Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Feb 1846 Date of death: 21 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the posterior mediastinum enveloping the large vessels, trachea, bronchi and oesophagus and spreading to the structure of the left lung, mucous membrane of trachea and bronchi contaminated. Other organs healthy. Old adhesions Disease (standardised): Cancer (Thoracic cavity); Cancer (Trachea); Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Oesophagus) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry. Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: From the account given by this patient it appeared that last December a swelling about the size of a marble formed in the right leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851 Date of death: 19 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Idiotcy. An increased number with diminished size of the cerebral convolutions. New bone added to the inner plate of the calvaria with obliterated sutures. Disease of the vertebrae, sacrum and pelvis Disease (standardised): Intellectual disability (Brain); Disease (Brain); Disease (Spine); Disease (Pelvis) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: She was admitted on account of a large fluctuating tumour situated over the region of the left sacro iliac joint. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 78 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Mar 1847 Date of death: 07 Apr 1847 Disease (transcribed): Incarcerated femoral hernia. Peritonitis. Cyst containing hair and fat in ovary. Ossified coronary arteries. Blood fluid Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cysts (Ovary); Ossification (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The history stated that a hernial protrusion had existed for forty years and it had been incarcerated twice during that time, causing considerable suffering. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 51 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Mar 1847 Date of death: 03 Apr 1847 Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Ulceration into sac. Abscess in omentum. Dilated heart with fatty walls. Fibrous tumour of uterus Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Ulcer (Abdomen); Disease (Heart); Tumour (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The patient about then months previous to her admission, first perceived a swelling at the umbilicus about the size of a hen’s egg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 42 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Apr 1846 Date of death: 15 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Two knuckles of intestine in one sac, separated from each other by a band running across the mouth of the sac. One knuckle of intestine in a state of mortification. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Mortification (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient had suffered from hernia for two or three years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Mar 1844 Date of death: 24 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Vascular ? From the Meatus Urinarius. Fatal Peritonitis. Foul matter at side of gut, but not communicating with it. Old adhesions of left ovary to this part. Disease (standardised): Tumour (Urethra); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Adhesions (Ovary ) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood Medical notes: The patient was admitted suffering from severe pain in the loins. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Oct 1856 Date of death: 7 Jan 1857 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the bladder, opening into the peritoneal cavity Disease (standardised): Cancer (Bladder); Cancer (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W. Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man came up to the hospital with incontinence of urine. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 74 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Mar 1847 Date of death: 18 Mar 1847 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Slight peritonitis. Gangrene of the gut. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Gangrene (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The history stated that this patient had suffered from a severe cough for some time. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Nov 1842 Date of death: 28 Nov 1842 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); 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: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Mar 1846 Date of death: 4 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammation of the rectum with stricture, extensive ulceration and sinuses leading with the pelvis and peritoneum. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the sigmoid flexure. Pedunculated bodies about margins of anus Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Rectum); Constriction (Rectum); Ulcer (Pelvis); Ulcer (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Cysts (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This woman stated that she had suffered for many years from bleeding piles, costive bowels and occasionally severe bearing down pains. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Apr 1843 Date of death: 18 Apr 1843 Disease (transcribed): Fractured Pelvis. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis) 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 died suddenly after walking to the water closet. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hips, brain, heart and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jan 1858 Date of death: 19 Mar 1858 Disease (transcribed): Prostatic tumour. Abscess between the walls of the bladder. Diseased kidneys. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tumour (Prostate); Abscess (Bladder); Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick and Hart, Ernest Abraham Medical notes: '4 years before admission was in Brighton Hospital for stricture of the urethra, & after 11 weeks of catheterization was so much relieved that he suffered no more from it till 3 weeks before admission, when he found difficulty in passing his urine which he attributed to having caught cold’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Dec 1850 Date of death: 13 Jan 1851 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the rectum proceeding to perforation. Peritonitis. Abscess in the areolar tissue & fat of the pelvis cavity. Cysts containing a peculiar viscid yellow fluid in the ovary. Pleural adhesions Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Abscess (Pelvis); Cyst (Ovary); Disease (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This patient on her entrance to the hospital was in a state of great debility & presented a cachectic appearance, her complexion was pale & sallow. She had been ailing for three years. The first symptoms she noticed was a difficulty in the act of defaecation, owing to the aperture of the anus, or the lower part of the rectum being narrower than in a state of health. She can give no account of the origin of her complaints, but the symptoms have become gradually more severe up to the present time’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jun 1840 Date of death: 24 Mar 1841 Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Extensive suppuration about pelvis & spine Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung); Suppuration (Pelvis, spine) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: [Not entered] Post mortem examination performed by: [Not entered] Medical notes: [Not entered] Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen Illustrations: No Type of incident: [Not entered]
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jun 1840 Date of death: 24 Mar 1841 Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Extensive suppuration about pelvis & spine Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Suppuration (Pelvis, spine) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry 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: [Occupation not stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Mar 1849 Date of death: 14 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia of 4 days’ duration. A femoral hernia of the right side had existed for more than two years, but she had never worn a truss or experienced any inconvenience from it until the 8th of March. She was then seized with vomiting, & griping pains in the belly’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jan 1853 Date of death: 6 Jan 1853 Disease (transcribed): Accident from a fall. Fracture of the pelvis. Large wound of the buttocks. Bruising of the intestine Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Wound (Buttocks); Bruising (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was admitted having fallen from a building a height of about nine feet. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Dec 1853 Date of death: 23 Dec 1853 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman was admitted on account of a strangulated femoral hernia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: General appearances Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 61 Date of admission: 19 Dec 1854 Date of death: 23 Dec 1854 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This old woman was admitted on account of strangulated femoral hernia. It seemed that the hernia had descended about half a year before, but she had taken little notice of it & wore no truss’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: n/a Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Dec 1850 Date of death: 18 Feb 1851 Disease (transcribed): Disease (malignant?) of the absorbent glands in the most important parts of the body, as the mediastina of the thorax, abdomen, neck, axillae &c, unaccompanied by ulceration. Congestion of most of the viscera also found post mortem Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Glands); Congestion (Internal organs) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient on admission presented an appearance of general debility, the countenance was anxious in expression. The pulse quick & freqient from irritation. He complained of feeling of depression. In the neck on each side there were a good many round, glandular bodies, none of them larger than a walnut’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 19 Date of admission: 4 Oct 1854 Date of death: 4 Dec 1854 Disease (transcribed): Gonorrhoea. Bubo. Peritonitis. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Gonorrhoea (Urogenital tract); Lymphadenitis (Lymph nodes); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was a lad, to all appearance healthy, who was admitted on account of a bubo, the consequence of gonorrhoea. The complaint had been contracted (for the first time) about 2 months previous to his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, groin, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Dec 1846 Date of death: 04 Feb 1847 Disease (transcribed): Bronchocele. Excision. Pus in posterior mediastinum. Ulceration of intestinal jugular vein. Secondary abscess of lungs. Pleuritis. Disease (standardised): Bronchocele (Lung); Excision (Lung); Suppuration (Thorax); Ulcer (Veins); Abscess (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This man was admitted with a tumour about the size of a hen's egg of eleven years standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, fauces, thyroid gland and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Feb 1852 Date of death: 16 Feb 1852 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas ? Following injury. Recent lymph in abdominal cavity. Enlarged intestinal glands. Congested kidneys. Hypertrophy with dilatation of heart Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Lymph (Abdomen); Enlarged (Intestinal mucosa); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: It appeared that he had received some injury to the left leg which had been followed by rigors and the appearance of an erysipelatous blush. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 8 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Nov 1851 Date of death: 15 Feb 1852 Disease (transcribed): Morbus coxarius. Excision of head of femur. Ulcerative perforation into the pelvis obviated only by thickened peritoneum Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Excision (Leg); Ulcer (Pelvis); Perforation (Pelvis); Thickening (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: She had met with some injury to the thigh about four years ago. She recovered some motion of the limb, though not completely. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joints, abdomen, thorax and cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jan 1846 Date of death: 2 Feb 1846 Disease (transcribed): Fistula in ano. Operation. Peritonitis. Mottled kidneys. Phthisis. Disease of right iliac bone Disease (standardised): Fistula (Intestines); Operation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Pelvis) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted with an old opening into the gut, which was first stated to have appeared as an abscess. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and right iliac bone Type of incident: n/a