St. Luke's Hospital collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Contact for questions and access:
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Terms of access:

No restrictions on use.

Preferred citation:

St. Luke's Hospital Collection, Accession #2005/Aug/16, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.4 Linear Feet
Creator:
McGuire, Hunter, 1835-1900 and St. Luke's Home for the Sick (Richmond, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

St. Luke's Hospital Collection, Accession #2005/Aug/16, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a case book for the years 1894-1895. Dr. McGuire wrote the case studies, and they reveal an insight on his personality and medical skill.

This collection contains a hospital casebook. Each entry consists of patient information and diagnosis with some personal commentary.

This folder contains photocopies of a newspaper and journal article that highlight the collection and what's in it.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire established the St. Luke's Home for the Sick as a private surgical hospital in 1882. The original hospital, located at Governor and Ross Streets, could accommodate as many as 48 patients. Surgery was performed in patient rooms on a portable table. McGuire's skill and reputation as a surgeon attracted many patients to the fledgling hospital including some from outside Virginia. Four years after it opened, McGuire organized a training school for nurses, the first of its kind in Virginia. The hospital outgrew its converted home and moved to the corner of Grace and Harrison Streets by 1899. For more than forty years it was administered by the McGuire family. Extendicare, later Humana, Inc., purchased St. Luke's Hospital in 1971 ending almost ninety years of private control of this Richmond medical institution.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Hunter H. McGuire, Jr.
Arrangement:

There is only one item in the collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard