University of Aberdeen: Department of Surgery The Department of Surgery collection includes a volume containing: rolls of student attendance covering the period 1939 - 1964; records of three cases treated in 1914 at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and records of other cases that were treated [?at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary] between 1934 - 1937. The rolls of student attendance mention an 'Alexander Stalker', who was probably Alexander Logie Stalker (1920 - 1987), Professor of Pathology, University of Aberdeen, 1969 - 1982. He graduated MB, CH B with first class honours in 1942. The Department of Surgery collection also includes six volumes containing lists, catalogues & notebooks relating to surgical instruments & apparatus; specimens and surgical notes from the department's 'Surgical Museum'. The student records and catalogues indicate the continuation of the teaching of surgery during the late nineteenth to twentieth centuries, through the repetition of notes and the changes in teacher & handwriting. In addition, the surgical museum volumes, particularly UNIVERSITY 1095/2/5 'Catalogue of Preparations, Instruments, etc. in the Surgery Department Marischal Museum University of Aberdeen', illustrate the evolution of some of the surgical collections in the museum. Also, the 'Surgical Museum' series includes papers relating to many of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Forbes Keith's lithotomies, which he performed in India. Also, the papers refer generally to the treatment of calculi in the bladder. The collection contains a Register of animal experiments performed by the Department of Surgery between 1940 - 1962. This includes a 'Return' letter relating to the 'Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876' and animal experiments performed by the Aberdeen department. In addition, the rolls of student attendance UNIVERSITY 1095/1/1and the reprint D. F. Keegan, 'Notes on Stone in the Bladder', reprinted from 'The Lancet' (1897) UNIVERSITY 1095/2/7/6, reveal to an extent, some contemporary opinions about the teaching and status of some women. c.1872 - 1964