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).
The medical status and prognosis of an individual named Pattinson following an accident in November 1935.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\4\ scan0093 | |
| Date | 27th November 1937 | |
| 1002 D/L. from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/R.27.11.37. Re: Accident to Pattinson - Nov,1935. We visited Pattinson last week. Apart from his arm he is in good health. We understand from Dr. Laurie that the treatment to which his arm is at present being subjected shows definite signs of stimulating the bone growth and Dr. Laurie is hopeful that eventually the fracture may knit. There seems to be no possibility of specifying the time interval which is likely to elapse before the arm will have completely recovered, we understand that similar cases have been known to take five years. Though it is two years ago since the accident happened, it is only twelve months since the last operation. We have written to Dr. Laurie for a report, and will let you have this when it comes to hand. It would appear that Pattinson has got to face at least two to three years of partial inactivity before the bone in his arm knits, and even then this may never happen; if it does not happen, he loses his arm. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||