Facets

1932 CE

#4899

The operative treatment of facial palsy by the introduction of nerve grafts into the Fallopian canal and by other intratemporal methods.

A classic paper which includes some history of the surgical treatment of facial palsy.

1896 CE

#2998

The operative treatment of varicose veins, with especial reference to a modification of Trendelenburg’s operation.

Moore’s operation of high resection of the saphenous vein for treatment of varicosities.

2010 CE

#8756

The origins of organ transplantation: Surgery and laboratory science 1880-1930.

1991 CE

#12363

The origins of thoracic anesthesia.

1941 CE

#5723

The Oxford vaporiser No. 1.

With R. R. Macintosh and K. Mendelssohn. The Oxford vaporiser No. 2 is described in the same journal, pp. 64-66 by S. L. Cowan, R. D. Scott, and S. F. Suffolk.

1868 CE

#5669

The oxygen mixture; a new anesthetic combination.

Andrews advocated the use of an oxygen-nitrous mixture.

2018 CE

#10544

The Palgrave handbook of the history of surgery. Edited by Thomas Schlich.

24 chapters on the history of a wide variety of aspects of general surgery, and of the history of various surgical specialties, by 24 authorities. The work is divided into three parts: 1. Periods and Topics, 2. Links,…

1972 CE

#7433

The palmar fascia.

"There have been many descriptions of the palmar fascia by anatomists and in papers dealing with the surgical treatment of Dupuytren's contracture, but what seems to be lacking is an overall view of the problem, based…

1966 CE

#11554

The papers of Alfred Blalock. Edited by Mark Ravitch. 2 vols.

This massive (2026-page) work includes a biographical study of Blalock, his complete bibliography, and biographical sketches of co-authors of Blalock's publications.

1919 CE

#3608.2

The permanent cure of inguinal and femoral hernia. A modification of the standard operative procedures.

Laroque combined a superior transperitoneal gridiron incision with a Bassini repair.

1916 CE

#4386.3

The physiological method of tendon transplanation.

Mayer’s method of tendon transfer, using tendon sheaths to preserve the gliding surfaces.

1912 CE

#3896

The pituitary body and its disorders.

The first clinical monograph on the hypophysis. Cushing, outstanding neurological surgeon of the early 20th century, added much to our knowledge of the pituitary body and its disorders. The above work includes a descr…

1957 CE

#11362

The principles and art of plastic surgery. 2 vols.

1801 CE–1808 CE

#2926

The principles of surgery. 3 vols.

John Bell, the Scottish anatomist and brother of Charles Bell, is regarded as a founder of surgical anatomy. He was first to ligate the gluteal artery (Vol. I, pp, 421-26), and tied the common carotid and internal ili…

1932 CE

#14038

The process of tendon repair: An experimental study of tendon suture and tendon graft.

1935 CE

#3035

The production of a collateral circulation to the heart. I. An experimental study.

First cardio-omentopexy.

1982 CE

#5768.5

The progress of plastic surgery: An introductory history.

2001 CE

#10895

The pursuit of oblivion: A global history of narcotics.

1893 CE

#3604

The radical cure of femoral and inguinal hernia.

Lockwood’s operation for femoral hernia.

1878 CE

#3594

The radical cure of hernia by the antiseptic use of the carbolized catgut ligature.

Marcy introduced antiseptic ligatures in the radical cure of hernia. See also No. 3601.

1889 CE

#3599

The radical cure of hernia.

Simultaneously with Bassini, Halsted devised the modern operation for the radical cure of inguinal hernia. This is known as the Halsted I repair. Later his technique differed much from that of Bassini. See also his la…

1924 CE

#4392.1

The reconstruction operation for arthritis deformans of the hip-joint.

The first sustained attempt to relieve osteoarthrosis of the hip by surgical means other than fusion.

1894 CE–1895 CE

#5640

The results of operations for the cure of cancer of the breast performed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from June, 1889, to January, 1894.

Halsted’s operation invariably excised the pectoralis major muscle in radical mastectomy. His operation, modified by the retention of the pectoral muscles, remains the cornerstone of surgical treatment of carcin…

1978 CE

#5813.11

The rise of surgery from empiric craft to scientific discipline.

Not a systematic history but an assessment of those technical factors that contributed to or retarded the advance of surgery.

1933 CE

#2258

The role of infection in burns; the theory and treatment with special reference to gentian violet.

Introduction of gentian violet in the treatment of burns.

1938 CE

#5808

The romance of proctology, which is the story of the history and development of this much neglected branch of surgery.

1959 CE

#6548.1

The Royal College of Surgeons of England: A history.

1853 CE

#5602

The science and art of surgery.

The most popular textbook on the subject for many years. Erichsen was surgeon to University College Hospital, London, and Lister served as his house surgeon.

1844 CE–1847 CE

#8306

The seven books of Paulus Aegineta: Translated from the Greek, with a commentary embracing a complete view of the knowledge possessed by the Greeks, Romans, and Arabians on all subjects connected with medicine and surgery by Francis Adams. 3 vols.

Book VI is entirely devoted to operative surgery. Adams himself says that it “contains the most complete system of operative surgery which has come down to us from ancient times”. Book IV contains much inf…

1934 CE

#4400.4

The shoulder.

Definitive study of the rotator cuff, written in Codman’s idiosyncratic and iconoclastic style. Reprint, Malabar, Fl., Krieger, 1965.

1977 CE

#5768.3

The source book of plastic surgery.

Reprints, translated into English where necessary, of classic papers on plastic surgery, with commentary.

1963 CE

#5813.4

The story of wound healing and wound repair.

See No. 3659.1.

1908 CE

#1435.1

The structure and functions of the cerebellum examined by a new method.

Stereotactic apparatus for the accurate location of electrodes in the brain. The apparatus devised by Horsley and Clarke opened the way to stereotactic surgery of the brain.

1999 CE

#8722

The surgeon's stage: A history of the operating room.

Perhaps the only book on this special subject; numerous illustrations, mostly in color.

1960 CE

#5813.2

The surgeon’s glove.

Contains an extensive bibliography.

1907 CE

#3026

The surgery of blood vessels, etc.

Carrel’s remarkable technique of end-to-end anastomosis of blood vessels; see also No. 2909.

1904 CE

#10738

The surgery of the heart and lungs. A history and résumé of surgical conditions found therein, and experimental and clinical research in man and lower animals with reference to pneumonotomy, pneumonectomy and bronchotomy, and cardiotomy and cardiorraphy.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1886 CE

#3629

The surgery of the pancreas, as based upon experiments and clinical researches.

In this review of the world literature and a report of animal experimentation, Senn concluded that complete extirpation of the pancreas was invariably followed by death, but that partial excision was feasible and just…

1955 CE–1960 CE

#5551.1

The surgery of Theodoric ca. 1267. Translated from the Latin by Eldridge Campbell and James Colton. 2 vols.

Theodoric, a Dominican friar, was a pupil of Hugh of Lucca (circa 1160-1257), whose teachings are reflected in his writings. Allbutt considered Theodoric to be one of the most original surgeons of all time. Borgognoni…

1974 CE

#11369

The surgical construction of male genitalia for the female-to-male transsexual.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Noe, Birdsell, Laub.

1935 CE–1936 CE

#3036

The surgical treatment of hypertension.

Peet operation for hypertension. Preliminary communication in Univ. Hosp. Bull. (Ann Arbor), 1935, 1,17-18.

1945 CE

#3043

The surgical treatment of malformations of the heart in which there is pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia.

The “Blalock-Taussig operation” for the relief of congenital defects of the pulmonary artery, Tetralogy of Fallot ("blue baby syndrome"). "The first surgical repair was carried out in 1944 at Johns Hopkins…

1949 CE

#10654

The surgical treatment of mitral stenosis (mitral commissurotomy).

Pioneering work in mitral valve surgery.

1924 CE

#10592

The surgical treatment of mitral stenosis: Experimental and clinical studies.

The first successful operations on the mitral valves, published in a paper of monograph length. As Surgeon-in-Chief of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, under whom Beck, Cutler, and Levine worked, Harvey Cushing reported, …

1925 CE

#3032

The surgical treatment of mitral stenosis.

Mitral valvotomy; report of a successful case.

1948 CE

#3046.1

The surgical treatment of mitral stenosis. 1. Valvuloplasty.

Valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis. Harken reported the first successful intracardiac operation for treatment of this lesion--a procedure was first attempted in the 1920s. Charles Bailey in Philadelphia undertook a sim…

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.

1935 CE

#2259

The tannic acid–silver nitrate treatment of burns: a method of minimizing shock and toxemia and shortening convalescence.

Bettman introduced the tannic acid-silver nitrate method of treating burns.

1907 CE

#3608.1

The technic of modern operations for hernia.

Includes description of the Ferguson operation.

1951 CE

#13595

The technique of free skin grafting in mammals.

This "paper facilitated the later discovery of `actively acquired tolerance' and the definition of the principal laws of transplantation tolerance. Thus, it was in a series of classic experiments (stemming from this J…