Case Notes
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Notes = Created specifically for Dott project in order to reflect nature of loose case notes correctly and facilitate searching by genre form across the LHSA EAD catalogue. Closest terms in thesauri were inadequate. Will be marked in EAD by attribte @source=\"LHSA\",Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Folder based case notes
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Manuscript notebook of Dr Thomas Charles Hope recording medical case histories
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1704
Identifier: Coll-2024
Content Description
Manuscript notebook of Dr Thomas Charles Hope recording medical case histories. The constellation of Dr Hope, Dr Duncan, and Dr Rutherford together with the mention of patients being admitted "into the Infirmary" lead to the ascription of this being notes from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The Dr Duncan mentioned several times in the text is presumably Andrew Duncan (1773-1832), who founded the hospital.
Dates:
ca 1796