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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 3760/1/3
Alt Ref NoMSU 1095/1/3
TitleSurgery class volume III
Date1886 - 1887
Extent1 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. See University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics web page, 'Medical Museum: When the Spine Curves: Treatments for Scoliosis: The History of Scoliosis: Treatments of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/wallexhibits/scoliosis/history/treat1920.html for further details (2005).
DescriptionTeaching 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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