GB 0100 G/S1 - Clinical Reports Society of Guy's Hospital

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GB 0100 G/S1

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Clinical Reports Society of Guy's Hospital

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  • 1836-1874 (Creation)

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168 volumes and 62 folders

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Biographical history

Guy's Society for Clinical Reports was established in 1836 by pupils, with the support of the Treasurer Benjamin Harrison. The Society's aim was 'to preserve and disseminate useful information collected by pupils from the Hospital'. The influence of Thomas Hodgkin appears to have been instrumental in the establishment of the Society.

All students attending the hospital were eligible to be members. The students of the Society were allotted in groups to each Physician and Surgeon to report selected cases. They met once a week in the clincial report room of the hospital to describe the cases of most interest. Reports of each case were to be drawn up in 'a condensed tabular shape according to a formula arranged by the society', and were expected to be in minute detail. The wards were arranged in two divisions, and their reports were given to the Secretary on alternate weeks, the completed cases extracted and the papers returned. A daily list of admissions of the previous day and a journal of cases recording all cases in the hospital were also kept in the report room. In 1846 it was made obligatory for all students to report cases, partly due to the success of the Clinical Report Society.

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GB 0100 G/S1 1836-1874 Collection (fonds) 168 volumes and 62 folders Guy's Society for Clinical Reports
Guy's Society for Clinical Reports was established in 1836 by pupils, with the support of the Treasurer Benjamin Harrison. The Society's aim was 'to preserve and disseminate useful information collected by pupils from the Hospital'. The influence of Thomas Hodgkin appears to have been instrumental in the establishment of the Society.

All students attending the hospital were eligible to be members. The students of the Society were allotted in groups to each Physician and Surgeon to report selected cases. They met once a week in the clincial report room of the hospital to describe the cases of most interest. Reports of each case were to be drawn up in 'a condensed tabular shape according to a formula arranged by the society', and were expected to be in minute detail. The wards were arranged in two divisions, and their reports were given to the Secretary on alternate weeks, the completed cases extracted and the papers returned. A daily list of admissions of the previous day and a journal of cases recording all cases in the hospital were also kept in the report room. In 1846 it was made obligatory for all students to report cases, partly due to the success of the Clinical Report Society.

Transferred from Guy's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Records of Guy's Society for Clinical Reports, 1836-1874, comprising general reports, 1836-1845, comprising annual and half yearly reports of the Society; surgical and clinical registers for various wards of Guy's Hospital, 1837-1848, containing brief details of patients, including name, complaint, treatment and outcome; case reports, 1836-1845, giving detailed reports on patients admitted to Guy's Hospital including the name of the physician or surgeon, and in some volumes arranged by type of complaint, such as injuries/diseases of the nervous system, lungs and appendages, lymphatics, skin or cellular tissue, urino-genital system, fevers and poisoning;

case reports of patients at Guy's Hospital taken by the pupils of surgeons and physicians, 1847-1866, recording details such as name, description of condition, symptoms, treatment and progress, comprising surgical and some clinical case reports of patients of Mr John Hilton and Mr Charles Aston Key, 1851-1866; surgical and some clinical case reports of patients of Mr Bransby Blake Cooper and Mr John Birkett, 1847-1866, including some volumes arranged by ward, such as patients admitted to the Accident Ward, 1853-1866; surgical case reports of patients of Mr Bransby Blake Cooper and Mr Edward Cock, 1850-1851; surgical case reports of patients of Mr Edward Cock, 1848-1866, including some volumes arranged by ward, with indexes of medical conditions; surgical case reports of patients of Mr John Morgan, 1847-1850; surgical case reports of patients of Mr John Frederick France, 1847-1850; surgical case reports of patients of Mr Alfred Poland, 1856-1866, arranged by ward; surgical case reports of Mr Henry Oldham and Mr Thomas Bryant's patients, 1856-1866; surgical case reports of patients of Dr Benjamin Guy Babington admitted to Charity Ward, c1854-1855; surgical case reports of patients of Mr John Cooper Forster, 1857-1861; surgical case reports of operations performed on patients admitted to Guy's Hospital, 1872-1874;

rough case notes of patients of surgeons and physicians at Guy's Hospital, recording details such as name, disease, treatment, diet and outcome, covering patients of Mr John Hilton, [1857-1858]; Mr Edward Cock, [1857-1858]; Mr John Cooper Forster, [1857-1861]; Mr Alfred Poland, [1857-1858]; Mr John Frederick France, 1857-[1858]; Mr Thomas Bryant, 1857-[1858]; Mr John Birkett, [1857-1860]; Dr William Withey Gull, [1857-1858]; Dr William Withey Gull and Dr Frederick William Pavy, 1865-1866; Dr Henry Marshall Hughes, [1857-1858]; Dr Samuel Osborne Habershon, [1857-1858]; Dr Thomas Addison, [1857-1858]; Dr George Hilaro Barlow, [1857-1858]; Dr Samuel Wilks, 1857-1858; volumes of rough case notes of surgical cases at Guy's Hospital, 1870-1871.

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
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Detailed catalogues are available in the reading room of the College Archives.

Sources: Mr Guy's Hospital 1726-1948 H C Cameron (Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1954); Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. April 2002; November 2002 Addison , Thomas , 1793-1860 , physician Babington , Benjamin Guy , 1794-1866 , physician Barlow , George Hilaro , d 1866 , physician Birkett , John , 1815-1904 , surgeon Bryant , Thomas , 1828-1914 , surgeon Cock , Edward , d 1892 , surgeon Cooper , Bransby Blake , 1792-1853 , surgeon Diseases Diseases of body regions Documents England Europe Forster , John Cooper , 1823-1886 , surgeon France , John Frederick , fl 1848-1861 , opthalmologist Gull , Sir , William Withey , 1816-1890 , Baronet , physician Guy's Hospital , London Guy's Hospital Medical School Guy's Society for Clinical Reports Habershon , Samuel Osborne , d 1889 , physician Health services Higher science education Hilton , John , 1804-1878 , surgeon Hospitals Hughes , Henry Marshall , 1805-1858 , physician Information sources Injuries Key , Charles Aston , 1793-1849 , surgeon London Lung diseases Medical education Medical institutions Medical personnel Medical profession Medical records Medical sciences Medical students Morgan , John , 1797-1848 , surgeon Nervous system diseases Oldham , Henry , 1815-1902 , surgeon Pathology Patients Pavy , Frederick William , 1829-1911 , physician Personnel Physicians Poisoning Poland , Alfred , d 1872 , surgeon Respiratory tract diseases Skin and connective tissue diseases Skin diseases Social sciences Social welfare Southwark Students Surgeons Surgery Toxicology UK Western Europe Wilks , Sir , Samuel , 1824-1911 , Baronet , physician People by occupation People Primary documents

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Transferred from Guy's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

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Records of Guy's Society for Clinical Reports, 1836-1874, comprising general reports, 1836-1845, comprising annual and half yearly reports of the Society; surgical and clinical registers for various wards of Guy's Hospital, 1837-1848, containing brief details of patients, including name, complaint, treatment and outcome; case reports, 1836-1845, giving detailed reports on patients admitted to Guy's Hospital including the name of the physician or surgeon, and in some volumes arranged by type of complaint, such as injuries/diseases of the nervous system, lungs and appendages, lymphatics, skin or cellular tissue, urino-genital system, fevers and poisoning;

case reports of patients at Guy's Hospital taken by the pupils of surgeons and physicians, 1847-1866, recording details such as name, description of condition, symptoms, treatment and progress, comprising surgical and some clinical case reports of patients of Mr John Hilton and Mr Charles Aston Key, 1851-1866; surgical and some clinical case reports of patients of Mr Bransby Blake Cooper and Mr John Birkett, 1847-1866, including some volumes arranged by ward, such as patients admitted to the Accident Ward, 1853-1866; surgical case reports of patients of Mr Bransby Blake Cooper and Mr Edward Cock, 1850-1851; surgical case reports of patients of Mr Edward Cock, 1848-1866, including some volumes arranged by ward, with indexes of medical conditions; surgical case reports of patients of Mr John Morgan, 1847-1850; surgical case reports of patients of Mr John Frederick France, 1847-1850; surgical case reports of patients of Mr Alfred Poland, 1856-1866, arranged by ward; surgical case reports of Mr Henry Oldham and Mr Thomas Bryant's patients, 1856-1866; surgical case reports of patients of Dr Benjamin Guy Babington admitted to Charity Ward, c1854-1855; surgical case reports of patients of Mr John Cooper Forster, 1857-1861; surgical case reports of operations performed on patients admitted to Guy's Hospital, 1872-1874;

rough case notes of patients of surgeons and physicians at Guy's Hospital, recording details such as name, disease, treatment, diet and outcome, covering patients of Mr John Hilton, [1857-1858]; Mr Edward Cock, [1857-1858]; Mr John Cooper Forster, [1857-1861]; Mr Alfred Poland, [1857-1858]; Mr John Frederick France, 1857-[1858]; Mr Thomas Bryant, 1857-[1858]; Mr John Birkett, [1857-1860]; Dr William Withey Gull, [1857-1858]; Dr William Withey Gull and Dr Frederick William Pavy, 1865-1866; Dr Henry Marshall Hughes, [1857-1858]; Dr Samuel Osborne Habershon, [1857-1858]; Dr Thomas Addison, [1857-1858]; Dr George Hilaro Barlow, [1857-1858]; Dr Samuel Wilks, 1857-1858; volumes of rough case notes of surgical cases at Guy's Hospital, 1870-1871.

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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Detailed catalogues are available in the reading room of the College Archives.

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

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