Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Feb 1850 Date of death: 12 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus ulceration of the mouth Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Mouth) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: About six months before this patient was admitted, she discovered a small ulcer on the inside of the right cheek not larger than a sixpence. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Face, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 3 years 6 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Jul 1850 Date of death: 13 Jul 1850 Disease (transcribed): Cherry stone in trachea Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Trachea) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted with symptoms of a foreign body in the trachea. The history being that the child had been playing with cherry stones and a boy threw one into his mouth. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx and trachea Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1850 Date of death: 28 Jul 1850 Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the leg. Erysipelas. Abscess Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin); Abscess (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a lacerated wound of the right tibia. He had been riding in a cart when his leg became jammed between the cart and a post. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 11 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Feb 1850 Date of death: 2 Mar 1850 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of face and disease of the hip joint Disease (standardised): Abscess (Face); Disease (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: No history could be obtained of this case. The child was admitted with a very large abscess occupying the whole of the left side of the face. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Mar 1850 Date of death: 6 Apr 1850 Disease (transcribed): Compound , comminuted fracture of the leg, and purulent deposits Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: On the day before admission he was walking and a stick which he had in his hand got between his legs and threw him down twisting his left leg under him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gentleman's Servant Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Mar 1850 Date of death: 30 Apr 1850 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. False membrane lining peritoneum studded with tubercles. Old adhesions of pleura. Ulcers in small intestine. Tubercle in kidney Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Adhesions (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man stated on his admission that he had been more of less out of health for two years past. He had suffered a good deal form pain at the epigastrium and flatulent distension. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Feb 1850 Date of death: 2 May 1850 Disease (transcribed): Acute inflammation of the knee joint. Amputation. Secondary abscesses. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Knee); Amputation (Leg); Abscess (Indeterminate) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient, while lifting a heavy weight from a cab, strained his knee. He felt much pain for some hours and then the joint began to swell. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Apr 1850 Date of death: 11 May 1850 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of the hand and arm from a punctured wound of the throat. Secondary abscess Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arm); Wound (Pharynx); Abscess (Indeterminate) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: The body not being examined the case is not recorded. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the request of the friends Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Apr 1850 Date of death: 19 May 1850 Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound on left tibia. Secondary deposits Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Deposits (Indeterminate) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient had a lacerated wound of the left leg caused by the wheel of a carriage. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left shoulder and left lower extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 7 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 May 1850 Date of death: 2 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of the knee joint. Amputation. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient was admitted with strumous disease of the knee joint which had existed for about three years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 72 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860 Date of death: 9 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene Disease (standardised): Gangrene Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A month before admission he cut a corn on the little toe of the right foot. He cut it rather more than he intended & made a small wound. He continued to walk about & it did not heal’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, arteries, abdomen, right shoulder
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Apr 1860 Date of death: 10 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fracture (simple) of the cranium. Laceration of middle meningeal artery. Scalp wound. Diffuse inflammation of the scalp Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was brought into the hospital perfectly insensible, apparently from the combined effects of gin & concussion he had been upset off a cab which he was driving’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Apr 1860 Date of death: 12 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia Operation Peritonitis (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient had been troubled with a femoral hernia for 6 years, which came on after lifting a heavy weight. She had always worn a truss’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Jan 1860 Date of death: 16 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Operation for strangulated inguinal hernia Disease (standardised): Hernia (Groin); Operation Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with the following history. Five years before he was knocked down by a blow in the abdomen, & an oblique inguinal hernia appeared on the right side’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: Brewhouse labourer Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Feb 1860 Date of death: 23 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Gangrene. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Gangrene; Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship and Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A brewhouse labourer. In the habit of drinking freely, according to his own admission 5 pints a day. He was said to have had epileptic fits latterly, but it was not learned how long he had been so affected. He attributed his illness to a lump of coal falling upon the lower part of his back 7 weeks ago’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Mar 1860 Date of death: 29 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammation & hypertrophy of the skull. Chronic arachnitis. Trephining. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Skull); Arachnitis (Brain); Trephining (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was at work at the railway bridge at Pimlico, when a stone about the size of a man’s fist fell 30 feet onto his head. He was picked up insensible & conveyed here with as little delay as possible. On admission he was just recovering from his concussion’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 May 1860 Date of death: 20 May 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of femur. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a traumatic fracture of the left femur just below the trochanter, there was considerable displacement. She was very unhealthy in appearance, her complexion being sallow […] She stated that the day before her admission, she had slipped down some steps, striking the outer side of the thigh against the floor’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 May 1860 Date of death: 28 May 1860 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the thigh. Fatty heart. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Amputation (Thigh); Disease (Heart, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: '2 years ago this patient was attacked with pain in the right knee & very shortly after the joint began to swell. He had very little treatment & continued to go about until about a year ago, when he had a few blisters applied. 10 months ago the swelling much increased, he had almost constant pain & occasional darting of the limb at night’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Jun 1860 Date of death: 23 Jun 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine & ribs. Rupture of the pleura Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine, ribs); Rupture (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of extreme collapse. The wheel of a waggon having passed over his abdomen’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, spine
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 May 1860 Date of death: 27 May 1860 Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Fatty heart. Bed sores Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Disease (Heart); Pressure ulcer (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'About 10 days before this man was admitted he was getting up behind a carriage, when he struck his right foot (against the step)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, thorax, abdomen, foot
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Jun 1860 Date of death: 30 Jun 1860 Disease (transcribed): Old ulceration from burn. Double pleurisy. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer Burn (Skin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a large sloughing ulcerated surface on the back of the right elbow […] of more than a years’ standing. She was an excessively thin, cachetic-looking girl, & had never menstruated since the original accident’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Jul 1860 Date of death: 16 Jul 1860 Disease (transcribed): Miscarriage. Clot in uterine vein. Deposit (?secondary) in brain Disease (standardised): Miscarriage (Uterus); Clot (Blood vessels); Deposit (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rouse, James Medical notes: 'This woman, whose name was not Guthrie but Catharine, was the mother of 8 children. A fortnight before her admission she miscarried of a 2 months foetus, having up to that time enjoyed, as far as could be ascertained, perfectly good health. The abortion was attended with much haemorrhage, but she went on pretty well until 2 days before her admission, when she became delirious. She had been much neglected during her illness, and the precise manner of her seizure could not be ascertained’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 13 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Jul 1860 Date of death: 18 Jul 1860 Disease (transcribed): Wound of hand. Amputation of two fingers. Haemorrhage. Diathesis Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Amputation (Finger); Haemorrhage; Disease susceptibility Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: '10 days before admission this boy was out fishing when his companion struck the back of his right hand with a fishing rod’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Jan 1860 Date of death: 25 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Effusion (traumatic) of blood in arachnoid. Compression & bruise of the brain Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Bruising (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient had been subject to epileptic fits for some years & on the morning of admission (while walking on the pavement) he fell down in a fit & struck his head against the kerb stone, he was picked up & brought to the hospital [and] it was stated by those who brought him that a large amount of blood had been lost’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 67 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jul 1860 Date of death: 21 Jul 1860 Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Operation. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation; Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Pollock, George Medical notes: 'This patient had had an umbilical hernia for some years & she had never worn any support for it’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, heart