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.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital (Mental Asylum), Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Place & Date Used
Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital (Mental Asylum), Parkville, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956-1957
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Inscriptions
Rx June 1956 - Nov.'57 is written in white ink on spine.
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Classification
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
26.8 cm (Length), 3 cm (Width), 39 cm (Height)
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References
Due to privacy issues the book is on closed access unitl 2032.
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Keywords
Hospitals, Psychiatric Services, Pharmaceuticals, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
