Detailed manuscript case notes, with diagrams, kept by Orford relating to his work in the Surgical Division at No. 3 General Hospital, Kroonstad, South Africa towards the end of the Second Boer War in 1902. Orford's patients included soldiers, prisoners of war and natives and many presented with gun shot wounds (abbreviated by Orford to GSW).The notes are certified by the Principal Medical Officer at the hospital to indicate that the cases 'whose histories are commemorated', 27 September 1902
These notes are compiled in a regulation issued army book produced by stationers Waterlow Bros & Dayton Ltd. London bearing the title 'Hospital Diary, Prescription or Ward Book and Daily Record of Extras & Medical Comforts issued to Patients in Field Hospitals'
At the end of the volume there are lists of types of surgical procedures which presumably Orford performed, some of which are annotated to show the numbers of operation; there are also lists of names of patients with type of procedure performed. These notes appear to cover the period 1902-04.
Pasted at the front of volume is a presscutting in Afrikaans entitled '50 Jaar Gelede' which appears to be a 50th anniversary article relating to the military hospital at Kroonstad. It includes an illustration of a group of men and Orford is mentioned in the text of the article
The volume includes, loosely inserted, initialled notes in Orford's own hand made in January 1955 which highlight cases he felt to be of particular importance. These notes are contemporary with the date of his gift to the University. The loose inserts embossed with Orford's home address, Bosworth Farm, Klerksdorp in South Africa.