An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

SARLANDIÈRE, Jean-Baptiste

2 entries
  • 11801

Bdellomètre du docteur Sarlandière.

[Paris]: [Firmin Didot le jeune], 1819.

Privately printed pamphlet describing Sarlandière's "artificial leech," a mechanical bleeding device designed to replace leeches when they were not available. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.



Subjects: INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES › Medical Instruments, THERAPEUTICS › Bloodletting
  • 6374.16

Mémoires sur l’électro-puncture, considerée comme moyen nouveau de traiter efficacement la goutte, les rheumatisme et les affections nerveuses…

Paris: L'Auteur, 1825.

The first treatise on electro-puncture – the only significant Western contribution to acupuncture, and one of the most widely used methods of acupuncture today.



Subjects: ALTERNATIVE, Complimentary & Pseudomedicine › Acupuncture (Western References), RHEUMATOLOGY › Gout (Podagra)