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Reference NumberCSFH/3/1/3/11
Title'Three years at Cork Street Hospital'
Date1937
Creator NameDr Christopher Joseph McSweeney, Medical Superintendent
DescriptionFile of annotated typescript drafts of a paper delivered by Dr McSweeney at the Dublin Biological Club on 19 January 1937. In the paper Dr McSweeney summarises medical care at Cork Street Fever Hospital in 1934, 1935, and 1936, with sections on diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, erysipelas, typhoid fever, lobar pneumonia, bronchial pneumonia, cerebro-spinal meningitis, and mumps. The file also contains cards showing febrile diseases statistics in Cork Street Fever Hospital and Dublin generally between 1923 and 1936.
Extent52 pages
TermMedical research
Medical history
Diphtheria
Scarlet fever
Measles
erysipelas
Typhoid fever
Paratyphoid fever
Lobar pneumonia
Broncho-pneumonia
Cerebro-spinal fever
Pneumococcal Meningitis
Tuberculous meningitis
Puerperal sepsis
Whooping cough
Rheumatic fever
Influenza
Rubella
Chicken pox
Mumps
Tonsillitis
Quinsy
Fever
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/1030McSweeney; Christopher Joseph (1899-1953); Medical Superintendent in Cork Street Fever Hospital (later Dublin Fever Hospital)1899-1953
DS/UK/64Dublin; Cork Street Fever Hospital; 1801-19531801-1953
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