Patient records

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Creator:

Vanderbilt Clinic (New York, N.Y.)

Date [inclusive]:

1914-1928

Languages:

English

Physical Description:

3.75 cubic feet (13 v., 1 carton)

Collections:

Columbia University Irving Medical Center Archives
- Affiliate Hospitals
  Vanderbilt Clinic, 1887-

Access:

Because the records include Confidential Health Information (CHI) as defined by Columbia University policies governing data security and privacy, access is allowed only under the terms of Archives and Special Collections’ Access Policy to Records Containing Protected Health Information.

Because of staff constraints and the lack of a name index, Archives & Special Collections cannot search for individual records. Microfilm of much of Presbyterian’s post-1929 patient records are held by the New York-Presbyterian Hospital Medical Records Department and persons wishing to locate the records of individuals should contact them.

Box 1 is stored off-site and will take 1-2 days to retrieve. Researchers must call in advance to use the collection.

Call Number:

CUMC-0014

Control Number:

5564699

Abstract:

An incomplete set of medical records of patients seen at the Vanderbilt Clinic, 1914-1928. There are 13 bound volumes from the Clinic's neurological department, 1914-1926, and .75 cubic feet of file folders from a wide variety of departments.

Cite as:

Vanderbilt Clinic Patient Records, Archives & Special Collections, Columbia University Health Sciences Library.

History and Biography

Historical/Biographical Note:

The Vanderbilt Clinic was established in 1886 with a donation to the College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S) from the sons of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885). It opened to patients in Jan. 1888 on the P&S campus at Amsterdam Ave. and West 60th St. Besides offering low-cost medical care to the neighborhood, Vanderbilt served as a teaching facility for P&S students.

As part of the agreement of affiliation between Columbia University and Presbyterian Hospital, the University agreed to divest itself of its clinical units, and in 1925, Vanderbilt became part of Presbyterian. In 1928, it moved to the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center where it became the outpatient department of Presbyterian Hospital.

Organization

Arrangement:

The volumes are organized by year and case number; the case files are organized by department and then by case number in a rough chronological order.

Scope and Content:

An incomplete set of medical records of patients seen at the Vanderbilt Clinic, 1914-1915, 1917-1928. There are 13 bound volumes of records of the Clinic’s neurological department, 1914-1926, and .75 cubic feet of file folders from a wide variety of departments, 1924-1928.

Besides the usual patient information, the neurology department volumes often include results of examinations of reflexes, muscular coordination, intelligence, and other tests of the nervous system.

Box and Folder List:

Vanderbilt Clinic: Neurological Department

Volumes	Dates	Series
1: 51 – 1534	1914	A
2: 2293 – 2954	1915	A
5: 11813 – 16015	1917	A
4: 21407 – 21856	1918	A
2: 23813 – 24112	1919	A
3: 27571 – 27861	1920	A
3: 31180 – 31488	1921	A
3: 34300 – 34586	1922	A
8: 38345 – 38641	1923	A
3: 41551 – 41843	1925	A
6: 37780 – 38065	1925	A
6: 44440 – 44730	1926	A

Vanderbilt Clinic: Case Files, All Departments

Box	Department	Case Numbers	Dates
1	Dermatology	00483-00495 04662-04680	Aug. 1927 Mar. 1928
	Dermatology (B)	[0546]-0558 1616-1626 2759-2787	Oct. – Dec. 1926 Apr. 1927 Mar. 1928
	Genito-Urinary Diseases	F21122-G93420 G93686-G99099	Feb. – Mar. 1928 Apr. – May 1928
	Gynecological Clinic	3092-3103 7287-7296 9583-9593 11739-11750 14094-14103 15807-15815	Feb. 1923 Oct. 1924 Sept. 1925 July 1926 July 1927 Mar. 1928
	Medical Dept.	1-10 1271-1280 3383-3392 5445-5454 8169-8430 21274-21291 29240-29252	1924 May 1925 Apr. 1926 Mar. 1927 Apr. – May 1928 Jan. – Feb. 1927 Mar. 1928
	Metabolism Clinic	2549-2573 2773-2785 2901-2910 3099-3110 3210-3230	Mar. – Apr. 1924 Mar. 1925 Mar. 1926 Apr. – May 1927 Jan. – Feb. 1928
	Neurology	45457-45483 46717-46742	June 1927 Mar. 1928
	Psychiatric Dept.	1-10 271-274 525-530 971-980 1561-1570 2073-2082	June 1924 Mar. 1925 Feb. – Mar. 1926 Apr. 1927 June 1928
	Radiotherapeutic Dept.	Ab-Au	1922-1928
	Rectal Surgery	1-10 90-99 254-262 412-421 615-624	Dec. 1924 May 1925 Apr. – May 1926 Mar. 1927 Feb. 1928