Patient Medical Records (1840-1910)

These medical case histories of patients at the Augusta Mental Health Institute span the years 1840-1910 and are in leather-bound volumes 01-40.

The numbered, paginated volumes that provide personal medical histories for patients from October 1840 until 1910 have a relatively structured, chronological format and often extensive entries. Volumes provide the patient’s name, dates of admission and discharge (by hospital staff), removal (by family),
or death, the patient’s place of birth, marital status, a brief diagnosis, and multiple dated entries by the attending physician that describe the patient’s condition. Page numbers continuing individual patient records are noted at bottom of pages. Many volumes have misnumbered or missing pages. An index of patients is located at the beginning or end of each volume.