1820–1829
354 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1828 CE
#7228
Sur le cathétérisme de la trompe d'Eustache, et sur les expériences de M. Itard, mémoire qui démontre l'utilité de l'air atmosphérique dans le traitement de diverse espèces de surdité.
The first publication on the use of air insufflation to cure some types of hearing loss.
1828 CE
#10071
The constitution of man considered in relation to external objects.
"Combe argues that the human mind is best understood through Phrenology, and that the relative size of the various regions of the brain defined by Phrenology determines a persons behavior and potential interactions wi…
1828 CE
#4414.1
Theoretisch-praktische Handbuch der Lehre von den Bruchen und Verrenkungen der Knochen. 1 vol. and atlas.
The remarkable atlas accompanying this work illustrates in remarkable detail all of the various types of dressings, splints and apparatus used in the treatment of fractures at the time.
1828 CE
#3679.6
Traité complet de l’art du dentiste, d'après l'état actuel des connaissances. Par F. Maury. 2 vols.
Maury probably invented the dental probe. His book also shows one of the earliest illustrations of a dental mouth mirror. According to Quérard, F. Maury is the pseudonym of Auguste Tillet: "Table alphabé…
1828 CE
#2285.1
Traité des maladies des enfans nouveau-nés et à la mamelle. 1 vol. and atlas.
The first significant work on the pathological anatomy of infants. Billard performed several hundred autopsies on infants and children and correlated the data obtained with clinical observations he had made. This pion…
1828 CE
#671
Ueber künstliche Bildung des Harnstoffs.
The synthetic preparation of urea was the first occasion that an organic compound was built up from inorganic materials. Wöhler’s discovery led eventually to the brilliant results that have been achieved in…
1828 CE–1829 CE
#4523
Observations on neuroma.
Neuroma first described.
1828 CE–1829 CE
#2017
Observations on transfusion of blood.
The first human to human transfusion in which the patient did not die. Blundell established the most fundamental points in transfusion, including the incompatibility of interspecies transfusion and the method of indir…
1828 CE–1829 CE
#2746
On the retroversion of the valves of the aorta.
Aortic insufficiency is usually associated with the name of Corrigan, but Hodgkin’s account antedates Corrigan by three years.
1828 CE–1829 CE
#3814
Removal of the right lobe of the thyroid gland.
To Joseph Green, of St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, is accredited the first thyroidectomy, the patient succumbing 15 days later from sepsis.
1828 CE–1830 CE
#6853
Die chronischen Krankheiten, ihre eigenthümliche Natur und homöopathische Heilung. 4 vols.
Second edition, 6 vols., 1835-39.
1828 CE–1830 CE
#1849
Medical flora; or, manual of the medical botany of the United States of North America. Containing a selection of above 100 figures and descriptions of medical plants, with their names, qualities, properties, history &c; and notes or remarks on nearly 500 equivalent substitutes. 2 vols.
Rafinesque was a great botanist, conchologist, archaeologist, and economist. Born in a suburb of Istanbul, he was also a world citizen and a prolific writer with 939 works to his credit. He died in extreme poverty in …
1828 CE–1839 CE
#6709.1
Dictionnaire historique de la médecine ancienne et moderne, ou précis de l'histoire générale, technologique et littéraire de la médecine, suivie de la bibliographie médicale du dix-neuvième siècle, et d'un répertoire bibliographique par ordre de matières. 4 vols.
Biographical essays with annotated bibliographies of the authors cited. The title pages of vols. 2-4 indicate that they were written by Dezeimeris alone. Digital facsimile from The Medical Heritage Library, Internet A…
1828 CE–1888 CE
#479
Ueber Entwicklungsgeschichte der Thiere. 2 vols.
Baer, the founder of modern embryology, definitely established the “germ-layer theory”, discovered the notochord and the human ovum, and postulated the law of corresponding stages in embryonic development.…
1829 CE
#8925
Procede pour écrire les paroles, la musique et le plain-chant au moyen de points, a l’usage des aveugles et dispose pour eux.
This large quarto volume of 4 preliminary leaves and 32 pages included the first presentation of the Braille system of printing and reading for the blind, which represents letters and numbers by combinations of six do…
1829 CE
#3327
[Description of the glottiscope.]
Babington was responsible for the introduction of laryngoscopy. He demonstrated a crude “glottiscope” to the Hunterian Society on March 18, 1829, but his effort attracted little attention.
1829 CE
#7497
A catalogue of the preparations in the anatomical museum of Guy’s Hospital arranged and edited, by desire of the Treasurer of the Hospital, and of the teachers of the Medical and Surgical School.
Digital facsimile of Part II, Morbid Anatomy, from the Internet Archive at this link.
1829 CE
#12903
A system of dental surgery. In three parts. I. Dental surgery as a science. II. Operative dental surgery. III. Pharmacy connected with dental surgery.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1829 CE
#2287
A treatise on pathological anatomy.
First American work on pathology. Horner was Professor of Anatomy at Pennsylvania, and made several anatomical discoveries.
1829 CE
#2076
A treatise on poisons.
Christison, a famous toxicologist, was a Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh. During the trial of Burke and Hare he performed an autopsy on the body of one of the victims and gave evidence as to the cause …
1829 CE
#3438
Abcès développé dans le petit bassin.
“Dupuytren’s abscess” of the right iliac fossa.
1829 CE
#11760
Address to the community, on the necessity of legalizing the study of anatomy
The petition to the Massachusetts legislature to legalize "the procuring of subjects for anatomical dissections" (from George Hayward's printed notice on the verso of the title page). Nine members of the Massachusetts…
1829 CE
#2075
An essay on the operation of poisonous agents upon the living body.
The first book in English on the action of poisons on the living body.
1829 CE
#11162
Anatomie des formes extérieures du corps humain appliquée à la peinture, à la sculpture et à la chirurgie.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1829 CE
#6027
Case of successful excision of the cervis uteri in a scirrhous state.
First successful excision of the cervix in America. Reported by T. F. Gillan.
1829 CE
#9472
Comments on corpulency, lineaments of leanness ....
The first illustrated book on obesity research or medical efforts to control overweight. Wadd, one of the surgeons extraordinary to George IV, drew and engraved the illustrations himself. Digital facsimile from the In…
1829 CE
#1394
Della struttura degli emisferi cerebrali.
1829 CE
#10716
Des caractères physiologiques des races humaines considérés dans leurs rapports avec l’histoire; lettre à M. Amédée Thierry . . .
A physiologist and anthropologist, Edwards established the subject of ethnology in France and pioneered the concept of “race” as determined by the shape of the face and head. He has been called the first a…
1829 CE
#5742.1
Die Bildung neuer Augenlider (Blepharoplastik) nach Zerstörungen und dadurch hervorgebrachten Auswärtsweundungen derselben.
First extensive treatise on the use of pedicle grafts from the temple and cheek for supplying necessary skin for the reconstruction of deformed eyelids.
1829 CE
#3256
Die Pathologie und Therapie der Kehlkopfkrankheiten.
1829 CE
#5501
Die Rötheln, als für sich bestehende Krankheit.
Wagner separated rubella from measles and scarlet fever.
1829 CE
#1697
Elements of medical statistics.
First English book devoted specifically to medical statistics. Hawkins was instrumental in obtaining the insertion of a column for the names of diseases or other causes of death, in connexion with the first Act for th…
1829 CE
#5769
Illustrations of the diseases of the breast.
Includes one of the earliest descriptions of hyperplastic cystic disease of the breast, which Cooper referred to as “hydatid disease”.
1829 CE
#12679
Istoria di un sonnambulismo, con alcune riflessioni sopra questo fenomeno, e sul sonno; letta nella pubblica adunanza dell’Accademia Labronica.
This report on sleepwalking concerned Palloni’s treatment of a forty-year old peasant who for nine years would sleepwalk—often going into the fields, carrying his tools along, then returning later to the b…
1829 CE
#1849.1
Mémoire sur l’emploi de l’iode dans les maladies scrofuleuses.
Lugol’s solution. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1829 CE
#7293
Notice sur les ossemens humains fossiles des cavernes du Département du Gard, présentée à l’Académie des Sciences le 29 juin 1829.
Christol excavated of the caverns of Pondres and Souvignarges, northeast of Montpellier in the department of Gard. These caverns, which showed no evidence of accidental disturbance, contained human remains intermixed …
1829 CE
#9450
Praktische waarnemingen over eenige Javaansche geneesmiddelen, welke niet alleen vele uitheemsche medicamenten, die thans nog van Europa naar Java moeten worden overgezonden, kunnen vervangen, maar dezelve ook tegen eenige ziekten op het eiland Java heerschende, in werkzaamheid overtreffen.
An early account of Jamu (old spelling Djamu), the traditional medicine of Indonesia, especially Java. "It is a predominantly herbal medicine made from natural materials, such as parts of plants such as roots, bark, f…
1829 CE
#13840
Recentioris aevi numismata virorum de rebus medicis et physicis meritorum memoriam servantia.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1829 CE
#5023
Recherches anatomiques, pathologiques et thérapeutiques sur la maladie connue sous les noms de gastro-entérite; fièvre putride, adynamique, ataxique, typhoïde, etc. 2 vols.
Louis introduced the term “typhoid fever” in reference to the disturbed mental condition of the patient; he first described the lenticular rose spots. His book established the pathological picture of the d…
1829 CE
#2610
Recherches sur le traitement du cancer par la compression méthodique. 2 vols.
Récamier was the first to recognize the process of metastasis. He also described for the first time invasion of veins by cancer.
1829 CE
#5291
Sur la pyrophlyctide endémique, ou pustule d’Aleppo.
Important description of “Aleppo boil”, furunculosis orientalis.
1829 CE
#12864
The anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the teeth.
Bell distinguished himself in both zoology and dentistry, and published several zoological works. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1829 CE
#4454
Three cases in which the elbow-joint was successfully excised.
1829 CE
#3439
Traité théorique et pratique des maladies chirurgicales du canal intestinal. 2 vols.
Jobert, famous French surgeon, made his reputation on this book. He was at one time Consulting Physician to Louis XVIII.
1829 CE
#12479
Voyage médicale autour du monde, exécuté sur la Corvette du Roi La Coquille commandée par M. L. I. Duperrey pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825; ou rapport sur l' état sanitaire de l'équipage pendant la durée de la campagne, avec quelques renseignemens sur des pratiques empiriques locales en usages dans plusieurs des contrées visitées par l'expédition; suivi d'un mémoire sur les races humaines répandues dans l'Océanie, la Malaisie et l'Australie.
Lesson who was naturalist and physician on the voyage of La Coquille was a prolific author of works concerning natural history. This was his account of the voyage from his point of view as a physician. Digital facsimi…
1829 CE–1830 CE
#14124
Flora medica: Containing coloured delineations of the various medicinal plants, admitted into the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin pharmacopoeias; with their natural history, botanical descriptions, medical and chemical properties, &c. &c.; together with a concise introduction to botany; a copious glossary of botanical terms and a list of poisonous plants, &c. &c. Edited by a member of the Royal college of physicians, and fellow of the Linnaean society; with the assistance of several eminent botanists; in two volumes.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1829 CE–1830 CE
#4455
Removal of the arm, scapula and clavicle.
Records the first interscapulo-thoracic amputation, performed by Ralph Cuming (d. 1808), a naval surgeon, in 1808.
1829 CE–1832 CE
#109
Observations on the organs and mode of fecundation in Orchideae and Asclepiadeae.
Discovery, in 1831, of the cell nucleus. First issued as a separate pamphlet: Observations on the Organs and Mode of Fecundation in orchideae and asclepiadeae ... [with:] Additional remarks ... London, [privately prin…
1829 CE–1833 CE
#2288
Traité d’anatomie pathologique. 2 vols. and atlas.
Includes a historical review of the subject from the time of the Ancient Egyptians to Corvisart, and a summary of the advances in pathology during the preceding 50 years. Vol. 2, pp. 553-600 deals with diseases of the…
1829 CE–1834 CE
#5743
Chirurgische Erfahrungen besonders über die Wiederherstellung zerstörter Theile des menschlichen Körpers nach neuen Methoden. 3 vols. [in 4] and atlas.
Dieffenbach was Professor of Surgery in Berlin. He was a pioneer in the field of plastic and orthopedic surgery, performing tenotomy and skin-grafting successfully. English translation of the section on rhinoplasty, w…