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”

16031 entries, 14098 authors and 1944 subjects. Updated: October 9, 2024

OGSTON, Sir Alexander

2 entries
  • 2494

Report upon micro-organisms in surgical diseases.

Brit. med. J., 1, 369-75, 1881.

Ogston showed that micrococci are constantly present in acute and chronic abscesses. He discovered Staphylococcus aureus. Ogston named staphylococcus in his paper, "Micrococcus poisoning," J. Anat. Physiol., 1882, 16, 526-6; & 1883, 17, 24-58.



Subjects: BACTERIOLOGY › BACTERIA (mostly pathogenic; sometimes indexed only to genus) › Gram-Positive Bacteria › Staphylococcus, MICROBIOLOGY, SURGERY: General › Wound Healing
  • 3293

Trephining the frontal sinuses for catarrhal diseases.

Med. Chron., 1, 235-38, 1884.


Subjects: OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (Ear, Nose, Throat) › Rhinology