1850–1859
501 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1852
#4734.1
On granular and fatty degeneration of the voluntary muscles.
“Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy” (No. 4739) described.
1852
#1320
Influence du grand sympathique sur la sensibilité et sur la calorification.
Bernard discovered the existence of vasomotor nerves.
1852
#1322
Experimental researches applied to physiology and pathology.
By applying a galvanic current to the superior part of the divided sympathetic nerve and causing vascular contraction and a fall in temperature, Brown-Séquard inferred that section of the sympathetic paralysed and dil…
1852
#1323
Experimenteller Beweis, dass der Nervus sympathicus aus dem Rückenmark entspringt.
1852
#4829
De la contracture des extrémités ou tétanie. Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine. No. 223
In his graduation thesis, Lucien Corvisart, nephew of the more famous Baron Corvisart (No. 2737), introduced the term “tétanie”. Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.
1852
#115
Der Kreislauf des Lebens.
This work attacked Liebig’s theories, although courteously. Moleschott, a Dutch physiologist, evolved a purely materialistic conception of the world. He considered life a magnificent metabolic process, and thought a p…
1852
#116
Ueber extracelluläre Entstehung thierischer Zellen und über die Vermehrung derselben durch Theilung.
Remak was the first to point out that growth of new tissues was accomplished by the division of pre-existing cells.
1852
#1460
Ueber das Vorhandensein bisher unbekannter eigenghümlicher Tastkörperchen (Corpuscula tactus) in den Gefühlswärzchen dermenschlichen Haut, und über die End-Ausbreitung sensitiver Nerven.
First published account of the tactile nerve endings – “Wagner’s corpuscles”.
1852
#1861.1
New formation of salicylic acid.
Synthesis of salicylic acid.
1852
#1507
Ueber den Einfluss des Nervensystems auf die Bewegung der Iris.
1852
#1508
Ueber die Theorie der zusammengesetzten Farben.
1852
#2615
Om epithelioma, en særegen Svulst, som man hidtil i Almindelighed har anseet for Kræft.
Hannover coined the word “epithelioma.” He did not recognize its malignant character but maintained that metastases were produced by cancer cells arriving by way of the blood stream. Translated into German as Das Epit…
1852
#3262
The surgical treatment of polypi of the larynx and oedema of the glottis.
Green was one of the few to remove a laryngeal tumor before the invention of the laryngoscope.
1852
#3168.1
On pleuritic effusions, and the necessity of paracentesis for their removal.
Bowditch pioneered the operation for removal of pleural effusions with trocar and a suction pump devised by Morrill Wyman (1812-1903). See Bowditch’s earlier paper on the subject in the same journal volume, pp. 103-05.
1852
#2758
On some of the principal effects resulting from the detachment of fibrinous deposits from the interior of the heart, and their mixture with the circulating blood.
A classic description of embolism resulting from intracardiac coagula. Reprinted in Willius & Keys: Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 474-82.
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 …
1852
#4328
Nieuwe wijze van aanwending van het gips-verband bij beenbreuken. Eene bijdrage tot de militaire chirurgie.
Introduction of the modern plaster of Paris bandage. Two different French translations of the above work were published in journals in 1852-53. In 1854 Mathijsen published two separate expanded French versions, of whi…
1852
#4169.1
Ectropia vesicae (absence of the anterior walls of the bladder and pubic abdominal parietes); operation for directing the orifices of the ureters into the rectum; temporary success; subsequent death; autopsy.
First uretero-intestinal anastomosis.
1852
#4931
Du délire des persécutions.
“Lasègue’s disease” – persecution mania.
1852
#4970
Medicinische Psychologie, oder Physiologie der Seele.
Lotze was a pioneer in the investigation of unconscious and subconscious states.
1852
#5489
Annals of influenza or epidemic catarrhal fever in Great Britain from 1510-1837.
1852
#5866.1
Der Augenspiegel und des Optometer für practische Aerzte.
Ruete introduced a practical lens system for examining the inverted image, and improved the illumination, producing the first practical ophthalmoscope.
1852
#5867
Observations on artificial pupil, with a description of a new method of operating in certain cases.
Bowman devised an operation for the formation of an artificial pupil.
1852 –1859
#5868
Iconographie ophtalmologique. 1 vol. and atlas.
This work and that of Ammon (No. 5852) remain the greatest preophthalmoscopic atlases of ophthalmology.
1852
#6037
On the treatment of vesico-vaginal fistula.
Original description of Sims’s operation for the treatment of vesicovaginal fistula; also describes “Sims’s position, the knee–chest position. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1938, 2, 677-712.
1852
#6179
Considérations sur l’avortement provoqué dans les cas de vomissements.
Classic description of hyperemesis gravidarum.
1852
#6180
Rigidity of the soft parts – delivery effected by incision in the perineum.
First episiotomy in America, 2 December 1851.
1852
#5203
Traité des affections de la peau symptomatiques de la syphilis.
Bassereau defined chancroid clearly for the first time.
1852
#5339
Ein Beitrag zur Helminthographia humana aus brieflichen Mittheilungen des Dr. Bilharz in Cairo, nebst Bemerkungen von C. T. v. Siebold.
Discovery, in 1851, of Schistosoma haematobium, the parasite of bilharziasis. Bilharz was Professor of Zoology at Cairo. English translation in Rev. infect. Dis., 1984, 4, 727-32, and in Kean (No. 2268.1).
1852 –1855
#7168
Commentarii et annotationes in Suśruta Āyurvedam. 2 vols.
Hessler, editor and translator of the first edition of Suśruta published in the West (3 vols., 1844-50) followed that edition with two separate volumes of commentary.
1852
#7451
Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley ...during the years 1846-1850, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, etc. to which is added the account of Mr. E. B. Kennedy's Expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. 2 vols.
Macgillivray was naturalist to the expedition. Thomas Huxley served as assistant surgeon on this voyage; Huxley's diary of the voyage was first published posthumously in 1935. See No. 7449. Digital facsimile of MacGil…
1852
#1610.1
Procès-verbaux de la Conférence Sanitaire Internationale ouverte a Paris le 27 juillet 1851. 2 vols.
Reports of the first international public health conference, in which the representatives of 12 European states conferred from July 27, 1851 to January 19, 1852. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1852 –1853
#10129
The flora homoeopathica: Or, illustrations and descriptions of the medicinal plants used as homoeopathic remedies. 2 vols.
Hamilton detailed the symptoms of poisoning, records of successful use of the plant, and a description of its homeopathic uses. Finely illustrated with hand-colored plates, mostly by Henry Sowerby and his sister Charl…
1852
#10471
Die regeneration des unterkiefers nach totaler necrose durch phosphordampfe.
Geist and von Bibra proved that the phosphorus necrosis of the lower jaw of matchmakers was caused by phosphorus fumes and that carious teeth ormed the starting point for this typical industrial disease. Digital facsi…
1852 –1860
#10700
Le Nâċérî. La perfection des deux arts ou traité complet d'hippologie et d'hippiatrie arabes. Traduit de l'arabe d'Abū Bakr Ibn Bedr par M. [Nicolas] Perron. 3 vols.
The author was Chief Veterinarian of the Sultan Mamluk of Egypt Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Qalāwūn. (reigned three times between 1293 and 1341). His work focuses on the treatment of horses and falcons. It is divided in…
1852
#11950
The laws of life, with special reference to the physical education of girls.
Blackwell's first book, a volume about the physical and mental development of girls, emphasizing the value of exercise, intended to help prepare young women for motherhood. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this …
1852
#12047
A curious dance round a curious tree.
Dickens' account of his visit on the day after Christmas, 1851 to the wards at St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, founded in 1751 to provide free care to the impoverished and incurable mentally ill. "The inhabitants of…
1852
#13308
The people's medical lighthouse; a series of popular and scientific essays on the nature, uses, and diseases of the lungs, heart, liver, stomach, kidneys, womb and blood; also a key to the causes, prevention, remedies, and cure of pumonary and other kinds of consumption;....Marriage guide....
One of the more comprehensive American works on popular medicine from the mid-19th century, frequently reprinted. The author, who published the work himself from his address in New York City, describes himself as A.M.…
1852
#13853
Guide pratique aux eaux minérales de France, de Belgique, d'Allemagne, de Suisse, de Savoie, d'Italie et aux bains de mer. 2nd ed.
Digital facsimile of the third edition (1855) from BnF Gallica at this link.
1853
#4462
Amputations.
The first successful amputation of the hip-joint was performed by Brashear in 1806 at Bardstown, Kentucky; he first amputated the thigh through its middle third, and tied off the bleeding vessels; then he made a long …
1853
#4463
Exsection of the clavicle.
J. H. Johnson (New Orleans med. surg. J., 1850, 6, 474-76) stated that McCreary performed the first resection of the clavicle in the United States on 4 May, 1811. Valentine Mott reported the operation in 1828. See No.…
1853
#684
Atlas der physiologischen Chemie.
1853
#685
Ueber einige Harnstoffverbindungen und eine neue Methode zur Bestimmung von Kochsalz und Harnstoff im Ham.
Liebig’s method of estimating urea.
1853
#4329
On the nature and treatment of the deformities of the human frame.
Little was the first eminent orthopedic surgeon in the British Isles. He studied under Stromeyer and, in 1838, he founded the Orthopaedic Institution, now the (Royal) National Orthopaedic Hospital, London. The above w…
1853
#1321
Expérience sur les fonctions de la portion céphalique du grand sympathique.
1853
#1398
Des granulations méningiennes. Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine.
Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link. See also his paper in Ann. Sci. nat., 1853, 20, 321-33 (Zool.).
1853
#2450
Ueber Cestoden im allgemeinen und die des Menschen insbesondere, hauptsächlich mit Berücksichtigung ihrer Entwickelungsgeschichte, geographischen Verbreitung, Prophylaxe und Abtreibung; für Freunde der Naturwissenschaften, Aerzte, Medicinalpolizei-Beamte, Staats- und Privat-Oekonomen.
Kuchenmeister conducted research on tapeworms, trichinosis, and other parasites and wrote about it several works. In 1852, his theory that bladder-worms are juvenile tapeworms gained the attention of the medical profe…
1853
#3263
On the surgical treatment of morbid growths within the larynx, illustrated by an original case and statistical observations, elucidating their nature and forms.
Thyrotomy for removal of cancer of the larynx. The operation took place in May 1851, and the patient died in 1852.
1853
#3590
Considérations sur l’étranglement de l’intestin dans la cavité abdominale et sur un mode d’étranglement non décrit par les auteurs. Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine.... No. 128.
Retrocaecal hernia (“Rieux’s hernia”) first described. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1853
#3369
Practical observations on aural surgery and the nature and treatment of diseases of the ear.
This work did more to place British otology on a scientific basis than anything previously published. In his own words, Wilde “laboured to rescue the treatment of ear diseases from empiricism and found it upon the wel…