Facets

1915 CE

#5757

Bone-graft surgery.

Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. He used cutting machines and saws to make inlaid, perfectly-fitting grafts. See especially his “Transplantation of a portion of the tibia int…

2015 CE

#9429

Bones: Orthopaedic pathologies in Roman Imperial age.

1989 CE

#11378

Botulinum toxin: a treatment for facial asymmetry caused by facial nerve paralysis.

First documentation of a cosmetic use for botulinum toxin (Botox). This was one of the early documented applications of a biological medical product.

1938 CE

#13328

Bound feet.

The author was assistant superintendent of Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals in Boston and Assistant Professor of Tropical Diseases at Boston University School of Medicine. His book is part travelogue and part memoir o…

1893 CE

#9637

Brain surgery.

The first American book on neurosurgery, published the same year as Macewen's pioneering neurosurgical classic (No. 4872). Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive at this link.

1982 CE

#5766.6

Breast reconstruction with a transverse abdominal island flap.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Hartrampf, Scheflan, Black. The transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap for breast reconstruction. Breast reconstruction without the use of an artificial implant.

1816 CE

#5586

Buck-skin and kid ligatures

Physick, the “Father of American surgery”, graduated at Edinburgh, having been a pupil of John Hunter. He introduced several new procedures in surgery, one of which was the use of absorbable kid and bucksk…

1930 CE

#2256

Burns. Types, pathology and management.

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…

1939 CE

#5763.1

Calibrated intermediate skin-grafts.

Padgett dermatome.

1922 CE

#5782

Cancer of the breast and its treatment. 2nd ed.

Sampson Handley advanced the theory that in mammary cancer metastasis is due to extension along lymphatic vessels – “lymphatic permeation” – and not to dissemination byway of the blood stream. …

1930 CE

#3326

Cancer of the larynx.

Thomson’s technique in the laryngofissure procedure for intrinsic cancer of the larynx was published in his Diseases of the nose and throat, London, 1911, pp. 732-37.

1927 CE

#3972

Carcinoma of the islands of the pancreas; hyperinsulinism and hypoglycemia.

R. M. Wilder, F. N. Allan, M. H. Power, and H. E. Robertson reported the occurrence of carcinoma with hyperinsulinism. They also reported the first operation for hyperinsulinism performed on December 2, 1926 by Willia…

1941 CE

#3158

Cardiac classics. A collection of classic works on the heart and circulation with comprehensive biographic accounts of the authors.

Covers the literature up to 1912. Reprinted in 2 vols, as Classics of cardiology, New York, Dover, 1961. Reprinted again, with volume 3 by John A. Callahan, Thomas E. Keys & Jack E. Key, Malabar, Florida, Krieger, 198…

1923 CE

#3030.1

Cardiotomy and valvulotomy for mitral stenosis. Experimental observations and clinical notes concerning an operated case with recovery.

Successful section of mitral valve for relief of mitral stenosis.

1955 CE

#11577

Cardiovascular surgery: Studies in physiology, diagnosis and techniques. Proceedings of the symposium held at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, March, 1955. Edited by Conrad R. Lam.

This symposium was a foundational work in the history of cardiovascular surgery. It included contributions by most of the pioneers of the closed and open-heart procedures that revolutionaized the care of children and …

2015 CE

#7855

Caring for the heart: Mayo Clinic and the rise of specialization.

The history of cardiology and cardiac surgery from the perspective of the history of the Mayo Clinic. Of special interest for details of the history of cardiac surgery in Minnesota. The book may be most remembered for…

1867 CE

#7704

Cas singulier de trépanation chez le Incas.

Broca attributed a defect in an ancient Peruvian skull to antemortem trepanation; prior to this paleopathologists and paleoanthropologists were unaware that the Incas practiced trepanation.

1870 CE–1871 CE

#3463.1

Case in which an intestinal obstruction was removed by the operation of gastrotomy.

1836 CE

#2954

Case of a femoral aneurism, for which the external iliac artery was tied, with an account of the preparation of the limb, dissected at the extirpation of eighteen years.

The artery was tied in 1808, and the patient died in 1826.

1820 CE

#2944

Case of a wound of the common iliac artery.

Gibson was the first to ligate the common iliac, July 27, 1812.

1816 CE

#2937

Case of a wound of the peroneal artery successfully treated by a ligature.

On July 2, 1815, Guthrie successfully ligated the peroneal artery of a German soldier wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.

1885 CE

#3482.2

Case of acute extensive ulceration of the colon.

First detailed description of ulcerative colitis.

1858 CE

#2960

Case of aneurism of the femoral artery for which ligatures were successively applied to the femoral, profunda, external and common iliac.

1833 CE

#2953

Case of aneurism of the right subclavian artery, in which that vessel was tied within the scaleni muscles.

In his day Mott was the ablest exponent of vascular surgery in the U.S.A. This was the first attempt in America to ligate the subclavian within the scaleni muscles. The procedure had been tried at least twice previous…

1827 CE

#2948

Case of axillary aneurism successfully treated by tying the subclavian artery.

In 1823 Key successfully ligated the subclavian artery for aneurysm at the axilla.

1817 CE

#2939

Case of brachial aneurism, cured by tying the subclavian artery above the clavicle.

Post was the first successfully to ligate the subclavian artery outside the scaleni (Sept. 8, 1817).

1865 CE

#3272

Case of cancer of the larynx, successfully removed by laryngotomy.

Laryngectomy for papillomata.

1827 CE

#2949

Case of carotid aneurism successfully treated by tying the artery above the aneurismal tumor.

Wardrop successfully treated aneurysm of the carotid artery by distal ligation, a procedure suggested by Pierre Brasdor (see No. 2951). Wardrop expanded this paper into a book: On aneurism, and its cure by a new opera…

1885 CE

#4858

Case of cerebral tumour.

First instance of diagnosis, accurate clinical localization, and operative removal of a tumor of the brain, 25 November, 1884. The patient survived for one month. Preliminary report in Lancet, 1884, 2, 1090-91.

1837 CE

#5743.2

Case of deformity of the mouth, from a burn, successfully treated by Dieffenbach’s method.

Mutter was probably the first in America to perform plastic operations to correct deformities.

1812 CE

#3560

Case of diseased appendix vermiformis.

First case of appendicitis reported in English, and the first in which perforation was recognized as the cause of death. John Parkinson was the son of James Parkinson (No. 4690).

1862 CE

#2961

Case of iliac aneurism.

Syme treated a case of iliac aneurysm by opening the sac and ligating the common iliac and the internal and external iliac arteries.

1816 CE

#2938

Case of inguinal aneurism cured by tying the external iliac artery

1812 CE

#2932

Case of inguinal aneurism cured by tying the external iliac artery.

Goodlad successfully ligated the external iliac on July 29, 1811. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1847 CE

#3449

Case of internal strangulation of intestine relieved by operation.

Records the first operation for intestinal strangulation of the small intestine by Hilton at Guy’s Hospital. No anaesthetic was used; the patient died nine hours afterwards.

1850 CE

#4327

Case of mollities and fragilitas ossium.

Multiple myeloma first described.

1822 CE

#4447

Case of osteo-sarcoma in which the right side of the lower jaw was removed successfully after tying the carotid artery.

Mott resected the entire half of the bone, necessitating a disarticulation at the temporo-mandibular joint.

1828 CE

#4453

Case of osteo-sarcoma of the lower jaw.

Syme’s operation of excision of the lower jaw for osteosarcoma.

1824 CE

#4449

Case of osteo-sarcoma of the superior maxillary bone, with the operation for its removal.

Rogers removed nearly all of the upper jaw. Operation performed in 1810.

1868 CE–1869 CE

#4338

Case of osteoporosis, or spongy hypertrophy of the bones (calvaria, clavicle, os femoris, and rib).

A classic account of osteitis deformans. Wilks was associated with Guy’s Hospital all his life. A kindly, charming man, he was described by Osler as one of the handsomest men in London in his time, even until th…

1823 CE

#4448

Case of removal of a portion of the lower maxillary bone.

Deaderick resected a portion of the jaw in 1810. He wrote this paper to obtain priority over Mott (No. 4447).

1870 CE

#3464

Case of stricture of the oesophagus in which gastrotomy was performed.

First gastrostomy for obstruction of the esophagus performed in America.

1821 CE

#4446

Case of tumour of the superior jaw.

First excision of the superior maxilla, 11 Nov, 1820.

1827 CE

#4414

Case of un-united fracture of the os brachii, successfully treated.

Successful wiring of ununited fracture of humerus.

1823 CE

#4851.1

Case reports: From injuries of the head.

Dudley was for many years the leading surgeon on the western frontier of the United States. This paper reports the first operations on the brain performed in the United States. Three of the five patients were relieved…

1887 CE

#3569

Cases of exploratory laparotomy followed by appropriate remedial operation.

Thomas George Morton (1835-1903) was one of the first deliberately to operate for and remove the inflamed appendix after correct diagnosis, April 1887. The patient survived. Case reported by Woodbury.

1871 CE

#2248.1

Cases of skin-grafting and skin-transplantation.

Pollock used Reverdin’s skin-grafting technique in the treatment of burn contractures.

1978 CE

#8775

Catalog of works in the neurological sciences collected by Cyril Brian Courville, representative of clinical neurology, neuroanatomy, and neuropathology with particular reference to head trauma.

1932 CE

#4400.2

Cerebral birth injuries: Their orthopaedic classification and subsequent treatment.

Phelps established the modern classification and approach to these injuries.