Summary

Prescription Book for Receiving House, Royal Park Mental Hospital, 1956-1957. It was used in the pharmacy of Royal Park Mental Hospital and Receiving House for dispensing drugs to patients. This book provides an example of the pharmaceuticals prescribed to patients in mental health hospitals in Victoria, Australia.

Physical Description

Prescription book records patient's name (and when an out-patient, their address). Inculdes doctors names and drugs and doses prescribed. Book has a red half leather binding cover with blue lined paper with red columns. The book dated 1st June '56 - 28th November '57. In the back of the book is a list of firms from whom drugs were purchased.

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