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Henry Isaacs, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1846
Date of death: 21 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Mania. Cut throat. Inflammation of sub mucous tissues of larynx. Pleurisy. Extensive inflammation and gangrene of arms.
Disease (standardised): Bipolar Disorder; Wound (Throat); Inflammation (Larynx); Pleurisy (Pleura); Inflammation (Arm); Gangrene (Arm)
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: The patient was first admitted on March 25th under Mr Cutler’s care in a state of collapse, insensible and with several small superficial wounds of the throat which had been inflicted by himself a short time before admission. He was re-admitted having again cut his throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen and superior extremities
Type of incident: Suicide

Isaac Townshend, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1841
Date of death: 21 May 1841
Disease (transcribed): Mottled & granular kidneys. Inflammation of trachea. Bronchi-lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Inflammation (Trachea); Bronchitis (Lungs)
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, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Ford, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1842
Date of death: 14 Jun 1842
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the Ribs. Emphysema. Extensive contusions and effusion of blood.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Emphysema (Lung); Contusions (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

William G. Davies, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1851
Date of death: 10 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene, attended by delirium in the right leg. The artery & veins of the extremity contained considerable semicoagulated blood. The heart was ‘fatty’ & very soft & pliable. Old pleurisy & tubercle of the left lung. Congestion of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg); Delirium (Brain); Disease (Blood vessels, heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'The health of this patient had been failing for several years, & two years ago he was severely burnt, his habits were very intemperate, being accustomed to take half a pint of gin & two or three pints of ale daily. Three weeks ago oedema of both legs was present’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, limbs, trachea, pharynx

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Moore, 72, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1855
Date of death: 11 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Contusion of the veins. Old Bronchitis.
Disease (standardised): Contusion (Veins); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The only part of this body which was examined was the hip joint, as it was sent to the anatomical school
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Stockwell, 32, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1848
Date of death: 29 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs followed by abscess into pleura. Pneumonia. Fracture into ankle joint and of os calcis.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Abscess (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Fracture (Ankle); Fracture (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man's injuries were caused by his falling down from a scaffold thirty feet high.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremities
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Howe, 21, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1840
Date of death: 3 Apr 1841
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Tubercular matter in lungs, spleen & kidneys. Ulceration of small intestines
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs, spleen, kidneys); 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

Type of incident: n/a

George Kitching, 61, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1847
Date of death: 28 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extensive and recent pleuritis. Hepatisation of lung. Granular kidneys. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver)
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 patient was admitted in a sickly emaciated condition with two sloughing ulcers of the right leg of a fortnight standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Hawkins, 31, Carter

Occupation or role: Carter
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 9 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Extravasation of blood in spinal canal. Laceration of anterior portion of cord. Fractured sternum. Pneumonia. Semi-purulent fluid in hilus of left kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Extravasation (Spinal canal); Laceration (Spinal cord); Fracture (Sternum); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
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, who was a carter, while standing at the tail of his cart with the tail-board down, was thrown backwards into the street by the horse making a sudden start. In the fall he was thrown on his back against the ground, but the chief part of the blow was sustained by the lower cervical & upper dorsal vertebra & left shoulder. The accident occurred at 2pm on the 2nd of April. He was perfectly sober at the time, when picked up was not insensible. He was carried home & attended by a medical man in Westminster who found him palsied in the lower extremities’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Robert Stone, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1846
Date of death: 1 Mar 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the thigh (ununited). Diffuse cellular inflammation of the leg and foot, with excoriations. Heart dilated and very much atrophied – soft in structure. Congestive pneumonia. Other organs healthy in structure.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Leg); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
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 man was admitted with an oblique fracture of the femur caused by a fall down some area steps. The same bone had been fractured about nine years previously a little below the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left inferior extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Inwood, 47, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1851
Date of death: 17 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of the areolar tissue about the elbow & arm, proceeding to formation of pus. Absorption of the cartilage of bones forming the elbow joints & purulent matter in the joints. Pleurisy on left side. Grey hepatization of both lungs. Disease of the kidneys. Air in the liver. Softening of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Elbow, arm tissue); Suppuration (Elbow, arm tissue); Pleurisy (Lungs); Hepatization (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys, liver, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Five weeks ago he fell from a ladder 6 feet from the ground & struck the left elbow against the grate of a furnace. On the slough being removed about 10 days from the accident, the whole of the forearm began to swell particularly in the neighbourhood of the wound. Poultices were applied & this was the only treatment adopted before he came to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Elbow joint, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

George Gibson, [No occupation stated]

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]

George Gibson, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

Patrick Carey, 66, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1856
Date of death: 11 Mar 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg. Hepatized Lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Disease (Lung)
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 in consequence of an accident in which he slipped on the pavement while carrying a sedan chair with a lady in it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Vessels of leg, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Sarah Read, 21, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1842
Date of death: 27 Mar 1843
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis and Emphysema. Scrofulous abscess of Kidney. Disease of Bladder.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Abscess (Kidney); Disease (Bladder)
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 and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Hylot, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 February 1844
Date of death: 10 Mar 1844
Disease (transcribed): Diseased bones of nose. Fatal Erysepelas.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Nose); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a very cachectic state with a disease of the nostrils accompanied by great pain about the head and face and a fetid purulent discharge.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx and larynx, thorax, abdomen, cranium and nasal cavities
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Parker, 54, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1857
Date of death: 24 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, lung)
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 woman was admitted with old sloughing ulcers of the leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Holloway, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 February 1844
Date of death: 23 February 1844
Disease (transcribed): Burn extending over legs, side and back. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Congestion of duodenum.
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: The injuries had been caused by her clothes taking fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pharynx and larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Harrold, 39, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1842
Date of death: 4 Sep 1842
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of Ribs. Emphysema. Laceration of inferior branch of right bronchus. Fracture of Spine.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Emphysema (Lung); Laceration (Lung); Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient fell from a height of about 40 feet. He was dead when he was brought into the Hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and spine
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Harvey, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1854
Date of death: 22 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Serous effusion in pleurae. Hypertrophy & dilatation of the heart. Lungs odematous
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Effusion (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Edema (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who had been of rather intemperate habits, was admitted on account of sloughing ulcer on each leg, which had resulted originally from accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Charles Wood, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1846
Date of death: 6 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Wound over knee joint. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the leg and thigh. Slight congestive pneumonia. All organs otherwise healthy
Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Inflammation (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung)
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 extensive lacerated wound extending across the patella.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left inferior extemity, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Gray, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of injury: n/a

James Swift, 20, [No occupation stated]

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

James Sommerson, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1854
Date of death: 29 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Pyaemia. Secondary pneumonia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was a labourer, of healthy appearance, & apparently temperate habits, who had sustained a compound fracture of the right leg in a fall off a ladder’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lower leg, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

William Dolbear, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1845
Date of death: 1 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the sigmoid flexure of the colon and of the upper part of the rectum, spreading to the pelvic cellular tissue and to the bladder. Encephaloid disease of the prostate, liver and mesenteric glands. Abscesses in kidneys. Lungs spumous with partial red heptisation.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Cancer (Pelvis); Cancer (Bladder); Cancer (Prostate, Liver, Mesenteric glands); Abscess (Kidney); Disease (Lung)
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: The patient was admitted complaining of frequent micturition of small quantities of water, haemorrhage from the urethra and pain referred to the prostate. Also occasional pain in the loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

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