiplegia was associated with cerebral atrophy and differentiated those due to ‘l…
2018
#11125
The madness of fear: A history of catatonia.
1891
#11124
History of circumcision from the earliest times to the present. Moral and physical reasons for its performance with a history of eunuchism, hermaphrodism, etc., and of the different operations practiced upon the prepuce.
Digital edition from Gutenberg.org at this link.
1986
#11123
The impact of illness on world leaders.
2002
#11122
Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
A spectacular color photo-illustrated book on the Mütter Museum.
1894
#11121
Les accouchements dans les beaux-arts, dans la littérature et au théatre.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1884 –1885
#11120
Le mal qu'on a dit des médecins. Première série: auteurs grecs & Latins. Deuxième série: Auteurs français jusqu'a Molière. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. Selections were translated , with annotations by T. C. Minor as The Evil that has been said of doctors: Extracts from early writers. (Cincinnati: Reprint from …
1903
#11119
Les seins dans l'histoire.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
2003
#11118
History of periodontology.
1838 –1857
#11117
Anatomie microscopique. Tome premier: Histologie. Atlas de cinquante-deux planches. Tome second: Histogénèse. Atlas de quarante planches. 2 vols.
This work was issued in parts over nearly 20 years. Parts concerned specific subjects and were sold separately. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link, and at this link.
1995
#11116
The doctors in Vanity Fair. A gallery of medical men who appeared in caricature between 1870 and 1914.
2014
#11115
Annotated x-ray bibliography 1896-1945, also containing some selected references on nuclear physics, radioactivity & nuclear medicine.
1911
#11114
Regimen sanitatis. The rule of health. A Gaelic medical manuscript of the early sixteenth century or perhaps older from the vade mecum of the famous Macbeaths physicians to the Lords of the Isles and the Kings of Scotland for several centuries.
Text reproduced in facsimile (15 leaves), transliteration and English translation. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.