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Material from 1941-1942

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<li>RAMC/1154/2/1: 1.Orders to No. 1. Neuro-surgical Unit to prepare to move overseas, 19 Jan 1941.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/2: Bundle of mobilisation orders and notices of arrangements. With notes entitled "Tropical diseases and how to avoid them", Jan-Mar 1941.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/3: Notes re desiderata of advanced surgical teams, July 1941.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/4: Copy of report on a tour of the Western Desert (Egypt) 6-11 Oct 1941, by Douglas McAlpine, Consultant Neurosurgeon. With letter, 14 Oct 1941, from Ascroft to Brigadier Walker.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/5: Letter from Major Randell Champion of No. 1 Maxillo-Facial Unit, No. 8 General Hospital, re vitamin "C" in healing wounds, 16 October 1941.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/6: Letter from Ascroft to "Michale" re mobile operating theatre, 23 October 1941.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/7: Letters from Ascroft to General Tomlinson and Brigadier Atkins, to accompany a report, 13-14 Dec 1941.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/8: Suggestions by the officer i/c Surgical Division, No. 42 General Hospital, Middle East Force, re treatment of wounded, 17 December 1941.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/9: Jottings on the medical administration of an armoured division during active service, by Major P. Morison (?), DADMS, 7th Armoured Division, c.1941.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/11: Graphs showing cases per day entered in the operations book, Nov (1941)-Jan (1942).</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/12: Extract from the text of broadcast entitled "The mobile medical units, Jan 1942?.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/13: Letters from Ascroft re lack of work for No. 1 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit; operations for serious abdominal wound; use of sulphathiazole as antiseptic. With report on surgical cases while under the ADMS of 4th Indian Division, January 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/14: Lists of sites and staff of Middle East Forces hospitals, c.1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/16: Letter from Ascroft to Colonel Fettes re cases at No. 28 British General Hospital, February 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/18: Suggested improvements in staff, equipment, transport and function of No. 1 Neurosurgical Unit, March 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/19: Report (by Ascroft?) re surgical work while under the command of DDMS 13th Corps, Dec 1941-Feb 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/20: Memo re vehicle breakdown in Nov 1941, 25 February 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/21: Letter from No. 23 (Scottish) General Hospital, asking for information re brain injuries, 14 March 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/22: Letter from No. 2 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit re transporting the unit (to India), 22 March 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/23: Letter of gratitude from Pte. J.W. Watson, formerly member of Ascroft's unit, 12 May 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/24: Lists of equipment for a Mobile Surgical Unit in the Middle East, 18 May 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/25: Copies of 3 letters, 19 May 1942, re paper (by Ascroft) on advances in field medicine since 1939.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/26: Report on frostbite among soldiers from Madras in January 1942, 04 June 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/27: Text of lecture (by Ascroft) entitled "Experiences of a mobile surgical unit in the Western Desert". With text of article, as published in the [U.S.] Army Medical Bulletin, and graph and diagram, c.1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/28: Notes for lectures in Baghdad, 23 May 1942. With copy of letter, 5 June, re lecture tour to the 10th Army, and ms. list of Medical Officers in the 10th Army.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/29: Copies of Ascroft's letters, 10 June 1942, thanking organisers of the lecture tour and explaining his recall to surgical duties.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/30: Notes re tour of surgical teams, Western Desert, 26 June 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/31: Correspondence re brain surgery; treatments and training courses; rehabilitation centre; and postings in India of No. 2 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit, Jun-Nov 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/32: Notes re the 1942 Conference of Surgeons, with covering letter from General D.C. Monro, 1 Sept 1942.</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/33: Recommendations re the selection of patients for operation at Casualty Clearing Stations and Field Surgical Units, with ms. note "Tour of 8th Army, Oct 21-Nov 13 1942, Battle of El Alamein. Lieutenant Colonel C. Donald".</li>
<li>RAMC/1154/2/34: Quarterly report of No. 1 Mobile Neurosurgical Unit, Oct-Dec 1942.</li>

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