General regulations for the government of the hospital / St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics ; approved by G. Grey.

  • St. Luke's Hospital (London, England)
Date:
1882
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: General regulations for the government of the hospital / St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics ; approved by G. Grey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    s. the Attendants or Nurses, and every important and unusual circumstance which may have occurred during the week. 59. Upon the death of any Patient in the Hos¬ pital, he shall institute, under the direction of one of the Physicians or of the Surgeon, a post mortem examination of the body, unless the Friends of the Patient shall object to such examination, and shall make a report of such examination in a book to be kept for that purpose; and he shall give notice of the time of every such examination to the Physicians and Surgeon of the Hospital; and in cases of violent or sudden death, he shall give immediate notice to some member of the House Committee, and to the nearest friend of the Patient. 60. He shall take care that the friends of Patients dangerously ill be invited to visit them without delay, and to remain with them, as far as may be practicable, during the continuance of such illness. 61. He shall take care that lists be prepared of all Patients who are suicidal, or subject to any disease or habit requiring particular attention; such lists to be delivered to the Attendants in each ward, for their guidance, and to be corrected from time to time, with every change of Patients.