RefNoHF/2/1/2/5/2
Previous numbers98HF.306.5.2
LevelItem
TitleLeonard Colebrook, Burns Unit, Birmingham Accident Hospital to M Ethel Florey, Botleys Park War Hospital, Chertsey
Date20 July 1944
DescriptionWill try to see Lady Florey in August - understands Lady Florey's difficulty in getting biochemical work done - pleased she is to work with Jeffrey - in gas gangrene cases need: frequent estimation of degree of acidosis and correlation of clinical events with correction of acidosis; corroboration of Wright's finding that blood of patients with acidosis grows clostridia more freely than normal blood; estimation of acidity or alkalinity of necrotic muscle and wound exudate - has plenty of penicillin which seems to be doing well.
Extent2pp
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