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Title
Date(s)
- 1908 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Manuscript volume of case histories of female patients under the care of William Watson Cheyne, surgeon, King's College Hospital, featuring a wide range of general conditions including a case of fatal purpura following an operation on a tubercular abscess, lymph angioplasty for breast cancer, reference to a gastric test meal, cholelithiasis (gallstones), necrosis of jaw, spina bifida, floating kidney, rectal cancer, hernia, in growing toenail, haemorrhoids, cancer of the pancreas and stomach and mastitis. With charts. Patient details include name, age, marital status, occupation, address, admission and discharge dates, and name of dresser. Indexed by name of patient. Arranged in numerical order as entered into the hospital register. 1 volume