1870–1879

1871 CE

#1273

Untersuchungen über den Erregungsvorgang im Nerven- und Muskelsysteme.

1871 CE

#821

Untersuchungen über einige Giftwirkungen am Froschherzen.

First investigation of the effect of poisons on the frog’s heart. In some cases Schmiedeberg found that stimulation of the vagus after administration of poisons produced acceleration of the heart rate.

1871 CE–1872 CE

#4844

Die Agoraphobie, eine neuropathische Erscheinung.

First description of agoraphobia

1871 CE–1872 CE

#4855

New operation for the relief of persistent facial neuralgia.

Pancoast devised the operative procedure of sectioning the second and third branches of the fifth pair of nerves as they emerge from the base of the brain. Reported by F. Woodbury.

1871 CE–1872 CE

#10585

Photographic review of medicine and surgery. A bi-monthly illustration of interesting cases, accompanied by notes. Edited by F.F. Maury [and] L.A. Duhring. Vols. 1 & 2 (All published).

The leading 19th century American publication of artistic medical photography. Each of the two volumes includes 24 mounted photographs. The photographs ilustrate cases of unusual and extreme disease, such as gross def…

1871 CE–1876 CE

#4214

Chirurgie der Nieren. Teil 1-2.

Simon was Professor of Surgery at Rostock and Heidelberg. The work was projected as 3 vols., but Simon died before it was completed.

1871 CE–1878 CE

#2127

Die Krankheiten der Arbeiter. Beiträge zur Förderung der öffentlichen Gesundheitspflege. Erste Abtheilung. Dien inneren Krankheiten der Arbeiter. Erster Theil. Die Staubinhalations-Krankheiten und die von ihnen besonders heimgesuchten Gewerbe und Fabrikbetriebe (1871). Theil. II. Die in Folge der Einathmung von Gasen und Dämpfen entstandenen Krankheiten ("Gasinhalations - Krankheiten") und die von ihnen besonders heimgesuchten Gewerbe- und Fabrikbetriebe (1873). Theil III. Die in Folge der Beschäftigung mit giftigen Stoffen entstandenen Krankheiten ("Gewerbliche Vergiftungen") und die von ihnen besonders heimgesuchten Gewerbe- und Fabrikbetriebe (1875). Theil IV. Die Krankheiten der Arbeiter. Abt. II. Die äusseren (chirurgischen) Krankheiten der Arbeiter (1878). 4 vols.

Hirt was the leading German writer on occupational medicine in the second half of the 19th century. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1871 CE–1878 CE

#11715

Gesammelte Beiträge zur Pathologie und Physiologie. 3 vols.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1871 CE–1878 CE

#3994

Lectures on dermatology. 4 vols.

Erasmus Wilson gave the original descriptions of several cutaneous diseases, and made a fine collection of dermatological preparations. He classified skin diseases on an anatomical basis. The above book consists of hi…

1871 CE–1878 CE

#2224

Zur Fieberlehre. In his: Gesammelte Beiträge zur Pathologie und Physiologie, 2 (1871) pt. 1, 624-56, 679-83; 3 (1878) 503-05, 582-87.

Digital facsimile of Vol. 2, pt. 1 from the Internet Archive at this link, of Vol. 3 at this link.

1871 CE–1880 CE

#12583

Dermatología general y clínica iconográfica de enfermedades de la piel ó dermatósis.

This very large format publication was issued in four parts from 1871 to 1880. It included 168 large plates in the style of Alibert, and was the first major illustrated work on dermatology published in Spain. Digital …

1871 CE–1888 CE

#169

Mémoires d’anthropologie. 5 vols.

Most often remembered for his contributions to neurology, Broca was also among the greatest of the French anthropologists. He originated modern craniometry and in that connection devised many craniometric and craniosc…

1872 CE

#7831

Descriptive catalogue of the teratological series in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1872 CE

#8613

A history of the Massachusetts General Hospital. [Privately printed in 1851.] Second edition, with a continuation to 1872.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1872 CE

#8972

Air and rain. The beginnings of a chemical climatology.

In this work on the industrial causes of pollution Smith coined the term acid rain. "The corrosive effect of polluted, acidic city air on limestone and marble was noted in the 17th century by John Evelyn, who remarked…

1872 CE

#5111.2

Annals of cholera: from the earliest periods to the year 1817.

1872 CE

#13212

Autumnal catarrh (Hay fever) with three maps.

Wyman conducted experiments that convinced him that ragweed was a cause of hay fever. He then collected data from correspondents and published the first pollen maps of the U.S. so that sufferers could plan vacations i…

1872 CE

#1747

Beiträge zur gerichtlichen Chemie einzelner organischer Gifte.

1872 CE

#2173

Beiträge zur pathologischen Anatomie der Schusswunden.

Klebs filtered the discharges from gunshot wounds, found the filtrate to be non-infectious, and from that reasoned that traumatic septicemia is of bacterial origin. He was the first to filter bacteria and to experimen…

1872 CE

#6065

Cases of intermenstrual or intermediate dysmenorrhoea.

First report of cases of Mittelschmerz.

1872 CE

#2772

Cases of partial and general idiopathic pericarditis.

Pericarditis epistenocardiaca described.

1872 CE

#13491

Catalogue des livres anciens et modernes rare et curieux composant la bibliothèque de feu M. le Docteur Danyau.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1872 CE

#13490

Catalogue des livres de médecine et de chirurgie composant la bibliothèque de feu de M. de Docteur Denonvilliers.

1872 CE

#6063

Chronic cystitis in the female, and mode of treatment.

Vaginal cystotomy for chronic cystitis.

1872 CE

#2706

Clinical lecture on certain painful affections of the feet.

Mitchell suggested the name “erythromelalgia” for this condition, which is also known as “Weir Mitchell’s disease”. He records four earlier writers on the subject, the first being Graves …

1872 CE

#11803

Corals and coral islands.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1872 CE

#3767

Das maligne Lymphosarkom (Pseudoleukämie).

Langhans noted the presence of giant cells in the lesions of Hodgkin’s disease.

1872 CE

#4543

De l’électrisation localisée et de son application à la pathologie et à la thérapeutique. 3me. éd.

Early description, page 357, of partial brachial plexus paralysis, upper type (“Duchenne-Erb palsy”: see No. 4548). An English translation of the 3rd ed., by H. Tibbitts, actually appeared London in 1871, …

1872 CE

#4339.2

De la périarthrite scapulo-humérale et des raideurs de l’épaule qui en sont la conséquence.

“Frozen shoulder” syndrome described.

1872 CE

#12225

Der Mechanismus der halbmondformigen Herzklappen.

Using an excised pig heart preparation with tubes, a manometer, and a visualizing apparatus, Ceradini working in Carl Ludwig’s laboratory, illustrated the mechanism of closure of the semilunar valves. He was the…

1872 CE

#6188

Die Lage des Uterus und Foetus am Ende der Schwangerschaft nach Durchschnitten an gefrornen Cadavern

Supplement to No. 424.

1872 CE

#6064

Die latente Gonorrhoe im weiblichen Geschlecht.

Noeggerath was the first to point out the late effects of gonorrhoea in women, particularly its role in the production of sterility.

1872 CE

#3280

Diseases of the throat: A guide to the diagnosis and treatment of affections of the pharynx, oesophagus, trachea, larynx, and nares.

First American textbook on oto-rhino-laryngology.

1872 CE

#7373

Diverses périodes de l'age de la pierre.

Mortillet rejected the fauna-based cultural subdivisions of the Pleistocene (cave bear, mammoth, reindeer) that had been introduced by Edouard Lartet in favor of a system based on tools and artifacts (“donn&eacu…

1872 CE

#9699

Earth as a topical application in surgery: Being a full exposition of Its use in all the cases requiring topical applications admitted in the men's and women's surgical wards of the Pennsylvania Hospital during a period of six Months in 1869.

Includes four "Photo-relief" (Woodburytype) plates. Possibly the only book on this subject. One may assume that the special earth contained some anti-bacterial mold such as penicillin. Digital facsimile from Google Bo…

1872 CE

#2774

Ein Fall von Endocarditis ulcerosa puerperalis mit Pilzbildungen im Herzen (Mycosis endocardii).

Heiberg suggested the microbic nature of endocarditis. He described what appeared to him to be the mycelia of Leptothrix in the vegetations of a case of ulcerative endocarditis.

1872 CE

#2775

Ein Fall von Pulsus bigeminus nebst Bemerkungen über die Leberschwellungen bei Klappenfehlern und über acute Leberatrophie.

First clear description of pulsus bigeminus. Translated in Willius & Keys, Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 590-99.

1872 CE

#3124

Eine eigenthumliche Form von progressiver perniciöser Anämie.

In his account of progressive pernicious anemia, Biermer was first to describe the retinal haemorrhages. He was at one time accredited with the first description of pernicious anemia ; later it was shown that Addison …

1872 CE

#12419

Eine Methode Aus Der Einen Lippe Substanzverluste Der Anderen zu Ersetzen.

The Abbe-Estlander operation, transferring a full-thickness flap from one lip of the oral cavity to fill a defect in the other lip.

1872 CE

#6282

English midwives.

Reprinted with biographical sketch by J. L. Thornton, London, 1967.

1872 CE

#12503

Fisologia dell' amore.

Through many editions and translations of his three main works of sexuality (cited in this database) Mantagazza may have been the most widely read author on sexuality in the 19th century. He was also a widely publishe…

1872 CE

#353

Geschichte der Zoologie bis auf Joh. Müller und Charl. Darwin.

French edition, 1880. Digital facsimile of the German edition from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link; of the French edition from Google Books at this link.

1872 CE

#5752

Greffes cutanées ou autoplastiques.

First description of intermediate thickness skin grafts. Ollier used large grafts and carried out complete excision of scar tissue and its replacement with skin.

1872 CE

#11326

History of medicine from the earliest ages to the commencement of the nineteenth century

In 1824 Dunglison was recuited to join the Medical Faculty of the new University of Virginia. There he became Thomas Jefferson's personal physician for two years until Jefferson's death. Dunglison was hired to teach m…

1872 CE

#4063

Idiopathisches multiples Pigmentsarkom der Haut.

First description of “Kaposi’s sarcoma” – multiple idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma. English translation in CA, 1982, 32, 342-47.

1872 CE

#12187

Illustrations of the influence of the mind upon the body in health and disease, designed to elucidate the action of the imagination.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1872 CE

#11790

Key to North American birds containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary.

Coues continued to revise and expand this work, putting it through four editions during his lifetime. Digital facsimile of the 1872 edition from the Hathi Trust at this link. The Hathi Trust also makes available digit…

1872 CE

#2301

Leçons de pathologie expérimentale.

An elaboration of his lectures on the subject at the Collège de France.

1872 CE

#2325

Lungenentzündung, Tuberkulose und Schwindsucht.

Buhl stated that disseminated miliary tuberculosis is always associated with the presence of a caseous focus in some part of the body, which is the centre from which infection starts (Buhl-Dittrich law). English trans…

1872 CE

#6388

Médecine et médecins.