An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 4, 2024

SAUERBRUCH, Ernst Ferdinand

7 entries
  • 3185

Ueber die physiologischen and physikalischen Grundlagen bei intrathorakalen Eingriffen in meiner pneumatischen Operationskammer.

Verh. dtsch. Ges. Chir., 32, pt. 2, 105-15, 1904.

Sauerbruch’s negative pressure chamber for the prevention of pneumothorax.



Subjects: RESPIRATION › Respiratory Diseases
  • 4764

Thymektomie bei einem Fall von Morbus Basedowi mit Myasthenie.

Mitt. Grenzgeb. Med. Chir., 25, 746-65, 19121913.

Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Reported by C. H. Schumacher and – . Roth.



Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Myopathies, SURGERY: General
  • 3234

Die Beeinflüssung von Lungenerkrankungen durch künstliche Lähmung des Zwerchfells (Phrenikotomie).

Münch. med. Wschr., 60, 625-26, 1913.

Phrenicotomy in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.



Subjects: PULMONOLOGY › Lung Diseases › Pulmonary Tuberculosis, PULMONOLOGY › Thoracic Surgery
  • 9590

Die willkürlich bewegbare künstliche Hand: Eine Anleitung für Chirurgen und Techniker. Mit. anatomischen Beiträgen von G. Ruge and W. Felix.

Berlin: Julius Springer, 1916.


Subjects: ORTHOPEDICS › Orthopedic Devices › Joint Replacement
  • 3195

Die Chirurgie der Brustorgane. Zugleich zweite Auflage der Technik der Thoraxchirurgie. 2 vols.

Berlin: Julius Springer, 19201925.

Abridged English translation, Baltimore, 1937.



Subjects: PULMONOLOGY › Thoracic Surgery
  • 2345

Ueber Versuche, schwere Formen der Tuberkulose durch diätetische Behandlung zu beeinflussen.

Münch. med. Wschr., 73, 47-51, 1926.

Gerson introduced a salt-restricted diet in the treatment of tuberculosis; this was subsequently modified by Sauerbruch and Herrmannsdorfer, becoming known as the “Gerson–Sauerbruch–Hermannsdorfer diet”. The scientific efficacy of this diet, or of other diets promoted by Gerson to cure cancer, was never independently confirmed. With A. Hermannsdorfer,



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Tuberculosis, NUTRITION / DIET, Quackery
  • 2990

Erfolgreiche operative Beseitigung eines Aneurysma der rechten Herzkammer.

Arch. klin. Chir., 167, 586-88, 1931.

First successful surgical intervention in cardiac aneurysm.



Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Aneurysms, CARDIOVASCULAR (Cardiac) SURGERY