Research

Scope and Content Note

These memoranda cover a variety of topics related to administrative duties and oversight. Subjects include personnel and patient issues, escapes, food, facilities, housing, equipment, recreation, treatment policies and procedures, and patient care. General announcements and bulletins are included as well as memoranda addressed to specific staff members or groups.

Also included are some notes taken from medical journals regarding research on the treatment and causes of epilepsy. A few lists of patients who have had relatives with epilepsy, patients who have committed suicide, and patients whose autopsies have revealed brain tumors are also included.