Records of Simpson Hospital, Juneau, 1905-1913

Collection

Identifier: MS 47-1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Surgery record. (name, diagnosis, treatment) May 8, 1905 July 12, 1906. IV. Record. (name, diagnosis, treatment) May 8, 1905 August 22, 1908. IV. Record (name, diagnosis, treatment) May 24, 1907 Nov. 24, 1909. IV. (medical cases) (name, diagnosis, treatment) April 11, 1908 August 2, 1913. IV. (diet of the abdominal operation on p. 300).

Dates

1905-1913

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

Biographical

Dr. Simpson was unmarried and his parents/family were located in the Ottawa Valley around Ashton, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Minnesota and practiced some years in British Columbia before coming to Alaska in 1886. (Alaska Monthly Magazine, Oct. 1907, p. 55) When Dr. Simpson died in Victoria, B. C. in 1915, his personal library, records and other belongings were saved by family members. Artifacts were donated to the Perth Museum in Perth, Ontario.

Extent

4 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These records were donated to the library on July 10, 1980 by William Duncan of Edmonton, Alberta. His great uncle, Dr. James Kidd Simpson founded the hospital and worked there from 1905 1909 when it was leased to the Sisters of St. Ann.