[Hospital day-book]. Anno 1768 Jahr. Mit Gott angefangen das Buch von Versorgung und Auferstehung deren Krancken in daß Hospitall deren Closterfrauen Elisabethinerin auf der Landtstraß zu Wienn. Wie auch vorgemerckt werden darinen die Verstorbene und gesunds Entlassene.

€ 4,500.00

An interesting manuscript originating from Vienna's St. Elizabeth Hospital, founded in 1710 and operating to the present day. It lists the incoming women patients day by day, stating their names, age, civil status, birthplace, address, place of work and medical condition. At the end of each entry is either the date of their discharge or of their passing. As the hospital admitted female patients only, this MS provides an exceptional insight into the living conditions of women in 18th century Vienna, thus representing an important source for social history, containing information on common diseases and life expectancy, as well as on the patients' occupation and private life. Likely just one of a series, the MS documents the busy operations of a city hospital over a period of six years.

Old pencil shelfmark to lower pastedown. Insignificant traces of worming to spine, a bit of the lower spine end chipped. Light browning to paper, otherwise well preserved. From the library of the Viennese collector Werner Habel, with his signed and stamped ownership, dated 1985, to the pastedown.