Year: 1889

page_text: I, ADOLPH BERND, of 417 Olive Street in the city of St. Louis State of Missouri,
United States of America, gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved pocket register for the use of physicians and
has for its object to enable a physician to ascertain at a glance without reference to a
ledger and other books, the name and address of a patron or patient, the number
and nature of visits paid to same or to any member of the family, date of payments
of fees, amounts paid and balance due from said patron at any time throughout one
entire year.
My invention consists in the combination of two consecutive full sized sheets
preferably arranged bookwise with an intermediate short sheet, the pages of said sheets
having specially arranged and designated columns of spaces for receiving the various
data, so that on turning the short sheet against the right hand full size page and
reading along tho left hand full size page and the exposed page of the short sheet the
desired information respecting a patron or patient is obtained for the first six months
in a year, and on turning the short sheet against the left hand full size page and
reading from the exposed portion of the latter, along the exposed page of the short
sheet, and the right hand full size page, the information respecting the same patron
or patient is obtained for the last six months of the year.
On the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a plan of my improved
register when used for the first six months in a year, and Figure 2 an edge view
thereof, Figure 3 a plan of the register arranged for the last six months of the year
and Figure 4 an edge view thereof, like letters of reference denoting like parts in all
the figures.
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a, 6 represent two full sized sheets, preferably arranged book wise for binding at
the middle 1, 1 in the usual manner. Between the sheets a b is inserted and bound
therewith a sheet c which is shorter than the sheet a or band, as seen in Figures 1
and 2, is turned over upon the sheet b.
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Across page a (from top to bottom) parallel and adjacent to its left hand edge is a
column designated name and address and bearing the word "balance," the space
of this column along page a being exactly equal to the difference between the lengths
of pages a and c.
On pige a adjacent and parallel to the column of name and address is a column
intersected by longitudinal lines into six divisions or spaces which bear respectively

page_text: the names of the first six months consecutively in a year. Parallel to this column,
along the remainder of page a and part of the exposed page c are successive columns
intorsected by the same longitudinal lines into spaces corresponding to the days of
the months, the designating numbers which appear consecutively in two longitudinal
columns of spaces adjacent to the top and bottom edges respectively along pages a
and e.
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On page c, parallel to the last or thirty-first transverse column for days are four
(or more) columns intersected by the same longitudinal lines and designated
respectively, "Total," "Paid," "Date," "Balance" (and otherwise as desired).
In operation, the name and address of a patron or patient is first entered in the
column designated name and address on page a, then whenever a visit is made,
or a consultation held with the patron or any member of the household, the nature
of such visit and to whom is entered, either in full, or by the aid of a private cipher
in the space on pages a and c corresponding with the month and day on which such
visit was made so that during the first six months in a year the physician can see at
a glance what fees are chargeable at any time to the said patron, and at the end of
each month carries the total for that month into the column marked "total" on
page c, the amount of fees paid from time to time being entered in the columns of
"Paid" and "date," until finally at the end of June the balance owing is entered
in the column for "balance" on page c and also (for carrying forward) against the
word "balance" appearing in the column of "name and address."
Sheet c is now turned over, as seen in figures 3 and 4 so as to cover page a,
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leaving only the column of "name and address and "balance" on page a still
exposed to view.
On the now exposed page of sheet c parallel and adjacent to its left hand edge,
is a column of spaces similar and equal in number to the corresponding spaces on
the previously exposed page of sheet a and bearing respectively the names of the last
six months in the year consecutively, the remainder of the columns of spaces, for
the days of the months, and the words "Total," "Paid," Date" and Balance,"
along the exposed page of sheet c and page b being similar to the corresponding
spaces on the previously exposed pages of sheets a and c so that further particulars
relating to the same patron can now be entered for the last six months in the year
without the necessity of re-writing the name and address or referring to the former
pages for the balance due from him.
By this invention no posting, transferring, or indexing of accounts is necessary and
only one entry of a patient's name is required for an entire year.
It also furnishes
the physician with a ready and invaluable record during his treatment of a patient,
and enables him to refresh his memory at once on points which otherwise would have
been forgotten.
Each series of sheets a, b, c or pages thereof arranged as described may contain
more than one name and address and series of spaces according to the capacity of the
.book.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is: -
In a pocket register, the combination of two sheets marked by intersecting lines
into specially arranged columns of spaces designated by words and numbers with a
short sheet having corresponding spaces, substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of March 1889.