1880–1889
768 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1886 CE
#4750
The peroneal type of progressive muscular atrophy. Thesis for the degree of M.D. in the University of Cambridge.
Tooth described peroneal muscular atrophym a hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy of the peripheral nervous system, independently of, and in the same year as, Charcot and Marie. Known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) d…
1886 CE
#2230
The principles and practice of medicine. 2 vols.
Fagge was physician to Guy’s hospital and editor of Guy’s Hospital Reports. His important textbook was published posthumously.
1886 CE
#10350
The relation of hospitals to medical education.
Withington, pp. 18-22, proposed Bills of Rights for subjects of experiments "to secure patients again any injustice from the votaries of science." Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1886 CE
#13052
The reptiles of Sind: A systematic account, with descriptions of all the species inhabiting the province, and a table of their geographical distribution in Persia, Bloochistan, Afghanistan, Punjab, Northwest Provinces, and the Peninsula of India generally, with woodcuts, lithographs, and colored illustrations.
A re-issue with additions to date, of "Reptilian fauna" in the author's Vertebrate zoology of Sind. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1886 CE
#1368
The structure and combination of the histological elements of the central nervous system.
Nansen, better known for his Arctic explorations, was the first to point out that the posterior root fibers divide on entering the spinal cord into ascending and descending branches. Digital facsimile from the Hathi T…
1886 CE
#3629
The surgery of the pancreas, as based upon experiments and clinical researches.
In this review of the world literature and a report of animal experimentation, Senn concluded that complete extirpation of the pancreas was invariably followed by death, but that partial excision was feasible and just…
1886 CE
#11163
Traité d'hygiène industrielle, à l'usage des médecins et des membres des conseils d'hygiène.
Poincaré reviewed 105 industries. He was the father of mathematician Henri Poincaré. Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.
1886 CE
#4571
Two cases of associated paralysis of the tongue, soft palate, and vocal cord on the same side.
“Mackenzie’s syndrome”.
1886 CE
#12293
Über die Beziehung zwischen Reizung und Erregung im Tetanus.
One mechanism that has been implicated in the origin of arrhythmias is the Wedensky effect. This was first described in neuromuscular studies by Wedensky as a prolonged lowered threshold of excitability induced by a s…
1886 CE
#708
Ueber den Niederschlag, welchen Pikrinsäure in normalen Harn erzeugt und über eine neue Reaction des Kreatinins.
Jaffe’s creatinine test.
1886 CE
#3176
Ueber die Aetiologie der acuten Lungen- und Rippenfellentzündungen.
Weichselbaum definitely established that Friedländer’s bacillus was responsible for pneumonia in a small percentage of cases.
1886 CE
#554
Ueber die Methylenblaureaction der lebenden Nervensubstanz.
Ehrlich’s method of intravital staining.
1886 CE
#2503.1
Ueber die Mosaikkrankheit des Tabaks.
Mayer was first to describe and name tobacco mosaic disease and to demonstrate its infectious nature, that it could be transferred between plants, similar to bacterial infections. Translation in Phytopathological Clas…
1886 CE
#3486
Ueber die Verwendung des Musculus rectus abdominis zum Verschlusse der künstlichen Magenfistel.
Von Hacker’s method of gastrostomy.
1886 CE
#1882
Ueber Disulfone.
Preparation of sulphonal.
1886 CE
#4704
Ueber eine bestimmte Form der primären combinirten Systemerkrankungen des Rückenmarks.
“Strümpell’s disease” – hereditary spastic spinal paralysis, previously described by Erb and by Charcot.
1886 CE
#5332
Ueber eine eigenthümliche, mit Milztumor, Icterus und Nephritis einhergehende, acute Infectionskrankheit.
In his classic description of Leptospirosis icterohaemorrhagica Weil differentiated the disease from other types of acute jaundice. It is better known as “Weil’s disease”.
1886 CE
#3949
Ueber experimentellen Diabetes.
Mering was able to produce experimental diabetes by means of phloridzin.
1886 CE
#6341
Ueber Kindermilch und Säuglings-Ernährung.
Soxhlet wrote on the nature of milk droplets, estimated the specific gravity of milk with his lactodensimeter, described an apparatus for the sterilization of milk, and devised a test for the estimation of fats in milk.
1886 CE
#269
Ueber neue Mikroskope.
Fundamental improvements in the microscope were made by Abbe, who was a mathematician. In 1878 he introduced the oil immersion lens; in 1886 he made an apochromatic objective corrected for three colors in which the se…
1886 CE
#3389.1
Ueber Nystagmus und associierte Augenbewegungsversuche bei Hystero-Epileptischen.
Rotational nystagmus described. First published in Magyar in Orvosi Hetilap, 1886, 30, 857, 889.
1886 CE
#4087
Ueber Pemphigus vegetans (frambösioides).
“Neumann’s disease” – pemphigus vegetans. This was first described by Alibert. English translation (New Sydenham Society), 1897.
1886 CE
#6083
Ueber ventrale Operation bei Prolapsus und Retroversio uteri.
First account of Olshausen’s operation for retroversion of the uterus.
1886 CE
#5186
Zur Aetiologie der Dysenterie in Aegypten.
Kartulis discovered amoebae in liver abscess. It was principally through the work of Kartulis that amoebae came to be considered the cause of dysentery in man.
1886 CE
#5476
Zur Pathologie und Therapie einer eigenthümlichen endemischen Krankheitsform.
This is generally regarded as the first description of pappataci fever.
1886 CE–1888 CE
#4569
A manual of diseases of the nervous system. 2 vols.
Gowers was physician and Professor of Clinical Medicine at University College, London. He especially distinguished himself in the field of neurology, and the above set is his greatest work.Page 365 of vol. 1 includes …
1886 CE–1888 CE
#6597
Historia de la medicina en México desde la epoca de los Indios hasta la presente. 3 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1886 CE–1890 CE
#7744
Klinicheskii sbornik po dermatologii i sifilologii. 4 vols.
Mansurov was the first dermatologist in Russia, and one of the first physicians to use photography systematically in medical illustration. This was a periodical, illustrated with original photographs, of which Manusro…
1886 CE–1890 CE
#2456
Traité de zoologie médicale. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1886 CE–1891 CE
#84
Œuvres complètes ed J.-M. Charcot. Recueillies et publiées par D. M. Bourneville [and others]. 9 vols.
Charcot, famous teacher at La Salpêtrière, created there the greatest neurological clinic of his time. He was a pioneer of psychotherapy and left many memorable descriptions of nervous disorders. Pierre M…
1887 CE
#14019
The topographical anatomy of the child.
The first part of this work concerns cross-sectional anatomy; the second part systematically discusses the differences between anatomy in children and adults of different parts of the body.
1887 CE
#833
A demonstration on man of electromotive changes accompanying the heart’s beat.
Waller was first to use electrodes and leads in demonstrating the action currents of the heart, avoiding the necessity of opening the chest of laboratory animals and preparing the way for present-day clinical electroc…
1887 CE
#1416.1
A minute analysis (experimental) of the various movements produced by stimulating in the monkey different regions of the cortical centre for the upper limb, as defined by Professor Ferrier.
Beevor, physician to the National Hospital, Queen Square, London, collaborated with Horsley in an important series of investigations of the localization of cerebral function.
1887 CE
#8716
American medicinal plants; an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homoeopathic remedies: Their history, preparation, chemistry and physiological effects. Illustrated by the author.
Plates printed by chromolithography. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1887 CE
#8849
Apuntes par la historia de la medicina, cirurgía y obstetricia, en Michoacán desde los tiempos pre-Colombianos, hasta et año 1875.
1887 CE
#14172
Beiträge zur Anatomie und Pathogenese der Urticaria simplex und Pigmentosa.
Unna reported that skin lesions of urticaria pigmentosa contained numerous mast cells. This was the first report of a primary mast cell disorder. Digital facsimile from deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de at this link.
1887 CE
#6197
Beiträge zur Anatomie und zur operativen Behandlung der Extrauterinschwangerschaft.
1887 CE
#3569
Cases of exploratory laparotomy followed by appropriate remedial operation.
Thomas George Morton (1835-1903) was one of the first deliberately to operate for and remove the inflamed appendix after correct diagnosis, April 1887. The patient survived. Case reported by Woodbury.
1887 CE
#11606
Catalogue of books in the medical and biological libraries at University College, London. With an appendix.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1887 CE
#3488
Circular suture of the intestines; an experimental study.
Halsted set down some of the fundamental rules regarding intestinal anastomosis.
1887 CE
#3836
Contribution à l’étude du myxoedème consécutif à l’extirpation totale ou partielle du corps thyroïde.
1887 CE
#3597
Cure radicale des hernies.
1887 CE
#1018
D’une disposition à sphincter spéciale de l’ouverture du canal cholédoque.
“Sphincter of Oddi” of the bile duct, already known to Glisson in 1654. Reprinted as a pamphlet, Perugia, 1887.
1887 CE
#3771
Das chronische Rückfallsfieber, eine neue Infektionskrankheit.
1887 CE
#4092
Das seborrhoische Ekzem.
Unna’s seborrhoeic eczema.
1887 CE
#183
Der Bau des Menschen als Zeugniss für seine Vergangenheit.
English translation, London, 1893.
1887 CE
#4093
Dermatitis venenata: An account of the action of external irritants upon the skin.
White, a pupil of Hebra, was an outstanding personality in American dermatology; he held the first chair in that subject in the U.S.A. The eponym “White’s disease” refers to his description of kerato…
1887 CE
#4859
Die chirurgische Behandlung von Hirnkrankheiten.
Bergmann was the first in Germany to undertake an intensive study of the surgical aspects of brain diseases. From his experience as a military surgeon he learned that increased intracranial pressure was a consequence …
1887 CE
#7796
Die psychischen Störungen des Kindesalters. IN: Carl Gerhardt's Handbuch der Kinderkrankheiten, Nachtrag II.
The first systematic monograph on child psychiatry. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1887 CE
#711