NRS-17700 | Operation registers

This series records surgical operations carried out at Royal Newcastle Hospital. The information recorded varies slightly over time, but typically includes the name of the patient, the date of the operation, the names of the surgeon and of the anaesthetist (perhaps also the names of any other doctors present, or of the assisting nurses), the patient’s diagnosis, the procedure carried out, sometimes with its duration, and the result. The numbering of entries in the first volume commences, like the volume itself, in June 1892, but from 1894 the numbering normally starts anew at the beginning of each year.The series as preserved consists of ten volumes, which cover the period from June 1892 until March 1949. Until the end of 1920, all operations of whatever kind are recorded in these registers. Thereafter, separate series of registers are maintained for eye operations (NRS 17698) and for ear, nose and throat operations (NRS 17699). All three series appear to conclude within two days of one another at the end of March/ beginning of April 1949, which may point to a broader change in the Hospital’s record-keeping arrangements at that time.The first seven volumes of the series are quarter-bound ledger-type volumes, all displaying signs of wear, but substantially intact. The last three are of the “expanding” type, with inserted pages between rigid covers with metal fittings; some of the pages in these are now slightly loose.本数据集记录了皇家纽卡斯尔医院（Royal Newcastle Hospital）开展的外科手术案例。记录的信息随时间略有差异，但通常包含患者姓名、手术日期、主刀医师与麻醉医师姓名（或许还包括在场其他医师或协助护士的姓名）、患者诊断结果、实施的手术操作，有时还会记录手术时长与手术结局。 首卷的条目编号与卷册本身一样，始于1892年6月，但自1894年起，编号通常会在每年年初重新编排。 现存的该系列数据集共10卷，涵盖1892年6月至1949年3月的时间段。直至1920年末，各类手术均会被记录在这些登记册中。此后，医院会分别为眼科手术（NRS 17698）与耳鼻喉科手术（NRS 17699）维护独立的登记册系列。 三个系列的登记册似乎均在1949年3月末至4月初的两天内停止更新，这或许反映出当时医院整体档案管理体系发生了变革。 该系列的前7卷为四分之一装订式账册型卷宗，均存在磨损痕迹，但整体保存完好。后3卷为"可扩展"型卷宗，采用硬质封面搭配金属配件，并内置插页；其中部分插页现已略有松动。