SZ/OEMU/62/12/4 - [Letter, Robin Pilcher to , 16/7/40]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/62/12/4

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Robin Pilcher to , 16/7/40]

Date/s

1940

Quantity & Format

Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Wilson, Hugh C.

Creator

Pilcher, Robin Sturtevant,

Scope and content

Refers to a letter in the British Medical Journal published by Mr Hugh C. Wilson. Pilcher feels the letter plays down the dangers of splinter wounds. He explains the infections and damage to tissues which may occur, and is of the opinion that all splinter wounds should be treated as serious. "The suggestion that bomb-splinter wounds may be sterilized by the heat of the splinter, if accepted, is likely to lead to neglect of debridement".

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/62 - [OEMU. Reprints collection]
    - SZ/OEMU/62/12 - [Reprints: bomb splinter wounds]
      - SZ/OEMU/62/12/4 - [Letter, Robin Pilcher to , 16/7/40]

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