Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Apr 1844 Date of death: 3 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Pericarditis. Endocarditis. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: At her admission the patient had been under treatment for a severe pain under the left mamma accompanied with cough and expectoration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Feb 1845 Date of death: 22 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions. Phthisis. Upper lobe, left lung, converted into one large vomica. Pneumonia. Tubercular ulceration of intestines Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Vomica (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient complained of great debility, which had been gradually coming on during the last six months. The catamenia [menstruation] had been absent during this period, and she attributed her ill health to this circumstance. She was much emaciated, and her countenance was extremely anxious, he complexion pallid. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Needlewoman Age: 29 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Apr 1873 Date of death: 30 Apr 1873 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the rectum. Colotomy. Caries of temporal bone Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Colotomy (Intestines); Caries (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner. Rouse, James Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This patient had suffered from diarrhoea for the last four or five months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Apr 1846 Date of death: 26 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of small intestine, cicatrisation and contraction of the gut, reducing its canal to the size of a small quill. Dilatation of gut above. Stercoraceous vomiting. Tubercular and cretaceous deposit in mesenteric glands, but no where else. Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Cicatrix (Gastrointestinal tract); Contraction (Gastrointestinal tract); Fecal vomiting (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Mesenteric gland); Cretaceous deposit (Mesenteric gland) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient presented himself for admission stating that his bowels had not acted for nine days, and that he felt heavy and unwell. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Nov 1842 Date of death: 30 Dec 1842 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposit in lungs, kidneys, ureter and Bladder and back part of urethra. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 14 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Apr 1845 Date of death: 25 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic pericarditis and vegetations on valves. Pneumonia & old adhesions. Rheumatic affection of joint Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Vegetation (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs); Rheumatism (Joints)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient, a cachetic-looking girl, whose mother had suffered greatly from rheumatism, stated that on the 12th instant she first began to feel wandering pains, which soon became localized in her feet, knees & wrists, and in a short time were accompanied by redness & swelling of the parts affected. That at the same time she began to cough, and the cough had continued ever since’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, joints
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Jan 1863 Date of death: 18 Apr 1863 Disease (transcribed): Synovitis. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Synovitis (Joints); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: She stated on her admission that she had enjoyed good health until three weeks ago about which time she noticed that her left knee was painful and that it was larger than the other. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and left knee joint Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 May 1844 Date of death: 6 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Kidneys mottled and granular. Inflammation and thickening of the caecum, ascending and part of the transverse colon. Disease (standardised): Mottled, Granular (Kidney); Inflammation (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with chronic rheumatism and considerable pain and oppression at the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1846 Date of death: 28 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation and suppuration of left tympanum and other parts of temporal bone. Ulceration of membrane tympani. Diffuse inflammation and suppuration of sub arachnoid cellular tissue. Puriform effusion in ventricles. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Skull); Suppuration (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Effusion (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient stated that for the last five weeks he had suffered from pain in the neck and passing to the shoulders. The pain commenced, according to his account, as a ‘cold and sore throat’. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Apr 1868 Date of death: 16 Apr 1868 Disease (transcribed): Laceration of brain Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident?
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Mar 1866 Date of death: 9 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Apr 1845 Date of death: 26 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Abscess in breast. Erysipelas over the breast and chest. Puerpural mania Disease (standardised): Abscess (Breast); Erysipelas (Breast, chest); Postpartum depression (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in consequence of abscesses in the right breast and was delivered of a fully developed child on the following day. After her delivery she lost a considerable quantity of blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 1 ¾ Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 May 1844 Date of death: 5 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the ribs with ecchymosis of the Lungs and Heart. Rupture of the Liver. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Ecchymosis (Lungs, Heart); Rupture (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The child was admitted in a state of collapse having fallen from a height of 15 feet from a loft into a stable and it was believed was afterwards trod upon the abdomen by a horse. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Apr 1846 Date of death: 30 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Recent pleurisy and extensive hepatisation of the lung on the left side. Old adhesions on right side. Slight emphysema of both lungs. White patch on heart. Spleen soft and pulpy. Other organs healthy. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Spleen) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a moribund state, unable to give a collection account of himself. It appeared however from his friends account, that they had lost sight of him for several says and found him four days before admission, lying in a room by himself, quite neglected and suffering from cough, dyspnoea and acute pain. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Mar 1846 Date of death: 1 May 1846 Disease (transcribed): Nodes on the forehead. Inflammation of larynx and trachea, with inflammation of sub mucous tissue. Lungs emphysematous and oedematous posteriorly. Abortion at six months. Disease (standardised): Nodes (Head); Inflammation (Larynx); Inflammation (Trachea); Emphysema (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Abortion (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: When admitted, there were three soft nodes at the upper part of the forehead of this patient. When admitted she was four months gone with child. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Apr 1844 Date of death: 7 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Partial pleurisy. Pneumonia. Heart very soft with dilated cavities and thin walls. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with oedematous swelling of the lower extremities. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Mar 1845 Date of death: 28 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic pericarditis. Pleurisy & pneumonia in various stages. Partial peritonitis, uniting the liver to the diaphragm. Endocarditis Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Endocarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This girl, a thin, cachetic person, whose father is a martyr to rheumatism, stated that ever since the 6th instant she had been ailing & suffering with wandering pains, which became worse on the 13th and accompanied by redness & swelling. That she had a similar attack three years ago on recovering from scarlet fever, but at that time had no pain in the chest’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Traveller Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Apr 1862 Date of death: 19 Apr 1862 Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Abscess bursting into peritoneal cavity. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Abscess (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This man’s symptoms were on an exceedingly obscure nature. It appeared that he had had some curious symptoms about the bladder for some years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 May 1872 Date of death: 4 May 1872 Disease (transcribed): Fracture and dislocation of sixth cervical verterbrae. Extensive bruising and laceration of the spinal cord Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Bruising (Spinal cord); Laceration (Spinal cord) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man died shortly after admission, and was not seen by me.’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, bones, spinal cord, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Apr 1846 Date of death: 1 May 1846 Disease (transcribed): Ascites and anasarca. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Lungs puckered from condensation of the pleura and the interlobular cellular tissue. Emphysema and oedema of these organs. Slight recent peritonitis. Circumscribed cavity between uterus and rectum Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (General); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Oedema (Lung);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Cavity (Uterus, Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted in January suffering from general anasarca dependent upon diseased heart. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1872 Date of death: 4 May 1872 Disease (transcribed): Ulcerated wound of foot. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Foot); Wound (Foot); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This man was admitted with swelling and redness of the right foot and lower part of the leg, and a small sloughing wound on the dorsum of the foot. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, organs of special sense, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 February 1844 Date of death: 7 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposits in Lungs, Liver, Spleen and Intestines with extensive ulceration of the latter. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung, Liver, Spleen, Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in an emaciated and debilitated state with symptoms of pulmonary Phthisis of four months duration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Apr 1845 Date of death: 29 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the leg. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the whole limb, with partial mortification of the skin. Vessels of the limbs healthy. Specks of atheroma at the root of the aorta. Blood, for the greater part, fluid Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Inflammation (Leg); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a long lacerated wound upon the inner side of the right leg, immediately behind the tibia and extending through the fascia […] The wound he stated had been caused in consequence of his leg having become jammed between two heavy pieces of iron. It was also stated that he had been in the habit of drinking’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Apr 1846 Date of death: 2 May 1846 Disease (transcribed): Phlebitis after accouchement. Abscess in knee joint and in back. Large slough over sacrum. Kidneys mottled. Disease (standardised): Phlebitis (Veins); Abscess (Leg); Sloughing (Spine); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was confined about a month before admission, the labour having been a very severe one, attended with violent delirium and followed by phlebitis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right inferior extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Confectioner Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Apr 1864 Date of death: 18 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull and spine. Perforation of carotid Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, spine); Perforation (Carotid arteries) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'The broughman, in which this gentleman was riding, came into violent collision with the pole of an omnibus, which, crashing through the side of the carriage, struck the unfortunate gentleman on the head, he vomited a large quantity of blood immediately, and died in a few seconds’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, trunk