Operation on spinal cord

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 VFA.7.29
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1947
  • Physical Description
    • Height: 25.1 cms Width: 20 cms 1 object Drawing, carbon dustRoss board Good

Scope and Content

Two large drawings side by side of an operation on the spinal cord in which the cord is swollen. There is a small pencil outline sketch at the bottom in the centre showing the position of the lesion in the vertebral body. Annotations on the back read "Mr Guthkelch - - 47". At this time Arthur Norman Guthkelch was a resident surgeon at the Manchester Royal Infirmary working under Sir Geoffrey Jefferson.