1870–1879

1863

#4696

Ueber degenerative Atrophie der spinalen Hinterstränge.

Friedreich was the first to describe a form of ataxia (“Friedreich’s ataxia”), hereditary, attended with impairment of speech, lateral curvature of the spine, and with paralysis of the muscles of the lower limbs. The …

1865

#168

De la chevelure comme caractéristique des races humaines.

Pruner-Bey did the first important work on the classification of races according to texture and shape in section of hair. Digital facsimile from Persee.fr at this link.

1867

#2620

Die Entwicklung der Carcinome.

Waldeyer confirmed the work of Thiersch (No. 2618) on the epithelial origin of cancer, disproving Virchow’s theory (No. 2617). So great was the authority of the latter that it was not until the appearance of the secon…

1870

#4470

On supra-condyloid amputation of the thigh.

Gritti–Stokes amputation (see also No. 4466).

1870

#337

Grundzüge der vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbelthiere.

Gegenbaur’s best work. He stressed the value of comparative anatomy as the basis of the study of descent, considering that knowledge of the relations of corresponding parts in different animals was more important even…

1870

#820

Ueber die Messung des Blutquantums in den Herzventrikeln.

Fick principle for the calculation of cardiac output based on measuring the minute volume of oxygen consumption and the arteriovenous oxygen difference. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1870

#4541

Das Rankenneurom.

Original description of plexiform neurofibroma.

1870

#4665

Une observation de paralysie infantile s’accompagnant d’une altération des cornes antérieures de la substance grise de la moëlle.

First demonstration of the atrophy of the anterior horns of the spinal cord in infantile paralysis, confirming earlier suggestions of von Heine and Duchenne.

1870

#423

Die descriptive und topographische Anatomie des Menschen.

1870

#442

A sketch of the early history of practical anatomy. The introductory address to the course of lectures on anatomy at the Philadelphia School of Anatomy.

Reprinted in 1874 by Lippincott as a separate pamphlet, and in Keen’s Addresses and other papers, Philadelphia, 1905.

1870

#2169

Kriegschirurgische Beiträge aus dem Jahre 1866.

A surgical history of the Seven Weeks War between Germany and Austria. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1870

#2170

A method of antiseptic treatment applicable to wounded soldiers in the present war.

In 1870, for the first time on the battlefield, French and German army surgeons applied antiseptic methods in the management of wounds. Lister published the above short paper describing the simplest method he could de…

1870 –1888

#2171

The medical and surgical history of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65. 6 vols.

UNITED STATES. War Dept. Surgeon General

Written by Woodward, Smart, Otis, and Huntington under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General of the Army. This massive, graphically illustrated set has been called the “first comprehensive American medica…

1870

#1564

Ueber die physiologische Bedeutung der Bogengänge des Ohrlabyrinths.

Goltz demonstrated the relation of vertigo and vestibular disturbance, showing that the former is a result of disease or irritation of the semicircular canals.

1870

#491

Zur Kenntnis der menschlichen Placenta.

“Langhans’s layer”—the cytotrophoblast, the individual cells of which are termed “Langhans’s cells”.

1870

#492

Eierstock und Ei.

Waldeyer discovered the germinal epithelium.

1870

#1619

On the effects of the antiseptic system of treatment upon the salubrity of a surgical hospital.

1870

#1405

Ueber die elektrische Erregbarkeit des Grosshirns.

These workers showed that electrical stimulation of the frontal cortex in various experimental animals caused movements of the extremities of the opposite side of the body, thus proving the existence of a motor area i…

1870

#1406

Experimentaluntersuchungen über das peripherische und centrale Nervensystem.

Modern study of the functions of the thalamus began with the important investigations of Gudden. He is remembered eponymically by “Gudden’s commissure” and “Gudden’s atrophy” – specific thalamic nuclei degenerate when…

1870

#1467

De physiologie der spraakklanken.

Donders’s most important work was performed in the field of ophthalmology, but he wrote a classic treatise on the physiology of speech. Also published in Onderzoekingen gedaan in het Physiologisch Laboratoriumder Utre…

1870 –1871

#1514

Om retinaströmmen.

First demonstration of retinal action currents.

1870

#2481

Études sur la maladie des vers à soie. 2 vols.

This work saved the French silk industry, which had been crippled by the disease pébrine. After three years of research on the problem, Pasteur was able to show that the disease known as pébrine was caused by a parasi…

1870

#171

Anthropométrie, ou mesure des différentes facultés de l’homme.

In his classification of various populations, Quetelet adopted the plan of determining the standard or typical “mean man” as a basis, using stature, weight, or complexion, etc., as a measure in each particular race or…

1870

#2679

Medical thermometry.

Allbutt introduced the modern clinical thermometer.

1870

#3066

Ein Fall von Leukämie mit Erkrankung des Knochenmarkes.

Neumann was the first to note changes in the bone marrow in leukemia, and he proposed the term “myelogenous leukemia”.

1870

#3121

Cachessia puerperale raccolta nella clinica ginecologica dell’ospitale Maggiore di Milano.

“Valsuani’s disease” – progressive anemia in pregnant and lactating women, probably first described by H. N. Bennett (No. 3117).

1870

#3277

Ueber ein eigenthümliches Neugebilde an der Nase – Rhinosclerom.

Rhinoscleroma is considered a tropical disease, mostly endemic to Africa and Central America, and less common in the United States.

1870

#228

Contributions to the theory of natural selection.

Reprints, with important revisions and additions, nine important papers concerning natural selection, which had previously appeared in journals, and publishes for the first time a major paper on The limits of natural …

1870

#2768

On the etiology and prevalence of diseases of the heart among soldiers.

First description of “Da Costa’s syndrome” – the “effort syndrome” of Sir Thomas Lewis.

1870

#2769

Capillary embolism or arterial pyaemia.

One of the first accounts of bacterial endocarditis was given by Wilks, who, in his classic paper on the subject, called the condition “arterial pyaemia.” Reprinted in Willius & Keys, Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 579-84.

1870

#3381

Die Schalleitung durch die Kopfknochen und ihre Bedeutung für die Diagnostik der Ohrenkrankheiten.

Lucae was the first to study the transmission of sounds through the cranial bones for the purpose of diagnosing diseases of the ear.

1870

#3009

Traité clinique et expérimental des embolies capillaires.

1870

#4060

Dermatitis erysipelatosa; Gangraena; Enkephalitis.

First description of dermatitis exfoliativa neonatorum (“Rittershain’s disease”).

1870

#4061

On dermatitis exfoliativa.

Although Hippocrates mentioned this condition, Erasmus Wilson first named it and described it as we know it today. It has been called “Wilson’s disease”; an eponym discarded since its use to describe the progressive l…

1870 –1871

#3463.1

Case in which an intestinal obstruction was removed by the operation of gastrotomy.

1870

#3464

Case of stricture of the oesophagus in which gastrotomy was performed.

First gastrostomy for obstruction of the esophagus performed in America.

1870

#4339

Ueber hereditäre Knochensyphilis bei jungen Kindern.

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

1870

#4425

Eine neue Reductionsmethode für Schulterverrenkung.

Kocher was Professor of Surgery at Berne, and among the greatest surgeons of his day. He is remembered, among other things, for his method of reduction of subluxation of the shoulder-joint.

1870

#4425.1

Traité de l’immobilisation directe des fragments osseux dans les fractures.

First book devoted to the treatment of fractures by internal fixation.

1870

#4212

Handbuch der pathologischen Anatomie. I. Abt.

A classic description of glomerulonephritis (“Klebs’s disease”) is on pp. 644-48.

1870

#4213

Exstirpation einer Niere am Menschen.

First successful planned nephrectomy for urinary tract fistula. A more detailed, illustrated account of the case appears in No. 4214.

1870

#5313

Observations on relapsing fever, as it occurred in Philadelphia in the winter of 1869 and 1870.

Parry called attention to infection from articles of clothing worn by victims of the epidemic of relapsing fever in Philadelphia in 1869.

1870

#5750

Greffe épidermique. Expérience faite dans le service de M. le docteur Guyon à l’hôpital Necker.

Reverdin’s work on the transplantation of free skin, as contrasted with the previous method of pedunculated flaps, attracted much attention. English translation in No. 5768.2.

1870

#5526

Mycosis der Lunge beim Pferde.

Botriomycosis first described.

1870

#5905

Das Ulcus corneae serpens und seine Therapie.

First description of serpiginous ulcer of the cornea and its treatment. Called also “Saemisch’s ulcer”.

1870

#6061

Vaginal ovariotomy.

First vaginal ovariotomy.

1870

#6239

Gastro-elytrotomy; a substitute for the Caesarean section.

Thomas revived and modified Ritgen’s operation.

1870

#6387

Histoire des sciences médicales. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1870

#5292

Kala azar.

Kala azar is mentioned briefly in the Proceedings in 1869 (No. 34, p. 19) but the above is the first full description, given by Briscoe in a report dated 1 Dec 1869.

1870

#268

Beschreibung eines Mikrotoms.

His was, more than any other person, responsible for the introduction of the microtome, although Ranvier and other French people had earlier employed microtomes of simpler types.