Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jun 1847 Date of death: 27 Jul 1847 Disease (transcribed): Distorted bones of lower extremities. Scalp wound with diffuse inflammation of cellular tissue. Exposure of skull with extravasation of blood and diffuse inflammation of membranes of brain. Secondary abscesses of lung. Old pericarditis. Enlarged and diseased aorta. Disease (standardised): Distorted bones (Leg); Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp); Exposure (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Abscess (Lung);Pericarditis (Heart) ; Disease (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax 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: 9 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Feb 1848 Date of death: 31 Mar 1848 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of leg. Secondary abscess in lung and empyema. Pus in sterno-clavicular joints and elbow joint. Pus in femoral vein. Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Abscess (Lung); Empyema (Lung); Suppuration (Sterno-clavicular joints); Suppuration (Elbow); Suppuration (Veins) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas. Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This boy was admitted with scrofulous disease of the knee joint of four years duration, said to arise from a blow a short time previously. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Sterno-clavicular joint, thorax, abdomen, stump and superior extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Mar 1848 Date of death: 21 Apr 1848 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg followed by gangrene. Diseased kidneys and spleen. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Gangrene (Leg); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Spleen) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted with an oblique compound fracture of the tibia. Whilst walking on the kerb stone, he tripped up and fell with his left leg under him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Dec 1847 Date of death: 29 Apr 1848 Disease (transcribed): Psoas abscess. Disease (standardised): Abscess (Psoas muscle) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This case is not entered as the body was not examined. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Sep 1848 Date of death: 6 Sep 1848 Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of femur. Extensive laceration of muscles. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Laceration (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This man was admitted following an enormous mass of stone falling on his leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left thigh Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Oct 1848 Date of death: 27 Oct 1848 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of tibia and fibula. Secondary deposits in lungs. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Secondary deposits (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This man was admitted after the wheel of a cart passed over the back of the leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right lower limb Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Aug 1848 Date of death: 4 Nov 1848 Disease (transcribed): Extensive sloughing. Fatty liver. Anaemic state. Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Leg); Disease (Liver); Anaemia (Systemic); Sloughing (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a large abscess on the back of the right thigh which followed the subsidence of rheumatic fever. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Sep 1848 Date of death: 19 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Caries of the mastoid & petrous portions of temporal bone. Inflammation of the dura mater Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Inflammation (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient, at the time of her admission, stated that she had been attacked two months before with inflammation of the right ear, which soon produced partial deafness in that organ; and that the membrana lympani had been twice punctured at the Dean Street Dispensary without affording relief. She has a good deal of pain in the ear & a thin discharge flowed from the internal meatus’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: Workman Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Mar 1849 Date of death: 22 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Fractured humerus. Scrofulous deposits in both lungs & in spleen. Yellow tinge of integument. Liver healthy. Blood fluid & altered form of the blood discs Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg, arm); Deposit (Lungs, spleen); Disease (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of the right tibia & fibula, fracture of right humerus, & a scalp wound 3 inches long, situated on the right side of the vertex of the skull, at the bottom of which the bone could be felt exposed. He was a workman at the New Bridge at Barnes [Barnes Railway Bridge] where some portion of the scaffolding having given way he was precipitated from a height of 40ft’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Apr 1849 Date of death: 4 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ozaena. Extensive syphilitic caries of the nasal topae, & of the bones at the base of the skull Disease (standardised): Rhinitis, atrophic (Nose); Syphilis (Nose); Caries (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This patient stated that in June last he became affected with symptoms of secondary syphilis, the most important of which was pain in the left ear, with loss of hearing, & a scanty discharge from the meatus. During the September & October following he was put on a course of mercury and profusely salivated. Soon afterwards he became subject to epistaxis, sometimes to a large amount’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx, pharynx
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jun 1849 Date of death: 24 Jun 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Extravasation of blood in spinal canal & in substance of cord. Brain healthy. Fractured sternum. Congested lungs. Heart atrophied. Intestines distended with flatus. Pelvis of kidneys slightly congested Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine, sternum); Extravasation (Spine); Congestion (Lungs); Disease (Heart, intestines, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was at 11am having fallen backwards off a scaffolding from a height of about 9ft & struck the back part of his neck upon a piece of timber laying on the ground below. When picked up he was insensible, but he recovered his consciousness in a few minutes’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Mar 1849 Date of death: 12 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Caries & necrosis of the ilium. Disease of the sacro-iliac joint, Abscess in the left iliac cavity Disease (standardised): Caries (Hip); Necrosis (Hip); Disease (Hips); Abscess (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a chronic abscess situated in the left gluteal region which had been some months in forming, but had not prevented him from following his usual employment, which was that of a labourer, more than a week or ten days’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 4 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849 Date of death: 15 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Abscess after periostitis. Secondary abscesses of lung Disease (standardised): Abscess (Periosteum); Periostitis (Periosteum); Abscess (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with the right leg put up in splints in consequence of a supposed fracture of the tibia, but the only account that could be learnt from the parents was the the little patient was supposed to have hurt his [sic] leg while playing with some other children. On removing the splints no fracture could be detected but the limb from the knee downwards was much swelled & inflamed. There was considerable fever & much restlessness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: [Age not stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jul 1849 Date of death: 19 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Extensive laceration of the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted at 12pm, having received a severe blow in the mouth from a man’s foot in a drunken broil. On admission, half an hour afterwards, he was insensible apparently from drink, but he was not cold & his pulse nothing remarkable’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849 Date of death: 25 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing ulcers of the leg. Oedema of the mucous membrane of the glottis & epiglottis. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Edema (Larynx); Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a very weak cachectic state of health with a foul, sloughing ulcer of the leg of some weeks’ duration, but which was rapidly improving udner the use of bark internally & a bark of myrrha lotion to the sore, when, on the 21st of July, he complained of feeling chilly & otherways out of health’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Aug 1849 Date of death: 14 Aug 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Lacerated meningeal artery. Extravasation of blood between bone & dura mater. Extravasation beneath the arachnoid & in the substance of he surface of the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This man fell from the box of a cab while in a state of intoxication & was picked up insensible. He was admitted very soon afterwards completely deprived of sense & volition & it was ascertained from the persons who accompanied him to the hospital that he had not spoken or shown any signs of consciousness since the accident’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 76 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Jun 1849 Date of death: 21 Aug 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fracture neck of the femur Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body was not examined’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Sep 1849 Date of death: 18 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of the skull through tympanic cavity. Blood effused between the bone and dura mater, & in arachnoid cavity. Brain bruised and lacerated Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bruise (Brain); Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This woman fell down a flight of 12 or 14 steps & was picked up insensible. She was admitted at 10 1/2pm, about ¾ of an hour after the accident, cold & senseless’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Aug 1849 Date of death: 27 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation & abscess of the tibia. Ulcerated cartilage of the right knee. Amputation. Inflammation & pus in femoral vein. Pleurisy. Secondary deposits in the right lung Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg); Abscess (Leg); Ulcer (Knee); Amputation (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This boy struck his right knee against a pitcher which he was carrying in his hand. He felt but little pain at the time but the next day the knee was painful & swollen & he was brought to the hospital. He had then much fever, his pulse very frequent but without power. His mother stated that three weeks before he was laid up with erysipelas and that he was still in bad health at the time of the accident’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right thigh
Occupation or role: Bricklayer Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849 Date of death: 28 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Displacement of the body of the 6th from the seventh cervical vertebrae. Rupture of the interarticular cartilage between them, compression of the cord, & softening of [cord] Disease (standardised): Displacement (Spine); Rupture (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a scalp wound 3 or 4 inches longs, extending obliquely over the left parietal bone, which had been inflicted by a fall from a scaffolding from a height of about 11ft into an area’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Nov 1849 Date of death: 25 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the leg into the ankle joint. Diffuse inflammation of both upper extremities Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Arms) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient, a pale unhealthy-looking man, much addicted to drink, was admitted with a simple fracture of the left tibia & fibula at the junction of the middle with the lower third, caused by a fall from a ladder’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Dec 1849 Date of death: 29 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extensive comminuted fracture of the base of the skull, into left tympanic cavity. Blood in tympanic cavity. Laceration of the brain. Fracture of the pelvis Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Pelvis) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This man fell a distance of 45 feet from a ladder, & pitched upon his head. He was picked up insensible but on admission he had to some extent recovered his consciousness & was able to express his dislike to be molested’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pelvis
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 56 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Jan 1850 Date of death: 16 Jan 1850 Disease (transcribed): Malignant tumour of upper jaw Disease (standardised): Cancer (Jaw) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history of this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the request of the friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Feb 1850 Date of death: 2 Mar 1850 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the right leg. Tetanus six days after injury Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Tetanus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient about an hour before his admission, to save himself from falling jumped from a height of ten feet and fell with his right foot twisted under him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right lower extremity, cranium and spinal canal Type of incident: n/a