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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1847
Date of death: 30 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis with enormous effusion of purulent fluid into the cavity of the pleura. Amputation of the leg.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Suppuration (Pleural cavity); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur. Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1851
Date of death: 1 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia of right side. Operation
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'The history is not given as the body was not examined’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The friends objected to examination’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1848
Date of death: 8 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Suppuration in substance of omentum.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner. Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1851
Date of death: 31 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia & operation 3 days after the earliest symptoms. Hernial sac contained also omentum which was adherent around the neck. Peritonitis. Perforation of ileum found with crested & whitened edges. Fibrinous clot found in branches of pulmonary artery on the right side
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Ileum); Clot (Blood vessels)
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 stated that she ruptured herself about 5 years ago after some unusual exertion, & that on walking about, or taking any active exercise, the hernia always descended. She could return it herself without difficulty. She had never worn a truss’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1843
Date of death: 12 Apr 1843
Disease (transcribed): Diseased knee amputation.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Amputation (Leg)
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: Right leg and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1848
Date of death: 29 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the breast for scirrhus. Inflammation of veins of arm.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Breast); Cancer (Breast); Inflammation (Veins); Inflammation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The history of the case is not recorded as the body was not examined.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1846
Date of death: 05 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of leg. Secondary abscess in lungs. Femoral and iliac veins contained pus without indications of inflammation
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Abscess (Lung); Suppuration (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This girl was admitted in a weakly emaciated condition with necrosis and caries of the left leg, reported of a month’s standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1847
Date of death: 28 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of leg. Secondary abscess of lung. Pleuritis and empyema. Inflammation of femoral vein and pus in its cavity.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Abscess (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Empyema (Pleura); Inflammation (Veins); Suppuration (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient on admission was suffering under ulceration of the cartilages of the left knee joint apparently of an acute character.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1848
Date of death: 19 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Lithotripsy. Calculi impacted in urethra. Sac connected with the bladder. Inflamed and discharged kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Lithotripsy (Bladder); Calculi (Urethra); Inflammation (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient had been troubled with calculus in the bladder for many years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1852
Date of death: 2 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Malignant ulceration of the skin of the leg. Amputation of the thigh eighteen days before death
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Amputation (Leg)
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 reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed without examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1849
Date of death: 23 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Popliteal aneurism. Operation. Gangrene
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Knee); Operation; Gangrene

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 healthy-looking man of temperate habits, stated that on the 16th of October last he began to feel some pain at the inner side of his right knee. Two days after, while digging in a field, his foot slipped form the spade, causing him pain in the knee, but it lasted only a minute, & scarcely attracted his attention. He continued to work two days after this occurrence, but on the night of the 21st of October on retiring to bed he found his right foot & leg swelled’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845
Date of death: 17 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Internal haemorrhoids. Ligature. Phlebitis. Secondary abscesses in liver and lung. Pleurisy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Anus); Ligature; Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Abscess (Liver, lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted for an indurated venereal sore upon the upper surface of the skin of the penis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1843
Date of death: 28 Jan 1844
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis and Pneumo Thorax. The thigh was amputated 10 weeks before the patients death.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: About ten weeks before his death the right leg was amputated on account of a disease of the synovical membrane. There were also some symptoms of disease in the lungs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and stump
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1847
Date of death: 01 Nov 1847
Disease (transcribed): Recto-vaginal fistula. Operation under influence of ether. Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Intestines); Fistula (Vagina); Operation (); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This case is not reported, as the body was removed without examination.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1852
Date of death: 30 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Circular amputation of thigh for disease of knee (19th day before death) ? Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Disease (Knee); Sepsis (Systemic)
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 reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1843
Date of death: 7 Oct 1843
Disease (transcribed): Dislocation of astragalus. Amputation.
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Ankle); Amputation (Leg)
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: Right leg, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

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

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

Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1850
Date of death: 1 Sep 1850
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Amputation. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1852
Date of death: 26 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of cartilages of knee. Bronchitis. Amputation of thigh four days before death. Secondary pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Knee); Bronchitis (Lung); Amputation (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung)
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 reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The friends objected to any examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 May 1845
Date of death: 3 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Caecum & omentum in the sac. Peritonitis of a low character. Foul suppuration in the sac and in neighbouring cellular tissue. Gut thickened. Pleurisy on both sides
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert and Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a large soft tumor in the right femoral region with some impulse on coughing and by the side of this was another small swelling which could be reduced into the abdomen without difficulty’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, hernial sac, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 May 1845
Date of death: 3 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis of a low character. Pleurisy on both sides, with congestion of the lungs. Petechial spots on the heart, the internal membrane of which was deeply bloodstained. Blood semi-fluid
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Purpura (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a large excessively tender tumor in the right femoral region, accompanied by tenderness of abdomen, and anxiety of countenance. Her manner was much depressed: she said that she had been subject to hernia for some time and had worn a truss. 3 or 4 hours previous to admission the hernia came down, while her truss was on’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1845
Date of death: 25 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Large scalp wound, followed by matter between the dura mater & bone as well as by matter in the cavity of the arachnoid and in the sub-arachnoid tissue & pia mater. Trephine applied. 2ndary deposits in lung. Pericardium adherent. Heart dilated & soft
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Wound (Brain); Trephining; Deposit (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'John Clark, admitted with a very large scalp wound, extending nearly the whole length of the head upon the right side, in a semicircular direction, and exposing considerable portion of the right temporal occipital, and frontal bones […] The wound was filled with dirt. It was not ascertained in what manner the wound had been inflicted as he was found in a state of insensibility in a cellar & could give no account of the way in which he got there’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident