General medical notes - 'volume first'
Teaching notes on following subjects:
general remarks on health and disease - annotated 'a short day' & '1. Blood, its life & death ommitted in 1883 - 4';
inflammation;
suppuration;
demonstration of antiseptic method;
ulceration;
mortification;
germ infections;
phlegmon & pyaemia;
sapraemia;
septicaemia - including hectic fever;
actinomykosis;
erythema and erysipelas;
cold;
burns;
haemorrhage - including references to acupressure;
tubercle and scrofula - mentions 'inoculability of Tubercle (Villemin [Jean Antoine Villemin, 1827 - 1892, French physician, who published a contagion theory in 1867 relating to tuberculosis] 1865 - 68)';
operations & anaesthesia - including 'The battle of the anaesthetics', 'Report of McKendrick, Coats, and Newman (1880)';
wounds - including small booklet 'Description of a New Surgical Needle and Needle - Holder, invented by Dr. Hagedorn, of Magdeburg'. First page has been scored out, ?presumably by Ogston;
bites and poisoned inoculations;
hydrophobia;
tetanus;
delirium tremens;
diphtheria & hospital gangrene;
scurvy - annotated 'a short day';
fractures - extensive notes, includes annotation on page 155: 'Friday 16th Nov. 1883 - Afternoon 3 to 5 demonstration of specimens & instruments to the end of wounds'. Under special fractures, page 163, 'aid of dentist'. Page 178 annotated: '13 Jany 1883 Prize Examination'. Also includes rupture of bladder (or urethra);
dislocations - includes small clipping, 'Relazione Di 21 Casi Di Lussazione Sottocoracoidea Del - L'omero Ridotti Col Metodo Di Kocher, del Dr. C. A. Jersey (New York Medical Journal, 29 settembre, 1883)';
lists of illustrations required for lectures:
on blood; inflammation; suppuration & demonstration of antiseptic method ['a Listers dressing (Practical Class Cupboard)']; ulceration; mortification; germ infections; sapraemia; phlegmon; septicaemia; pyaemia; actino mycosis [actinomykosis]; erythema and erysipelas; tubercle and scrofula; [no illustrations list for cold]; burns; haemorrhage; operations & anaesthesia; wounds; bites and poisoned inoculations; hydrophobia; tetanus; delirium tremens; diphtheria & hospital gangrene; [no illustrations list for scurvy]; fractures; dislocations; diseases of bones; diseases of joints; deformities; special general demonstration on tumours & to be held after completion of lectures on tumours; tumours; diseases of arteries; hernia; calculus, or stone; genito - urinary diseases; diseases of the mouth, throat, etc; skin diseases; diseases of muscles; diseases of tendons & bursae; diseases of veins; diseases of nerves [including acupuncture needles]; diseases of lymphatics; goitre; diseases of nose; diseases of eyes; diseases of ears; diseases of teeth; diseases of gullet; diseases of chest (breast & thorax); diseases of the abdomen; diseases of rectum & anus; uterine and ovarian tumours; diseases of the testicle & cord; diseases of female bladder & urethra; diseases of vagina; diseases of the female perineum & vulva; & military surgery;
The lists refer to: diagrams; microscopic slides; surgical instruments ['Inst'] & tools; items required for microscopic demonstrations; items from 'A. O's Coll' [?Alexander Ogston's Collection]; items from '[Dr.] Pirries Coll' [presumably William Pirrie's Collection]; a 'Card box'; photographs; 'Photographic Coll.'; items from the 'Med. Surg. Mus.' [Medical Surgical Museum]; 'Mic. Sp.', items from the 'Anat. Coll' [Anatomy Collection]; 'Anat Prep' [anatomical preparation]; under dislocations (general): 'Lay figure' - 'three on couches, 2 sitting on chairs'; items under tumours referred to 'College' & others as 'own'.
In addition, volume number 1 includes:
headings of demonstrations on ophthalmoscopy - including importance of ophthalmoscopy; inverted image; direct image; illustrations of ophthalmoscope demonstration [including 'Illustrations At Practical Meetings'];
illustrations of demonstration on laryngscopy, rhinoscopy, & ear examination [including 'Illustrations At Practical Meetings']. Also, headings of demonstrations on laryngscopy, rhinoscopy, & ear examination.
First volume includes an index for the two volumes and is annotated on the inside cover, 'Volume First' & stamped 'Private Property of Alex. Ogston'. The volume includes an 'Extract from the Education Code for Scotland, 1873'.
1882 - ?1886