1890–1899

1896

#1131.1

The chemistry of the thyroid gland and the nature of its active constituent.

Isolation of a globulin afterwards named thyroglobulin.

1896

#1178.1

Einige Versuche über Ovarientransplantation bei Kaninchen.

Knauer implanted ovaries into immature or castrated animals, producing development of sexual characteristics, thus demonstrating the existence of an ovarian hormone.

1896

#1179

Ueber die Bildung des Corpus luteum bei der Maus.

1896

#1371

Der Hund mit verkürtzen Rückenmark.

Goltz and Ewald succeeded in impregnating a bitch after its spinal cord had been severed.

1896

#2000

Om anvendelse medicinen af koncentrerede kemiske lysstraaler.

Finsen was the founder of modern phototherapy. He demonstrated the value of invisible light, the actinic or chemical ray, the ultra-violet ray, as therapeutic measures. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at…

1896

#1426

Das Menschenhirn. Studien in der makroskopischen Morphologie. 2 vols.

Retzius studied a large series of subprimate, simian, and human brains, and clarified some of the more difficult problems of cerebral morphology.

1896

#1889

Ueber das Pyramidon, ein Antipyrinderivat.

Filehne was responsible for the introduction of amindopyrine (pyramidon).

1896

#2109

Le vénin des serpents.

1896

#1932.3

Ricerche batteriologische e chimiche sulle alterazioni del mais; contributo all’etiologia della pellagra.

First recorded scientific observations on the action of a penicillin. Gosio produced an antibacterial crystalline substance from Penicillium glaucum.

1896

#1524

Ueber die Funktion der Netzhautstäbchen.

On the function of the retinal rods.

1896

#1766.602

Die geschichtliche Entwicklung des ärztlichen Standes und der medicinischen Wissenschaften.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1896

#2802

Practical aids in the diagnosis of pericardial effusion, in connection with the question as to surgical treatment.

Pulmonary collapse at the left base in pericardial effusion – “Ewart’s sign”.

1896

#2803

Ueber chronische unter dem Bilde der Leberzirrhose verlaufende Perikarditis (perikarditische Pseudoleberzirrhose) nebst Bemerkungen über die Zuckergussleber.

“Pick’s disease” – pericardial pseudocirrhosis of the liver.

1896

#2804

Un nuovo sfigmomanometro.

Riva-Rocci’s sphygmomanometer marked the end of the search for a simple clinical method of estimating the blood-pressure. Abridged English translation in Ruskin (No. 3160.1).

1896

#2804.1

A method for more fully determining the outline of the heart by means of the fluoroscope together with other uses of this instrument in medicine.

Estimation of heart size by fluoroscope, first application of x rays to cardiology.

1896

#2549

Eine neue Methode zur raschen Erkennung des Choleravibrio und des Typhusbacillus.

The discovery of bacterial agglutination. Gruber and Durham discovered the agglutinating action of the serum of typhoid patients upon the typhoid bacillus. First briefly reported by Durham: On a special action of seru…

1896

#2550

Recherches de la réaction agglutinante dans le sang et le sérum desséchés des typhiques et dans la sérosité des vesicatoires.

Developing the work of Gruber and Durham, Widal noted that a patient’s serum could be tested with bacteria of known type and his disease identified by this means. They demonstrated specific agglutinins in the blood of…

1896

#3516

Zur Anwendung des Röntgenschen Verfahrens in der Medicin.

Becher introduced a solution of lead into the stomach of a guinea-pig, making it opaque to x rays; he thus showed the possibility of radiological diagnosis of gastric disease.

1896

#3516.1

Ueber Gastroskopie.

Rosenheim’s gastroscope.

1896

#2684

The discovery of a bullet lost in the wrist by means of the Roentgen rays.

This was probably the first published report of the clinical use of x rays (February 22).

1896

#2684.1

The clinical application of the roentgen rays in surgical diagnosis.

First clinical application in America, published in March, 1896.

1896

#2001

Sur les radiations émises par phosphorescence.

The discovery of radioactivity – research stimulated by Roentgen’s discovery of x rays. In 1903 Becquerel received half of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered …

1896

#2684.3

The x-ray and its application to dentistry.

First dental radiography in America.

1896

#2685

A few remarks on experiments with Roentgen rays.

Introduction of the intensifying screen.

1896

#3181

Die Specksteinlunge. Ein Beitrag zur pathologischen Anatomie der Staublungen.

Talcosis of lung reported.

1896

#2686

Stereoscopic Roentgen pictures.

Invention of the Roentgen stereoscope.

1896

#2686.1

A method for more fully determining the outline of the heart by means of the fluorescope together with other uses of this instrument in medicine.

Estimation of heart size by fluoroscope, first application of x rays to cardiology.

1896

#2710

Epistaxis répété chez un sujet porteur de petits angiomes cutanés et muqueux.

Rendu’s account of multiple hereditary telangiectasis (“Rendu–Osler–Weber disease”).

1896

#3309

Sur l’étiologie et sur les lésions anatomo-pathologiques de la pourriture d’hôpital.

Vincent described a fusiform bacillus and a spirillum which, in association, were responsible for hospital gangrene. Later, in Arch. int. Laryng., 1898, 11, 44-48, he showed these two organisms to be present in “Vince…

1896

#3636

Calculs du rein. Calculs de la vésicule biliaire.

Chappuis and Chauvel were the first to study biliary concretions by means of Roentgen rays.

1896

#3840.1

Deaf-mutism and goitre.

Pendred syndrome, a genetic disorder leading to congenital bilateral (both sides) sensorineural hearing loss and goitre with euthyroid or mild hypothyroidism (decreased thyroid gland function).

1896

#3841

Die chronische, zur Bildung eisenharter Tumoren führende Entzündung der Schilddrüse.

Riedel described a type of chronic inflammation of the thyroid (“Riedel’s disease”).

1896

#3857

Sugli effeti dell’ estirpazione delle ghiandole paratiroidee.

Demonstration that tetany follows removal of the parathyroids. A French translation of the paper is in Arch. ital. Biol., 1896, 25, 459-64.

1896

#4226.1

Sur un série de quarante opérations pratiquées sur la rein.

First planned nephrostomy.

1896

#2998

The operative treatment of varicose veins, with especial reference to a modification of Trendelenburg’s operation.

Moore’s operation of high resection of the saphenous vein for treatment of varicosities.

1896

#4293

Roentgen rays. Photography of renal calculus.

First radiogram of renal calculus.

1896

#3023

Fall von penetrirender Stichverletzung des rechten Ventrikel’s. Herznaht.

Rehn was the first successfully to suture a wound of the human heart.

1896

#3688

The “x” rays in the practice of dental surgery.

Harrison was the first to describe a method of making dental radiographs.

1896

#4122

Des “tubercules” cutanées.

Darier grouped together, under the heading “tuberculides”, the skin eruptions associated with tuberculosis.

1896

#4123

A peculiar affection of the mucous membrane of the lips and the oral cavity.

Fordyce, remembered for the description of “Fox–Fordyce disease”, also described a pseudocolloid of the buccal mucosa, which is known as “Fordyce’s disease”.

1896

#4125

Sopra una dermatosi telangettode non ancora descritta “Purpura annularis” “Telangectasia follicularis annulata” studio clinico.

Purpuraannularis telangiectodes (Majocchi) first described.

1896

#5035

Infections paratyphoïdiques.

Isolation of Salmonella paratyphi B. First use of the term “paratyphoid fever”.

1896

#4365.1

Un cas de déformation congénitale des quatre membres, plus prononcée aux extrémités, charactérisée par l’allongement des os avec un certain degré d’amincissement.

“Marfan syndrome”. Marfan described only the skeletal deformities. He called the condition dolichostenomelia. Later writers recorded bilateral ectopia lentis and cardiovascular complications in this syndrome.

1896

#4366

Deformities: A treatise on orthopaedic surgery.

Includes a valuable discussion of congenital anomalies of the bones and joints from the orthopedic point of view. Greatly expanded second edition, 2 vols., London, 1912.

1896

#5088

Der Keuchhusten.

An important history of whooping cough.

1896

#5111

Zur aktiven Immunisierung des Menschen gegen Cholera.

Kolle introduced the killed cholera vaccine.

1896

#4950

Der psychologische Versuch in der Psychiatrie.

1896

#5491

Influenza und Dengue.

Forms Bd. IV, Teil 1 of Nothnagel’s Specielle Pathologie und Therapie.

1896

#5755.1

Zwei neue Methoden der Rhinoplastik.

First free bone graft to the nose. Abridged English translation in No. 5768.2.

1896

#5530.1

A case of blastomycetic dermatitis in man.

Gilchrist’s description of blastomycosis (“Gilchrist’s disease”, “Busse-Buschke disease”, Nos. 5529.1 and 5529.2), is an important contribution to the knowledge of the infectious granulomata involving the skin.