1870–1879
662 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1870 CE
#1564
Ueber die physiologische Bedeutung der Bogengänge des Ohrlabyrinths.
Goltz demonstrated the relation of vertigo and vestibular disturbance, showing that the former is a result of disease or irritation of the semicircular canals.
1870 CE
#3277
Ueber ein eigenthümliches Neugebilde an der Nase – Rhinosclerom.
Rhinoscleroma is considered a tropical disease, mostly endemic to Africa and Central America, and less common in the United States.
1870 CE
#4339
Ueber hereditäre Knochensyphilis bei jungen Kindern.
“Wegner’s disease” – osteochondritic separation of the epiphyses in congenital syphilis.
1870 CE
#4665
Une observation de paralysie infantile s’accompagnant d’une altération des cornes antérieures de la substance grise de la moëlle.
First demonstration of the atrophy of the anterior horns of the spinal cord in infantile paralysis, confirming earlier suggestions of von Heine and Duchenne.
1870 CE
#6061
Vaginal ovariotomy.
First vaginal ovariotomy.
1870 CE
#491
Zur Kenntnis der menschlichen Placenta.
“Langhans’s layer”—the cytotrophoblast, the individual cells of which are termed “Langhans’s cells”.
1870 CE–1871 CE
#3463.1
Case in which an intestinal obstruction was removed by the operation of gastrotomy.
1870 CE–1871 CE
#1514
Om retinaströmmen.
First demonstration of retinal action currents.
1870 CE–1888 CE
#2171
The medical and surgical history of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65. 6 vols.
UNITED STATES. War Dept. Surgeon General
Written by Woodward, Smart, Otis, and Huntington under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General of the Army. This massive, graphically illustrated set has been called the “first comprehensive American …
1871 CE
#338
A manual of the anatomy of vertebrated animals.
Huxley was among those who refuted Owen’s theory of the vertebral skull.
1871 CE
#3592.1
A new use of carbolized catgut ligatures.
Marcy was the first to stress the importance of reconstruction of the internal ring following reduction of the sac.
1871 CE
#1996.4
A practical treatise on the medical and surgical uses of electricity, including localized and general electrization.
Beard and Rockwell were the leading American electrotherapists of the 19th century. This is the most influential American treatise ever published on electrotherapy. It is of especial value today for its comprehensive …
1871 CE
#13426
A. von Grafe's hinterlassene medizinische u. ophthalmologische Bibliothek, sowie ein Anhang von diversen medizinischen Werken und Suiten von medizinischen Journalen zu Antiquarpreisen durch die Hirschwald'sche Buchhandlung in Berlin.
1871 CE
#5669.1
Beiträge zu den Operationen an den Luftwegen.
Endotracheal anesthesia by means of a tracheostomy.
1871 CE
#2248.1
Cases of skin-grafting and skin-transplantation.
Pollock used Reverdin’s skin-grafting technique in the treatment of burn contractures.
1871 CE
#13489
Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu Docteur Longet.
1871 CE
#13494
Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. Aug. Duméril.
1871 CE
#9655
Contributions towards the materia medica & natural history of China for the use of medical missionaries & native medical students.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1871 CE
#3766.1
De la microcythémie
Vanlair and Masius were the first to suggest the concept of hereditary hemolytic anemia. Their paper was republished in book form, Brussels, 1871.
1871 CE
#943
Der Kehlkopf des Menschen.
1871 CE
#874
Die Blutkrystalle.
1871 CE
#2535
Die Ursache der infectiösen Wundkrankheiten.
Klebs, Professor of Pathology at Berne, Würzburg, Prague, Zurich, and Chicago, preceded Koch in investigations of the pathology of traumatic infection. He found bacteria in gunshot wounds, granulation tissue, etc…
1871 CE
#3883
Du féminisme et de l’infantilisme chez les tuberculeux.
In a letter prefaced to Faneau de La Cour’s thesis, Paul Joseph Lorain (1827-1875) described the idiopathic arrest of growth now known as “Lorain’s type”. It was subsequently ascribed to hypopi…
1871 CE
#2982
Ein Fall von Aneurysma der Leberarterie.
Quincke observed aneurysm of the hepatic artery in 1870.
1871 CE
#1010
Einige Versuche mit Fermenten, welche Stärke und Rohrzucker in Traubenzucker verwandeln.
1871 CE
#12899
Emergencies and how to treat them: The etiology, pathology, and treatment of the accidents, diseases, and cases of poisoning, which demand prompt action.
A “guide in the treatment of cases of emergency occurring in medical, surgical, or obstetrical practice” (p. 3), covering such topics as hemorrhage, burns, loss of consciousness, asphyxia, sunstroke, poiso…
1871 CE
#3278
Essay on growths in the larynx.
An analysis of 100 of Mackenzie’s own cases.
1871 CE
#13211
HIT.
An enigmatically titled book of essays on women's rights by the American surgeon, abolitionist, prohibitionist, and prisoner of war, who remains the only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Medical cont…
1871 CE
#12475
Notes on the natural history of the Strait of Magellan and the west coast of Patagonia made during the voyage of HMS 'Nassau' in the years 1866, 67, 68, & 69.
Cunningham, a physician, was naturalist aboard the Nassau, a steamer sent to survey the Strait of Magellan and the adjacent channels. This book contains a narrative of the voyage and natural history descriptions. Cunn…
1871 CE
#5344.8
On a haemotozoon inhabiting human blood. Its relation to chyluria and other diseases.
Independently of Demarquay (No. 5344.3) and Wucherer (No. 5344.6), Lewis found microfilariae in the urine and blood in chyluria. He was first to use the term Filaria sanguinis hominis for the parasite.
1871 CE
#4339.1
On bone-setting (so-called), and its relation to the treatment of joints crippled by injury, rheumatism, inflammation, etc.
The first work on manipulation written by a physician. Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.
1871 CE
#2770
On irritable heart; a clinical study of a form of functional cardiac disorder and its consequences.
“Da Costa’s syndrome.” This was first described by Myers (No. 2768) and is now known as “effort syndrome,” “soldier’s heart,” “disordered action of the heart.&rdqu…
1871 CE
#3822
On sporadic cretinism.
In this paper Fagge, nephew of John Hilton of Guy’s Hospital, described sporadic cretinism as distinct from the endemic variety.
1871 CE
#2771
On the murmurs attendant on mitral contraction.
Important and exhaustive account of the knowledge of presystolic murmurs. Fagge’s paper also includes many clinical observations relating to the rhythm of heart murmurs and the state of the sounds of the heart i…
1871 CE
#626
On the physiological effects of severe and protracted muscular exercise; with special reference to the influence of exercise upon the excretion of nitrogen.
Flint made investigations on the nitrogen output of a long-distance walker, before, during, and after the latter’s attempt to walk 400 miles in five days. The useful data in this paper are often referred to in d…
1871 CE
#5751
On the transplantation of portions of skin for the closure of large granulating surfaces.
Lawson, surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital, London, was the first successfully to transplant sizeable areas of skin, as compared with the small grafts of Reverdin, and of whole thickness skin as well. Reprinted in No. …
1871 CE
#11545
On the use of the ophthalmoscope in diseases of the nervous system and of the kidneys; also in certain other general disorders.
One of the earliest works on the wider appications of the ophthalmoscope. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1871 CE
#10483
Physical effects of compressed air, and of the causes of pathological symptoms produced on man, by increased atmospheric pressure employed for the sinking of piers, in the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.
Study of caisson disease and its treatement resulting from experience in treating workmen constructing the Eads Bridge, which opened in 1874. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1871 CE
#172
Primitive culture: Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom. 2 vols.
The standard work on primitive religion for many years. Tylor approached his subject from the point of view of psychology, exploring the nature of belief in spirits, omens, magic, etc. His work has important ties with…
1871 CE
#170
The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. 2 vols.
This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for humans while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selectio…
1871 CE
#13216
The ornithology of Shakespeare. Critically examined, explained, and illustrated.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1871 CE
#10123
Traité des opérations qui se pratiquent sur l'oeil.
Published in fascicules beginning in 1870. Includes 22 original mounted albumen photographs by Montméja illustrating chapters on cataract, iridectomy, strabismus, eyelids, and lacrymal passages. There are also …
1871 CE
#4542
Treatise on diseases of the nervous system.
The first American treatise on neurology. The original description of athetosis, sometimes called “Hammond’s disease”, appears on pp. 654-62. During his tenure as Surgeon General of the Army during t…
1871 CE
#2482
Ueber Bakterien in der Pockenhaut.
Weigert was the first to stain bacteria. He introduced many of the best staining methods in use today. Weigert discovered bacteria in hemorrhagic smallpox. In the same paper is described how carmine will color cocci.
1871 CE
#694
Ueber das Vorkommen von Urobilin im Darminhalt.
Discovery of urobilin in the intestines.
1871 CE
#695
Ueber die chemische Zusammensetzung der Eiterzellen.
In 1869 Miescher discovered a substance which he termed nuclein (nucleoprotein), later shown to be the hereditary genetic material. He demonstrated it in pus cells. The discovery he first published in 1871. He was als…
1871 CE
#6263.1
Ueber die hintere Scheitelbeinstellung, eine nicht selten Art von fehlerhafter Einstellung des Kopfes unter der Geburt.
“Litzmann’s obliquity” or posterior parietal presentation.
1871 CE
#5906
Ueber hereditäre und congenital-angelegte Sehnervenleiden.
First description of hereditary optic atrophy, “Leber’s optic atrophy”.
1871 CE
#3122
Ueber hochgradigste Anämie Schwangerer.
An important account of pernicious anemia of pregnancy.
1871 CE
#2172
Ueber Lazarette und Barracken.
On the best way of setting up military hospitals to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. For English translation see No. 1617 (note).