Facets

1884 CE

#1880.1

Ueber coca.

Freud described his observations (with himself as subject) on the effects of cocaine, including its abolition of hunger and fatigue, the “exhilaration and lasting euphoria”. He also described its supposed …

1890 CE

#5681

Ueber Cocainanasthesie.

Maximilian Oberst’s method of conduction anesthesia was first reported by Pernice, his pupil.

1895 CE

#4428

Ueber den Gang bei angeborener Hüftgelenksluxation.

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

1896 CE

#6102

Ueber den künstlichen Ersatz der Scheide.

Mackenrodt’s operation for the plastic reconstruction of the vagina.

1878 CE

#3470

Ueber den Mastdarmkrebs und die Extirparlo recti.

First excision of the rectum for cancer.

1881 CE

#5636.1

Ueber Desinfection.

Koch showed that mercuric chloride was superior to carbolic acid, and that live steam surpassed hot air in sterilizing power.

1899 CE

#5685

Ueber die Chemie der localen Anaesthetica.

Synthesis of procaine (novocaine).

1841 CE

#4323

Ueber die Durchschneidung der Sehnen und Muskeln.

Report on 140 cases of tenotomy for treatment of club-foot.

1864 CE

#5667

Ueber die Einwirkung von Wasserstoff auf Einfach-Chlorkohlenstoff.

Discovery of trichlorethylene by Emil Fischer while working on the preparation of tetrachloroethylene.

1874 CE

#3282

Ueber die erste durch Th. Billroth am Menschen ausgeführte Kehlkopf-Exstirpation und die Anwendung eines künstlichen Kehlkopfes.

The first complete excision of the larynx for cancer, performed by Billroth on 31 December 1873 and reported by Gussenbauer. The patient left the hospital in good state on 3 March 1874. Also published in Arch. klin. C…

1874 CE

#5753

Ueber die feineren anatomischen Veränderungen bei Aufheilung von Haut auf Granulationen.

Thiersch’s first paper on transplantation of skin. Simultaneous publication in Arch. klin. Chir., 1874, 17, 318-24. English translation in No. 5768.2.

1889 CE

#3392

Ueber die Gründsätze der Behandlung von Eiterungen in starrwandigen Höhlen, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Empyems der Pleura.

Küster and von Bergmann developed the Operation of radical mastoidectomy.

1916 CE

#3000

Ueber die konservative Behandlung der Varicen.

Injection treatment of varicose veins was introduced by Linser.

1908 CE

#3012

Ueber die operative Behandlung der Embolie der Lungenarterie.

Pulmonary embolectomy first attempted, “Trendelenburg’s operation” – first successfully performed by Kirschner (see No. 3016).

1876 CE

#3022

Ueber die Paracentese des Perikardiums.

Account of first pericardiocentesis for suppurative pericarditis.

1880 CE

#1871

Ueber die physiologische Wirking des Cocaïn.

Anrep studied the action of cocaine and, like Moréno y Maïz, suggested that it might be used as a local anesthetic.

1881 CE

#6074

Ueber die theilweise und vollständige Ausschneidung der carcinomatösen Gebärmutter.

1893 CE

#5755

Ueber die Transplantation grosser ungestielter Hautlappen.

Krause popularized the use of whole thickness skin grafts. English translation in No. 5768.2.

1890 CE

#2997

Ueber die Unterbindung der Vena saphena magna bei Unterschenkelvaricen.

“Trendelenburg’s operation” – ligation of the great saphenous vein for the treatment of varicose veins in the leg. Reprinted, with translation, in Med. Classics, 1940, 4,989-1023. The paper als…

1832 CE

#1852

Ueber die Verbindungen, welche durch die Einwirkung des Chlors auf Alkohol, Aether, ölbildenes Gas und Essiggeist entstehen.

Discovery, in 1831, of chloroform and chloral. Independently chloroform was discovered by Souberian and by Guthrie.

1810 CE

#13756

Ueber die Verkrümmungen des menschlichen Körpers und eine rationelle und sichere Heilart derselben.

Valentin considered this work on the correction of deformities of the spine, neck, rickets, clubfoot, etc. one of the first "scientific" treatises on orthopedics. Digital facsimile from digitale-bibliothek-mv.de at th…

1886 CE

#3486

Ueber die Verwendung des Musculus rectus abdominis zum Verschlusse der künstlichen Magenfistel.

Von Hacker’s method of gastrostomy.

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.

1908 CE

#4880

Ueber eine neue operative Methode der Behandlung spastischer Lähmungen mittels Resektion hinterer Rückenmarkswurzeln.

Foerster’s operation of rhizotomy for spastic paralysis.

1860 CE

#1865

Ueber eine neue organische Base in den Cocablättern.

Isolation of cocaine, 1859, from the coca leaf, brought from Peru by Scherzer.

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.

1863 CE

#3592

Ueber einen Fall nicht incarcerierter, aber mit Incarceration des Ileum durch das Omentum complicirter Hernia interna mesogastrica.

“Gruber’s hernia” – internal mesogastric hernia.

1864 CE

#4335

Ueber einen Fall von cystoider Entartung des ganzen Skelettes.

First description of osteitis fibrosa cystica – hyperparathyroid bone disease, also known as “von Recklinghausen’s disease of bone”.

1923 CE

#3031

Ueber Erkennung und Behandlung der Umklammerung des Herzens durch schwielige Perikarditis.

First complete pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis.

1897 CE–1899 CE

#3517

Ueber Ernährung und Verdauung nach vollständiger Entfernung des Magens, Oesophagoenterostomie, beim Menschen.

First successful total gastrectomy.

1888 CE

#4350

Ueber freie Körper in den Gelenken.

König of Göttingen was the first to use the term “osteochondritis dissecans”.

1908 CE

#4377.1

Ueber Gelenktransplantation.

First osteoarticular joint transplant. English translation in Clin. orthop., 1985, 197, 1-10. See also his paper, "Substitution of whole or half joints from freshly amputated extremities by free plastic operation," Su…

1870 CE

#4339

Ueber hereditäre Knochensyphilis bei jungen Kindern.

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

1878 CE

#5916.1

Ueber Keratoplastik.

Sellerbeck was first to use human donor corneas for transplants. He was not very successful, probably because the antiseptics employed were too strong.

1873 CE

#5611

Ueber künstliche Blutleere bei Operationen.

Esmarch bandage for surgical hemostasis. English translation New Sydenham Society, 1876.

1912 CE

#4197

Ueber Leitungsanästhesie bei Nierenoperationen und Thorakoplastiken überhaupt bei Operationen am Rumpf.

Paravertebral anesthesia in urology.

1884 CE

#3174.1

Ueber Lungenchirurgie.

Resection of portion of a lobe that was invaded by sarcoma of the rib.

1909 CE

#4378

Ueber Nagelextension.

Kirschner wire, for skeletal traction, and for stabilization of bone fragments or joint immobilization.

1909 CE

#4881

Ueber operative Behandlung gastrischer Krisen durch Resektion der 7-10. hinteren Dorsalwurzel.

Foerster’s operation for tabes.

1906 CE

#4376.1

Ueber Osteogenesis imperfecta tarda.

Looser’s syndrome.

1897 CE

#3023.1

Ueber penetrirende Herzwunden und Herznaht.

Before 1896 wounds of the heart had always been regarded as fatal. Rehn’s work marks the begining of cardiac surgery. English translation in Callahan, Keys & Key, Classics of Cardiology, vol. 3, 34-44. See See K…

1861 CE

#3460

Ueber polypöse Vegetationen der gesammten Dickdarmschleimhaut.

First authentic description of polyposis of the colon.

1881 CE

#2176

Ueber primäres Debridement der Schusswunden.

Reyher, a Russian surgeon, reintroduced débridement and made a controlled study of its value in contaminated gunshot wounds during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. See No. 2177.

1880 CE

#3473

Ueber Radicalheilung des Krebses.

Kocher’s operation of radical extirpation of the tongue for carcinoma.

1927 CE

#5708

Ueber rektale Narkose mit Avertin (E 107).

Experimental use of “avertin’’ (tribromethanol).

1854 CE

#4464

Ueber Resectionen und Amputationen.

1891 CE

#4864

Ueber Rindenexcisionen, als Beitrag zur operativen Therapie der Psychosen.

Burckhardt, physician at a Swiss mental hospital, performed frontal lobotomy on four patients in 1890, with good results in some cases. Digital facsimile from Universitätsbibliothek Bern at this link.

1842 CE

#4416

Ueber spontane und congenitale Luxationen.

1905 CE

#5692

Uebereinige neue örtliche Anaesthetica (Stovain, Alypin, Novocain).

Procaine (novocaine), synthesized by Einhorn, was first used clinically by Braun.

2023 CE

#14200

Ultra-fast deep-learned CNS tumour classification during surgery.

Published "open access" 11 October 2023. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06615-2 "Abstract: "Central nervous system tumours represent one of the most lethal cancer types, particularly among children1. Prima…