1890–1899

1894 CE–1895 CE

#5640

The results of operations for the cure of cancer of the breast performed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from June, 1889, to January, 1894.

Halsted’s operation invariably excised the pectoralis major muscle in radical mastectomy. His operation, modified by the retention of the pectoral muscles, remains the cornerstone of surgical treatment of carcin…

1894 CE–1895 CE

#511

Ueber die Grenzen der Theilbarkeit der Eisubstanz.

English translation in Loeb’s Studies in general physiology, Vol.l., Chicago, 1905.

1894 CE–1896 CE

#2232

A collection of the published writings. 2 vols.

Gull, one of the best clinicians of his time, spent most of his working life at Guy’s Hospital. He described the spinal lesion of tabes and left an important account of aneurysm. His best works are his descripti…

1894 CE–1900 CE

#4949

Grundriss der Psychiatrie in klinischen Vorlesungen.

Wernicke made valuable contributions to the subject of sensory aphasia, mind-blindness, and apraxia. He correlated all psychic action with the function of speech, each perversion being interpreted as showing a minus o…

1894 CE–1902 CE

#15

Hippocrates Opera. Recensuit H. Kuehlewein. 2 vols.

This Greek edition, originally planned to include the whole collection in seven volumes, was abandoned in 1907 with the founding of the Corpus Medicorum Graecorum series. Both editions employ manuscripts and methods u…

1895 CE

#4679

First description of the Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome (Nos. 4685-86). Abstract of post mortem report, no title.

1895 CE

#8653

An atlas of the fertilization and karyokinesis of the ovum.

The first atlas of photomicrographs showing fertilization and cellular development during mitosis. The photomicrographs were taken by Leaming. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1895 CE

#2800

An unpublished physical sign.

“Broadbent’s sign” – recession of the intercostal spaces as a sign of adherent pericardium.

1895 CE

#7408

Anatomische Forschungen über Johann Sebastian Bach's Gebeine und Anlitz nebst Bemerkungen über dessen Bilder. Abh. Sächs. Ges. Wiss., 22/5.

To authenticate the remains of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm His senior performed one of the earliest examples of scientific facial reconstructions, reconstructing the soft tissues onto a plaster cast of the skull us…

1895 CE

#14310

Argon, a new constituent of the atmosphere.

Discovery of argon, the first discovery of an inert gas. In 1904 Ramsay was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determina…

1895 CE

#3335

Autoskopie des Larynx und der Trachea. (Laryngoscopia directa, Euthyskopie, Besichtigung ohne Spiegel.)

First direct-vision laryngoscope.

1895 CE

#5293.1

Beitrag zum klinischen und bacteriologischen Studium der brasilianischen Framboesie oder “Boubas”.

“Breda’s disease” – Brazilian yaws. English translation New Sydenham Society, 1897.

1895 CE

#13839

Biblioteca botánico-mexicana: Catálogo bibliográfico, biográfico y crítico de autores y escritos referentes a vegetales de México y sus aplicaciones, desde la conquista hasta el presente.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1895 CE

#2128.1

Blasengeschwülste bei Fuchsin-Arbeitem.

Rehn noted the frequent appearance of papilloma and carcinoma of the bladder among men employed in the aniline dye industry.

1895 CE

#5347.1

Case of Filaria loa in which the parasite was removed from under the conjunctiva.

First detailed description of Loa loa. See also Trans. ophthal. Soc. U.K., 1897, 17, 227-32. Robertson first briefly mentioned this procedure and the Loa Loa worm in a brief article written for him by the editor of La…

1895 CE

#3515

Colectomy.

Paul’s operation of extra-abdominal resection of the colon.

1895 CE

#6096

Conservative surgical treatment of para- and peri-uterine septic diseases.

1895 CE

#2547

Contribution à l’ étude du sérum chez les animaux vaccinés.

In Bordet’s classic paper on the properties of the sera of immunized animals he showed that two different substances (now known as sensitizing antibody and complement) are involved in the phenomenon of bacteriol…

1895 CE

#4758

Contribution à l’étude de l’atrophie musculaire progressive type Duchenne–Aran.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1895 CE

#10353

Das Recht auf den Tod. Sociale Studie.

This work is considered the starting point for a broad philosophical discussion on euthanasia in the German-speaking world. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1895 CE

#6100

Deciduoma malignum.

First case of choriocarcinoma reported in North America.

1895 CE

#8482

Des insufflations d'air dans le traitement des péritonites tuberculeuses. Thèse de médecine, Lille.

Describes the earliest experiments with artificial pneumoperitoneum by Mosetig-Moorhof, Duran and Nolen and Folet, which were not published formally. See Jean-Jacques Peumery, "1993: Le centenaire du penumopéri…

1895 CE

#4473

Désarticulation de l’os iliaque pour sarcome.

First successful hind-quarter amputation.

1895 CE

#6205

Diagnose der frühesten Schwangerschaftsperiode.

Hegar’s sign – softening of the lower segment of the uterus, an early diagnostic sign of pregnancy. It was first described by his assistant, C. Reinl, in Frag. med. Wscbr., 1884, 9, 253-54.

1895 CE

#432

Die anatomische Nomenclatur.

His was largely responsible for the Basle Nomina Anatomica, the first attempt to produce a standard anatomical nomenclature. English translation by L.F. Barker, 1907.

1895 CE

#5227

Die Geschichte der venerischen Krankheiten. 2 vols.

Vol. 1. Alterthum und Mittelalter. Vol. 2. Neuzeit.

1895 CE

#1474

Die Physiologie des Geruchs.

For his studies on olfaction and olfactometry Zwaardemaker developed the so-called “camera inodorata” (odorless chamber), or olfactometer. His instrument to check the patency of the nasal passages is still…

1895 CE

#3951

Die Zuckerkrankheit und ihre Behandlung.

Noorden’s extensive studies on diabetes greatly advanced our knowledge of the subject. He made many observations regarding metabolism in diabetes.

1895 CE

#644

Elektrophysiologie.

First exhaustive treatise on electrophysiology. English translation, 2 vols., London, 1896-98.

1895 CE

#11890

Essentials of vegetable pharmacognosy: A treatise on structural botany, designed especially for pharmaceutical and medical students, pharmacists and physicians. Part 1. The gross structure of plants by Henry H. Rusby. Part 2. The minute structure of plants by Smith Ely Jelliffe.

A detailed guide to the way that botanic drugs were identified and produced in America at the end of the 19th century. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1895 CE

#4628

Étude sur l’aphasie chez les polyglottes.

Important account of paraphrasia.

1895 CE

#6496.2

Geschichte der jüdischen Ärzte. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Medicin.

1895 CE

#3604.1

Imbrication or lap joint method; a plastic operation for hernia.

Described imbrication of flaps in hernia repairs.

1895 CE

#2893

Klinisches über Diuretin.

In 1895 Askanazy proposed diuretin as a remedy for anginal pain.

1895 CE

#12876

La cocaine en chirurgie.

The first French book on local anesthesia.

1895 CE

#5530

La erupción en la enfermedad de Carrión (verruga peruana).

“Carrion’s disease” (Oroya fever) was named by the Peruvian physician Ernesto Odriozola, after Daniel Alcides Carrión Garcia (1859-85), a student. In order to prove or disprove the connection …

1895 CE

#1751

La mort et la mort subite.

Brouardel was professor of forensic medicine, Paris. He was to a great extent responsible for the development of that subject in France; he instituted courses of practical instruction at the Paris morgue, and wrote se…

1895 CE

#5127

La peste bubonique. By Alexandre Yersin with L.C.A. Calmette and A. Borrel.

Successful inoculation of animals with anti-plague vaccine.

1895 CE

#9528

Leprosy: In its clinical & pathological aspects. Translated by Norman Walker.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1895 CE

#1423

Les centres moteurs corticaux chez l’homme.

Three papers by Charcot and Pitres in 1877, 1878, and 1883 left no doubt as to the existence of cortical motor centres in man. These were later published in book form (above).

1895 CE

#4120

Lichen ruber acuminatus und Lichen ruber planus.

1895 CE

#6617

Medical lore in the older English dramatists and poets exclusive of Shakespeare.

Fletcher, who was born in Bristol, England, assisted J.S. Billings in the creation of the Index-Catalogue (No. 6763).

1895 CE

#3514

Modified incision for removal of the vermiform appendix.

“Battle’s incision”.

1895 CE

#1888

Neue Synthese der Harnsäure und ihrer Methylderivate.

1895 CE

#3395

On a peculiar affection of the labyrinthine capsule as a frequent cause of deafness.

First report of otosclerosis as a separate clinical entity.

1895 CE

#2108

On the rendering of animals immune against the venom of the cobra and other serpents; and on the antidotal properties of the blood serum of the immunised animals.

Fraser investigated the possibilities of immunization against cobra venom and obtained “antivenene”, an antivenom serum.

1895 CE

#4121

On the visceral complication of erythema exudativum multiforme.

1895 CE

#9001

Our army nurses. Interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our civil war.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1895 CE

#6649.92

Pioneer work in opening the medical profession to women; autobiographical sketches.

Blackwell led the movement in America to open the medical profession to women.

1895 CE

#5273

Preliminary report on the tsetse fly disease or nagana, in Zululand.

In 1895 Bruce found that nagana, the tsetse fly disease of Zululand, was due to a trypanosome (T. brucei). He described a hematozoon in the blood of the affected animals that had not been previously described. Digital…