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Mental health

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Emotional health; Mental hygiene; Mental physiology and hygiene; Mental hygiene; Mental physiology and hygiene

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Lincoln Lunatic Asylum, 1850s

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 320
Identifier: MSS034.02.320
Scope and Contents

The document assembles views and opinions obtained from reports to the weekly and quarterly boards of the Lincoln Lunatic Asylum. The views and opinions concern the appropriate treatment of certain conditions. The document consists of four pages.

Dates: 1850s

Lincoln Lunatic Asylum admittance form, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 184
Identifier: MSS034.02.184
Scope and Contents

The template document the reception on a pauper patient and requests that the patient be admitted into the Lincoln Lunatic Asylum. The template asks includes questions concerning the patient such as sex and age, marital status, and whether they have other serious ailments.

Dates: 1849

Lincoln Lunatic Asylum plan, 1823

 Item — Box 01: Series MSS034.01 [Barcode: 35138007827576], Object: 26
Identifier: MSS034.01.26
Scope and Contents

An illustration titled the "Lincoln Lunatic Asylum, Copy of a Plan" by J. S. Padley. The plan provides the original 1822 version and a later version which includes alterations made to the original. Available to subscribers in 1823.

Dates: 1823

Medical Certificate form, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 183
Identifier: MSS034.02.183
Scope and Contents

The document is a template for a medical certificate. The certificate names the patient and the doctor, as well as the date of examination.

Dates: 1849

Patient interview questions, 1850s

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 319
Identifier: MSS034.02.319
Scope and Contents

Page four of a larger document. The page lists questions a medical attendant or examiner is requested to answer concerning their patient.

Dates: 1850s