Records of anaesthesia for surgical operations
- Date:
- 1944-1945
- Reference:
- GC/226/A
- Part of:
- Stout, Robert James (b. 1917)
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
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Description
Dr Stout notes that there is a total of 116 cases from Europe 1944: 111 battle casualties (18 fatal), 4 septic wounds and 1 non-battle sepsis [and one case very briefly mentioned as 'Carnarvon Castle [troopship], Jan 1945' in Volume A.2] - and 304 from Burma 1945: 168 battle casualties (9 fatal), 45 septic wounds and 52 non-battle sepsis. 'The apparently higher mortality in the European series was due to the higher proportion of serious cases dealt with by the surgical unit; the minor cases were by-passed in a much more efficient evacuation procedure.'
Publication/Creation
1944-1945
Physical description
1 file
Notes
Note: Abbreviations used in the records. BLA British Liberation Army [North West Europe 1944-1945]. BNA Burmese National Army. FSU Field Surgical Unit. IMSU Indian Mobile Surgical Unit. INA Indian National Army [an anti-British force]. JIF Japanese Indian Force [an anti-British force]. Wounds: W = wound; BW = bomb wound; GSW = gun-shot wound; GW = grenade wound; MW = mortar wound; SW = shell wound.