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- 1901 (Creation)
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1 volume
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Biographical history
The register appears to have been compiled by an unknown physician at an unnamed hospital, presumably in London as the notebook was purchased from a stationer in Long Acre. The date on the spine is 190[illegible], however a list right at the end of the book is of 'Deaths 1901'.
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GB 0120 GC/115 1901 Collection 1 volume Unknown
The register appears to have been compiled by an unknown physician at an unnamed hospital, presumably in London as the notebook was purchased from a stationer in Long Acre. The date on the spine is 190[illegible], however a list right at the end of the book is of 'Deaths 1901'.
This volume was discovered in an office in the Wellcome Institute Library (now the Wellcome Library), and transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now the Wellcome Library Archives and Manuscripts department) in 1984. Its provenance is not known.
Summary of cases, classified by disease, by an unnamed doctor at an unidentifiable London hospital, 1901. The volume contains very brief tabulated entries of cases treated, arranged by disease and giving number of patient, surname, age and sex, a number which is presumably that of the ward, and a letter or letters indicating outcome: C=cured, D=died, Un=?unknown, Transf=?transferred to another ward or hospital, AOR=?admitted on another register? Entries sometimes include a brief note of other conditions found or discovered to be the problem rather than the presenting trouble. At the end are some summary lists of deaths, patients transferred to other registers and patients sent to the surgeon.
One volume as set out above in Scope and Content.
Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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Wellcome Library online catalogue.
Entry compiled from Wellcome Library online catalogue by Barbara Ball.
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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This volume was discovered in an office in the Wellcome Institute Library (now the Wellcome Library), and transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now the Wellcome Library Archives and Manuscripts department) in 1984. Its provenance is not known.
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Summary of cases, classified by disease, by an unnamed doctor at an unidentifiable London hospital, 1901. The volume contains very brief tabulated entries of cases treated, arranged by disease and giving number of patient, surname, age and sex, a number which is presumably that of the ward, and a letter or letters indicating outcome: C=cured, D=died, Un=?unknown, Transf=?transferred to another ward or hospital, AOR=?admitted on another register? Entries sometimes include a brief note of other conditions found or discovered to be the problem rather than the presenting trouble. At the end are some summary lists of deaths, patients transferred to other registers and patients sent to the surgeon.
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One volume as set out above in Scope and Content.
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Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Wellcome Library online catalogue.
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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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- English