The Lancet

The Lancet was first published in 1823, and it is still published.  Its website allows searches of all back issues, but there is a charge to view articles.  Some issues are available online via Google Books or Internet Archive.

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Appointments

The Lancet, 12 November 1870, page 692

Medical Appointment.

HOLLIS, A., M.B., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed House-Surgeon to Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, vice F. W. YOUNG, L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., resigned.

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News reports & correspondence

The Lancet, 18 December 1841, vol. 37, pages 423-424

DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,–In-patients of this hospital are refused the privilege of perusing the books which they may obtain on application to the minister of the congregation to which they belong. Is the exclusive principle acted upon in the hospitals of London? That is to say, are the medical charitable institutions in the metropolis administered in an uncharitable spirit?  I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. SMITH (Dissenting Minister). Dorchester, Dec. 8, 1841.

[Comment from The Lancet editor] Such disgusting illiberality is unknown in the medical charities of London. We had thought that such disreputable, narrow-minded sectarianism was exhibited in no part of England in the present century.  The tyranny is a disgrace to the establishment in which it has occurred.–ED. L.

The Lancet, 29 September 1860, vol. 2, page 316

OCCURRENCE OF SYPHILIS IN CHILDHOOD.

To the Editor of THE LANCET. 

SIR,–Seeing in your impression of last week the report of a case of “Well-marked Syphilis in a Female Child, aged ten years,” I am induced to send you a somewhat similar case, which occurred two years ago in the Dorset County Hospital during my house-surgeoncy:–A girl, aged thirteen, was admitted with ulceration and swelling of the labiae (said to have been of four months’ duration), together with psoriasis and ulceration of the throat; the latter symptoms had not existed so long, by the mother’s account, as the former. As the swelling decreased, the hymen was found to be quite intact. No cause was admitted for the disease either by the mother or child, who was small for her age, and not arrived at puberty.  I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. G. BACOT, M.R.C.S. Blandford, Dorset, Sept. 1860.

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Clinical papers

The following is a list of case studies submitted to The Lancet by physicians and surgeons associated with Dorset County Hospital.  The list is in order of author’s surname.  The articles can be accessed via The Lancet‘s website.

COSENS, William Burrough

Title Author Date Reference
Notes on a case of “idiopathic tetanus”; recovery. W.B. Cosens, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Major, R.A.M.C., Honorary Surgeon, Dorset County Hospital Oct 11, 1919 Vol. 194, no. 5015, page 646
Certain renal storms and their interpretation. W.B. Cosens, M.R.C.S. Eng., Hon. Surgeon, Dorset County Hospital; late Major, R.A.M.C. Oct 21, 1922 Vol. 200, no. 5173, pages 864-865
The county pathologist. W.B. Cosens, Senior Hon. Surgeon, Dorset County Hospital June 30, 1923 Vol. 201, no. 5209, pages 1338-1339
Vaginal haemorrhage from perforating endothelioma. W.B. Cosens, M.R.C.S. Eng., Hon. Surgeon, Dorset County Hospital Sep 27, 1924 Vol. 204, no. 5274, page 650

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COWDELL, Charles

Title Author Date Reference
Microscopic bodies in cholera. Charles Cowdell, Physician to the Dorset County Hospital Oct 6, 1849 Vol. 54, no. 1362, page 380
Hydrochlorate of ammonia in neuralgia. Charles Cowdell, M.D. Lond., Physician to the Dorset County Hospital Oct 30, 1858 Vol. 72, no. 1835, page 463

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EMSON, Alfred

Title Author Date Reference
Successful case of primary amputation of right leg below the knee, in a patient aged seventy-five.  Mr. A. Emson July 13, 1878 Vol. 112, no. 2863, page 46
A case of suprapubic lithotomy. A. Emson May 21, 1887 Vol. 129, no. 3325, pages 1031-1032

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GOLDSMITH, Francis E.

Title Author Date Reference
Dislocation of the femur on the os pubis, reduced after a period of nearly eight weeks.. F. E. Goldsmith, Esq., M.R.C.S. Aug 2, 1851 Vol. 58, no. 1457, page 108

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GOOD, John

Title Author Date Reference
Primary amputation of thigh in a child one year and a half old; recovery. Mr. J. Good Dec 2, 1871 Vol. 98, no. 2518, page 779
Traumatic aneurism of the right radial artery cured by direct pressure. Mr. Good Oct 20, 1877 Vol. 110, no. 2825, page 571
Strangulated femoral hernia; operation; recovery. Mr. J. Good June 1, 1878 Vol. 111, no. 2857, page 787

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GOOD, William Ernest

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A case of hernia of the appendix vermiformis; operation; recovery. William Ernest Good Oct 1, 1898 Vol. 152, no. 3918, page 877

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LUSH, William Vawdrey

Title Author Date Reference
A case of infective endocarditis, with emboli in the brachial, popliteal, and carotid arteries. William Vawdrey Lush, M.D., F.R.C.P., Physician, Dorset County Hospital Dec 19, 1891 Vol. 138, no. 3564, pages 1380-1382

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MONTGOMERY, Gordon N.

Title Author Date Reference
A case of indicanuria. Gordon N. Montgomery, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., House-Surgeon, Dorset County Hospital June 6, 1908 Vol. 171, no. 4423, page 1621

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TUDOR, John

Title Author Date Reference
On a case of compound comminuted fracture of the right thigh and serious injury to the left leg, the result of a timber waggon passing over both limbs; recovery. John Tudor, Esq., M.R.C.S., Surgeon to the Dorset County Hospital Aug 15, 1863 Vol. 82, no. 2085, pages 185-186
Two cases of lithotomy. Tudor Aug 29, 1868 Vol. 92, no. 2348, pages 280-281
Fracture of ribs with emphysema. Tudor Feb 28, 1874 Vol. 103, no. 2635, page 299
Internal lateral dislocation of left knee-joint; fracture of shaft and external condyle of right humerus, extending into the elbow-joint. Tudor June 13, 1874 Vol. 103, no. 2650, page 835
Extensive incised wound through the calf of the leg; important and satisfactory use of the carbolised catgut sutures. Mr. John Tudor Dec 4, 1875 Vol. 106, no. 2727, page 801
Perforating wound of the eye; removal of a piece of flint stone from the posterior chamber. Mr. John Tudor, Sen. Feb 19, 1876 Vol. 107, no. 2738, page 280
Necrosis of the entire thickness of the femur; successful removal. John Tudor Mar 11, 1876 Vol. 107, no. 2741, page 387
Tumour of anterior surface of thigh situated in scarpa’s triangle. John Tudor, M.R.C.S. Eng., Surgeon, Dorset County Hospital Feb 18, 1882 Vol. 119, no. 3051, pages 269-270
Cases of strangulated hernia, and the treatment of omental protrusions. John Tudor, M.R.C.S., Senior Surgeon, Dorset County Hospital Dec 23, 1882 Vol. 120, no. 3095, pages 1071-1073