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Thomas Burchmann, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Nov 1840
Date of death: 22 Jan 1841
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of cartilages of knee. Partial ankylosis. Abscess in thigh
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Ankylosis (Joints); Abscess (Thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Leg

Type of incident: n/a

[No name], [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

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

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Pearce, n/a, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1851
Date of death: 21 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wounds & fracture of the cranium, owing to a fall from a height. Also fracture of the sacrum & ossa innominata. Laceration of the cranial dura mater & extensive effusion of blood under both spinal & cranial arachnoid. Old pleurisy on right side & congestion of the lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull, pelvis, hip); Laceration (Brain); Effusion (Brain, spinal cord); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse & died in the course of half an hour. He had fallen from a great height & struck the back of his head & spine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, bones of the pelvis & vertebral column, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

[No name], [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: n/a
Disease (transcribed): Coma following a kick of the head from a horse with compound comminuted fracture on the right side. Laceration of the right cerebral hemisphere. Extravasated blood in the arachnoid cavity
Disease (standardised): Coma (Brain); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had received a kick from a horse of the right side a short time before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Lewis Meredith, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1852
Date of death: 9 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Congenital tumour containing fluid at the lower part of the back which after being punctured, inflamed suppuration was set into within and inflammation with suppuration of the spinal membrane and softening of the spinal cord. Opisthotonous and coma preceded death
Disease (standardised): Congenital tumour (Back); Inflammation (Spine); Suppuration (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord); Opisthotonus (Muscles); Coma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: From the account his friends gave of his case, it seemed that a tumour had been observed at the lower part of the sacral region at the time of his birth.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal column, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Atkins, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1844
Date of death: 14 Jan 1844
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull with depressed bone; trephine applied 12 months after the accident. Erysipelas. Diffuse inflammation of the sub arachnoid cellular tissue.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: About 12 months before his admission he received a severe blow on the crown of his head from a fall off a coach.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Martin , 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1844
Date of death: 9 Jun 1844
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound, deamidation of bone. Inflammation of sub occipital (muscular) cellular tissue. Suppuration between bone and dura mater and in the corresponding cavity of arachnoid. Fracture of second lumbar vertebrae.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Inflammation (Head); Suppuration (Brain ); Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
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: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Randal, 35, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1844
Date of death: 19 Aug 1844
Disease (transcribed): Fissure of the skull; no injury of the brain or its membranes. Fracture of the sternum and several ribs with wound of the lung and extensive emphysema.
Disease (standardised): Fissure (Skull); Fracture (Sternum); Fracture (Ribs); Wound (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted after having been thrown out of a cart upon his side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Mary Burkin, 65, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1844
Date of death: 19 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound with deamidation of bone. Diffuse cellular inflammation of scalp with Erysipelas of the face.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Deamidation (Skull); Inflammation (Scalp); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
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: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

George Mason, 42, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1845
Date of death: 2 Mar 1845
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the metacarpal bones. Erysipelas of the hand & upper extremity. Trismus
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Hand); Erysipelas (Hand, arm); Trismus (Jaw)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient’s hand was caught between the spokes of a wheel and the side of a cart, which he was driving. When admitted a compound comminuted fracture presented itself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Dagnell, 75, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1845
Date of death: 2 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the neck of the femur. Viscera healthy.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This man was admitted with fracture of the femur after he slipped off the pavement while in a state of intoxication.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left inferior extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Day, 48, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1846
Date of death: 11 Mar 1846
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of right leg. Partial ankylosis of knee joints, with absorption of cartilages and softening of the extremities of the bones. Congestive pneumonia. Heart dilated and atrophied. Specks of atheroma in aorta.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg); Ankylosis (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with rheumatic gout of the knee and elbow joints of ten years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremities
Type of incident: n/a

John Cole, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1846
Date of death: 20 Jul 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: Case omitted as the body was not examined after death.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Turner, 39, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1849
Date of death: 4 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ozaena. Extensive syphilitic caries of the nasal topae, & of the bones at the base of the skull
Disease (standardised): Rhinitis, atrophic (Nose); Syphilis (Nose); Caries (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This patient stated that in June last he became affected with symptoms of secondary syphilis, the most important of which was pain in the left ear, with loss of hearing, & a scanty discharge from the meatus. During the September & October following he was put on a course of mercury and profusely salivated. Soon afterwards he became subject to epistaxis, sometimes to a large amount’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx, pharynx

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Mortimer, 48, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1849
Date of death: 24 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Extravasation of blood in spinal canal & in substance of cord. Brain healthy. Fractured sternum. Congested lungs. Heart atrophied. Intestines distended with flatus. Pelvis of kidneys slightly congested
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine, sternum); Extravasation (Spine); Congestion (Lungs); Disease (Heart, intestines, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was at 11am having fallen backwards off a scaffolding from a height of about 9ft & struck the back part of his neck upon a piece of timber laying on the ground below. When picked up he was insensible, but he recovered his consciousness in a few minutes’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Emma Baker, 4, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849
Date of death: 15 Jul 1849
Disease (transcribed): Abscess after periostitis. Secondary abscesses of lung
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Periosteum); Periostitis (Periosteum); Abscess (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with the right leg put up in splints in consequence of a supposed fracture of the tibia, but the only account that could be learnt from the parents was the the little patient was supposed to have hurt his [sic] leg while playing with some other children. On removing the splints no fracture could be detected but the limb from the knee downwards was much swelled & inflamed. There was considerable fever & much restlessness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident?

Joseph Beacham, [Age not stated], [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [Age not stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1849
Date of death: 19 Jul 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Extensive laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted at 12pm, having received a severe blow in the mouth from a man’s foot in a drunken broil. On admission, half an hour afterwards, he was insensible apparently from drink, but he was not cold & his pulse nothing remarkable’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Frederick Turner, 30, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1849
Date of death: 14 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Lacerated meningeal artery. Extravasation of blood between bone & dura mater. Extravasation beneath the arachnoid & in the substance of he surface of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man fell from the box of a cab while in a state of intoxication & was picked up insensible. He was admitted very soon afterwards completely deprived of sense & volition & it was ascertained from the persons who accompanied him to the hospital that he had not spoken or shown any signs of consciousness since the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Bleach, 16, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1849
Date of death: 27 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation & abscess of the tibia. Ulcerated cartilage of the right knee. Amputation. Inflammation & pus in femoral vein. Pleurisy. Secondary deposits in the right lung
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg); Abscess (Leg); Ulcer (Knee); Amputation (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This boy struck his right knee against a pitcher which he was carrying in his hand. He felt but little pain at the time but the next day the knee was painful & swollen & he was brought to the hospital. He had then much fever, his pulse very frequent but without power. His mother stated that three weeks before he was laid up with erysipelas and that he was still in bad health at the time of the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right thigh

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

James Winsley, 45, Coal heaver

Occupation or role: Coal heaver
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1850
Date of death: 5 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur (right) and compound fracture of the right leg
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the right leg and simple comminuted fracture of the femur caused a short time previously by the wheels of a heavily laden waggon passing over the limb.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and right lower extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Anne Levell, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1852
Date of death: 23 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Pelvic abscess opening into the rectum and vagina. Hectic
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Pelvis); Abscess (Rectum); Abscess (Vagina)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
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 not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Rudd, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1852
Date of death: 30 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits with vomicae in both lungs. Old pleural and pericardial adhesions. Ulceration of intestines. Ulceration of the alveolar process of upper jaw
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Adhesions (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines); Ulcer (Jaw)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted on account of disease of the upper jaw which had existed for about a year.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Upper jaw, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Wilkins, 61, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1853
Date of death: 25 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Caries of body and ramus of jaw. Ulceration of thyroid and occipital arteries
Disease (standardised): Caries (Jaw); Ulcer (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: He was admitted on account of swelling on the right side of the jaw which he said had existed for about ten months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, face, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Neale, 68, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1853
Date of death: 4 Oct 1853
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of leg. Primary amputation
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body at the earnest request of the friends was not examined.
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Thomas Hughes, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 04 Jan 1847
Date of death: 06 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Severe compound fracture of leg. Rupture of tendon of patella
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Rupture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It was stated that this man while intoxicated, was jammed between a beer barrel and the wall.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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