Kaufman M H
Division of Biomedical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK.
J R Coll Surg Edinb. 2001 Oct;46(5):279-89.
The Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh contains a substantial collection of human osteological preparations that display the effects of musket-ball and sabre injuries. Most of these formerly belonged to the Museum Collection associated with the class of Military Surgery. This collection had principally been amassed by Sir George Ballingall to illustrate his lectures when he was Regius Professor of Military Surgery in the University of Edinburgh from 1822-55. About half of the osteological preparations in his collection had been purchased from Dr Rutherford Alcock in 1843. Alcock had collected them when he was Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals to the British Auxiliary Legion in Spain during the Carlist War of 1835-37. Just under 60% of the osteological preparations purchased from Alcock still remain on display in the Anatomy Museum of the University of Edinburgh. Previously, the only information on these items was that published in Ballingall's Catalogue of the Museum attached to the Class of Military Surgery, published in 1855. Very recently, twelve volumes of manuscript material, consisting principally of clinical case records prepared by Alcock and his medical officers have been located in the Special Collections Section of Edinburgh University Library. This has now enabled the full clinical case records of the majority of the individuals whose osteological preparations are still available in the collection to be studied. This manuscript material provides a unique record of the treatment of the sick and wounded men in this campaign. It also allows the clinical records of men wounded by musket-ball to be studied with their associated bony lesions.
爱丁堡大学解剖博物馆收藏了大量人体骨骼标本，展示了火枪子弹和马刀伤的影响。其中大部分标本曾属于与军事外科学课程相关的博物馆藏品。该藏品主要由乔治·巴林戈尔爵士收集，用于他在1822年至1855年担任爱丁堡大学军事外科钦定教授期间的授课演示。1843年，他藏品中的大约一半骨骼标本购自拉瑟福德·阿尔科克博士。1835年至1837年卡洛斯战争期间，阿尔科克在西班牙担任英国辅助军团医院副监察长时收集了这些标本。从阿尔科克处购得的骨骼标本中，仍有近60%陈列在爱丁堡大学解剖博物馆。此前，关于这些标本的唯一信息是1855年出版的巴林戈尔《军事外科学课程博物馆目录》中所刊载的内容。最近，在爱丁堡大学图书馆特藏部发现了十二卷手稿资料，主要由阿尔科克及其医务人员编写的临床病例记录组成。现在，这使得能够研究该藏品中仍保存骨骼标本的大多数人的完整临床病例记录。这些手稿资料提供了这场战役中伤病员治疗情况的独特记录。它还使得火枪子弹伤者的临床记录能够与其相关的骨损伤一同进行研究。
