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Scope and Content Note

This series consists of registers and lists documenting operations performed on patients of Middletown State Hospital (and, as it was earlier known, Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital). Information is presented in columnar form. Volume 1 (1932-1956) and Volume 2 (1956-1962) are arranged alphabetically by patient's name and then in chronological order. Information includes: patient's ward; operation performed; names of surgeon performing operation, assistant surgeon, anesthesist, scrub nurse, and circulating nurse; whether the procedure performed was major or minor. Volume 3 (1956-1962) is arranged chronologically, and in addition to the information provided in the registers, includes: yearly operation number, method of anesthesic, induction, maintenance, time of operation, fluids given to patient, drugs given to patient, and post-operative condition.