Occupation or role: Dressmaker Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Jan 1865 Date of death: 1 Feb 1865 Disease (transcribed): Condylomata. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Condylomata (Genitalia); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Not entered Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
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: Married Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Dec 1864 Date of death: 26 Dec 1864 Disease (transcribed): Cut throat Disease (standardised): Cut (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid Age: 22 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Nov 1864 Date of death: 20 Dec 1864 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of breast. Enteritis. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Abscess (Breast); Enteritis (Intestines); Pleurisy (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with the history that she was confined a month ago, she suckled her child for a ten days. Ten days after her confinement, from the nipple having been sore, she gave up suckling & the breasts became enlarged & painful. They afterwards burst’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Child Age: 2 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Oct 1864 Date of death: 16 Nov 1864 Disease (transcribed): Scald. Capillary bronchitis Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner 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’
Occupation or role: Schoolboy Age: 8 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Oct 1864 Date of death: 31 Oct 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs. Laceration of lung Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted at 12.50pm with the history that he was crossing the road, when he was knocked down by the shaft of a light cart, the wheel then passing over his body’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Jul 1864 Date of death: 14 Aug 1864 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis & collapse of lungs Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen (‘the uterus contained a foetus, which was judged to have attained about the 5th month of its development’)
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jun 1864 Date of death: 14 Jul 1864 Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate. False passage. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Prostate); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 May 1864 Date of death: 23 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia, strangulated but relieved by operation. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Died from a low form of pneumonia. Case not entered’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Married Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Feb 1864 Date of death: 5 Mar 1864 Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of leg. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung) 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: 'Was admitted on February 22nd with a sloughing ulcer about 5 inches in length over the left tibia. This patient had been confined for about a year in a lunatic asylum, from which place she received her discharge a few days before her admission into this hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Dec 1863 Date of death: 3 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of skull. Empyema Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Skull); Empyema (Pleura) 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: 'Contracted syphilis in 1858, & was not put under the mercurial treatment: a secondary eruption appeared in 1860, and in 1862 several nodes formed in various parts of the skull, but disappeared under treatment. He was salivated in 1859 for a sore on the penis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head chest, abdomen
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: Cloak maker Age: 13 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Feb 1863 Date of death: 7 Mar 1863 Disease (transcribed): Poisoned finger. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Poisoned (Finger); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jan 1863 Date of death: 19 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Disease of kidneys. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (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: About fourteen days before admission he had retention of urine which was relieved by a catheter. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Dressmaker Age: 23 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Sep 1862 Date of death: 18 Sep 1862 Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic ulceration of fauces. Death from exhaustion Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Ulcer (Pharynx); Exhaustion (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: This case was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Infant Age: 14 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Nov 1861 Date of death: 12 Nov 1861 Disease (transcribed): Blister on chest. Secondary abscess in lung. Disease (standardised): Blister (Thorax); Abscess (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Venning, Edgcombe Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a large wound. The mother gave the following history, that a fortnight prior to admission she took the child to the Kensington Dispensary on account of some affection of the chest, for which a blister was applied. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Footman Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Aug 1860 Date of death: 20 Aug 1860 Disease (transcribed): Excision of sebaceous tumours of scalp. Diffuse inflammation of scalp. Diphtheritic inflammation of pharynx. Erysipelas of face Disease (standardised): Tumour (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp); Diphtheria (Pharynx); Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital with 3 small sebaceous tumours of the scalp, which had existed for some years. Latterly they had [been] increasing in size & he was anxious to have them removed. He was a footman and although not a drunkard he had been in the habit of drinking a considerable amount of beer & spirits’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Apr 1856 Date of death: 27 Apr 1856 Disease (transcribed): Laryngotomy. Oedema and sloughing of fauces in salivation Disease (standardised): Laryngotomy (Larynx); Oedema (Pharynx); Sloughing (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas. Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man had been under the case of a medical man about a month before his admission on account of inflammation of the lung. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Nov 1844 Date of death: 5 Dec 1855 Disease (transcribed): Arachnoiditis after an injury of the head. Secondary inflammation and deposits in the lungs. Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Meninges); Inflammation (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert 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: Cranium and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Jan 1852 Date of death: 6 Feb 1852 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous caries of the dorsal vertebrae with softening of the cervical bones. Abscesses in connection with the spinal column at posterior part of thorax. Urgent dyspnoea and dysphagia Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Spine); Abscess (Spine); Dyspnoea (Lung); Deglutition disorders (Oesophagus) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He had been subject for many years to a scrofulous affection and there were marks of old ulceration in the neck and under the angle of the jaw. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, interior surfaces of cervical vertebrae and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Oct 1851 Date of death: 10 Oct 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever with ulceration of the mucous membrane of the ileum. Congestion of the lungs Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: 'It was difficult to obtain any distinct account of his symptoms from this patient. His manner was hesitating and his speech slow, his face flushed, expression of countenance dull & heavy, pulse 136, skin inclined to be cold. It appeared that he had come up from the country about 3 months before, had been ailing ever since, & had some sort of illness 3 or 4 weeks ago by which he had been confined to bed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: Shoemaker Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Mar 1851 Date of death: 21 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Large stone in bladder. Lithotrity. Inflammation of bladder & urethra, with an ulcerated opening in the front part of the latter, & a foul abscess. Inflammation of right kidney etc. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Partial softening of brain Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Operation (Bladder); Inflammation (Bladder, urethra, kidneys); Abscess (Urethra); Pneumonia (Lungs); Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient who was a shoemaker & a native of Kent, was admitted with symptoms of stone in the bladder, there being slight pain in the perineum particularly after the evacuation of the urine, & occasional attacks of retention which he stated to be invariable preceded by the passage of blood with the water’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, urethra, thorax, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Jan 1851 Date of death: 11 Feb 1851 Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Emphysema of the lungs Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Emphysema (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'An exceedingly pale-faced man who applied first for relief as an out-patient on 14th January, complaining of pain across the loins, and headache, with white tongue & confined bowels. He said his health had been failing for a year past, but no cause could be discerned for his ex-sanguine condition’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
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: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Jan 1851 Date of death: 12 Jan 1851 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Diarrhoea. Right lung hepatized. Ulceration of mucous membrane of caecum & peritonitis Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Hepatization (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient said she had been ailing about a [fortnight] commencing with cough, headache, pains in the limbs &c. 5 days before admission she had a severe shivering followed by great heat of skin, but not perspiration. She complaining of a feeling of general debility with loss of appetite and much thirst, & pain in the abdomen. The bowels have acted 9 times during the last 24 hours’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen