Facets

1956 CE

#4257

Successful homotransplantation of the human kidney between identical twins.

This was the first successful kidney transplant. The patient, both of whose own kidneys had been removed, was alive 11 months after the transplant. With Warren R. Guild. See No. 4256.1. In 1990 Joseph Murray shared th…

1968 CE

#10655

Successful internal mammary-coronary arterial anastomosis using a "minivascular" suturing technic.

Bailey was the first to graft the internal mammary artery, now typically called the internal thoracic artery.

1827 CE

#2950

Successful ligature of the common iliac artery.

First successful ligation of the common iliac.

1866 CE

#2963

Successful operation for subclavian aneurism.

First successful ligation of the innominate artery, 1864. A report on the condition of the patient in 1869 is given in New Orleans J. Med.,1869, 22,464-69.

1953 CE

#3047.4

Successful resection of aneurysm of thoracic aorta and replacement by graft.

1964 CE

#11694

Successful two-stage correction of transposition of the great vessels.

The Mustard cardiovascular procedure, which "allows total correction of transposition of the great vessels. The procedure employs a baffle to redirect caval blood flow to the left atrium which then pumps blood to the …

1821 CE

#3584

Sull’ernia del perineo.

Scarpa’s work on perineal hernia included a classic description of sliding hernia, or hernia of the large bowel. His contribution to the subject of hernia ranks with that of Cooper, and he did much toward modern…

1809 CE

#3583

Sull’ernie. Memorie anatomico-chirurgiche.

This splendidly illustrated work with life-size plates includes the description of “Scarpa’s fascia” (creasteric fascia) and Scarpa’s triangle of the thigh.

1476 CE

#4204

Summa conservationis et curationis. Chirurgia.

Contains (Cap. cxl) his classic account of renal edema: De duritie in renibus, an English translation of which is in Major, Classic descriptions of disease, 3rd ed., 1945, p. 527. ISTC no. is00032000.

1578 CE

#8023

Summa y recopilacion de cirugia, con un arte para sangrar, muy util y provechosa.

Second edition, Mexico, 1595: Summa y recopilacion de cirugia, con un arte para sangrar, y examen de barberos ... va añadido en esta segunda impresion el origen ... de las reumas. López de Hinojos…

1886 CE

#3568

Suppurative peritonitis due to ulceration and suppuration of the vermiform appendix; laparotomy; resection of the vermiform appendix; toilette of the peritonaeum; drainage; recovery.

This is believed to be the first reported case of survival after removal of a perforated appendix. Hall worked with William Halsted during the 1880s and participated in Halsted’s experiments with cocaine as a lo…

1872 CE

#5670

Sur l’action combinée de la morphine et du chloroforme.

Labbe and Guyon developed pre-anesthetic medication.

1814 CE–1815 CE

#3021

Sur l’hydrothorax et l’hydropéricarde.

First successful pericardiocentesis. The above reference is not to his first writing on the subject, which cannot be traced. See also Dict.Sci. med.,1819, 40, 370.

1947 CE

#3019.1

Sur la désobstruction des thromboses artérielles anciennes.

In 1946 Santos removed a thrombus and atheroma plaque from an artery in order to unblock it, and, using the knowledge acquired from Gordon Murray, placed the patient on heparin in order to avoid re-thrombosis. Called …

1898 CE

#4369

Sur la dysostose cléido-crânienne héréditaire.

In their important description of cleido-cranial dysostosis, Marie and Sainton gave to it its present name. It was first described by Morand (No. 4302.1) in 1760. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics,…

1898 CE

#4368

Sur la Spondylose rhizomélique.

Marie described as “spondylose rhizomélique” the ankylosing spondylitis or spondylitis deformans originally reported by Strümpell and called variously “Strümpell’s disease&rdqu…

1874 CE

#7705

Sur les crânes artificiellement perforés à l'époque des dolmens.

Prunières separated postmortem trepanations and rondelles from antemortem operations, and also described tuberculous lesions in Neolithic bones.

1868 CE

#4337

Sur quelques arthropathies qui paraissent dépendre d’une lésion du cerveau ou de la moëlle épinière.

Charcot called attention to tabetic arthropathy, a condition which has since borne his name, while the tabetic joints he so well described are now known as “Charcot’s joints”.

1766 CE

#4302.2

Sur un enfant auquel il manquoit les deux clavicules, le sternum et les cartilages, qui dans l’état naturel l’attachent aux côtes.

First description of cleido-cranial dysostosis.

1853 CE

#5603

Sur un nouveau moyen d’opérer la coagulation du sang dans les artères, applicable à la guérison des anéurismes.

Pravaz invented galvanocautery.

1929 CE

#4397

Sur une forme de dystrophie osseuse familiale.

“Morquio’s disease”, eccentro-osteochondrodysplasia.

1910 CE

#4381

Sur une forme particulière de pseudo-coxalgie greffée sur des déformations caractéristiques de l’extrémité supérieure du fémur.

See No. 4380.

2001 CE

#13288

Surgeons at war: Medical arrangements for the treatment of the sick and wounded in the British army during the late 18th and 19th centuries.

1912 CE

#5756.7

Surgery and diseases of the mouth and jaws.

First comprehensive work on maxillofacial surgery. After World War I Blair established the first separate Plastic Surgery Service in the United States at Barnes Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis.

1983 CE

#5813.13

Surgery in America. From the colonial era to the twentieth century. Second edition.

Well-chosen readings from original published sources, with informative commentary.

1948 CE

#3046.2

Surgery of pulmonary stenosis. A case in which the pulmonary valve was successfully divided.

Operation Dec. 4, 1947.

1945 CE

#11353

Surgery of the brain.

Volume XII in Lewis' Practice of Surgery.

1944 CE

#4404.02

Surgery of the hand.

Bunnell originated hand surgery as a specialty.

1908 CE

#4880.1

Surgery of the head. In: Surgery: its principles and practice, edited by William Williams Keen, 3, 17-276.

Cushing’s first treatise on neurosurgery. “As a result of this detailed monograph, neurological surgery became almost at once recognized as a clear-cut field of surgical endeavor” (J.F. Fulton, Harve…

1941 CE

#3042

Surgery of the heart.

Includes valuable information regarding the history of the subject.

1955 CE

#11547

Surgery of the heart.

This 1062-page volume was the first textbook of modern cardiovascular surgery.

1913 CE

#11550

Surgery of the vascular system.

Bernheim was a pupil of William Halsted. His work includes 53 illustrations by James Didusch, a protegé of Max Broedel. "The depict the innovative vascular procedures developed by Carrel, halsted, Matas, and Be…

1993 CE

#6967

Surgery: An illustrated history.

Text written by Ira Rutkow; captions to illustrations written by Jeremy Norman.

1851 CE

#13302

Surgical anatomy.

"The drawings of Maclise for Quain's Anatomy of the arteries and for his own Surgical anatomy are indeed done, as Quain wrote, with spirit and effect. These figures of anatomical dissection seem lifelike; in many plat…

1860 CE

#9584

Surgical and practical observations on the diseases of the human foot, with instructions for their treatment. To which is added advice on the management of the hand.

A controversial, and not necessarily original work, notable as having been written by Abraham Lincoln's chiropodist (podiatrist), who gained the confidence of Lincoln and served as Lincoln's representative to the Jewi…

1945 CE

#3044.1

Surgical correction for coarctation of the aorta.

Resection of coarctation and direct anastomosis of remaining ends. See also his report of 60 cases in J. Amer.med.Assoc.,1949, 139,285-92.

1960 CE

#7878

Surgical diseases of the pancreas.

The first comprehensive textbook on pancreatic disease.

1818 CE–1819 CE

#2941

Surgical essays. 2 vols.

Cooper, the pupil and great interpreter of Hunter, was the most popular surgeon in London during the Regency. In 1802 he gained the Copley Medal of the Royal Society. Travers was surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital…

1961 CE

#11993

Surgical exposure of the internal auditory canal and is contents through the middle cranial fossa.

House, an otologist, pioneered exploration of the internal auditory canal and removal of acoustic neuromas through the microscope. His success stimulated neurosurgeons to pursue the application of the operating micros…

1907 CE

#5806

Surgical instruments in Greek and Roman times.

Reprinted, N.Y., 1970.

1939 CE

#3039

Surgical ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus: Report of first successful case.

One of the earliest successful surgical repairs for congenital heart disease. See also later paper in Ann. Surg.,1939, 110, 321-56.

1809 CE

#2928

Surgical observations on the constitutional origin and treatment of local diseases.

A pupil of John Hunter, Abernethy became a leading surgeon in London. He was most industrious, and it is said that not even on his wedding day did he fail to give his usual daily lecture at St. Bartholomew’s Hos…

1804 CE

#13225

Surgical observations, containing a classification of tumours, with cases to illustrate the history of each species; - an account of diseases which strikingly resemble the venereal disease; - and various cases illustrative of different surgical subjects.

Abernethy published the first classification of tumors based on pathologic anatomy. "Abernethy is best known for his lectures and writings on surgery and for the first attempt at classification of tumors, some of whic…

1847 CE

#7882

Surgical operations performed during insensibility, produced by the inhalation of sulphuric ether.

The first use of ether as an anesthetic in Britain (for a dental procedure) was conducted in Boott's house at 24 Gower Street on 19 December 1846. Boott issued the second announcement of ether anesthesia published in …

1924 CE

#86.3

Surgical papers.[Edited by Walter C. Burket]. 2 vols.

In spite of an addiction to cocaine hydrochlorate from experimentation with it as a surgical anesthetic in 1884 until his death, Halsted was among the greatest of all surgical innovators and teachers. While pioneering…

1971 CE

#3047.24

Surgical repair of triscuspid atresia.

Fontan procedure. “Anastomosis between the divided superior vena cava and the right pulmonary artery, anastomosis of the right atrium to the pulmonary artery, and insertion of a homograft valve in the ostium of …

1970 CE

#12341

Surgical treatment of coronary arteriosclerosis.

The history of the coronary artery bypass technique by the inventor of the procedure.

1890 CE

#3570.1

Surgical treatment of typhlitis.

Lawson Tait was the first British surgeon to diagnose acute appendicitis and to treat it by removal of the appendix (May 1880). See J. A. Shepherd, Lawson Tait. The rebellious surgeon. Lawrence, Kansas, Coronado Press…

1969 CE

#3047.23

Surgical treatment of Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome.

Surgical management of the tachycardia of Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome.

1844 CE–1850 CE

#11

Suśrutas. Áyruvédas. Id est medicinae systema a venerabili d'hanvantare demonstratum a Suśruta discipulo compositum. Nunc primum ex Sanksríta in Latinum sermonem vertit, introductionem, annotationes et rerum indicem adjecit Dr. Franciscus Hessler. 3 vols.

First translation of the Suśruta Samhitā into Latin, and the first publication of this text in the West. Suśruta is said to have lived in the 6th or 5th centuries, BCE. The principal medical contribution of the ancien…