Facets

1863 CE

#5608

Die allgemeine chirurgische Pathologie und Therapie.

Billroth, professor of surgery at Zürich and Vienna, was the founder of the Vienna School of Surgery. He has also been called the founder of modern abdominal surgery, and he was one of the first to introduce anti…

1891 CE

#4359

Die angeborene Verschiebung des Schulterblattes nach oben.

Classic description of “Sprengel’s deformity”, a congenital upward displacement of the scapula.

1921 CE

#4388.2

Die Arthroendoskopie.

First published account of the use of the laparoscope for arthroscopy.

1913 CE

#2915.1

Die Chirurgie der Blutgefässe und des Herzens.

Jeger was the first to advocate the bypass principle for management of peripheral aneurysms.

1892 CE

#5554

Die Chirurgie des Heinrich de Mondeville. Hrsg. von Julius Leopold Pagel.

Henri de Mondeville was the teacher of Guy de Chauliac; he belonged to the School of Montpellier. His work was first printed as above; French translations by E. Nicaise, 1893, and A. Bos, 1897; the latter was reprinte…

1887 CE

#4859

Die chirurgische Behandlung von Hirnkrankheiten.

Bergmann was the first in Germany to undertake an intensive study of the surgical aspects of brain diseases. From his experience as a military surgeon he learned that increased intracranial pressure was a consequence …

1883 CE–1885 CE

#5796

Die chirurgischen Klassiker Deutschlands. 2 vols.

1833 CE

#4320

Die Durchschneidung der Achillessehne, als Heilmethode des Klumpfusses, durch zwei Fälle erläutert.

Successful tenotomy for clubfoot established the reputation of Stromeyer as an orthopedic surgeon.

1891 CE

#4358

Die fibröse oder deformirende Ostitis, die Osteomalacie und die osteoplastische Carcinose in ihren gegenseitigen Beziehungen. In: Festschrift R. Virchow.

Recklinghausen gave an important description of generalized osteitis fibrosa. His reference to the earlier case reported by Engel (see No. 4335) has led to this condition being sometimes referred to as “Engel&nd…

1854 CE

#5604

Die Galvanokaustik.

Middeldorpf improved the galvano-cautery and introduced it in major surgery.

1820 CE

#5739

Die Gaumennath, ein neuentdecktes Mittel gegen angeborene Fehler der Sprache.

Graefe devised an operation for the treatment of congenital cleft palate. He reported his first closure of a cleft in the soft palate to the Med.-Chir. Gesellschaft, Berlin, on 27 December 1816 (see J. pract Heilk., 1…

1995 CE

#13192

Die Geschichte der Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie.

1925 CE

#3573.1

Die Handschrift des Schnitt- und Augenarztes Caspar Stromayr in Lindau im Bodensee: In der Lindauer Handschrift (P.1.46) vom 4. Juli 1559. Mit einer historischen Einführung und Wertung von Walter von Brunn.

Stroymayr's manuscript was discovered in Lindau in 1909, and remained unpublished until the above edition, which reproduced his drawings in color. Like Bartisch (No. 5817) Stromayr specialized in hernia repair and eye…

1889 CE

#14299

Die Haut Arterien des menschlichen Körpers.

Manchot was the first to describe the vasular terrirtories of the human skin. This work was translated into English by J. Ristic with an introduction by William.D. Morain as The cutaneous arteries of the human body (N…

1912 CE

#2567.1

Die heteroplastiche und homöoplastiche Transplantation.

Schöne coined the term “transplantation immunity”. He set out general rules governing the acceptance or rejection of tumor grafts which are essentially the same as the modern “laws of transplant…

1881 CE

#5617

Die ischaemischen Muskellähmungen und Kontrakturen.

“Volkmann’s ischemic contracture” first described. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics.

1903 CE

#4371

Die Jodoformknochenplombe.

Use of iodoform to plug bone defects.

1912 CE

#5756.8

Die kosmetische Chirurgie. In Handbuch der Kosmetik, ed. M. Joseph.

Briefly describes (p. 688) the first facelift operation. Holländer later stated that the operation was performed in 1901. A pupil of James Israel (No. 5755.1), Holländer is better known today for his series …

1880 CE

#5773

Die Krankheiten der Brustdrüsen.

A monograph on cancer and other diseases of the breast, including a discussion of cancer in the male breast in the final chapter. This work is also significant in the history of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dig…

1863 CE

#5767

Die Literatur and Geschichte der plastichen Chirurgie.

A history of plastic surgery and an annotated bibliography of its literature prior to 1860. Nachträge, 1864. Reprint, including Nachträge, Bologna, 1963. The main bibliography has 2008 references, the supple…

1905 CE

#5691

Die Lokalanästhesie, ihre wissenschaftliche Grundlagen und praktische Anwendung.

Braun’s important book on local anesthesia greatly stimulated the development of that subject. English translation, Philadelphia, 1914.

1891 CE

#4869

Die Lumbalpunction des Hydrocephalus.

Quincke popularized lumbar puncture, which he had introduced independently of Wynter and others. He used it both for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. He first presented his method at the German Congress of Interna…

1923 CE

#5760

Die Operation der atrophischen und hypertrophischen Hängebrust.

Plastic operation for enlarged breasts.

1926 CE

#4897

Die Operationstechnik der Hirntumoren (nach eigenen Erfahrungen).

Puusepp, an Estonian, was the first professor of neurosurgery; he was particularly notable for his method of removing cerebral tumors. The above journal was founded and edited by him, and vol. 16 (1935) is a Festschri…

1845 CE–1848 CE

#5598.1

Die operative Chirurgie. 2 vols.

Dieffenbach’s most comprehensive work, covering in addition to reconstructive procedures, virtually all other types of procedures including amputations, paracentesis, laparotomy, hysterectomy, dental extractions…

1936 CE–1938 CE

#4481

Die orthopädische Weltliteratur 1903-30. Herausg von A. Blencke und H. Gocht. Ergänzungsband 1931-35 bearbeitet von Erich Witte. 3 vols.

1876 CE

#3467.1

Die partielle Magenresektion; eine experimentelle operative Studie.

A practical method for excision of the pylorus, as demonstrated in dogs, was published by these two assistants of Billroth.

1842 CE

#5744

Die plastische Chirurgie.

1845 CE

#5746.4

Die plastische Chirurgie.

Fritze and Reich studied under Dieffenbach. This is the first extensively illustrated general treatise on plastic surgery published in Europe. Some copies have the plates hand-colored.

1918 CE

#7725

Die Rotation der Wange und allgemeine Bemerkungen bei chirurgischer Gesichtsplastik.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1887 CE

#3490

Die sacrale Methode der Exstirpation von Mastdarmkrebsen und die Resectio recti.

Kraske introduced the sacral method of resection of the rectum for carcinoma.

1878 CE

#4345

Die spontane Subluxation der Hand nach vorne.

“Madelung’s deformity” of the wrist. Madelung regarded the condition as a defect of growth of the wrist joint.

1889 CE

#4862

Die temporäre Resektion der Schädeldaches an Stelle der Trepanation.

Osteoplastic flap operation. Wagner’s method of opening the skull made a large area of the brain more easily accessible than by trephining. Translation in J. Neurosurg., 1962, 19, 1099.

1862 CE

#5748

Die Uranoplastik mittelst Ablösung es mucös-periostalen Gaumenüberzuges.

Langenbeck has several operations named after him, one of the most important being that for cleft palate. Abridged English translation in No. 5768.2.

1871 CE

#2535

Die Ursache der infectiösen Wundkrankheiten.

Klebs, Professor of Pathology at Berne, Würzburg, Prague, Zurich, and Chicago, preceded Koch in investigations of the pathology of traumatic infection. He found bacteria in gunshot wounds, granulation tissue, etc…

1848 CE

#5662

Die Versuche mit dem Schwefeläther, Salzäther und Chloroform.

Introduction of ethyl chloride in anesthesia.

1916 CE

#9590

Die willkürlich bewegbare künstliche Hand: Eine Anleitung für Chirurgen und Techniker. Mit. anatomischen Beiträgen von G. Ruge and W. Felix.

1908 CE

#3572

Die Wurmfortsatzentzündung.

Aschoff’s theory of the enterogenous origin of appendicitis.

1921 CE

#4388

Diffuse endothelioma of bone.

Ewing described a form of bone sarcoma (“Ewing’s sarcoma”), usually involving the shaft of long bones.

1900 CE

#5623

Diffuse septic peritonitis, with special reference to a new method of treatment, namely, the elevated head and trunk posture, to facilitate drainage into the pelvis, with a report of nine consecutive cases of recovery.

First description of the “Fowler position”. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1940, 4, 551-80. Fowler was preceded in this innovation by Charles White. See No. 6270.

1847 CE

#5657

Discovery of a new anaesthetic agent, more efficient than sulphuric ether.

In an attempt to find an anesthetic less irritating than ether, Simpson discovered the advantages of chloroform. He had previously used ether with great benefit in midwifery, but now substituted chloroform, being the …

1848 CE

#3563

Disease of the appendix caeci cured by operation.

First recorded successful operation for peritonitis due to abscess in the appendix. Hancock was surgeon to Charing Cross Hospital, London.

1967 CE

#2312.6

Diseases in antiquity: a survey of the diseases, injuries and surgery of early populations.

1875 CE

#4340

Diseases of the hip, knee and ankle joints, with their deformities, treated by a new and efficient method.

Thomas splint. Enlarged second edition, 1876. See No. 4348.

1901 CE

#3524

Diseases of the stomach and their surgical treatment.

1851 CE–1852 CE

#4418

Dislocation of the femur on the dorsum ilii, reducible without pulleys, or any other mechanical power, three cases.

Reduction of dislocation without manipulation. Reid demonstrated the futility of attempting to reduce a dorsal dislocation of the hip by forcible longitudinal traction with pulleys.

1810 CE

#4441

Diss. de articulis exstirpandis, imprimis de genu exstirpato.

1820 CE

#5740

Dissertatio chirurgo-medica inauguralis de velosynthesi.

Stephenson, a medical student from Montreal, was the first to be operated upon by Roux (No. 5739.1) for the repair of cleft of the soft palate. He described the operation in his graduation thesis. Stephenson later fou…

1789 CE

#4409

Dissertatio de fractura patellae et olecrani.

1788 CE

#4304.1

Dissertatio medica descriptionem et casus aliquot osteomalaciae sistens.

In his doctoral thesis Ekman gave an account of osteogenesis imperfecta in three generations. For extensive translation see No. 4404.1. K.S. Seedorff, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Copenhagen, 1949.