An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 10, 2024

RÉCAMIER, Joseph Claude Anthelme

2 entries
  • 2610

Recherches sur le traitement du cancer par la compression méthodique. 2 vols.

Paris: Gabon, 1829.

Récamier was the first to recognize the process of metastasis. He also described for the first time invasion of veins by cancer.



Subjects: ONCOLOGY & CANCER
  • 6033

Invention du spéculum plein et brisé.

Bull. Acad. Méd. (Paris), 8, 661-68, 1842 – 1843.

Description of the speculum invented by Récamier.



Subjects: INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES › Medical Instruments, OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › GYNECOLOGY