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

HEGAR, Ernest Ludwig Alfred

2 entries
  • 6067

Ueber die Exstirpation normaler und nicht zu umfänglichen Tumoren degenerirter Eierstöcke.

Zbl Gynäk., 1, 297-307; 2, 25-39, 1877, 1878.

Hegar developed Battey’s operation (No. 6062) and employed it for the treatment of various ovarian conditions.



Subjects: OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › GYNECOLOGY
  • 6205

Diagnose der frühesten Schwangerschaftsperiode.

Dtsch. med. Wscbr., 21, 565-67, 1895.

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.



Subjects: OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › OBSTETRICS