Facets

1876 CE

#4344

Report on Pott’s disease, or caries of the spine; treated by extension, and the plaster of Paris bandage.

Sayre was the first to use plaster of Paris as a support for the spinal column in scoliosis and Pott’s disease. His name is eponymically linked with Sayre’s jacket, a plaster of Paris jacket applied while …

1877 CE

#4344.1

Spinal disease and spinal curvature, their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage.

Sayre’s monograph on his methods of treating tuberculosis of the spine and scoliosis is the first American surgical textbook to contain actual mounted photographs, some of which are remarkable for their artistic…

1887 CE–1888 CE

#3489

Stuhlträgheit Neuegeborener in Folge von Dilatation und Hypertrophie des Colons.

Hirschsprung’s diseases (congenital megacolon).

1964 CE

#11694

Successful two-stage correction of transposition of the great vessels.

The Mustard cardiovascular procedure, which "allows total correction of transposition of the great vessels. The procedure employs a baffle to redirect caval blood flow to the left atrium which then pumps blood to the …

1898 CE

#4369

Sur la dysostose cléido-crânienne héréditaire.

In their important description of cleido-cranial dysostosis, Marie and Sainton gave to it its present name. It was first described by Morand (No. 4302.1) in 1760. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics,…

1766 CE

#4302.2

Sur un enfant auquel il manquoit les deux clavicules, le sternum et les cartilages, qui dans l’état naturel l’attachent aux côtes.

First description of cleido-cranial dysostosis.

1929 CE

#4397

Sur une forme de dystrophie osseuse familiale.

“Morquio’s disease”, eccentro-osteochondrodysplasia.

1945 CE

#3044.1

Surgical correction for coarctation of the aorta.

Resection of coarctation and direct anastomosis of remaining ends. See also his report of 60 cases in J. Amer.med.Assoc.,1949, 139,285-92.

1939 CE

#3039

Surgical ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus: Report of first successful case.

One of the earliest successful surgical repairs for congenital heart disease. See also later paper in Ann. Surg.,1939, 110, 321-56.

1937 CE

#2576.5

The genetic and antigenic basis of tumour transplantation.

Gorer made the initial discoveries which formed the basis of transplantation genetics. He studied mouse blood groups and described an antigen in erythrocytes (antigen II). His studies established the laws of transplan…

1924 CE

#2573.1

The genetics of tissue transplantation in mammals.

Little established that the homograft reaction was due to genetic differences between donor and recipient.

1895 CE

#4365

The operative treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.

Lorenz suggested a bloodless method for closed reduction of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint – the “Hoffa–Lorenz” method.

1972 CE

#7433

The palmar fascia.

"There have been many descriptions of the palmar fascia by anatomists and in papers dealing with the surgical treatment of Dupuytren's contracture, but what seems to be lacking is an overall view of the problem, based…

1945 CE

#3043

The surgical treatment of malformations of the heart in which there is pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia.

The “Blalock-Taussig operation” for the relief of congenital defects of the pulmonary artery, Tetralogy of Fallot ("blue baby syndrome"). "The first surgical repair was carried out in 1944 at Johns Hopkins…

1829 CE–1833 CE

#2288

Traité d’anatomie pathologique. 2 vols. and atlas.

Includes a historical review of the subject from the time of the Ancient Egyptians to Corvisart, and a summary of the advances in pathology during the preceding 50 years. Vol. 2, pp. 553-600 deals with diseases of the…

1898 CE

#10269

Traité des maladies chirurgicales d'origine congénitale.

The first book entirely devoted to the surgical treatment of congenital abnormalities. The work also contains pp. 593-698 an exposition of Kirmisson's staged reduction of congenital dislocations of the hip, and discus…

1895 CE

#4428

Ueber den Gang bei angeborener Hüftgelenksluxation.

“Trendelenburg’s sign” of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.

1908 CE

#4377

Ueber eine häufige, bisher anscheinend unbekannte Erkrankung einzelner kindlicher Knochen.

“Köhler’s disease” of the scaphoid bone of the foot in children. See No. 4387.

1897 CE

#4367

Ueber eine seltene Form von Erkrankung der Knochen und Gelenke.

“Bruck’s disease” – deformity of bones, multiple fractures, ankylosis of joints, and muscular atrophy.

1870 CE

#4339

Ueber hereditäre Knochensyphilis bei jungen Kindern.

“Wegner’s disease” – osteochondritic separation of the epiphyses in congenital syphilis.

1906 CE

#4376.1

Ueber Osteogenesis imperfecta tarda.

Looser’s syndrome.

1912 CE

#4386

Un cas d’absence des vertèbres cervicales avec cage thoracique remontant jusqu’à la base du crâne (cage thoracique cervicale).

“Klippel–Feil syndrome” – absence or incomplete development of cervical vertebrae. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics, 511-16.

1896 CE

#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.

1921 CE

#4388.1

Une maladie congénitale et héréditaire de l’ossification: la pléonostéose familiale.

“Léri’s pleonosteosis” first described.

1892 CE

#4361

Untersuchungen über die sogenannte foetale Rachitis (Chondrodystrophia foetalis).

First study of the cartilage changes in achondroplasia.

1890 CE

#4355

Zur operativen Behandlung der angeborenen Hüftgelenksverrenkungen.

Hoffa’s method of operative treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.