Material from 1942-1945

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1942-1945
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RAMC/1154/4/1, 4-6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-18, 20-44
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Material from 1942-1945. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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  • RAMC/1154/4/1: Correspondence with Brigadier J. M. Weddell re personnel and supplies, Aug 1943-Jan 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/4: Memorandum re breakages of syringes, January 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/5: Memorandum re function of Field Surgical Units, February 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/6: War Office instructions re formation of additional Mobile Neurosurgical Units, January 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/8: Correspondence with Brigadier J.M. Weddell, mainly re removal of No. 4 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit to No. 71 General Hospital. With memorandum on peripheral nerve injuries, Feb-Mar 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/10: Instructions re employment of Mobile Neurosurgical Units. With list of staff and equipment, April 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/11: Ms. notes re neuro-surgical service at the Battle of Monte Cassino, May 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/13: Manuscript notes re penicillin powder for brain injuries, 26 June 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/14: Correspondence with Brigadier Edwards re staff, evacuation plans, No. 1 Polish General Hospital and work on pathology and histology at 93 General Hospital, July 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/16: Open letter from Brigadier H.C. Edwards, Consulting Surgeon, Allied Forces Headquarters, re development of surgical techniques, 05 August 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/17: Correspondence re stores, May-Aug 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/18: Correspondence re replacement of an exhausted surgeon at No. 5 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit, August 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/20: Orders to No. 5 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit to join No. 58 British General Hospital, August 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/21: Statistics re jaw operations, Dec 1942-Aug 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/22: Memorandum and letter from Major Patrick Clarkson re non-serious burns, 29 August 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/23: Notes on a visit to No. 4 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit, Adriatic side, September 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/24: Statistics of No. 5 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit while with 65th British General Hospital, Dec 1943-Sep 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/25: Commentary by Brigadier H.C. Edwards, Consulting Surgeon, Allied Forces Headquarters, on memo from the DMS re future planning re special surgical centres, 24 September 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/26: Correspondence between Ascroft and Brigadier Edwards re posts and duties of neurosurgeons, Aug-Sep 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/27: Memorandum from the office of the Surgeon, Central Mediterranean Forces, re blood transfusions, 23 September 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/28: Medical history of the war and quarterly report of No. 4 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit and quarterly report of No. 5 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit. With related correspondence, Jul-Sep 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/29: Ascroft's accounts of the Neurosurgical Service and of Mobile Neurosurgical Units, October 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/30: Correspondence re medical stores, October 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/31: Ascroft's general correspondence, mainly re personnel and samples of brains, Nov-Dec 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/32: Letters and memoranda re medical supplies, December 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/33: Circular letter from the office of the surgeon, Allied Forces Headquarters, re correspondence between doctors and surgeons throughout the service, 28 December 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/34: Copy of letter from Ascroft to Brigadier Stammers re surgical policies, 30 December 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/35: Medical history of the war and quarterly report of No. 4 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit, Oct-Dec 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/36: Addendum to quarterly report of No. 5 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit, Oct-Dec 1944.
  • RAMC/1154/4/37: Ascroft's general correspondence, mainly re personnel, including application by Captain R.C. Connolly for regarding, Jan-Feb 1945.
  • RAMC/1154/4/38: Programmes and photograph of RAMC surgical congress, Rome, 12-17 Feb 1945.
  • RAMC/1154/4/39: Tables to show numbers of cases reported by different types of unit; and summary of paper on the early closure of compound fractures. (For the surgeons' conference at Rome), February 1945.
  • RAMC/1154/4/40: Ascroft's general correspondence, including enquiries re pneumococcal meningitis and paraparesis, Feb-Mar 1945.
  • RAMC/1154/4/41: Circular letter from the Consulting Surgeon, Allied Forces Headquarters re plaster of Paris technique, minor plastic surgery and captured surgical instruments, c.1945.
  • RAMC/1154/4/42: Ascroft's general correspondence, May-Aug 1945.
  • RAMC/1154/4/43: Report re neurosurgical cases at 65 (British) General Hospital, April-June 1945.
  • RAMC/1154/4/44: Statistical report on the work of No. 4 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit in the Italian campaign, Oct 1943-June 1945.

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    1942-1945

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    1 file (in 5 parts)

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