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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

Medical Instruments

Exhibiting 162 entries found in the GMN corpus.

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1747 CEObservations sur les causes et les accidens de plusieurs accouchemens laborieux.
LEVRET, André (1703 – 1780)
LEVRET, André (1703 – 1780)
1929 CEObstetric forceps, its history and evolution.
DAS, Sir Kedarnath (1867 – 1936)
DAS, Sir Kedarnath (1867 – 1936)
1876 CEOn an apparatus for administering nitrous oxide gas and ether, singly or combined.
CLOVER, Joseph Thomas (1825 – 1882)
CLOVER, Joseph Thomas (1825 – 1882)
1905 CEOn methods of studying blood pressure.
KOROTKOV, Nikolai Sergeievich (1874 – 1920)
KOROTKOV, Nikolai Sergeievich (1874 – 1920)
1846 CEOn the capacity of the lungs, and on the respiratory functions, with a view of establishing a precise and easy method of detecting disease by the spirometer.
HUTCHINSON, John (1811 – 1861)
HUTCHINSON, John (1811 – 1861)
1848 CEOn the inhalation of chloroform and ether. With description of an apparatus.
SNOW, John (1813 – 1858)
SNOW, John (1813 – 1858)
1856 CEOn the self-adjusting double stethoscope.
LEARED, Arthur (1822 – 1879)
LEARED, Arthur (1822 – 1879)
1879 CE​–1880 CEOn the time-relations of the excitatory process in the ventricle of the heart of the frog.
BURDON-SANDERSON, Sir John Scott (1828 – 1905)
BURDON-SANDERSON, Sir John Scott (1828 – 1905) PAGE, Frederick James Montague (1848 – 1907)
1871 CEOn the use of the ophthalmoscope in diseases of the nervous system and of the kidneys; also in certain other general disorders.
ALLBUTT, Sir Thomas Clifford (1836 – 1925)
1824 CEOriginal cases with dissections and observations illustrating the use of the stethoscope and percussion in the diagnosis of diseases of the chest: Also commentaries on the same subjects selected and translated from Auenbrugger, Corvisart, Laennec and others
AUENBRUGGER, Leopold (1722 – 1809)
AUENBRUGGER, Leopold (1722 – 1809) FORBES, Sir John (1788 – 1861)
1905 CEPerorale Tubagen mit und ohne Druck.
KUHN, Franz (1866 – 1929)
1858 CEPhysiologie Untersuchungen mit Garcia’s Kehlkopfspiegel.
CZERMAK, Johann Nepomuk (1828 – 1873)
CZERMAK, Johann Nepomuk (1828 – 1873)
1860 CEPraktische Anleitung zur Laryngoscopie.
TÜRCK, Ludwig (1810 – 1868)
1867 CEPrize essay. Ancient transfusion and infusion compared with modern transfusion, infusion, and hypodermic or subcutaneous injections. Translated by Charles F. Wittig.
ULLERSPERGER, Jean Baptiste
1922 CEProbleme und Technik der Gastroskopie, mit der Beschreibung eines neuen Gastroskops.
SCHINDLER, Rudolf (1888 – 1968)
1828 CERecherches sur la force du coeur aortique.
POISEUILLE, Jean Léonard Marie (1799 – 1869)
POISEUILLE, Jean Léonard Marie (1799 – 1869)
1879 CERemarks on forcipressure and the use of pressure-forceps in surgery.
WELLS, Sir Thomas Spencer (1818 – 1897)
WELLS, Sir Thomas Spencer (1818 – 1897)
1867 CERemoval of a fibrous polyp from the inferior anterior surface of the right vocal cord with the aid of the laryngoscope.
SOLIS-COHEN, Jacob da Silva (1838 – 1927)
SOLIS-COHEN, Jacob da Silva (1838 – 1927)
1854 CEReport on the ophthalmoscope.
JONES, Thomas Wharton (1808 – 1891)
JONES, Thomas Wharton (1808 – 1891)
1952 CEResuscitation of the heart in ventricular standstill by external electric stimulation.
ZOLL, Paul Maurice (1911 – 1999)
ZOLL, Paul Maurice (1911 – 1999)
1855 CESelf-adjusting stethoscope of Dr. Cammann.
CAMMANN, George Philip (1804 – 1863)
1902 CESome experimental and clinical observations concerning states of increased intracranial tension.
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
1895 CESphygmomanomètre pour mésurer la pression du sang chez l’homme.
MOSSO, Angelo (1846 – 1910)
MOSSO, Angelo (1846 – 1910)
1927 CEStudies on the velocity of blood flow: I. The method utilized.
BLUMGART, Hermann Ludwig (1895 – 1977) YENS, Otto C.
1880 CESulla circolazione del sangue nel cervello dell’uomo. Ricerche sfigmografiche.
MOSSO, Angelo (1846 – 1910)
MOSSO, Angelo (1846 – 1910)
1867 CESur un nouvel instrument pour la détermination de l’astigmatisme.
JAVAL, Louis Émile (1839 – 1907)
JAVAL, Louis Émile (1839 – 1907)
1857 CESystem of practical surgery. 4th ed.
FERGUSSON, Sir William (1808 – 1877)
FERGUSSON, Sir William (1808 – 1877)
1916 CEThe advantages of warm anaesthetic vapours, and an apparatus for their administration.
SHIPWAY, Sir Francis Edward (1875 – 1968)
1937 CEThe cataract operations of 'Ammar Ibn Alī Al-Mausilī by Max Meyerhof.
MEYERHOF, Max (1874 – 1945) IBN ALĪ AL MAUSILĪ, 'Ammār (996 – 1020)
1882 CEThe Chamberlens and the midwifery forceps.
AVELING, James Hobson (1828 – 1892)
AVELING, James Hobson (1828 – 1892)
1904 CEThe clinical study of blood-pressure. A guide to the use of the sphygmomanometer in medical, surgical and obstetrical practice, with a summary of the experimental and clinical facts relating to the blood-pressure in health and disease.
JANEWAY, Theodore Caldwell (1872 – 1917)
JANEWAY, Theodore Caldwell (1872 – 1917)
1786 CEThe first American edition, An abridgement of the practice of midwifery: and a set of anatomical tables.
SMELLIE, William (1697 – 1763)
SMELLIE, William (1697 – 1763) NORMAN, John (1748 – 1817)
1989 CEThe great age of the microscope: The collection of the Royal Microscopical Society through 150 years.
TURNER, Gerard l'Estrange
1938 CEThe history of the forceps: An investigation on the occurrence, evolution, and use of the forceps from prehistoric times to the present (with a summary in Danish). Translated by William Ernest Calvert.
MØLLER-CHRISTENSEN, Vilhelm (1903 – 1988)
2000 CEThe making of the pacemaker: Celebrating a lifesaving invention. Foreward [extensive] by Seymour Furman.
FURMAN, Seymour (1931 – 2006) GREATBATCH, Wilson (1919 – 2011)
1899 CEThe mechanics of surgery.
TRUAX, Charles (1852 – 1918)
1996 CE​–1997 CEThe ophthalmoscope - Der Augenspiegel. Textbook and atlas. 2 vols. Translated by Donald L. Blanchard.
SCHETT, Alfred
1707 CE​–1710 CEThe physician’s pulse-watch. 2 vols.
FLOYER, Sir John (1649 – 1734)
FLOYER, Sir John (1649 – 1734)
1864 CEThe principles and practice of obstetrics.
HODGE, Hugh Lenox (1796 – 1873)
1920 CEThe prophylactic forceps operation.
DELEE, Joseph Bolivar (1869 – 1942)
1947 CEThe secret instrument. The birth of the midwifery forceps.
RADCLIFFE, Walter
1998 CEThe see with a better eye: A life of R. T. H. Laennec
LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826)
LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826) DUFFIN, Jacalyn Mary (1950 – )
1958 CEThe treatment of complete heart block by the combined use of a myocardial electrode and artificial pacemaker.
LILLEHEI, Clarence Walton (1918 – 1999) WEIRICH, William L. (1924 – 2014) GOTT, Vincent Lynn (1927 – )
1959 CEThe use of intracardiac pacemaker in the correction of total heart block.
FURMAN, Seymour (1931 – 2006) ROBINSON, George (1922 – )
1865 CEThe use of the laryngoscope in diseases of the throat; with an appendix on rhinoscopy.
MACKENZIE, Sir Morell (1837 – 1892)
MACKENZIE, Sir Morell (1837 – 1892)
1846 CEThe young stethoscopist; or, the student's aid to auscultation.
BOWDITCH, Henry Ingersoll (1808 – 1892)
BOWDITCH, Henry Ingersoll (1808 – 1892)
1907 CETracheo-bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy and gastroscopy.
JACKSON, Chevalier (1865 – 1958)
JACKSON, Chevalier (1865 – 1958)
1826 CETraité de l'auscultation médiate ou traité diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur. 2 vols.
LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826)
LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781 – 1826)
1854 CE​–1855 CEUeber die Accommodation des Auges.
HELMHOLTZ, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (1821 – 1894)
HELMHOLTZ, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (1821 – 1894)
1916 CEUeber die Anlegung der Zange am nicht rotierten Kopf mit Beschreibung eines neuen Zangenmodelles und einer neuen Anlegungsmethode.
KIELLAND, Christian Caspar Gabriel (1871 – 1941)
KIELLAND, Christian Caspar Gabriel (1871 – 1941)