1820–1829

1822 CE–1832 CE

#409.1

Anatomia universa… 2 vols.

The largest of all medical books from the standpoint of format. The 44 life size engraved plates are reproduced in double elephant folio size measuring 950 x 635 mm., and include an almost incredible level of detail. …

1822 CE–1935 CE

#6731

Sveriges läkare-historia ifran Konung Gustaf den I:s till närvarande tid. 5 vols.

1823 CE

#6584.9

A military journal during the American Revolutionary War, from 1775-1783…

The first American medical historian, Thacher gave the best contemporary account of medicine during the Revolutionary War, as well as an important history of the war in general. See No. 6710.

1823 CE

#5844

A treatise on the diseases of the eye.

First American textbook of ophthalmology by the first American who is believed to have restricted his practice to diseases of the eye. Frick studied under Georg Beer in Vienna.

1823 CE

#6273

An essay on the proximate cause of the disease called phlegmasia dolens.

Davis was the first to state that phlegmasia alba dolens was due to inflammation of the veins. He was physician-accoucheur at the birth of Queen Victoria.

1823 CE

#9579

Bibliothek de Veterinairkunde.

An early attempt at a bibliography of the literature of veterinary medicine, including historical works. Strangely, the author cited publication dates only by their last 3 digits, thus 1800 is printed as 800, etc. Dig…

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).

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…

1823 CE

#1492.1

Commentatio de examine physiologico organi visus et systematis cutanei.

Purkynĕ was first to examine the interior of the human eye and the dog eye, using only a candle and a concave spherical lens. He thus invented the ophthalmoscope three decades before Helmholtz (1851; No. 5866). Reprin…

1823 CE

#1317

De nervi sympathetici humani fabrica usu et morbis.

Includes description of “Lobstein’s ganglion”, an accessory ganglion of the sympathetic nerve above the diaphragm. English translation, 1831.

1823 CE

#1735

Elements of medical jurisprudence. 2 vols.

First notable American text on forensic medicine.

1823 CE

#3433.1

Extirpation of the parotid gland.

Although Béclard and possibly others may have extirpated the parotid before Davidge, this was the first published case.

1823 CE

#13349

Histoire de description du Muséum royal d'histoire naturelle, ouvrage rédigé d'après les ordres de l'administration du muséum.

Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

1823 CE

#5845

Lectures on the operative surgery of the eye.

Guthrie founded the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, London, in 1816. He was the earliest teacher of the subject in the British Isles. The above includes important work on the artificial pupil.

1823 CE

#8798

Manners and customs of several Indian tribes located west of the Mississippi; including some account of the soil, climate, and vegetable productions, and the Indian materia medica: to which is prefixed the history of the author's life during a residence of several years among them.

Hunter claimed that as a child he had been captured by the Cherokee before they came to Texas. He adopted the name of an English benefactor, John Dunn, and later added the name "Hunter" given by the Indians because of…

1823 CE

#7361

Medical jurisprudence. 3 vols.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1823 CE

#3057

Observations sur l’état des veines dans les infiltrations des membres.

Description of venous obstruction and edema.

1823 CE

#3881

Observations sur les maladies de l’appendice sus-sphenoïdal (glande pituitaire) du cerveau.

Includes description of pituitary obesity.

1823 CE

#669

Recherches chimiques sur les corps gras d’origine animale.

A classic study of animal fats. Chevreul discovered that fats are composed of fatty acids and glycerol.

1823 CE

#1391

Recherches physiques sur les propriétés et les fonctions du système nerveux dans les animaux vertébrés.

Flourens removed the cerebrum and cerebellum in pigeons, showing maintenance of reflexes with loss of cerebration in the former case and disturbance of equilibrium in the latter case. Thus he demonstrated that the cer…

1823 CE

#12860

Reflexiones sobre la importancia de conservar la dentadura y manejo necesario al efecto: En lo que se incluyen una explicacion de los principios teoricos de dentista, y un método practico de curacion en casos de abandono.

In addition to his dental training Parrott was a merchant, businessman, consult to Mexico (1834-1836) and confidential U.S. agent to Mexico during 1845-1848, the period of the Mexican-American War. This 72 page bookle…

1823 CE

#7254

Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge.

Buckland’s elaborately illustrated Reliquiae diluvianae (Relics of the Flood) describes his geological and paleontological researches of the early 1820s, including his investigations of the Kirkdale and Paviland…

1823 CE–1825 CE

#10503

Chronik der Seuchen in Verbindung mit der gleichzeitigen Vorgängen in der physischen Welt und in der Geschichte der Menschen. Erster Theil vom Anfang der Geschichte bis in die Mitte des fünfzehnten Jahrhunderts. Zeiter Theil von der Mitte des fünzehnten Jahrhunderts bis auf die neuste Zeit. (2 vols.)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1823 CE–1826 CE

#7242

Planches anatomiques du corps humain executes d’après les dimensions naturelles. Double elephant folio atlas and small folio text.

Considering that it is among the rarest of all anatomies, and certainly the largest and probably the most spectacular, it is remarkable that two nearly identical editions of Mascagni’s posthumous life-size anato…

1823 CE–1828 CE

#4312

Chirurgie clinique de Montpellier. 2 vols.

Delpech's work includes the first account of rhinoplasty in France. On 4 June 1823, Delpech performed the first of six cases of rhinoplasty by the Indian forehead flap method, and one (unsuccessful) with a flap from t…

1824 CE

#5647

A letter on suspended animation, containing experiments showing that it may be safely employed during operations on animals, with a view of ascertaining its probable utility in surgical operations on the human subject.

Hickman was the first to prove that the pain of surgical operations could be abolished by the inhalation of a gas. He rendered animals unconscious, first through partial asphyxiation by the exclusion of air, then by i…

1824 CE

#5022

A practical essay on typhous fever.

Nathan Smith left a classic account of typhoid; this was reprinted in Med. Classics, 1937, 1, 781-819 He clearly recognized the contagious nature of the disease.

1824 CE

#11156

A practical treatise on the diseases of the skin, comprehending an account of such facts as have been recorded on these subjects, with original observations. The whole arranged with a view to illustrate the constitutional causes of these diseases, as well as their local characters.

Plumbe was one of the most outspoken critics of Willan and Bateman’s morphological system of skin disease classification. In his Practical Treatise he was the first dermatologist to attempt to produce a classifi…

1824 CE

#13482

A treatise of domestic medicine, intended for families: in which the treatment of common disorders are alphabetically enumerated. To which is added, a practical system of domestic cookery, describing the best, most economical, and most wholesome methods of dressing victuals; intended for the use of families who do not affect magnificence in their style of living. Also, The art of preserving all kinds of animal and vegetable substances for many years, by M. Appert.

Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

1824 CE

#13875

A voyage to India: Containing reflections on a voyage to Madras and Bengal, in 1821, in the ship Lonach; instructions for the preservation of health in Indian climates; and hints to surgeons and owners of private trading-ships.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1824 CE

#2945

Account of an operation for the extirpation of a tumour in which a ligature was applied to the carotid artery.

Cogswell ligated the primitive carotid on Nov. 4, 1803.

1824 CE

#3730

Beobachtungen Über den Nutzen des Berger Leberthrans (Oleum jecoris Aselli, von Gadus asellus L.)

First report of the value of cod-liver oil in the treatment of rickets.

1824 CE

#8410

Bibliotheca Britannica, or, A general index to British and foreign literature. 4 vols.

This bio-bibliographical encyclopedia of English and foreign literature includes many articles on physicians from the ancient world up to Watt's time, and is an extraordinary achievement for one man. Typically the fir…

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.

1824 CE

#4796

Considérations sur une espèce de paralysie qui affecte particulièrement les aliénés. Thèse [pour le doctorat en médecin] No. 224.

Delaye, a pupil of Esquirol, selected for his thesis the subject of “incomplete general paralysis of the insane”, which he differentiated from other forms of paralysis. He recorded the early signs of the d…

1824 CE

#145.56

De l’influence des agens physiques sur la vie.

Edwards studied the influence of environmental factors on animal life, concluding that vital processes depend on external physical and chemical forces but are not entirely controlled by them. The work includes an acco…

1824 CE

#4511

De tremore, palpitatione, convulsione, et rigore. IN: Opera omnia ed. cur. C.G. Kühn, cur 7, 584-642.

Complete English translation by D. Sider and M. McVaugh in Trans. stud. Coll. Phys. Phila., 1979, 1, 183-210.

1824 CE

#2606

De tumoribus praeter naturam. In his Opera omnia, ed. cur. C.G. Kühn. 7, 705-32.

Galen’s classification of tumors persisted for more than 1,000 years. He considered neoplasms to be due to an excess of black bile, which solidified in certain sites. He advocated purges to dissolve the black bi…

1824 CE

#1494

Description of a small muscle of the internal commissure of the eyelids.

Homer described the tensor tarsi (Horner’s) muscle, supplying the lacrimal apparatus. It was first described by Du Verney in 1749

1824 CE

#474.1

Deuxième mémoire sur la génération. Rapports de l’oeuf avec la liqueur fécondante. Phénomènes appréciables, résultant de leur action mutuelle. Développement de l’oeuf des Batraciens.

Prévost and Dumas proved that the frog egg is fertilized by the entry of spermatozoa.

1824 CE

#13719

Elements of phrenology.

The first book on phrenology written by an American. Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

1824 CE

#3434

Extirpation de la parotide.

First excision of the parotid, 1823.

1824 CE

#3112

History of a case of anaemia.

First description of pernicious anemia. Paper read May 1, 1822.

1824 CE

#13408

Manuel médico-légal des poisons, précédé de considérations sur l'empoisonnement, des moyens de le constater, du résultat d'expériences faites sur l'acétate de morphine et les autres alcalis végétaux; suivi d'une méthode de traiter les morsures des animaux enragés et de la vipère; d'un précis sur la pustule maligne; des secours à donner aux personnes empoisonnées, noyées ou asphyxiées, etc. Rédigé sous les yeux de M. le Professeur Chaussier, par E. Montmahou.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1824 CE

#3561

Observations pour servir à l’histoire des inflammations de l’appendice du caecum.

Report of two cases of fatal peritonitis due to perforation of the appendix. Of this paper, H. A. Kelly says, “It at once established a definite place for lesions of the appendix in the category of recognized di…

1824 CE

#987

On the nature of the acid and saline matters usually existing in the stomachs of animals.

Proof that the gastric juice contains free hydrochloric acid.

1824 CE

#11599

Original cases with dissections and observations illustrating the use of the stethoscope and percussion in the diagnosis of diseases of the chest: Also commentaries on the same subjects selected and translated from Auenbrugger, Corvisart, Laennec and others

This is the earliest English work on the stethoscope. It "includes the first English translation of Auenbrugger's book on percussion, selected sections from Laennec's book on auscultation, and detailed reports from 39…

1824 CE

#2531

Origines contagii.

History of contagious disease in the ancient world through readings from the texts. A supplementary “Additamenta” was published in 1826. Digital facsimile of the 1824 edition from the Internet Archive at t…

1824 CE

#13409

Receuil de mémoires, consultations et rapports sur divers objets de médecine légale.

Chaussier pioneered the practice of forensic medicine in France. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1824 CE

#108

Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur la structure intime des animaux et des végétaux.