Facets

1840 CE

#6921

Der Chemismus in der thierischen Organisation.

Hünefeld accidentally observed the first protein crystals— those of hemoglobin—in partically dried samples of mammalian blood blood pressed between glass plates. On page 160 Hünefeld noted that h…

1839 CE

#11546

Recherches sur l'introduction accidentelle de l'air dans les veines, et particulièrement sur cette question: L'air en s'Introduisant spontanément par une veine blessée pendant une opération chirurgicale, peut-il causer subitement la mort?

Amussat was one of the first to draw attention to the risks of the introduction of venous air embolism in surgery. Before the introduction of anesthesia surgery was particularly rapid by necessity, and veins were ofte…

1963 CE

#12217

The significance of late systolic murmurs and mid-late systolic clicks.

See also J. B. Barlow, W.A. Pocock P. Marchand, M. Denny, "The significance of late systolic murmurs," Am Heart J., 66 (1963) 443- 452 Barlow revolutionized thinking about the pathophysiology of mitral regurgitation w…

1882 CE–1883 CE

#11737

"A study of the malformations, variations, and anomalies of the circulatory apparatus in man," with a brief consideration of some of the principles governing their production.

A pioneering study of the embryology of the cardiovascular system and its relationship to congenital heart disease.

1963 CE

#12259

"Cardioversion" of atrial fibrillation: A report on the treatment of 65 episodes in 50 patients.

"In 1959 Bernard Lown commenced research in his animal laboratory in collaboration with engineer Barouh Berkovits into a technique which involved charging of a bank of capacitors to approximately 1000 volts with an en…

1927 CE

#3088

"Methodology of examining bone marrow in live patients, with haemopoietic disease."

Needle puncture of bone marrow biopsy. (In Russian.) German account in Folia haemat. (Lpz.), 1929, 38, 233-40. English translation from the German in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics, 339-44.

1908 CE

#2913

[In Russian:] Changes in parenchymatous organs and in the aorta of rabbits under the influence of animal protein.

Experimental atherosclerosis produced by a cholesterol-rich diet of whole milk, egg yolks, and meat. French translation as" Influence de la nourriture animale sur l'organisme des lapins," Arch. Méd. exp. Anat. …

1906 CE

#2823

[In Russian:] Estimation of blood-pressure by Korotkov’s auditory method.

Kriloff made extensive observations on the sounds which Korotkov had shown to be emitted by the blood after removal of the Riva-Rocci air-pressure cuff during the blood-pressure measurement.

1771 CE

#863

1. Experiments on the blood, with some remarks on its morbid appearances (pp. 368-83). 2. On the degree of heat which coagulates the lymph, and the serum of the blood; with an inquiry into the causes of the inflammatory crust, or size, as it is called (pp. 384-97). 3. Further remarks on the properties of the coagulable lymph, on the stopping of haemorrhages, and on the effects of cold upon the blood (pp. 398-413).

In papers 2 and 3 of this set of 3 contiguously published papers Hewson was the first to describe fibrinogen. "Before Hewson, although the fibrin mesh had been recognised and admired from as far back as Plato, it was …

1960 CE

#11219

A bibliography of internal medicine: Selected diseases.

Literature on "selected diseases" presented in chronological order, beginning with auricular fibrillation and ending with trichinosis, emphasizing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

1989 CE

#11198

A bibliography of the writings of Dr. William Harvey 1578-1657. Third edition, revised by Gweneth Whitteridge and Christine English.

This is the definitive edition of a bibliography first published by Sir Geoffrey Keynes in 1928 on the three hundredth anniversary of De motu cordis, and revised by him for a second edition in 1953. It contains a new …

1959 CE

#2883.3

A bipolar myocardial electrode for complete heart block.

With N. A. Roth, D. Bernardez, and J. L. Noble.

1818 CE

#2743

A case of apoplexy in which the fleshy part of the heart was converted into fat.

First accurate description of the condition which later became known as “Cheyne–Stokes respiration.” Reprinted in F. A. Willius & T. E. Keys: Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 317-20.

1886 CE

#3067.1

A case of haemophilia: pedigree through five generations.

True hemophilia in a female. The family was the subject of several later investigations, the last being reported in Lancet, 1973, 2,734.

1877 CE

#3125.2

A case of progressive pernicious anaemia (idiopathic of Addison).

First complete account of pernicious anemia. "In 1877, William Gardner and Osler described a patient who was almost certainly the first with the clinical, hematologic, and pathologic features to leave no doubt it was …

1997 CE

#12367

A century of arterial hypertension: 1896-1996. Edited by Nicholas Postel-Vinay in collaboration with the International Society of Hypertension. Translated by Richard Edelstein and Christopher Coffin.

1924 CE

#2916.2

A clinical study of diseases of the circulation of the extremities; a description of a new method of examination.

Femoral arteriography.

1918 CE

#3135

A clinical study of puerperal anaemia.

Four cases of pernicious anemia of pregnancy treated by blood transfusion.

1894 CE–1896 CE

#2232

A collection of the published writings. 2 vols.

Gull, one of the best clinicians of his time, spent most of his working life at Guy’s Hospital. He described the spinal lesion of tabes and left an important account of aneurysm. His best works are his descripti…

1781 CE

#11601

A complete collection of the medical and philosophical works of John Fothergill. With an account of his life; and occasional notes, by John Elliot.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1898 CE

#951

A contribution to the chemistry of haemoglobin and its immediate derivatives.

Potassium ferricyanide method for the determination of oxygen in oxyhemoglobin.

1887 CE

#833

A demonstration on man of electromotive changes accompanying the heart’s beat.

Waller was first to use electrodes and leads in demonstrating the action currents of the heart, avoiding the necessity of opening the chest of laboratory animals and preparing the way for present-day clinical electroc…

1935 CE

#2236

A diffuse disease of the peripheral circulation (usually associated with lupus erythematosus and endocarditis).

See No. 2237. With P. Klemperer and A. Schifrin.

1901 CE

#3072

A fatal case of acute primary infectious pharyngitis.

First recorded case of extreme leucopenia.

1925 CE

#3138

A form of acute hemolytic anemia probably of infectious origin.

“Lederer’s anemia” first described.

2001 CE

#7101

A history of blood coagulation.

2007 CE

#12280

A history of streptokinase use in acute myocardial infarction.

A history of thrombolytic therapy. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

1948 CE

#3160

A history of the heart and circulation.

1994 CE

#13823

A history of the origin, evolution, and impact of electrocardiography.

1924 CE

#2855

A hitherto undescribed form of valvular and mural endocarditis.

“Libman–Sacks disease”.

1932 CE

#2862

A lecture on vaso-vagal syncope and the carotid sinus mechanism.

Vaso-vagal syncope.

1963 CE

#3020.2

A method for extraction of arterial emboli and thrombi.

Introduction of the balloon catheter in arterial embolectomy. With J. J. Cranley, R. J. Krause, E. S. Strasser and C. D. Hafner.

1896 CE

#2686.1

A method for more fully determining the outline of the heart by means of the fluorescope together with other uses of this instrument in medicine.

Estimation of heart size by fluoroscope, first application of x rays to cardiology.

1896 CE

#2804.1

A method for more fully determining the outline of the heart by means of the fluoroscope together with other uses of this instrument in medicine.

Estimation of heart size by fluoroscope, first application of x rays to cardiology.

1915 CE

#903

A method for the determination of plasma and blood volume.

Keith, Rowntree, and Geraghty devised a method for determination of plasma and blood volume, which includes the injection of a dye.

1920 CE

#2853.1

A method of analyzing the electrocardiogram.

Mann developed the monocardiogram while a fourth-year medical student. This was the first vector loop and the beginning of modern vectorcardiography.

1964 CE

#1931.5

A new adrenergic beta-receptor antagonist.

Development of Propranolol, the first beta-blocker effectively used in the treatment of coronary heart disease and hypertension. R. G. Shanks, L. H. Smith and A. C. Dornhorst. In 1988 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or …

1927 CE

#910

A new agglutinable factor differentiating individual human bloods.

Discovery of M and N agglutinogens. See also the same journal, pp. 941-42.

1915 CE

#2021

A new and greatly simplified method of blood transfusion. A preliminary report.

About the same time as Agote, Lewisohn introduced the citrate method of blood transfusion. See also his later paper in Surg. Gynec. Obstet., 1915, 21, 37-47.

1913 CE

#2018.1

A new and simple method of transfusion.

In order to prevent blood coagulation during transfusion, Kimpton and Brown used apparatus lined with paraffin wax. See also Boston med. surg. J., 1915, 173, 425-7.

1961 CE

#11671

A new approach to cardiac resuscitation.

"The pioneers of modern cardiopulmonary resucitation describe their breakthrough technique of combining mouth-to-mouth ventilation, closed chest compressions, and transthoracic defibrillation to treat cardiac arrest" …

1947 CE

#913

A new human iso-agglutinin subdividing the MN blood groups.

S blood-group antigen.

1936 CE

#2024

A new method of blood transfusion.

Heparin used in blood transfusion. See also the same journal, 88, 443-49.

1899 CE

#3071

A new preparation for rapidly fixing and staining blood.

Jenner’s methylene blue-eosin stain for blood.

1926 CE

#2988

A new treatment of thoracic aneurysm.

Babcock’s operation for thoracic aneurysm. See also Amer. J. Surg.,1932, 16,401-07.

1992 CE

#13062

A pictorial history of blood practices and transfusion.

1938 CE

#2869

A practical method of visualization of the chambers of the heart, the pulmonary circulation, and the great vessels in man.

Introduction of angiocardiography, which for the first time revealed the internal structure of the living heart. A fuller account by the same authors is in Amer. J. Roentgenol.,1939, 41,1-17.

1859 CE

#7935

A practical treatise on diseases, pathology, and treatment of diseases of the heart.

The first major American textbook on cardiology. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1851 CE

#2757

A practical treatise on the diseases of the lungs and heart, including the principles of physical diagnosis.

Walshe, physician to University College Hospital, London, was one of the first to recognize the presystolic character of the direct mitral murmur in mitral stenosis.

1951 CE

#2993.1

A propos du traitement des anévrysmes de l’aorte. Ablation de l’anévrysme. Rétablissement de la continuité par greffe d’aorte humaine conservée.

First successful resection of abdominal aortic aneurysm and insertion of a homologous graft. With M. Allary and N. Oeconomos.