| Description | File relating to Dr McSweeney's short history of Cork Street Fever Hospital, which was published in 1945. Includes annoted draft typescripts of the foreword and the main text; Dr McSweeney's handwritten notes concerning the hospital's history; a copy of the resulting book (reprinted from The Medical Press and Circular, Volume , No. 5533.); correspondence with the publishers, with a copy of the Medical Press and Circular magazine, and an article on 'British Hospitals: their Early History and Development'.
The history covers the hospital from its foundation in the early nineteenth century until 1945. The institutional history of the hospital, the history of its buildings, and the history of epidemic diseases in Dublin are treated prominently by Dr McSweeney in this publication. |