Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1952-1962 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
1.54 m of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This series contains patient case files for male veterans in two groups: the study group of patients with evidence of coronary heart disease and the control group of ‘normal’ patients with no evidence of coronary heart disease. Patients ranged in age from 30 years to approximately 80 years of age and were studied over a period of 10 years. The original folders along with the contents have been retained since important information was noted on the front of the folders by the project team. Case files are in numerical order reflecting the two groups and subdivided by decade (or age of patient, i.e. 4th decade = 30 to 39 years of age, 5th decade = 40-49 years of age, etc.) Case files contain correspondence, autopsy reports, data and test results, vital personal information.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Control group patient case files, 4th to 8th decades
B2001-0040/019: 4th decade case files C 2 to C123
B2001-0040/020: 5th decade case files C5 – C129
B2001-0040/021: 6th decade case files C4 to C130
B2001-0040/022: 7th decade case files C 8 to C140; 8th decade case files C9-C143
Coronary patients
B2001-0040/023: 4th decade case files study no. 94 to 120
B2001-0040/024: 4th decade case files, study no. 122 to 144; 5th decade case files Study no. 2 to 101
B2001-0040/025: 5th decade case files, study no. 105 – 145
B2001-0040/026: 6th decade case files, study no. 1 to 58
B2001-0040/027: 6th decade case files, study no. 62-143; 7th decade case file study nos. 3 to 24
B2001-0040/028: 7th decade case files, study no. 25-82
B2001-0040/029: 8th decade case files, study no. 8 to 116
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Restricted for 75 years