Notes on surgery made by Leonard Ralph Braithwaite

Volume of manuscript notes on various aspects of surgical treatment, surgical techniques, diseases and conditions, made by Leonard Ralph Braithwaite. The notes appear to have been made mainly whilst Braithwaite was a student at the Leeds School of Medicine, but may also have gone into his time working at the Leeds General Infirmary, and as Berkeley G.A. Moynihan's personal assistant.

The volume has a thumb index at front, and the rest of the volume is paginated, pp.1-376. Pages 359-375 are unused; there are illustrations and notes on a timetable on the verso of p.375. Signature for Braithwaite on front fly-leaf verso, with 'General Infirmary, Leeds'.

The notes are detailed and cover a range of conditions, diseases, and surgical techniques. The notes appear generally to be sectioned into particular areas of the body, and are then refined into notes on specific conditions and their treatment.

The majority of the pages have illustrations, often in colour pencil, and there are some additional inserts attached to pages. The notes include clinical observations attributed to Berkeley Moynihan [often referred to as 'B.G.A.M' in the notes]; and they also refer to a number of other surgeons working at the Leeds General Infirmary and the Leeds School of Medicine, including: Harry Littlewood (1861-1921); Edward Ward (1855-1921); Harold Collinson (1876-1945); Joseph Faulkner Dobson (1874-1934); Alfred George Barrs (1853-1934).