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Ref NoDEP/EGL/1
Acc No2013/129
TitleCases of the patients of the Edinburgh General Lying-In Hospital, volume 1
Date14 Nov 1793 - 22 Mar 1794
TermObstetrics and gynaecology
Menstruation
Description Of ItemThe volume starts with preliminary observations on the diet of patients followed by the case notes. Each case note gives the patient's name, date of admission, age, last appearance of cata [catamenia], general appearance of the patient, commencement of labour (date), rupture of the membranes (time), presentation of the child and progress of labour, observations, number of children, sex of children, weight, length, general appearance, journal of after treatment and event (when dismissed) with name of the person in attendance. For more complicated cases extra paper has been attached under observations. Index at rear by date of delivery and species of labour. The volume was signed on the title page by Dr James Hamilton junior. This volume has the same title page format as HJA/1/1-4.
Extent1 volume
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