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Medical Records information for Cornwall and places above it in the hierarchy

Cornwall

  • Diseases. Some useful information about disease (including edipemics) and pestilence in Cornwall is given by West Penwith Resources on their website.
  • Medical Records.
    • Holdings of Lambeth Palace Library - a Directory of medical licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1535-1775 lists some early practitioners in Cornwall on pages 29 and 30.
    • Medical Heritage Library - The UK Medical Heritage Library is making the 19th century history of medicine freely available to all.
    • Records for Hospitals in Cornwall are located in the Cornwall Record Office.
    • The Cornwall County Asylum, for the reception of private patients and pauper lunatics, was located at St Lawrence's Hospital in Bodmin. A website for St Lawrence's Hospital is becoming available on-line. The Cornwall Record Office Guide to their Sources says the CRO holds records for the hospital from 1782-1971 (X97, X654).
  • Medical Terms. Information on archaic medical terms and causes of death is available on-line as follows:

England

  • Public Health and Epidemics, this Research Guide from The National Archives, provides an interesting overview of 19th & 20th century attempts to safeguard the health of our ancestors.
  • Vaccination against smallpox was compulsory in England and Wales from 1853 until 1948. A Vaccination Certificate was issued to the parents of each vaccinated child as proof that the vaccination had taken place.

UK and Ireland