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John Plowman, 57, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1852
Date of death: 4 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Rupia of long standing. Typhoid symptoms. Pneumonia on right side. Enlarged heart with thickened valves. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Rupia (Skin); Syphilis (Systemic); Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was admitted under the care of the surgeon with an eruption of cachectic rupia over his body of six weeks standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 15 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercular deposit in both lungs. Double old pleurisy. Flakes of recent lymph in pericardium and old white patches on hearts surface. Hypertrophy of heart and atheromic patches on valves. Stricture of urethra
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Lymph (Heart); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man came under the care of the Surgeons for an old and rather tight stricture.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Sophia Percy, 22, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 11 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Abscesses and sinuses connected with diseased shoulder joint. Head symptoms. Scrofulous tubercle of large size found in the right optic thalamus. Slight scrofulous deposit in the lungs
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Shoulder); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She had been twice before in the Hospital during last year on account of a large abscess situated at the upper and outer part of the right arm which was supposed to e connected with disease of the bones entering in to the shoulder joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax and shoulder joint
Type of incident: n/a

John Read , 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1851
Date of death: 22 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Carious tarsal bones. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Foot); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
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 given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Daveney, 40, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 9 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of both bones of the right leg & sloughing of the wound. Secondary lobular pneumonia in the right lung. Old pleural adhesions on both sides. Recent pericarditis. Purulent deposits in the liver & slight peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sloughing (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Deposit (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This man was a travelling carman & [?] and seemed to have led rather an irregular life. He was admitted on the 15th of October having received a kick from a horse on the right leg. The blow had fractured the leg & it appeared that in endeavouring to rise afterwards he had caused the fractured end of the tibia to protrude […] Nothing is known of the history of the old bullet wound’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Robert Watts, 37, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1851
Date of death: 6 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound followed by sloughing. Symptoms of compression of brain [?], attributable to the formation of pus within the cranium. Trephining resorted to. Pus & ‘lymphy gradation’, fluid between the dura mater & bone, also in arachnoid cavity, & among the meshes of pia mater. Also in cavity & of orbit & frontal sinuses. Secondary lobular pneumonia & hepatitis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Suppuration (Scalp, brain); Trephining (Skull); Pneumonia (Lungs); Hepatitis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was first seen as an out-patient. He had had a glass thrown at him in some drunken quarrel which had inflicted a pretty severe wound on the fore part of his scalp. There was a good deal of bleeding’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / violence

James Penny, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1851
Date of death: 24 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the left parietal bone, with depression of bone. Also laceration of the dura mater of the brain correspondent, followed by collection of purulent matter in the arachnoid cavity & inflammation of the substance of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This man fell off a ladder, a height of about 8 feet, striking his head against a brick. When brought into the house (in the evening, a few hours after the accident), a piece of brick was found embedded in the skull’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Charlotte Emmerson, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 4 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Extirpation of the right mammary gland for scirrhus thereof, & followed by collections of pus under the integument & among the muscles of the left thigh. Inflammation of the external iliac veins & purulent collections under iliac fascia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Excision (Breast); Scirrhus (Breast); Suppuration (Thigh); Inflammation (Pelvis); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with a scirrhous tumour of the right breast which was removed on the 8th of May. She gradually recovered from this operation, but the wound did not heal kindly, the discharge being offensive & [?], & there being a good deal of confinement of matter, requiring the opening to be constantly kept free’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lower extremities, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Anne White, 44, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1851
Date of death: 8 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the ovaries & fallopian tubes. Pelvic peritonitis. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the vagina. Recent pleurisy on left side. Old pleurisy on the right side. Engorged lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ovaries, fallopian tubes); Peritonitis (Pelvis); Ulcer (Vagina); Pleurisy (Lungs); Engorgement (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient had been attending for some weeks as an outpatient with flooding & was supposed to labour under some organic disease of the uterus. She was admitted into the house [hospital] owing to her debilitated condition consequent upon the loss of blood which was increased at the time of her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Thompson, 32, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1851
Date of death: 5 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Psoas abscess (case not reported)
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The friends objected to any examination of this body’

Type of incident: n/a

Honoria Corbett, n/a, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1851
Date of death: 26 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn of the face & arms. Scarlet fever
Disease (standardised): Burn (Face, arms); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'The case is not entered as no examination of the body was made’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The friends would not permit the body to be examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Edward Clayton, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1851
Date of death: 23 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of right groin leading into the abdomen. Wound of small intestine, escape of faecal matter. Peritonitis. Laceration of deep epigastric artery
Disease (standardised): Wound (Groin, abdomen, intestine); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laceration (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Blagden, Robert and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought into the hospital with a lacerated wound of the right groin caused in the following way. While riding round Dean Street as it enters Park Lane, two cabs were coming towards him, & he endeavouring to guide his horse between them, was struck with great violence by the shaft of one of the cabs which broke in consequence & he was borne to the ground’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Harriet Moore, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1851
Date of death: 20 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Abscess connected with lymphatic glands of the neck, followed by erysipelas of the head & face
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Neck); Erysipelas (Head, face)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'The history of this case is not recorded as the body was not examined’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The relatives objected to any examination of the body’

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Boyce, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Feb 1851
Date of death: 13 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of bursa patella. Pleurisy & pneumonia on left side. Bronchial tubes generally dilated. Hypertrophy of the heart
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Knee); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert and Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient, who was very thin & unhealthy in appearance, was admitted in the first instance under the care of Mr Keate [Robert Keate] with an abscess connected with the bursa patella. This was immediately opened & 3 or 4 ounces of pus evacuated. Erysipelas extended from the knee up as far as the bend of the thigh’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Smith, 15, Stable boy

Occupation or role: Stable boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1851
Date of death: 11 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Injury to the head from a fall, followed by insensibility alternating with delirium, muscular spasms &c. Congestion of the membranes of the brain. Extensive serous effusion into the ventricles. Crude tubercle in the right lobe of the cerebellum & right hemisphere of the cerebrum
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Delirium (Brain); Spasm (Muscles); Congestion (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient , who was a stable boy, fell from his horse about 7 days before his admission & struck the back of his hand against the ground. He stated that he was stunned by the fall & that he remained insensible for 2 days. After this period consciousness returned, but he was subject to pain in the head, & drowsiness, & was unfit for his usual occupation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Trott, 70, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1851
Date of death: 8 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Large sloughing wound of the scalp. Exposure of both parietal bones. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Two hours before his admission this old man, who was a carpenter, fell from the joists of a building, & struck the top of his head against a piece of wood which as on the ground. He was but slightly stunned tho’ he fell from a height of several feet. There was considerable haemorrhage (from the wound) which produced extreme exhaustion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Ryan, 61, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1850
Date of death: 28 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: A week before this patient's admission he was pushed down and fell violently on the right hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Sarah Grimwood, 56, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 May 1850
Date of death: 21 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Varicose veins of legs. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Varicose veins (Veins); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This body not being examined, the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed by the friends without examination
Type of incident: n/a

John Cowley, 42, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1850
Date of death: 30 Jan 1850
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of the face and neck. Dysphagia
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Deglutition disorders (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed by the friends without examination
Type of incident: n/a

Sophia Ridley, 20, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1849
Date of death: 4 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the cartilages and abscess of both hips. Sloughs on both hips
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Hips); Abscess (Hips); Sloughing (Hips)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with disease of the right hip joint. There was considerable fulness in the neighbourhood of the joint & exquisite pain on the slightest motion of the limb, without any alteration in its length as compared with its fellow’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, lower extremities

Type of incident: n/a

James Body, 55, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1849
Date of death: 6 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Compound fractured left leg. Purulent blood in femoral vein. Secondary deposits in the right lung, and corresponding pleura
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Thigh); Deposit (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of the left tibia & fibula about 4 inches above the ankle, caused by a fall from a cart which he was driving whilst drunk, the wheel of which passed over his leg’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Joseph Sargent, 70, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1849
Date of death: 19 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Intestine sloughy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation Sloughing (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted at 12 1/2pm with a small, tense & excessively tender tumour, about the size of a pidgeon’s egg, situated in the right groin below poupart’s ligament. He stated that having felt indisposed for a day or two, he took on the evening of the 13th a dose of medicine which on the following morning acted on the bowels, and that while straining at stool the swelling made its appearance’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Ann Lloyd, 37, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1849
Date of death: 8 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the thigh. No disease of the vertebrae, hip or sacro-iliac joints
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient, a thin, unhealthy-looking woman, was admitted with a very large abscess situated in the right gluteal region. It had been forming for about three weeks or a month’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Pope, 40, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1849
Date of death: 31 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Prolapsus uteri. Semi-purulent fluid in the peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Prolapse (Uterus); Suppuration (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with prolapsus uteri from which she suffered for several months. The greater portion of the organ was lying external to the labiae vaginae and enormously enlarged’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Redding, 25, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1849
Date of death: 17 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Cholera maligna. Thoracic viscera healthy. Gall bladder distended. Solitary glands very prominently marked throughout the whole length of the large intestine
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Disease (Gallbladder, glands)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with chronic inflammation of the synovial membrane of the right knee. The joint was enlarged & had lost its natural form; it was puffy & elastic to the feel, but there was no fluctuation & not much pain. She stated that it had been bad about 4 years […] On the afternoon of the 16th at 6 1/2pm she was seized with vomiting & purging’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left knee joint

Type of incident: n/a

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