ST. PETER STATE HOSPITAL:

An Inventory of Its Prescription Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: St. Peter State Hospital.
Title:Prescription Records.
Dates:1890-1895.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Prescription records (1890-1895), maintained in separate series for male and female patients and entered chronologically by date of first prescription for each individual. Also prescription records (1891-1893) for the south side (women's wards), arranged by prescription number.
Quantity:1.65 cubic feet (2 boxes and 1 partial box).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. St. Peter State Hospital. Prescription Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 200

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001704457


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapsePRESCRIPTION RECORD, 1890-1895

Separate volumes for men and women containing a record of the prescriptions ordered for various patients.


The data is entered in chronological order by date of first prescription for the particular patient. There is one name per page; subsequent entries at the end of the volume may extend several months past August 1895, which is the date of the first entry for the last name in the volume.


Location
112.H.17.7B-1Women, August 1890-August 1895. 2 volumes.
The March 1893-August 1895 volume contains an index.
Location
112.H.17.7B-2Men, August 1980 -August 1895. 2 volumes.

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Expand/CollapsePRESCRIPTION RECORD, SOUTH SIDE, 1891-1893

Record of patients’ names and prescriptions. The South Side housed the women’s wards.


Arranged in prescription number order.


Location
109.H.15.4FNos. 2159-5747, May 26, 1891-April 1892. 3 folders.
Nos. 8395-9180, October 13, 1892-January 1893. 1 folder.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Medicine -- Minnesota -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Medicine -- Minnesota.
Mentally ill -- Minnesota.
People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota -- Registers.
State hospitals -- Minnesota.
Places:
Saint Peter (Minn.)
Document Types:
Medical records -- Minnesota.
Registers (Lists)

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