Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Jun 1852 Date of death: 23 Jun 1852 Disease (transcribed): Injury from the fall of earth. Fracture of the pelvis. Bruising of the intestines. Extravasation into the substance of the lung. Diseased kidneys. Old peritoneal and peritoneal adhesions Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Bruising (Intestines); Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Adhesions (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was working on a railroad near a bank of earth which fell and completely buried him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium, spinal column and left shoulder Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jul 1852 Date of death: 5 Aug 1852 Disease (transcribed): Phthysis. Extensive deposit in both lungs. Firm double pleural adhesions. Extensive intestinal ulceration Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: A Polish man who could speak no English. He had been suffering for some time from cough, emaciation and latterly had lost his voice. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
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
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 54 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Oct 1852 Date of death: 31 Oct 1852 Disease (transcribed): Operation for the relief of strangulated inguinal hernia. Ulceration of the small intestines found to exist. Scrofulous deposits in the lungs with vomicae on the right side Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung) 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 observed for several years a tumour in the left groin. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jan 1853 Date of death: 6 Jan 1853 Disease (transcribed): Accident from a fall. Fracture of the pelvis. Large wound of the buttocks. Bruising of the intestine Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Wound (Buttocks); Bruising (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was admitted having fallen from a building a height of about nine feet. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 14 Date of admission: 16 Feb 1854 Date of death: 27 Feb 1854 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposit beneath pericranium & skull. Disease of the liver, spleen and kidneys Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Skull); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Spleen) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This child, when admitted, was in a state of extreme scrofulous cachexia, with a large sloughy sore over the forehead exposing the bone of the cranium’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 30 Date of admission: 5 Oct 1853 Date of death: 25 Feb 1854 Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage from the bowels. Bronchitis. Old cretaceous deposit in lungs Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Bowel); Bronchitis (Lung); Deposit (Lung) Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted under the care of Mr Johnson, having suffered for some time under piles, as she supposed, & lost a good deal of blood from the bowel’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 54 Date of admission: 19 Mar 1854 Date of death: 25 Mar 1854 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Omentum adherent to sac. Sloughing of gut. Incipient peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Sloughing (Gut); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on the 19th of March on account of strangulated hernia. It appeared from his account that he had had a hernia for the last 8 years’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: [No age stated] Date of admission: 10 May 1854 Date of death: 12 May 1854 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Ulcerated epiglottis. Ulcerations of the intestines Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Leg); Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was admitted under the surgeon by some mistake. He had laboured under pulmonary phthisis for about a year’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 42 Date of admission: 16 May 1854 Date of death: 7 Jun 1854 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Ulceration of the intestinal canal Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry Surgeon: Gray, Henry and Holmes, Timothy Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with an attack of diarrhoea which had lasted nearly 3 weeks. He had slight cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 21 months Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Dec 1859 Date of death: 23 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Mesenteric disease. Incipient rickets. Diseased liver. Old burn Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Abdomen); Rickets (Bones); Disease (Liver); Burn (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with an extensive burn of the left arm, extending from the shoulder to the back of the hand. It was cut very deep, except in one part about the middle of forearm. She was also evidently suffering from tabies mesentericus which was supposed to have existed for 6 months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., left arm, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Nov 1859 Date of death: 26 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Partial peritonitis. Diseased liver. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: 'This man had been an excessive drinker of spirits, chiefly of rum. He had had spitting of blood some time before. One month previously the belly began to swell, he never had any pain except that due to the distention’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, scrotum
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 68 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Apr 1860 Date of death: 5 Jun 1860 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased liver. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver); Edema (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'The mother of 14 children. Except an attack of rheumatic fever 40 years before, she had good health until within 4 weeks of admission, when she ‘caught cold in the chest’, since which she suffered from cough with expectoration, occasional swelling of the legs and dyspnoea on exertion’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jun 1860 Date of death: 8 Jun 1860 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the pylorus Disease (standardised): Constriction (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: 'A painter, of very dissolute habits […] He had been out of health for some time’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Apr 1860 Date of death: 20 Jul 1860 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys & liver. Old gout Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, liver); Gout (Joints) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man, a coachman, became a patient in the year 1851, under Dr Page [William Emanuel Page]. He was then suffering from gout, which he had had ever since he was 26 years of age. His hads were horribly distorted, and rendered perfectly useless […] A plaster cast of one of the hands was taken and is preserved in the museum’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Jul 1860 Date of death: 16 Aug 1860 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the liver and around the bladder. Inflammation of the bladder. Distended and inflamed kidneys Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Liver, bladder); Inflammation (Bladder, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient had been subject to bladder symptoms for the last 20 years, the result of a stricture of the urethra. For the last 12 years he had passed a catheter regularly for himself’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Aug 1860 Date of death: 29 Oct 1860 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease & hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased liver & kidneys. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man who had had rheumatic fever in his youth, had been out of health for 18 months before his admission, suffering from dropsy, shortness of breath, and scantiness of urine’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Truck porter Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Dec 1860 Date of death: 21 Dec 1860 Disease (transcribed): Perforating ulcer of the stomach Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach) 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 old man had been ailing for a year, for the last five or six weeks he had suffered a good deal of pain which he referred in general terms to his abdomen, but he was nevertheless able to follow his occupation (drawing a truck as porter) until one week before his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 58 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Feb 1861 Date of death: 27 Feb 1861 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the Pylorus Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: About six months before admission the patient began to suffer from vomiting which usually came an hour of two after every meal. She often had diarrhoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis 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: Painter Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 May 1861 Date of death: 15 Jun 1861 Disease (transcribed): Ulcer in the duodenum. Extravasation. Peritoneal abscess Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Abscess (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient had been an in-patient five years before suffering from bad colic and dropped hands. He was seized with pain in the chest and abdomen Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Clergyman’s daughter Age: 7 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Jun 1858 Date of death: 26 Jun 1858 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing sore throat Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Throat) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This little girl was the daughter of a clergyman in the neighbourhood whose family have all had sore throat affection which has proved fatal. On Thursday the 24th three of the children were buried; on the Friday the mother sank; and the subject of the present notice died on Saturday the 26th. She had been four days visiting at Sydenham. When she left home two of the family were already dead’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Wig maker Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Nov 1858 Date of death: 12 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Gallstones. Perforation of the gall bladder. Ulceration of the intestines Disease (standardised): Gallstone (Gallbladder); Perforation (Gallbladder); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man who was a wig maker was admitted in a state of great prostration following an attack of gall stones. He had no pain except when pressure was made over the right hypochondriac region’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Apr 1856 Date of death: 27 Apr 1856 Disease (transcribed): Laryngotomy. Oedema and sloughing of fauces in salivation Disease (standardised): Laryngotomy (Larynx); Oedema (Pharynx); Sloughing (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas. Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man had been under the case of a medical man about a month before his admission on account of inflammation of the lung. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
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