Charity Hospital record books, 1882-1884.

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Charity Hospital record books, 1882-1884.

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Case record books of Charity Hospital list patients' names, ages, places of birth, residences, medical histories, conditions upon admission, clinical histories, treatments, results of treatments, and names of doctors assigned to cases. Doctors listed include D. Jamison, G.H.G. Hart, S.M. Bemiss, J.H. Bemiss, and Joseph Jones.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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