1810–1819

1815 CE

#3931

Note sur le sucre de diabètes.

Chevreul proved that the sugar in diabetic urine is glucose.

1815 CE

#4443

Nouvelle méthode opératoire pour l’amputation partielle du pied dans son articulation tarso-métatarsienne.

“Lisfranc’s amputation” of the foot.

1815 CE

#3679.4

Odontologie, ou observations sur les dents humaines, suivies de quelques idées nouvelles sur le mécanisme des dentier artificielles.

Delabarre was one of the first to systematize occlusal anomalies through description and illustration of individual kinds. He also developed some of the earliest orthodontic appliances using bands.

1815 CE

#2161

On gun-shot wounds of the extremities, requiring the different operations of amputation, with their after treatment.

Guthrie was the leading British military surgeon during the first half of the 19th century. He served in the Napoleonic Wars; his book is one of the most important in the history of the subject.

1815 CE

#2936

On the operation of tying the subclavian artery.

Colles tied the subclavian artery in 1811 and again in 1813. Garrison reminded us that Colles is credited with the first successful ligation of the innominate artery in Europe, but was unable to verify this. The paper…

1815 CE

#668.2

Recherches chimiques sur plusieurs corps gras, et particulièrement sur leurs combinations avec les calculs. Cinquième mémoire. Des corps qu’on a appelés adipocire, c’est-à-dire, de la substance cristallisée des calculs biliaires humains, du spermacéti et de la substance grasse des cadavres.

Chevreul characterized cholesterol.

1815 CE

#10805

Sketch of the medical history of the British Armies in the Peninsula of Spain and Portugal, during the late campaigns.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1815 CE

#13487

Sketches of epidemic diseases in the state of Vermont; from the first settlement to the year 1815, with a consideration of their causes, phenomena, and treatment. To which is added remarks on pulmonary consumption.

Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link:

1815 CE

#14176

Sketches of the medical schools of Paris.

Crosse, a British surgeon whose name appears without the final "ed" on the title page, was a British surgeon who spent the winter of 1814-15 in Paris, where he wrote numerous letters to friends in london and Dublin de…

1815 CE

#13799

The history of the small pox.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1815 CE

#12914

The summum bonum.

The first book on dentistry published in Canada. Facsimile edition, Montreal, 1969.

1815 CE

#7368

Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c. during the years 1812 and 1813.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1815 CE–1818 CE

#6329

Praktische Abhandlungen über die vorzüglichen Krankheiten des Kindesalters. Vol. 1: Von der hitzigen Gehirnhöhlen-Wassersucht; Vol. 2: Vom inneren chronischen Wasserkopfe....

"In 1818, Leopold Anton Gölis (1765-1827, Austrian physician and pathologist), a paediatrician and dissector in the Institute for the Sick Children of the Poor in Vienna, described the clinical and autopsy findin…

1815 CE–1820 CE

#407

Handbuch der menschlichen Anatomie. 4 vols.

1815 CE–1822 CE

#316

Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ... précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. 7 vols in 8.

An elaborate expansion of Lamarck’s one-volume work with the same title published in Paris, 1801 (No.215.5). As a systematist Lamarck made important contributions to biology. He separated spiders and crustaceans…

1816 CE

#12024

A catalogue of the library of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. With a supplement.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1816 CE

#11143

A practical account of the Mediterranean fever, as it appeared in the ships and hospitals of His Majesty's fleet on that station: With cases and dissections. To which are added facts and observations, illustrative of the causes, symptoms and treatment comprehending the history of the fever in the fleet, during the years 1810, 1811, 1813, and of the Gibraltar and Carthagena fevers.

"Burnett in 1816 described an epidemic of a short term fever occurring among the Naval Forces engaged in the Siege of Malta in 1799, and this fever was almost certainly phlebotomus" (Coulter, The Royal Naval Medical S…

1816 CE

#11799

A treatise on the medicinal leech; including its medical and natural history, with a description of its anatomical structure; also, remarks upon the diseases, preservation, and management of leeches.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1816 CE

#5737

An account of two successful operations for restoring a lost nose from the integuments of the forehead.

Carpue revived the Hindu method of rhinoplasty (see No. 5735.1), and reported two successful cases. Facsimile edition, with biography of Carpue by Frank C. McDowell and bibliography of his writings, Birmingham, Classi…

1816 CE

#2742

An experimental inquiry into the nature, cause and varieties of the arterial pulse: And into certain other properties of the larger arteries, in animals with warm blood.

This work "included a summary of more than two dozen experiments he [Parry] conducted on a variety of mammals. In this book he discussed the pulsatile expansion of the arteries and importance of collaterals. Parry ref…

1816 CE

#7488

Anatomia per uso degli studiosi di scultura e pittura.

Mascagni's anatomy for artists and sculptors, edited for posthumous publication by Mascagni's literary execultor Francesco Antonmarchi. 15 hand-colored engraved plates after drawings by Antonio Serantoni (1780j-1837),…

1816 CE

#11178

Anatomie und Bildungsgeschichte des Gehirns im Foetus des Menschen: nebst einer vergleichenden Darstellung des Hirnbaues in den Thieren.

Digital facsimile from Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg at this link.

1816 CE

#1990

Anleitung zur Darstellung und Anwendung aller Arten der kräftigsten Bäder und Heilwässer welche von Gesunden und Kranken gebraucht werden.

Döbereiner was the first to treat the subject of light therapy on a scientific basis.

1816 CE

#13439

Bibliothecae Sandifortianae pars, continens collectionem pretiosam librorum, ... Opera, tabulis artificiose sculptis historiam ... : Quorum omnium publica fiet auctio....

Excludes Sandifort's medical books, which presumably he bequeathed to his son Gerard, who contributed a preface to this catalogue.

1816 CE

#5586

Buck-skin and kid ligatures

Physick, the “Father of American surgery”, graduated at Edinburgh, having been a pupil of John Hunter. He introduced several new procedures in surgery, one of which was the use of absorbable kid and bucksk…

1816 CE

#2937

Case of a wound of the peroneal artery successfully treated by a ligature.

On July 2, 1815, Guthrie successfully ligated the peroneal artery of a German soldier wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.

1816 CE

#2938

Case of inguinal aneurism cured by tying the external iliac artery

1816 CE

#13438

Catalogue of the library of the late Dr. Joseph Priestley, containing many scarce and valuable books. For sale by Thomas Dobson.

Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

1816 CE

#2161.1

Medical sketches of the campaigns of 1812, 13, 14. To which are added, surgical cases, observations on military hospitals; and flying hospitals attached to a moving army.

The primary record of medicine during the War of 1812.

1816 CE

#6374.13

Mémoires sur les maladies chroniques, les évacuations sanguines et l’acupuncture.

Berlioz, father of the composer, published the first French monograph on acupuncture. He had his best success with muscle and joint stiffness after falls, and rheumatic and arthritic states. Digital facsimile from Goo…

1816 CE

#4023

Note sur la keloide.

First accurate description of keloid (“Alibert’s keloid”), although it was mentioned by Retz in 1790.

1816 CE

#4826

Notes on the swelling of the tops of the hands and feet, and on a spasmodic affection of the thumbs and toes, which very commonly attends it.

In his early account of chronic tetany, Kellie referred to carpo-pedal spasm and spasms of the glottis as part of the syndrome.

1816 CE

#12853

Notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages de M. Jourdain, dentiste; par M. Duval.

An exceptionally well-written bio-bibliographical study of Jourdain's accomplishments and publications published in the year of his death. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1816 CE

#2994

Observations on the treatment of varicose veins of the legs.

Brodie first operated for varicose veins in 1814.

1816 CE–1817 CE

#1041.1

Précis élémentaire de physiologie. 2 vols.

The first modern physiology textbook, in which doctrine gave way to simple, precise descriptions of experimental facts. Vol. 2 contains Magendie’s classic demonstration of the importance of nitrogenous food, or …

1816 CE–1830 CE

#13375

Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les artes. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes....Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales écoles de Paris. 60 vols. "M. F. Cuvier est chargé de la direction générale de l'ouvrage."

"M. F. Cuvier est chargé de la direction générale de l'ouvrage." Digital facsimile from commons.wikipedia.org at this link.

1817 CE

#6330

A cursory inquiry into some of the principal causes of mortality among children. With a view to assist in ameliorating the state of the rising generation, in health, morals, and happiness. To which is added an account of the universal dispensary for sick indigent children.

Davis called attention to the high infant mortality rate, especially in London. His suggestion that poor mothers should be instructed in the care of their infants resulted in a system of health-visiting by benevolent …

1817 CE

#1604.1

An essay on the disorders of old age, and on the means of prolonging life.

Carlisle, a distinguished surgeon and anatomist, advised young people to adopt a sound regimen early in life in order to secure longevity. Addressing himself directly to old people he described diseases common to the …

1817 CE

#4690

An essay on the shaking palsy.

“Parkinson’s disease”–paralysis agitans. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1938, 2, 946-97. Facsimile edition, with biography of Parkinson by Macdonald Critchley, London, 1955. Digital facsimile from…

1817 CE

#1316

Anatomia comparata nervi sympathici.

1817 CE

#6166

Case of an extra-uterine foetus, produced alive through an incision made into the vagina of the mother, who recovered after delivery, without any alarming symptoms.

Reports the first successful vaginotomy for abdominal pregnancy, as opposed to an abdominal laparotomy.

1817 CE

#2939

Case of brachial aneurism, cured by tying the subclavian artery above the clavicle.

Post was the first successfully to ligate the subclavian artery outside the scaleni (Sept. 8, 1817).

1817 CE

#4258

Cases of Fungus haematodes, with observations.

Prostatic carcinoma first reported (p. 279).

1817 CE

#4772

De myelophthisi chronica vera et notha.

First important account of tabes dorsalis.

1817 CE

#9871

De nova infusionis methodo. Dissertatio inauguralis medico-chirurgica....

Eduard von Graefe’s medical thesis described the method devised by his brother, Carl Ferdinand von Graefe (1787-1840), for transfusing blood or other liquids into the blood vessels. The work includes an illustra…

1817 CE

#4310

De rachitide congenita.

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

1817 CE

#3988

Delineations of cutaneous diseases exhibiting the characteristic appearances of the principal genera and species comprised in the classification of the late Dr. Willan; and completing the series of engravings begun by that author.

Bateman, the pupil of Willan, continued his teacher’s classification of skin diseases. The above work is notable for its 72 colored plates. Strictly speaking it is the first atlas of dermatology, as Willan&rsquo…

1817 CE

#11154

Des effets et des propriétés du froid, avec un aperçu historique et médical sur la campagne de Russie.

Relative to the suffering of Napoleon's soldiers during the bitter cold of Russian winters, includes methodology of resucitation of victims of freezing. Digital facsimile of thesis issue of the 1817 edition from the I…

1817 CE

#474

Dissertatio sistens historiam metamorphoseos, quam ovum incubatum prioribus quinque diebus subit.

Pander’s doctoral thesis (unillustrated) in which he announced his discovery of the trilaminar structure of the chick blastoderm, a term that he coined. Pander's discovery stimulated von Baer’s research. A…

1817 CE

#12858

Essai sur l'anatomie et la physiologie des dents, ou nouvelle théorie de la dentition.

In this work Serres described the glands of Serres, epithelial remnants of the dental lamina. These have the capicity to form small cysts (Bohn's nodules). Serres believed that gingival crevicular fluid was secreted f…