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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

Medical Instruments

Exhibiting 162 entries found in the GMN corpus.

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1829 CE[Description of the glottiscope.]
BABINGTON, Benjamin Guy (1794 – 1866)
BABINGTON, Benjamin Guy (1794 – 1866)
1863 CEA catalogue of surgical instruments, apparatus, appliances, etc. Manufactured and sold by John Weiss & Son.
JOHN WEISS & SON
1947 CEA critical study of the origins and early development of hypodermic medication.
HOWARD-JONES, Norman (1909 – 1985)
1928 CEA double perfusion-pump.
DALE, Sir Henry Hallett (1875 – 1968)
DALE, Sir Henry Hallett (1875 – 1968) SCHUSTER, Edgar Hermann Joseph (1899 – 1969)
1954 CEA flexible fibrescope, using static scanning.
HOPKINS, Harold Horace (1918 – 1994) KAPANY, Narinder Singh (1926 – )
1971 CEA history of the ophthalmoscope.
RUCKER, C. Wilbur (1900 – 1991)
1994 CEA history of the origin, evolution, and impact of electrocardiography.
FYE, W. Bruce (1946 – )
FYE, W. Bruce (1946 – )
1920 CEA method of analyzing the electrocardiogram.
MANN, Hubert (1891 – 1975)
1865 CEA new otoscope or speculum auris.
BRUNTON, John (1836 – 1899)
1923 CEA new type of observation and operating cysto-urethroscope.
MCCARTHY, Joseph Francis (1874 – 1965)
1897 CEA simple and accurate form of sphygmomanometer or arterial pressure gauge contrived for clinical use.
HILL, Sir Leonard Erskine (1866 – 1952)
HILL, Sir Leonard Erskine (1866 – 1952) BARNARD, Harold Leslie (1868 – 1908)
1960 CEA transistorized, self-contained, implantable pacemaker for the long-term correction of complete heart block.
CHARDACK, William M. (1914 – 2006) GREATBATCH, Wilson (1919 – 2011)
GAGE, Andrew A.
GAGE, Andrew A.
1811 CEA treatise on a malignant epidemic, commonly called spotted fever.
NORTH, Elisha (1771 – 1843)
1837 CEA treatise on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest.
STOKES, William (1804 – 1878)
STOKES, William (1804 – 1878)
1752 CEA treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery.
SMELLIE, William (1697 – 1763)
SMELLIE, William (1697 – 1763)
1839 CEAbhandlung über Perkussion und Auskultation.
ŠKODA, Josef (1805 – 1881)
1759 CEAbregé de l'art des accouchements, dans lequel on donne les préceptes nécessaires pour le mettre heureusement en pratique, et auquel on a joint plusieurs observations intéressantes sur des cas singuliers.
COUDRAY, Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier du (1712 – 1794)
1935 CEAn apparatus for the culture of whole organs.
LINDBERGH, Charles Augustus (1902 – 1974)
LINDBERGH, Charles Augustus (1902 – 1974)
2002 CEAn ear to the chest: An illustrated history of the evolution of the stethoscope.
BLAUFOX, M. Donald
BLAUFOX, M. Donald
1733 CEAn essay on the improvement of midwifery.
CHAPMAN, Edmund (1680 – 1756)
1960 CEAn implantable pacemaker in the heart. IN: Medical electronics: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Medical Electronics, Paris 24-27 June 1959. Edited by C. N. Smyth.
ELMQVIST, Rune (1906 – 1996)
ELMQVIST, Rune (1906 – 1996)
SENNING, Åke (1915 – 2000)
SENNING, Åke (1915 – 2000)
1825 CEAn introduction to the use of the stethoscope.
STOKES, William (1804 – 1878)
STOKES, William (1804 – 1878)
1939 CEAn oxygenator with a large surface–volume ratio.
GIBBON, John Heysham Jr. (1903 – 1973)
GIBBON, John Heysham Jr. (1903 – 1973)
1954 CEApplication of a mechanical heart and lung apparatus to cardiac surgery.
GIBBON, John Heysham Jr. (1903 – 1973)
GIBBON, John Heysham Jr. (1903 – 1973)
1867 CE​–1872 CEArsenal de la chirurgie contemporaine. Description, mode d'emploi et appréciation des appareils et instruments en usage pour le diagnostic et le traitement des maladies chirurgicales, l'orthopédie, la prothèse, les opérations simples, générales, spéciales et obstétricales. 2 vols.
GAUJOT, Constantin Mametz Gustav (1828 – 1913) SPILLMANN, Eugène-Pierre
1895 CEAutoskopie des Larynx und der Trachea. (Laryngoscopia directa, Euthyskopie, Besichtigung ohne Spiegel.)
KIRSTEIN, Alfred (1863 – 1922)
1819 CEBdellomètre du docteur Sarlandière.
SARLANDIÈRE, Jean-Baptiste (1787 – 1838)
1877 CEBeiträge zur Kenntniss der Reizwell und Contractionswelle des Herzmuskels.
MARCHAND, Richard
1862 CEBeiträge zur Laryngoscopie.
LEWIN, Georg Richard (1820 – 1896)
LEWIN, Georg Richard (1820 – 1896)
1851 CEBeschreibung eines Augen-Spiegels zur Untersuchung der Netzhaut im lebenden Auge.
HELMHOLTZ, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (1821 – 1894)
HELMHOLTZ, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (1821 – 1894)
1734 CECases in midwifry. Revised by Edward Hody.
GIFFARD, William ( – 1731) HODY, Edward (1698 – 1759)
1867 CECatalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London...held, by permission, at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th, 1866.
OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
1667 CEChirurgia infusoria.
MAJOR, Johann Daniel (1634 – 1693)
MAJOR, Johann Daniel (1634 – 1693)
1913 CEClinical electrocardiography.
LEWIS, Sir Thomas (1881 – 1945)
LEWIS, Sir Thomas (1881 – 1945)
1984 CECold hearts: The story of hypothermia and the pacemaker in heart surgery.
BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005)
1612 CECommentaria in artem medicinalem Galeni.
SANTORIO, Santorio [SANCTORIUS] (1561 – 1636)
1625 CECommentaria in primam fen primi libri canonis Avicennae.
SANTORIO, Santorio [SANCTORIUS] (1561 – 1636)
1823 CECommentatio de examine physiologico organi visus et systematis cutanei.
PURKYNĔ, Jan Evangelista [PURKINJE] (1787 – 1869)
1955 CEControlled cross circulation for direct-vision intracardiac surgery; correction of ventricular septal defects, atrioventricularis communis, and tetralogy of Fallot.
LILLEHEI, Clarence Walton (1918 – 1999)
1910 CEDas Elektrokardiogramm des gesunden and kranken Menschen.
KRAUS, Friedrich (1858 – 1936)
KRAUS, Friedrich (1858 – 1936)
NICOLAI, Georg Friedrich (1874 – 1964)
NICOLAI, Georg Friedrich (1874 – 1964)
1868 CEDas Verhalten der Eigenwärme in Krankheiten.
WUNDERLICH, Carl Reinhold August (1815 – 1877)
WUNDERLICH, Carl Reinhold August (1815 – 1877)
1819 CEDe l’auscultation médiate, ou traité du diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur. 2 vols.
LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826)
LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826)
1865 CEDe l’endoscope et de ses applications au diagnostic et au traitement des affections de l’urèthre et de la vessie.
DESORMEAUX, Antonin Jean (1815 – 1894)
DESORMEAUX, Antonin Jean (1815 – 1894)
1828 CEDe la percussion médiate.
PIORRY, Pierre Adolphe (1794 – 1879)
PIORRY, Pierre Adolphe (1794 – 1879)
1958 CEDemonstration of the new gastroscope, the “fiberscope”.
HIRSCHOWITZ, Basil Isaac (1925 – 2013)
HIRSCHOWITZ, Basil Isaac (1925 – 2013)
1852 CEDer Augenspiegel und des Optometer für practische Aerzte.
RUETE, Christian Georg Theodor (1810 – 1867)
RUETE, Christian Georg Theodor (1810 – 1867)
1858 CEDer Kehlkopfrachenspiegel und die Methode seines Gebrauches.
TÜRCK, Ludwig (1810 – 1868)
1668 CEDes maladies des femmes grosses et accouchées.
MAURICEAU, François (1637 – 1709)
1877 CEDescription de deux nouveaux forceps.
TARNIER, Étienne Stéphane (1828 – 1897)
1867 CEDescription of a new apparatus for administering narcotic vapors.
JUNKER, Ferdinand Ethelbert (1828 – 1901)