Sir Alexander Ogston (1844 - 1929), Regius Professor of Surgery, University of Aberdeen: papers Complete set of Ogston's teaching notes for 'Surgery class' (1885 - ?1887) and 'Operative surgery' (1883). Also contains the complete set of 'Surgery' teaching notes, which appears to be the amalgamation of Ogston's surgery and operative surgery classes for the period 1895 - ?1897. In addition, the collection includes Ogston's general medical teaching notes (1882 - 1886), and his undated notebook listing the various medical texts & articles he used in his teachings. ?The volumes cover a later period, 1887 - 1909, which indicates the repeated delivery of the classes. While the surgery class teaching notes refer to the symptoms, nature & treatment of various inflictions requiring surgery, operative surgery relates more to operative methods and procedures. Ogston's general medical teaching notes are similar to surgery class notes and have been scored out, suggesting that they were superceded by later ones. Much of Ogston's notes include small illustrations & sketches of various instruments and body parts. Moreover, although the surgery series and general medical notes include similar information to surgery class & operative surgery, they do contain additional information: medical advertisements & relevant newspaper clippings, and laryngscopy & ophthalmoscopy. Obviously, Ogston's teaching notes are important in relation to various aspects of nineteenth - century surgery & medicine; for instance, volume II of surgery class contains notes relating to the diagnosis,"railroad spine", which was a controversial issue in Britain during that period. Please see MS 3760/1/2 for further details. In addition, volume VI of surgery class and the second volume of general medical notes contain notes relating to contemporary military surgery. 'Operative surgery' includes a copy of 'An Act for Regulating Schools of Anatomy [1st August, 1832]' and a copy of the 'Aberdeen Parochial Burying - House or Funeratory', dated 16 January 1883. There are also drawings relating to methods of plastic surgery (taken from Konig). Notes in the surgery volumes point to the introduction of radiography and its acceptance & use in surgery during the late nineteenth - century. Surgery volume number 7 contains an 'Operative Blank', which was a form filled in by a surgeon on behalf of a patient requiring surgery. In addition to nineteenth - century surgery & medicine, Ogston's notes relate to other issues, including methods of teaching of surgery [please see MS 3760/1, 2 & 4 for further details] and issues relating to European armaments [please see MS 3760/3/1]. c 1882-1909