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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1846
Date of death: 12 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fungus haematodes of the left antrum. Recent pleuritis. Inflammation of lungs with purulent infiltration
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Face); Pleurisy (Pleura); Inflammation (Lung); Suppuration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Face, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1854
Date of death: 15 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the prostate. Pleurisy. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Prostate); Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had been a gentleman’s servant & had lived a luxurious & dissipated life. On admission into the hospital he was extremely weak, & in fact evidently in a dying state’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1855
Date of death: 2 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Pharyngitis. Laryngitis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Pharyngitis (Pharynx); Laryngitis (Larynx); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted complaining of sore throat, for which he was put under the charge of the surgeon as there was some obscure history of syphilis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1854
Date of death: 24 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased ankle joint. Amputation. Pyaemia. Lobular pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ankle); Amputation (Ankle); Sepsis (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose complexion was yellow & unhealthy & general health bad, was admitted on account of disease of the ankle joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump (‘the left leg had been amputation below the knee’), thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1853
Date of death: 16 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Injury to the head. Exposure of bone. Trephining. Pus external to dura mater also in the sub-arachnoidean tissue. Secondary lobular pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Trephining (Skull); Suppuration (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient had been for two weeks under the care of the House Surgeon for phagadena.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1853
Date of death: 1 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the upper part of the femur. Adherent pericardium. Pleural adhesions & friable condensed state of the lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Adherent (Pericardium); Disease (Pleura, lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old man was admitted near the close of last year, in consequence of an accident (a fall of about 10ft from a ladder), in which he had injured the left thigh bone’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1856
Date of death: 13 Dec 1856
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pericarditis. Aneurysm of the Heart
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Aneurysm (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The account given was that in September last she had scarlatina and after recovering from that she had measles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1855
Date of death: 26 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Pneumonia. Destruction of sterno-clavicular articulation
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Destruction (Sternoclavicular Joint)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The boy was originally admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones, labouring under fever. He was then slightly delirious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1855
Date of death: 19 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman had been frequently a patient of the Hospital. She was originally admitted in 1853 suffering with syphilitic cachexia and caries of the base of the skull.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Date of admission: 15 May 1854
Date of death: 21 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse suppuration of the cellular tissue of the scrotum & cord. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Genitalia); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was that of a person far more advanced in life than the age which he gave, was admitted on account of a swelling on the left side of the scrotum’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scrotum and spermatic cord, thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1854
Date of death: 13 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of thumb. Diffuse inflammation. Lobular pneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Hand); Inflammation Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on account of [?] abscess of the thumb & diffuse inflammation of the forearm. He had an aged & cachetic[?] appearance, & his manner was strange & nervous, but he was not known to be of intemperate habits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right arm & hand, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 28 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the knee joint. Bronchitis. Emphysema pulmonum. Calculi in the kidney. Bed sores and connected with them, purulent deposits in the pelvic cavity
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Knee); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Calculi (Kidney); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Suppuration (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Three weeks before her admission she fell down, striking her right knee which immediately swelled and subsequently became very painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee joint, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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]
Gender: Female
Age: 5
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1853
Date of death: 1 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Solidification of the lung. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Consolidation (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This little child had been burnt about the face, arms & chest by her clothes catching fire’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jul 1858
Date of death: 9 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: 'Had suffered from cough for some months past but not more than she had been liable to at time for 2 years. 2 days before admission she fell down 3 or 4 steps striking the back & lower part of right side of chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1857
Date of death: 25 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Strumous disease of the knee. Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Leg); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This child had been twice in the hospital before and been to Margate, where his condition had somewhat improved.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and right knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1861
Date of death: 29 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver and spleen. Recent pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
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: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1853
Date of death: 25 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Wound of hand. Pleurisy. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Three weeks before his admission his right hand had been hammed between the wheel and body of a cart, causing a lacerated wound on the dorsum of the hand.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right upper extremity, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 62
Date of admission: 10 May 1854
Date of death: 8 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Old ulcer of leg. Licherous eruption. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Lichenoid eruption (Skin); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was not examined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1854
Date of death: 3 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phagadaena. Ulceration of a wound of leg. Pleurisy. Secondary deposits in lung. Inflammation of pulmonary vein
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Wound (Leg); Pleurisy (Pleura); Deposit (Lung); Inflammation (Blood vessels);
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was tolerably healthy & habits, as far as was known, temperate, was admitted on account of a lacerated wound of the leg (caused by striking it against the step of an omnibus)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1860
Date of death: 17 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene. Diseased heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Gangrene; Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'About 9 weeks before admission he rubbed a sore place on the great toe of the right foot with an ill-made shoe, which continued to encrease in size until his admission into the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1855
Date of death: 18 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing ulcer on thorax. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Thorax); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of a swelling over the ribs on the right side, which appeared to depend on a syphilitic affection of the bones.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1858
Date of death: 14 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic gangrene of the leg. Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg ); Pleuropneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: 'Whilst at work in the morning of admission he caught his foot between a large boiler belonging to some water works & the wall, much crushing it. There was a large lacerated wound of the right foot’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1854
Date of death: 5 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic disease of humerus. Secondary pneumonia & pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Arm); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who appeared in perfect health & had very florid complexion, was admitted on account of disease of the left humerus […] he had had syphilis about 2 years before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1846
Date of death: 23 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Amputation of thigh. Pleurisy on both sides, with secondary deposits in both lungs. Other organs healthy. Inflammation of extremity of femoral vein.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Pleurisy (Pleura, Lung); Inflammation (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The accident in consequence of which this man was admitted, was caused by a heavy fall from a horse which bolted with with him and crashed violently against a cart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and stump
Type of incident: Trauma/accident