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A 1908 ED Admission Log From Los Angeles' Central Receiving Hospital: Excerpts and Reflections

2006; Elsevier BV; Volume: 32; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jen.2005.09.004

1527-2966

Jim Crabtree,

Medical History and Innovations

I know the old ledger is special. The binding is genuine leather, and the spine has those nubs that tell you it is held together with hand stitching (Figure 1). Loaned by a friend who collects such things, I am holding a 1908 Admission Log for the Central Receiving Hospital in the City of Los Angeles. The 600-page log represents standard charting practices from the turn of the last century; the entries are handwritten with a fountain pen dipped in ink (Figure 2). Beautiful to look at and hard to decipher initially, the writing becomes very readable with practice. Figure 2The entries (in the 1908 Los Angeles Receiving Hospital log), handwritten with a fountain pen dipped in ink, are beautiful to look at and hard to decipher initially, although the writing becomes very readable with practice. View Large Image Figure Viewer Jim Crabtree is Senior Nurse Instructor, EMS Agency, Department of Health Services, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Calif.