Sydenham Hospital Records
Sydenham Hospital Records
The patient records of Sydenham Hospital offer an invaluable insight into the nature and treatment of communicable diseases in the pre-antibiotic era. The bulk of the collection consists of patient medical case histories. Records are complete for the years 1909 to 1924, but because of the size of the collection, only a sample of every tenth record for the years 1924 to 1949 were retained; the hospital registers for the entire period have been preserved, however.
The collection also contains reports from other doctors and hospitals on cases of typhoid (1920-45), poliomyelitis (1937-49), meningitis (1938-47), and diphtheria, rabies, spotted fever, smallpox, measles, and other communicable diseases. There are two boxes of correspondence and reports relating to hospital administration, three scrapbooks of clippings from the Baltimore papers on public health (1931-1934), and a box of material on Negro Health Week Activities (1941).
Boxes 85-141 consist of patient medical histories for April 1909-February 1924. Case histories for January 1924-December 1949, are in containers 1-55. Case reports on typhoid (1920-45), poliomyelitis (1937-49), meningitis (1938-47), and diphtheria,rabies, spotted fever, smallpox, measles and other communicable diseases are in containers 56-80. Correspondence and reports relating to hospital administration, in boxes 80-82. Includes patient registers for 1911-49 (8 boxes), scrapboooks with public health clippings, 1931-34 (3 boxes), and a Negro Health Week activities scrapbook, 1941.
- Access Restrictions
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Portions of the collection are restricted according to HMD's Access to Health Information of Individuals policy. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For access to the policy and application form, please visit https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/phi.pdf.
- Dates
- Creation: 1909-1962
- Extent
- 63.85 Linear Feet (150 boxes)
- Related Names
- Sydenham Hospital (Baltimore, Md.)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Language of Materials
- English
- Dates
- Creation: 1909-1949
Medical histories - no. 1-100, 1909-1910
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- Creation: 1909-1910
Medical histories - no. 101-150, 1910
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- Creation: 1910
Medical histories - no. 151-200, 1910
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- Creation: 1910
Medical histories - no. 201-250, 1910
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- Creation: 1910
Medical histories - no. 251-351, 1910-1911
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- Creation: 1910-1911
Medical histories - no. 352-443, 1911-1912
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- Creation: 1911-1912
Medical histories - no. 444-544, 1912
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- Creation: 1912
Medical histories - no. 545-620, 1912
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- Creation: 1912
Medical histories - no. 621-749, 1913
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- Creation: 1913
Medical histories - no. 750-859, 1913
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- Creation: 1913
Medical histories - no. 860-966, 1914
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- Creation: 1914
Medical histories - no. 967-1072, 1914
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- Creation: 1914
Medical histories - no. 1073-1212, 1915
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- Creation: 1915
Medical histories - no. 1213-1322, 1915
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- Creation: 1915
Medical histories - no. 1323-1400, 1915
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- Creation: 1915
Medical histories - no. 1401-1450, 1915
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- Creation: 1915
Medical histories - no. 1501-1599, 1915-1916
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- Creation: 1915-1916
Medical histories - no. 1600-1699, 1916
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- Creation: 1916
Medical histories - no. 1700-1799, 1916
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- Creation: 1916
Medical histories - no. 1800-1899, 1916-1917
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- Creation: 1916-1917
Medical histories - no. 1900-1999, 1917
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- Creation: 1917
Medical histories - no. 2000-2049, 1917
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- Creation: 1917
Medical histories - no. 2050-2099, 1917
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- Creation: 1917
Medical histories - no. 2100-2149, 1917-1918
- Conditions Governing Access
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1917-1918
Medical histories - no. 2150-2249, 1918
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1918
Medical histories - no. 2250-2299, 1918
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1918
Medical histories - no. 2300-2349, 1918
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1918
Medical histories - no. 2350-2399, 1918-1919
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1918-1919
Medical histories - no. 2400-2499, 1919
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1919
Medical histories - no. 2500-2599, 1919
- Conditions Governing Access
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1919
Medical histories - no. 2600-2699, 1919
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1919
Medical histories - no. 2700-2799, 1919
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1919
Medical histories - no. 2800-2899, 1919
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1919
Medical histories - no. 2900-2999, 1919-1920
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1919-1920
Medical histories - no. 3000-3099, 1920
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1920
Medical histories - no. 3100-3179, 1920
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1920
Medical histories - no. 3180-3250, 1920
- Conditions Governing Access
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1920
Medical histories - no. 3251-3299, 1920
- Conditions Governing Access
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[RESTRICTED PHI POLICY]
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- Creation: 1920
Citation
Cite Item
Sydenham Hospital, Baltimore. Sydenham Hospital records. 1909-1962. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 243.
Cite Item Description
Sydenham Hospital, Baltimore. Sydenham Hospital records. 1909-1962. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 243. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/723 Accessed July 26, 2025.