• 1885 - HUNTER - Mural abscesses following laparotomy
  • 1887 - CHADWICK - Ventral hernia after laparotomy
  • 1890 - ROBB-GHRISKY - The bacteria in wounds and skin-stitches
  • 1891 - HANKS - Prevention of mural abscesses after laparotomy
  • 1892 - DUNNING - Ventral hernia following laparotomy
  • 1892 - EDITORIAL - Stitch abscesses
  • 1893 - LONGYEAR - Better surgery in the closure of the incision
  • 1897 - CURRIER - Ventral hernia resulting from abdominal section
  • 1899 - KREUTZMANN - Division of abdominal incision post hysterectomy
  • 1899 - SMITH - Hernia following abdominal operations
  • 1902 - HARRIS - Resuturing the suppurating abdominal incision
  • 1903 - DARNALL - Treating the suppurating abdominal incision
  • 1909 - RIES - Post-op separation of laparotomy wounds
  • 1920 - WATKINS - Treatment of suppurating wounds
  • 1934 - BALDWIN - Disruption of abdominal wounds
  • 1937 - BABCOCK - Wounds and their complications
  • 1942 - DE COURCY - Postoperative infection: its control
  • 1950 - CHAFFIN - Infection and leakage complicating laparotomy
  • 1953 - CAULFIELD - Fundamentals of wound healing
  • 1959 - SHOULDICE - Wound Infections