9th August
1860
Extracts from the Minutes of the Board of Management, National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic.
At a meeting held this day. Mr Parker in the chair. Present Messrs Williamson, Barton, Emerson, Clarke, Chandler, Bridgeman, Dr Ramskill, Dr Sequard.
It was resolved that the following patients all recommended by Dr Brown Sequard be admitted as in door cases. Martha Lymington, Joseph Blizzard, Charles Parker of Plymouth.
The situation of the Resident House Surgeon having been advertised in the Times and the Medical press, seven gentlemen offered themselves for the post. Their testimonials having been examined the number was reduced to three only: Messrs Sawyer, Smith and Marling. They were respectively put to the vote when the following results were obtained: Mr Sawyer 2 votes, Mr Smith 4 votes, Mr Marling 0 votes.
It was resolved that Mr CJ Smith FRCS of St Thomas’s Hospital be and is herby approved Resident House Surgeon during the pleasure of the Board and that he do receive rations but no salary.
The following cheques were voted and signed:
Secretary Petty Cash £10
Ric Kirby Painting £27.8
Dawson and Son Stationery. £5.19.9
Heal and Son Bedding £3.17
1864
Extracts from the Minutes of the Board of Management, National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic.
At a Board meeting held on 09/08/1864, Dr Jabez Ramskill urged the Board to adopt the Proposition (not actually a resolution) that “it is very urgent that better accommodation be provided for both in and out patients and we find an easy and desirable method of doing so by purchasing the next house”.
On This Day is a diary of day to day life in the Hospital covering 1859 to the 1940’s.
Extracts are taken from the staff records, letters, the reports of the Matron and the Lady Superintendent, and the minutes of the Board of Management and the Medical Committee. They were compiled with the help of Janet Townsend, Frankie Alves, Louise Shepherd and Michael Clark.
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