Occupation or role: Platelayer Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1866 Date of death: 1 Jan 1867 Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Laceration of brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Lacerations (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This man was admitted in a state of complete insensibility. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 May 1848 Date of death: 18 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of brain and membranes. Pneumonia and hepatisation of lung. Scrofulous bronchial glands. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was said to have been taken ill with severe pain in the head, delirium, and occasionally very noisy and troublesome. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 days Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Mar 1875 Date of death: 26 Mar 1875 Disease (transcribed): Meningocele. Tapping. Suppuration of the remaining contents of the cyst Disease (standardised): Meningocele (Brain); Tapping (Brain); Suppuration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This infant was admitted a few hours after birth with a meningocele growing from the back part of the head equal in size to a small melon. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 01 May 1847 Date of death: 02 May 1847 Disease (transcribed): Extensive apoplectic effusion with softening of the brain. Cyst of ophthalmic vein with calcareous walls. Great hypertrophy of left ventricle. Blood fluid Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Cysts (Eye); Calcareous deposit (Eye); Disease (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This man was brought into the Hospital by the Police, having been picked up in the street a short time previously in a state of complete insensibility. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Apr 1847 Date of death: 05 May 1847 Disease (transcribed): Extensive slough on sacrum. Inflammation of membranes of brain. Numerous puncta of blood in brain. Blood very fluid Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Spine); Haemorrhage (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient had been taken to Bethlehem Hospital, but was refused admission on the ground that he was suffering from Phthisis Pulmonalis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Apr 1875 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Fall from a height. Fractured skull and ribs. Laceration of brain with rupture of arachnoid Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Brain); Rupture (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: Brought in dead. No other report. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 11 Gender: Male Date of admission: 05 May 1847 Date of death: 12 May 1847 Disease (transcribed): Blood infiltrated into scalp. Extravasation external and internal to dura mater. Extravasation into substance of brain in the interior. Laceration of surface. Fracture of skull. Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: About four hours before admission the patient fell about 22 feet, pitching on the right side. The accident happened in Ealing Park. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 May 1847 Date of death: 28 May 1847 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound and extensive fracture of skull. Perforation of the dura mater. Suppuration in cavity of arachnoid. Extravasation of blood and extensive laceration of surface of the brain. Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Perforation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This boy was admitted perfectly comatose and warm, having been picked up at the bottom on some stone stairs, down which it is imagined he had fallen, how and when is not known. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident?
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Apr 1870 Date of death: 18 Apr 1870 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the anterior and upper margin of the seventh cervical vertebrae. Rupture of the ligaments. Dislocation of sixth vertebra. Pressure on spinal cord. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Rupture (Spine); Dislocation (Spine); Pressure (Spinal Cord) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The patient was brought from the country, with the history that ten days previously he had fallen from a scaffold onto his back, that immediately afterwards his lower limbs were paralysed, and there was some loss of power in the arms. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, spinal cord and bones Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 May 1873 Date of death: 20 May 1873 Disease (transcribed): Laceration of brain. Meningitis Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain); Meningitis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: He fell on his head several feet. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Married Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Mar 1880 Date of death: 10 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Rupture of cerebral vessels from violence Disease (standardised): Rupture (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: Two days before admission the patient fell down six wooden stairs, sliding on her back as she fell, and injuring that part and her left side. It appeared probable that she was drunk at the time. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 May 1847 Date of death: 04 Jun 1847 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound with fracture of skull and depression of internal table . Watery brain. Flabby heart. Fracture of radius Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Watery (Brain); Disease (Heart); Fracture (Arm) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient, not long returned from India, was admitted noisily drunk and bleeding profusely from a small wound exposing the bone on the right side of the head and the lower extremity of the right radius was fractured. It was not known exactly how the accident had happened, but it seemed probable that he had been struck on the head with a stick and knocked down. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right upper extremity Type of incident: Homicide/murder?
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jun 1848 Date of death: 20 Jun 1848 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Extensive laceration of brain. Apoplectic cyst in brain. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Apoplectic cyst (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This man was brought to the Hospital by the officers of police, by whom he had been found in a state of insensibility. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Jun 1848 Date of death: 23 Jun 1848 Disease (transcribed): Affection of brain Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history of this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bricklayer Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Apr 1866 Date of death: 28 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of 6th cervical vertebra. Bruising of spinal cord and brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Bruising (Spinal cord); Bruising (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was admitted having fallen from a scaffold about forty feet in height. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine and head Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Apr 1864 Date of death: 8 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Deep wound of brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Wound (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'On the 22nd of April while engaged in blasting some earth, the powder he was using suddenly exploded, and blew a quantity of stones and dirt up into his face Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part of the body was examined’)
Occupation or role: Married Age: 53 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Dec 1872 Date of death: 28 May 1873 Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of right labium. Embolism of right internal carotid and middle cerebral arteries. Cerebral softening Disease (standardised): Cancer (Labium); Embolism (Arteries); Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: Five years ago, the patient first had shooting pains in the right labium which had become worse for the last twelve months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation, cranium and cerebral arteries Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jun 1847 Date of death: 17 Jun 1847 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of arch of second cervical vertebra with extensive laceration of spinal chord. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Laceration (Spinal cord) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: Admitted dead, having been killed instantaneously by a blow on the back of the neck from the cross piece attached to the piston on a steam engine. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Apr 1865 Date of death: 2 May 1865 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Inflammation of dura mater and arachnoid, adjacent Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man’s horse ran away with the cart he was driving and in endeavouring to stop it, he was knocked down and the wheel was lodged against his head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 May 1877 Date of death: 2 May 1877 Disease (transcribed): Injury to Brain Disease (standardised): Injury (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: The case was not reported here. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Jun 1847 Date of death: 28 Jun 1847 Disease (transcribed): Congestion of vessels of brain and much serum in its substance. Heart flabby. Atheroma on aorta. Blood fluid. Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted labouring under Delirium Tremens. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jun 1846 Date of death: 23 Jun 1846 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old adhesions. Heart dilated and flaccid. Congestion of veins of brain. Softening of fornix, corpus callosum and walls of lateral ventricles with extensive effusion into ventricles. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of stupor, unable to give any account of himself, and requiring to be roused but then collapsing quickly into his former state. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: Brought in dead Date of death: 01 Jul 1847 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the base of the skull. Laceration of pons varolii and escape of fluid from oesophagus on to surface of cerebellum Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Oesophagus); Extravasation (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: Admitted dead, a cart wheel having passed over the head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 63 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Jul 1849 Date of death: 17 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood in the arachnoid cavity, adherent to the dura mater. Brain healthy. Cholera maligna Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Cholera (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: 'This woman who was to have been the widow of a physician and to have been at one time in good circumstances, had latterly been almost destitute. She stated that she had been in very bad health and had had much trouble of late, and also mentioned that she had received not very long ago, a severe blow on the head; in consequence of all this, she had been suffering for a month past from almost constant diarrhoea, and also occasional sickness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
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