Patient records
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
H. Lenox Hodge casebooks
Collection
Identifier: 10b 57
Scope and Contents
Five volumes of collected notebooks (35 p. each), filled in by hand and dated 1876-1880. Bound in are details of cases, patients’ and physicians’ letters, prescriptions, etc. Each printed notebook is designed specifically for Hodge’s patients
having ovarian tumors or abdominal enlargements, bears the imprint Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1875, and includes detailed sections for notes on the patient’s general condition, history, examination, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, progress,...
Dates:
1876 - 1880
Henry Hartshorne papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/030
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection of Henry Hartshorne's papers documents
his professional life and activities, concentrating on texts
of his lecture courses to students and manuscripts of his published
and unpublished writings.Series 1 consists of sketchy records of Hartshorne's private medical
practice which began in 1848. The series contains a journal
with a chronological account of his patients from the opening
of the office until 20 October 1848. The journal includes...
Dates:
1836 - 1897
Hermann B. Anderson ledgers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 2/282
Scope and Contents
The collection contains three ledgers, 1888-1902, documenting the Hanover County medical practice of Hermann B. Anderson. The ledgers list patients, reason for visit, and settlement of account. An index to account names is included in each volume. Two of the ledgers contain farm accounts for the years 1889-1890 and 1897-1901, and one contains a separate section for "Negro accounts", 1895.
Dates:
1888 - 1902
Howard Mellor patient records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/052
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Howard Mellor's ophthalmological patient records, 1894-1906, gives a detailed understanding not only of his private practice in Philadelphia but also of ophthalmological practices, procedures, and prescriptions current at this time. The two volumes of patient records are arranged by number (assigned chronologically as admitted) and include each patient's name, age, address, ailment or complaint, and Mellor's detailed notes on the progress of the case. Each volume...
Dates:
1894 - 1921
Israel Parsons daybooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/298
Scope and Contents
The collection contains eight daybooks, 1855-1894, and
one ledger, 1872-1904, documenting the medical practice of Israel
Parsons in Marcellus, New York, and surrounding Onondaga County.
The daybooks list patients, services or prescriptions, and
amount charged; occasional descriptions of cases are included.
The final three volumes in the series have occasional marginal
notes in shorthand. The ledger, organized by name of patient
with references to pages in the corresponding daybooks,...
Dates:
1855 - 1904
John A. Hyde daybooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2/222
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two daybooks, 1835 Feb. 1-1839 Aug.
25, and 1839 Aug. 26-1845 Dec. 31, describing the medical practice
of John A. Hyde in Freeport, Maine. The daybook entries are
chronological and provide the patient's name, a brief description
of the medical treatment, and the charge involved; for a birth,
the sex of the child is also provided. At the end of the entries
for each year, Hyde lists his annual earnings and the number
of births for that year. Receipts,...
Dates:
1824 - 1846; Majority of material found within 1835 - 1845
John T. Carter prescription book
Collection
Identifier: 10a 508
Scope and Contents
One volume (39 p. + 2 loose leaves) of narcotics prescriptions dated 10 March 1920 to 1 July 1933. Each entry contains date, name, narcotic and dosage. Loose leaves are 2 prescriptions for specific patients.
Dates:
1920 - 1933
Jones Family Papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 438
Abstract
The Jones Family Papers, spanning from 1881 to 1968, documents parts of the family practice and life as a family where the patriarch is a country doctor. The collection contains 45 rpm records, photographs, correspondence, financial records in the form of patient cards and ledgers, notebooks, patient records and personal records.The Jones Family Papers focus on several of country doctors from West Virginia. William Notly Jones is the first doctor of the family, but is not well...
Dates:
1881-1968
Margaret Castex Sturgis papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/020
Scope and Contents
This small collection of papers of Margaret Castex Sturgis touches
on many aspects of her medical career and interests during her
time in the Philadelphia area. The collection is particularly
strong in the areas of gynecology and cervical cancer research.The collection is divided into six small series. Series 1 concerns
Sturgis' teaching career while at Woman's Medical College.
The bulk of this series is the text of a complete course of
twelve lectures on gynecology from...
Dates:
1927 - 1946
Myles Synnott papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/011
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Myles Synnott's diploma from
Jefferson Medical College, 1831, and financial records, 1834-1866,
from his Glassboro practice. These financial records consist
of a daybook, 1854-1861, with a chronological listing of patients
and a summary of the transaction, and four ledgers, numbered
B through E, 18341866. The ledgers are organized by name of
patient with the date and reason for transaction. Each volume
contains an index to the patients' names. There are...
Dates:
1831 - 1870
