LHB1 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Patients (bound records): surgical ward journals

Reference Code: GB239 LHB1
Title: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: Patients (bound records): surgical ward journals
Dates of Creation of Material: 1841-1984
Level of Description: Sub-fonds
Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 19 shelf metres: bound volumes
Name of creator(s): Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; James Syme, fl.1833-1870, surgeon; George Mackay, fl.1889-1913, ophthalmic surgeon; Edwin Bramwell, fl.1907-1934, surgeon; Robert Ingleton Stirling, fl.1936-1951, orthopaedic surgeon; Thomas Annandale, fl.1865-1907, surgeon; James Roderick Johnston Cameron, fl. 1938-1966, surgeon; Sir James William Beaman Hodsdon, fl.1886-1922, surgeon; Sir Henry Wade, fl.1909-1941, surgeon; Keith Paterson Brown, fl.1925-1958, surgeon; Robert Leslie Stewart, fl. 1927-1960, surgeon
Scope and Content: Clinical and surgical, Professor Syme, Wards 1-6 1841-1870; clinical medical, Wards B, 1, 2, 10-12, 14 1845-1869; eyes, Dr Mackay, Wards 2/3, 39/40 1895-1913; out-patients, Dr Mackay, Wards 2/3 1895-1910; Eye Department out-patients 1903-1913; Orthoptic Department 1958-1977; patient ledgers, Edwin Bramwell 1908-1935; orthopaedic, Mr Stirling, Ward 2 1936-1951; Secure Ward journals and case reports, Ward 3 1917-1961; surgical, Ward 7 1964-1966; Professor Annandale, Wards 7-9 1892-1904; surgical, Wards 9/10 1924-1968; Mr J.R. Cameron, Wards 4, 11, 12, 15 1958-1968; surgical, Wards 12, 11/12 1961-1970; Mr Hodson, Mr Wade, Wards 5/6, 15/16 1907-1941; Ward 5 Ward Registers 1907-1941; Mr Paterson-Brown, etc, Wards 12, 18 1943-1961; Out-patient Ward registers 1926-1951; miscellaneous, Mr R.L. Stewart 1922-1960; Surgical Out-Patient Department 1938-1948; Surgical Out-Patient Department: fracture clinic 1937-1950
Conditions Governing Access: Access is subject to the terms of the NHS Records Management Code of Practice (2010), the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Language/Scripts of Material: English
Archivists' Notes: Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists
Rules or Conventions: Description based on ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description International Council on Archives (2nd edition), 2000
Date(s) of Description: September 2002; updated May 2007, January 2011