Prescription Book - Receiving House Royal Park Hospital for the Insane, circa 1908

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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)

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