Research

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Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of nightly ward reports of patient activities, conditions, and events observed by Utica State Hospital personnel. Information usually includes census; names of patients present and absent on home visits; notes on medication given; and notes on patients' physical condition and be.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Manhattan State Hospital

 

 

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Abstract:  

The series consists of a relatively small number of medical certificates, petitions, lunacy orders, and other forms containing patient information which document the process used to commit patients for care at the New York City Asylum for the Insane (and its successor, the Manhattan State Hospital)..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of two bound volumes of hospital ledgers documenting the admission, treatment, and discharge of inmates for various ailments. Each entry contains the inmate name, prison number, consecutive number, cell number, age, color, religion, occupation, date received at Clinton, crime, sentence, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Craig Developmental Disabilities Services Office. Client Records Unit

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series includes master microfilm copies of original terminated case files of clients served by the Craig Developmental Disabilities Services Office (CDDSO). The records filmed chronicle all services provided to clients, including administrative, legal, and programmatic. As such they provide clinical .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Staten Island Developmental Center

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of case files of patients who died, discharged, or were transferred to other institutions, from Willowbrook State School. Case files document patients' admission, treatment, therapy, and education. They typically contain admission records; records of visitors and correspondents; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of cards used to track and categorize chronic carriers of typhoid fever, their status, and reasons they received state aid. Information includes carrier's name; address; birth date or age at operation; occupation; and household census, indicating relevant medical history of others .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series of clinical records typically includes patient name; date of commencement of ailment; result (recovered, improved, died); and a narrative of the patient's condition and treatment. One volume pertains only to men and covers a variety of ailments, diagnoses, and treatments. Three volumes contain .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of eight typewritten volumes of patient case histories and diagnoses. The format of a diagnosis typically consists of a family history; personal history; description of onset of symptoms of mental disturbance; abstract of continued notes; notes of interview prior to presentation; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of a heredity analysis of applicants to the Syracuse State School. Most entries include multigenerational data on mental conditions or predisposition to "feeble-mindedness" as well as remarks on individual or family medical history or living conditions. Entries include name, date, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of a Syracuse State School's record of patient surgeries. Typical procedures include appendectomy, suturing, tonsillectomy. Entries include type of operation; date; patient name; surgeon; surgical assistant; anesthetist (sometimes), and nurse. Early listings note patient's sex; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of printed forms compiled by the State Department of Health's Division of Laboratories and Research. The reports confirm the presence of typhoid fever and provide the following data: laboratory number; date; source from which blood was taken; patient's name and address; date the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene

 

 

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Abstract:  

Records in this series include data sheets, coding sheets, abstracts of patient records, and reports. Included are records relating to the Baxstrom patient research study and the pre-Baxstrom research study in the 1970s, which examined individuals transferred from hospitals of the criminally insane .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of clinical case files for clients of Rome Developmental Center and its predecessor institutions. Case files contain documentation of court commitment or voluntary admission; patient mental health history at time of admission; subsequent progress or regress; medical treatment; transfers .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Newark Developmental Center (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This fragmentary series consists of several types of medical records. A register of operations lists detailed information regarding surgical procedures performed at the facility. This register notes that the surgical facility was closed January 1980 and contains a list of nurses and anesthetists who .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of patient case files from the Syracuse Developmental Center and its predecessors. Case files typically contain documentation of court commitment or voluntary admission, patient mental and medical history, progress reports, records of medical treatments, family contacts, transfers .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of patient medical records from Willard State Hospital and from the Sampson State School facility. Information for each record includes patient name; admission and discharge dates; gender; age; civil condition; nativity; occupation; cause and form of insanity and if inherited; cause .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of medical certificates, petitions, lunacy orders, and forms containing patient information documenting the process used to commit people for care at Willard Asylum (later Willard State Hospital). Earliest forms include patient name, admission date, case number, number committed .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York House of Refuge

 

 

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Abstract:  

The dispensary record, tracking the health and medical treatment of inmates, was a source the physician's monthly and annual reports. Included are: inmate number; division; inmate name; admission date; diagnosis/physical condition; treatment; name of doctor (rarely); occasional remarks (such as the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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Abstract:  

Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series consists of data on victims of typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, salmonella, and (after 1950) salmonella carriers. Personal data includes patient's name; address; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of medical and circumstantial evidence collected by State Department of Health epidemiologists to determine the source and type of reported cases of typhoid fever, plus medical information on the course of the illness. Documentation includes a case investigation form detailing vital .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives