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

REHN, Ludwig

4 entries
  • 3833

Ueber die Exstirpation des Kropfs bei Morbus basedowii.

Berl. klin. Wschr., 21, 163-66, 1884.

First thyroidectomy for exophthalmic goitre. The operation reported was performed in 1880.



Subjects: ENDOCRINOLOGY › Thyroid
  • 2128.1

Blasengeschwülste bei Fuchsin-Arbeitem.

Arch. klin. Chir., 50, 588-600, 1895.

Rehn noted the frequent appearance of papilloma and carcinoma of the bladder among men employed in the aniline dye industry.



Subjects: DERMATOLOGY, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & MEDICINE , ONCOLOGY & CANCER › Carcinoma
  • 3023

Fall von penetrirender Stichverletzung des rechten Ventrikel’s. Herznaht.

Zbl. Chir., 23, 1048-49, 1896.

Rehn was the first successfully to suture a wound of the human heart.



Subjects: CARDIOVASCULAR (Cardiac) SURGERY
  • 3023.1

Ueber penetrirende Herzwunden und Herznaht.

Arch. klin. Chir., 55, 315-29, 1897.

Before 1896 wounds of the heart had always been regarded as fatal. Rehn’s work marks the begining of cardiac surgery. English translation in Callahan, Keys & Key, Classics of Cardiology, vol. 3, 34-44.  See

See Karel B. Absolon and Mohammad Naficy, First successful cardiac operation in a human 1896: A documentation. The life, the times and the work of Ludwig Rehn (1849-1930). Rockville, MD, 2002.



Subjects: CARDIOVASCULAR (Cardiac) SURGERY