Facets

1969 CE

#3047.22

A new approach to “anatomic” repair of transposition of the great arteries.

The Rastelli procedure. “Intraventricular rerouting of left ventricular output through the ventricular septal defect to the aorta and establishing of a new right ventricular outflow through the ventriculotomy an…

1921 CE

#5759

A new principle in the surgical treatment of “congenital cleft palate”, and its mechanical counterpart.

Gillies’s operation for cleft palate.

1860 CE

#3459.1

A practical treatise on the aetiology, pathology, and treatment of the congenital malformations of the rectum and anus.

The first systematic treatise on the subject, and a landmark in pediatric surgery. Includes an early account of colostomy and one of the earliest histories of that procedure. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at …

1791 CE

#4306

Abbildungen und Beschreibungen einiger Misgeburten.

Achondroplasia is first described on page 30 and pictured on plate 11. English translation in No. 2241.

1938 CE

#6133

An operation for the cure of congenital absence of the vagina.

Mclndoe’s operation for the construction of an artificial vagina.

1946 CE

#3045

Anastomosis of the aorta to a pulmonary artery. Certain types in congenital heart disease.

With S. Smith and S. Gibson.

1935 CE

#7798

Anatomia della lussazione congenita dell'anca.

Putti made many contributions to the understanding of congenital dislocation of the hip, a condition which was then endemic in Northern Italy.

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.

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…

1944 CE

#11859

Congenital cardiac disease: Bibliography of 1000 cases analyzed in Maude Abbott's Atlas. Edited by Donald deF. Bauer and Effie C. Astbury.

Provides all the references used in Abbott, Atlas of congenital cardiac disease. New York: American Heart Association, 1936, but not included in the 1936 work.

1918 CE

#5757.3

Congenital clefts of the face.

Roberts introduced the push-back procedure - backward displacement of the velum to ensure adequate speech.

1945 CE

#3044

Congenital coarctation of the aorta and its surgical treatment.

Crafoord and Gross (No. 3044.1) pioneered this basic operation in cardiac and pediatric surgery.

1863 CE

#4333

Contractur des Metatarsus.

Congenital metatarsus varus described.

1955 CE

#3047.7

Controlled cross circulation for direct-vision intracardiac surgery; correction of ventricular septal defects, atrioventricularis communis, and tetralogy of Fallot.

Controlled cross circulation (human heart–lung “machine”) for intracardiac surgery.

1954 CE

#3047.6

Controlled cross circulation for open intracardiac surgery; physiologic studies and results of creation and closure of ventricular septal defects.

Warden and colleagues undertook the first repair of various cardiac anomalies. With M. Cohen, and R.C. Read.

1831 CE

#4317

De la rétraction des doigts par suite d’une affection de l’aponévrose palmaire, opération chirurgicale qui convient dans ce cas.

Dupuytren devised an operation for the treatment of contracture of the palmar fascia (“Dupuytren’s contracture”). Reprinted, with translation, in Med. Classics, 1939, 4, 127-50. The condition was fir…

1817 CE

#4310

De rachitide congenita.

Classic description of achondroplasia. Romberg’s graduation thesis. English translation (Sydenham Society), 1853.

1896 CE

#4366

Deformities: A treatise on orthopaedic surgery.

Includes a valuable discussion of congenital anomalies of the bones and joints from the orthopedic point of view. Greatly expanded second edition, 2 vols., London, 1912.

1869 CE

#11144

Des difformités congénitales et acquises des doigts et des moyens d’y remédier. Thèse présentée au concours pour l’agrégation (section de chirurgie).

This exceptionally long and comprehensive (246pp., 39 text illustrations) thesis was the first French work on hand surgery. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1951 CE

#12229

Development of a pump-oxygenator to replace the heart and lungs: An apparatus applicable to human patients, and application to one case.

Dennis and colleagues performed the first human cardiac operation with total heart-lung bypass. The patient was a 6-year old girl with a huge atrial septal defect. Though she did not survive, this report encouraged ot…

1922 CE

#7832

Di un raro caso di osteite simmetrica ereditaria degli arti inferior.

"Camurati-Engelmann disease", a very rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic anomalies in the skeleton. It is a form of dysplasia. See No. 4395.1.

1891 CE

#4359

Die angeborene Verschiebung des Schulterblattes nach oben.

Classic description of “Sprengel’s deformity”, a congenital upward displacement of the scapula.

1833 CE

#4320

Die Durchschneidung der Achillessehne, als Heilmethode des Klumpfusses, durch zwei Fälle erläutert.

Successful tenotomy for clubfoot established the reputation of Stromeyer as an orthopedic surgeon.

1788 CE

#4304.1

Dissertatio medica descriptionem et casus aliquot osteomalaciae sistens.

In his doctoral thesis Ekman gave an account of osteogenesis imperfecta in three generations. For extensive translation see No. 4404.1. K.S. Seedorff, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Copenhagen, 1949.

1912 CE

#4385

Dysostose cranio-faciale héréditaire.

First description of cranio-facial dysostosis, hypertelorism (Crouzon's syndrome).

1929 CE

#4395.1

Ein Fall von Osteopathia hyperostotica (sclerotisans) multiplex infantilis.

“Engelmann’s disease”, also known as "Camurati-Engelmann disease" — a very rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic anomalies in the skeleton. It is a form of dysplas…

1879 CE

#4346.1

Ein Fall von sogenannter Myositis ossificans progressiver.

Helferich described the association of microdactyly with myositis ossificans progressiva.

1911 CE

#3536

Ein operativ geheilter Fall von kongenitaler Dünndarmatresie.

Treatment of congenital atresia of ileum by lateral anastomosis.

1958 CE

#2578.30

Histocompatibility genes of the mouse.

Snell made fundamental contributions to transplantation genetics. At his suggestion genes governing transplantation were called histocompatibility genes and Gorer’s Antigen II became Histocompatibility-2 (H-2). …

1863 CE

#4332

Hochgradige Dislocation der Scapula.

First description of congenital high-scapula “Sprengel’s deformity”; see also No. 4359.

1951 CE

#12238

Hydraulic formula for calculation of the area of the stenotic mitral valve; other cardiac valves, and central circulatory shunts.

In collaboration with his father, S. G. Gorlin, a mechanical engineer who designed hydraulic systems for gasoline engines at the beginning of the century, Richard Gorlin developed a formula to calculate the area of st…

1924 CE

#4392

Hypertelorism. A hitherto undifferentiated congenital cranio-facial deformity.

First description of hypertelorism as a separate entity.

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…

1904 CE

#4375

Les scolioses congénitales.

First description of platyspondylia.

1907 CE

#3025.3

Ligation of the ductus arteriosus.

Munro was first to suggest the feasibility of ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus.

1803 CE

#4308

Memoria chirurgica sui piedi torti congenita dei fanciulli.

First accurate description of the pathological anatomy of congenital club-foot. English translation, Edinburgh, 1818.

1831 CE

#6358.1

Merkwürdige Fragilität der Knochen ohne dyskrasische Ursache als krankhafte Eigenthümlichkeit dreier Geschwister.

Axmann of Wertheim described osteogenesis imperfecta occurring in himself and his two brothers. He referred to the occurrence of articular dislocations and blue sclerotics. See also No. 6367.

1827 CE

#14199

Méthode nouvelle pour le traitement des déviations de la colonne vertébrale; précédée d'un examen critique des divers moyens employés par les orthopédistes modernes.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1923 CE

#4390

Nouvelle observation d’acrocéphalosyndactylie.

With Tixier, Hue, and Kermorgant.

1798 CE

#3429

Observation sur un enfant né sans anus, et auquel il a été fait une ouverture pour y suppléer.

First successful construction of artificial anus, for congenital atresia, Oct. 20, 1793.

1614 CE

#3789

Observationum in hominis affectibus plerisque, corpori & animo, functionum laesione, dolore, aliave molestia & vitio incommodantibus, libri tres.

First known report of a case of death from hypertrophy of the thymus, in an infant, is reported on p. 172; it is reproduced on p. 239 of J. Ruhräh’s Pediatrics of the past, New York, 1925. Platter first des…

1905 CE

#4375.1

On the means of lengthening in the lower limbs, the muscles and tissues which are shortened through deformity.

First attempt at surgical lengthening of limbs.

1839 CE

#4322.1

On the nature of club-foot and analogous distortions.

Little suffered from club-foot himself. This is the greatest English classic on the subject. See No. 4329.

1700 CE

#4299

Opera posthuma.

Page 68: first description of leontiasis ossea.

1839 CE

#4322.2

Operations on club-feet.

Brown was the first surgeon in the United States to specialize in orthopedics, founding the Orthopedic Infirmary of the City of Boston (soon renamed the Boston Orthopedic Institution) in 1838. Brown was also the first…

1949 CE

#4404.1

Osteogenesis imperfecta: A study of clinical features and heredity based on 55 Danish families comprising 180 affected members.

Includes a translation of Ekman’s thesis (No. 4304.1). Also gives a case reported in 1678.

1967 CE

#7732

Osteotomies totales de la face: Syndrome de Crouzon, syndrome d'Apert: oxcephalies, scaphocephalies, turricephalies.

1939 CE

#4403.1

Principles involved in the treatment of congenital clubfoot.

Kite’s method, involving “a series of plaster casts and wedgings, without the use of anesthetics, forcible manipulations, or operative procedures”, became standard practice.

1948 CE

#3046

Pulmonary valvulotomy for the relief of congenital pulmonary stenosis. Report of three cases.

"Brock performed the first successful valvotomies for isolated pulmonary stenosis in 1948. He gained access to the blood-filled beating heart through a small incision in the right ventricle through which he passed a v…

1963 CE

#14103

Recurrent Dupuytren's contracture.

Hueston described Dupuytren's diathesis, including early onset, bilateral involvement, postive family history, and presence of ectopic lesions. He noted that patents presenting Dupuytren's diathesis experience more se…