1880–1889
768 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1877
#4343
On a form of chronic inflammation of bones (osteitis deformans).
Paget was at one time Sergeant Surgeon to Queen Victoria. His classic description of osteitis deformans led that condition to be called “Paget’s disease”. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1936, 1, 29-71.
1879
#122
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Zelle und ihrer Lebenserscheinungen
Classic account of cell division and karyokinesis. Flemming named the nuclear substance “chromatin” and gave the name “mitosis” to cell division. Translation of Part II in J. Cell Biol., 1965, 25, No. 1, pt. 2, 3-69. …
1880 –1882
#534.66
Die Missbildungen des Menschen. Eine systematische Darstellung der beim Menschen angeboren vorkommenden Missbildungen und erklärung ihrer Entstehungsweise. 2 vols. and atlas.
Reproduces plates of important specimens from otherwise inaccessible sources. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1880
#825
Zur Genese der Herztöne.
1880 –1882
#826
Regarding the action of hydrate of soda, hydrate of ammonia, and hydrate of potash on the ventricle of the frog’s heart.
“Ringer’s solution”
1880
#4562
The diagnosis of diseases of the spinal cord.
Gowers demonstrated the dorsal spinocerebellar tract, “Gowers’s tract”, and introduced the terms myotatic and knee-jerk, which he elicited with the rubber edge of his stethoscope or a percussion hammer.
1880
#4700
Contribution à l’étude de l’idiotàie.
“Bourneville’s disease”, tuberous sclerosis, epiloia (p. 81). Digital facsimile from biuSante.parisdescartes.fr at this link. For the history of the understanding of this disease see the remarkable Wikipedia Timeline …
1880
#444
Onomatologia anatomica. Geschichte und Kritik der anatomischen Sprache der Gegenwart, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Barbarismen, Widersinnigkeiten, Tropen und grammatikalischen Fehler.
A classic work on anatomical terminology. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1880
#1127
Om en ny körtel hos menniskan och atskilliga däggdjur.
Remak, Owen, and Virchow had previously noted the presence of what may have been parathyroids; the first systematic account of them was given by Sandström. An English translation of this paper appeared in Bull. Inst. …
1880 –1881
#500
A treatise on comparative embryology. 2 vols.
This work sums up all the previous knowledge on the subject, and includes Balfour’s own significant contributions. Balfour, a pupil of Michael Foster, became professor of animal morphology in 1882; in the same year he…
1880 –1885
#501
Anatomie menschlicher Embryonen. 3 pts. and atlas.
A systematic account of early human embryology that stimulated further investigation in a field in which His stood highest among his contemporaries. He was the first to study the human embryo as a whole.
1880
#1225
The anatomy and pathology of two important glands of the female urethra.
“Skene’s glands” described.
1880
#1621
Observations on the construction of healthy dwellings.
Galton spent some years in the army; he had a variety of interests, chief among them being railways, education and sanitary science. He designed the Herbert Hospital at Woolwich and he invented a ventilating fire grate.
1880
#123
Ueber Zellbildung und Zelltheilung. 3te. Aufl.
A pioneer work on the formation and division of cells. In this third edition Strasburger established one of the principles of modern cytology, i.e., that independent cell formation does not occur but that fresh nuclei…
1880
#2035
Historical sketch of the progress of pharmacy in Great Britain.
1880
#1277
Sulla struttura delle fibre nervosa midollate periferiche e centrali.
“Golgi cells” first described.
1880
#1278
Studien über mechanische Nervenreizung.
Contains important work on the effects of mechanical stimulation of nerve.
1880
#1870
Medicinal plants, being descriptions with original figures of the principal plants employed in medicine. 4 vols.
1880
#1871
Ueber die physiologische Wirking des Cocaïn.
Anrep studied the action of cocaine and, like Moréno y Maïz, suggested that it might be used as a local anesthetic.
1880
#2329
Die Tuberkulose vom Standpunkte der Infectionslehre.
Cohnheim, a pioneer pathologist, was Virchow’s most distinguished pupil. Among his many valuable experiments, the greatest was perhaps his successful inoculation of tuberculosis in the anterior chamber of the rabbit’s…
1880
#2492.1
De l’extension de la théorie des germes à l’étiologie de quelques maladies communes.
In this study of furunculosis (“boils”) and osteomyelitis Pasteur left the first recognizable descriptions of staphylococcus and streptococcus. The term streptococcus had been coined by Billroth in 1874; however, Past…
1880
#177
On the skin-furrows of the hand.
Faulds’s fingerprint method of identification.
1880
#2783
Ueber die pathologische Gerinnungs-Vorgänge.
First description (p. 106) of myocardial infarction. Leibowitz called this "the most significant contribution by a pathologist to the history of coronary heart disease." He also wrote, "This work not only provides a g…
1880
#2537
Sur les maladies virulentes, et en particulier sur la maladie appelée vulgairement choléra des poules.
This paper marked the beginning of Pasteur’s work on the attenuation of the infective organism. Noting that fowls inoculated with an attenuated form of the chicken cholera bacterium acquired immunity, he developed the…
1880
#4846
A practical treatise on nervous exhaustion (neurasthenia).
1880
#3125.4
Über Regeneration und Degeneration der rothen Blutscheiben bei Anämien.
1880
#3565
On perityphlitis.
Sands published an account of 26 cases, in which he had operated successfully in all but two. His later publications show that he recognized the early signs of perforation of the appendix, and he advocated and practis…
1880 –1884
#3287
A manual of diseases of the throat and nose. 2 vols.
Mackenzie’s great reputation earned him the title of Father of British Laryngology. In 1863 he founded the Golden Square Throat Hospital, London, the first hospital in the world devoted solely to diseases of the throa…
1880
#2589
Hay fever.
1880
#3594.1
Hernia, strangulated and reducible, with cure by subcutaneous injections.
The injection method of treating hernia remained a frequently utilized procedure until the 1930s.
1880 –1884
#3739
Kakke (Beriberi).
In his important account of beriberi, Baelz dealt with the Tokyo outbreak of 1881.
1880
#3995
Pathologie und Therapie der Hautkrankheiten.
English translation by J. C. Johnston in 1895.
1880
#3996
Photographic illustrations of skin diseases.
Fox, who was Professor of Dermatology in New York, produced a valuable atlas of skin diseases.
1880 –1881
#4292.1
A case of nephro-lithotomy; or the extraction of a calculus from an undilated kidney.
Nephrolithotomy; removal of a renal calculus by a lumbar incision.
1880
#4078
A clinical study of hydroa.
First description of dermatitis herpetiformis (“Duhring’s disease”; see No. 4083).
1880
#3473
Ueber Radicalheilung des Krebses.
Kocher’s operation of radical extirpation of the tongue for carcinoma.
1880
#3473.1
Wyçiecie raka odźwiernika zoladkowego, śmierćw 12 godzinach.
First extirpation of carcinomatous pylorus. Death after 12 hours. German translation in Dtsch. Z. Chir., 1881, 14, 252-60.
1880
#3685.1
A treatise on oral deformities.
First "scientific" treatment of irregularities of the teeth. Kingsley made the first attempt at systematizing the treatment of occlusal abnormalities
1880
#5169
Sur l’étiologie du charbon.
First use of attenuated bacteria for therapeutic purposes. See also the same journal, 1881, 92, 1378-83.
1880
#5512
Ueber Actinomykose.
Ponfick recognized the causative role of Actinomyces in human actinomycosis; he established the identity of the human and animal forms of the disease. He published a book on the subject, Die Actinomykose des Menschen,…
1880
#5030
Die Organismen in den Organen bei Typhus abdominalis.
Salmonella typhi, causal organism of typhoid, was discovered by Eberth. Some European writers refer to the disease as “Eberth’s disease”.
1880
#5346.1
Ueber parasitäre Hämoptoë (Gregarinosis pulmonum).
Description of the ova of Paragonimus (which Baelz named Gregarina pulmonalis) and its relationship to endemic hemoptysis. Translation in Kean (No. 2268.1), p. 602.
1880
#5773
Die Krankheiten der Brustdrüsen.
A monograph on cancer and other diseases of the breast, including a discussion of cancer in the male breast in the final chapter. This work is also significant in the history of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dig…
1880
#5346.2
Distoma ringeri.
Manson made a fundamental contribution to knowledge on paragonimiasis with his description of its etiology and of the parasite. He named it Distoma ringeri after Dr. Ringer, who recovered it from the lung at necropsy;…
1880 –1881
#5918
Symmetrical changes in the region of the yellow spot in each eye of an infant.
Tay was the first to describe amaurotic familial idiocy, his paper dealing mainly with the ocular manifestations. The condition later became known as “Tay-Sachs’s disease” (see also No. 4705).
1880 –1889
#5919
Traité complet de l’ophtalmologie. 4 vols.
1880
#5676
Clinical observations on the introduction of tracheal tubes by the mouth instead of performing tracheotomy or laryngotomy.
First administration of an anesthetic (chloroform) through a metal tracheal tube introduced by the mouth (endotracheal anesthesia).
1880
#5209
Ueber Bacterien bei den venerischen Krankheiten.
Leistikow was first to report the cultivation of the gonococcus.
1880 –1961
#6763
Index-catalogue of the library of the Surgeon General’s Office. Vol. 1-16; 2nd ser., vol. 1-21; 3rd ser., vol. 1-10; 4th ser., vol. l-11(A-Mn); 5th ser., vol. 1-3.
In 1836 Surgeon General Joseph Lovell established a small collection of medical books for the use of his staff. This was the origin of the “Surgeon General’s Library.” John Shaw Billings did much to develop the librar…
1880
#4501.1
On the association of affections of the throat with acute rheumatism.
Fowler drew attention to the association of throat infections with acute rheumatism.