title: Observations on Continental hospitals and practice as described by the English surgeon James Fitzjames Fraser West (1833-1883).
abstract: During his travels to Continental Europe, the Birmingham surgeon James Fitzjames Fraser West (1833-1883) observed innovative procedures and sound hospital practice. He also witnessed things that dismayed and sometimes disgusted him. West was renowned for recording these experiences in his diaries and sharing them with colleagues in medical society meetings and published reports. This paper provides an insight into some of these observations.
authors.forename: Geraldine M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom