1840–1849

1843

#2218

A system of clinical medicine.

Graves was one of the founders of the Irish school of medicine and one of the most important figures in Irish medicine at the middle of the 19th century. Second edition of the book (as Clinical lectures on the practic…

1843

#2219

Lectures on the principles and practice of physic. 2 vols.

First published in the Medical Times & Gazette, 1840-42, Watson’s famous lectures appeared in book form and formed the most important treatise of medicine for a quarter-century. Watson wrote in a fine style, and his b…

1843

#1232

Beiträge zur Lehre vom Mechanismus der Harnsecretion.

Ludwig wrote a classic monograph on renal secretion. He theorized that urine formation could be explained purely in terms of the laws of physics and chemistry, and that under the hydrostatic pressure of the blood in t…

1843

#1677

Bibliotheca epidemiographica.

A second edition was published in 1862. Digital facsimile of the second edition from the Medical Heritage Library at the Internet Archive, at this link.

1843

#2294

Experimental and practical researches on the structure and function of blood corpuscles; on inflammation; and on the origin and nature of tubercles in the lungs.

Addison gave an important account of the process of inflammation. See L.J. Rather, Addison and the white corpuscles: An aspect of nineteenth-century biology. London, Wellcome Institute, 1972. See also No. 3059.

1843

#2420

Die ältesten Schriftseller über die Lustseuche in Deutschland, von 1495 bis 1510.

Gives texts of German tracts on syphilis published between 1495 and 1510.

1843

#3059

Experimental and practical researches on inflammation and on the origin and nature of tubercles of the lungs.

Addison made important observations on the blood corpuscles. He is by some considered “the world’s first hematologist”. He gave the first description of leucocytosis, so named by Virchow in 1858, and he anticipated Co…

1843

#3060

Essai d’hématologie pathologique.

The first monograph on hematology in its "modern" sense. Andral established analysis of the blood on the basis of exact knowledge of the blood components. He analysed the blood fibrin and albumin. He recognized severa…

1843

#3259

A nasal operation for the removal of a large tumour filling up the entire nostril and extending to the pharynx.

Removal of a fibrous growth from the nostril by division of the nasal and maxillary bones, July 8, 1841. Preliminary note in the same journal, 1842, 3, 257.

1843

#2753

Account of observations… on patients whose urine was albuminous.

An early description of a case of subacute bacterial endocarditis is reported on pp. 227-32 (Case 8).

1843

#2754

Mémoire sur les signes stethoscopiques du rétrécissement de l’orifice auriculo-ventriculaire gauches du coeur.

First description of the presystolic murmur in mitral stenosis. Partial English translation in No. 2241.

1843

#2977.1

Cases.

An important account of dissecting aneurysm. Peacock collected all previously published cases and added a few of his own to a total of 19.

1843

#4035

Recherches sur la nature, le siège et le développement du Porrigo decalvans ou phytoalopécie.

First accurate description of Microsporon audouini, the fungus of Willan’s porrigo decalvans, tinea tonsurans, “Gruby’s disease”.

1843

#3446

An experimental and critical inquiry into the nature and treatment of wounds of the intestines.

Reports of a series of experiments upon dogs to determine the best way to treat intestinal wounds. First published in West. J. Med. Surg., 1843. 7, 1-50, [81]-141, [161]-224.

1843

#3681.2

Nouveaux éléments complets de la science et de l’art du dentiste. Suivis d’une notice historique et chronologique des travaux imprimés sur l’art du dentiste. 2 vols

Desirabode may have been the first to discuss the use of fluoride compounds for caries prevention. See No. 3692.1. English translation of 2nd ed., Baltimore, 1847.

1843

#4993

Neurypnology, or, the rationale of nervous sleep.

Braid inaugurated modern hypnotism, the word itself being introduced by him. His theories were adopted by Broca, Charcot, Liébeault, and Bernheim; thus he founded the French School. New edition, edited with an introdu…

1843

#5310

Natural history, pathology and treatment of the epidemic fever at present prevailing in Edinburgh and other towns.

The epidemic of relapsing fever in Edinburgh in 1843 was well described by Cormack. He was first editor of the Association Medical Journal which later became the British Medical Journal.

1843

#5311

Notice of a febrile disorder which has prevailed at Edinburgh during the summer of 1843.

Relapsing fever was given its name by Craigie, in his description of the Edinburgh epidemic.

1843

#5353

Nuovo verme intestinale umano (Agchylostoma duodenale), constituente un sesto genere dei nematoidei proprii dell’uomo.

Dubini first found the hookworm of ankylostomiasis in 1838. His account of 1843, describing it, named it Agchylostoma duodenale, a name etymologically erroneous. Partial English translation in Kean (No. 2268.1).

1843

#5857

Die Krankheiten und Missbildungen des menschlichen Auges und deren Heilung. 2 vols.

Himly was professor of ophthalmology at Jena and later at Göttingen. He introduced clinical teaching in ophthalmology.

1843

#5858

Schriftnummerprobe für Gesichtsleidende.

Küchler introduced test readings of print at a distance, for examination of patients.

1843

#5650.2

Numerous cases of surgical operation without pain in the mesmeric state.

Elliotson was one of the first in England to perform surgical operations with the aid of hypnotism. He was a great friend of Dickens and Thackeray, but his views on hypnotism were bitterly opposed by Thomas Wakley, ed…

1843

#6034

Case of ovarian tumors – both the right and the left being removed at the same operation.

First successful double oöphorectomy. Communicated in a letter to the editor by J. M. Foltz.

1843

#6035

Contributions to the pathology and treatment of disease of the uterus.

Simpson introduced many important procedures into gynecology and obstetrics; among them may be mentioned his use of the uterine sound for diagnosing retro-positions of the uterus

1843

#6176

Cases of puerperal convulsions, with remarks.

Lever, of Guy’s Hospital, was the first to report the finding of albuminous urine in connection with puerperal convulsions.

1843

#6333

Traité clinique et pratique des maladies des enfants. 3 vols.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1843

#5268

Recherches et observations sur une nouvelle espèce d’hématozoaire, Trypanosoma sanguinis.

Gruby discovered trypanosomes in the frog. He first suggested the name “trypanosome” to describe the parasite.

1843 –1859

#7448

The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H. M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843.

Part 1: Flora of Lord Auckland and Campbell's Islands (1843-45); Part 2: Flora of Fuegia, the Falklands, Karguellen's land, etc. (1845-47); Part 3: Flora of New Zealand. 2 vols. (1851-53); Part 4: Flora of Tasmania. 2…

1843

#7696

Six ethnographic maps illustrative of "The natural history of man".

An atlas of six large hand-colored folding maps originally issued to accompany Prichard's popular work, The natural history of man, first issued in 1843. The maps were revised and re-issued in 1851 and 1861.

1843

#8807

Practical observations on the principal diseases affecting the health of the European and native soldiers in the north-western provinces of India with a supplement on dysentery.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1843 –1844

#9167

The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher during the years 1836-42. Edited and superintended by Richard Brinsley Hinds. Vol. 1: Mammalia by J.E. Gray; Birds by J. Gould; Fish by J. Richardson. Vol. 2.: Mollusca by R. B. Hinds.

Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1843

#9168

The regions of vegetation; being an analysis of the distribution of vegetable forms over the surface of the globe in connexion with climate and physical agents.

Digital facsimile of the copy presented by Hinds to Charles Darwin, with Darwin's annotations, from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link. This work also appeared as a section of Edward Belcher's Narrative of…

1843 –1856

#9256

The Zoist: A journal of cerebral physiology & mesmerism, and their applications to human welfare. Edited by John Elliotson. 13 vols.

The most comprehensive source about British mesmerism of the period, and an invaluable reference for contemporary ideas and developments not only in mesmerism (hypnosis) but also in phrenology, neurology and psychiatr…

1843

#10234

Ensaio sobre a topographia medica de Lisboa. ou consideraçoens especiaes relativas a' sua historia; meteorologia; geognosia; agoas potaveis; zoologia, quanto aos animaes mais utei, e em quanto ao homem sua parte hygienica e medica; a população, e suas respectivas observaçoens, &c.

1843

#10377

Catalogue of Reptiles contained in the Museum of the Medical Department of the Army, Fort Pitt, Chatham.

Chiefly specimens collected by medical officers stationed in Canada, Australia, and India, as well as other colonies. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1843

#10390

Diseases of the lungs from mechanical causes; and inquiries into the condition of the artisans exposed to the inhalation of dust.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1843

#10512

A flora of the state of New-York, comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state; with remarks on their economical and medicinal properties. 2 vols.

For a long time this was the most comprehensive botany of any U.S. state. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1843

#10737

Medical history of the expedition to the Niger during the years 1841-42, comprising an account of the fever which led to its abrupt termination.

McWilliam included a history of yellow fever, pathology, description of symptoms, sequences, causes, treatment. He also described the state of medicine among the Africans. He specifically described the ventilation of …

1843

#12451

A treatise on food and diet: With observations on the dietetical regimen suited for disordered states of the digestive organs; and an account of the dietaries of some of the principal metropolitan and other establishments for paupers, lunatics, criminals, children, the sick, &c.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1843

#12660

Sierra Leone: A Description of the manners and customs of the liberated Africans; with observations upon the natural history of the colony, and a notice of the native tribes.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1843

#12749

Die rheumatische Schweile. Ein Beitrag zur Pathologie und Therapie des Rheumatismus.

Froriep described what would later be known as fibromyalgia, describing it as "rheumatism with painful, hard places" that could be felt in many locations on the body. He characterized the condition as muskelschwiele (…

1843 –1856

#12941

A history of British birds. 3 vols. plus 2 Supplements. (5 vols.)

According to its preface, Yarrell's British Birds was first published "in thirty-seven parts of three sheets each, at intervals of two months; the first Part was issued in July 1837 and the last in May 1843. The sheet…

1843

#13250

The plea of insanity in criminal cases.

One of the first attempts to outline criteria through which to determine the legitimacy of an insanity plea. The was resolved later in 1843 with the establishment of the M'Naghten Rules, (McNaghten) which this work un…

1843

#13612

Memorial. To the Legislature of Massachusetts.

Dorothea Dix played an instrumental role in the founding or expansion of more than 30 hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill in various U.S. states. This was probably the first of her many publications advoca…

1843

#14213

Ueber die Textur und Function der Medulla oblongata. 2 vols. (Text and atlas).

“In this book, there are many transverse section figures from the origin of the 2nd cervical nerve pair up to the pons. Stilling aimed to reveal the difference between the spinal cord and medulla oblongata by presenti…

1844 –1850

#11

Suśrutas. Áyruvédas. Id est medicinae systema a venerabili d'hanvantare demonstratum a Suśruta discipulo compositum. Nunc primum ex Sanksríta in Latinum sermonem vertit, introductionem, annotationes et rerum indicem adjecit Dr. Franciscus Hessler. 3 vols.

First translation of the Suśruta Samhitā into Latin, and the first publication of this text in the West. Suśruta is said to have lived in the 6th or 5th centuries, BCE. The principal medical contribution of the ancien…

1844

#806

Neurologische Erlauterungen.

Remak was first to describe the intrinsic ganglia of the heart.

1844

#993

Versuche um auszumitteln, ob die Galle im Organismus eine für das Leben wesentliche Rolle spielt.

Proof of the indispensability of bile to digestion.

1844

#679

Notiz über eine neue Reaction auf Galle und Zucker.

Pettenkofer’s test for bile. Previously there had been no means of recognizing the presence of the bile salts.

1844

#63

Thomae Sydenham, M. D., Opera omnia. Edidit Gulielmus Alexander Greenhill.

Sydenham has been called the “Father of English Medicine”. His reputation rests on his first-hand accounts of such conditions as the malarial fevers of his times, gout, scarlatina, measles, etc. A better edition of th…