| AdminHistory | The case notes relate to the drawings in that they describe the condition(s) depicted and occasionally give additional details about the patients. They have two different numbering systems. Each case was individually numbered (No. 20, No. 17 etc), presumably in chronological order. These numbers do not correspond to the system used for the drawings. There is an additional alphanumeric system (A1, Ca30, etc) which does correspond to the drawings; these numbers have been added to the bound case notes retrospectively and can usually be found at the top of the page. Occasionally a single case may correspond to several drawings, in which case all of the relevant drawing numbers will be noted.
It appears that the case notes were made on loose folios and later bound into volumes. They are arranged according to the later alphanumeric system, and do not run in their original case number order. There is a note at the start of the first volume stating that five drawings corresponding to notes were not found in June 1864, this is presumably when the drawings were arranged into series and the volumes were compiled. |