Material from 1941-1942

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

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1941-1942

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