Summary

Information Booklets and documents in Beige Folder. The booklets provide information specifically about the Paediatric and General Adult Medical History Questions as well as information about a key component of the SMI system, namely the Medical History Taker (Museum Victoria does not have this item).

Physical Description

Beige Folder containing two information books (coloured light green and yellow) in one pocket and five reference documents in another pocket. A patient identity card is sellotaped to the front cover (this is mentioned in the booklet). The card has five slots punched into it. The folder itself has text and photographs printed on it.

More Information

  • Collecting Areas

    Information & Communication, Medicine & Health

  • Acquisition Information

    Donation from Mr Barry Aarons, 2012

  • Manufacturer of Component

    Searle Medidata Inc, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America, 1965-1975
    The computer was manufactured by DEC and Searle Medidata manufactured the scanner and developed and supplied the software.

  • User

    Shepherd Foundation, Bowen Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1971-1987

  • Inscriptions

    Front cover: Barry S. Aarons(handwritten) / Searle Nucleonics(handwritten) / Searle Medidata, Inc. / A Subsidiary of G. D. SEARLE & CO. Card on front cover: 2524-Th-O / SMI / MULTITEST SYSTEM Front cover of light green booklet: Searle Medidata, Inc. / A Subsidiary of G. D. SEARLE & CO. / Complete listing of / PEDIATRIC / MEDICAL HISTORY QUESTIONS / used in / The SMI Profile 320 / Medical History Taker Inside cover of light green booklet: (text and image) / Copyright, 1970, / (text) Front cover of yellow booklet: Searle Medidata, Inc. / A Subsidiary of G. D. SEARLE & CO. / Complete listing of /GENERAL ADULT MEDICAL HISTORY QUESTIONS / used in / The SMI Profile 320 / Medical History Taker Inside cover of yellow booklet: (text and image) / Copyright, 1970, / (text) Details of reference documents: (X 2) computers and automation / RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN AUTOMATING THE MEDICAL HISTORY, Herbert A. Haessler, 1969 The Delivery of Medical Care / Sidney H Garfield / Scientific American / 1970 HEALTH POLICY DIRECTIONS FOR THE 1970'S / William I. Kissick / 1970 Automated Multiphasic Health Testing / ANNA C. GELMAN / 1970

  • Classification

    Computing & calculating, Digital computing, Reference materials

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    Technology

  • Type of item

    Document

  • Overall Dimensions

    215 mm (Length), 280 mm (Width), 4 mm (Depth)
    Thickness is less than 1 mm.

  • Keywords

    Computers, Medical Diagnostic Tests, Medical Examinations, Healthcare & Medicine