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Prescription Book - Receiving House Royal Park Hospital for the Insane, circa 1908
Reg. No: SH 850091
- Summary:
- Pharmacist's prescription book for drugs dispensed to patients at the Royal Park Receiving House from October 22nd 1907 to June 1908. Separate pages kept for males and females. Entries in pencil. Gives name of patient, date and contents of prescription. Used for recording prescriptions dispensed to patients at the Receiving House Royal Park Hospital for the Insane, Victoria, Australia
- Description:
- Small, lined notebook with black oilcloth cover, worn on spine.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital (Mental Asylum), Office of Psychiatric Services
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 18.50 cm (Height), 1.00 cm (Width), 12.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | log books, mental health, mental health institutions, pharmacy equipment, psychiatric hospitals, public parks |
| 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: | Receiving House/Drugs dispensed to patients from/Oct 22nd 1907 is written in ink (faded to brown) inside front cover. |
| Date Made: | circa 1908 |
| Place & Date Used: | Receiving House, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 1907 |
| References: | information in exhibit |
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