Prescription Book - Kew Lunatic Asylum, circa 1930

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A Place & Date Used Kew, Australia

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Summary:: Pharmacist's prescription book for drugs dispensed to patients at Kew Lunatic Asylum, a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia, from 19 Dec 1908 to 18 July 1951. Gives name of patient, date and contents of prescription. Written in ink.
ON CLOSED ACCESS UNTIL 2026.
Description:: Tall, thin, lined notebook covered in blue oilcloth with brown leather spine. End-papers in maroon, blue and cream in abstract design. Spine worn.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Kew Mental Hospital (Asylum), Office of Psychiatric Services

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	40.00 cm (Height), 6.00 cm (Width), 17.00 cm (Length)

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Tagged with:	log books, mental health, mental health institutions, pharmacy equipment, psychiatric hospitals
Themes this item is part of:	Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection
Primary Classification:	MEDICINE & HEALTH
Secondary Classification:	Mental Health - Nursing
Tertiary Classification:	pharmaceuticals
Inscriptions:	Text: PRESCRIPTION BOOK/KEW LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Place & Date Used:	Kew Mental Hospital (Asylum), Kew, Victoria, Australia, circa 1930
References:	Information in exhibit.

Comments

Elizabeth McMillan Posted on 02 Dec 2009 10:38 PM

My mother's aunt was in the Kew Mental Asylum dying in there in 1936 and my mother never knew what was wrong with her. She used to visit her Aunt Alice Margaret (McCALLUM) with her mother (Alice's sister) and never noted any signs that Alice was unwell. Is there a way to find out what was wrong with Alice or what mediation she was given or why she should have been in there all that time. I hope you can assist me. Regards, Libby

Discovery Centre Posted on 02 Jan 2010 10:30 AM

Hi Elizabeth,

Patient records for Kew Asylum are held by the Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV) - click on the link below to view the PROVGuide 59: Education, Health & Welfare - Mental Health Records. This guide provides information about the types of mental health records held at PROV, and from here you can follow the link to records from Kew Asylum/Hospital for the Insane/Mental/Psychiatric Hospital. Only a selection of records are available to view online, however you can contact PROV directly concerning non-digitised records.
http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide059/PROVguide059.jsp
I hope you find this information useful.