Amputation

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Walter Mercer, January 1962-February 1962. The material contains a full account by Dott of his views on 'Painful amputation stumps', sent at the request of Mercer who was to give the Roscoe Clarke Memorial Lecture of that title.

Scope and Contents Dr John Brown, M.D. Author of Rab and his friends (1859). Letters of, photos, and other items relating to John Brown and his father, his son and his cousin who all named John Brown. Also letter of Lord Lister. 1853-1920s, 1951. 3 letters of Dr John Brown to his cousin Dr John Brown of Burnley and the latter's wife Mary. 1879-1880, n.d. 6 ff. 12^o. 2...

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Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1988. Part 1 and Index.

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Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male bailie from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: painful amputation stump; and loss of sensation. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary relating to male labourer from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: peripheral nerve, left median plantar nerve and left median nerve injury due to shrapnel pieces; amputation of right lower limb; and slight corneal opacity in left eye. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts and drawing relating to male airman from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: injuries from revolving airscrew; traumatic amputation of left forearm; compound depressed fracture of skull; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence and notes relating to male spinning mill worker from Scotland (Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: cordotomy for amputation stump pain; post-operative cardiac and renal failure; hypertension; and cardiac enlargement. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: shrapnel wound in skull; scalp neuritis; buzzing in left ear; and leg amputation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, handwritten notes, correspondence, reports and charts relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 54 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wounds; amputation of leg; painful phantom limb; retention of urine; and fatigue. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 80 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: stump pain; arteriosclerosis; right mid-thigh amputation; and hyperaesthesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.