Facets

1968 CE

#11988

Cerebral radiosurgery, I. Gammathalamotomy in two cases of intractable pain.

Leksell Gamma Knife. "Over the subsequent 50 years Gamma Knife surgery has evolved to cover much of what is done in neurosurgery and there are more than 330 Gamma Knife centers all over the world. By the end of 2017 m…

1465 CE

#6819

Cerrahiyyetu'l-Haniyye (Imperial Surgery)

In 1465, at the age of 80, Ottoman surgeon and physician Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu published in manuscript an illustrated atlas of surgery and dentistry. This was also the first medical textbook written in Turkish, proba…

2007 CE

#7646

Charles Thomas Jackson: “The head behind the hands.” Applying science to implement discovery and invention in early nineteenth century America

The first biography of Jackson, the physician and geologist who discoverered of the anesthetic effects of ether, and also played an important role in the discovery of the American electro-magnetic telegraph. Forms a s…

1478 CE

#3666.83

Chirurgia [French]. Translated by Nicolaus Panis.

Guy de Chauliac studied medicine and surgery in Montpellier and Paris, and served as the personal physician to Popes Clement VI, Innocent VI and Urban V. His Chirurgia magna, written in the early 1360s, remained a sta…

1500 CE–1501 CE

#3666.82

Chirurgia cum formis instrumentorum (Tr: Gerardus Cremonensis). IN: Guy de Chauliac: Chirurgia parva. Add: Albulcasis: Chirurgia cum formis instrumentorum. Jesus filius Hali: De oculis (Tr: Dominicus Marrochinus). Canamusali de Baldach: De oculis.

The surgical section of Albucasis’s Altasrif, the first rational, complete and illustrated treatise on surgery and surgical instruments. The author was an Arab Muslim physician and surgeon who lived in Al-Andalu…

1544 CE

#4406.1

Chirurgia e graeco in latinum conversa.

This elegantly printed and illustrated small folio included 210 text woodcuts, most probably after drawings by the school of Francesco Salviati (Francesco de'Rossi). It was issued from the press operated by Pierre Gau…

1498 CE

#12925

Chirurgia. Add: Brunus Longoburgensis: Chirurgia magna et minor; Bonaventura de Castello: Recepta aquae balnei de Porrecta; Theodoricus Cerviensis: Chirurgia; Rolandus: Libellus de chirurgia; Lanfrancus Mediolanensis: Chirurgia; Rogerius: Practica; Leonardus Bertapalia: Recollectae super quarto libro Avicennae.

This late 15th century edition of the surgery of Guy de Chauliac also contained the first printed editions of various lesser-known medieval surgeries such as those by Bruno da Longoburgo and Leonardo Bertapaglia. It a…

1573 CE

#4850.4

Chirurgiae Ioannis Andrea a Cruce, Veneti medici libri septem, Quamplurimis instrumentorum imaginibus arti chirurgicae opportunis suis locis exornati, theoricam, practicam ac verissimam experientiam continentes....

Croce improved the instruments for trephination, and published classic woodcuts depicting the operation, including the first illustration of a neurological surgery operation actually taking place. The work is also imp…

1876 CE

#5636

Chirurgie antiseptique.

Lucas-Championnière, eminent French surgeon, was one of the first to adopt the principles of Listerism. He wrote the first authoritative work on antiseptic surgery and introduced antisepsis into France. First e…

1823 CE–1828 CE

#4312

Chirurgie clinique de Montpellier. 2 vols.

Delpech's work includes the first account of rhinoplasty in France. On 4 June 1823, Delpech performed the first of six cases of rhinoplasty by the Indian forehead flap method, and one (unsuccessful) with a flap from t…

1877 CE–1878 CE

#4850.1

Chirurgie d’Hippocrate. 2 vols

A Greek-French edition with extensive notes and commentaries by J. E. Pétrequin, surgeon-in-chief of the Hôtel-Dieu of Lyon. Operations attributed to Hippocrates included trephination and paracentesis; hi…

1882 CE

#14320

Chirurgie de la main.

The first manual on hand surgery. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1908 CE–1911 CE

#4880.2

Chirurgie des Gehirns und Rückenmarks nach eigenen Erfahrungen. 2 vols.

With Macewen and Cushing, Krause pioneered the development of neurosurgery as a specialty. This is his most comprehensive work. English translation by H.A. Haubold and M. Thorek, 3 vols., New York, Rebman, [1909-12],

1913 CE

#3028.1

Chirurgie des malformations congénitales ou acquises du coeur.

First attempt at surgical relief of valvular disease of the heart (congenital pulmonary stenosis). Experimental valvotomy.

1900 CE

#3024

Chirurgie du grand sympathique et du corps thyroïde.

Jaboulay was the first to perform the operation of sympathectomy for the relief of vascular disease.

1931 CE

#7730

Chirurgie esthétique pure (technique et résultats).

Describes cosmetic surgery for the face, nose and breasts.

1569 CE

#13117

Chirurgie françoise, avec plusieurs figures des instrumens nécessaires pour l'opération manuelle.

Daléchamp, a pupil of Guillaume Rondelet, received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Montpellier in 1547; he settled in Lyons in 1552, where he remained for the rest of his life. His Chirurgie fr…

1719 CE

#5576

Chirurgie in welcher Alles was zur Wund-Artzney gehöret, nach der neuesten und besten Art gründlich abgehandelt....

Heister was the founder of scientific surgery in Germany. His book contains many interesting illustrations and includes an account of tourniquets used in his time; Heister introduced a spinal brace. This was the most …

1894 CE–1895 CE

#11390

Chirurgie opératoire du système nerveux. 2 vols.

Among the innovations that Chipault made in neurosurgery were the removal of the underlyling dura in meningiomas, a new laminectomy technique, development of small clamps for closing a scalp incision, the treatment of…

1876 CE

#5794

Chirurgie vor 100 Jahren; historische Studie.

Reprinted Berlin, Springer, 1978.

1829 CE–1834 CE

#5743

Chirurgische Erfahrungen besonders über die Wiederherstellung zerstörter Theile des menschlichen Körpers nach neuen Methoden. 3 vols. [in 4] and atlas.

Dieffenbach was Professor of Surgery in Berlin. He was a pioneer in the field of plastic and orthopedic surgery, performing tenotomy and skin-grafting successfully. English translation of the section on rhinoplasty, w…

1903 CE

#3527

Chirurgische Erfahrungen über das Darmcarcinom.

Development of Bloch’s two-stage Operation for resection of tumors of the rectum. English translation in Medical Classics, 1937, 2, 210-29.

1820 CE–1847 CE

#12750

Chirurgische Kupfertafeln. 4 vols.

This collection of 417 plates on surgical procedures, instruments, and bandages, with 4 pages of explanatory text, was published in 96 parts between 1820 and 1847. Fifty-two of the plates were issued hand-colored. The…

1902 CE

#5802

Chirurgisches aus der Völkerkunde.

1892 CE

#3507

Cholecysto-intestinal, gastro-intestinal, entero-intestinal anastomosis, and approximation without sutures.

“Murphy’s button” introduced.

1929 CE

#4397.1

Chondro-osteo-dystrophy. Roentgenographic and clinical features of a child with dislocation of vertebrae.

Morquio–Brailsford disease (see No. 4397).

1908 CE

#2634

Chronisch entzündliche Bauchdeckengeschwülste nach Bruchoperationen.

“Schloffer’s tumor” – a rare inflammatory pseudotumor of the abdomen. It usually appears several years after abdominal surgery, including herniotomy, or trauma.

1887 CE

#3488

Circular suture of the intestines; an experimental study.

Halsted set down some of the fundamental rules regarding intestinal anastomosis.

1846 CE

#5652

Circular. Morton’s Letheon.

Unaware of Crawford Long’s results with ether, Morton, having been informed of the anesthetic effects of ether by Charles T. Jackson, promoted its anesthetic effects. To do so he published the above circular, in…

2006 CE

#12345

Classic papers in coronary angioplasty. Edited by Clive Handler and Michael Cleman.

1976 CE

#4483.3

Classics of orthopaedics.

Eighty classic papers and sections from books, reprinted from the series of articles in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

2000 CE

#11659

Cleavage: Technology, controversy and the ironies of the man-made breast.

1976 CE–1980 CE

#5766.5

Cleft craft: The evolution of its surgery. 3 vols.

An encyclopedic monograph on cleft palate surgery, exceptionally well written, illustrated, and produced, incorporating an historical approach.

1928 CE

#5761

Cleft palate.

Wardill’s operation for cleft palate.

1935 CE

#5721

Clinical experiences with the use of trichlorethylene in the production of over 300 analgesias and anesthesias.

Human anesthetization with trichlorethylene. With S. Goldblatt, I. S. Warm, and D. E. Jackson.

1884 CE

#3566

Clinical lectures on cases of difficult diagnosis; perforation of the appendix vermiformis.

In 1884 Fenwick advocated tying off and removal of the perforated appendix.

1880 CE

#5676

Clinical observations on the introduction of tracheal tubes by the mouth instead of performing tracheotomy or laryngotomy.

First administration of an anesthetic (chloroform) through a metal tracheal tube introduced by the mouth (endotracheal anesthesia).

1907 CE

#4430

Clinical remarks on the operative treatment of fractures.

Lane’s plates and screws for union of fractures.

1958 CE

#3047.12

Clinical use of an elastic Dacron prosthesis.

Arterial prosthesis. With L. C. France, R. F. Smith, and J. G. Whitcomb.

1984 CE

#12231

Clinical use of the total artificial heart.

"Abstract "We report here our first experience with the use of a total artificial heart in a human being. The heart [Jarvik-7] was developed at the University of Utah, and the patient was a 61-year-old man with chroni…

1829 CE–1836 CE

#5589.1

Clinique chirurgicale, exercée particulièrement dans les camps et les hôpitaux militaires depuis 1792 jusqu’en 1829. 5 vols. plus atlas to vols. 1-3, and atlas to vol. 5.

Larrey’s most comprehensive surgical treatise, and the only one of his works that is extensively illustrated. Many of the plates concern surgical pathology.

1838 CE

#13150

Clinique des maladies des enfants nouveau-nes.

The first work on the diseases of newborns and the first work on child neurology and pediatric neurosurgery.

1992 CE

#12329

Clio: The arteries.The development of ideas in arterial surgery.

Reprints several dozen classic papers with commentary.

1953 CE

#11678

Closure of atrial septal defects with the aid of hypothermia; experimental accomplishments and the report of one successful case.

Lewis performed the first successful open heart operation, closing an atrial septal defect in a 5-year-old girl on September 2, 1952. The procedure took 5.5 minutes. For the next three years Lewis and colleagues opera…

1984 CE

#12333

Cold hearts: The story of hypothermia and the pacemaker in heart surgery.

1958 CE

#12561

Cold injury, ground type.

Summary of what was learned about frostbite and trenchfoot encountered by military personel in World War II. Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

1895 CE

#3515

Colectomy.

Paul’s operation of extra-abdominal resection of the colon.

1869 CE

#5610

Collezione della memorie chirurgiche ed ostetriche. 2 vols.

Rizzoli was Professor of Surgery at Bologna and an outstanding operative surgeon. He introduced a compressor for aneurysms, a tracheotome, cystotome, lithotrite, enterotome, osteoclast, and performed acupressure as ea…

1852 CE–1855 CE

#7168

Commentarii et annotationes in Suśruta Āyurvedam. 2 vols.

Hessler, editor and translator of the first edition of Suśruta published in the West (3 vols., 1844-50) followed that edition with two separate volumes of commentary.

1859 CE

#3459

Commentatio de fistulis ventriculi externis et chirurgica earum sanatione.

First operation for gastric fistula.