Facets

1921 CE

#10823

Early diagnosis of the acute abdomen.

The classic treatise on the initial approach to abdominal pain. This work underwent its 22nd edition in 2011.

1938 CE

#2867

Effects of induced oxygen want in patients with cardiac pain.

Diagnosis of cardiac pain. With A. L. Barach and H. G. Bruenn.

1893 CE

#4502.1

Ein Beitrag zur Arthritis blennorrhoica.

Gonococci isolated from an arthritic joint.

1937 CE

#4908

Eine neue Operationsmethode bei Trigeminusneuralgie: Durchschneidung des Tractus spinalis trigemini.

Trigeminal tractotomy. See also Acta psychiat. neural. (Kbh.), 1938, Suppl. 17, 1-139.

1858 CE

#4854

Exsection of the trunk of the second branch of the fifth pair of nerves, beyond the ganglion of Meckel, for severe neuralgia of the face; with three cases.

First excision of the superior maxillary nerve for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.

1844 CE–1845 CE

#4852

Exstirpation of the os coccygis for neuralgia.

1938 CE

#4909

First surgical sections, in man, of the lemniscus lateralis (pain-temperature path) at the brain stem, for the treatment of diffused rebellious pain.

1880 CE

#12884

Fisologia del dolore.

Mantegazza performed pioneering research into the physiology of pain at his experimental laboratory. His work marks the beginning of algometry, the scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli. Mantegazza inven…

2018 CE

#9613

GALEN: Hygiene. Books 1-4, Books 5-6. Thrasybulus on exercise with a small ball. Edited and translated by Ian Johnston. 2 vols.

1865 CE

#1996.2

Gimnástica, hygiénica, medica, y ortopédica.

Busqué developed the modern concept of rehabilitation.

1834 CE

#1993

Gymnastikens allmänna grunder.

The foundation of modern gymnastics and therapeutic massage. Ling established the Swedish school of physiotherapy with his institute for training gymnastics teachers in Stockholm in 1813. He developed the ancient Gree…

1780 CE

#1987.4

Gymnastique médicinale et chirurgicale, ou essai sur l’utilité du mouvement, ou des différens exercices du corps, et du repos dans la cure des maladies.

The first book on therapeutic exercise as the term is understood today. English translation with facsimiles in reduced format of 18th century translations into German, Italian and Swedish, New Haven, [1964].

2012 CE

#6842

Headache: Through the centuries.

The most comprehensive history to date.

1874 CE

#4551

Headaches, from heat-stroke, from fevers, after meningitis, from overuse of brain, from eyestrain.

Mitchell drew attention to the importance of eyestrain as a cause of headache.

1924 CE

#11580

Herz und Sport: klinische Untersuchungen über die Einwirkung des Sportes auf das Herz.

This pioneering study on the effects of exercise on the cardiovascular system was translated into English by Louis M. Warfield as Herz und Sport. Heart and athletics. London: Henry Kimpton, 1927. Digital facsimile of …

1984 CE

#13811

Histoire illustrée de la rhumatologie.

2011 CE

#12883

Historia cultural del dolor.

Translated into English as Pain: A cultural history by Sarah Thomas and Paul House. Houndsmills, Basingsgoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

1906 CE

#12297

Höheklima und Bergwanderungen in ihrer Wirkung auf den Menschen. Ergebnisse experimenteller Forschungen im Hochgebirge und Laboratorium.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1910 CE

#4478.106

Hygiene des Sports… Herausgegeben von Siegfried Weissbein. 2 vols.

The first comprehensive work on sports medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1961 CE

#12165

Hypokinetic disease: Diseases produced by lack of exercise

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1937 CE

#4671

Infantile paralysis and cerebral diplegia: Methods used for the restoration of function.

1931 CE

#4478.107

Injuries and sport. A general guide for the practitioner.

The first English treatise on sports medicine.

1892 CE

#4870

Intracranial neurectomy of the second and third divisions of the fifth nerve.

Hartley originated the operation of intracranial neurectomy for trigeminal neuralgia.

1995 CE

#7211

Kinetic jottings: Rare and curious books in the library of the old Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics. An illustrated and annotated catalogue.

Outstanding descriptions and superb illustrations of a very unusual collection of books, including those on fencing, gymnastics, orthopedics, physical medicine, acrobatics, and dance.

1895 CE

#2893

Klinisches über Diuretin.

In 1895 Askanazy proposed diuretin as a remedy for anginal pain.

1929 CE

#4506.1

L’aurothérapie dans les rhumatismes chroniques.

Introduction of gold therapy.

1911 CE

#2046

La médecine naturiste à travers les siècles. Histoire de la physiothérapie.

1883 CE–1884 CE

#2229

Lehrbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie der inneren Krankheiten. 2 vols.

Strümpell gave an excellent description of ankylosing spondylitis (“Strümpell’s disease”, the “spondylose rhizomélique” of Pierre Marie, No. 4368) on p. 152 of his Lehrbu…

1999 CE

#8511

Leib und Seele. Eine Kulturgeschichte des gesunden Lebens.

Translated into English by Jane Dewhurst as Wellbeing: A cultural history of healthy living (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2008).

2007 CE

#8342

Leisure, pleasure and healing: Spa culture and medicine in Ancient Eastern Mediterranean.

1693 CE

#4298

Lettre écrite à Monsieur le Chevalier Guillaume de Waidegrave …contenant une dissertation physique sur la continuité de plusieurs os, à l’occasion d’une fabrique surprenante d’un tronc de squelette humain, où les vertebres, les côtes, l’os sacrum, & les os des iles, qui naturellement sont distincts & separés, ne font qu’un seul os continu & inseparable.

First description of ankylosing spondylitis. The British Museum copy of the title page of this work has been mutilated, apparently deliberately, in two places; the author’s surname may originally have appeared a…

1541 CE

#13142

Libellus de lacte, et operibus lactariis, philologus pariter ac medicus; cum Epistola ad Iacobum Avienum de montium admiratione.

The first book on Alpinism and mountaineering. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link. English translation by H. B. D. Soulé as Conrad Gesner: On the admiration of mountains; the prefatory letter a…

1642 CE

#4485

Liber de rheumatismo et pleuritide dorsale.

De Baillou is usually credited with introducing the term “rheumatism”. He was court physician in Paris at the time of Henri IV. His book, the first on rheumatism, was translated into English by C. C. Barna…

1553 CE

#4478.99

Libro de exercicio corporal y de sus provechos, por el qual cada uno podra entender que exercicio le sea necessario para conservar su salud.

The first separate book on exercise by a physician. Facsimile with English translation by Francisco Guerra as Book of bodily exercise, edited by Frederick G. Kilgour (New Haven: E. Licht, 1960).

1975 CE

#2068.17

Manipulation past and present, with an extensive bibliography.

1836 CE

#604

Mechanik der menschlichen Gehwerkzeuge. 1 vol. and atlas.

A pioneering study of the physiology and biomechanics of motion and locomotion. The atlas contains four illustrations that were printed directly from actual bones embedded in plaster of Paris. This is one of the only …

1705 CE

#1986.3

Medicina gymnastica; or, a treatise concerning the power of exercise.

The first English book on the power of exercise in treating disease. Fuller also recommended exercise for aid in the recovery from psychological and emotional disorders. In this he preceded Cheyne (No. 4840).

2012 CE

#7628

Medicine, sport and the body: A historical perspective.

1825 CE

#14163

Mémoire sur l'acupuncture, suivi d'une série d'observations recueillies sous les yeux de M. Jules Cloquet by M. Morand.

Little is known about Morand. He refers to his teacher, Jules Cloquet throughout. Cloquet's book on acupuncture was published the following year in 1826. (No. 6829). Digital facsimile of Morand's book from BnF Gallica…

1864 CE

#4499

Mémoire sur les coincidences pathologiques du rhumatisme articulaire chronique.

First description of chronic arthritis in childhood.

1825 CE

#6374.16

Mémoires sur l’électro-puncture, considerée comme moyen nouveau de traiter efficacement la goutte, les rheumatisme et les affections nerveuses…

The first treatise on electro-puncture – the only significant Western contribution to acupuncture, and one of the most widely used methods of acupuncture today.

1816 CE

#6374.13

Mémoires sur les maladies chroniques, les évacuations sanguines et l’acupuncture.

Berlioz, father of the composer, published the first French monograph on acupuncture. He had his best success with muscle and joint stiffness after falls, and rheumatic and arthritic states. Digital facsimile from Goo…

1970 CE

#9122

Migraine: Evolution of a common disorder.

Revised edition, 1990.

1927 CE

#12383

Muscular movement in man: The factors governing speed and recovery from fatique.

1671 CE

#4512

Naturae genius, medicorum Celsus, Jason Argonautarum, Bauschius occubuit.

First authentic case of trigeminal neuralgia. It concerned J. L. Bausch, who died from the condition in 1665. The account is to be found in the unpaged part of the volume, starting at sig. d 3 and occupying the two fo…

1937 CE

#2057.1

Naturheilkunde in Lebensbildern.

Mainly 19th-20th century: includes hydrotherapy, massage, and dietetics. Second edition, 1951.

1845 CE

#1968

Neuralgia - introduction of fluid to the nerve.

Rynd, an Irish physician, invented the hollow needle used in hypodermic syringes. The description of his instrument is given in Dublin Quart. J. med. Sci., 1861, 32, 13.

1903 CE

#4877

Névralgie faciale; présentation de malade.

Alcohol injection of the Gasserian ganglion for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. See also pp. 91-96 of the same volume. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1855 CE

#1969

New method of treating neuralgia by the direct application of opiates to the painful joints.

Wood of Edinburgh was the first (1853) to employ hypodermic injection that used a true syringe and hollow needle as a therapeutic procedure. He referred to his invention as "subcutaneous" rather than hypodermic. See a…

1871 CE–1872 CE

#4855

New operation for the relief of persistent facial neuralgia.

Pancoast devised the operative procedure of sectioning the second and third branches of the fifth pair of nerves as they emerge from the base of the brain. Reported by F. Woodbury.