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

LEYDEN, Ernst Viktor von

6 entries
  • 4550

Klinik der Rückenmarks-Krankheiten.

Berlin: A. Hirschwald, 18741875.

One of Leyden’s best works. He was Professor of Medicine at Berlin, Königsberg, and Strassburg. In vol. 2, p. 65, of the above is given an account of “Leyden’s paralysis”, a form of hemiplegia probably first described in 1856 by Gubler (see No. 4531).



Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Diseases of the Nervous System
  • 4743

Klinik der Rückenmarks-Krankheiten. Bd. 2, pt.2.

Berlin: A. Hirschwald, 18751876.

First description of myotonia congenita occurs on p. 550.



Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Myopathies
  • 4666

Ueber Poliomyelitis und Neuritis.

Z. klin. Med., 1, 387-434, 18791880.

Leyden enjoyed a great reputation as a neurologist and his paper on poliomyelitis and neuritis is one of his best works. He was one of the founders of the journal in which it appeared.



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Neuroinfectious Diseases › Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis), NEUROLOGY › Inflammatory Conditions › Poliomyelitis
  • 2786

Ueber Fettherz.

Z. klin Med., 5, 1-25, 1882.

Fatty infiltration of the heart first described.



Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
  • 2907.1

Ueber die Sclerose der coronar-Arterien und die davon abhängigen Krankheitszustände.

Z. klin. Med., 7, 459-86, 539-80, 1884.

A comprehensive account of the schlerosis of the coronary arteries and the morbid states arising from them, including a historical review of the problems.



Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Coronary Artery Disease
  • 4706.1

Ueber acute Ataxie.

Z. klin. Med., 18, 576-87, 1891.

“Leyden’s (acute) ataxia”.



Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Degenerative Disorders