Occupation or role: Pot boy Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Dec 1845 Date of death: 1 Jan 1846 Disease (transcribed): Delirium Tremens. Brain wet. Slight extravasation of blood in arachnoid. Heart dilated and atrophied with flaccid muscular structure. Patches of atheroma about valves and aorta. Blood fluid. Lungs congested. Liver fatty. Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain ); Disease (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Lung); Disease (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient had lost his appetite, unable to sleep well and had become extensively nervous. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Policeman Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Oct 1862 Date of death: 1 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Encephalitis (tubercular) Disease (standardised): Encephalitis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was admitted for strumous disease of the ankle of twelve months standing and the leg was amputated. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen, vertebra and cord Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Jan 1845 Date of death: 11 Jan 1845 Disease (transcribed): Chorea. Brain congested. Uterus hypertrophied and remarkably hard, with superficial ulceration of the os uteri Disease (standardised): Chorea (Central nervous system); Congestion (Brain); Ulcer (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient, a married woman who had had 2 children, the youngest 4 years old, was reported by her husband to have suffered frequently since her last confinement from pain in the head. Shortly after the birth of her last child, she began to experience twitchings and slight jactitations principally affecting the left side’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1846 Date of death: 28 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation and suppuration of left tympanum and other parts of temporal bone. Ulceration of membrane tympani. Diffuse inflammation and suppuration of sub arachnoid cellular tissue. Puriform effusion in ventricles. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Skull); Suppuration (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Effusion (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient stated that for the last five weeks he had suffered from pain in the neck and passing to the shoulders. The pain commenced, according to his account, as a ‘cold and sore throat’. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Apr 1868 Date of death: 16 Apr 1868 Disease (transcribed): Laceration of brain Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident?
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Apr 1845 Date of death: 26 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Abscess in breast. Erysipelas over the breast and chest. Puerpural mania Disease (standardised): Abscess (Breast); Erysipelas (Breast, chest); Postpartum depression (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in consequence of abscesses in the right breast and was delivered of a fully developed child on the following day. After her delivery she lost a considerable quantity of blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 May 1872 Date of death: 4 May 1872 Disease (transcribed): Fracture and dislocation of sixth cervical verterbrae. Extensive bruising and laceration of the spinal cord Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Bruising (Spinal cord); Laceration (Spinal cord) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man died shortly after admission, and was not seen by me.’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, bones, spinal cord, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 51 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 May 1846 Date of death: 2 May 1846 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy? Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain ) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: No history of the case is given, in consequence of the removal of the body without examination. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 May 1844 Date of death: 9 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Congestion of Brain with extensive effusion into its ventricles. Pleurisy. Phthisis. Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain ); Effusion (Brain ); Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of severe pain in the temple and forehead greatly aggravated by noise or excitement and relieved when he was lying down. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 52 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 May 1844 Date of death: 14 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy from left corpus striatum and thalamus. Enormous hypertrophy of left ventricle. Disease of cerebral arteries. Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain ); Hypertrophy (Brain ); Disease (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient had long been an out patient of the Hospital with symptoms of hypertrophy of the heart, and had been subject to headaches. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 May 1845 Date of death: 10 May 1845 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Erysipelas with oedema of scalp, & diffuse cellular inflammation of neck & mediastinum. Larynx oedematous, with increased vascularity. Large quantities of fluid in the ventricles of the brain with perforation, in several places, of septum lucidum Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Erysipelas (Skin); Edema (Scalp); Inflammation (Neck, chest); Edema (Larynx); Wound (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'Was first brought to the hospital on the 2nd of May with a wound about an inch in length, situated immediately above the right superciliary ridge and not exposing the bone. He was sensible and able to answer questions but his manner was excited. He was said to have been stunned by a blow, and had not been sick after the accident. He declared his intention of leaving the hospital, but was ultimately reduced to go to bed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 May 1844 Date of death: 23 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Softening of the Brain, with a peculiar yellow deposit in the lung, spleen and kidney. Anasarca. Kidneys mottled. Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain ); Deposit (Lung, Spleen, Kidney); Oedema (Leg); Mottled (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient had previously suffered from acute rheumatism, and was admitted with symptoms of Dropsy dependent upon disease of the heart and kidneys. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 May 1844 Date of death: 27 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Old apoplectic cyst. Enormous distention of the sigmoid flexure of the colon, the consequence of partial obstruction caused by the gut being inverted upon itself. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Cysts (Brain ); Distention (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of pain in the loins and left hypogastrium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Apr 1866 Date of death: 20 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Laceration of brain. Fracture of skull Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient fell about twenty feet off a scaffold ladder on to his head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 52 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 May 1846 Date of death: 25 May 1846 Disease (transcribed): Fungoid disease of brain with extravasation of blood, and softening of the surrounding structure. Other organs healthy in structure. Old adhesions about pleurae, pericardium and peritoneum. Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain ); Adhesions (Pleura); Adhesions (Heart); Adhesions (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted about five months before this admission, suffering from intense pain in the head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 15 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 May 1846 Date of death: 31 May 1846 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Fracture of the skull, depression of the orbital plate of the frontal. Abscess in the anterior lobe of the brain with extensive suppuration in the lateral ventricles and at the base of the brain. Other viscera healthy. Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Fracture (Skull); Abscess (Brain); Suppuration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a superficial scalp wound caused about ten minutes previously by a fall of about six feet from a ladder. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Groom Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Mar 1862 Date of death: 8 May 1862 Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of vertebrae. Exposure of spinal cord. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Spine); Exposure (Spinal cord); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This man was admitted under the physicians for paralysis. He stated that twelve months ago he sprained his back. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, cord and chest Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Apr 1845 Date of death: 24 May 1845 Disease (transcribed): Effusion of fluid in sub-arachnoid tissue. Lung congested posteriorly. Two aortic valves only, the surfaces of which were covered with fibrinous & calcareous deposits. Slight irregular depressions on surfaces of kidneys. Small calculus in pelvis of kidney Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Deposit (Aorta); Congestion (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Calculus (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of pain in the chest, & cough said to be of ten days’ duration. The respiration was very quick & catching, & the pain in the chest was much increased on deep inspiration’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: School girl Age: 9 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Apr 1865 Date of death: 22 Apr 1865 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient fell down stairs on the 14th of April and struck the back of his head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
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
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jan 1844 Date of death: 11 Jan 1844 Disease (transcribed): Delirium Tremens. Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Central nervous system) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a state of great restlessness and loss of sleep and delirium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
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
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 May 1846 Date of death: 16 Jun 1846 Disease (transcribed): Large apoplectic clot, of some standing, in the posterior lobe of the right hemisphere. Other part of brain and vessels healthy. Effusion in the sub arachnoid tissues. Specks of atheroma about aorta. Erysipelas. Abscess in neck. Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain ); Effusion (Brain); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Erysipelas (Skin); Abscess (Neck) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted paralytic on the left side of the body. It appeared from the friends account, that on the 16th of May she had a fit of an apoplectic character. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and neck Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Jun 1844 Date of death: 15 Jun 1844 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of Brain Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain ) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur 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: The body was not examined, at the request of the friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Apr 1845 Date of death: 3 Jun 1845 Disease (transcribed): Effusion in the sub-arachnoid tissue. Phthisis with old adhesions. Tubercular ulceration of intestinal canal Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient, an habitual drunkard, stated that he had not enjoyed good health for the last 18 months. That during that time he has had no appetite, and has been gradually getting thinner, but without any very obvious cause’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen