The treatment of the sick used to be carried out mostly at home, using recipes and cures from apothecaries, examples of which can be found in our collections. The first hospital for the ‘Lame and Sick Poor’ was established in Truro in 1790. In 1809 the first dispensary was set up, and by 1811 a subscription list was opened for a County Lunatic Asylum. Charities and Poor Law Unions dominated medical care until the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948. Kresen Kernow holds records relating to various hospitals, such as Royal Cornwall Infirmary, and West Cornwall Hospital for Convalescent Miners. We also hold an extensive archive for St Lawrence’s Hospital, Bodmin (formerly the County Asylum), 1782-1971. Please note that individual patient and medical records are closed for 100 years.
Herwydh usadow, dyghtyans an glevyon a wre hwarvos yn tre, ow tevnydhya resaytys ha kuryow dhyworth apotekarys, anedha may ma ensamplow y’gan kuntellow. An kynsa klavji rag ‘Boghosogyon Glof ha Klav’ a veu selys yn Truru yn 1790. Yn 1809 y feu dallethys an kynsa ferylva, hag erbynn 1811 rol ragbren a veu ygerys rag Meneghji Lorogyon an Gonteth. Alusennow ha Kesunyansow an Lagha Boghosogneth a warthevyas gwith medhegel bys dhe selyans an Gonis Yeghes Kenedhlek yn 1948. Kresen Kernow a syns kovadhow ow tochya klavjiow divers, rag ensampel Medhegva Riel Kernow ha Klavji Kernow West rag Tus Val yn Omwellans. Ni a syns keffrys argh efan rag Klavji S. Lawrence, Bosvena (seuladhydh Meneghi an Gonteth), 1782-1971. Merkyewgh, mar pleg, bos deges kovadhow perthyer unnik ha kovadhow medhegel dres kans bledhen.langbot langbot