Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932
Books
The surgical complications and sequels of typhoid fever
The history of the Philadelphia School of Anatomy : and its relations to medical teaching a lecture, delivered March 1, 1875, at its dissolution
Animal experimentation and medical progress
Surgery : its principles and practice
Addresses and other papers
Text-book of surgery for practitioners and students
I. A bullet in the popliteal space. II. A case of dilated esophagus : two cases showing the value of the X-rays and at the same time that in the first case they were misleading
Enormous tumor of the postero-parietal region, weighing over half a pound : absence of localizing symptoms until late in the history of the case : operation, death
Four congenital tumors of the head and spine, all submitted to operation : I. Meningocele. II. Cervical spina bifida. III. Sacral spina bifida. IV. A tumor of the post-anal gut, in connection with a dermoid cyst : clinical lecture delivered at the Jefferson Medical College Hospital
The president's address : delivered at the Fifty-First Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, held at Atlantic City, N.J., June 5-8, 1900
On resection of the Gasserian ganglion
The real rewards of medicine : the valedictory address delivered at the commencement of the Jefferson Medical College, May 2, 1893
Resection of the sternum for tumors : with a report of two cases and a table of seventeen previously reported cases
Case of cirrhosis of the liver, with ascites : suture of the omentum to the abdominal wall : non-recurrence of the ascites after two years
The ideal physician
A new method of tenotomy : by which the tendons are lengthened to a definite extent, instead of the present hap-hazard method
An American text-book of surgery : for practitioners and students
The indications for early laparotomy in appendicitis
Treatment of cancer of the rectum, with a report of twenty-five cases : a paper read before the West Branch Medical Association, at Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 12, 1897
Report upon a specimen of xanthic oxide calculus
Two suggestions in surgical technique. I. A new method of compressing the subclavian artery. II. A new method of ascertaining whether the bladder is or is not ruptured
A new operation for spasmodic wry-neck : namely, division or exsection of the nerves supplying the posterior rotator muscles of the head
The endowment of medical colleges
Remarks on operations on the Gasserian ganglion : with a report of five additional cases
Laparotomy for apparent intestinal paralysis which caused arrest of the intestinal contents and was equivalent to intestinal obstruction
Six cases of secondary operation for wrist-drop from injury to the musculo-spiral nerve by fracture of the humerus : very little improvement in four, complete restoration of function in two cases
Umbilical hernia, operation, cure : ligation of femoral artery for popliteal aneurism, cure : fecal fistula caused by appendicitis, operation, cure : a clinical lecture delivered at the Jefferson Medical College Hospital, April 6, 1892
A case of interilio-abdominal amputation for sarcoma of the ilium, and a synopsis of previously recorded cases : being a report of two clinical lectures delivered at the Jefferson Medical College Hospital, with supplementary remarks
The organization of an operation
Amputation of the entire upper extremity (including the clavicle and scapula) for sarcoma following fracture of the clavicle ; Extensive thoracoplasty by Schede's method
On resection of the liver, especially for hepatic tumors : with the report of a successful case of resection for an adenoma of the bile-ducts, and a table of twenty recorded cases of hepatic operations
Tuberculosis or carcinoma (?) of the stomach : exploratory coeliotomy, subsequent apparently complete cure
Perforating gastric ulcer, posterior gastro-enterostomy, Fowler's position
The surgical use of celluloid thread
Successful intraneural infiltration of the median and ulnar nerves during an operation for Dupuytren's contraction of the fingers
Clinical lecture on an obscure tumor of the abdomen, amputation of the breast for Paget's disease followed by cancer, tuberculosis of the tonsil and soft palate, by a method which avoided splitting of the cheek or dividing the jaw : delivered at the Jefferson Medical College Hospital
Ligation of the common and external carotid arteries and the jugular vein, for arterio-venous aneurism of the internal carotid and jugular, with division of the optic nerve on the opposite side, the result of a gunshot wound
Rhinophyma : report of a case, with operation for its relief
Report of a case of resection of the liver for the removal of a neoplasm : with a table of seventy-six cases of resection of the liver for hepatic tumours
The advantages of the Trendelenburg posture during all operations involving directly or indirectly the cavities of the mouth, nose, and the trachea : with a report of two cases of epithelioma and sarcoma of the tonsil
Wrist-drop from fracture of the humerus injuring the musculo-spiral nerve (N. radialis) : suture after 10 weeks, early restoration of sensation and later of motion
A case of multiple neuro-fibromata of the ulnar nerve
An ovarian tumor weighing 111 pounds removed from a child of fifteen, whose weight was 68 pounds
Gangrene as a complication and sequel of the continued fevers, especially in typhoid
Linear craniotomy (miscalled craniectomy) for microcephalus
Three cases of removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes (Tait's operation)
The treatment of traumatic lesions of the kidney : with tables of 155 cases
The surgical treatment of intracranial tumors
A case of ligature of the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm, the patient surviving for forty-eight days : with a proposed instrument for the treatment of aneurisms of the abdominal aorta by temporary compression
Two cases of hernia, both treated by laparotomy : I. A properitoneal hernia. II. A femoral Littré's hernia
A case of suprapubic cystotomy in which the bladder was distended with air instead of water, and four hundred and ninety-five calculi removed
Four operations for appendicitis : three recoveries, one death from a very small concealed abscess
Enormous oval hemorrhoid encircling the anus : Whitehead's operation, entire cure : read before the Section on Surgery of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, March 8, 1894
Arterio-venous aneurism of the common carotid artery and internal jugular veins : double ligature of both vessels, recovery
Peripheral resection of fifth nerve : three cases with microscopic examination of the portions of the nerves removed and report on the later condition of patients
Nephrectomy for a large aneurysm of the right renal artery : with a résumé of the twelve formerly reported cases of renal aneurysm
Operation wounds of the thoracic duct in the neck : with a résumé of the two prior recorded cases and two additional cases
Address in surgery : delivered at the Semi-Centennial Meeting of the American Medical Association at Philadelphia, Pa., June 3, 1896
A case of gunshot wound of the brain in which the Roentgen rays showed the presence of eight fragments of the bullet : localization by Sweet's method made operation inadvisable : with a description of an improved apparatus for localization of foreign bodies
Amputation of the female breast
A case of appendicitis in which the appendix became permanently soldered to the bladder, like a third ureter, producing a urinary fecal fistula
The clinical application of the Röntgen rays
Enormous mixed tumor of the parotid region : reaching to the clavicle and weighing about seven pounds : operation, recovery
On resection of the Gasserian ganglion, with a pathological report on seven ganglia removed by W.W. Keen
The danger of allowing warts and moles to remain lest they become malignant : with twenty-five illustrative cases : read at the Fifty-fifth Annual Session of the American Medical Association, in the Section on Surgery and Anatomy, and approved for publication by the Executive Committee, Drs. DeForest Willard, Charles A. Powers and J.E. Moore
Nephrorrhaphy
Addresses & other papers
Text-book of surgery for practitioners and students
Removal of the Gasserian ganglion as the last of fourteen operations in thirteen years for tic douloureux
Deformity from prominent ears cured by a new method of operating
Amputation of the entire upper extremity (including the scapula and clavicle), and of the arm at the shoulder-joint : with especial reference to methods of controlling hemorrhage, with a report of one case of the former amputation and four of the latter
The debt of the public to the medical profession : the oration delivered before the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, at the celebration of the centennial anniversary of their Foundation, April 26, 1899
Four cases of brain tumor : in three of which operation was done, two operative recoveries, ultimate death in all
Medicine as a career for educated men : the commencement address at Lafayette College, June 13, 1893
Three cases of plastic nasal surgery : for saddle-shaped nose, removal of entire nose, and arched Roman nose : a paper read before the Philadelphia County Medical Society, February 26, 1896
Endothelioma of the Gasserian ganglion : two successive resections of the ganglion, first, by the extradural (Hartley-Krause) operation, and secondly, by an intradural operation
An American text-book of surgery : for practitioners and students
Literary methods in medicine : a lecture delivered before the W.W. Keen Surgical Society of the Jefferson Medical College
Jacksonian epilepsy, trephining, removal of small tumor and excision of cortex
Successful case of nephrorraphy for floating kidney. Uncompleted nephrectomy
Removal of an angioma of the liver by elastic constriction external to the abdominal cavity : with a table of 59 cases of operation for hepatic tumors
The need for increased endowments for medical instruction : an address
Medical education : an address delivered before the Harvard Medical Alumni Association, June 26, 1894
Tumor of the superior parietal convolution, accurately localized and removed by operation
Two unusual cases of surgery of the trachea
The influence of antivivisection on character
A further communication on a new method of compressing the subclavian artery : with the report of two cases
Dupuytren's finger contraction : operation by removal of the contracting band by open wound, immediate cure without reaction or pain
Intra-cranial lesions : introductory remarks on the following questions
A successful case of removal of a large brain-tumor from the left frontal region : opening and packing of the lateral ventricle with iodoform-gauze
Age and youth in medicine
Tumor of the hard palate, acute appendicitis, perinephritic abscess : clinical lecture delivered at the Jefferson Medical College Hospital
A case of total laryngectomy (unsuccessful) and a case of abdominal hysterectomy (successful) : in both of which massage of the heart for chloroform collapse was employed, with notes of 25 other cases of cardiac massage
Our recent debts to vivisection : the address to the graduates at the thirty-third commencement of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, March 11, 1885
Cholecystotomy : with a report of two new cases, a table of all the hitherto reported cases, and remarks
