Report of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane for the year 1862 / [Thomas S. Kirkbride].

  • Kirkbride, Thomas Story, 1809-1883.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Report of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane for the year 1862 / [Thomas S. Kirkbride]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    these would be of a comparatively unimportant char- acter, A vacancy among the medical officers of the hospital during a portion of the year, added materially to the labors of Dr. Jones, Assistant Physician, and of Jona- than Richards, Steward, at the Department for Males, and their efficient and cheerful performance of these increased, as of all their other duties, are worthy of special commendation. In the early part of the summer. Dr. Edward A. Smith, who has for several years been mentioned in my reports as an efficient and valued assistant, resigned his office at the Department for Females to engage in private practice in the city of Philadelphia. His place has been supplied by the election of Dr. J. Edwards Lee, who formerly occupied the same position, and was entirely familiar with all the duties of the office. At the Department for Males, Dr. W. S. Longshore also resigned his post of Second Assistant Physician to engage in private practice. This office has not yet been filled, although the duties of the place have for some- time been satisfactorily performed by Dr. J. M. Hall. Both the gentlemen who resigned left with the best wishes of all connected with the institution. At the date of the last report, there were 255 patients in the institution, since which 194 have been admitted, and 164 have been discharged, or died, leaving 285, being an increase of 30, under care at the close of the year. The total number of patients in the hospital during the year was 449. The highest number at any one