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MS 3760 - Sir Alexander Ogston (1844 - 1929), Regius Professor of Surgery, University of Aberdeen: papers
- 1 - Surgery class teaching notes

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 3760/1/3
Alt Ref No	UNIVERSITY 1095/1/3
Title	Surgery class volume III
Date	1886 - 1887
Extent	1 volume
Administrative History	'Sayre's Jacket' was named after its inventor, Lewis Albert Sayre (1820 - 1900) and was used to treat curvature of the spine.
Description	Teaching notes on following subjects: Diseases of bones [continued from volume II; extensive notes] - phosphorus necrosis [continued]; osteitis deformans; ?asteo - auecuicsm [or ?osteo - aucuricsm or osteo - aneurism: 'pulsating tumour of bone']; caries [including details on 'Sayre's Jacket']; syphilitic disease of bone; rickets; mollities ossium; diseases of joints [extensive notes] - distortis sprain; haemarthros [or ?haemarthrosis]; penetrating wounds of joints; acute suppurative arthritis; gonorrhoeal rheumatism; [acute rheumatic arthritis and acute gouty arthritis scored out]; chronic rheumatic arthritis; charcot's disease; hydrops articule; loose cartilages in joints; ganglion; tubercular disease of joints; sites & clinical phases of tumor ?albus [including description of ?Thomas's splint]; ankylosis [including brief descriptions of operations for the hip (in intra - articular)]; diseases of tendons & bursae - 1. wounds of tendons; 2. rupture of tendons; 3. whitlow; 4. teno - synovitis; 5. hypertrophic vincula of tendons; 6. spring fingers; 7. hygroma; 8. bursal haematoma; 9. bursal ?alseen; blood - '1. when drawn from body'; '2. during circulation'; suppuration - detailed notes, including 1. acute abscess; 2. chronic abscess & suppuration; 3. pyaemic abscess [includes illustration of 'Dr. Ward Cousins' New Antiseptic Trocar']; drainage of abcesses; ulceration - including notes on 'a. by nature of disease'; 'b. by local causes'; chief varieties; treatment of ulcers; ?cicatrices; mortification - 1. moist gangrene; 2. dry gangrene; special forms of gangene; cold - 'intense action' and 'prolonged action'; burns; deformities - leg; congenital club - foot; theory of ?presence origin; [some entries scored out]; in ?moeterate cases; varieties of congenital club foot; paralytic club - foot; paralytic hand; dupuytren's contraction of the palmar fascia; spring finger; wry neck; static deformities; 1. spinal curvature; 2. genu valgum [knock knee]; [some entries scored out]; flat foot; uterine & ovarian tumours [extensive notes] - 1. distension of uterus; 2. extra uteriue pregnancy; 3. pelvic haematocele; 4. parametritis & perimetritis; 5. uterine myornata (fibroids); 6. inflammatory tumours of uterine appendages; 7. parpvarian cyst; 8. ovarian tumours; calculus [- stone] - ?plane caculi [?calculi]; formation of caculi; shape & life; renal caculi; "renal colic"; bladder calculus; symptoms of bladder calculus; sounding for stone; treatment of bladder calculus; lithotomy [extensive notes]; calculus vesicae in female; prostatic calculus; urethral calculus; genito urinary diseases [continued in volume IV] - I. balanitis; II. venereal warts; III. phimosis; IV. urethritis; V. gonorrhea; VI. cystitis; VII. stricture [extensive notes]. ?Drawing of surgical instrument on back cover of volume.
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