1890–1899

1892

#3772

Clinical lecture on acute Hodgkin’s disease

Dreschfeld preceded Kundrat in differentiating Hodgkin’s disease and lymphosarcoma.

1892

#3856

Lieber erfolgreiche Einheilung der Katzenschilddrüse in die Bauchdecke und Auftreten von Tetanie nach deren Exstirpation.

Experimental production of tetany by excision of the thyroid of a cat, previously successfully transplanted into the abdomen.

1892

#2966

Ligation of the first portion of the left subclavian artery and excision of a subclavio-axillary aneurism.

First successful ligation of the left subclavian artery. This was the first “successful ligation of the first part of either subclavian artery and the first one of complete extirpation of such an aneurysm” (MacCallum)…

1892

#3394

Weitere Mittheilungen über die operative Freilegung der Mittelohrräume nach Ablösung der Ohrmuschel.

Stacke did much to improve the surgery of the middle ear. He made important modifications in the radical mastoidectomy operation of Küster and von Bergmann.

1892

#3394.1

Sui caratteri clinici offerti dalle lesioni del nervo acustico.

Gradenigo’s test for tone decay. Translation in Arch. Otol. (N.Y.), 1893, 22, 213-15.

1892

#3394.2

Antrectomy as a treatment for chronic purulent otitis media.

Mastoidectomy for the efficient drainage of the results of middle ear suppuration.

1892

#4107

Première note et observations préliminaires pour servir d’introduction à l’étude des prurigos diathésiques (dermites multiformes prurigineuses chroniques exacerbantes et paroxystiques, du type du prurigo de Hebra).

“Besnier’s prurigo”.

1892

#4109

An undescribed variety of hereditary oedema.

Independently of Nonne (No. 4106) Milroy described congenital edema of the legs; it has been given the eponym “Milroy’s disease”.

1892

#4110

Drei Favusarten.

Unna described the different fungi of favus. He founded the above-mentioned journal, and he is one of the most eminent figures in modern dermatology.

1892

#4870

Intracranial neurectomy of the second and third divisions of the fifth nerve.

Hartley originated the operation of intracranial neurectomy for trigeminal neuralgia.

1892

#4871

Resection des Trigeminus innerhalb der Schädelhöhle.

Hartley–Krause operation for relief of trigeminal neuralgia (see also No. 4870).

1892

#4357

Traumatische rarefizierende Ostitis.

“Kümmell’s disease”. He described a form of traumatic spondylitis.

1892

#4360

Oderevenielost pozvonochnika s iskrivleniyem yevo, kak osobaya forma zabolievaniya. [Ankylosis of the spine with curvature as a special form of disease.]

Bechterev’s disease – ankylosing spondylitis, previously described by Strümpell. A German translation of the paper is in Neurol. Zbl., 1893, 12, 426-34.

1892

#4361

Untersuchungen über die sogenannte foetale Rachitis (Chondrodystrophia foetalis).

First study of the cartilage changes in achondroplasia.

1892

#4362

De la pseudo-paralysie générale arthritique.

First description of “Klippel’s disease”, arthritic general pseudoparalysis.

1892

#4363

A new operation for paralytic talipes valgus, and the enunciation of a new surgical principle.

First successful tendon transplantation.

1892

#5109

Le choléra asiatique chez le cobaye.

Haffkine’s vaccine against cholera was the first to meet with any success.

1892

#4947

A dictionary of psychological medicine. 2 vols.

1892

#4223

Ein Fall von Resektion des Harnleiters.

First successful plastic operation for the relief of hydronephrosis.

1892

#5490

Vorläufige Mittheilungen über die Erregerder Influenza.

Pfeiffer discovered a bacillus, Haemophilus influenzae, “Pfeiffer’s bacillus”, which he believed to be the causal organism of influenza.

1892

#5754.6

On restoring sunken noses without scarring the face.

Reduction rhinoplasty by the endonasal approach. “The beginnings of the logical step-by-step rhinoplasty in use today” (McDowell).

1892

#5528.1

Un nuovo caso de micosis fungoides con psorospermias.

As an intern in Buenos Aires, Posadas described an Argentine soldier who had a dermatological problem since 1889. Posadas had seen the patient while a medical student in 1891, and skin biopsies revealed organisms rese…

1892

#5528.2

Pentastomas.

Posadas (No. 5528.1) and Wernicke, a professor pathology in Buenos Aires, were the first to report cases of coccidioidomycosis. German translation of Wernicke’s paper in Zbl. Bakt., 1892, 12, 859-61.

1892

#5775

Das Cystadenom der Mamma.

“Schimmelbusch’s disease”.

1892

#5554

Die Chirurgie des Heinrich de Mondeville. Hrsg. von Julius Leopold Pagel.

Henri de Mondeville was the teacher of Guy de Chauliac; he belonged to the School of Montpellier. His work was first printed as above; French translations by E. Nicaise, 1893, and A. Bos, 1897; the latter was reprinte…

1892

#5621

Conditions underlying the infection of wounds.

Discovery of Staph. epidermidis (albus) and its relation to the infection of wounds.

1892

#5683

Infiltrationsanästhesie (locale Anästhesie) und ihr Verhältniss zur allgemeinen Narcose (Inhalationsanästhesie).

Infiltration anesthesia was developed by Schleich after pioneer work by Halsted (No. 5679) Schleich published a paper in English on the subject in Int. Clin., 1895, 5 ser., 2, 177-92.

1892

#5439.1

Das Auftreten von Varizellen unter eigentümlichen Verhältnissen.

Bokay was the first to suggest an etiological relationship between varicella and herpes zoster. See also his paper in Wien. klin. Wschr., 1909, 22, 1323-26.

1892

#6093

Supravaginal hysterectomy without ligature of the cervix, in operation for uterine fibroids; a new method.

Baer’s operation.

1892

#6093.1

On the occurrence of pleural effusion in association with disease of the abdomen.

Lawson Tait was apparently the first to describe what is now known as Meigs’s syndrome (ovarian fibroma combined with pleural effusion).

1892

#6095

Vaginal hysterectomy in bilateral peri-uterine suppuration.

Henrotin’s method of removing the uterus.

1892

#6201

Sulla provocazione artificiale del parto e sul parto forzato col mezzo della dilatazione meccanica del collouterino.

Bossi originated the method of induction of premature labour by means of forced dilatation of the cervix.

1892

#6202

Das tuberöse subchoriale Hämatom der Decidua. Eine typische Form der Molenschwangerschaft.

Tuberous (“Breus”) mole first described.

1892

#6203

Tubo peritoneal ectopic gestation.

1892

#6452.1

The medicine-men of the Apache.

Bourke, a U.S. Army officer with experience on the American Indian frontier, was a pioneer student of native American medicine and anthropology. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1892

#5243

Azione della chinina sui parasite malarici e sui corrispondente accessi febbrili.

French translation in Arch. ital. Biol., 1892, 17, 456-71.

1892

#5244

Sulle febbre malariche estivo-autumnali.

A summary of the Italian work on malaria. English translation, 1894.

1892

#6279

Das Scheidensekret und seine Bedeutung für das Puerperalfieber.

Döderlein's study of the vaginal secretion in relation to puerperal fever includes the first description of “Döderlein’s bacillus” (Lactobacillus). Döderlein introduced the concept of normal body bacteria or "normal b…

1892

#6532

Les médecins et les chirurgiens de Flandre avant 1789.

Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

1892

#6764.1

Homeopathic bibliography of the United States, from the year 1825 to the year 1891.

Of particular value for researching homeopathic literature, societies and institutions in America from 1825 to 1891. Digital facsimile from the Hathitrust at this link.

1892

#235

Aufsätze über Vererbung und verwandte biologische Fragen.

Weismann produced experimental evidence that acquired characters are not transmitted.

1892

#236

Das Keimplasma.

Weismann elaborated the theory of the continuity of the germ plasm. English edition, 1893.

1892

#7496

A biographical history of Guy's Hospital.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1892

#7614

The hygiene, diseases, and mortality of occupations.

Remarkably comprehensive discussion, with an innovative classification, of a very wide range of occupations. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1892

#8377

"A copy of the earliest known Weekly Bill of Mortality. British Museum. Egerton MSS. 2603, f.4." IN: An inquiry into the trustworthiness of the old bills of mortality.

On p. 452 of his paper Ogle reproduces in type "A copy of the earliest known Weekly Bill of Mortality. British Museum. Egerton MSS. 2603, f.4." Ogle states that Creighton attributed this manuscript bill of mortality t…

1892

#9725

The yellow wall-paper.

This 6,000-word short story by is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating and critiquing 19th century attitudes toward women's health, both physical and mental. Digital facsim…

1892

#10438

Mineral springs and health resorts of California: With a complete chemical analysis of every important mineral water in the world... A Prize Essay; Annual Prize of the Medical Society of the State of California, Awarded April 20, 1889.

The first half of the book concerns mineral springs and health resorts in California and how to use them; the second half mostly concerns mineral springs and other health resorts in North America and Europe. Digital f…

1892

#10568

Researches in female pelvic anatomy.

The first cross-sectional anatomy of the pelvic anatomy during the puerperium, the period of about six weeks after childbirth during which the mother's reproductive organs return to their original non-pregnant conditi…

1892 –1896

#10621

Atlas of clinical medicine. 3 vols.

Published at the end of the 19th century, and employing the wide variety of illustration technologies then available, including color lithography, lithography, and photography, this work testifies to the breadth and d…

1892

#11634

Gynaecological technique: A brief summary of the principles involved, as well as the technique involved in the gynæcological operations performed in the Johns Hopkins Hospital: The significance of the operation and its technical surroundings to gynaecological practice.

Includes 14 photographic illustrations showing Kelly's gynecological operating room, antiseptic and aseptic apparatus, and his assistants preparing for surgery. The text includes descriptions of the apparatus and tech…