Facets

1536 CE

#10961

De medicamentis empiricis physicis ac rationalibus liber.... Edited by Janus Cornarius. Item Claudii Galeni libri novem nunc primum Latini facti.... Jani Cornarii.

The Gallo-Roman physician Marcellus was born in Bordeaux. He may have served as magister officiorum under Theodosius I, or may have been royal physician. Sarton (Introduction to the history of science I, 391) consider…

1857 CE

#3456

De polypis oesophagi atque de tumore ejus generis primo prospere exstirpato.

First operation for tumor of the esophagus.

1661 CE

#760

De pulmonibus observations anatomicae.

Discovery of the capillary circulation. Malpighi demonstrated that the pulmonary tissues are vesicular in nature and showed that the trachea ends in bronchial filaments. His De pulmonibus includes his demonstration of…

1746 CE–1747 CE

#917

De respiratione experimenta anatomica, quibus aëris inter pulmonem etpleuram absentia demonstratur et musculorum intercostalium internorum officium adseritur. 2 pts.

First investigation of the action of the intercostal muscles in respiration.

1727 CE

#918

De respirationis mechanismo atque usu genuino. [Praeses:] Georgius Erh. Hamberger. [Defendet:] Justinus Gerhardus Duising.

"Recent data on intercostal muscle function, largely electromyographic, tend to confirm the ideas of Hamberger, who, in 1748 (recte 1727), proposed a theory of intercostals muscle action upon the rib cage. Hamberger's…

1858 CE

#935

De sanguine oxydo carbonico infesto.

Investigation of the blood gases.

1871 CE

#943

Der Kehlkopf des Menschen.

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…

1895 CE

#8482

Des insufflations d'air dans le traitement des péritonites tuberculeuses. Thèse de médecine, Lille.

Describes the earliest experiments with artificial pneumoperitoneum by Mosetig-Moorhof, Duran and Nolen and Folet, which were not published formally. See Jean-Jacques Peumery, "1993: Le centenaire du penumopéri…

1904 CE

#2028.59

Description of a simple and efficient method of performing artificial respiration on the human subject especially in cases of drowning. To which is appended instruction for the treatment of the apparently drowned.

1913 CE

#3234

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

Phrenicotomy in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.

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.

1890 CE

#3177.1

Die Behandlung der Empyeme.

Schede introduced the method of extensive rib resection for the treatment of empyema.

1928 CE

#966

Die Bindungsweise des Kohlendioxyds im Blute.

Carbamino reaction.

1920 CE–1925 CE

#3195

Die Chirurgie der Brustorgane. Zugleich zweite Auflage der Technik der Thoraxchirurgie. 2 vols.

Abridged English translation, Baltimore, 1937.

1914 CE

#3192.2

Die Erreger von Husten und Schnopfen.

Kruse reported that colds could be produced in volunteers by intranasal instillation of bacteria-free filtrates of secretions from persons suffering from colds.

1857 CE

#934

Die Gase des Blutes.

Meyer showed that the oxygen in the blood was not held in simple solution but came off in quantity only when the air pressure was reduced to one fiftieth of an atmosphere.

1927 CE

#3242

Die Krankheitslehre der Phthise in den Phasen ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung.

1851 CE

#8942

Die metallurgischen Krankheiten des Oberharzes.

Brockmann's book on the pulmonary disease of miners, including black lung disease, was first book on occupational health published in Germany. Brockmann published a preliminary paper on the subject in 1845. Digital fa…

1886 CE

#3175

Die Mikrococcen der Pneumonie.

Fraenkel showed definitely that the organism found by Pasteur (No. 3172) and Sternberg (No. 3173) was a cause of pneumonia.

1868 CE

#941

Die Selbststeuerung der Athmung durch den Nervus vagus.

1868 CE

#942

Die Selbststeuerung der Athmung durch den Nervus vagus.

“Hering-Breuer reflex”; see also the previous entry. English translation of both papers in R. Porter (ed.), Hering–Breuer Centenary Symposium, London, Churchill, 1970. Digital facsimile of the 1868 e…

1896 CE

#3181

Die Specksteinlunge. Ein Beitrag zur pathologischen Anatomie der Staublungen.

Talcosis of lung reported.

1847 CE

#931

Die Ursache der Lungenveränderung nach Durchschneidung der pneumogastrischen Nerven.

Study of the effect of section of the vagus on respiration. See also No. 933.

1754 CE

#919

Dissertatio medica inauguralis de humore acido a cibis orto, et magnesia alba.

Isolation of carbon dioxide. English translation, Minneapolis, 1973.

1917 CE

#2137.3

Effects of altitude on aviators.

The first discussion of decompression sickness in flying personnel.

1924 CE

#3016

Ein durch die Trendelenburgsche Operation geheilter Fall von Embolie der Art. pulmonalis.

First successful surgical treatment of pulmonary embolism, a procedure suggested by Trendelenburg in 1908 (see No. 3012).

1886 CE

#3487

Ein Fall von Resection des carcinomatösen Oesophagus mit plastischem Ersatz des excidierten Stückes.

Von Mikulicz was the first to make a plastic reconstruction of the oesophagus after the resection of its cervical portion for carcinoma.

1911 CE

#3232

Eine neue Methode zur Verengung des Thorax bei Lungentuberkulose.

Wilms’s operation.

1932 CE

#2028.6

En oplivingsmethode.

Holger Nielsen (“arm-lift”) method of artificial respiration.

1916 CE

#3235

Endopleurale Operationen unter der Leitung des Thorakoskops.

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

1917 CE

#3194

Endothelioma of the right bronchus removed by peroral bronchoscopy.

First reported case.

1806 CE

#2737

Essai sur les maladies et les lésions organiques du coeur et des gros vaisseaux.

Corvisart really created cardiac symptomatology and made possible the differentiation between cardiac and pulmonary disorders. He was first to explain heart failure mechanically and to describe the dyspnoea of effort.…

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…

2015 CE

#7781

Essays on the history of respiratory physiology.

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,…

1932 CE

#3203.2

Experiences in pulmonary lobectomy.

Introduction of the hilar tourniquet in pulmonary surgery.

1812 CE

#1389.2

Expériences sur le principe de la vie.

Le Gallois described the action of the vagus nerve on respiration. He showed that bilateral section of the vagus can produce fatal bronchopneumonia. The above work includes (p. 37) his location of the respiratory cent…

1859 CE

#935.1

Experimental inquiries into the chemical and other phenomena of respiration, and their modifications by various physical agents.

Smith invented a respirometer to study changes in respiratory function under various conditions. See also the following paper (pp. 715-42) on the effects of foods on respiration. For an account of his work in this and…

1784 CE

#925

Experiments on air.

Cavendish isolated hydrogen in 1766, and later demonstrated the composition of air.

1931 CE

#3203

Exstirpation eines ganzen Lungenflügels.

Removal of entire bronchiectatic lung; successful.

1963 CE

#3215.6

Farmer’s lung. Thermophilic actinomycetes as a source of “farmer’s lung hay” antigen.

Pepys and five co-authors showed that thermophilic actinomycetes, especially Micropolyspora faeni, were the cause of farmer’s lung due to mouldy hay.

1994 CE

#12335

Fifty years of cardiac and pulmonary surgery 1942-1993. The beginning of open heart surgery of postoperative intensive care. The first complete left heart catheterization. Mechanical heart valves.

Björk may be most remembered for the Bjork-Shiley artificial heart valve.

1897 CE

#950

Fisiologia dell’uomo sulle Alpi. Studii fatti sul Monte Rosa.

Mosso made important investigations on respiration at high altitudes. He considered that the respiratory symptoms produced at high altitudes were due to lack of carbon dioxide. English translation, London, 1898.

1910 CE

#3191

Gangrène pulmonaire ouverte dans les bronches et traitée par décollement pleuro-pariétal, et greffe d’une masse lipomateuse entre la plèvre décollée et les espaces intercostaux.

Tuffier’s method of extrapleural pneumolysis.

1962 CE

#3215.5

Growth on artificial medium of an agent associated with atypical pneumonia and its identification as a PPLO.

Using a novel agar and fluid medium formulation he had devised, Hayflick isolated a unique mycoplasma Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a mycoplasma shown to be the cause of some cases of primary atypical pneumonia, or "walking …

1962 CE

#11602

Heart-lung bypass: Principles and techniques of extracorporeal circulation.

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…

1908 CE

#3231

Indications du traitement chirurgical de la tuberculose pulmonaire.

First radical thoracoplasty.

1936 CE

#11821

Industrial dust: Hygienic significance, measurement and control.

Includes information on asbestosis.