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

FITZ, Reginald Heber

2 entries
  • 3567

Perforating inflammation of the vermiform appendix, with special reference to its early diagnosis and treatment.

Trans. Ass. Amer. Phys., 1, 107-44, 1886.

A conclusive demonstration of the pathology and symptoms of disease of the vermiform appendix. Fitz invented the term “appendicitis”; his paper, which records 25 cases collected by himself, convinced physicians of the need to remove the appendix immediately if threatening symptoms did not subside within 24 hours. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1938, 2, 459-91.



Subjects: SURGERY: General › Appendicitis
  • 3632

Acute pancreatitis; a consideration of pancreatic hemorrhage, hemorrhagic suppurative, and gangrenous pancreatitis, and of disseminated fat necrosis.

Boston. med. surg. J., 120, 181-87, 205-07, 229-35, 1889.

Fitz described three forms of acute pancreatitis, and made the earliest suggestion that disseminated fat necrosis is the result of a pathologic process in the pancreas.



Subjects: HEPATOLOGY › Diseases of the Gallbladder, Biliary Tract, & Pancreas