A code of statutes and rules for the government of the Infirmary for the counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, and Northumberland ; to which is prefixed, an account of the origin and present state of the Infirmary, and particularly of the plan lately adopted for its internal improvement and extension.

Infirmary for the Sick and Lame Poor of the Counties of Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Northumberland

Date:: 1801

Credit: A code of statutes and rules for the government of the Infirmary for the counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, and Northumberland ; to which is prefixed, an account of the origin and present state of the Infirmary, and particularly of the plan lately adopted for its internal improvement and extension. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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$Kave been two months in the Infirmary, fliall be prefent- cd on the firfl Monday and WednefJay of every mouth to the attending phyficians and furgcons, who (hall enter their opinions rtfpeAively, whether the patients ought to be retained, made oiit-patitnts, or be difcliarge<l : and that fuch reviews and confukationsrfliall be regularly held. 43. That no important operation (except on parti- cular emergencies) fliall be performed in the Infirmar)-, without a previous confultation of all -the phyficians and Xurgeons belonging to the Infirmary. 44. That no perfons, except the phyficians, furgeons, kouie-furgeon and apothecary, pupils and apprentices, ■{hall be admitted to fee the operations m the Infirmary^ without the permiffion of the operator. 4.e That there fliall be a medical journal provided for the phyficians, and a furgical journal for the furgeons; and each phyfician, and furgeon, fliall dehver to the houfe.furgeon and apothecary, once in every quarter of a year, an account of fuch difficult and dangerous cafes, as may be judged worthy of being recorded ; and alfo of Xaive^dileaions and operations, that they may be tranfcribed into the faid journals refpeftively ; which Lunials fliall be preferved as the property of the Infir- Sy, and be open only to the phyficians and fur-gcou. thereof. Rules for the Houfe^Surgeon and Apothecary-, and Apprentices, ^f, THAT the houfe-furgeon and apothecary flian affif two™ctets to.each Pf-'s bed ; one^^ p^^^^^^^^^ the name of tl^^ P^^tient and the date o ad _ gether with the name of the P]>y[--'^XS^ pre-$

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