1890–1899
836 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1892
#12647
Bestimmung der Trägheitsmomente des menschlichen Körpers und seiner Glieder.
Translated into English by P. Maquet and R. Furlong as Determination of the moments of intertia of the human body and its limbs. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1988.
1892
#12786
The collected papers of Sir W. Bowman. Edited by J. Burdon-Sanderson and J. W. Hulke. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1892 –1897
#12885
The orchid album, Comprising colored figures and descriptions of new, rare, and beautiful orchidaceous plants. Conducted by Robert Warner and Benjamin Samuel Williams. The botanical descriptions by Thomas Moore. The coloured figures by John Nugent Fitch. 11 vols.
This set includes 528 chromolithographed and hand-colored plates by John Nugent Fitch on 527 sheets. It was published periodically by B. S. Williams from his nurseries in Holloway, London, from 1882 until his death in…
1892
#13199
Helen Brent, M. D. A social study.
A short, memorable novel about a woman who faces the agonizing choice between career and marriage, and chooses medicine. Among her achievements, Meyer was a founder of Barnard College. Digital facsimile from Google Bo…
1892
#13498
Catalogo systematico da bibliotheca da Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro organisado pelo Carlos Costa.
Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
1892 –1906
#14235
Atlas der pathologischen Histologie des Nervensystems. Herausgegeben von Prof. V. Babes (Bucarest), P. Blocq (Paris, Prof. Ehrlich (Berlin), Prof. Homen (Helsingfors), Prof. P. Marie (Paris, G. Marinesco (Bucarest), Prof. Mendel (Berlin) Prof. Möli (Berlin), Dozen C. v. Monakow (Zürich), Prof. Ramon j Cajal (Barcelon) und Prof. Vanlair (Lüttic). Redigirt von Professor V. Babes und P. Blocq. I. Lieferung: Die krankhaften Veränderungen der Museklnerven und deren Endigungen. II. Lieferung: Régénération des nerves. Degeneration und Entzündung der Nerven.
Published in 9 parts, of which part 3 was the last published, in 1906. Authors and titles of each part: 1. Babes & Marinesco. Die krankhaften Veränderungen der Muskelnerven und deren Endigungen (1892). 2. Régénération…
1893
#93
Leonardo da Vinci: Codice sul volo degli uccelli e varie altre materie. Pubblicato da Teodoro Sabachnikoff. Transcrizione e note di Giovanni Piumati; traduzione francese di Carlo Ravaisson-Mollien.
The scientific study of the mechanics of flight begins with Leonardo’s investigations on birds, undertaken during his attempts to build a flying machine. At the time of publication Sabachnikoff owned the manuscript. A…
1893
#4502.1
Ein Beitrag zur Arthritis blennorrhoica.
Gonococci isolated from an arthritic joint.
1893 –1898
#556
Die Zelle und die Gewebe.
Part 1 was translated as The cell: outlines of general anatomy and physiology, London, 1895.
1893
#557
Der Formaldehyd als Härtungsmittel. Vorläufige Mittheilung.
Formalin first used for tissue fixation.
1893
#4580
Sur la névrite interstitielle hypertrophique et progressive de l’enfance.
First description of hypertrophic progressive interstitial neuritis. “Dejerine–Sottas disease”.
1893
#642
Ueber den Ursprung der Muskelkraft.
1893
#837
Researches on the structure and function of the mammalian heart.
Kent also discovered the atrioventricular bundle (“bundle of Kent”), a narrow band of muscle between the auricles and ventricles of the heart. Its purpose is to act as a bridge for contractile impulses between the aur…
1893
#836
Die Thätigkeit des embryonalen Herzens und deren Bedeutung für die Lehre von der Herzbewegung beim Erwachsenen.
His described the atrioventricular bundle which was later named after him. English translation in F. A. Willius and T. E. Keys, Cardiac classics, 1941, p. 695.
1893
#431
Atlas of head sections. Fifty-three engraved copperplates of frozen sections of the head, and fifty-three key plates with descriptive texts.
Intended to supplement and illustrate Macewen’s neurosurgical textbook published the same year (No. 4872). Includes coronal, sagittal and horizontal sections with commentary on each.
1893
#719
Ueber die Nucleinsaure.
See No. 702.
1893
#4708.1
Sur l’hérédo-ataxie cérébelleuse.
Original description of hereditary cerebellar ataxia.
1893
#4757
Ueber einen scheinbar heilbaren bulbärparalytischen Symptomen-complex mit Betheiligung der Extremitäten.
Myasthenia pseudoparalytica (Erb–Goldflam symptom complex). See No. 4746.
1893
#786
On the results of ligation of the coronary arteries.
“Following coronary ligation Porter noted that the procedure frequently resulted in fibrillary contractions of the heart and sudden death. However, death did not always occur and this led him to conclude that Cohnheim…
1893
#787
Lehrbuch der Physiologie des Kreislaufes.
1893
#640
Beiträge zur Lehre von Stoffwechsel. I. Grundriss einer Methodik der Stoffwechsel-Untersuchungen.
1893
#1288.1
Further experimental note on the correlation of antagonistic muscles.
The first of Sherrington’s papers investigating reciprocal innervation of muscles.
1893
#1522
Eine neue Theorie der Licht-Empfindung.
Ladd-Franklin theory of vision.
1893
#1750
Forensic medicine and toxicology.
1893
#2623
Ueber Lympho-Sarkomatosis.
Kundrat separated lymphosarcoma (“Kundrat’s disease”) from other malignant tumors involving the lymphatic system.
1893 –1897
#2799
Die Krankheiten des Herzens und ihre Behandlung.
1893 –1915
#2545
Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur ätiologischen Therapie von ansteckenden Krankheiten. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1893
#3508
Eine neue Methode der Gastrostomie bei Carcinoma oesophagi.
See No. 3512.
1893
#3509
De la gastrostomie par la méthode de la valvule ou du plissement de la muqueuse stomacale.
Pénières of Toulouse conceived the idea of the valvular method of gastrostomy.
1893
#3510
On diseases of the duodenum.
A careful examination of the records of post mortems carried out at Guy’s Hospital, 1826-92, was made by Perry and Shaw, who showed that of 70 reports of duodenal ulcer, ten occurred in cases of severe burns.
1893
#3511
Enterorrhaphy; its history, technique and present status.
Senn, Professor of Surgery at Chicago, was one of the first to investigate experimentally the subject of gastro-intestinal anastomosis.
1893
#3512
Über die Anlegung einer röhrenformigen Magenfistel bei Verengerungen der Speiseröhre.
Ssabanejew and Frank independently developed a new method of gastrostomy, the Ssabanejew-Frank operation. The above is an abstract of the original, which appeared in Khirurgitscheski Vestnik, June 1893.
1893
#3179
A case of thoracoplasty for the removal of a large cicatricial fibrous growth from the interior of the chest, the result of an old empyema.
First thoracoplasty.
1893
#3305
Diseases of the accessory sinuses of the nose, and an improved method of treatment of suppuration of the maxillary antrum.
Caldwell–Luc operation (see also No. 3301). Scanes Spicer independently devised a similar operation (Brit. med. J., 1894, 2, 1359-60).
1893
#3306
Die Lehre von den Naseneiterungen.
Grünwald was the first to attempt the surgical treatment of nasal suppuration and disease involving the ethmoid and sphenoid bones. English translation, 1900.
1893
#2709
Ueber Akroparästhesie.
“Schultze’s acroparaesthesia.” Schultze described the simple form of acroparesthesia.
1893
#3602
Nuovo metodo operativo per la cura radicale dell’ ernia crurale.
Bassini’s operation for femoral hernia.
1893
#3603
Resection of the intestine and immediate suture in gangrenous hernia.
Franks finally demonstrated the advantages of primary resection for gangrenous gut in strangulated hernia.
1893
#3604
The radical cure of femoral and inguinal hernia.
Lockwood’s operation for femoral hernia.
1893
#25
Anonymi Londinensis ex Aristotelis iatricis Menoniis et aliis medicis eclogae editit Hermannus Diels.
Written about 100 CE, On Medicine (Ιατρικα) is partially preserved in a papyrus in the British Library (PBrLibr inv. 137 = P.Lit.Lond. 165). It is the most important surviving ancient Greek medical papyrus, a key sour…
1893
#3839
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Basedow’schen Krankheit.
Müller demonstrated that an increased metabolism accompanies exophthalmic goitre.
1893
#3886
Notes on a case of acromegaly treated by operation.
First attempt (unsuccessful) to treat acromegaly operatively. Decompression was performed to relieve cranial pressure.
1893
#3227
A case of pneumonectomy.
Partial lobectomy in pulmonary tuberculosis.
1893
#4084
Hidrocystoma.
Robinson wrote an excellent textbook on dermatology in 1884, the year in which he published the first description of hydrocystoma (“Robinson’s disease”).
1893
#4113
Dystrophie papillaire et pigmentaire.
Acanthosis nigricans.
1893
#4114
Contributo allo studio della ipercheratosi dei canali sudoriferi (porokeratosis).
Mibelli is sometimes credited with the original description of porokeratosis (“Mibélli’s disease”), but Neumann described it in 1875 under the name of “dermatitis circumscripta herpetiformis”. See No. 4068.
1893
#4115
Di una ipercheratosi non ancora descritta.
First description of hyperkeratosis excentrica, porokeratosis.
1893
#4872
Pyogenic infective diseases of the brain and spinal cord.
Macewen’s greatest work was in connection with the surgery of the brain. In the above book he included extensive case reports of 65 patients under his care, with details of operative procedures. A biography of Macewen…
1893
#4364
Achillodynie.
Tendo Achilles bursitis, “Albert’s disease”.
1893
#5062
Die Behandlung der Diphtherie mit Diphtherieheilserum.
In 1890 Behring and Kitasato discovered the diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins (see No. 5060). The above papers deal more fully with the use of the diphtheria antitoxin.