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Various introductory addresses to the students and staff of St George’s Hospital Medical School bound together in one volume.

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Brodie, Benjamin: An Introductory Discourse, on the Studies Required for the Medical Profession, 1838. Inscription on flyleaf: ‘C.E. Long Esq from the Author’

Brodie, Benjamin: An Introductory Discourse on the Duties and Conduct of Medical Students and Practitioners’, 1843. Inscription on flyleaf: ‘Edward Fox[?] with the author’s kind regards’. Manuscript notes at the end of the text

Johnson, Henry Charles. Introductory Remarks on the Opening of the Session 1850-51

Fuller, Henry William. Advice to Medical Students, 1857. Inscription on title page: ‘With the Author’s kind regards’

Lee, Henry. On General Principles in Medicine, 1863

Page, W.E. An Introductory Address, 1864

Wadham, William. An Introductory Address, 1869

Dickinson, W. Howship. Introductory Address… on the Art and Science of Medicine, 1874. Inscription on flyleaf: ‘Sepr 1883’, ‘With the author’s compliments’

Whipham, Thomas T. Introductory Address… on Specialism in the Medical Profession, 1878. Inscription on title page: ‘For the Library St George’s Hospital’

Cavafy, John. An Introductory Address on the Education of the general Practitioner, 1880

Dalby, W.B. On the Influence of the Study of Science upon the Mind, 1879

Haward, J. Warrington. Introductory Address… On Liberty and Authority in relation to the Study of Medicine, 1881

Watney, Herbert. Inaugural Address… on the Relationship between the Scientific and the Practical in the Training of the Medical Student and in his Afterlife as a Medical Man, 1882. Inscription on title page: ‘With the Author’s compliments’, ‘R.R. James 1918’

Bennett, William H. The Social Position of the Medical Profession, 1883. Inscription on title page: ‘With the authors compliments’

Champneys, F.H. Introductory Address, 1884

Pollock, George D. An Address.. on the Opening of the New Physiological Laboratory, 1887

Dent, Clinton T. The Nature and Significance of Pain, 1887

Ewart, William. The Future Training of the Medical Profession, 1888

Winterbottom, Augustus. The Evolution of Medicine and Surgery as a Science and the Evolution of St George’s Hospital as a School, 1890

Bowles, Robert L. The Inaugural Address, 1892. Inscription on title page: ‘With Kind regards’, ‘R.R. James 1918’

Holmes, T. Introductory Address… on the Centenary of John Hunter’s Death’, 1893

Owen, Isambard. An Introductory Address on the Importance of Mental Training in Medical Study, 1894

Pollock, George. The Address delivered at the Opening of the Classes, 1895

Frost, W. Adams. The Jenner Centenary: An Inaugural Address, 1896

Turner, G.R. Introductory Address, nd [c.1897-1898]

Dickinson, W. Howship. Medicine Old and New, 1899

Penrose, Francis George. On Some Problems in Medical Education, 1900. Inscription on title page: ‘Clinton T. Dent Esq. FR.C.S. With kind reagrds from F.G. Penrose’

Warre, Rev. Edmond [Head Master of Eton]. On Sympathy, 1903

Slater, Charles [?]. The Laboratory in Medical Education and Practice, 1903

The post mortem records contain manuscript case notes, with medical notes both pre and post mortem. These include details on patients’ admission to the hospital, treatments and medication administered to patients and the medical history of patients; the medical histories were copied into the volumes from hospital registers, which are no longer extant. The post mortem cases include detailed pathological findings made during the detailed examination of the body after death. From the 1880s onwards the case books contain original anatomical drawings and photographs.

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The following information is recorded for each case. The information is transcribed from the case notes and/or the relevant index and, where relevant, additionally standardised using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

• Name of the patient. If a name is not entered in the volume, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No name stated]’

• Gender of the patient (female / male / unknown)

• Age of the patient. Usually in numbers, following the original, with the following exceptions: 4/12 = 4 months, 4/52 = 4 weeks, 4/365 = 4 days. If no age is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No age stated]’

• Occupation of the patient. Where no occupation is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No occupation stated]’. Children are often designated according to their father’s or mother’s occupation and women by their husband’s occupation (e.g. ‘F / Horsekeeper’, ‘M. Charwoman’, ‘Hd Grocer’); these have been rendered in the catalogue as ‘[Child of] Horsekeeper’, ‘[Wife of] Grocer’

• Date of admission and date of death

• The names of the doctors treating or examining the patient. ‘Admitted under the care of’ denotes the senior doctor in charge of the case (usually entered at the top of the page and in the index); ‘Post mortem performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the post mortem examination (usually signed at the bottom of the page) and ‘Medical examination performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the medical examination prior to death (usually signed at the bottom of the page). The earliest records usually contain only one name, and some of the later ones may contain multiple names in each category. An authority record (name access point) with basic biographical details has been created for each doctor mentioned in the records; these can be used to explore all the cases related to a particular individual

• Disease(s) or cause of death of the patient. Transcribed from the medical case and/or the index and standardised, e.g. ‘Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fractured base. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (lungs). Fracture (skull)’

• Medical and post mortem notes. Brief summary description or transcription of the case notes relating to previous medical history (not a full transcription of the case notes)

• Note on whether the case includes illustrations or photographs; these can also be browsed via genre access points

• Note on whether the death was caused by trauma, accident or suicide

• Subject access points, using standardised terms from MeSH, with disease type (e.g. respiratory tract diseases, cardiovascular diseases) and anatomy type (e.g. cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system), which can be used for browsing all relevant cases

Note on transcriptions and abbreviations

Names have been silently expanded, e.g. Jas = James, Wm = William

Some common abbreviations and acronyms

AMCH = Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital, Wimbledon
BID = Brought in dead
COA = Condition on admission
F = Father
H or Hd = Husband
HP = House physician
HS = House surgeon
IP = In-patient
L = Left
M = Mother
MR or Med reg or Med r = Medical register or Medical registrar
MS = Museum specimen
OP = Out-patient
OPD = Out-patient department
OR = Obstetric register
PMH = Previous medical history
PH = Previous history
Pt or Pat = Patient
PM = Post mortem
R = Right
RF = Rheumatic fever
Ry = Railway
SR or Surg reg = Surgical register or Surgical registrar
TB = Tuberculosis
VD = Venereal disease

The volume includes a brief history of the hospital and the medical school.

Contents:
I. Some Account of St. George’s Hospital and School. By W. E. PAGE, M.D., Senior Physician to the Hospital
II. Contributions to the Surgery of the Head. No. I. On the Deviations of the Base of the Skull in Chronic Hydrocephalus. By PRESCOTT HEWETT, Surgeon to the Hospital
III. A Case of Meningocele, in the Occipital Region, which was injected with Iodine, without ill consequences, the Patient dying of Broncho-pneumonia. By T. HOLMES, Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital, and Lecturer on Anatomy
IV. On the Typhus Epidemic of 1864-5, as observed at St. George’s Hospital. By R. E. THOMPSON, M.D., Medical Registrar of the Hospital
V. Notes on an Epidemic of Typhus at Leeds, in the Year 1865-6. By T. CLIFFORD ALLBUTT, M.B., Physician to the Fever Infimmary, Fever Hospital, &0. at Leeds
VI. On the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Progressive Locomotor Ataxy. By J. LOCKHART CLARKE, F.R.S.
VII. On Rheumatic Iritis. By J. ROUSE, Lecturer on Anatomy at the Hospital School
VIII. On Cerebral Symptoms occurring in certain Affections of the Ear. By J. TOYNBEE, F.R.S., late Consulting Aural Surgeon to St. Mary’s Hospital, Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and to St. George’s and St. James’s Dispensary
IX. On some Points connected with the Treatment of Hernia. By J. WARRINGTON HAWARD, Resident Medical Oflicer to the Hospital for Sick Children
X. On Amputation at the Hip-joint, and on the Applicability of this Operation in some of the worst Cases of Morbus Coxarius. Part I. For recurrent Fibro-plastic Tumour. Part II. In Morbus Coxarius. By T. HOLMES, Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital
XI. On Disease of the Brain as a result of Diabetes Mellitus, illustrated by the Narrative of a Case (with Clinical Observations) in which Paralysis, due to Softening of the Brain, came on in a Diabetic Patient, and proved fatal. Followed by a Notice of Fifteen Fatal Cases of Diabetes, cited from the Records of the Hospital. By Dr. JOHN W. OGLE, Physician to the Hospital
XII. On Jaundice and Biliousness. By Dr. H. BENCE JONES, formerly Physician to the Hospital
XIII. On Paralysis occurring in Childbed. By Dr. F. F. FUSSELL, Physician to the Brighton Dispensary
XIV. Remarks upon the Modus Operandi of Hypodermic Injections. By C. HUNTER, Surgeon to the Royal Pimlico Dispensary
XV. On Congenital Dislocations of the Femur. By B. E. BRODHURST, Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital
XVI. On the Diurnal Variations in the Temperature of the Human Body in Health. By Dr. WILLIAM OGLE, Lecturer on Physiology at the Medical School of the Hospital
XVII. On Rupture of Arteries dependent on external Injury. By GEORGE POLLOCK, Surgeon to the Hospital
XVIII. On the Formation of Coagula in the Cerebral Arteries. By Dr. DICKINSON, Assistant Physician to the Hospital
XIX. On Talipes Varus. By B. E. BRODHURST, Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital
XX. On Talipes Equinus. By G. NAYLER, Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, and the Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
XXI. On the Amputation-Book of St. George’s Hospital, and on some Points connected with the Statistics of Three Hundred Amputations there recorded. Part I. On the Influence of Age upon the Results of Amputation. Part II. 'On the Causes of Death, after Amputation; with special reference to the proportion of Deaths due to causes preceding the Amputation. By T. HOLMES, Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital
XXII. Statistical Tables from the Dental Case-Books of St. George’s Hospital. By C. VASEY, Surgeon-Dentist to the Hospital
Annual Report of Cases admitted into the Medical Wards of St. George’s Hospital during the Year 1865. By Dr. STURGES
Annual Report of Surgical Cases treated in the Hospital during the Year 1865. By Mr. PICK

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
View of St. George’s Hospital in its present condition
View of the Hospital as it appeared in 1746. From a picture by R. Wilson, R.A., in the Foundling Hospital
Foetal Skull, showing the arrangement of the bones in a case of chronic hydrocephalus, affecting the middle fossae (Mr. Prescott Hewett)
The representation, from life, of a case similar to the foregoing (Mr. Prescott Hewett)
Meningocele in the occipital region (Mr. Holmes)
The same as above, showing the parts within the skull (Mr. Holmes)
Thermograph, in a case of fever (Dr. Thompson)
Diseased Femur (Mr. H. Lee) .
Stump of amputation (Mr. H. Lee)
Lithographic representation of -a Femur, showing the effects of chronic Osteo-myelitis (Mr. Holmes)
Consolidated Lung, having its arteries full of laminated coagulum (Dr. John W. Ogle)
Thermographs showing variations of temperature in health (Dr. William Ogle)
Front view of a case of Talipes equinus (Mr. Nayler)
Back view of the same preparation (Mr. Nayler)
An extreme case of Talipes equinus (Mr. Nayler)
The same foot after successful treatment (Mr. Nayler)
Contraction of the ext. prop. pollicis, with rectangular contraction of the tendo Achillis (Mr. Nayler) .
Talipes equinus paralytieus (Mr. Nayler)
Extreme degree of Talipes equinus paralyticus (Mr. Nayler)

CONTENTS
I. Contributions to the Surgery of the Head. No II. On Exostoses of the Skull. By PRESCOTT G. HEWETT, Surgeon to the Hospital
II. Clinical Cases of Insanity. By GEORGE FIELDING BLANDFORD, M.D., Lecturer on Psychological Medicine at the Medical School
III. Diseases of Artisans. No. I. The Sheffield File-Cutters’ Disease. By JOHN CHARLES HALL, M.D.
IV. On certain Epileptic Phaenomena. By EDWARD FOX, M.D.
V. Encephaloid Disease of a retained Testicle, with Remarks, including a Summary of Twelve other similar cases. By G. F. HODGSON
VI. Thermometrical Observations in Typhoid Fever. By REGINALD E. THOMPSON, M.D., Medical Registrar of the Hospital
VII. Aphasia and Agraphia. By WILLIAM OGLE, M.D., Lecturer on Physiology at the Medical School
VIII. Reports of Cases of Nervous Disease. Delirium. By C. HANDFIELD JONES, M.B. Cantab. F.R.S.
IX. On Loose Cartilages in the Knee-joint. By BERNARD BRODHURST, Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital, and Lecturer on Orthopaedic Surgery
X. Infecting and Non-infecting Chancres. Remarks on some cases, with especial reference to the Means of Diagnosis between the two forms of the Disease. By EDGCOMBE VENNING
XI. On Naso-Pharyngeal Polypi. By THOMAS P. PICK, Curator of the Pathological Museum
XII. On Croup and Diphtheria. By J. WARRINGTON HAWARD
XIII. On the Significance of Skin-Affections in the Classification of Disease. By T. CLIFFORD ALI\BUTT, M.D.
XIV. Cases of Fever, with Remarks on their Origin. By W. E. C. NOURSE
XV. The Forms of Pneumonia. By Octavius Sturges, M.D.
XVI. On a Case of Death from Haemorrhage into the Pericardium, as a result of Rupture of one of three true and circumscribed Aneurysms of the Coronary Artery of the Heart; with Observations on Aneurysm or Aneurysmal Dilatation as a result of Embolism or Thrombosis. By JOHN W. OGLE, M.D., Physician to the Hospital, and Lecturer on Pathology
XVII. Statistics of Strangulated Hernia. Some Facts in reference to Strangulated Hernia, founded on a Record of 200 Cases in the Book kept at St. George‘s Hospital. By T. HOLMES, Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital, and Lecturer on Surgery
XVIII. Two Cases of Strangulated Inguinal Hernia, with Remarks. By T. HOLMES, Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital, and Lecturer on Surgery
XIX. A Case of Convulsions occurring after Delivery; with Remarks suggested thereby. By A. D. MACKAY, M.B.
XX. Instances of some of the rarer varieties of Morbid Growths, Swellings, &c., connected with the Organs contained within the Abdominal Cavity. By JOHN W. OGLE, M.D., Physician to the Hospital, and Lecturer on Pathology
XXI. Report of the Medical Cases admitted during the year 1866. By R. E. THOMPSON, M.D., Medical Registrar
XXII. Report of the Surgical Cases admitted during the year 1866. By E. C. RING, Surgical Registrar

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Encephaloid disease of the right testicle, of about ten months’ growth (Mr. G. F. Hodgson)
Ditto ditto, of three years’ duration
Thermograph showing variation of temperature in typhoid fever (Dr. R. E. Thompson)
Ditto ditto
Ditto ditto, in enteric fever
Ditto, Table of observations in typhoid fever
View of the anterior surface of a heart showing three aneurysms of the coronary artery (Dr. John W. Ogle)
Intestine displaying a fibrous tumour attached to its inner surface (Dr. John W. Ogle)

CONTENTS:
I. On the Variations of the Acidity of the Urine that occur when Vegetable and Mineral Acids are used. By H. BENCE JONES, Esq.
II. A Case of Angina Pectoris. With Remarks. By J. LOCKHART CLARKE, M.D.
III. Notes on the Subcutaneous Injection of Morphia. By EDWARD T. WILSON, M.D.
IV. On Rheumatic Pericarditis. By REGINALD E. THOMPSON, M.D.
V. Cases of Syphilitic Disease of the Nervous System. By T. CLIFFORD ALLBUTT, M.D.
VI. Clinical Observations on Acute Tubercle. By EDWARD LONG Fox, M.D.
VII. Contributions to the Surgery of the Head : Sebaceous Tumours of the Cranial Region. By PRESCOTT HEWÉTT, Esq., Senior Surgeon to the Hospital .
VIII. On Inflammation of the Retina. By GEORGE COWELL, Esq., Assistant Surgeon to the Westminster Hospital ; Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Victoria Hospital for Children .
IX. On Chronic Bone- and Joint-Disease. By J. WARRINGTON HAWARD, Esq.
X. The Causes of Pulmonary Consumption. By CHARLES THEODORE WILLIAMS, M.D.
XI. Exophthalmic Goître. By W. B. CHEADLE, M.D.
XII. Clinical Notes on unusual Surgical Cases. By H. LEE, Esq., Surgeon to the Hospital
XIII. Reminiscences of Cases from Private Practice. By J. NICHOLLS, M.D., Chelmsford
XIV. Two Cases of Excision of the Scapula. With Remarks. By GEORGE POLLOCK, Esq., Surgeon to the Hospital .
XV. Note on Excision of the Ankle-joint. By T. HOLMES, Esq., Surgeon to the Hospital
XVI. On Aphasia. By W. WADHAM, M.D., Physician to the Hospital.
XVII. On the Treatment of Acute Orchitis. By J. ROUSE, Esq., Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital
XVIII, Remarks on a Case of Locomotor Ataxy with Hydrarthrosis. By T. C. ALLBUTT, M.D.
XIX. Report of the Curator of the Pathological Museum. By T. P. PICK, Esq., Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital .
XX. Annual Report of Medical Cases during the year 1868. By REGINALD THOMPSON, M.D., Medical Registrar
XXI. Annual Report of Surgical Cases during the year 1868. By W. LEIGH, Esq., Surgical Registrar
Supplement to Dr. Clifford Allbutt's Article on Syphilitic Disease of the Nervous System
Prospectus of the Medical School for 1869-70, showing the arrangements for Lectures and Hospital Practice, the Prizes and Exhibitions, with List of Prizemen for 1869.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Tables showing Variations in the Acidity of the Urine (Dr. Bence Jones)
Tables showing Variations in the Pulse and Temperature in Acute Tubercle and other Diseases (Dr. Cheadle)
Pulse-traces in Exophthalmic Goître
Exfoliated Portion of the Humerus in & Case of Compound Fracture, with Recovery of the Use of the Arm (Dr. Nicholls)
Portrait of a Patient after Recovery from Excision of the Scapula (Mr. Pollock)
Anterior View of a Tumour of the Scapula, removed by Excision (Mr. Pollock)
Posterior View of the same (Mr. Pollock)
Bones removed in a Case of Excision of the Ankle-joint (Mr. Holmes)
The lower surface of the Astragalus in the same Case (Mr. Holmes)

CONTENTS
I. Jottings from Clinical Practice. By H. W. FULLER, M.D.
On Valvular Murmurs
Paracentesis Thoracis
Queries respecting so-called Uraemia
Calabar Bean as a Remedy in Chorea
Osteo-arthritis, or so-called Rheumatic Gout; its analogies, natural affinities, and antagonisms
The Secretions as Guides to Treatment
II. The Effects of Overwork and Strain on the Heart and great Blood-vessels. With illustrative Tracings. By T. CLIFFORD ALLBUTT, M.D
III. On Scarlet Fever. By E. COPEMAN, M.D.
IV. Cases of Accidental Poisoning. By C. PAGET BLAKE, M.D.
V. The Modern Treatment of Syphilis; based on the Evidence adduced before the Committee appointed to inquire into the Pathology and Treatment of the Venereal Disease, published in 1867. By EDGECOMBE VENNING, Esq.
VI. On Scrofula. By J. WARRINGTQN HAWARD, Esq.
VII. On Recurrent Insanity. By G. FIELDING BLANDFORD, M.D.
VIII. On Distrain of the Heart. Labio-glosso-laryngeal Paralysis. By REGINALD THOMPSON, M.D.
IX. Labio-glosso-laryngeal Paralysis. By W. B. CHEADLE, M.D.
X. On the Etiology of Pneumonia. By OCTAVIUS STURGES, M.D.
XI. On Ankylosis. By B.E. BRODHURST, Esq.
XII. Observations on Scarlet Fever, especially with reference to its Epidemic Character. By A. W. BARCLAY, M.D.
XIII. On the relative Influence of Bread, Honey, and Sugar upon the amount of Urea and Sugar excreted in Diabetes. By W. WADHAM, M.D.
XIV. On the recent Outbreak of Smallpox at St. George’s Hospital. By T. JONES, M.D.
XV. Results of Vaccination in St. George’s Hospital. By R. WILSON, Esq.
XVI. Results of Vaccination in the 1st Regiment of Life-Guards. By Enencomnn VENNING, Esq.
XVII. Annual Report of Medical Cases during the Year 1869. By REGINALD E. THOMPSON, M.D., Medical Registrar .
XVIII. Annual Report of Surgical Cases during the Year 1869. By WILLIAM LEIGH, Esq., Surgical Registrar
XIX. Ophthalmic Report from December 1868 to July 1870. By H. POWER, Esq.
XX. Ophthalmic Report from October 1870 to February 1871. By R. BRUDENELL CARTER, Esq.
XXI. Notes taken in a German Feld-Lazareth. By W. EWABT, Esq. (Student of the Hospital)