Entry Nos. 6100–6199
97 Garrison-Morton entries in this range.
1534 CE
#33
Bιβλίων ὶαтριкω̂ν тομος ά. Librorum medicinalium tomus primus, primi scilicet libri octo nunc primum in lucem editi.
First printed edition in the original Greek of the first half of the Tetrabiblion, issued in Venice by the heirs of Aldus Manutius. In the Tetrabiblion Aetius collected together works of other men which might have bee…
1554 CE
#463
Ein schön lustig Trostbüchle von den Empfengknussen und Geburten der Menschen…
An improved version of Rösslin’s Swangern frawen. This contains the first true anatomical pictures in an obstetrics book. Rueff described smooth-edged forceps for delivery of a live baby, preceding Chamberl…
1651 CE
#467
Exercitationes de generatione animalium.
Harvey was among the first to disbelieve the erroneous doctrine of the “preformation” of the fetus; he maintained that the organism derives from the ovum by the gradual building up and aggregation of its p…
1933 CE
#1199
Die Behandlung der Amenorrhoë mit hohen Dosen der Ovarialhormone.
First use of estrogenic hormone for the treatment of amenorrhea in ovariectomized women, with production of the typical cyclical endometrial changes.
1881 CE
#5924
Die Verhütung der Augenentzüngung der Neugeborenen.
Credé introduced the practice of instillation of silver nitrate into the eyes of all newborn children as a preventive measure against ophthalmia neonatorum. Separate expanded edition with the same title, Berlin…
1895 CE
#6100
Deciduoma malignum.
First case of choriocarcinoma reported in North America.
1896 CE
#6101
Ueber das Fibrosarcoma ovarii mucocellulare (carcinomatodes).
Original description of “Krukenberg’s tumor”.
1896 CE
#6102
Ueber den künstlichen Ersatz der Scheide.
Mackenrodt’s operation for the plastic reconstruction of the vagina.
1896 CE
#6103
Über Blasen-Gonorrhöe.
Wertheim demonstrated the gonococcus in acute cystitis.
1897 CE
#6105
Sur un nouveau procédé d’hystérectomie abdominale totale; la section médiane de l’utérus.
1897 CE
#6106
Bakteriologie des weiblichen Genital-Kanales. 2 vols.
1898 CE
#6107
Enucleation of uterine fibroids.
An outstanding account of myomectomy.
1898 CE
#6108
Operative gynecology. 2 vols.
Kelly, professor of gynecology at Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University, was a leading gynecologist in America. This work is notable for its 315 illustrations and ten plates, mostly by Max Brödel, the most fa…
1900 CE
#6109
The removal of pelvic inflammatory masses by the abdomen after bisection of the uterus.
1900 CE
#6110
Cancer of the uterus: Its pathology, symptomatology, diagnosis, and treatment. Also the pathology of diseases of the endometrium.
Includes first clinical and pathological study of hyperplasia of the endometrium. Cullen is remembered eponymically for “Cullen’s sign”, a discoloration of the skin about the umbilicus, regarded as a…
1900 CE
#6111
Round-ligament ventrosuspension of the uterus: a new method.
Gilliam’s operation for prolapse.
1900 CE
#6112
Aflap operation for atresia of the vagina.
Noble introduced a flap operation for atresia of the vagina.
1735 CE–1756 CE
#6113
Ueber die Vortheile der suprasymphysären Fascienquerschnitts für die gynäkologischen Koeliotomieen.
“Pfannenstiel’s incision”.
1900 CE
#6114
Zur Frage der Radical operation beim Uteruskrebs.
Wertheim’s radical operation for cancer of the uterus.
1901 CE
#6115
Panhysterokolpectomy; a new prolapsus operation.
1901 CE
#6116
A satisfactory operation for certain cases of retroversion of the uterus.
“Baldy–Webster operation”. Webster’s method of treating retrodisplacement of the uterus was later modified by J. M. Baldy, Amer. J. Obstet. Dis. Wom., 1902, 45, 650-54, and N.Y. med. J., 1903, …
1904 CE
#6117
The formation of an artificial vagina by intestinal transplantation.
Baldwin’s operation.
1907 CE
#6118
Das Oophoroma folliculare.
“Brenner tumor”, earlier described by Orthmann (No. 6109). See the historical note in Cancer, 1956, 9, 217.
1908 CE
#6119
Operation in cases of complete prolapsed.
Donald’s operation for prolapse.
1908 CE
#6120
Die erweiterte vaginale Totalexstirpation des Uterus bei Kollumkarzinom.
Radical vaginal hysterectomy for carcinoma of the cervix.
1910 CE
#6121
The principles of gynaecology.
Blair Bell was an outstanding figure in British gynecology and one of the founders of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
1914 CE
#6122
Note on determination of patency of Fallopian tubes by the use of collargol and x-ray shadow.
Cary was the first to perform salpingography.
1915 CE
#6123
X-ray diagnosis in gynecology with the aid of intra-uterine collargol injection.
Independently of Cary (No. 6122) Rubin performed salpingography. Preliminary communication in Zbl Gynäk., 1914, 38, 658-60.
1915 CE
#6124
Anterior colporrhaphy and its combination with amputation of the cervix as a single operation.
Fothergill’s modification of Donald’s operation for prolapse.
1917 CE
#6125
Översikt över resultaten av kräftbehandling vid Radiumhemmet i Stockholm 1910-1915.
The Stockholm method of radium treatment of cancer of the uterus, as carried out at the Radiumhemmet, Stockholm, follows the technique devised by Forssell.
1919 CE
#6126
Die pathogenese der Meno- und besonders der Metrorrhagien.
First description of metropathia hemorrhagica.
1920 CE
#6127
Nonoperative determination of patency of Fallopian tubes in sterility. Intra-uterine inflation with oxygen, and production of an artificial pneumoperitoneum.
Tubal insufflation method for the diagnosis and treatment of sterility due to occlusion of the Fallopian tubes.
1921 CE
#6128
Perforating hemorrhagic (chocolate) cysts of the ovary.
The true nature of ovarian endometriomata was elucidated by Sampson.
1924 CE–1929 CE
#6129
Biologie und Pathologie des Weibes. Hrsg. von 8 vols.
Second edition, 10 vols. & index, 1941-55.
1933 CE–1939 CE
#6131
Considérations sur la radiothérapie des cancers cervico-uterins, d’après l’experience et les résultats acquis à l’Institut du Radium de Paris.
The Paris method of radium treatment of cancer of the uterus was devised by Regaud.
1933 CE
#6132
Early diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix.
Schiller’s test for carcinoma of the cervix.
1938 CE
#6133
An operation for the cure of congenital absence of the vagina.
Mclndoe’s operation for the construction of an artificial vagina.
1941 CE
#6135
The diagnostic value of vaginal smears in carcinoma of the uterus.
The first cytopathology test, smear diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix: the "Pap" test. Papanicolaou first reported in 1928 that he could recognize cancer cells (Proc. Third Race Betterment Conf., p. 528) but the im…
1566 CE
#6136
Moschionos Peri gynaikeion pathon, id est…De morbis muliebribus liber unus; cum CONARDI GESNERI… scholiis & emendationibus nun primum editus opera ac studio CASPARI WOLPHII.
The earliest text specifically for midwives, based on the teachings of Soranus, the greatest obstetrical writer of antiquity. Muscio was a pupil of Soranus. His book, the earliest copy of which is a manuscript dating …
1513 CE
#6138
Der Swangern Frauwen und Hebammen Rosegarten.
The earliest printed textbook for midwives. It underwent over 100 editions, being used as late as 1730. The first edition was published in Strassburg by Martin Flach in 1513. This was demonstrated most recently by Law…
1540 CE
#6139
The byrth of mankynde.
The first English treatise on midwifery, translated by Richard Jonas from the 1532 Latin translation by Roesslin the Younger (De partu hominis) of Roesslin's work (1513). The 1540 English edition was illustrated with …
1549 CE
#6140
Briefve collection de l'administration anatomique: avec la manière de conjoindre les os: et d’extraire les enfans tant mors que vivans du ventre de la mere, lors que nature de soy ne peult venir a son effect.
Paré’s revival of podalic version repopularized the procedure, which had been described by Soranus of Ephesus (No. 6008). English translation in The Workes of Ambroise Parey [sic], London, 1634. Digital f…
1550 CE
#6142
Ordnung eines erbarn Raths der Statt Regenspurg, die Hebammen betreffende.
The earliest public document in the vernacular containing legislation governing midwives. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1573 CE
#6143
Reformation oder Ordnung für die Hebammen.
Legislation governing the practice of midwifery was introduced in the city of Frankfurt in 1573, Digital facsimile from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at this link.
1596 CE
#6144
La commare o riccoglitrice.
First Italian book on obstetrics. It is a work of importance for the study of the history of Caesarean section; in it Mercurio advocated the Caesarean operation in cases of contracted pelvis.
1609 CE
#6145
Observations diverses sur la sterilité, perte de fruict, foecondité, accouchements, et maladies des femmes, et enfants nouveaux naiz.
The first book on obstetrics published by a midwife. Louise Bourgeois was accoucheuse to the French court. She was one of the pioneers of scientific midwifery; her Observations was the vade mecum of contemporary midwi…
1668 CE
#6147
Des maladies des femmes grosses et accouchées.
The outstanding textbook of the time. Mauriceau, leading obstetrician of his day, introduced the practice of delivering his patients in bed instead of in the obstetrical chair. It was to Mauriceau that Hugh Chamberlen…
1685 CE
#6148
La pratique des accouchemens soutenue d’un grand nombre d’observations.
Portal’s important treatise included his demonstration that version could be done with one foot. He also taught that face presentation usually ran a normal course. English translation, 1705.
1690 CE
#6149
Die Chur-Brandenburgische Hoff-Wehe-Mutter.
With Mauriceau, Justine Siegemundin was responsible for introducing the practice of puncturing the amniotic sac to arrest hemorrhage in placenta praevia. She was midwife to the Court of the Elector of Brandenburg, and…
1721 CE
#6150
Traité complet des accouchemens.
Mauquest de la Motte applied podalic version to head presentations. English translation, prepared at the suggestion of William Smellie, 1746.