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Abstract
McKendree Miners Hospital Ledger. Ledger from McKendree Miners Hospital, Fayette County, the second of three hospitals opened
by the state of West Virginia to care for people working in dangerous industries, including primarily mining, but also railroads
and lumbering as well. The 544 page manuscript ledger (10x16x2) is a record of patients at the hospital from May 5, 1915 to
February 3, 1916. Each page documents a single patient listing their name, city and state of residence, date, number of train
or other method of reaching the hospital, gender, race, nationality, marital status, age, occupation, and religious affiliation.
The diagnosis, family and patient medical history, prognosis, details of care, the date of discharge or death, and final results
of treatment are also provided for each patient. While most of the patients were miners, other kinds of workers, as well as
women and children, utilized the facility. The ledger shows that patients, both black and white, were treated for common ailments,
work related injuries, and gunshot wounds, among many other complaints; and that doctors delivered babies and performed numerous
surgeries. The ledger includes an alphabetical index of patients.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], McKendree Miners Hospital, Ledger, A&M 3456, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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