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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

SURGERY: General

Exhibiting 479 entries found in the GMN corpus.

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1937 CEResection of head of pancreas and duodenum for carcinoma – pancreatoduodenectomy.
BRUNSCHWIG, Alexander (1901 – 1969)
1893 CEResection of the intestine and immediate suture in gangrenous hernia.
FRANKS, Sir Kendal Matthew St John (1851 – 1920)
2004 CERobotic surgery: A current perspective.
LANFRANCO, Anthony R. CASTELLANOS, Andres E. DESAI, Jaydev P. MYERS, William C.
1966 CESafavid surgery.
ELGOOD, Cyril Lloyd (1892 – 1970)
1906 CESenile parenchymatous hypertrophy of female breast.
BLOODGOOD, Joseph Colt (1867 – 1935)
1676 CESeverall chirurgicall treatises.
WISEMAN, Richard (1622 – 1676)
WISEMAN, Richard (1622 – 1676)
1969 CEShouldice repair for inguinal hernia.
SHEARBURN, Edwin W. (1913 – ) MYERS, Richard N. (1929 – )
1858 CESilver sutures in surgery.
SIMS, James Marion (1813 – 1883)
1989 CESocioeconomics of surgery.
RUTKOW, Ira Michael (1948 – )
1847 CESome account of the first use of sulphuric ether by inhalation in surgical practice. [Read before the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, April 12, 1847.]
HAYWARD, George (1791 – 1863)
HAYWARD, George (1791 – 1863)
1909 CESome considerations upon high amputation of the rectum.
HARTMANN, Henri Albert (1860 – 1952)
HARTMANN, Henri Albert (1860 – 1952)
1899 CESonde urétérale opaque. In Traité de chirurgie, 2e ed. vol. 7, p. 414.
TUFFIER, Théodore (1857 – 1929)
2011 CEStitches in time: Two centuries of surgery in Papua New Guinea.
WATTERS, David
1877 CEStudien zur Radikalbehandlung der Hernien.
CZERNY, Vincenz (1842 – 1916)
CZERNY, Vincenz (1842 – 1916)
1821 CESull’ernia del perineo.
SCARPA, Antonio (1752 – 1832)
SCARPA, Antonio (1752 – 1832)
1809 CESull’ernie. Memorie anatomico-chirurgiche.
SCARPA, Antonio (1752 – 1832)
SCARPA, Antonio (1752 – 1832)
1476 CESumma conservationis et curationis. Chirurgia.
SALICETO, Guglielmo da [WILLIAM OF SALICETO] (1210 – 1277)
SALICETO, Guglielmo da [WILLIAM OF SALICETO] (1210 – 1277)
1578 CESumma y recopilacion de cirugia, con un arte para sangrar, muy util y provechosa.
LÓPEZ DE HINOJOSOS, Alonso (1535 – 1597)
1886 CESuppurative peritonitis due to ulceration and suppuration of the vermiform appendix; laparotomy; resection of the vermiform appendix; toilette of the peritonaeum; drainage; recovery.
HALL, Richard John (1856 – 1897)
1853 CESur un nouveau moyen d’opérer la coagulation du sang dans les artères, applicable à la guérison des anéurismes.
PRAVAZ, Charles Gabriel (1791 – 1853)
PRAVAZ, Charles Gabriel (1791 – 1853)
2001 CESurgeons at war: Medical arrangements for the treatment of the sick and wounded in the British army during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
KAUFFMAN, Matthew H. (1942 – 2013)
1983 CESurgery in America. From the colonial era to the twentieth century. Second edition.
EARLE, A. Scott
EARLE, A. Scott
1993 CESurgery: An illustrated history.
RUTKOW, Ira Michael (1948 – )
1960 CESurgical diseases of the pancreas.
HOWARD, John Malone (1919 – 2011)
HOWARD, John Malone (1919 – 2011)
JORDAN, George Lyman (1921 – )
JORDAN, George Lyman (1921 – )
1818 CE​–1819 CESurgical essays. 2 vols.
COOPER, Sir Astley Paston (1768 – 1841)
COOPER, Sir Astley Paston (1768 – 1841)
TRAVERS, Benjamin (1783 – 1858)
TRAVERS, Benjamin (1783 – 1858)
1907 CESurgical instruments in Greek and Roman times.
MILNE, John Stewart ( – 1913)
MILNE, John Stewart ( – 1913)
1809 CESurgical observations on the constitutional origin and treatment of local diseases.
ABERNETHY, John (1764 – 1831)
ABERNETHY, John (1764 – 1831)
1804 CESurgical observations, containing a classification of tumours, with cases to illustrate the history of each species; - an account of diseases which strikingly resemble the venereal disease; - and various cases illustrative of different surgical subjects.
ABERNETHY, John (1764 – 1831)
ABERNETHY, John (1764 – 1831)
1924 CESurgical papers.[Edited by Walter C. Burket]. 2 vols.
HALSTED, William Stewart (1852 – 1922)
HALSTED, William Stewart (1852 – 1922) BURKET, Walter Cleveland (1888 – 1974)
1890 CESurgical treatment of typhlitis.
TAIT, Robert Lawson (1845 – 1899)
1844 CE​–1850 CESuśrutas. Áyruvédas. Id est medicinae systema a venerabili d'hanvantare demonstratum a Suśruta discipulo compositum. Nunc primum ex Sanksríta in Latinum sermonem vertit, introductionem, annotationes et rerum indicem adjecit Dr. Franciscus Hessler. 3 vols.
SUŚRUTA, (Sushruta) HESSLER, Franz (1799 – 1890)
1822 CESystem of surgical anatomy. Part first [all published]: On the structure of the groin, pelvis, and perineum. As connected with inguinal and femoral hernia; Tyeing the iliac arteries; and the operation of lithotomy. Illustrated by nine copper-plate engravings
ANDERSON, William
ANDERSON, William
DURAND, Asher Brown (1796 – 1886)
DURAND, Asher Brown (1796 – 1886)
1912 CETechnique chirurgicale infantile: Indications opératoires, opérations courantes.
OMBRÉDANNE, Louis (1871 – 1956)
1998 CETelesurgical laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
HIMPENS, Jacques LEMAN, Guido CADIÈRE, Guy-Bernard
1889 CEThe American armamentarium chirurgicum.
TIEMANN, George Christoph (1793 – 1868)
1834 CEThe anatomy and surgery of inguinal and femoral hernia.
TUSON, Edward William (1802 – 1865)
1892 CEThe anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia.
MARCY, Henry Orlando (1837 – 1924)
MARCY, Henry Orlando (1837 – 1924)
1807 CEThe anatomy and surgical treatment of inguinal and congenital hernia. London, Cox, 1804. The anatomy and surgical treatment of crural and umbilical hernia.
COOPER, Sir Astley Paston (1768 – 1841)
COOPER, Sir Astley Paston (1768 – 1841)
1890 CEThe annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London, compiled from their records and other sources
YOUNG, Sidney (1843 – )
2008 CEThe Cambridge illustrated history of surgery.
ELLIS, Harold (1926 – )
ELLIS, Harold (1926 – )
1993 CEThe case books of John Hunter FRS, edited by Elizabeth Allen, J. L. Turk, and Reginald Murley.
HUNTER, John (1728 – 1793)
HUNTER, John (1728 – 1793) TURK, J. L. MURLEY, Reginald Sydney (1916 – 1997)
ALLEN, Elizabeth
ALLEN, Elizabeth
1931 CEThe cause of “painful breasts” and treatment by means of ovarian residue.
CUTLER, Max (1899 – 1984)
1901 CEThe cause of diffuse peritonitis complicating appendicitis and its prevention.
OCHSNER, Albert John (1858 – 1925)
1909 CEThe collected papers of Joseph, Baron Lister. 2 vols.
LISTER, Joseph, 1st Baron Lister (1827 – 1912)
LISTER, Joseph, 1st Baron Lister (1827 – 1912)
GODLEE, Sir Rickman John (1849 – 1925)
GODLEE, Sir Rickman John (1849 – 1925)
CAMERON, Hector Charles (1878 – 1958)
CAMERON, Hector Charles (1878 – 1958) CHEYNE, Sir William Watson (1852 – 1932)
WILLIAMS, Sir Dawson (1854 – 1928)
WILLIAMS, Sir Dawson (1854 – 1928)
MARTIN, C. J.
MARTIN, C. J.
1971 CEThe cyrurgie of Guy de Chauliac. I Text (E.E.T.S., 265) Edited by Margaret S. Ogden.
GUY DE CHAULIAC, (Guido de Cauliaco) (1298 – 1368) OGDEN, Margaret Sinclair (1909 – 1988)
1947 CEThe diagnosis of the acute abdomen in rhyme by Zeta.
COPE, Sir Vincent Zachary (1881 – 1974)
1932 CEThe early diagnosis of acute intestinal obstruction with comments on pathology and treatment. With a report of successful decompression of three cases of mechanical bowel obstruction by nasal catheter suction siphonage.
WANGENSTEEN, Owen Harding (1898 – 1981)
1930 CEThe Edwin Smith surgical papyrus. Published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary by James Henry Breasted. 2 vols.
BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)
BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)
1906 CEThe evolution of American surgery. IN: American practice of surgery, Edited by J.D. Bryant and A.H. Buck, 2, 1-67.
SMITH, Stephen (1823 – 1922)
SMITH, Stephen (1823 – 1922)
2006 CEThe evolution of surgical instruments: An illustrated history from ancient times to the twentieth century.
KIRKUP, John