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1890–1899

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1895 CE

#13330

Psychologie des foules.

"Le Bon theorised that the new entity, the "psychological crowd", which emerges from incorporating the assembled population not only forms a new body but also creates a collective "unconsciousness". As a group of peop…

1895 CE

#4263

Six successful and successive cases of prostatectomy.

Fuller was the first to accomplish the removal of both intra-vesical and intra-urethral enlargements of the prostate by the process of suprapubic enucleation.

1895 CE

#2801

Sphygmomanomètre pour mésurer la pression du sang chez l’homme.

A sphygmomanometer for registering the blood-pressure in the finger was invented by Mosso.

1895 CE

#4978

Studien über Hysterie.

The foundation of psychoanalysis. Using what they called the cathartic method, in which hysterical patients were made to describe the manifestations of their symptoms in detail, with or without hypnosis, Breuer and Fr…

1895 CE

#5170

Sulla preparazione del siero anti-carbonchioso.

Specific anti-anthrax serum. German translation in Zbl. Bakt., 1895, 1 Abt., 18, 744-45.

1895 CE

#3635

Sulla puntura del fegato a scopo diagnostico.

Liver puncture biopsy.

1895 CE

#2548

Sur la destruction extracellulaire des bactéries dans l’organisme.

See No. 2538

1895 CE

#11345

Sur la grotte de la Mouthe (Dordogne).

The first report on the discovery and excavation of La Grotte de la Mouthe. This cave, found in 1894 and excavated by Rivière in 1895, was the fourth paleolithic cave art site discovered, after Altamira, Chabot…

1895 CE

#512

The embryology of the Unionidae. A study in cell-lineage.

1895 CE

#1425

The growth of the brain.

1895 CE

#5799

The history and literature of surgery. IN: System of surgery, edited by Frederic S. Dennis, assisted by John S. Billings. 1, 17-144.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1895 CE

#9320

The mental development of the child and the race.

A central text in the development of social psychology in North America; now also considered a pioneering study of adaptive learning, and in this sense a precursor to research in artificial intelligence. Digital facsi…

1895 CE

#4365

The operative treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.

Lorenz suggested a bloodless method for closed reduction of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint – the “Hoffa–Lorenz” method.

1895 CE

#1143

The physiological effects of extracts of the suprarenal capsules.

These workers demonstrated the existence of a pressor substance (adrenaline) in the adrenal medulla. Preliminary communications regarding the above appeared in the proceedings of the Physiological Society, J. Physiol.…

1895 CE

#2396

Therapeutische Versuche bei Syphilis.

Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction; see also No. 2397.

1895 CE

#6097.1

Über die sogenannten “decidualen” Geschwülste im Anschluss an normale Geburt, Abort, Blasenmole und Extrauterinschwangerschaft.

Marchand’s theory of the histogenesis of choriocarcinoma (chorionepithelioma). He considered that such tumors derived from trophoblast and not from decidua.

1895 CE

#6098

Über Exstirpation der Vagina.

The operation of excision of the vagina was introduced by Olshausen.

1895 CE

#2985.1

Ueber Aortenerkrankung bei Syphilitischen und deren Beziehung zur Aneurysmenbildung.

Döhle clearly defined a specific syphilitic lesion of the aorta as a prerequisite of aortic aneurysm.

1895 CE

#4428

Ueber den Gang bei angeborener Hüftgelenksluxation.

“Trendelenburg’s sign” of congenital dislocation of the hip-joint.

1895 CE

#3840

Ueber den respiratorischen Gaswechsel unter dem Einfluss der Thyreoidea sowie unter verschiedenen pathologischen Zuständen.

Magnus-Levy demonstrated the increased metabolic rate in toxic goitre, confirming the work of Müller. His experimental investigations laid the foundation for the modern conception of thyroid function. See also Z.…

1895 CE

#3132

Ueber die Eisentherapie.

Bunge was father to the concept of iron-deficiency anemia.

1895 CE

#3918

Ueber die Pentosurie, eine neue Anomalie des Stoffwechsels.

Pentosuria first described.

1895 CE

#1226

Ueber die Ursachen der normalen und pathologischen Lagen des Uterus.

“Mackenrodt’s ligaments”, the uterosacral ligaments.

1895 CE

#5529.2

Ueber eine durch Coccidien hervorgerufene Krankheit des Menschen.

See No. 5529.1.

1895 CE

#6097

Ueber eine eigenthümliche Form des Ovarial carcinoms.

Granulosa cell tumor first described.

1895 CE

#2683

Ueber eine neue Art von Strahlen. (Vorläufige Mittheilung.); Eine neue Art von Strahlen. II. Mittheilung.

The discovery of x rays, which Kölliker later renamed “Roentgen rays”; the foundation stone of the science of roentgenology. English translation in Nature, (February,) 1896, 53, 274 and 377. See also …

1895 CE

#5529.1

Ueber parasitäre Zelleinschlüsse und ihre Züchtung.

“Busse–Buschke disease” –blastomycosis of the skin due to Cryptococcus neoformans. See also No. 5529.2. Busse first described it in Zbl. Bakt., 1894, 16, 175-80.

1895 CE

#6099

Ueber Uterus-Gonorrhöe.

Wertheim emphasized the importance of latent uterine gonorrhoea.

1895 CE

#4189

Vessie et urètre surnuméraires.

Péan was first to operate on diverticula of the bladder.

1895 CE

#5940

Vorstellung eines Patientin mit einem sehr ungewöhnlichen Netzhautbeziehungsweise Aderhautleiden.

First description of angiomatosis of the retina – “Hippel’s disease”.

1895 CE

#12284

Zur Dynamik des Herzmuskels.

"In his postdoctoral work (Habilitationsschrift) Frank investigated the isometric and isotonic contractile behaviour of the heart and it is this work that he is best known for. Frank's work on this topic preceded that…

1895 CE

#4873

Zur klinischen Bedeutung der spinalen Punction.

Fürbringer demonstrated the diagnostic value of spinal puncture.

1895 CE

#1569

Zur Physiologie des Labyrinths. 4. Mittheilung. Die Beziehungen des Grosshirns zum Tonuslabyrinth.

1895 CE–1896 CE

#1020

Thierisches Leben ohne Bakterien im Verdauungskanal.

Proof that healthy life and perfect digestion are possible without the presence of bacteria in the digestive tract.

1895 CE–1896 CE

#1131

Ueber das normale vorkommen von Jod im Thierkörper.

Demonstration of the presence of iodine in organic combination in the thyroid. Baumann isolated an iodine-containing compound (“Thyrojodin”). The biochemical research stimulated by this work led eventually…

1895 CE–1901 CE

#1424

Anatomie des centres nerveux. 2 vols.

Classic summary of neuroanatomy at the end of the nineteenth century—comprehensive, beautifully illustrated, and scholarly. It is a goldmine of historical information with an outstanding bibliography.

1895 CE–1903 CE

#430

Handatlas der Anatomie des Menschen. 3 vols.

16th edition in English, 1967.

1895 CE–1904 CE

#645

Der Gang des Menschen. 1-6 Abt. (All published.)

Classic study of the human gait. The authors calculated the external and internal forces involved in walking and described the kinematics and kinetics of the movement. Because of Braune's death in 1892 he could only c…

1895 CE–1928 CE

#646

Dictionnaire de physiologie. Vols. 1 - 10, pt. 1. (All published).

By Richet, Langlois, Lapique and numerous co-authors. Covers "A" - Moelle épinière only. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1896 CE

#11380

L'action bactericide des eaux de la Jumna et du Gange sur le vibrion du cholera.

Hankin described the antibacterial activity of a then-unknown source in the Ganges and Jumna Rivers in India. He noted that "It is seen that the unboiled water of the Ganges kills the cholera germ in less than 3 hours…

1896 CE

#10608

14 Photographien mit Röntgen-strahlen aufgenommen im physikaloschen Verein zu Frankfurt A. M.

This collection of x-ray photographs published within a few months of Röntgen's discovery includes applications in archaeology and anthropology (x-rays of mummies) and forensic medicine (for the investigation of …

1896 CE

#5530.1

A case of blastomycetic dermatitis in man.

Gilchrist’s description of blastomycosis (“Gilchrist’s disease”, “Busse-Buschke disease”, Nos. 5529.1 and 5529.2), is an important contribution to the knowledge of the infectious gr…

1896 CE

#4584

A case of circumscribed unilateral, and elective sensory paralysis.

1896 CE

#2685

A few remarks on experiments with Roentgen rays.

Introduction of the intensifying screen.

1896 CE

#2686.1

A method for more fully determining the outline of the heart by means of the fluorescope together with other uses of this instrument in medicine.

Estimation of heart size by fluoroscope, first application of x rays to cardiology.

1896 CE

#2804.1

A method for more fully determining the outline of the heart by means of the fluoroscope together with other uses of this instrument in medicine.

Estimation of heart size by fluoroscope, first application of x rays to cardiology.

1896 CE

#9319

A new factor in evolution.

The Baldwin effect. "In evolutionary biology, the Baldwin effect describes the effect of learned behavior on evolution. In brief, James Mark Baldwin suggested that an organism's ability to learn new behaviors (e.g. to…

1896 CE

#4123

A peculiar affection of the mucous membrane of the lips and the oral cavity.

Fordyce, remembered for the description of “Fox–Fordyce disease”, also described a pseudocolloid of the buccal mucosa, which is known as “Fordyce’s disease”.

1896 CE

#6486

A short history of Aryan medical science.

From the Wikipedia: "Bhagvatsingh Sahib GCSI GCIE was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Gondal from 1869 till his death in 1944, in whose reign the state was raised to 11-gun salute state.[1] He was the onl…

1896 CE

#10793

Anomalies and curiosities of medicine: Being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery, derived form an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day, abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed.

Digital facsimile of the 1900 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.