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This series includes original casebooks from the Pediatric and Neurology Services. Burrill Crohn, MD made many of the entries in the Neurology volume. He was a member of the House Staff during this period. The service was run by Bernard Sachs, MD. Henry Koplik, MD was the Chief of the Pediatrics Department in 1910.

The Children's Division volume includes conditions such as bronchitis, entero-colitis, diptheria, gastroenteritis, pneumonia, influenza, measles, meningitis, idiocy, congenital syphilis, typhoid, marasmus, poliomyelitis, chronic diffuse nephritis, and many others.

This series consists of three original casebooks. The casebooks describe medical and relevant personal histories of patients admitted to Woman’s Hospital between 1855 and 1871 (see note on dates below). The entries detail the treatments carried out by Dr. J. Marion Sims (prior to his leaving the U.S. for Europe in 1861), Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, and other Woman’s Hospital physicians. Entries include original hand-drawn sketches of some of the surgical sites (in color and in black and white inks).

Date spans of each volume are determined by admission date. The Sims/Emmet volume (#2) entries are not in date order, but skip around widely. Woman’s Hospital officially opened in 1855, however the “General” volume (#3) record patients admitted in 1854 under the rubric of ‘Woman’s Hospital.” The reason for this discrepancy not conclusively known, but may be related to earlier treatments given in Sims’ private practice and recorded after the fact. The volume’s dates seem to stay within the year, but jump around by month. This may be due to the habit of adding cases into the log after the patient was discharged.

The titles given to the casebooks (e.g.: “Sims, 1855-1861,” “Sims-Emmet, 1859-1868” etc.) do not come from the casebooks themselves, but it is assumed that they were created by the archivist who first listed the casebooks in a finding aid. The actual writer of casebook entries is unknown, but in his autobiography, Emmet indicates he is the writer (Incidents of my Life, pp 166-167).

This series includes original casebooks, also called 'patient registers,' from the years 1871-1873; 1874-1875; 1885; 3 volumes for 1887; a register for Gynecology from 1874-1879; for the women's ward from 1880-1884; for surgical (possibly abdominal cases) from 1890; an abdominal and genito-urinary surgery casebook from 1893 and a Medical Division's children's services register from 1899. An addition of 46 (approximately 60 total) casebooks added many surgical service casebooks to the collection and expanded the dates covered to the early 20th century. An accession register from the Department of Pathology, is dated between 1943 and 1945.

These are the first two casebooks of the Jews' Hospital in New York, which became The Mount Sinai Hospital in 1872. The entries begin with case #1, who was admitted on June 8, 1855. The case reports were initially written up after the case was closed.

This series includes 58 original St. Luke's Hospital patient casebooks, also called 'patient registers,' from 1858 to 1915. They include both medical and surgical casebooks and a children's services register from 1907.

This is a small collection. Of particular significance are the two patient registers, or casebooks, of the Infirmary which report on the condition of the patients cared for there by the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion. The last page of the second volume refers to the transition to the new St. Luke’s Hospital in 1858. The collection also includes several historical sketches of the church, a program from the 90th anniversary service, a short biography of Anne Ayres, the first Sister, is included as well as a portrait of her, and pictures of the church building. (Note that these have been moved to the Archives Photograph Collection.) A Founders’ Day sermon from 1927 and a charming Christmas card from a Miss Roberts and Sister Anne are also found in the collection.

This series consists of patient casebooks between 1871-1908 and 1943-1945, financial ledgers (1864-1937) and other bound volumes including a log of workers listing their job titles, area of work and salaries (1890-1897); the Board of Trustee's Visiting Committee log between 1873-1937, and the House Staff leave of absence log between 1901-1938.

The documents comprising the records of the Woman’s Hospital in the State of New York include annual reports, committee reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, photographs, reprints and written works prepared by the medical staff, 19th century patient casebooks, the manuscript of the first gynecological text book in the U.S., notebooks recording expectant fathers’ thoughts, original gynecological illustrations for text books, and medical instruments. Although most of the material deals with the administrative aspects of the hospital, documentation of the medical staffs’ accomplishments is also provided.

Bound volumes of annual reports, which include reports from the Woman’s Hospital Association, Board of Governors, Board of Supervisors and the Medical Department, form the most complete series among these records, though the collection lacks the first 22 volumes of reports, and only starts at Volume 23, 1877-1878. The reports provide a description of the hospital’s organizational structure and its constitution and by-laws. Additionally, each offers an overview of the major events and accomplishments for that year: statistical data, such as the number of patients admitted and treated, financial information concerning the budget, and donations and their donors. Several of the reports include the text of speeches given at the annual combined meetings of the Boards and biographical sketches of hospital physicians. (Note: Earlier copies of Woman’s Hospital annual reports are found at the New York Historical Society.)

Also included in the annual reports are monthly and quarterly reports submitted to the Board of Governors by the Boards and their committees. Their dates and numbers imply that several are missing. These reports include statistical information, e.g., number of patients being treated, financial data, and descriptions of the hospital’s physical condition. Although incomplete, the medical reports provide statistical and narrative reports of the pathologist and other physicians.

Minutes of meetings constitute a significant portion of this collection. They record the proceedings of the various Boards and their respective committees. The discussions reveal the hierarchy in the Woman’s Hospital organizational structure. There are gaps in the reports, however.

Some correspondence addressed to the Board of Governors has been filed with the Board’s records. Several of the letters refer to appointments of physicians and other personnel, while the remainder are general in nature.

The casebooks span dates between 1855 and 1871 and include patient information from J. Marion Sims, MD and Thomas Addis Emmet, MD. The text includes original, hand drawn pencil sketches of some of the cases, sometimes in color. The original casebooks are fragile and have been digitally scanned for researcher use.

The records of the Woman’s Hospital in the State of New York shed light on the history of the Hospital from an organizational and medical perspective. The evolution of the hospital is highlighted by the wide time span covered by the materials. References to other hospitals and certain epidemics supply information about general health conditions in New York City during this time period.

The records of St. Luke’s Hospital Center (1857-1979) includes the records of the earlier years of St. Luke’s Hospital (1857-1952), prior to merging with Woman’s Hospital (1953); the addition of the word “Center” to the name in 1965 is to indicate the multiple institutions involved. The collection is stronger in the administrative records; the clinical records contain within are sparse and incomplete. Some of what is here are restricted under HIPPA laws because they contain personal information on patients.

The materials include meeting minutes and reports of the Board of Managers and Medical Board and their executive committees as well as some alumni groups; correspondence; committee, death logs; patient casebooks; photographs; videos; legal briefs, opinions, real estate documents and patents; by-laws, acts, and constitution of the hospitals; dietary and formulary lists; superintendent’s statistics logs; pastor’s records; some departmental records; patient and medical library records; event programs; house staff skit scripts; St. Johnland documents; medical and surgical reports; military records; various publications, both historical and commercial; newsletters; reprints of doctors’ articles; artifacts, both medical, military, and historical and ephemera.

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