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UCLA Catalog Record ID
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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
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.