1880–1889

1882

#882

Mésure du volume de sang contenu dans l’organisme d’un mammifére vivant.

A method of determining blood volume with carbon monoxide.

1882

#4677

Ein Krankheitssymptom der acuten Meningitis.

Kernig drew attention to a flexor contracture of the leg on attempting to extend it on the thigh (“Kernig’s sign”), almost always present in cerebrospinal meningitis and an important diagnostic sign. A fuller descript…

1882

#1571

The experimental method in medical science.

Dalton, Professor of Physiology at the universities of Buffalo and Vermont, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, was the first American to devote his time exclusively to that subject. He was present a…

1882

#4782

De l’ataxie locomotrice d’origine syphilitique.

Fournier advanced the doctrine of the syphilitic origin of tabes, a hypothesis which was opposed for a time.

1882 –1883

#702

Zur Chemie des Zellkerns.

Among the many important contributions of Kossel was his study of the chemistry of the cell and cell-nucleus. Kossel correctly concluded that the function of nuclein is neither to act as a storage substance nor to fur…

1882

#1679

Geschichte der epidemischen Krankheiten.

Forms vol. 3 of his Lehrbuch der Geschichte der Medizin und der epidemischen Krankheiten, 3te. Aufl.

1882

#2331

Die Aetiologie der Tuberkulose.

Discovery of the tubercle bacillus announced March 24, 1882. This paper also contains a statement of “Koch’s postulates”. See also Nos. 2536 and 5167. Koch published a fuller account as "Die Aetiologie der Tuberkulose…

1882

#2331.1

Zur Färbung des Tuberkelbacillus.

Ziehl-Neelsen stain.

1882

#2496

Ueber Erysipel.

Discovery of Strep pyogenes, infectious agent of scarlet fever and other streptococcal illnesses. Fehleisen cultured it from perierysipelas lesions on humans. English translation, 1886.

1882

#2497

Sur les colorations bleue et verte des linges à pansements.

Isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Ps. pyocyanea).

1882

#2786

Ueber Fettherz.

Fatty infiltration of the heart first described.

1882

#203.2

Crania ethnica. Les crânes des races humaines décrits et figurés d 'après les collections du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris et les principales collections de la France et de l'étranger par A. de Quatrefages et Ernest T. Hamy: Ouvrage accompagné de planches lithographiées d'après nature par H. Formant et illustré de nombreuses figures intercalées. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Bayerische StaatsBibliothek at this link.

1882

#3126

Dell’anemia splenica.

“Banti’s disease”. Banti described the pathological changes in the spleen in splenic anemia. A later paper in Sperimentale, 1894, 48, sez. biol., 407-32, gives an account of hepatic cirrhosis as the sequel of the earl…

1882

#3127

De l’epithélioma primitif de la rate; hypertrophie idiopathique de la rate sans leucémie.

“Gaucher’s disease” – familial splenic anemia. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1882

#3174

Ueber die Schizomyceten bei der acuten fibrösen Pneumonie.

Isolation of Klebsiella pneumoniae (“Friedländer bacillus”), which Friedländer regarded as the causal organism in all cases of lobar pneumonia.

1882

#3289

Deflection of the septum narium.

Ingals devised the operation of partial excision of the septum for the correction of septum deflection.

1882

#3290

On photographing the larynx.

French was the first to obtain good photographs of the larynx.

1882

#3626

Ueber Fettnekrose, eine zuweilen tödliche Krankheit des Menschen.

First description of pancreatic necrosis, “Balser’s fat necrosis”.

1882

#3627

Ein Fall von Exstirpation der Gallenblase wegen chronischer Cholelithiasis; Heilung.

First successful removal of the gallbladder.

1882

#3828

Accidents consécutifs à l’ablation totale du goitre.

Reverdin produced myxedema by removal of the thyroid as a whole or in part. This confirmed the earlier work of Schiff, of which Reverdin had probably not heard. See also No. 3836.

1882

#3225

A contribuzione della terapia chirurgica della tisi; ablazione de polmone? pneumotorace artificiale?

Forlanini first discussed the induction of artificial pneumothorax in the above papers; he applied it in 1888. For his report on its application, see Gazz. med. Torino, 1894, 45, 381, 401. English translation in Tuber…

1882

#3022.1

Production artificielle d’insuffisances tricuspidienne mitrale et aortique, isolées ou combinées chez le chien.

Experimental valvulotomy. Translation in Amer. J. Cardiol.,1973, 32,993.

1882

#4080

Xeroderma pigmentosum.

Excellent pathological study of this condition (“Kaposi’s disease”), which he first described in Virchow’s Handbuch der speziellen Pathologie und Therapie, 1876, 2, 182.

1882

#4081

Ueber akutes umschriebenes Hautödem.

Hereditary angioedema is also known as Quincke’s edema, from the latter’s excellent description of it, but he was preceded by several other writers, including Donati (No. 4011.2) and Milton (No. 4070). It is also call…

1882

#3477

Intorno alla divulsione digitale del pilore; osservazione cliniche.

First pyloroplasty, 1882. Abstract in English in Brit. med.J., 1885, 1, 372-74.

1882

#3478

Przypadek chorobowo wzmoźonego wydzielania soku zoladkowego.

First description of gastrosuccorrhoea (“Reichmann’s disease”). German translation in Berl. klin. Wschr., 1882, 19, 606.

1882

#4347

Einige Fälle von kunstlicher Ankylosenbildung an paralytischen Gliedmassen.

Albert introduced the concept of joint arthrodesis into orthopedic surgery. This is the first description of arthrodesis of an ankle for paralytic foot. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics, 52-54.

1882

#4178

Die Albuminurie im gesunden und kranken Zustande.

1882

#5132

Pestilentia in nummis.

A study of medals and tokens relating to epidemics of plague and other infectious diseases.

1882

#4426

Fractures of the metacarpal bones.

“Bennett’s fracture” of the first metacarpal. He was Professor of Surgery at Trinity College, Dublin.

1882

#4219

Un caso di rene mobile fissato col mezzo dell’operazione cruenta.

Important modification of Hahn’s operation of nephropexy.

1882

#5003

Chapters in the history of the insane in the British Isles.

1882

#5316

Spirillum fever.

Asiatic relapsing fever; original work on this disease by Carter is remembered by the eponym “Carter’s fever” and the name Borrelia carteri. He reproduced the disease in the monkey.

1882

#5921

Ein experimenteller Beitrag zur Pathogenese der sympathischen Augen-Entzündung.

Deutschmann was the chief protagonist of the infective theory of sympathetic ophthalmia.

1882

#5922

Neue Instrumente.

Introduction of the keratoscope.

1882

#5618

Der Jodoform-Verband.

Introduction of iodoform dressing in surgery.

1882

#5677

Über Trimethylene.

Cyclopropane (trimethylene) first prepared.

1882

#5439

On gangrenous eruptions in connection with vaccination and chickenpox.

Original description of varicella gangrenosa.

1882

#6076

A new operation for uterine displacements.

Adams devised an operation for retroversion of the uterus, similar to that performed by Alexander (No. 6077).

1882

#6077

A new method of treating inveterate and troublesome displacements of the uterus.

Alexander’s suspension operation for retroversion of the uterus, first performed by him in 1881.

1882

#5204.1

Precis of operations performed in the wards of the first surgeon, Medical College Hospital, during the year 1881.

MacLeod was first to draw attention to granuloma inguinale.

1882

#6241

Ueberein modificirtes Verfahren beim Kaiserschnitte.

Kehrer improved the technique of the Caesarean operation.

1882

#6242

Der Kaiserschnitt bei Uterusfibromen nebst vergleichender Methodik der Sectio Caesarea und der Porro-Operation.

“Sänger’s operation” – the so-called “classic Caesarean section”. A preliminary note is in Arch. Gynak., 1882, 19, 370.

1882

#6284

Labor among primitive peoples.

Third edition, revised, 1884.

1882

#4082

Ueber die multiplen Fibrome der Haut und ihre Beziehung zu den multiplen Neuromen

One of Virchow’s distinguished pupils, von Recklinghausen gave a classic description of neurofibromatosis, adding much to the knowledge of the condition, which later became known as “Recklinghausen’s disease”. The art…

1882

#6283

The Chamberlens and the midwifery forceps.

1882

#9506

Opium-smoking in America and China: A study of its prevalence, and effects, immediate and remote, on the individual and the nation.

The author claims (p. 1) that "the first white man who smoked opium in America is said to have been a sporting character named Clendenyn. The second—induced to try it by the first—smoked in 1871." Digital facsimile fr…

1882

#11160

De l’homicide commis par les enfants.

Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.

1882

#11351

Studies in pathological anatomy. Vol. 1. Plates I. - XCIII. (All Published).

Delafield's work includes striking microscopic illustrations as well as explanatory text. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1882

#11683

Manuel de vivisections.

Extensively illustrated study of methods of conducting experiments involving vivisection.