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

VOLTOLINI, Friedrich Eduard Rudolph

3 entries
  • 3275

Die Anwendung der Galvanokaustik im Innern des Kehlkopfes und Schlundkopfes.

Vienna: W. Braumüller, 1867.

Voltolini was the first to use the galvanocautery in laryngeal surgery.



Subjects: OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (Ear, Nose, Throat) › Laryngology, THERAPEUTICS › Medical Electricity / Electrotherapy
  • 3379

Die akute Entzündung des heutigen Labyrinthes, gewöhnlich für Meningitis cerebro-spinalis gehalten.

Mschr. Ohrenheilk., 1, 9-14, 1867.

First description of “Voltolini’s disease” – an acute painful inflammation of the internal ear, followed by fever, delirium, and loss of consciousness. Voltolini was the founder of the Monatsschrift.



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Neuroinfectious Diseases › Meningitis, OTOLOGY › Diseases of the Ear
  • 3302

Die ersten Operationen in der Kehlklopfshöhle vom Munde aus, bei der Durchleuchtung des Kehlkopfes von aussen.

Dtsch. med. Wschr., 15, 340-43, 1889.

The first laryngeal operation through the mouth with external illumination.



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