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Occupation or role: Exciseman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1863
Date of death: 29 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Suppuration in the subperitoneal cellular tissue of the rectum after operation for fistula
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Rectum); Fistula (Rectum); Operation (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from fistula for many years, and had been operated on without much benefit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Nov 1864
Date of death: 23 Nov 1864
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of bowel. Artificial anus
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Bowel); Colostomy (Anus)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted on Nov 12th with the history that for a week before he had had no motion, and none up to the date of the first notes of the case (Nov 18th). Nothing but mucus being passed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1845
Date of death: 28 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia, left side. Operation. Fatal peritonitis. Lungs emphysematous and congested
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Emphysema (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Mary Sears at 44 [?48] having previously enjoyed sufficiently good health with the exception of some affection of the lungs, was rather suddenly seized with a pain in the abdomen on the 21st of January’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, hernial sac, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Fireman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1866
Date of death: 27 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture. Amputation. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Indeterminate); Amputation (Indeterminate); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1861
Date of death: 22 Dec 1861
Disease (transcribed): Stone in bladder. Lithotomy.
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Lithotomy (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient stated that he had had something wrong with his water for the last twenty years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1862
Date of death: 24 Nov 1862
Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Operation
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with strangulated hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Excavator
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1865
Date of death: 31 Oct 1865
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Trephining. Arachinitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Trephining (Skull); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted with an injury to the head, produced by a load of ‘compo’ falling on it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1871
Date of death: 1 Feb 1871
Disease (transcribed): Crushed arm. Amputation
Disease (standardised): Injury (Arm); Amputation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1869
Date of death: 27 Jan 1869
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation. Thickening and ulceration of gut. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Thickening (Gastrointestinal tract); Ulcer (Gastrointestinal tract); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been ruptured about two years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1872
Date of death: 8 Dec 1872
Disease (transcribed): Right inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had had a right femoral hernia for twelve years for which she had worn a truss.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, hernia and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1864
Date of death: 6 Nov 1864
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia, operation. Diffuse cellular inflammation. Death from exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Hernia ; Operation ; Inflammation (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1866
Date of death: 23 Oct 1866
Disease (transcribed): Amputation. Osteo-myelitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Osteomyelitis (Bone); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with an abscess of the knee joint which had been forming for six months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and stump
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1862
Date of death: 29 Oct 1862
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Operation
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient stated that for the last eight years she had had a swelling at the navel.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and chest
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1865
Date of death: 12 Oct 1865
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia after amputation of thigh
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The disease had commenced after parturition ten months ago and it appeared to have commenced with the veins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Veins, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1863
Date of death: 1 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of arm. Ulceration of ulnar artery
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Arm); Ulcer (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: During the summer months of the present year while suffering from a poisoned finger, she was attacked by phagedaena.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1868
Date of death: 25 Sep 1868
Disease (transcribed): Varicose veins. Operation. Traumatic phlebitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Varicose veins (Leg); Operation (Leg); Phlebitis (Veins); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from varicose veins of the right leg for years and for four months they had been more swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and veins
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1863
Date of death: 12 Nov 1863
Disease (transcribed): Lithotomy
Disease (standardised): Lithotomy (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Ten years previous to his admission this patient had had one or two severe attacks of gravel. A calculus was detected in the bladder and lithotomy was performed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Nov 1845
Date of death: 25 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of breast. Removal. Reappearance of disease in glands and in bones. Epileptic fits. Brain congested. Branches of superior & inferior mesenteric arteries clogged up with large and very firm black coagula
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Removal (Breast); Scirrhus (Glands, bones); Epilepsy (Brain); Congestion (Brain, blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'About six months before her death this patient came into the hospital for a malignant disease of the left breast, which was then amputated. The tumor of the breast had been growing 9 months and was reported of an encephaloid character. She left the hospital three weeks after the operation with the wound nearly cicatrized’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, left humerus, left femur

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1868
Date of death: 12 Sep 1868
Disease (transcribed): Excision of knee. Osteomyelitis
Disease (standardised): Excision (Knee); Osteomyelitis (Bone)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This child had had disease of the knee about two years and had been in the hospital about eight months previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and limb
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1875
Date of death: 24 Oct 1875
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis following hernial operation. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845
Date of death: 17 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Internal haemorrhoids. Ligature. Phlebitis. Secondary abscesses in liver and lung. Pleurisy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Anus); Ligature; Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Abscess (Liver, lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted for an indurated venereal sore upon the upper surface of the skin of the penis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Box maker
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1863
Date of death: 29 Oct 1863
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of leg
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Five years before his admission part of the metatarsal bone of the great toe of the right foot had been removed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jul 1870
Date of death: 22 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of right leg. Exhaustion.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had suffered with disease of the right knee joint for fourteen years, and had previously been under treatment in the Hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1867
Date of death: 18 Oct 1867
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Nine years ago he was lifting a very heavy pole and noticed a swelling in the left groin and left side of the scrotum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1866
Date of death: 25 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Cystitis after lithotrity
Disease (standardised): Cystitis (Bladder); Lithotrity (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted with retention of urine from a stone impacted in the urethra.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a