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Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1905
Date of death: 10 May 1905
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull & ribs. Laceration of brain & lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, ribs); Laceration (Brain, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'This man, a painter, fell about 20 feet from a ladder on which he was working, on to his head. He was quite unconscious when taken into the ward’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1905
Date of death: 12 May 1905
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull & thigh. Chronic bronchitis. Phtisis & septic bronchopneumonia. Dilated & fatty heart. Cirrhosis of liver. Chronic alcoholism
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, thigh); Bronchitis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'The accident was, apparently, caused by his cab overturning and falling on him, crushing his chest and thigh. He had, in the past, been subject to bronchitis, severe enough to cause oedema of the legs. He was a slave to alcohol’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1905
Date of death: 10 Oct 1905
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull & jaw
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, jaw)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'This man was run into by a motor cab and stunned’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1905
Date of death: 4 Dec 1905
Disease (transcribed): Multiple injuries. Ruptured liver. Haemoperitoneum. Fractured skull, ribs &c
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver); Haemoperitoneum (Peritoneum); Fracture (Skull, ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'Not seen by surgical registrar. The man fell 50 feet from a painting cradle. He was deeply unconscious and completely relaxed [on admission]’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, skull, brain

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1905
Date of death: 4 Dec 1905
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull and other fractures
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'Not seen by surgical registrar. Admitted at 3.30pm, died at 7.30pm. Deeply unconscious on admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: None
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1905
Date of death: 5 Dec 1905
Disease (transcribed): Bullet wound of brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Brought in dead’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1881
Date of death: 12 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wounds. Weak heart
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'The 'tail board' of a 'slop cart' fell on the back of his neck, pushing him violently forwards into the cart, jammed his face between it and the floor. He was admitted with a large rectangular scalp wound on the left side of forehead'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1881
Date of death: 23 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'A runaway horse pitched him against a lamp post and then he fell into the road. He was brought at once to the hospital with a simple fracture of the left fibula and a scalp wound, not exposing bone, at the fore part of right temporal region. No unconsciousness'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scalp, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1881
Date of death: 15 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Laceration of brain. Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Spine)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'Was said to have fallen about 30 feet. Was picked up quite insensible'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, spinal column
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1881
Date of death: 16 Oct 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'This man was thrown from his horse, picked up insensible and brought to St George's'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1881
Date of death: 29 Oct 1881
Disease (transcribed): Depressed fracture. Trephining. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Trephining (Skull); Meningitis (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'This man eleven weeks before his admission received a kick from a colt on the left side of his head, which caused a wound above and behind the left eyebrow taking 7 or 8 weeks to heal. He remained insensible for a fortnight after the accident. At the time he had epistaxis, bleeding from nowhere else. Since the accident had had internal strabismus of the right eye, headache, occasional attacks of giddiness and a noise like the hissing of a kettle in his left ear. His right too had become impaired 'as if there [was] a mist before the eyes', and he had been unable to move his right arm and right leg as well as formerly'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1881
Date of death: 30 Oct 1881
Disease (transcribed): Removal of superior maxilla & eyeball for malignant growth
Disease (standardised): Removal (Skull, eye); Malignant growth (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'No history of cancer in the family. 4 years before admission she first noticed a sore on the middle of the right cheek. This spread and increased in size but slowly for 2 years. For the last 2 years the growth had been more rapid and had involved the lower eyelid. A month before her admission there was some haemorrhage from it'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, eyes, larynx, trachea

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House decorator
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1881
Date of death: 2 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Laceration of brain from haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'Was found at the bottom of some stone steps in a state of insensibility. Was brought to St George's perfectly insensible, with stertorous breathing'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, heart

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1881
Date of death: 26 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Sarcomata of cranium, scapula, ilium & of thyroid gland &c.
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Skull, shoulder, hip, thyroid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted into the surgical ward with an enlargement of the thyroid body of some 20 years standing, rapidly increasing during the last year. There was also a tumour on the scalp, looking not unlike a sebaceous cyst but less moveable, of some 7 months' growth and about the size of an orange. No head symptoms of any kind'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1881
Date of death: 9 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull (base). Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'This patient was knocked down and run over by a hansom cab. He remembered little or nothing about the accident. On admission he was sweating profusely and collapsed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, skull, brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1881
Date of death: 5 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'As he was cleaning a window, he fell on to his face, a distance of 24 feet into a stone area beneath. Picked up insensible bleeding from the nose, mouth and right ear'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, bladder, urethra
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1881
Date of death: 14 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'Was knocked by a donkey engine on the side and fell into a barge on his head. No insensibility at time of accident. On admission quite sensible'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, head
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1881
Date of death: 23 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ununited fracture of the skull (Trephining)
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Trephining (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'A married man. No history of syphilis. Nearly 40 years ago was thrown from a runaway horse, hitting and cutting his head against the curbstone. He was taken to St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he remained quite insensible for 3 days. No operation was performed. There was no paralysis. He remained in the hospital for 18 months, with occasional pain in the head, otherwise feeling well. He resumed his work as a groom. 2 years afterwards he had a fit, becoming quite insensible'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scalp, skull, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1882
Date of death: 2 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Gunshot wound
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: Brought in dead. Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, brain and skull
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1882
Date of death: 25 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Inflammation of scalp. Fatty liver
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Six days before admission she was brought up by the police drunk and with two lacerated contused scalp wounds. She refused to stay and in going out the hospital she fell and cut her chin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, uterus and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1882
Date of death: 26 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis following scalp wound
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Wound (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Three days before his admission he fell down stairs and cut the back of his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium and dura mater
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter
Age: 5 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1902
Date of death: 3 Apr 1902
Disease (transcribed): Cancrum oris
Disease (standardised): Noma (Mouth, Face)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not seen by Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1902
Date of death: 15 Sep 1902
Disease (transcribed): Actinomycosis of right side of face. Cerebral abscess. Septic phlebitis of the cerebral sinuses
Disease (standardised): Actinomycosis (Face); Abscess (Brain); Phlebitis (Brain); Sepsis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For six weeks the patient had had a swelling on the right side of the face. This burst about a fortnight ago and discharged into the mouth.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract, stomach and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1898
Date of death: 10 Dec 1898
Disease (transcribed): Bullet wound of head
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and brain
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1903
Date of death: 21 Mar 1903
Disease (transcribed): Otitis media. Septic lateral sinus thrombosis. Pyaemia. Abscesses in lungs. Pleurisy with effusion
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Sepsis (Transverse sinuses); Thrombosis (Transverse sinuses); Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura);Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had otorrhoea on the left side for several years. On March 1st he had severe earache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a