Entry Nos. 3200–3299

1938 CE

#1952

Treatment of pneumonia with 2-(p-aminobenzenesulphonamido) pyridine.

Clinical proof of the value of sulphapyridine. M & B 693 (sulphapyridine) treatment of pneumonia. This followed the experimental work of L. E. H. Whitby (see No. 1951).

1793 CE

#2281

The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body.

Baillie was a nephew and pupil of William Hunter. The above is the first systematic textbook of morbid anatomy, treating the subject for the first time as an independent science. See also Nos. 2736, 3167.1. Baillie wa…

1819 CE

#2673

De l’auscultation médiate, ou traité du diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur. 2 vols.

This book revolutionized the study of diseases of the chest. Auscultation in the instrumental sense dates from Laennec’s invention of the stethoscope (at first merely a roll of stiff paper) with a view to amplif…

1925 CE

#3200

Studies on pneumonia following naso-pharyngeal injections of oil.

Lipoid pneumonia first described.

1926 CE

#3201

The nature of the “oat-celled sarcoma” of the mediastinum.

An important study of the histology of “oat-celled sarcoma” which Barnard showed to be primary carcinoma of the lung.

1929 CE

#3202

Surgical principles underlying one-stage lobectomy.

Brunn’s one-stage lobectomy.

1931 CE

#3203

Exstirpation eines ganzen Lungenflügels.

Removal of entire bronchiectatic lung; successful.

1932 CE

#3204

The common cold, with special reference to the part played by streptococci, pneumococci, and other organisms.

Annals of the Pickett-Thomson Research Lab., Vol. 8.

1933 CE

#3205

Successful removal of entire lung for carcinoma of the bronchus.

First reported case: April 5, 1933.

1933 CE

#3206

Zur Pathogenese der Bronchiektasien. I. Mitteilung: Bronchiektasien bei Situs viscerum inversus.

Bronchiectasis and sinus maldevelopment associated with transposition of viscera – “Kartageners syndrome”.

1933 CE

#3207

Pneumonectomy for sarcoma of the lung in a tuberculous patient.

Total pneumonectomy.

1933 CE

#3208

Tetany caused by functional dyspnea with hyperventilation: report of a case.

Hyperventilation syndrome.

1934 CE

#3209

Use of helium as a new therapeutic gas.

Introduction of helium in the treatment of respiratory affections. See also Ann. intern. Med., 1935, 9, 739-65.

1938 CE

#3211

An acute infection of the respiratory tract with atypical pneumonia: A disease entity probably caused by a filterable virus.

Atypical pneumonia.

1939 CE

#3212

Pneumonia. With special reference to pneumococcus lobar pneumonia.

1939 CE

#3213

Tabakmissbrauch und Lungencarcinom.

In the first case-control epidemiological study of the effects of tobacco Müller recorded a statistically significant correlation between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. See Alfredo Morabia, "Quality, original…

1945 CE

#3214

Transmission of primary atypical pneumonia to human volunteers.

COMMISSION ON ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASES

1937 CE

#3215

Observations on L-organism of Kleineberger.

Isolation of a mycoplasma from man.

1689 CE

#3216

Phthisiologia, seu exercitationes de phthisi.

The first application of the principles of pathology to the study of pulmonary tuberculosis. Morton showed that the formation of tubercles is a necessary part of the development of this lung disease, and pointed out t…

1720 CE

#3217

A new theory of consumptions : more especially of a phthisis, or consumption of the lungs.

Marten believed that an infectious micro-organism was the cause of tuberculosis, thus forecasting the existence of the tubercle bacillus 162 years before its actual discovery. Though Leeuwenhoek reported seeing bacter…

1822 CE

#3220

Essays, physiological and practical.

Carson proposed the induction of open pneumothorax for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (p. 64). Later he attempted it on a patient (see his An inquiry into the cause of respiration, etc. 2nd ed., London, 1833,…

1825 CE

#3221

Recherches anatomico-pathologiques sur la phthisis.

Louis’ researches were based on 358 dissections and 1,960 clinical cases, and included a numerical study of extra-pulmonary lesions. First edition in English, London, 1835. English translation, Boston, 1836. A t…

1834 CE

#3222

Illustrations of pulmonary consumption.

Morton published an important collection of illustrations delineating pulmonary tuberculosis which epitomized the knowledge of his time. It was also the first book on the subject published in the United States. Digita…

1840 CE

#3223

Essay on the treatment of and cure of pulmonary consumption.

Bodington was one of the first to advocate the sanatorium treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, with “cold dry air for healing and closing cavities and ulcers of the lungs”. His idea was much criticized and…

1876 CE

#3224

Recherches sur les relations qui existent entre les lésions des poumons et celles des ganglions trachéo-bronchiques.

The primary lesion in pulmonary tuberculosis in children (“Ghon’s primary focus”) was first described by Parrot.

1882 CE

#3225

A contribuzione della terapia chirurgica della tisi; ablazione de polmone? pneumotorace artificiale?

Forlanini first discussed the induction of artificial pneumothorax in the above papers; he applied it in 1888. For his report on its application, see Gazz. med. Torino, 1894, 45, 381, 401. English translation in Tuber…

1885 CE

#3226

A case of haemoptysis treated by the induction of pneumothorax so as to collapse the lung.

Artificial pneumothorax by pleural incision in intractable haemoptysis. See also Lancet, 1885, 1, 894-95.

1893 CE

#3227

A case of pneumonectomy.

Partial lobectomy in pulmonary tuberculosis.

1897 CE

#3228

Chirurgie du poumon en particulier dans les cavernes tuberculeuses et la gangrène pulmonaire.

Describes (p. 31) first cure of tuberculosis by removal of lung apex.

1906 CE

#3229

On some points in the surgery of the lung.

Removal of left lung for tuberculosis, April 24, 1895. The patient was alive in 1940; see Bowman, Life and teaching of Sir William Macewen (London, 1942), p. 344.

1906 CE

#3230

Die Behandlung der einseitigen Lungenphthisis mit künstlichem Pneumothorax (nach Murphy).

Brauer’s method of producing artificial pneumothorax by the injection of nitrogen.

1908 CE

#3231

Indications du traitement chirurgical de la tuberculose pulmonaire.

First radical thoracoplasty.

1911 CE

#3232

Eine neue Methode zur Verengung des Thorax bei Lungentuberkulose.

Wilms’s operation.

1912 CE

#3233

Der primäre Lungenherd bei der Tuberkulose der Kinder.

Ghon described the anatomical distribution and development of the lesions in pulmonary tuberculosis among children – “Ghon’s primary focus”. His book was translated into English in 1916. See al…

1913 CE

#3234

Die Beeinflüssung von Lungenerkrankungen durch künstliche Lähmung des Zwerchfells (Phrenikotomie).

Phrenicotomy in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.

1916 CE

#3235

Endopleurale Operationen unter der Leitung des Thorakoskops.

Jacobaeus introduced adhesion-section with the cautery, to secure collapse in artificial pneumothorax.

1933 CE

#3236

Ob das Pneumoperitoneum in der Kollapstherapie der beiderseitigen Lungentuberkulose angewandt werden kann?

Introduction of artificial pneumoperitoneum for the treatment of bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis.

1934 CE

#3237

Therapeutic pneumoperitoneum. A review of 100 cases.

Banyai combined artificial pneumoperitoneum with phrenic nerve paralysis.

1935 CE

#3238

Lobectomy in pulmonary tuberculosis. Report of a case.

The modern era in lung resection for tuberculosis begins with the work of Freedlander. He performed the first planned lobectomy for pulmonary tuberculosis.

1935 CE

#3239

Thoracoplasty with extrafascial apicolysis.

“Semb’s operation”.

1939 CE

#3240

Pulmonary tuberculosis. Pathology, diagnosis, management and prevention.

Third edition, 1953, by W. Pagel, F. A. H. Simmonds, and N. Macdonald.

1946 CE

#3241

Para-aminosalicylic acid in the treatment of tuberculosis.

p-Aminosalicylic acid used in pulmonary tuberculosis. See also his earlier paper in Svenska LäkT., 1946, 43, 2029-40.

1927 CE

#3242

Die Krankheitslehre der Phthise in den Phasen ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung.

1941 CE

#3243

The story of clinical pulmonary tuberculosis.

1597 CE

#3244

De vitiis vocis, libri duo.

First treatise devoted solely to diseases of the larynx. (See also No. 1718.)

1660 CE–1662 CE

#3245

Liber primus [-liber quintus et ultimus] de catarrhis. 6 vols.

Schneider put an end to the idea that nasal mucus originated in the pituitary. He demonstrated anatomically and clinically that the mucous membrane lining the nose (“Schneider’s membrane”) is the sou…

1670 CE

#3246

Dissertatio de origine catarrhi in qua ostenditur illum non provenire a cerebro. IN: Tractatus de corde, pp. 221-39.

With Schneider, Lower overthrew the idea that nasal mucus originated in the brain. This discovery localized nasal catarrh in the air passages and put an end to the use of many recipes for “purging the brain&rdqu…

1743 CE

#3248

Sur une bronchotomie faite avec succès.

Virgili is said to have performed successful tracheotomy at Cadiz, for quinsy (peritonsillar abscess)

1767 CE

#3249

Recherches sur les différens moyens de traiter les maladies des sinus maxillaires, et sur les avantages qu’il y a, dans certains cas, d’injecter des sinus par le nez.

Jourdain reported a method of washing out the antrum of Highmore through the natural opening.

1791 CE

#3250

Observation sur un fongus du sinus maxillaire.

First successful operation on a tumor of the maxillary sinus, 1789.