| Description | Case book containing record of medical cases discussed at meetings of the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society. Other business conducted at meetings is also sometimes recorded. Of particular note is the report of a meeting held on the 9 February 1905 at which a discussion was instigated by Matthew Hay on the typhus epidemic in Aberdeen.
The first part of the volume (pages 3-22) contains detailed notes on specific cases and lectures covering the period December 1886-June 1887. The case notes record the history of the case and the method of treatment. Cases and lectures include:
Case of Post-Scarlatinal Empyema, Dr. Robertson
Case of Myxomatous Sarcoma, Dr. Garden
Lecture on the conducting paths between the cortex of the brain and the lower centres in relation to physiology and pathology, Dr. Hamilton
Case of Graves' Disease, Dr. MacGregor
Methods of mounting museum preparations, Professor Struthers
Further case notes and presentations are recorded on pages 24-95 for the period December 1887-1895. These sometimes contain tables and diagrams. Subjects discussed include:
On the standard of height and weight in children, Professor Stephenson
Case of aortic dilatation, Dr. McKenzie Booth
Employment of the urinary organs in the generative processes, Dr. Mackie
Case of William Mitchell, Lunatic, Dr. Wilson, Old Deer
Two cases of heart disease with threatening suffocation relieved by the hypodermic injection of morphia [morphine], Dr. Urquhart (p.50)
Case of extra-uterine pregnancy, Dr. MacQuibban
Case of Psuedo- Hypertrophic Muscular Paralysis, Dr. Smith-Shand
Unilateral Anaesthesia, Dr. Rodger (p.78)
[Reprint enclosed: A Case of Splenic Abscess, Dr. David W. Finlay]
[Reprint enclosed: Case of Lithopaedion, George Dean (p.87)]
Case of Acromegaly, Dr. Watson Geddie
From page 95, the focus of the entries continues to be the content of cases and papers delivered by members of the Society, but other matters addressed at meetings are also sometimes referred to. Subjects discussed at meetings include:
5 November 1896: 'The opening meeting of the Society for 1896-97. Professor Stephenson delivered the customary address - he referred in sympathetic terms to the death of Dr. Marshall whose connection with the Society dated as far back as 1832, a period when the Society took its share in the education of the medical student, fulfilling practically the part of a Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, without the power of granting a licence…'.
4 March 1897: Dr. Dalgarno showed a tumour from the thigh of a man aged 76; Dr. Ashley W. Mackintosh also referred to a case of tumour.
1 December 1898: Dr. Ferdinando read notes of two cases of exophthalmic goitre (p.111).
[Reprint and case notes enclosed: Case of spontaneous rupture of the heart, Dr. John Gordon; A case of Puerperal Eclampsia treated by 'Veratrum Viride', Dr. Sherriffs (p.113)]
[Printed notice of meeting to be held on 2 March 1905 for the ballot for the admission of Dr. David Rorie and card with dates of meetings for 1906 (p.117)]
6 April 1899: Pathological evening: various members presented specimens for discussion including 'sections of a liver from a case of pernicious [anoemia?]' by Dr. Angus Fraser and 'the organs from a case of ulcerative endocarditis' by Dr. G. M. Duncan.
Pages 122-125 contain printed copies of minutes of meetings held between November 1899 and January 1900 with reprints of papers by Ashley W. Mackintosh and J. Scott Riddell enclosed entitled 'The Stereognostic Sense' and 'Appendicitis' respectively. From this point onwards, minutes of meetings, mainly recording the discussion of particular cases, are pasted into the volume at various points. Other cases presented for discussion include:
8 February 1900: Professor Stephenson read a paper on 'Tubal Abortion' (page 126).
[Printed copy of Presidential Address on 'The Relation of Dentistry to Medical Education' by W. H. Williamson, November 1900.]
10 January 1901: Discussion of 'The Diagnosis and Treatment of Pleural Effusions' (p.134).
7 November 1901: Presidential Address delivered by Dr. George Watt: 'The History of the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society from 1881-1901'.
6 March 1902: Discussion of 'The Treatment of Pneumonia' (p.145).
5 March 1903: Dr. Angus Fraser opened a discussion on 'The recognition and management of acute intestinal obstruction' (p.154).
14 January 1904: Clinical Evening. Cases on various subjects were presented including three cases of nervous disease.
3 March 1904: Discussion on gastric ulcers (p.163).
3 November 1904: Presidential Address delivered by Dr. Cash relating to certain points affecting dosage as an element in the effective administration of remedies (p.171).
9 February [March?] 1905: 'Discussion on the present typhus epidemic in Aberdeen - commenced by Dr. Matthew Hay (4 pages of notes on the content of this discussion are recorded in the minutes).
[Reprint enclosed: Acute Disease of the Bone in Children, Presidential Address by George Rose, Surgeon reprinted in Medical Journal.]
7 February 1907: Case of Myasthenia Gravis, Ashley W. Mackintosh.
5 December 1907: Professor Matthew Hay delivered a short explanatory address on the new Registration of Births Act.
20 February 1908: Cases of narcolepsy, Dr. A. W. Mackintosh and Dr. J. G. MacKenzie.
Various items are enclosed after the meeting of 19 March 1908:
Typescript copy of notes on a case of Hodgkin's Disease (not dated).
Printed notice of meeting to be held on 9 March 1905: Discussion on the present typhus epidemic in Aberdeen.
Manuscript notes on case of meningitis, February 1907.
Printed notice of meeting to be held on the 20 April 1905.
'Rules Proposed by Council for adoption by Aberdeen Branch of British Medical Association' (not dated).
Printed notice of office-bearers, members of Council and Society members and additions to the Library, 16 November 1905 [also similar notice dated 17 November 1898].
Statement of Accounts for year ending 11 November 1905.
Printed notice of meeting to be held on 5 December 1901.
The remainder of the volume is blank. |