Key Information
Reference code
KH/CN/1/1
Title
Case notes, 1840, of patients under the care of Robert Bentley Todd, Physician, King's College Hospital
Date(s)
- 1840 Apr - Nov (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Manuscript volume of case notes of patients under the care of Robert Bentley Todd, Professor of Physiology, King's College London, and Physician, King's College Hospital, comprising notes on the first patients to be admitted to King's College London, Portugal Street, covering a wide range of conditions, notably gout, bronchitis, pneumonia and pulmonary phthisis (tuberculosis), chorea, hemiplegia and paralysis, a case of opium poisoning, scurvy, psoriasis, typhus, and two cases of Bright's disease of the kidney. Patient descriptions usually include name, age, place of origin and current abode, occupation, and health history. Indexed in case order with names of patients, reason for referral, and remarks. 1 volume. Fragile