Facets

1814 CE

#4410

On the fracture of the carpal extremity of the radius.

Colles’s description of fracture of the carpal end of the radius led that type of fracture to be named “Colles’s fracture”. He was Professor of Surgery at Dublin for more than 30 years. Reprint…

1863 CE

#5609

On the influence of mechanical and physiological rest in the treatment of accidents and surgical diseases, and the diagnostic value of pain.

Hilton, surgeon to Guy’s Hospital, suggested that symptoms are disordered reflexes. He advocated complete rest in the treatment of surgical disorders of all parts of the body. Second and later editions were enti…

1848 CE

#5663

On the inhalation of chloroform and ether. With description of an apparatus.

Snow’s chloroform inhaler.

1847 CE

#5658

On the inhalation of the vapour of ether in surgical operations.

Includes an account of Snow’s regulating inhaler, the first to control the amount of ether vapor by the patient. This pamphlet, which appeared in October 1847, was the second treatise on ether anesthesia, after …

1847 CE

#12954

On the inhalation of the vapour of ether.

Appearing in March, 1847, this was Snow's first publication on anesthesia. It contains the first description and illustration of his regulating inhaler, the first such device to control the amount of ether vapor recei…

1938 CE

#4478.110

On the injuries to the ligaments of the knee joint: A clinical study.

Classic study of knee ligament injuries.

1905 CE

#4375.1

On the means of lengthening in the lower limbs, the muscles and tissues which are shortened through deformity.

First attempt at surgical lengthening of limbs.

1846 CE

#4325.1

On the microscopical character of mollifies ossium.

Report of the histological examination of bone material containing multiple myeloma from the patient described by Macintyre (No. 4327).

1853 CE

#4329

On the nature and treatment of the deformities of the human frame.

Little was the first eminent orthopedic surgeon in the British Isles. He studied under Stromeyer and, in 1838, he founded the Orthopaedic Institution, now the (Royal) National Orthopaedic Hospital, London. The above w…

1839 CE

#4322.1

On the nature of club-foot and analogous distortions.

Little suffered from club-foot himself. This is the greatest English classic on the subject. See No. 4329.

1815 CE

#2936

On the operation of tying the subclavian artery.

Colles tied the subclavian artery in 1811 and again in 1813. Garrison reminded us that Colles is credited with the first successful ligation of the innominate artery in Europe, but was unable to verify this. The paper…

1886 CE

#3596

On the radical cure of oblique inguinal hernia by internal abdominal peritoneal pad, and the restoration of the valved form of the inguinal canal.

Macewen’s method for the radical cure of oblique inguinal hernia. The sac was folded into a pad and used as a plug at the internal ring, the ring being closed in layers. Reprinted in Brit. med. J., 1887, 2, 1263…

1976 CE

#4483.5

On the shoulders of giants. Notable names in hand surgery.

A history of hand surgery.

1932 CE

#10784

On the specific antibacterial properties of penicillin and potassium tellurite. Incorporating a method of demonstrating some bacterial antagonisms.

In this paper Fleming first described the use of penicillin as an antibacterial agent in man, and reported on experiments using it as a wound dressing for septic wounds. He also corrected the species name from Penicil…

1853 CE

#3263

On the surgical treatment of morbid growths within the larynx, illustrated by an original case and statistical observations, elucidating their nature and forms.

Thyrotomy for removal of cancer of the larynx. The operation took place in May 1851, and the patient died in 1852.

1871 CE

#5751

On the transplantation of portions of skin for the closure of large granulating surfaces.

Lawson, surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital, London, was the first successfully to transplant sizeable areas of skin, as compared with the small grafts of Reverdin, and of whole thickness skin as well. Reprinted in No. …

1827 CE

#4451

On the treatment of anchylosis, by the formation of artificial joints.

Barton performed a femoral osteotomy between the greater and lesser trochanters to secure motion in an ankylosed hip. This has been called the first successful arthroplasty. Reprinted in Clin. Orthop., 1984, 182, 4-13.

1896 CE

#5778.1

On the treatment of inoperable cases of carcinoma of the mamma: suggestions for a new method of treatment, with illustrative cases.

Öophorectomy in the treatment of breast cancer.

1915 CE

#1903.2

On the use of certain antiseptic substances in the treatment of infected wounds.

Eusol and chloramine-T. “Dakin’s solution” was employed by Carrel (No. 5642) in the Carrel–Dakin method of irrigation of wounds.

1847 CE–1848 CE

#5659

On the use of ether in the performance of surgical operations.

Syme was, with Pirogov, the first in Europe to adopt ether anesthesia in surgical operations.

1901 CE

#2624.1

On transplantation of tumours.

Loeb successfully transplanted cystic sarcoma of the thyroid in rats. He established the fact that growth of the transplant occurred through proliferation of its peripheral cells.

1828 CE

#4314

On trephining the tibia.

“Brodie’s abscess”. The patient was first seen in 1824. Brodie published an account of some further cases in Med.-chir. Trans., 1832, 17, 239-49, which paper is reprinted in Med. Classics, 1938, 2, 9…

1884 CE

#4180

On tumours of the bladder.

Includes description of Thompson’s operation for tumors of the bladder.

1959 CE

#3666.2

One-stage homotransplantation of the liver following total hepatectomy in dogs.

With nine co-authors.

1725 CE

#8095

Opera omnia anatomica & chirurgica. Edited by Herman Boerhaave and Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. 2 vols.

Vesalius's collected works with the famous woodcuts reproduced as copperplate engravings by Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759). Notably Boerhaave and Albinus had this edition published because Vesalius's works still had practi…

1700 CE

#4299

Opera posthuma.

Page 68: first description of leontiasis ossea.

1646 CE

#60.1

Opera quae extant omnia, partim ante hac excusa, partim nunc recens in lucem edita; omnia abo authore recognita...aucta.

The collected works of the “father of German surgery”. Digital facsimile from the Bayerische StaatsBiliothek at this link. German translation: Wund-Artzney, gantzes Werck und aller Bücher, so viel der…

1839 CE

#3443

Opération d’anus artificiel, par la méthode de Littre, sur un homme adulte qui a survécu vingt-huit jours. In: Amussat, J. Z., Mémoire sur la possibilité d’établir un anus artificiel

Pillore performed caecostomy in 1776, the patient surviving 28 days. Amussat went to considerable trouble to find the document describing the operation. See No. 3442.

1849 CE

#3451

Opération de gastrostomie pratiquée pour la première fois le 13 novembre 1849.

First gastrostomy.

1936 CE

#3611

Operation for femoral hernia by a midline extraperitoneal approach; with a preliminary note on the use of this route for reducible inguinal hernia.

Henry’s operation for femoral hernia.

1841 CE

#3588

Operation for strangulated hernia.

Luke’s operation for femoral hernia.

1842 CE–1843 CE

#5745

Operations for fissure of the hard and soft palate (palatoplastie).

Warren devised the first operation for closure of complete clefts of the palate.

1839 CE

#4322.2

Operations on club-feet.

Brown was the first surgeon in the United States to specialize in orthopedics, founding the Orthopedic Infirmary of the City of Boston (soon renamed the Boston Orthopedic Institution) in 1838. Brown was also the first…

1933 CE

#4400.3

Operative arrestment of longitudinal growth of bones in the treatment of deformities.

Epiphysiodesis to inhibit bone growth of a longer leg.

1929 CE

#2989

Operative decompression of aortic aneurysm by carotid-jugular anastomosis.

Babcock’s operation for aortic aneurysm.

1913 CE

#4884.1

Operative Erfolge bei Geschwülsten der Sehhügel-und Vierhügel gegend.

Successful removal of pineal tumor.

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…

1939 CE

#4403.2

Operative orthopedics.

First edition of the most influential American textbook of orthopedics in the twentieth century.

1768 CE

#4851

Opuscules de chirurgie. Pt. 1.

Records, p. 161, a successful operation for temporo-sphenoidal abscess, 1752. The patient, a monk, had otorrhoea followed by a mastoid abscess, which Morand opened.

1887 CE

#9623

Orificial surgery and its application to the treatment of chronic diseases.

Pratt's bizarre orificial surgery emerged from the the practice of homeopathy. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1859 CE

#10891

Original contributions to the practice of conservative surgery; being a selection from the surgical cases occurring in the practice of James G. Beaney.

The first work on surgery written and published in Australia, and one of the first medical works on any subject written and published in Australia.

1996 CE

#9427

Orthopaedic injuries of the Civil War: An atlas of orthopaedic injuries and treatments during the Civil War.

1923 CE

#4391

Orthopaedic surgery.

Jones was a pupil of Hugh Owen Thomas and a pioneer of active surgical intervention in orthopedics. He advocated tendon transplantation, bone grafting, and other reconstructive and restorative procedures. He did much …

1993 CE

#6902

Orthopedics: A history and iconography.

1969 CE

#7810

Orthotopic cardiac prosthesis for two-staged cardiac replacement.

The first total artificial heart implant, performed by Colley using a device developed by Liotta on April 4, 1969. The device, known as the Liotta-Cooley artificial heart, was implanted in a 47-year-old patient with s…

1821 CE

#3253

Osphrésiologie, ou traité des odeurs, du sens et des organes de l’olfaction. 2me. éd.

An exhaustive work which discusses olfaction, diseases of the nose, membranous occlusion of the nostrils, deviations of the septum, rhinoplasty, coryza, vasomotor rhinitis, rhinorrhoea, etc. The first edition was enti…

1949 CE

#4404.1

Osteogenesis imperfecta: A study of clinical features and heredity based on 55 Danish families comprising 180 affected members.

Includes a translation of Ekman’s thesis (No. 4304.1). Also gives a case reported in 1678.

1929 CE

#4433.1

Osteomyelitis and compound fractures and other infected wounds: Treatment by the method of drainage and rest.

Orr developed a treatment for open fractures “consisting of thorough debridement, reduction of the fracture, and usually, maintenance of the reduction by the technique of pins transfixing the fragments and incor…

1967 CE

#7731

Osteotomies cranio-naso-orbito-faciales: Hypertelorisme.

With G. Gulot, J. Rougerie, J. P. Delbet and J. Pasteriza.

1967 CE

#7732

Osteotomies totales de la face: Syndrome de Crouzon, syndrome d'Apert: oxcephalies, scaphocephalies, turricephalies.