1820–1829

1822 –1826

#13508

A system of anatomical plates of the human body. By John Lizars. Text in 8vo in 12 pts., plus folio atlas with engraved title and 101 plates engraved by William Home Lizars.

Lizars's System of anatomical plates was by far his most successful work, going through many editions. The text of the work was originally issued in 12 parts in octavo format, which were then bound together in book fo…

1822

#13873

Memoirs of the military and political life of Napoleon Bonaparte, from his origin, to his death on the rock of St. Helena. Comprising a just outline of his splendid and unexampled military career, from his first entering the regiment La Fere as lieutenant, to its tremendous termination at the battle of Waterloo; a detailed view of his extraordinary return to France from Elba, and the events of his ensuing reign of 100 days. Embracing also an authentic narrative of the conduct of Napoleon during his voyage to St. Helena, and while in exile, and of the events attending his confinement, sickness, and death, with numerous private documents, now first published in this country, and collected chiefly from the writings of Dr. B.E. O'Meara, Surgeon to Napoleon at St. Helena.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1823

#4448

Case of removal of a portion of the lower maxillary bone.

Deaderick resected a portion of the jaw in 1810. He wrote this paper to obtain priority over Mott (No. 4447).

1823

#669

Recherches chimiques sur les corps gras d’origine animale.

A classic study of animal fats. Chevreul discovered that fats are composed of fatty acids and glycerol.

1823

#1317

De nervi sympathetici humani fabrica usu et morbis.

Includes description of “Lobstein’s ganglion”, an accessory ganglion of the sympathetic nerve above the diaphragm. English translation, 1831.

1823

#1391

Recherches physiques sur les propriétés et les fonctions du système nerveux dans les animaux vertébrés.

Flourens removed the cerebrum and cerebellum in pigeons, showing maintenance of reflexes with loss of cerebration in the former case and disturbance of equilibrium in the latter case. Thus he demonstrated that the cer…

1823

#1735

Elements of medical jurisprudence. 2 vols.

First notable American text on forensic medicine.

1823

#3057

Observations sur l’état des veines dans les infiltrations des membres.

Description of venous obstruction and edema.

1823

#3881

Observations sur les maladies de l’appendice sus-sphenoïdal (glande pituitaire) du cerveau.

Includes description of pituitary obesity.

1823

#3433.1

Extirpation of the parotid gland.

Although Béclard and possibly others may have extirpated the parotid before Davidge, this was the first published case.

1823

#4851.1

Case reports: From injuries of the head.

Dudley was for many years the leading surgeon on the western frontier of the United States. This paper reports the first operations on the brain performed in the United States. Three of the five patients were relieved…

1823 –1828

#4312

Chirurgie clinique de Montpellier. 2 vols.

Delpech's work includes the first account of rhinoplasty in France. On 4 June 1823, Delpech performed the first of six cases of rhinoplasty by the Indian forehead flap method, and one (unsuccessful) with a flap from t…

1823

#5844

A treatise on the diseases of the eye.

First American textbook of ophthalmology by the first American who is believed to have restricted his practice to diseases of the eye. Frick studied under Georg Beer in Vienna.

1823

#5845

Lectures on the operative surgery of the eye.

Guthrie founded the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, London, in 1816. He was the earliest teacher of the subject in the British Isles. The above includes important work on the artificial pupil.

1823

#6273

An essay on the proximate cause of the disease called phlegmasia dolens.

Davis was the first to state that phlegmasia alba dolens was due to inflammation of the veins. He was physician-accoucheur at the birth of Queen Victoria.

1823

#6584.9

A military journal during the American Revolutionary War, from 1775-1783…

The first American medical historian, Thacher gave the best contemporary account of medicine during the Revolutionary War, as well as an important history of the war in general. See No. 6710.

1823

#1492.1

Commentatio de examine physiologico organi visus et systematis cutanei.

Purkynĕ was first to examine the interior of the human eye and the dog eye, using only a candle and a concave spherical lens. He thus invented the ophthalmoscope three decades before Helmholtz (1851; No. 5866). Reprin…

1823 –1826

#7242

Planches anatomiques du corps humain executes d’après les dimensions naturelles. Double elephant folio atlas and small folio text.

Considering that it is among the rarest of all anatomies, and certainly the largest and probably the most spectacular, it is remarkable that two nearly identical editions of Mascagni’s posthumous life-size anatomy wer…

1823

#7254

Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge.

Buckland’s elaborately illustrated Reliquiae diluvianae (Relics of the Flood) describes his geological and paleontological researches of the early 1820s, including his investigations of the Kirkdale and Paviland caves…

1823

#7361

Medical jurisprudence. 3 vols.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1823

#8798

Manners and customs of several Indian tribes located west of the Mississippi; including some account of the soil, climate, and vegetable productions, and the Indian materia medica: to which is prefixed the history of the author's life during a residence of several years among them.

Hunter claimed that as a child he had been captured by the Cherokee before they came to Texas. He adopted the name of an English benefactor, John Dunn, and later added the name "Hunter" given by the Indians because of…

1823

#9579

Bibliothek de Veterinairkunde.

An early attempt at a bibliography of the literature of veterinary medicine, including historical works. Strangely, the author cited publication dates only by their last 3 digits, thus 1800 is printed as 800, etc. Dig…

1823 –1825

#10503

Chronik der Seuchen in Verbindung mit der gleichzeitigen Vorgängen in der physischen Welt und in der Geschichte der Menschen. Erster Theil vom Anfang der Geschichte bis in die Mitte des fünfzehnten Jahrhunderts. Zeiter Theil von der Mitte des fünzehnten Jahrhunderts bis auf die neuste Zeit. (2 vols.)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1823

#12860

Reflexiones sobre la importancia de conservar la dentadura y manejo necesario al efecto: En lo que se incluyen una explicacion de los principios teoricos de dentista, y un método practico de curacion en casos de abandono.

In addition to his dental training Parrott was a merchant, businessman, consult to Mexico (1834-1836) and confidential U.S. agent to Mexico during 1845-1848, the period of the Mexican-American War. This 72 page bookle…

1823

#13349

Histoire de description du Muséum royal d'histoire naturelle, ouvrage rédigé d'après les ordres de l'administration du muséum.

Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

1824

#4449

Case of osteo-sarcoma of the superior maxillary bone, with the operation for its removal.

Rogers removed nearly all of the upper jaw. Operation performed in 1810.

1824 –1842

#319

Histoire naturelle des mammifères. 4 vols.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1824

#987

On the nature of the acid and saline matters usually existing in the stomachs of animals.

Proof that the gastric juice contains free hydrochloric acid.

1824

#474.1

Deuxième mémoire sur la génération. Rapports de l’oeuf avec la liqueur fécondante. Phénomènes appréciables, résultant de leur action mutuelle. Développement de l’oeuf des Batraciens.

Prévost and Dumas proved that the frog egg is fertilized by the entry of spermatozoa.

1824

#4796

Considérations sur une espèce de paralysie qui affecte particulièrement les aliénés. Thèse [pour le doctorat en médecin] No. 224.

Delaye, a pupil of Esquirol, selected for his thesis the subject of “incomplete general paralysis of the insane”, which he differentiated from other forms of paralysis. He recorded the early signs of the disease, emph…

1824

#108

Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur la structure intime des animaux et des végétaux.

1824

#1493

Recherches expérimentales sur les propriétés et les fonctions du système nerveux, dans les animaux vertébrés.

Experimental proof that vision depends on the integrity of the cerebral cortex. See No. 1391 for his first paper on the subject. Partial English translation in von Bonin, Some papers on the cerebral cortex, Springfiel…

1824

#1494

Description of a small muscle of the internal commissure of the eyelids.

Homer described the tensor tarsi (Horner’s) muscle, supplying the lacrimal apparatus. It was first described by Du Verney in 1749

1824

#2606

De tumoribus praeter naturam. In his Opera omnia, ed. cur. C.G. Kühn. 7, 705-32.

Galen’s classification of tumors persisted for more than 1,000 years. He considered neoplasms to be due to an excess of black bile, which solidified in certain sites. He advocated purges to dissolve the black bile, an…

1824

#2531

Origines contagii.

History of contagious disease in the ancient world through readings from the texts. A supplementary “Additamenta” was published in 1826. Digital facsimile of the 1824 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.

1824

#3112

History of a case of anaemia.

First description of pernicious anemia. Paper read May 1, 1822.

1824

#3561

Observations pour servir à l’histoire des inflammations de l’appendice du caecum.

Report of two cases of fatal peritonitis due to perforation of the appendix. Of this paper, H. A. Kelly says, “It at once established a definite place for lesions of the appendix in the category of recognized diseases”.

1824

#3730

Beobachtungen Über den Nutzen des Berger Leberthrans (Oleum jecoris Aselli, von Gadus asellus L.)

First report of the value of cod-liver oil in the treatment of rickets.

1824

#2945

Account of an operation for the extirpation of a tumour in which a ligature was applied to the carotid artery.

Cogswell ligated the primitive carotid on Nov. 4, 1803.

1824

#3434

Extirpation de la parotide.

First excision of the parotid, 1823.

1824

#5022

A practical essay on typhous fever.

Nathan Smith left a classic account of typhoid; this was reprinted in Med. Classics, 1937, 1, 781-819 He clearly recognized the contagious nature of the disease.

1824

#6025

Ueber den Gebärmutterkrebs, dessen Entstehung und Verhütung.

Classic account of cancer of the uterus.

1824

#5647

A letter on suspended animation, containing experiments showing that it may be safely employed during operations on animals, with a view of ascertaining its probable utility in surgical operations on the human subject.

Hickman was the first to prove that the pain of surgical operations could be abolished by the inhalation of a gas. He rendered animals unconscious, first through partial asphyxiation by the exclusion of air, then by i…

1824

#145.56

De l’influence des agens physiques sur la vie.

Edwards studied the influence of environmental factors on animal life, concluding that vital processes depend on external physical and chemical forces but are not entirely controlled by them. The work includes an acco…

1824

#4511

De tremore, palpitatione, convulsione, et rigore. IN: Opera omnia ed. cur. C.G. Kühn, cur 7, 584-642.

Complete English translation by D. Sider and M. McVaugh in Trans. stud. Coll. Phys. Phila., 1979, 1, 183-210.

1824

#8410

Bibliotheca Britannica, or, A general index to British and foreign literature. 4 vols.

This bio-bibliographical encyclopedia of English and foreign literature includes many articles on physicians from the ancient world up to Watt's time, and is an extraordinary achievement for one man. Typically the fir…

1824 –1828

#9484

American entomology, or descriptions of the insects of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. 3 vols.

Plates by Titian Ramsay Peale, H. Bridport, C. A. Lesueur, W. W. Wood, and C. Tiebout; engraved by Tiebout, G. Lang, and Longacre. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1824 –1827

#9531

Reise im Norden Europa's, vorzüglich in Island: in den Jahren 1820 bis 1821. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1824

#10184

Recherches pour server à l'histoire des maladies du système lymphatique.

First description of lymphangitis carcinomatosa. See L. Doyle, "Gabriel Andral (1797-1876) and the first reports of lymphangitis carcinomatosa," Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 82 (1989) 491-93.

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…