NRS-19163 | Royal Newcastle Hospital: Operations register, second series

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This series records surgical operations carried out at Royal Newcastle Hospital. The information recorded includes the name of the patient, the date of the operation, the names of the surgeon and the assisting nurse, the anaesthetic employed and the procedure carried out. The column intended for the name of the anaesthetist is used instead to record comments on the procedure, the anaesthetic and its after-effects, and the column intended for the theatre in which the operation was carried out records instead a five- to seven-digit number of unknown significance.

The numbering of entries begins with the volume, then commences anew at the beginning of each year until 1990. After 1990, the numbering is continued until the tally reaches 1000 (on 12 August 1993), and then recommences from “1”.

The series as preserved consists of one volume of the “expanding” type, with inserted pages between rigid covers with metal fittings. It covers the period from 14 March 1984 until 4 November 1998.

The series is the successor to NRS 17700, to which it is presumed to have succeeded in April 1949.