Facets

1568 CE

#3164

Pro magni, et illustr. Terraenovae Ducis fistula, ex levi axilla in thoracis concavum pervia, etc. In P. Ingrassia, Quaestio de purgatione per medicamentum

Vesalius’s consilium to Ingrassia, dated Madrid, 1562, in which he clearly described the operation for empyema (pp. 92-98). Although treatment of empyema by surgery was referred to in classical times, it became …

1939 CE

#3240

Pulmonary tuberculosis. Pathology, diagnosis, management and prevention.

Third edition, 1953, by W. Pagel, F. A. H. Simmonds, and N. Macdonald.

1825 CE

#3221

Recherches anatomico-pathologiques sur la phthisis.

Louis’ researches were based on 358 dissections and 1,960 clinical cases, and included a numerical study of extra-pulmonary lesions. First edition in English, London, 1835. English translation, Boston, 1836. A t…

1849 CE

#932

Recherches chimiques sur la respiration des animaux des diverses classes.

First determination of the respiratory quotient.

1876 CE

#3224

Recherches sur les relations qui existent entre les lésions des poumons et celles des ganglions trachéo-bronchiques.

The primary lesion in pulmonary tuberculosis in children (“Ghon’s primary focus”) was first described by Parrot.

1957 CE

#3215.4

Recovery from infants with respiratory illness of a virus related to chimpanzee coryza agent (CCA).

Respiratory syncytial virus. With B. Roizman and R. Myers.

1922 CE

#5630.1

Removal of intrathoracic tumours by the trans-sternal route.

Dunhill’s operation for the removal of intrathoracic tumors.

1922 CE

#961

Respiration.

An account of the work of the Oxford School of Physiology, in particular the Pike’s Peak expedition (No. 957). Second edition, 1935, with J. G. Priestley.

1996 CE

#7779

Respiratory physiology: People and ideas, edited by John B. West.

1921 CE

#3197

Roentgenographic studies of bronchiectasis and lung abscess after direct injection of bismuth mixture through the bronchoscope.

Important studies on bronchiectasis were carried out by Lynah and Stewart.

1917 CE

#3194.1

Roentgenography of the lung: Roentgenographic studies in living animals after intratracheal injection of iodoform emulsion.

Experimental introduction of iodoform (lipiodol) into the bronchial tree in dogs, obtaining satisfactory bronchograms.

1939 CE

#3211.1

Segmental pneumonectomy in bronchiectasis. The lingula segment of the left upper lobe.

1929 CE

#3202.2

Serum treatment in type I lobar pneumonia.

Introduction of monovalent antiserum.

1950 CE

#3215.2

Smoking and carcinoma of the lung. Preliminary report.

A study of 1,465 cases of lung cancer and 1,465 matched controls, which confirmed and extended the studies of Wynder and Graham, and others. See also later papers by the same authors in Brit. med. J., 1952, 2,1271-86;…

1964 CE

#7385

Smoking and health: report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.

Definitive 386-page throughly documented study of the carcinogenic and pulmonologic effects of smoking, and the addictive aspects of nicotine. It was published under the supervision of Surgeon-General Luther Terry. Di…

1898 CE

#951.1

Some improved methods of gas analysis.

The Haldane apparatus for the analysis of the repiratory gases, which proved a method that could measure oxygen and carbon dioxide to 0.005%. It was the cornerstone of all respiratory gas analysis until P.F. Scholande…

1952 CE

#859.1

Some physiologic aspects of the artificial heart problem.

On July 3, 1952 Dodrill completed the first successful open heart surgery on the left ventricle of Henry Opitek. He used a machine developed by himself and researchers at General Motors, the Dodrill-GMR, considered to…

1921 CE

#3085

Studies of the suspension stability of the blood in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Westergren’s method of measuring the erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

1925 CE

#3200

Studies on pneumonia following naso-pharyngeal injections of oil.

Lipoid pneumonia first described.

1944 CE

#3213.1

Studies on the etiology of primary atypical pneumonia. A filterable agent transmissible to cotton rats, hamsters, and chick embryos.

The Eaton agent, isolated from primary atypical pneumonia. With G. Meiklejohn and W. van Herick.

1933 CE

#3205

Successful removal of entire lung for carcinoma of the bronchus.

First reported case: April 5, 1933.

1942 CE

#2992

Successful removal of hemangioma of the lung followed by the disappearance of polycythemia.

First successful excision of arteriovenous aneurysm of the lung.

1901 CE

#951.2

Sur la cause de l’apnée.

Fredericq “established that chemical changes in the blood acting somewhere in the head were the major factor in the regulation of breathing” (Kellogg). English translation in No. 1588.16.

1929 CE

#3202

Surgical principles underlying one-stage lobectomy.

Brunn’s one-stage lobectomy.

1939 CE

#3213

Tabakmissbrauch und Lungencarcinom.

In the first case-control epidemiological study of the effects of tobacco Müller recorded a statistically significant correlation between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. See Alfredo Morabia, "Quality, original…

1933 CE

#3208

Tetany caused by functional dyspnea with hyperventilation: report of a case.

Hyperventilation syndrome.

1914 CE

#958

The absorption and dissociation of carbon dioxide by human blood.

CO2 dissociation curves. These workers discovered that hemoglobin indirectly greatly assists the transport of CO2 by the blood.

1908 CE

#3188

The Bradshaw Lecture on massive collapse of the lung.

William Pasteur discovered and described massive collapse of the lung.

1925 CE

#965

The chemical regulation of respiration.

1932 CE

#3204

The common cold, with special reference to the part played by streptococci, pneumococci, and other organisms.

Annals of the Pickett-Thomson Research Lab., Vol. 8.

1788 CE

#2028.53

The connexion of life with respiration; or, an experimental inquiry into the effects of submersion, strangulation, and several kinds of noxious airs, on living animals.

Goodwyn emphasized the importance of ventilation in resuscitation.

1913 CE

#3540

The first successful case of resection of the thoracic portion of the oesophagus for carcinoma.

See also Arch. Surg. (Chicago), 1925, 10, 353-60, which reported that the patient was still living.

1960 CE

#11708

The growth of scientific physiology: Physiological method and the mechanist-vitalist controversy, illustrated by the problems of respiration and animal heat.

1955 CE

#12458

The lung: Clinical physiology and pulmonary function tests.

Comroe and associates at the University of Pennsylvania introduced pulmonary function tests developed by physiologists into clinical practice. Comroe invented several of the tests described in the book.

1793 CE

#2281

The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body.

Baillie was a nephew and pupil of William Hunter. The above is the first systematic textbook of morbid anatomy, treating the subject for the first time as an independent science. See also Nos. 2736, 3167.1. Baillie wa…

1926 CE

#3201

The nature of the “oat-celled sarcoma” of the mediastinum.

An important study of the histology of “oat-celled sarcoma” which Barnard showed to be primary carcinoma of the lung.

1920 CE–1921 CE

#960

The partition of CO2, between plasma and corpuscles in oxygenated and reduced blood.

1929 CE

#12394

The rapid shallow breathing resulting from pulmonary congestion and edema.

First description of the Churchill–Cope reflex, a reflex in which distension of the pulmonary vascular bed, as occurs in pulmonary oedema, causes an increase in respiratory rate (tachypnoea) by stimulation of th…

1923 CE

#963

The regulation of respiration.

Lumsden introduced the concept of subsidiary respiratory centers in the brain stem.

1905 CE

#954

The regulation of the lung-ventilation.

Proof of the regulation of respiration by CO2 concentration of the alveolar air

1914 CE

#964

The respiratory function of the blood.

Barcroft’s studies of the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood are recorded in the above monograph. He particularly concentrated on elucidation of the oxygen dissociation curve. The second edition, 2 vols., Cam…

1941 CE

#3243

The story of clinical pulmonary tuberculosis.

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.

1756 CE

#11158

The use of sea voyages in medicine.

Gilchrist recommended sea voyages as treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. Much expanded French translation by Edme-Claude Bourru as Utilité …

1952 CE

#3047.3

The use of tubes constructed from Vinyon “N” cloth in bridging arterial defects.

Introduction of plastic material to repair arterial defects. Voorhees later abandoned this material in favour of Dacron. With A. Jaretzki and A. W. Blakemore.

1923 CE

#962

The velocity with which carbon monoxide displaces oxygen from combination with haemoglobin.

1934 CE

#3237

Therapeutic pneumoperitoneum. A review of 100 cases.

Banyai combined artificial pneumoperitoneum with phrenic nerve paralysis.

1876 CE

#3170

Thoracentesis: the plan of continuous aspiration.

Hewett introduced a method of continuous aspiration of the thorax for emphysema.

1960 CE

#12353

Thoracic surgery before the 20th century.

1935 CE

#3239

Thoracoplasty with extrafascial apicolysis.

“Semb’s operation”.