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St. James's Hospital Archives

XxMCRxBabyxX · 2010-10-18 21:49:23

Hi, Just wondering if anyone would be able to help me. I have to write an essay for my History of Medicine elective and we have been advised to use primary documents to bring our word count down. I then happened to have a hospital appointment today and while talking about the module my doctor mentioned that there were high…

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Hi,

Just wondering if anyone would be able to help me. I have to write an essay for my History of Medicine elective and we have been advised to use primary documents to bring our word count down. I then happened to have a hospital appointment today and while talking about the module my doctor mentioned that there were high mortality rates for children in the 19th/early 20th century (I think!) due to malnutrition. I am interested in looking at this further for my essay but I have no clue where I would be able to find records for this, would anyone have any idea as to where I could go for these? I didn't think of asking my doctor at the time!

Sorry for the novel but I wanted to give an idea of what I needed and what for! . Basically where could I find early records or general patient details for St. James's Hospital in the 19th/early 20th century.

Thanks,
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#2 19-10-2010 1:22am

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Eh -you would ask them.

I did a thread on Monto here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055971902

You might also check the Royal College of Surgeons and Oscar Wilde's father & half brother were involved in public health stats.

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#3 19-10-2010 1:31am

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CDfm wrote: »

Eh -you would ask them.

I did a thread on Monto here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055971902

You might also check the Royal College of Surgeons and Oscar Wilde's father & half brother were involved in public health stats.

But would they have the archives from that long ago? I would have thought they would be moved somewhere else?

Did a quick word search on that thread, couldn't find anything re James's

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XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

But would they have the archives from that long ago? I would have thought they would be moved somewhere else?

Did a quick word search on that thread, couldn't find anything re James's

I dont know if it mentioned St James's but it certainly mentioned Prunty's book on the slums of Dublin so visit your library.

Dublin Slums, 1800-1925: A Study in Urban Geography, by Jacinta Prunty; pp. xvii + 366. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1998, [pounds sterling]22.50.

I do not know if this link is of use Royal Academy of Medicine who also have a Public Health section.

http://www.rami.ie/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabID=334&alias=Rami

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#5 19-10-2010 2:14am

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CDfm wrote: »

I dont know if it mentioned St James's but it certainly mentioned Prunty's book on the slums of Dublin so visit your library.

I do not know if this link is of use Royal Academy of Medicine who also have a Public Health section.

http://www.rami.ie/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabID=334&alias=Rami

I'm only looking for a document or two to base my essay on but thanks and I'll have a look into it at a more sociable time of the day!

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XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I'm only looking for a document or two to base my essay on but thanks and I'll have a look into it at a more sociable time of the day!

I suppose reading a book is out of the question then

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#7 19-10-2010 2:21am

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CDfm wrote: »

I suppose reading a book is out of the question then

that's not what I meant! :P

I meant that I wasn't looking for too many sources or materials! i will of course have to read around and research! :P

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XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

that's not what I meant! :P

I meant that I wasn't looking for too many sources or materials! i will of course have to read around and research! :P

I knew I had seen something and here is a link

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/68/5/664

William Wilde also published a book the Epidemics of Ireland

A seminar was held on him during the Summer

http://www.ria.ie/news-%281%29/william-wilde-seminar-and-public-lecture.aspx

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1033529/

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#9 28-10-2010 5:52pm

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CDfm wrote: »

I knew I had seen something and here is a link

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/68/5/664

William Wilde also published a book the Epidemics of Ireland

A seminar was held on him during the Summer

http://www.ria.ie/news-%281%29/william-wilde-seminar-and-public-lecture.aspx

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1033529/

Thanks a mill for those! Hopefully they should help!

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#10 28-10-2010 10:33pm

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You might also check this out - Sir Charles Cameron chief medical officer of Dublin for 32 years.

http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/cameron/cameron8.htm

It helps if you like history and build on your sources

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