Casebooks relating to surgical cases in Bristol Royal Infirmary
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1538 S96 |
Held at | : Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/library-services/archives-and-heritage/archives/ › |
Full title | : Casebooks relating to surgical cases in Bristol Royal Infirmary |
Date(s) | : 1897-1898 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 2 vols |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Bristol Royal Infirmary was founded by Paul Fisher, a wealthy city merchant, 1735; in 1904, Sir George White saved the hospital from a major financial crisis; in 1948 it was acquired by the National Health Service.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Casebooks relating to surgical cases in Bristol Royal Infirmary comprising casebook entitled 'Crosby Leonard Surgical Cases', 1897, detailing 8 cases including renal calculus, fibroadenoma of breast, prolapse of uterus, scirrhus of breast, inguinal hernia, vesical calculus, ovarian cystoma and fractured patella and casebook entitled 'Suple Surgical Cases', 1898, detailing 8 cases including fibromyoma of uterus, stricture of uterus, ovarian cystoma, tubercular arthritis of knee, hydatid cyst of liver, perforative appendicitis, acute bronchocele and scirrhus of breast.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
By volume.
Conditions governing access:
Conditions governing reproduction:
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids.
Archival Information
Archival history:
From the collection of Miles Phillips.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Jul 2008
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