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St. Luke's Hospital Patient Case Reports
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  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: St. Luke's Hospital patient case reports
    Creator: Luke, James, 1799-1881
    Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0349
    Physical Description: 1 unknown (1 volume)
    Date (inclusive): circa 1839-1840
    Language of Material: English .

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    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 7422989 

    Scope and Contents

    Patient case reports for St. Luke's Hospital, in London, from 1839-1840 were completed in manuscript by James Luke on pre-printed forms which were bound as a ledger. The printed headings are: Name -- Age -- Residence -- Occupation -- Married or not -- Habits -- Religion -- When Attack commenced -- 1st Attack or not -- Supposed cause -- Relatives Affected -- Evidences of patient's Insanity -- Dangerous to self or others -- What variation -- Has Patient been under treatment, and how long -- State of Bodily Health -- Admitted -- Discharged -- How. Some patients were discharged as "cured"; some died while in residence; and some cases remained open past the last recorded date of September, 1840. --Antiquarian bookseller's description.