Inscription on title page: ‘Presented to the St George’s Hospital Library by G.G. Babington Esq. Decr 2nd 1843’
Full title: ‘Medical, Chirurgical, and Anatomical Cases and Observations … With Copper-plates, illustrating the Descriptions in the respective Cases. Translated from the German Original by George Wirgman’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 48 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Dec 1840 Date of death: 31 Dec 1840 Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Inflammation of the lung Disease (standardised): Hernia Inflammation (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Nov 1840 Date of death: 3 Jan 1841 Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the leg. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'On the 31st of Dec 1840 this patient was operated upon by Mr Babington [George Gisborne Babington] for an external squint of the right eye’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jan 1841 Date of death: 8 Mar 1841 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous disease of left kidney & bladder &c Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Kidneys, bladder) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: [Catalogue of the Pathological Museum, 1866, p.168]: ‘The patient, Cornelius L., aged 17, had, for some few years before his death, suffered from a scrofulous disease of the hip. He died of phthisis and scrofulous disease of the kidney and bladder’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip-joint
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: May 1841 Date of death: 27 May 1841 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Hope, James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 May 1841 Date of death: 28 May 1841 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Haemorrhage from meningeal artery Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 May 1841 Date of death: 23 Jun 1841 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulcerations of the small intestine Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 8 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Mar 1841 Date of death: 23 Jun 1841 Disease (transcribed): Peculiar deposit in the brain; small tubercles in the pia mater. Scrofulous disease of the elbow & knee Disease (standardised): Deposit (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Arm, leg) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, elbow, knee
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Jul 1841 Date of death: 29 Jul 1841 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Kidneys granular and mottled Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Jun 1841 Date of death: 30 Jul 1841 Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous affection of antrum. Partial arachnitis Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Skull); Arachnoiditis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: Aug 1841 Date of death: Aug 1841 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the skull and laceration of the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This patient shortly after his admission, with a compound fracture of the skull and depression of bone, became very violent and was obliged to be confined in a straight jacket. 2 days after the accident the right upper and lower extremities were paralyzed. He lived 5 days but never recovered his senses’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Jul 1841 Date of death: 12 Aug 1841 Disease (transcribed): Secondary deposits in lung and liver, after amputation for compound fracture of the leg Disease (standardised): Deposit (Lungs, liver); Amputation (Leg); Fracture (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Walker, Robert Benjamin Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, stump (leg)
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 72 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Jun 1841 Date of death: 14 Aug 1841 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid Disease (standardised): Encephalitis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Aug 1841 Date of death: 25 Aug 1841 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Effusion on brain Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Effusion (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This patient had been mercurialized for an affection of the eyes. He never rallied from the effect of the salivation; during the time that he was in the house he never complained of any pain in the loins’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 65 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Sep 1841 Date of death: 13 Sep 1841 Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous affection of liver and peritoneum. Mottling degeneration of kidneys Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Liver, peritoneum); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Aug 1841 Date of death: 15 Sep 1841 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous affection of lungs etc, and of liver and of uterus Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Lungs, liver, uterus) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: Oct 1841 Date of death: Oct 1841 Disease (transcribed): Rupture of small intestine. Violent peritonitis Disease (standardised): Rupture (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This patient lived 24 hours after the accident; a large quantity of paving stones had fallen upon his abdomen’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Oct 1841 Date of death: 7 Oct 1841 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the back of the skull Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Oct 1841 Date of death: 6 Nov 1841 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia, with tubercular phthisis Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Sep 1841 Date of death: 7 Nov 1841 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine with diseased bladder Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Disease (Bladder) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: [Catalogue of the Pathological Museum, 1866, p.25-26]: ‘The patient, John K., aged 25, fell from a fourth story, and was admitted into the hospital with paralysis of the lower extremities […] He lived seven weeks after the accident’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, spine
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Nov 1841 Date of death: 22 Nov 1841 Disease (transcribed): Extensive disease of the aortic and mitral valves Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, aorta) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 11 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Nov 1841 Date of death: 22 Nov 1841 Disease (transcribed): Secondary deposits after amputation of arm, in lungs, spleen, mesenteric glands Disease (standardised): Amputation (Arm); Deposit (Lungs, spleen, mesenteric glands) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump (arm), thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Oct 1841 Date of death: 2 Dec 1841 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular phthisis with infiltration & gangrene Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Dec 1841 Date of death: 3 Dec 1841 Disease (transcribed): Rupture of the small intestine, with effusion of blood in abdominal cavity Disease (standardised): Rupture (Intestines); Effusion (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen