• 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