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John Spackman , 45, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1861
Date of death: 11 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had been a stableman, of very dissolute habits. He said that although he had had a cough and expectoration for several months, he was only now taken seriously ill
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline McMurtice, 16, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1857
Date of death: 1 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Arachinitis. Ulceration of the large intestine. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She had been observed of late to be low spirited, very languid and indisposed to exert herself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

George Tucker, 59, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1877
Date of death: 18 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Wound of peritoneum; peritonitis. Wound of pericardium and of heart.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Wound (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Nine hours previous to admission this patient, having been worried by his grandchildren laid open his abdomen with a penknife.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and intestinal canal
Type of incident: Suicide

Mary Morris, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1852
Date of death: 24 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Partial gangrene of intestines
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Gangrene (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: Two days before admission she had begun to vomit and had continued to do so up to that time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Jeffries, 36, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1858
Date of death: 17 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A butler who was admitted on account of delirium tremens. He had been under medical care four days, but previous to the attack his health had been impaired. For two months he had complained of sore throat & cold & the week before his admission he spat a little blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Edward Wilding, 19, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1856
Date of death: 2 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of the Kidney and Bladder
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of pain in micturition and frequent need to make water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Peters, 22, Gas stoker

  • Occupation or role: Gas stoker
    Gender: Male
    Age: 22
    Date of admission: 16 Jan 1878
    Date of death: 6 Apr 1878
    Disease (transcribed): Amputation at hip joint (for cancer of femur). Pulmonary congestion
    Disease (standardised): Amputation (Hip); Cancer (Leg); Congestion (Lung);
    Admitting doctor: Holmes, Timothy
    Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
    PM performed by: Ewart, William
  • Dent, Clinton Thomas
    Medical notes: 'History. Five months ago fell and injured right thigh. A little pain followed but soon subsided. Since then he has suffered from acute pain in right thigh, greatly aggravated by exercise and worse at night. Has always been healthy – Family healthy. No syphilis'
    Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
    Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Martha Field, 2, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 7 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the arm. Fracture of ulna. Dislocation of radius. Abscesses. ?Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Fracture (Arm); Dislocation (Arm); Abscess; Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A few months before admission this child was knocked down by one of Pickfords vans, one of the wheels passing over the left arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Henry Leonard, 33, Valet

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1857
Date of death: 30 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Compressed and condensed lung. Displaced heart. Peritonitis. Enlarged liver. Diseased kidneys. Ulceration of the large intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Displaced (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Enlarged (Liver); Disease (Kidney);Ulcer (Intestines) ;
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: For six years he had suffered at times from cough and more than once from slight haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

William Coughlin, 56, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1873
Date of death: 24 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Tumours of neck
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Siggins, 79, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 79
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1870
Date of death: 29 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg. Senile delirium.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Solomon Couves, 63, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861
Date of death: 10 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the stomach and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had, for six months before admission, suffered much from pain about the belly, especially on the right side of the epigastrium. Last December he vomited a large quantity of blood, and immediately noticed that he was jaundiced. In the following month he observed that he had a swelling extending from the ribs to the haunch bone on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Head, [Occupation not stated]

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

Sarah Clarke, 19, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1882
Date of death: 4 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn of the wall of the chest and abdomen
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: She set her dress on fire and burnt her chest and both arms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Macklin, 48, Upholsterer

Occupation or role: Upholsterer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1861
Date of death: 8 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Bronchitis. Diarrhoea
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Diarrhoea (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man, who had known better days, had been of most drunken habits. He had never had any symptoms of asthma or any pulmonary complaint, until his last illness. At 11 o’clock on the morning of admission he was seized with diarrhoea, and was at once brought to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Amelia Teal, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1857
Date of death: 26 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dropsy. Placenta adherent to uterus. Cyst of ovary
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Systemic); Adherent (Placenta); Cysts (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A German woman who was in the house during part of November and December last year with anasarca and Bright’s disease. She applied again when nearly three months advanced in pregnancy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Sophia Wheatley, 45, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 6 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Purulent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman was married, but had no children. Three months before Xmas she miscarried during the third month, and suffered much afterwards from menorrhagia. But she did not become seriously ill until a fortnight before her admission, when vomiting came on’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Thursfield, 60, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1858
Date of death: 16 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate. Abscesses between the muscular fasciculi of the bladder. Scattered abscesses of the kidneys. Insanity
Disease (standardised): Enlargement (Prostate); Abscess (Bladder, kidneys); Insanity
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick and Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: 'Was admitted under Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] for fever & slight delirium, having at the same time retraction & incontinence of urine. He says he had never had either of the 2 latter before, nor can any history of diseased prostate be obtained’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

William J Moore, 28, Police constable

Occupation or role: Police constable
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1884
Date of death: 24 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration? Of bladder. Renal disease
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Bladder); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Sophia Reeves, 26, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1860
Date of death: 4 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic gangrene of the leg & thigh
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg, thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'About an hour before admission she, getting out of an omnibus, when she was knocked down by a van, the […] wheel of which passed over the […] left knee’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left lower extremities

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Cordelia Smith , 61, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1861
Date of death: 8 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the stomach
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had been in the hospital twice before with vomiting of blood. Two or three months before her last admission she began to suffer from vomiting after food, and had since lost flesh to a considerable extent
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Morrison, 30, Former soldier

Occupation or role: Former soldier
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1857
Date of death: 14 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A pallid & somewhat emaciated individual, who had been ill eight months with diarrhoea & had at times passed a little blood in the motions. He had formerly served in the Army, & this illness led to his discharge’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Oliver, 71, Horse breaker

Occupation or role: Horse breaker
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1857
Date of death: 25 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Wound of the meningeal artery. Blood in the ocular conjunctiva from fracture into the sphenoidal fissure. Blood in the lateral ventricle
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Wound (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man was riding a restive horse in Hyde Park and was thrown, falling on his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right clavicle
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Nichols, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1871
Date of death: 5 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the base of the skull. Fractured femur
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, femur)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'The boy fell from a window 15 feet. When admitted was sensible, there was a bruise over left eyebrow, and subconjunctival ecchymosis on left side. Also a fracture of left femur’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Edward Eaves, 83, Cabman

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 83
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1884
Date of death: 23 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of cervical spine between 5th and 6th bones
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The patient died a few hours after admission and was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

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