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The Neurological Institute of New York was founded in 1909 as the first hospital and research center in the Western Hemisphere devoted solely to neurological disorders.  It was originally located at 149-151 East 67th Street.  In 1925, it affiliated with Presbyterian Hospital and in 1929 occupied its own building on the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center campus in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. 

In 1943, the Neurological Institute merged with Presbyterian Hospital, but retained its name.  The Institute also serves as the department of neurology of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

SCOPE AND CONTENT :

An incomplete set of records of patients seen at the Neurological Institute of New York, 1909-1940.  Content varies over time but usually includes patient name, age, sex, profession, nationality or ethnicity, and address; personal and family medical history; description of complaint; diagnosis; treatment; and result. Examination results of tests of reflexes, muscular coordination, eyesight, and intelligence are sometimes included.

The clinical service at the Neurological Institute was divided into three divisions, but these did not correspond with any particular type of disease or treatment.  Each division maintained separate numbering systems, resulting in cases with identical numbers. From 1929, a single case numbering system existed. Boxed records often have large gaps between file numbers. At an unknown date after 1940 (probably 1943), the Institute’s patient records were interfiled with the general Presbyterian Hospital patient records. 

ORGANIZATION:

Records, 1909-1926, organized in rough chronological order, then by division; records, 1929-1940, organized by case number, which follows date of admission.

ACCESS:

Because the records contain Protected Health Information (PHI) as defined by the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), access is allowed only under the terms of Archives and Special Collections’ Access Policy to Records Containing Protected Health Information.

Because of staff constraints and the lack of a name index, Archives & Special Collections cannot search for individual records.  Microfilm of much of Presbyterian’s post-1929 patient records are held by the New York-Presbyterian Hospital Dept. of Health Information Management and persons wishing to locate the records of individuals should contact them at: http://www.nyp.org/guide/info/medical.html?

Boxes 2-12 are stored off-site and will take 1-2 days to retrieve. Researchers must call in advance to use the collection.

PROVENANCE:

Gift of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Dept. of Health Information Management, 2000 (acc. no. 2000.07.05).

SUBJECTS:

Neurological Institute of New York.

Hospital patients – New York (State) – New York.

Hospitals – New York (State) – New York.

Nervous system – Diseases.

Neurology.

Medical records.

Processed by Henry Blanco and finding aid written by Stephen Novak, 2006.

Box           Division                                Case Nos.                                 Dates

1                1st Div.                                  1-44                                    Nov. – Dec. 1909

                  1st Div.                                  4132                                   Mar. 1911

                  1st Div.                                  8627-9041                        June 1912

                  2nd Div.                                 11-45                                 Dec. 1909

                  2nd Div.                                 3869-4855                        Feb. – Apr. 1911

                  2nd Div.                                 35-38                                 June 1911

                  2nd Div.                                 8586-8763                        June 1912

                  2nd Div.                                 H3731-H9286                  Feb. 1913 – Nov. 1915

                  3rd Div.                                  24-33                                  Nov. 1909

2                1st Div.                                  68374-70323                    Mar. – Sept. 1923

                  1st Div.                                  9095                                    Aug. 1923

                  2nd Div.                                 8324                                    Apr. 1923

                  3rd Div.                                  3854-3861                         Jan. 1922

                  3rd Div.                                  9230                                    Aug. 1923

                  4th Div. (Night Clinic)          1-129                                  Dec. 1922 – Apr. 1923

                  Dept. of Endocrinology       3-34                                     ca. 1919-20

                                                                  3742                                    Apr. 1914

                                                                  19213                                 June 1918

                                                                  3792                                    Dec. 1919

                                                                  1-41                                     1920

                                                                  8523                                    Apr. 1926

                                                                  19085-19190                     Jan. 1920 – Feb. 1924

                                                                  841-1846                            Sept. 27 – Dec. 14,      1929

Box                                Case Nos.                                           Dates

3                                     4669-8592                                June 26, 1930 – May 19, 1931

4                                     8593-14747                              May 19, 1931 – Jan. 5, 1933

5                                     14873-17053                           Jan. 17, 1933 – Aug. 26, 1933

6                                     17185-21189                           Sept. 8, 1933 – Aug. 30, 1934

7                                     21190-23311                           Aug. 30, 1934 – Mar. 8, 1935

8                                     23492-26944                           Mar. 19, 1935 – Dec. 17, 1935

9                                     26945-28946                           Dec. 17, 1935 – May 29, 1936

10                                  28950-30568                           May 29, 1936 – Oct. 14, 1936

11                                  30699-32100                           Oct. 23, 1936 – Feb. 11, 1937

12                                  32101-44368                           Feb. 11, 1937 – Feb. 12, 1940