Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Dec 1845 Date of death: 16 Dec 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the skull. Extravasation of blood between bones & dura mater. Bruising of brain. Fracture of 7th cervical and 1st dorsal vertebrae. Extensive injury of spinal chord. Lungs congested. Other viscera healthy Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Bruise (Brain); Fracture (Spine); Injury (Spinal cord); Congestion (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient fell from a height of 40 feet (his fall being partially broken) an hour before his admission, and as he was being brought to the hospital he vomited a quantity of brown fluids. When admitted there was a large effusion of blood beneath the skin covering the left parietal bone’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal canal, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 May 1848 Date of death: 9 Jun 1848 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Pus in cavity of pericardium and pleura. Condensed lung. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Heart); Suppuration (Pleura); Condensed (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Copestake, Thomas Goodall Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of the left leg caused by a fall from a pair of steps. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Aug 1847 Date of death: 23 Aug 1847 Disease (transcribed): Wound of knee joint. Injury of bone. Diffuse suppuration of thigh. Secondary inflammation of pleura and peritoneum. Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Suppuration (Leg); Inflammation (Pleura); Inflammation (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This man was admitted with a longitudinal lacerated wound caused by an axe he was using glancing off and the edge of it striking the knee. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 May 1848 Date of death: 18 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Lobulated fibrous tumour connected with sphenoid bone. Operation. Removal of superior maxillary of malar bones Disease (standardised): Tumour (Skull); Operation (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner. Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient reported that about six years ago he was first troubled with a polypus of the nose, which was extracted by forceps, and shortly afterwards the left cheek became very prominent, the swelling extending upward to the eye. Body parts examined in the post mortem: face and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1851 Date of death: 8 Feb 1851 Disease (transcribed): Large sloughing wound of the scalp. Exposure of both parietal bones. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'Two hours before his admission this old man, who was a carpenter, fell from the joists of a building, & struck the top of his head against a piece of wood which as on the ground. He was but slightly stunned tho’ he fell from a height of several feet. There was considerable haemorrhage (from the wound) which produced extreme exhaustion’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 May 1847 Date of death: 04 Jun 1847 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound with fracture of skull and depression of internal table . Watery brain. Flabby heart. Fracture of radius Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Watery (Brain); Disease (Heart); Fracture (Arm) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient, not long returned from India, was admitted noisily drunk and bleeding profusely from a small wound exposing the bone on the right side of the head and the lower extremity of the right radius was fractured. It was not known exactly how the accident had happened, but it seemed probable that he had been struck on the head with a stick and knocked down. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right upper extremity Type of incident: Homicide/murder?