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1892 CE

#4707

Ueber die Beziehungen der senilen Hirnatrophie zur Aphasie.

“Pick’s disease” – circumscribed atrophy of the brain with the development of aphasia and presenile dementia.

1839 CE

#1458

Ueber die Compensation der physischen Kräfte am menschlichen Stimmorgan, mit Bemerkungen über die Stimme der Säugethiere, Vögel und Amphibien.

1872 CE

#822

Ueber die Eigenthümlichkeiten der Reizbarkeit, welche die Muskelfasern des Herzens zeigen.

Bowditch was the first to research the relationship between the strength of the heart beat and the interval between beats. He established the “all-or-nothing” principle of heart muscle contraction. He foun…

1899 CE

#516.1

Ueber die Einbettung des menschlichen Eies und das früheste bisher bekannte menschliche Placentationsstadium.

1918 CE–1919 CE

#4806

Ueber die Einwirkung der Malaria auf die progressive Paralyse.

In 1917 Wagner von Jauregg returned to the idea of the inoculation of paretics with malaria to induce pyrexia, first proposed by him in 1887 (Ueber die Einwirkung fieberhafter Erkrankungen auf Psychosen, Jb. Psychiat.…

1870 CE

#1405

Ueber die elektrische Erregbarkeit des Grosshirns.

These workers showed that electrical stimulation of the frontal cortex in various experimental animals caused movements of the extremities of the opposite side of the body, thus proving the existence of a motor area i…

1902 CE

#841

Ueber die Entfemung der extracardialen Herznerven bei Saügethieren.

1825 CE

#475

Ueber die Entwickelung der Eier im Eierstock bei den Gespenst-heuschrecken.

Discovery of the Müllerian duct.

1847 CE

#611

Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft, eine physikalische Abhandlung.

An epoch-making work which led the way to the acceptance of the fundamental physical doctrine of the conservation of energy.

1910 CE

#848

Ueber die Folgen der Durchschneidung der Tawaraschen Schenkel der Reizleitungssystems.

First experimental study of the electrocardiographic changes in bundle-branch block. "Later, as professor and director of the internal clinic at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, Eppinger became one of the most n…

1890 CE

#1471

Ueber die galvanischen Erscheinungen in der Haut des Menschen bei Reizungen der Sinnesorgane und bei verschiedenen Formen der psychischen Thätigkeit.

Psycho-galvanic reflex described.

1894 CE–1895 CE

#511

Ueber die Grenzen der Theilbarkeit der Eisubstanz.

English translation in Loeb’s Studies in general physiology, Vol.l., Chicago, 1905.

1881 CE

#2784

Ueber die Messung des Blutdrucks am Menschen.

Basch’s important modifications of the methods of blood-pressure recording mark the beginning of clinical sphygmomanometry. English translation in Ruskin (No. 3160.1).

1870 CE

#820

Ueber die Messung des Blutquantums in den Herzventrikeln.

Fick principle for the calculation of cardiac output based on measuring the minute volume of oxygen consumption and the arteriovenous oxygen difference. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1846 CE

#808

Ueber die peristaltische Bewegung des Oesophagus, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über diejenigen des Darms.

Includes (pp. 76-77) a description of what is probably the first perfusion of the isolated heart.

1826 CE

#1456

Ueber die phantastischen Gesichtserscheinungen.

Müller’s early studies on specific nerve energies are included in the above work. Later he stated, in his Handbuch der Physiologie, Coblenz, 1840, 2, 258, his law of specific nerve energies – each ner…

1875 CE

#629

Ueber die summation elektrischer Hautreize.

Stirling, a pupil of Ludwig, became a great teacher of physiology. His paper on the summation of electrical stimuli to the skin was a prize thesis.

1837 CE

#482

Ueber die Visceralbogen der Wirbelthiere.

First description of the visceral arches in vertebrates.

1848 CE

#612

Ueber die Wärmeentwickelung bei der Muskelaction.

Helmholtz showed the muscles to be the principal source of animal heat.

1899 CE

#2810

Ueber einen neuen Blutdruckmesser (Tonometer).

Gaertner, an Austrian physician, invented an instrument for measuring blood-pressure by means of a compressing ring applied to the finger.

1828 CE–1888 CE

#479

Ueber Entwicklungsgeschichte der Thiere. 2 vols.

Baer, the founder of modern embryology, definitely established the “germ-layer theory”, discovered the notochord and the human ovum, and postulated the law of corresponding stages in embryonic development.…

1852 CE

#811

Ueber functionell verschiedene und räumlich getrennte Nervencentra im Froschherzen.

Discovery of the ganglion cells at the auriculo-ventricular junction, “Bidder’s ganglion”.

1898 CE

#838

Ueber Herzbewegung und Herzstoss.

First employment of cinematograph to record the cardiac changes during all phases of heart contraction.

1921 CE–1922 CE

#1343

Ueber humorale Uebertragbarkeit der Herznervenwirkung.

Loewi’s important experiments firmly established the theory of chemical intermediaries in nervous reactions. In 1936 Loewi shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Dale "for discoveries related to c…

1903 CE

#2712

Ueber Ionenwirkung und ihre therapeutische Verwendung.

Hypotensive action of thiocyanates first noted. Pauli was the father of the physicist Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958).

1865 CE–1866 CE

#817

Ueber mechanische Vagus-Reizung beim Menschen.

“Czermak’s vagus pressure”. Czermak found that mechanical pressure on a spot of the carotid triangle in the neck produced lowering of the heart rate.

1855 CE

#1995.1

Ueber methodische Electrisirung gelähmter Muskeln.

Discovery of the motor points, the entry points of the nerves into the muscles – essential for stimulating the muscles by electricity.

1865 CE

#818

Ueber periodische Thätigkeits-Aeusserungen des vasomotorischen und Hemmungs-Nervencentrums.

First description of the rhythmic variations in tone of the vasoconstrictor center (Traube-Hering waves).

1862 CE

#814

Ueber Reflexionen von und zum Herzen (Klopfversuch).

Rapidly-repeated blows on the belly of a frog caused cessation of the heart-beat, which Goltz concluded was brought about by reflex inhibition through the vagus, an important contribution to the knowledge of the mecha…

1929 CE

#969

Ueberden Absorptionsspektrum des Atmungsferments.

Warburg discovered the nature and function of the respiratory ferment. In 1931 Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme."

1901 CE

#840

Un nouveau galvanomètre.

Einthoven directed much of his research to the development and perfection of recording instruments. His most famous work was in connexion with his string galvanometer, a perfection of the instrument invented by J. S. …

1881 CE

#5236

Un nouveau parasite trouvé dans le sang plusieurs malades atteints de fièvre palustre.

Laveran first saw the malaria parasite on 20 October 1880; he at once recognized its significance. He named it Oscillaria malariae. English translation in Kean (No. 2268.1). Laveran also published a monograph on the d…

1983 CE

#8475

Unidentified curved bacilli on gastric epithelium in active chronic gastritis.

In 2005 Marshall and Warren shared the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease." See also their follow-up pape…

1874 CE

#494

Unsere Körperform und das physiologische Problem ihrer Entstehung.

In this work His compared the various layers and organs of the embryo to a series of elastic tubes and plates. He thought that the local inequalities of growth and the differences in the consistency of the tissues mig…

1883 CE

#503

Untersuchungen über Bastardirung der anuren Batrachier und die Principien der Zeugung.

Pflüger was one of the earliest workers in the field of experimental embryology. Above, his first work on the subject, deals with the cross fertilization of different species of frog.

1891 CE

#517.1

Untersuchungen über den ersten Entwicklungsvorgänge in den Eiern der Insekten. II. Ueber Spermatogenese und deren Beziehung zur Eientwicklung bei Pyrrhocoris apterus.

In his study of the testicles of the firebug (Pyrrhocoris) Henking noticed that one chromosome did not take part in meiosis. He named this X element because its strange behavior made him unsure whether it was genuinel…

1906 CE

#3401

Untersuchungen über den vom Vestibularapparat des Ohres reflektorisch ausgelösten Rhythmischen und seine Begleiterscheinungen.

Bárány’s pointing test for the localization of circumscribed cerebellar lesions. Republished in book form, Berlin, 1906. In 1914 Bárány was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Me…

1863 CE

#1223

Untersuchungen über die Erection des Penis beim Hunde.

Important studies of the erector mechanism.

1876 CE

#782

Untersuchungen über die Gefässernerven-Wurzeln des Ischiadicus.

Stricker was the first to describe vasodilatation on stimulation of the posterior nerve roots.

1863 CE

#815

Untersuchungen über die Innervation des Herzens

Discovery of the accelerator or excitatory nerve fibres of the heart (pp. 191-232), “Bezold’s ganglia”.

1859 CE

#621

Untersuchungen über die Physiologie des Electrotonus.

One of the most interesting works of its time on the physiology of nerve. In it Pflüger first stated the laws governing the make and break stimulation of nerve with the galvanic current. Pflüger was a pupil …

1913 CE

#2640

Untersuchungen über eine Nematode (Spiroptera sp. n.) und deren Fähigkeit papillomatöse und carcinomatose Geschwulstbildungen im Magen der Ratte hervorzurufen.

Fibiger demonstrated that the roundworm, which he called Spiroptera carcinoma (but is correctly named Gongylonema neoplasticum), could cause stomach cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) in rats and mice. His experimental …

1871 CE

#821

Untersuchungen über einige Giftwirkungen am Froschherzen.

First investigation of the effect of poisons on the frog’s heart. In some cases Schmiedeberg found that stimulation of the vagus after administration of poisons produced acceleration of the heart rate.

1864 CE

#623

Untersuchungen über elektrische Nervenreizung.

Among the instruments introduced by Fick for the study of muscle and nerve physiology were the myotonograph, the cosine lever, and an improved thermopile.

1848 CE–1884 CE

#610

Untersuchungen über thierische Elektricität. 2 vols.

A pupil of J. Müller, Emil du Bois-Reymond was the founder of modern electrophysiology. He introduced faradic stimulation and made an exhaustive investigation of physiological tetanus. Above is a collective editi…

1855 CE

#485

Untersuchungen überdie Entwickelungder Wirbelthiere.

Simplification of von Baer’s classification of the germ-layers.

1902 CE

#653

Untersuchungen zur Thermodynamik der bioelektrischen Ströme.

Bernstein’s studies on the nature of muscular contraction included the observation that changes in surface tension are a controlling factor in the development of the energy of muscular contraction.

1889 CE

#506

Uterus and embryo.

1685 CE

#11718

Variarum observationum liber.

Vossius, a Dutch scholar and manuscript collector, was one of the first European writers to suggest that the Chinese had anticipated William Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. In his chapter on Chines…

1727 CE–1733 CE

#765

Vegetable staticks: Or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables. Statical essays, containing haemastaticks. 2 vols.

Hales initiated a new stage in physiological experimentation with his "statical" methods, which were characterized by precise quantitative measurements, repetition and the used of controls, and were based on the assum…