Finding Aid for the St. Luke's Hospital Patient Case Reports Biomed.0349

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 

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.