Hospital register, 1891-1898.

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Hospital register, 1891-1898.

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This register provides a daily record of prisoners treated at the penitentiary hospital. Information recorded includes the prisoner's name, the disease or injury treated, the treatment administered, and a notation as to whether the prisoner was treated in the hospital or as an outpatient. The most common diseases recorded are consumption, syphillis, and pneumonia.

2 cubic ft. (3 v.)

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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Kentucky State Penitentiary (Eddyville, Ky.)

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A renovation program was undertaken by Warden M. W. Thomas. Improvements were made on cell houses, boiler room, wall towers, administration building, chapel, band room, hospital, and also in the prison's athletic and social facilities. From the description of Castle on the Cumberland (picture album), 1956-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122655300 Located in Lyon County near Eddyville, the Kentucky State Penitentiary is the state's only maximum security faci...

Kentucky Branch Penitentiary (Eddyville, Ky.)

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