Women's Illnesses

There is much to read on a page from a patient registry of the Binnengasthuis. Above the columns, there is a pre-printed text. First, it says 'incoming 1869', with the 9 added by hand, so that the book could last longer than a year. The registers are made to last The book is marbled. This technique was widely used in the nineteenth century. Various types of paint were poured into a shallow bath of gum water. It was then carefully transferred to an absorbent medium such as paper. This technique gives the bookbinding an effect as though it were made of natural stone.< /note> , gracefully inscribed and very precise. In short, these documents were clearly meant to be kept. And because we still have them, we know that Johanna had laid there exactly thirteen months before her admission in 1869; different krebbe, same hospital.See the page in the Amsterdam City Archive.

But what was the matter with Johanna that she had to be admitted to the hospital twice in such a short timeframe? The cover of this register reads: "Women's Illnesses, Gynecological Treatments, Skin Illnesses, and Maternity”. Johanna was likely treated for one or several of these.