A LIST 
OF THE 
ORIGINAL MEMOIRS 
OF 
S. WEIR MITCHELL, M.D., 
PHILADELPHIA; 
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 
Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; Member of the American 
Philosophical Society; Member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 
Sciences, and Vice-Director of the Biological Department of the 
A. N. S.; Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts 
and Sciences, Boston; Corresponding Member of the 
Boston Natural History Society; Honorary Corre- 
sponding Member of the British Medical Asso- 
ciation ; Senior Vice-President of the 
Pathological Society of Philadel- 
phia, etc.; 
Formerly one of the Surgeons in charge of the U. S. A. Hospital 
for Injuries and Diseases of the Nervous System. 
PHILADELPHIA: 
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. 
1868. A LIST 
OF 
ORIGINAL PAPERS 
OF 
S. WEIR MITCHELL, M.D, 
1. On the Various Forms of Uric Acid Crystals and on 
the Mode of their Formation. American Journal 
of the Medical Sciences, 1852, p. 121-pp. 4. 
2. The Relations of the Pulse to Conditions of Fixed or 
Extreme Inspiration and Expiration. Am. Journ. 
of the Med. Sciences, 1854, p. 387-pp. 12. 
3. Bibliographical Notices of American Memoirs upon 
Physiological Subjects. North American Medico- 
Chirurgical Review, Jan. 1858-pp. 30. 
4. Observations on the Blood Crystals of the Sturgeon, 
Acipenser Brevirostrum. Proceedings of the Bio- 
logical Department of the Academy of Natural 
Sciences, Philadelphia, March, 1858-pp. 2, with 
colored plates. 
5. On the Inhalation of Cinchonia and its Salts-point- 
ing out the Volatility of these Agents, with refer- 
ence to the Possibility of Treating Malarial Fevers 
by Breathing their Vapors. Proceedings of the 
Biological Department of the Acad, of Nat. Sci- 
ences, Philadelphia, Dec. 1858-pp. 2. 
6. Notes upon the Effects of Alcohol, Glycerine, Water, 
Gum Ammonia, and the Vacuum upon the Ex- 
cised Hearts of the Frog, Turtle, and Sturgeon. 
Proc. Biol. Dep't. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadel- 4 
phia, Dec. 1858. Am. Journ. of Med. Sciences, 
April, 1859-pp. 6. Explaining how the vacuum 
acts mechanically as well as otherwise to embarrass 
the movements of the heart, and demonstrating the 
fact that when one stimulus has failed to excite 
the heart, another may still effect this end. 
7. Experimental Researches relative to Corroval and 
Vao, two new varieties of Woorara, the South 
American Arrow Poison. By Wm. A. Hammond, 
M.D., and S. Weir Mitchell, M.D. Biol. Dept. 
Acad. Nat. Sciences, May 16, 1859, Am. Journ. 
Med. Sciences, July, 1859-pp. 48, with wood-cuts. 
An experimental inquiry into the effects of two 
new poisons, showing that they act by directly 
paralyzing the muscular tissues of the heart. 
8. An Experimental Examination of the Toxicological 
Effects of Sassy Bark, an Ordeal Poison from 
Liberia, West Africa. By S. Weir Mitchell, M.D., 
and Wm. A. Hammond, M.D. Biol. Dept. Acad. 
Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, June 29,1859. Charles- 
ton Med. Journal and Review, Nov. 1859-pp. 20. 
Showing that this agent is narcotic, emetic, and 
astringent. 
9. On the Production of Cataract in Frogs by the Admin- 
istration of Saccharine Substances. Biol. Dept. 
Acad. Nat. Sciences, Oct. 3, 1859. Am. Journ. 
Med. Sciences, Jan. 1860-pp. 5. Experiments 
showing that alterations of the specific gravity of 
the fluids of the body may occasion opacity of the 
crystalline humor, and pointing out this as a possi- 
ble explanation of diabetic cataract. 
10. On the Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Cor- 
roval and Vao, two recently discovered varieties of 
Woorara, and on a New Alkaloid, constituting 
their active principle. By Wm. A. Hammond, 
M.D., and S. Weir Mitchell, M.D.-pp. 10. Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sciences, Biol. Dept., April, 1860. 5 
11. Researches upon the Venom of the Rattlesnake, with 
an Investigation of the Anatomy and Physiology 
of the Organs Concerned. Smithsonian Contribu- 
tions to Knowledge. Accepted for publication 
July, 1860. Quarto, pp. 150. Wood-cuts, with full 
Bibliography and an Enumeration of Genera and 
Species, by E. D. Cope. This paper is too long 
for analysis. It contains a complete examination 
of the anatomy and physiology of the vemon-appa- 
ratus, analyses of venom, and a study of its effects 
on plants and animals, including man, with a sum- 
mary of all the reported cases of human poisoning 
by venom and notices of the various antidotes sup- 
posed to have value. 
12. On the Treatment of Rattlesnake Bites, with Experi- 
mental Criticisms upon the Various Remedies now 
in Use. North American Med.-Chir. Review, 
March, 1861-pp. 45. Experiments showing the 
uselessness of reputed antidotes, and indicating 
the rational means of treating these accidents. 
13. Sur ]a Resistance aux Effets du Curare Offerte par la 
Tortue connue sur la nom de Snapping-Turtle 
(Chelonura Serpentina). Journ. de la Physiologie 
de 1'Homme et des Animaux, tome v. p. 109. 
Paris, 1862. Describing the extraordinary diffi- 
culty in destroying the turtle, and offering a par- 
tial explanation of this fact. 
14. Experiments and Observations upon the Circulation 
in the Chelonura Serpentina (Snapping-Turtle), 
with Especial Reference to the Pressure of the 
Blood in the Arteries and Veins. Memoirs of the 
American Philosophical Society, vol. xii. N. S. 
Pt. 1, p. 219, April, 1862. Quarto, pp. 14. Ex- 
periments with the cardiometer, showing the arte- 
rial pressure to be one-third that of mammals, and 
the individual heart-beats to vary but little in 
power from that of mammals of like weight. So 6 
that in the turtle either the amount of blood is 
less or, as is shown, the capillary resistance is in- 
ferior and the veins very capacious. 
The true type of Chelonian respiration is here 
pointed out and first distinctly described as being 
like that of the mammal. 
15. Researches on the Anatomy and Physiology of Res- 
piration in the Chelonia. By S. Weir Mitchell, 
M.D., and Geo. R. Morehouse, M.D. Smithsonian 
Contributions to Knowledge. Accepted for pub- 
lication March, 1863. Quarto, pp. 42. With 
wood-cuts. Pointing out the fact that the type of 
respiration in turtles is akin to that of mammals 
rather than to that of batrachians, as had been pre- 
viously held, and also describing, for the first time, 
the existence of a chiasm between the laryngeal 
nerves of the two sides. 
16. Reflex Paralysis, being Circular No. 6 of Surgeon- 
General's Office, March 10th, 1864. By S. Weir 
Mitchell, M.D., Geo. R. Morehouse, M.D., and 
Wm. W. Keen, Jr., M.D. In this paper a novel 
theory of " Shock " from Nerve Injuries is set forth, 
and cases related where a ball wound of one limb 
caused paralysis of remote parts of the body. 
17. Gunshot Wounds and other Injuries of Nerves. By 
S. Weir Mitchell, M.D., Geo. R. Morehouse, M.D., 
and Wm. W. Keen, Jr., M.D., in charge of U. S. 
A. Wards for Diseases and Injuries of the Nervous 
System, Turner's Lane Hospital, Philadelphia.- 
Oct. pp. 164. J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia. 
1864. This volume describes at length all the pri- 
mary and secondary results of nerve wounds, and 
. especially many hitherto undescribed lesions of nu- 
/ trition, as well as a novel form of burning pain pre- 
) viously unknown-as a consequence of gunshot 
wounds. There are also full details of treatment 
and a report of thirty-one cases of nerve lesions. 7 
18. On Malingering, especially in regard to Simulation of 
Diseases of the Nervous System. By Wm. W. 
Keen, Jr., M.D., S. Weir Mitchell, M.D., and Geo. 
R. Morehouse, M.D., in charge of U. S. A. Hospital 
Wards for Diseases and Injuries of the Nervous 
System, Turner's Lane Hospital, Philadelphia. 
Am. Journ. Med. Sci., Oct. 1864-pp. 28. De- 
scribing many new points in connection with these 
cases, and indicating several entirely novel means 
of testing the reality of Epileptic fits. 
19. An Inquiry into the Correctness of the belief that 
Prof. Bibron was the Inventor of the Antidote 
which bears his name. Am. Journ. Med. Sci., Oct. 
1864-pp. 3. 
20. Arsenical Albuminuria. Read before the Pathological 
Society of Philadelphia, Jan. 8th, 1862. New York 
Med. Journ., June, 1865-pp. 6. Report of cases 
proving that arsenic may occasion an albuminous 
state of urine as well as the ordinary oedema. 
21. On the Antagonism of Atropia and Morphia, founded 
upon observations and experiments made at the U. S. 
A. Hospital for Injuries and Diseases of the Nervous 
System, etc. By S. Weir Mitchell, M.D., Wm. W. 
Keen, Jr., M.D., and 'Geo. R. Morehouse, M.D.- 
pp. 10. Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., July, 1865. An 
examination of the power of Conia, Daturina, 
Atropia, and Morphia to destroy Neuralgic pain, 
and an experimental determination upon man of 
the ability of Morphia and Atropia to act as mu- 
tual antagonists in certain of their effects upon the 
human frame. 
22. Paralysis from Peripheral Irritation. New York Med. 
Journ., Jan. 1866-pp. 67. A critical examination 
of the reported cases of Reflex Paralysis, with the 
addition of many new cases. Contains the con- 
tinued histories of some of the cases reported in 
Circular No. 6,1864. 8 
23. On Retrogressive Motions in Birds produced by the 
application of Cold to the Cervical Spine, with re- 
marks on the use of that agent as an aid in Physi- 
ological Investigations. Am. Journ. Med. Sci., 
Jan. 1867-pp. 15. Experiments showing that a 
form of convulsion analogous in many respects to 
Epilepsy may be caused by congestions of the 
Spinal Medulla, producible in a novel manner by 
the application of the ether or rhigolene spray. 
Also, observations on the temporary destruction of 
function by extreme cold in the great nerve centres 
as a means of studying their true offices. 
24. On the Production of Reflex Spasms and Paralysis in 
Birds by the application of Cold to definite regions 
of the skin. Am. Journ. Med. Sci., Jan. 1868- 
pp. 7. Experiments proving that in birds cold ap- 
plied to the skin causes precisely the same forms 
of convulsion as obtain when the correspondent 
portions of the spine are similarly treated. 
25. Experimental contributions to the Toxicology of Rat- 
tlesnake Venom. New York Med. Journ., Jan. 
1868-pp. 34. Experiments to show the dose of 
venom capable of destroying life. Also that venom 
is harmless when swallowed: first, because it is in- 
capable of passing through mucous surfaces; second, 
because it undergoes some change during digestion 
which allows it to enter the blood as a harmless 
substance, or to escape from the canal in an inno- 
cent shape. That it acts directly on the capillary 
vessels so as to occasion their rupture, thus ac- 
counting for the bleeding from fang wounds, and 
for the subsequent escape of blood into the various 
tissues. That the rattlesnake cannot poison itself. 
That the sulphites and carbolic acid have no value 
as antidotes.