From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Medical consultation letter regarding a bone graft operation for Mr. Pattinson.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\4\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 14th January 1938 | |
| C O P Y. TWELVE WIMPOLE STREET, W.1. January 14 1938. Dear Dr Shearwood, I saw Mr. Pattinson yesterday. There is not the slightest hope of getting bony union now. I have therefore advised him to have a further operation, which means that the ununited ends of the humerus will have to be freshened up and fixed by means of a bone graft. The soft tissues have improved out of all recognition since he has had his metallic foreign bodies removed and since you started light treatment, but I do not think that any useful purpose would be served by delaying matters any longer. Will you tell Rolls-Royce that the chances of success in getting immediate union with a bone graft are between 80% and 90%. Should the operation fail from various reasons such as non-union of the bone graft or sepsis there is no reason why it should not be repeated again at a later date. The total cost will probably be in the region of one hundred and twenty guineas depending on the length of his stay in hospital and would include my fee, the anaesthetist's fees and the Assistants, X-Ray examination and private ward and theatre fees. He will probably have to remain in hospital for a month. Pattinson himself seems to be anxious to have something done in the near future but is suffering from a heavy cold and cough at the moment. Yours etc. F.M. Pratt. | ||