As of 06/18/2015

2089 Tuberculosis Sanatorium Operating Room Records. 1954-1973
Health Institutions. Mississippi State Tuberculosis Sanatorium

      Bound volumes containing the operating room records for general and thoracic surgery performed at the Mississippi State Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Each operation is documented somewhat differently depending on the volume. The later volumes typically contain the following information for each operation: name of patient, surgeon, assistants, anesthetist, surgical nurse, date and type of operation, anesthetic used, preoperative and postoperative diagnoses, surgical findings, complications (if any), sponge count, and drainage. Earlier record books are not quite as detailed, but do often contain monthly summaries of the types of operations performed. One unique item in the series is a bound ledger which contains statistics on the number and types of operations performed at the sanatorium from June, 1937 to July, 1953. Unlike all of the other volumes in the series, this item does not contain any patients' names.

LIMITED ACCESS NOTE

Due to the inclusion of privacy-sensitive information, many of the records in this series are currently restricted. Upon request, certain information from the restricted records may be available; please consult a Government Records Archivist for more information.

Records open to the public:

Summary of operations performed: 1937 (June) - 1953 (July)09729
General surgery: 1957 (Jan. 1) - 1965 (Nov. 30)09729
Thoracic surgery: 1954 (Apr. 1) - 1956 (Oct. 30)09725
Thoracic surgery: 1956 (Nov. 1) - 1959 (Feb. 28)09725
Thoracic surgery: 1959 (Mar. 2) - 1960 (Dec. 31)09725
Thoracic surgery: 1961 (Jan. 3) - 1962 (Feb. 24)09726
Thoracic surgery: 1962 (Mar. 2) - 1963 (Mar. 30)09726
Thoracic surgery: 1963 (Apr. 1) - 1964 (Feb. 2)09726
Thoracic surgery: 1964 (Mar. 3) - 1965 (Mar. 30)09727
Thoracic surgery: 1965 (Apr. 1) - 1966 (July 29)09727
Thoracic surgery: 1966 (Aug. 1) - 1967 (Nov. 30)09727
Thoracic surgery: 1967 (Dec. 1) - 1969 (Apr. 27)09728
Thoracic surgery: 1969 (May 1) - 1970 (Aug. 31)09728
Thoracic surgery: 1970 (Sep. 1) - 1971 (Nov. 30)09728
Thoracic surgery: 1971 (Dec. 7) - 1973 (Dec. 31)09729

Restricted records:

Operations: 1936 (Sept. 2) - 1939 (Dec. 11)02143
General Surgery & Dressings: 1938 (July 1) - 1952 (Nov. 23)02143
Operations: 1939 (Dec. 13) - 1943 (Oct. 27)32550
[Operations]: 1945 (Nov. 15) - 1947 (June 25)02143
General Surgery & Dressings: 1952 (Nov. 24) - 1957 (Jan. 28)32550
Anesthesia tickets/records of operations: 1954 (Oct. 18) - 1968 (Oct. 29)02145