Item KH/CN/1/473 - Case notes, 1904, for patients under the care of William Watson Cheyne, Surgeon, King's College Hospital

Manuscript volume of case histories of male patients under the care of William Watson Cheyne, surgeon, King's College Hospital, featuring a wide range of general conditions including a detailed description of plastic reconstructive surgery of the face of a gunshot victim, an operation for nephrolithotomy (to remove a kidney stone), reduction of intussusception (folding of intestines) and resection of Meckel's ganglion (in the nose), numerous examples of epithelioma of lip, larynx, oesophagus, jaw, mouth, cancer of caecum and stomach, cellulitis, constipation, renal calculus, diabetes, gangrene of leg, hernia, haematoma, haemorrhoids and a patient run over by a hansom cab. Patient details include name, age, sex, occupation, address, admission and discharge dates, and name of dresser. Indexed by name of patient and disease. Arranged in numerical order as entered into the hospital register. Fragile . 1 volume