Entry Nos. 2900–2999

1829 CE–1833 CE

#2288

Traité d’anatomie pathologique. 2 vols. and atlas.

Includes a historical review of the subject from the time of the Ancient Egyptians to Corvisart, and a summary of the advances in pathology during the preceding 50 years. Vol. 2, pp. 553-600 deals with diseases of the…

1939 CE

#2723

Diffuse arteriolar disease with hypertension and the associated retinal lesions.

The Keith–Wagener classification of fundal lesions. They classified essential hypertension into four groups.

1945 CE

#2900

Thiouracil treatment of angina pectoris; rationale and results.

1846 CE

#2902

Lectures illustrative of various subjects in pathology and surgery.

Page 361 contains the first description of intermittent claudication in man. This was first reported (in the horse) by “Boullay” [?J. Bouley] in Arch. gén. Méd.,1831, 27, 425. P. 186: Brodie'…

1847 CE

#2903

Ueber die acute Entzündung der Arterien.

1852 CE

#2904

Ueber einige der wichtigsen Krankheiten der Arterien.

One of Rokitansky’s best works. He described atheroma and calcification in the intima of arteries, and various congenital malformations. Rokitansky "is credited with the initial case report of polyarteritis nodo…

1859 CE

#2905

Sur la claudication intermittente.

Charcot was among the first to report intermittent claudication in man.

1866 CE

#2906

Ueber eine bisher noch nicht beschriebene eigenthümliche Arterienerkrankung (Periarteritis nodosa), die mit Morbus Brightii und rapid fortschreitender allgemeiner Muskellähmung einhergeht.

First description of periarteritis nodosa.

1879 CE

#2907

Ueber eine eigenthümliche Form von Endarteriitis und Endophlebitis mit Gangrän des Fusses.

Early description of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease, No. 2912).

1887 CE

#2908

L’artério-sclérose subaiguë dans ses rapports avec les spasmes vasculaires et son traitement par la trinitrine (nitroglycérine).

“Huchard’s disease” – continued hypertension causing arteriosclerosis. Huchard did much to develop the knowledge concerning arteriosclerosis and summarized his work in a classic monograph publi…

1902 CE

#2909

La technique opératoire des anastomoses vasculaires et la transplantation des viscères.

Carrel perfected the operation of arterial suture, end-to-end anastomosis of severed vessels with triple-threaded sutures. See also No. 3026.

1903 CE

#2910

Athérôme aortique expérimental par injections répétées d’adrénaline dans les veines.

Experimental production of arteriosclerosis.

1903 CE

#2911

Ueber die reine Mediaverkalkung der Extremitätenartien und ihr Verhalten zur Arteriosklerose.

“Mönckeberg’s sclerosis”. He described a form of medial sclerosis of the blood-vessels of the extremities. See also his later papers in Klin. Wschr.,1942, 52,1473-78, 1521-26.

1908 CE

#2912

Thrombo-angiitis obliterans; a study of the vascular lesions leading to presenile spontaneous gangrene.

Buerger’s important paper on thrombo-angiitis obliterans gives the first comprehensive report of the clinical and pathological aspects of the disease. Buerger gave the condition its present name; it is also know…

1908 CE

#2913

[In Russian:] Changes in parenchymatous organs and in the aorta of rabbits under the influence of animal protein.

Experimental atherosclerosis produced by a cholesterol-rich diet of whole milk, egg yolks, and meat. French translation as" Influence de la nourriture animale sur l'organisme des lapins," Arch. Méd. exp. Anat. …

1912 CE

#2914

Esclerosis secundaria de la arteria pulmonar y su cuadro clinico (Cardiacos negros).

A classical description of “Ayerza’s syndrome or disease” (cor pulmonale), to which Arrillaga named after Abel Ayerza, who first mentioned the disease in a lecture given in 1901. Corvisart mentioned …

1913 CE

#2915

Ueber experimentelle Cholesterinsteatose und ihre Bedeutung für die Entstehung einiger pathologischer Prozesse.

Anichkov and Chalatov of St. Petersburg, Russia, discovered that atherosclerosis of large arteries is critically dependent on cholesterol. (Translated in Arteriosclerosis, 1983, 3, 178-182). The inflammatory nature of…

1923 CE

#2916

Die Röntgenographische Darstellung der Arterien und Venen am lebenden Menschen.

Arteriography. First angiogram of a living patient.

1925 CE

#2917

Consideraciones sobre la denominación de “Enfermedad de Ayerza”.

In 1901 Argentinian physician Abel Ayerza (1861-1918) lectured on the syndrome of chronic cyanosis, dyspnoea, erythremia, and sclerosis of the pulmonary artery, “Ayerza’s disease” (cor pulmonale). He…

1925 CE–1926 CE

#2918

Concerning the pathology of some arterial diseases.

Klotz, eminent Canadian pathologist, is particularly remembered for his contributions to the subject of arteriosclerosis.

1930 CE

#2919

Intracranial aneurysms.

Temporal arteritis is first described in Case 24 (p. 532). Schmidt’s paper also appeared in Bibl. Laeger, 1930, 122,269 (Case 24, p. 320). Temporal arteritis was also described as a new condition by B. T. Horton…

1931 CE

#2920

Les dérivés du thorium dans l’artériographie des membres.

Thorotrast first used in arteriography.

1933 CE

#2921

The carotid sinus in health and disease: its rôle in the causation of fainting and convulsions.

The carotid sinus syndrome.

1940 CE

#2923

Grosse pulmonaire. Petite aorte. Affection congénitale.

Idiopathic dilatation of the pulmonary artery reported. With D. Routier and R. Heim de Balsac.

1942 CE

#2924

The rôle of hypersensitivity in periarteritis nodosa; as indicated by seven cases developing during serum sickness and sulfonamide therapy.

Rich considered hypersensitivity to be an important factor in the aetiology of periarteritis nodosa.

1786 CE

#2925

An account of Mr. Hunter’s method of performing the operation for the popliteal aneurism.

First description of John Hunter’s method of treating popliteal aneurysm. This consisted in a single ligature of the artery at a distance high in the healthy tissues. Recorded by his brother-in law. See also Tra…

1801 CE–1808 CE

#2926

The principles of surgery. 3 vols.

John Bell, the Scottish anatomist and brother of Charles Bell, is regarded as a founder of surgical anatomy. He was first to ligate the gluteal artery (Vol. I, pp, 421-26), and tied the common carotid and internal ili…

1798 CE–1799 CE

#2927

Oeuvres chirurgicales de P. J. Desault....ou tableau de sa doctrine & de sa pratique dans le traitement des maladies externes. Ouvrage publié par Xav. Bichat, son èlève. 3 vols.

Desault was one of the first professors at the École Pratique de Chirurgie, Paris. He made many suggestions regarding the treatment of fractures and dislocations and is one of the founders of modern vascular su…

1809 CE

#2928

Surgical observations on the constitutional origin and treatment of local diseases.

A pupil of John Hunter, Abernethy became a leading surgeon in London. He was most industrious, and it is said that not even on his wedding day did he fail to give his usual daily lecture at St. Bartholomew’s Hos…

1809 CE

#2929

A case of aneurism of the carotid artery.

Cooper ligated the common carotid artery on Nov. 1, 1805; the patient died, but a second case (June 22, 1808) proved successful. (See also No. 2955).

1811 CE

#2930

Inguinal aneurism cured by tying the external iliac artery in the pelvis.

First successful ligation of the external iliac artery in America (Aug. 19, 1811).

1811 CE

#2931

A case of aneurism by anastomosis in the orbit, cured by the ligature of the common carotid 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.

1814 CE

#2934

A case of carotid aneurism successfully treated.

Post, Professor of Surgery and Anatomy at Columbia College, New York, was the first in America to ligate the common carotid artery for aneurysmal disease.

1814 CE

#2935

A case of aneurism of the gluteal artery, cured by tying the internal iliac.

First successful ligation of the internal iliac, Dec. 27, 1812. The patient died in 1822 and an account of the autopsy is given by Richard Owen in Med.-chir. Trans.,1830, 16,219-35.

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…

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.

1816 CE

#2938

Case of inguinal aneurism cured by tying the external iliac artery

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).

1817 CE

#2940

Memoria sulla legature delle principali arterie degli arti.

1818 CE–1819 CE

#2941

Surgical essays. 2 vols.

Cooper, the pupil and great interpreter of Hunter, was the most popular surgeon in London during the Regency. In 1802 he gained the Copley Medal of the Royal Society. Travers was surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital…

1818 CE

#2942

Reflections on securing in a ligature the arteria innominata, to which is added a case in which the artery was tied by a surgical operation.

First ligation of the innominate artery, May 11, 1818. The artery was tied off half an inch below its bifurcation, and the patient suffered no respiratory or circulatory embarrassment. The ligature separated from the …

1819 CE

#2943

Account of the tying of the subclavian artery.

Dupuytren successfully ligated the subclavian artery on March 7, 1819.

1820 CE

#2944

Case of a wound of the common iliac artery.

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

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.

1825 CE

#2946

Account of a case in which both carotids were successfully tied.

In 1823 Macgill successfully ligated in continuity both primitive carotid arteries in the same subject within a month. He was the first American to do so.

1826 CE

#2947

Observation sur un cas de ligature de l’artère iliaque externe.

Successful ligation of the external iliac, Oct. 16, 1815.

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.

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…

1827 CE

#2950

Successful ligature of the common iliac artery.

First successful ligation of the common iliac.