1870–1879

1863 CE

#4696

Ueber degenerative Atrophie der spinalen Hinterstränge.

Friedreich was the first to describe a form of ataxia (“Friedreich’s ataxia”), hereditary, attended with impairment of speech, lateral curvature of the spine, and with paralysis of the muscles of the…

1865 CE

#168

De la chevelure comme caractéristique des races humaines.

Pruner-Bey did the first important work on the classification of races according to texture and shape in section of hair. Digital facsimile from Persee.fr at this link.

1867 CE

#2620

Die Entwicklung der Carcinome.

Waldeyer confirmed the work of Thiersch (No. 2618) on the epithelial origin of cancer, disproving Virchow’s theory (No. 2617). So great was the authority of the latter that it was not until the appearance of the…

1870 CE

#7601

A descriptive catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1870 CE

#11623

A manual of medical jurisprudence for India, including the outline of a history of crime against the person in India.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1870 CE

#2170

A method of antiseptic treatment applicable to wounded soldiers in the present war.

In 1870, for the first time on the battlefield, French and German army surgeons applied antiseptic methods in the management of wounds. Lister published the above short paper describing the simplest method he could de…

1870 CE

#442

A sketch of the early history of practical anatomy. The introductory address to the course of lectures on anatomy at the Philadelphia School of Anatomy.

Reprinted in 1874 by Lippincott as a separate pamphlet, and in Keen’s Addresses and other papers, Philadelphia, 1905.

1870 CE

#171

Anthropométrie, ou mesure des différentes facultés de l’homme.

In his classification of various populations, Quetelet adopted the plan of determining the standard or typical “mean man” as a basis, using stature, weight, or complexion, etc., as a measure in each partic…

1870 CE

#268

Beschreibung eines Mikrotoms.

His was, more than any other person, responsible for the introduction of the microtome, although Ranvier and other French people had earlier employed microtomes of simpler types.

1870 CE

#3121

Cachessia puerperale raccolta nella clinica ginecologica dell’ospitale Maggiore di Milano.

“Valsuani’s disease” – progressive anemia in pregnant and lactating women, probably first described by H. N. Bennett (No. 3117).

1870 CE

#2769

Capillary embolism or arterial pyaemia.

One of the first accounts of bacterial endocarditis was given by Wilks, who, in his classic paper on the subject, called the condition “arterial pyaemia.” Reprinted in Willius & Keys, Cardiac classics, 194…

1870 CE

#3464

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

First gastrostomy for obstruction of the esophagus performed in America.

1870 CE

#228

Contributions to the theory of natural selection.

Reprints, with important revisions and additions, nine important papers concerning natural selection, which had previously appeared in journals, and publishes for the first time a major paper on The limits of natural …

1870 CE

#4541

Das Rankenneurom.

Original description of plexiform neurofibroma.

1870 CE

#5905

Das Ulcus corneae serpens und seine Therapie.

First description of serpiginous ulcer of the cornea and its treatment. Called also “Saemisch’s ulcer”.

1870 CE

#1467

De physiologie der spraakklanken.

Donders’s most important work was performed in the field of ophthalmology, but he wrote a classic treatise on the physiology of speech. Also published in Onderzoekingen gedaan in het Physiologisch Laboratoriumde…

1870 CE

#4060

Dermatitis erysipelatosa; Gangraena; Enkephalitis.

First description of dermatitis exfoliativa neonatorum (“Rittershain’s disease”).

1870 CE

#423

Die descriptive und topographische Anatomie des Menschen.

1870 CE

#3381

Die Schalleitung durch die Kopfknochen und ihre Bedeutung für die Diagnostik der Ohrenkrankheiten.

Lucae was the first to study the transmission of sounds through the cranial bones for the purpose of diagnosing diseases of the ear.

1870 CE

#492

Eierstock und Ei.

Waldeyer discovered the germinal epithelium.

1870 CE

#3066

Ein Fall von Leukämie mit Erkrankung des Knochenmarkes.

Neumann was the first to note changes in the bone marrow in leukemia, and he proposed the term “myelogenous leukemia”.

1870 CE

#4425

Eine neue Reductionsmethode für Schulterverrenkung.

Kocher was Professor of Surgery at Berne, and among the greatest surgeons of his day. He is remembered, among other things, for his method of reduction of subluxation of the shoulder-joint.

1870 CE

#13688

Étude médico-légale sur la pendaison, la strangulation, les suffocations.

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1870 CE

#2481

Études sur la maladie des vers à soie. 2 vols.

This work saved the French silk industry, which had been crippled by the disease pébrine. After three years of research on the problem, Pasteur was able to show that the disease known as pébrine was caus…

1870 CE

#1406

Experimentaluntersuchungen über das peripherische und centrale Nervensystem.

Modern study of the functions of the thalamus began with the important investigations of Gudden. He is remembered eponymically by “Gudden’s commissure” and “Gudden’s atrophy” &ndash…

1870 CE

#4213

Exstirpation einer Niere am Menschen.

First successful planned nephrectomy for urinary tract fistula. A more detailed, illustrated account of the case appears in No. 4214.

1870 CE

#6239

Gastro-elytrotomy; a substitute for the Caesarean section.

Thomas revived and modified Ritgen’s operation.

1870 CE

#5750

Greffe épidermique. Expérience faite dans le service de M. le docteur Guyon à l’hôpital Necker.

Reverdin’s work on the transplantation of free skin, as contrasted with the previous method of pedunculated flaps, attracted much attention. English translation in No. 5768.2.

1870 CE

#337

Grundzüge der vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbelthiere.

Gegenbaur’s best work. He stressed the value of comparative anatomy as the basis of the study of descent, considering that knowledge of the relations of corresponding parts in different animals was more importan…

1870 CE

#11702

Handbuch der operativen Chirurgie von Julius von Szymanowski. Deutsche Ausgabe von dem Verfasser und ... C.W. F. Uhde. Ester Theil (All Published.)

The author, who died of testicular cancer at the age of 39 two years before this posthumous publication, is one of the forgotten pioneers of plastic surgery. Many of the techniques described by later authors without c…

1870 CE

#4212

Handbuch der pathologischen Anatomie. I. Abt.

A classic description of glomerulonephritis (“Klebs’s disease”) is on pp. 644-48.

1870 CE

#6387

Histoire des sciences médicales. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1870 CE

#5292

Kala azar.

Kala azar is mentioned briefly in the Proceedings in 1869 (No. 34, p. 19) but the above is the first full description, given by Briscoe in a report dated 1 Dec 1869.

1870 CE

#2169

Kriegschirurgische Beiträge aus dem Jahre 1866.

A surgical history of the Seven Weeks War between Germany and Austria. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1870 CE

#2679

Medical thermometry.

Allbutt introduced the modern clinical thermometer.

1870 CE

#5526

Mycosis der Lunge beim Pferde.

Botriomycosis first described.

1870 CE

#13077

Naval hygiene, by Joseph Wilson, Surgeon United States Navy: With an Appendix: Moving wounded men on shipboards by Albert C. Gorgas, Surgeon United States Navy.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1870 CE

#13675

Nouvelles études sur les quinquinas, d'après les matériaux présentés en 1867 à l'Exposition universelle de Paris et accompagnées de facsimilé des dessins de la quinologie de Mutis, suivis de remarques sur la culture de quinquinas.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1870 CE

#5313

Observations on relapsing fever, as it occurred in Philadelphia in the winter of 1869 and 1870.

Parry called attention to infection from articles of clothing worn by victims of the epidemic of relapsing fever in Philadelphia in 1869.

1870 CE

#4061

On dermatitis exfoliativa.

Although Hippocrates mentioned this condition, Erasmus Wilson first named it and described it as we know it today. It has been called “Wilson’s disease”; an eponym discarded since its use to describe…

1870 CE

#4470

On supra-condyloid amputation of the thigh.

Gritti–Stokes amputation (see also No. 4466).

1870 CE

#1619

On the effects of the antiseptic system of treatment upon the salubrity of a surgical hospital.

1870 CE

#2768

On the etiology and prevalence of diseases of the heart among soldiers.

First description of “Da Costa’s syndrome” – the “effort syndrome” of Sir Thomas Lewis.

1870 CE

#10448

Report on barracks and hospitals, with descriptions of military posts.

Describes military posts in all regions of the U.S., including the Western territories, with details of their hospitals, barracks, etc. In a 1928 talk at Mayo Clinic historian Fielding Garrison wrote about this work, …

1870 CE

#13032

The boys in white: The experience of a hospital agent in and around Washington.

An account of the author's experiences as a nurse working in Washington, D.C. hospitals during the U.S. Civil War. Wheelock became known as the "Florence Nightingale of Michigan." Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trus…

1870 CE

#10567

The religious system of the Amazulu. Izinyanga zokubula; or, divination, as existing among the Amazulu, in their own words, with a translation into English, and notes.

Callaway, a surgeon turned missionary and bishop of the Diocese of Natal, may have been the first to publish actual transcriptions of Zulu divination, including indigenous medical beliefs and practices, in their origi…

1870 CE

#3009

Traité clinique et expérimental des embolies capillaires.

1870 CE

#4425.1

Traité de l’immobilisation directe des fragments osseux dans les fractures.

First book devoted to the treatment of fractures by internal fixation.

1870 CE

#1405

Ueber die elektrische Erregbarkeit des Grosshirns.

These workers showed that electrical stimulation of the frontal cortex in various experimental animals caused movements of the extremities of the opposite side of the body, thus proving the existence of a motor area i…

1870 CE

#820

Ueber die Messung des Blutquantums in den Herzventrikeln.

Fick principle for the calculation of cardiac output based on measuring the minute volume of oxygen consumption and the arteriovenous oxygen difference. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.