Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 8 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jul 1845 Date of death: 7 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the skull, with extensive contusions and laceration of the cerebrum. Other parts healthy Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'About an hour and a half before admission this patient was running behind a carriage, when he suddenly lost his hold and fell with great violence upon the road. Another carriage which was passing immediately afterwards passed over his leg but it was said did not touch his head’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jul 1844 Date of death: 27 Jul 1844 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the Ilium, suppuration between fragments. Kidneys granular. Old adhesions of pericardium and pleura. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Suppuration (Pelvis); Granular (Kidney); Adhesions (Heart); Adhesions (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: In consequence of a fall from some steps about 8 feet in height, the patient received a fracture of the crest of the Ilium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Iron fitter Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Jul 1871 Date of death: 28 Jul 1871 Disease (transcribed): Depressed fracture of the skull. Trephine applied. Bone found in brain substance. Extravasation of blood. Softening Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Trephining (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'An iron bolt about 4 tons fell from a height of 50 feet on to vertex of skull’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium (‘permission to examine the rest of the body was refused’)
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jul 1845 Date of death: 16 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive compound fracture of the leg, extending into the ankle-joint, with suppuration in the joint Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient fell from the top of a hay rick, alighting upon his feet and was brought to the hospital, a distance of 14 miles in a cart’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, lower extremity
Occupation or role: Milkman Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 May 1870 Date of death: 16 Jun 1870 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Pyaemia. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) 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 man had lived intemperately and had had delirium tremens several times, the last attack three months before the accident. He was kicked on the left leg by a horse, producing a compound comminuted fracture of the left tibia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and suprarenal capsule Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 73 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Jul 1873 Date of death: 9 Jul 1873 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Laceration of the middle meningeal artery. Trephining Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Trephining (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: The patient was thrown from a carriage on to his head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jun 1877 Date of death: 6 Jun 1877 Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Not seen by the Registrar. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Jul 1845 Date of death: 19 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull with extensive laceration of the cerebrum & cerebellum, produced by a chisel Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'Admitted at a quarter to three PM. It appeared that a chisel had fallen upon his head a distance of 70 or 80 feet, and that the point had penetrated almost perpendicularly into the brain. A portion of the brain protruded upon his admission, and there was some oozing of blood from the wound. He was in a state of complete collapse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Mar 1845 Date of death: 19 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Disease of knee joint. Amputation of thigh. Low pneumonia and incipient 2ndary deposit in spleen Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Amputation (Thigh); Pneumonia (Lungs); Deposit (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient stated that 12 months before her admission she struck her knee, and it was then followed by slight swelling of the joint. Six weeks ago she again struck and it became again swollen and painful. It was never sufficiently painful to cause her to discontinue using it’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Jul 1845 Date of death: 25 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the skull, with laceration of the brain. Tubercular & setaceous deposits in mesenteric glands Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Tuberculosis (Mesenteric glands) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This lad was thrown from a horse shortly before his admission and was reported immediately afterwards to have been sick’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Inscription on title page (Vol I): ‘London Hospital Medical Library 1904’
Four volumes: I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects)
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 May 1845 Date of death: 28 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg, with extensive suppuration. Pleurisy in right side, and 2ndary deposits in both lungs Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to be in the habit of drinking. Whilst in a state of intoxication he fell down stairs, and was brought to the hospital stunned by the fall and with a compound fracture of the right tibia’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right lower extremity, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 06 Sep 1847 Date of death: 06 Sep 1847 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the cervical vertebrae. Compression of chord. Sudden death after a few hours. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Compression (Spinal cord); Death, sudden (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: On examination it was found that the whole body and extremities up to the clavicles were completely paralysed. These symptoms had followed a fall from a cab. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, spinal chord, blood and kidneys Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Married Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Jul 1863 Date of death: 31 Jul 1863 Disease (transcribed): Fracture at base of skull Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This woman fell from a first floor window while in a state of intoxication. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, heart, kidneys and suprarenals Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jul 1845 Date of death: 28 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine with softening of the spinal chord. Extensive ruptures, perfectly united, about the liver and right kidney Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord); Rupture (Liver, kidney) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have been subject to fits of giddiness for several years and it was supposed to be during one of these that he walked forwards off a hay rick about 30 feet high. He was reported to have fallen upon his back across a large piece of wood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 5 Gender: Male Date of admission: 07 Sep 1847 Date of death: 14 Sep 1847 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound with extensive suppuration and fracture of the base of the skull. Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Suppuration (Head); Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: This patients injuries were caused by a wheel of a heavily laden cart passing over the side of the head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Sep 1847 Date of death: 14 Sep 1847 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of skull. Extensive extravasation of blood internally with laceration of brain. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: On admission this patient was in a state of complete insensibility. The injury was caused by his falling from a scaffold about eight feet from the ground, upon which his head struck. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head and heart Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jul 1844 Date of death: 8 Aug 1845 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound and denudation of bone. Extensive inflammation between the bone and the dura mater with effusion of pusiform fluid both in the cavity of the arachnoid & in the sub-arachnoid tissue. Suppuration in the orbits. Softening of brain. 2ndary deposits in lungs. Kidneys mottled Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Softening (Brain); Deposit (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) 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 fell from a scaffold about 32 feet high and was stunned for half an hour after the fall. When admitted, a lacerated wound presented itself upon the right temple’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, orbits, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jun 1877 Date of death: 3 July 1877 Disease (transcribed): Fractured Tibia. Delirium Tremens Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Laundress Age: 31 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Jul 1870 Date of death: 20 Jul 1870 Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine) 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 if not herein reported. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jul 1845 Date of death: 25 Aug 1845 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the 11th dorsal vertebra. Softening of spinal marrow. Inflammation of mucous membrane of left kidney. Extensive ulceration of bladder; large foul abscess between bladder and rectum with a false passage in the urethra. Red hepatisation of lower lobe of left lung Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Softening (Spine); Inflammation (Kidney); Ulcer (Bladder); Abscess (Bladder, rectum); Hepatisation (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient fell a distance of about 30 feet from a ladder, upon his back and was admitted 24 hours after the accident. Upon examination a depression was discovered at the lower part of the dorsal region in the spinous processes and the complained of much pain at this point’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Sep 1871 Date of death: 9 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Depressed fracture of the frontal bone. Laceration of the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain) 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 man fell from a scaffold & was brought in dead’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones (‘the viscera were all extremely decomposed & for this reason […] a partial examination was made’)
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Jun 1867 Date of death: 14 Aug 1867 Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh. Death from exhaustion Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Exhaustion (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: He was at work in a loft and fell down on to some paving stones on to his right side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and hip Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Game keeper Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Jun 1875 Date of death: 17 Aug 1875 Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: The patient said that an abscess formed on the under part of the left thigh. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen only examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Brakesman Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Sep 1871 Date of death: 12 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Contusions. Amputation Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Contusions (Leg); Amputation (Leg)
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’