Entry Nos. 3200–3299
98 Garrison-Morton entries in this range.
1804 CE
#3251
Dissertation sur les maladies des fosses nasales et de leurs sinus.
First important work on diseases of the nose and nasal sinuses.
1809 CE
#3252
The pathology of the membranes of the larynx and bronchia.
Cheyne’s important book deals mainly with the lesions of croup.
1821 CE
#3253
Osphrésiologie, ou traité des odeurs, du sens et des organes de l’olfaction. 2me. éd.
An exhaustive work which discusses olfaction, diseases of the nose, membranous occlusion of the nostrils, deviations of the septum, rhinoplasty, coryza, vasomotor rhinitis, rhinorrhoea, etc. The first edition was enti…
1826 CE
#3254
Observations on the surgical pathology of the larynx and trachea.
Porter was Professor of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The above includes a description of “Porter’s sign”, tracheal tugging in aortic aneurysm.
1828 CE
#3255
Description of a forceps, employed to facilitate the extirpation of the tonsil.
Invention of the modern tonsillotome.
1829 CE
#3256
Die Pathologie und Therapie der Kehlkopfkrankheiten.
1836 CE
#3257
Ueber eine Form von Halsentzündung.
“Ludwig’s angina” first described. English translation and biographical note. Bull. Hist. Med., 1939, 7, 1115-26.
1837 CE
#3258
Traité pratique de la phthisie laryngée, de la laryngite chronique, et des maladies de la voix.
A laryngological classic. English translation, 1839.
1843 CE
#3259
A nasal operation for the removal of a large tumour filling up the entire nostril and extending to the pharynx.
Removal of a fibrous growth from the nostril by division of the nasal and maxillary bones, July 8, 1841. Preliminary note in the same journal, 1842, 3, 257.
1844 CE
#3260
Sur une opération de laryngotomie pratiquée dans un cas de polype du larynx.
First removal of a laryngeal polyp.
1846 CE
#3261
A treatise on diseases of the air-passages.
Green was the “father of laryngology” in America, and this is the first American treatise in otorhinolaryngology. He was the first successfully to introduce medicaments into the larynx, trachea, and bronch…
1852 CE
#3262
The surgical treatment of polypi of the larynx and oedema of the glottis.
Green was one of the few to remove a laryngeal tumor before the invention of the laryngoscope.
1853 CE
#3263
On the surgical treatment of morbid growths within the larynx, illustrated by an original case and statistical observations, elucidating their nature and forms.
Thyrotomy for removal of cancer of the larynx. The operation took place in May 1851, and the patient died in 1852.
1854 CE
#3264
A practical treatise on foreign bodies in the air-passages.
First systematic study of the subject. In this celebrated work Gross laid down principles concerning symptoms which are still fundamental, despite the advent of roentgenology.
1856 CE
#3265
Case of pharyngotomy.
First pharyngotomy in England. Fuller report in Guy’s Hosp. Rep., 1858, 3 ser., 4, 217.
1861 CE
#3267
The breath of life; or mal-respiration, and its effects upon the enjoyments and life of man.
Catlin, the famous American artist, was the first in America to call attention to the bad effects of mouth-breathing. He based his book on observations of native American practices, and illustrated his book with humor…
1862 CE
#3268
Die erste Ausrottung eines Polypen in der Kehlkopfshöhle durch Zerschneiden ohne blutige Eröffnung der Luftwege.
First enucleation of a laryngeal polyp by the bloodless method. Digital facsimile of the second edition (1862) from the Internet Archive at this link.
1862 CE
#3269
Beiträge zur Laryngoscopie.
Lewin was probably the first to extirpate a laryngeal growth with the aid of the laryngoscope. Bruns claimed this distinction, but may not have heard of Lewin.
1863 CE
#3270
Studien und Beobachtungen über Stimmbandlähmung.
An important study of paralysis of the vocal cords was made by Gerhardt. He diagnosed the growth in the larynx of Friedrich III, Emperor of Germany, whose eventual death from this condition was to have such disastrous…
1865 CE
#3271
Die Laryngoskopie und die laryngoskopische Chirurgie. 1 vol. and atlas.
Bruns claimed to have been the first to remove a tumor from the larynx with the aid of the laryngoscope.
1865 CE
#3272
Case of cancer of the larynx, successfully removed by laryngotomy.
Laryngectomy for papillomata.
1866 CE
#3273
Klinik der Krankheiten des Kehlkopfes und der Luftröhre. 1 vol. and atlas.
On p. 295 is a classic description of laryngitis sicca – “Türck’s trachoma”.
1867 CE
#3274
Removal of a fibrous polyp from the inferior anterior surface of the right vocal cord with the aid of the laryngoscope.
First successful operation for cancer of the larynx.
1867 CE
#3275
Die Anwendung der Galvanokaustik im Innern des Kehlkopfes und Schlundkopfes.
Voltolini was the first to use the galvanocautery in laryngeal surgery.
1868 CE
#3276
Om adenoide Vegetationer i Naesesvaelgrummet.
First clinical description of adenoid growths. For an English translation of the paper see Med. -chir. Trans., 1870, 53, 191-215
1870 CE
#3277
Ueber ein eigenthümliches Neugebilde an der Nase – Rhinosclerom.
Rhinoscleroma is considered a tropical disease, mostly endemic to Africa and Central America, and less common in the United States.
1871 CE
#3278
Essay on growths in the larynx.
An analysis of 100 of Mackenzie’s own cases.
1872 CE
#3279
Ueber Diagnose und Behandlung der Stimmbandlähmung.
See No. 3270. Continuing his study of laryngeal paralysis. Gerhardt proposed the term “cadaveric position” to indicate the position of the vocal cord in total paralysis of the larynx.
1872 CE
#3280
Diseases of the throat: A guide to the diagnosis and treatment of affections of the pharynx, oesophagus, trachea, larynx, and nares.
First American textbook on oto-rhino-laryngology.
1873 CE
#3281
Fall von gutartiger Mycosis des Pharynx.
Mycosis pharyngitis first reported.
1874 CE
#3282
Ueber die erste durch Th. Billroth am Menschen ausgeführte Kehlkopf-Exstirpation und die Anwendung eines künstlichen Kehlkopfes.
The first complete excision of the larynx for cancer, performed by Billroth on 31 December 1873 and reported by Gussenbauer. The patient left the hospital in good state on 3 March 1874. Also published in Arch. klin. C…
1874 CE
#3283
Rareficirender, trockner Katarrh der Nasenrachenhöhle und des Rachens (Atrophie). In: H. von Ziemssen’s Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie, 7, 1, 313-16.
First description of “Tornwaldt’s bursitis”, an inflammatory condition of the pharyngeal tonsil, so named from the latter’s description of it in 1885 (see No. 3295).
1875 CE
#3284
Ueber respiratorische Paralysen.
Riegel distinguished between respiratory and phonatory paralysis of the larynx.
1876 CE
#3285
Rhinitis chronica. Ozaena. Stockschnupfen. Stinknase. In Ziemssen’s Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie 4, I, 125-34
Fraenkel established ozena (atrophic rhinitis) as a clinical entity.
1881 CE
#3286
Surgical treatment of hypertrophic nasal catarrh.
Jarvis nasal snare described.
1880 CE–1884 CE
#3287
A manual of diseases of the throat and nose. 2 vols.
Mackenzie’s great reputation earned him the title of Father of British Laryngology. In 1863 he founded the Golden Square Throat Hospital, London, the first hospital in the world devoted solely to diseases of the…
1881 CE
#3288
Clinical remarks on the proclivity of the abductor fibres of the recurrent laryngeal nerve to become affected sooner than the adductor fibres, or even exclusively, in cases of undoubted central or peripheral injury or disease of the roots or trunks of the pneumogastric, spinal accessory, or recurrent nerves.
“Semon’s law”. Of German birth, Semon became one of the greatest laryngologists in Britain. He developed the modern operation of laryngofissure for early cancer of the larynx.
1882 CE
#3289
Deflection of the septum narium.
Ingals devised the operation of partial excision of the septum for the correction of septum deflection.
1882 CE
#3290
On photographing the larynx.
French was the first to obtain good photographs of the larynx.
1884 CE
#3291
On a perfected method of photographing the larynx.
By means of a special camera of his own invention French improved the method of photographing the larynx.
1884 CE
#3292
Das Cocain als Anästheticum und Analgeticum für den Pharynx und Larynx.
Cocaine first employed in laryngology.
1884 CE
#3293
Trephining the frontal sinuses for catarrhal diseases.
1885 CE
#3294
Die Natur und die Behandlung der Ozaena.
Loewenberg described a bacillus found in the secretions of ozena (see No. 3307). He made the first attempt at the treatment of this condition.
1885 CE
#3295
Über die Bedeutung der Bursa pharyngea für die Erkennung und Behandlung gewisser Nasenrachenraum-Krankheiten.
“Tornwaldt’s [Thornwaldt’s] bursitis”, first described by Wendt (see No. 3283).
1887 CE
#3296
Erste Heilung eines Larynx-Cancroids vermittelst Ausrottung per vias naturales.
First successful intralaryngeal extirpation of a malignant growth.
1887 CE
#3297
Zur operativen Behandlung des Empyems der Highmorshöhle.
Mikulicz’s Operation for the treatment of disease of the accessory nasal sinuses.
1889 CE–1892 CE
#3298
A treatise on diseases of the nose and throat. 2 vols.
Bosworth, a pioneer of American rhinology, advanced an important theory of the causation of ozena.
1889 CE
#3299
Diagnosis and treatment of abscess of the antrum.
Classic paper on sinusitis.