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Harry Miller, 60, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1870
Date of death: 15 Sep 1850
Disease (transcribed): Abrasion of elbow. Phlegmonous symptoms. Expectoration.
Disease (standardised): Abrasion (Arm); Cellulitis (Tissues)
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 if not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Emmerson, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 4 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Extirpation of the right mammary gland for scirrhus thereof, & followed by collections of pus under the integument & among the muscles of the left thigh. Inflammation of the external iliac veins & purulent collections under iliac fascia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Excision (Breast); Scirrhus (Breast); Suppuration (Thigh); Inflammation (Pelvis); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with a scirrhous tumour of the right breast which was removed on the 8th of May. She gradually recovered from this operation, but the wound did not heal kindly, the discharge being offensive & [?], & there being a good deal of confinement of matter, requiring the opening to be constantly kept free’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lower extremities, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Vinall, 58, Butcher

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1851
Date of death: 4 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the abdomen above the umbilicus & piercing the ileum about 14 inches from ileocaecal valve. Escape of foecal matter & peritonitis. Old pleurisy on the right side. Hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was a butcher, on the evening of admission he was romping with another butcher who had his knife in his had at the time. He ran against the knife accidentally. On admission (about 10 o’clock in the evening) a wound was discovered, just above the umbilicus’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Michael Hopkins, 28, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1851
Date of death: 23 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic fever (?), followed by inflammation of the synovial membrane of left shoulder joint. Ulceration of & deposit of purulent fluid in mucous membrane of larynx. Deposits of pus also at the surface of both lungs & in the right testicle
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic fever (Systemic); Inflammation (Shoulder); Ulcer (Larynx); Suppuration (Larynx, lungs, testicle)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'He was admitted on account of pain, supposed to be rheumatic, in the left shoulder, having been under treatment for the previous fortnight for rheumatic pain. The disease followed shortly after an exposure to cold & wet in the course of his employment (that of a coachman): he appeared to have been of intemperate habits & had laboured for some years under a winter cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left shoulder joint, thorax, larynx, abdomen, scrotum, testes

Type of incident: n/a

James Penny, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1851
Date of death: 24 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the left parietal bone, with depression of bone. Also laceration of the dura mater of the brain correspondent, followed by collection of purulent matter in the arachnoid cavity & inflammation of the substance of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This man fell off a ladder, a height of about 8 feet, striking his head against a brick. When brought into the house (in the evening, a few hours after the accident), a piece of brick was found embedded in the skull’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Robert Watts, 37, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1851
Date of death: 6 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound followed by sloughing. Symptoms of compression of brain [?], attributable to the formation of pus within the cranium. Trephining resorted to. Pus & ‘lymphy gradation’, fluid between the dura mater & bone, also in arachnoid cavity, & among the meshes of pia mater. Also in cavity & of orbit & frontal sinuses. Secondary lobular pneumonia & hepatitis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Suppuration (Scalp, brain); Trephining (Skull); Pneumonia (Lungs); Hepatitis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was first seen as an out-patient. He had had a glass thrown at him in some drunken quarrel which had inflicted a pretty severe wound on the fore part of his scalp. There was a good deal of bleeding’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / violence

Joseph Daveney, 40, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 9 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of both bones of the right leg & sloughing of the wound. Secondary lobular pneumonia in the right lung. Old pleural adhesions on both sides. Recent pericarditis. Purulent deposits in the liver & slight peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sloughing (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Deposit (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This man was a travelling carman & [?] and seemed to have led rather an irregular life. He was admitted on the 15th of October having received a kick from a horse on the right leg. The blow had fractured the leg & it appeared that in endeavouring to rise afterwards he had caused the fractured end of the tibia to protrude […] Nothing is known of the history of the old bullet wound’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Henderson, 65, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1851
Date of death: 25 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in perineum. Lengthened stricture of the urethra of a firm cartilaginified character & extirpation[?] of a small calculus therein. Abscess in each lateral lobe of the prostate, one of them opening into urethra
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Perineum); Stricture (Urethra); Calculus (Urethra); Abscess (Prostate)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'He was admitted on account of a swelling in the perineum, and difficulty in making water, which had existed for 3 days. The swelling was hard & red on the surface, and this hardness & redness extended also up both sides of the scrotum. It was excessively painful and he had had no sleep for 2 nights’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Dalby, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1851
Date of death: 29 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Swallowing of boiling water. Laryngotomy resorted to. Inflammation & deposit of lymph in the epigastric ligaments, uvula, tonsils &c. Pneumonia & bronchitis. Old & recent pleurisy. Tubercular deposit in the spleen
Disease (standardised): Burn (Throat); Laryngotomy (Larynx); Inflammation (Throat); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'She was admitted about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, having at about 10 o’clock of the same morning swallowed some hot water from the spout of a kettle. There was, on her admission, much oedema of the glottis and dyspnoea, aggravated with occasional spasms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Enridge, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1851
Date of death: 6 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of lower lobe of right lung. Double pleurisy of old standing. Death by purulent infection, the result of ‘phlebitis’ occasioned by venesection
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Infection (Systemic); Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Phlebotomy (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted on the evening of the 26th complaining of pain on the right side, cough & shortness of breath. It appeared that his illness only dated from the 21st when he was seized with pain in the chest & back, accompanied by headache, pains in the limbs & general lassitude’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Veins &c of arms, blood, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Knuckley, 37, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1851
Date of death: 13 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of the ribs. Tubercular deposit in its earliest condition throughout both lungs. Enormously thickened & heavy cranium, the inner wall being vascular. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Ribs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Brain, kidneys)

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 patient had been before under the care of Mr Hawkins [Caesar Henry Hawkins], from January to May of the present year, with caries & necrosis of one or more ribs on the left side. There were three [?]sinuses below the mamma leading down to diseased bone. He improved in health during his stay in the hospital, and a small piece of bone exfoliated, but it was not possible to make any attempts to remove the rest of the disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Welsh, 56, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1851
Date of death: 28 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Old double pleural adhesion. Vomicae at apices of both lungs. Cysted kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Adhesion (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Cyst (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted stating that he had been ill only 3 weeks, and complaining of cough & pain in the chest especially of the left side with difficulty of breathing. Pulse was quick & tongue coated, breathing hurried’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Shallard, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1851
Date of death: 1 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Exterior laceration of the arm. Comminution of the bones. Primary amputation. Purulent formation in the stump. Secondary pleuro pneumonia and bronchitis. Collection of pus in the muscles of the leg
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Arm); Amputation (Arm); Suppuration (Arm); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Suppuration (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: He was admitted, having a short time before, fallen under a locomotion engine in motion, the wheels of which had passed over his left arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump of the arm, thorax, abdomen and muscles of the right leg
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Robert Teagle, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1852
Date of death: 18 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Cut throat. Old cough. The larynx not wounded, nor the great vessels. Formation of purulent matter under sterno hyoid muscle. Wet brain. Engorgement of lungs. Soft heart
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Cut (Throat); Suppuration (Sternohyoid muscle); Disease (Brain); Engorgement (Lung); Soft (Heart)
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 had been in a state of continuous intoxication for some days. This brought on an attack of delirium tremens and whilst in this state he attempted suicide.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, trachea, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Alfred Clifford, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1852
Date of death: 6 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous caries of the dorsal vertebrae with softening of the cervical bones. Abscesses in connection with the spinal column at posterior part of thorax. Urgent dyspnoea and dysphagia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Spine); Abscess (Spine); Dyspnoea (Lung); Deglutition disorders (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He had been subject for many years to a scrofulous affection and there were marks of old ulceration in the neck and under the angle of the jaw.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, interior surfaces of cervical vertebrae and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Smith, 32, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1852
Date of death: 16 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas ? Following injury. Recent lymph in abdominal cavity. Enlarged intestinal glands. Congested kidneys. Hypertrophy with dilatation of heart
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Lymph (Abdomen); Enlarged (Intestinal mucosa); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: It appeared that he had received some injury to the left leg which had been followed by rigors and the appearance of an erysipelatous blush.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Nolan, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1852
Date of death: 20 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Eruptions of the skin of scalp. Dental irritation accompanied by ‘convulsions’. Death. Excess of sub-arachnoidean fluid. Scrofulous deposit in left lung at apex and bronchial glands
Disease (standardised): Eruptions (Scalp); Irritation (Teeth); Seizures (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This child was admitted on account of an impetiginous eruption about the face and scalp, which had been much neglected.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Sophia Percy, 22, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 11 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Abscesses and sinuses connected with diseased shoulder joint. Head symptoms. Scrofulous tubercle of large size found in the right optic thalamus. Slight scrofulous deposit in the lungs
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Shoulder); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She had been twice before in the Hospital during last year on account of a large abscess situated at the upper and outer part of the right arm which was supposed to e connected with disease of the bones entering in to the shoulder joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax and shoulder joint
Type of incident: n/a

George Hobbs, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 15 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercular deposit in both lungs. Double old pleurisy. Flakes of recent lymph in pericardium and old white patches on hearts surface. Hypertrophy of heart and atheromic patches on valves. Stricture of urethra
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Lymph (Heart); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man came under the care of the Surgeons for an old and rather tight stricture.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Bridget Flaherty, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1851
Date of death: 24 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis. Scrofulous deposit in the brain, choroid plexus, lungs, peritoneum, fallopian tubes. Scrofulous deposit also in an enlarged bursa over trochanter major of hip
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Fallopian tubes); Tuberculosis (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient was originally admitted under the physician, complaining of pain in the hip which was thought to be the result of chronic rheumatism. She also had indication of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Davis, 14, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1852
Date of death: 18 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia with operation. Removal of portion of omentum and the appendix caeci which was ulcerated, by ligature. Fatal peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Ulcer (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

William Thorn, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 15 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied heart. Diseased kidneys. Atheroma of aorta. Old double pleural adhesions. Cheese like scrofulous matter in apices of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Adhesions (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He was in the hospital for a short period last August with swelled leg. Despite treatment e was never entirely free from dropsy, but of late the swelling had much increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Tucker, 54, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1852
Date of death: 19 Jun 1852
Disease (transcribed): Superficial wound across the elbow, followed by much constitutional disturbance, tremor and low delirium. Violent delirium. Coma preceded death. Pus in the veins. Fluid blood. Softening of a portion of the left cerebral hemisphere and congestion of the membranes. Wet brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Tremor (Systemic); Delirium (Brain); Coma (Brain); Suppuration (Veins); Fluid (Blood);Softening (Brain) ; Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She seemed to have been of very dissipated habits for a long time and had been drinking more than usual for some weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Veins of arm, blood, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Lewis Meredith, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1852
Date of death: 9 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Congenital tumour containing fluid at the lower part of the back which after being punctured, inflamed suppuration was set into within and inflammation with suppuration of the spinal membrane and softening of the spinal cord. Opisthotonous and coma preceded death
Disease (standardised): Congenital tumour (Back); Inflammation (Spine); Suppuration (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord); Opisthotonus (Muscles); Coma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: From the account his friends gave of his case, it seemed that a tumour had been observed at the lower part of the sacral region at the time of his birth.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal column, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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