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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1863
Date of death: 20 Jul 1863
Disease (transcribed): Bruise on abdomen
Disease (standardised): Bruise (Skin)
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: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 February 1844
Date of death: 12 Aug 1844
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Disease of heart. Anasarca. Inflammation of pleurae, peritoneum and pericardium, and of the substance of the lung.
Disease (standardised): Granular (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Foot); Inflammation (Pleura, Abdomen, Heart, Lung)
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, who had suffered from rheumatic fever, was a woman on remarkably intemperate habits and led a very irregular and dissolute life. On admission she was suffering from a cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1846
Date of death: 3 Aug 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Extensive ecchymosis of scalp. Thin layers of coagulated blood at the base of the skull, in the cavity of the arachnoid, in different places, separated from each other. Fluid in sub arachnoid tissue. Veins congested. Brain and membrains otherwise healthy. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Ecchymosis (Head); Effusion (Brain); Congestion (Veins); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
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: This patient was admitted in a state of excessive intoxication, with a scalp wound about two inches long caused by a fall down a flight of stairs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 May 1862
Date of death: 1 Jul 1862
Disease (transcribed): Disease of aorta. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Arteries); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The history that this patient gave of himself was that eighteen months ago, after a severe illness of inflammation of the heart, she noticed a beating in the right clavicular region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1845
Date of death: 17 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Meningeal apoplexy. Fluid on the surface of the brain. Bloody fluid in the ventricles. Heart dilated, walls thin and flaccid. Blood fluid in the cavities of the heart. Kidneys granular. Liver slightly hypertrophied
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Disease (Heart, kidneys, liver)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'It appeared from the friend’s account, that this man who was employed in the Duke of Wellington’s kitchen, had occasionally been subject to fits during the last 20 years. That about two years ago he had a fit of an apoplectic character, which was followed by partial hemiplegia’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1861
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine. Laceration of pulmonary artery, branches etc
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Laceration (Arteries)
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 when admitted was quite dead. It appeared that she had been thrown from her horse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jul 1844
Date of death: 10 Aug 1844
Disease (transcribed): Extensive pleurisy. Old adhesions. Pneumonia. Peculiar spots about trachea with a few ulcerations. Congestion and thickening of the mucous membrane of the Larynx.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Ulcer (Trachea); Congestion (Larynx)
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 a man in intemperate habits and had suffered from a cough and occasional asthma for many years. At his admission he stated that he had been suffering from an attack of fever (probably Scarlatina) with a severe pain in the chest and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and trachea, and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1845
Date of death: 17 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the peritoneum. Pancreas partly converted into a large cyst containing dark coloured fluid. Old adhesions on both sides of the chest. Pericardium adherent. Heart dilated: walls thin, muscular structure soft
Disease (standardised): Encephaloid disease (Peritoneum); Cyst (Pancreas); Adhesions (Chest); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'It appeared from this patient’s account that though for many years she had been affected with rheumatic gout, and for some years had suffered from palpitation, yet that she was in the enjoyment of her usual health, up to three weeks before admission, at which time she was seized with pain in the loins, & pain, spasms, & a sense of fluttering in the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1846
Date of death: 31 Jul 1846
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of humerus into elbow joint. Amputation. Secondary deposits and inflammation of lung. Pleurisy.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Arm); Amputation (Arm); Inflammation (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
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: This man fell from a scaffolding and on his descent his arm struck the extremity of an iron rail.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and stump
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1844
Date of death: 8 Aug 1844
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the Pelvis. Rupture of the bladder, at its apex. Fracture of sacrum and rupture of the ligaments of the sacroiliac articulations on both sides.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Fracture (Spine); Rupture (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was brought to the Hospital shivering and in a state of great collapse. He had fallen off a waggon which was heavily laden but there was no distinct evidence whether the wheels had passed over the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Jul 1844
Date of death: 7 Aug 1844
Disease (transcribed): Effusion in brain. Softening of brain. Cerebral arteries atheromatous. Old adhesions of lungs. Pneumonia. Left ventricle hypertrophied. Atheroma in mitral and aortic valves and in aorta. Kidneys granular. Fibrous tumour of uterus.
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain ); Softening (Brain ); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Pneumonia (Lung); Hypertrophy (Heart); Granular (Kidney);Tumour (Uterus)
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 stated that she was frequently attacked with a sensation of great distress in the upper part of the abdomen with spasmodic pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1846
Date of death: 30 Jul 1846
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The history of this case is not entered as there was not post mortem examination of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The friends would not allow the body to be examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Berlin wool worker
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1871
Date of death: 2 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1845
Date of death: 16 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Abscesses in various parts of the body. Extensive sloughing of the soft palate, exposing the bones. Phthisis, with abcesses in the lungs. Pneumonia, with extravasation of blood in the sub-pleural cellular tissue. Recent peritonitis. Glanders?
Disease (standardised): Abscess; Sloughing (Throat); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Glanders
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: 'It appeared from this patient’s account, that ever since Christmas he had been attending to glandered & sick horses, but had remained in very tolerable health up to a fortnight before admission. At that time he experienced severe pain in the loins, accompanied by rigors, loss of appetite and inability to sleep, and that this shortly succeeded by great muscular depression, a sense of constriction & oppression at the chest, and the formation of pustules and tumours in various parts of the body’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1872
Date of death: 24 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (encephaloid) of axillary glands. Ovarian cyst. Muscular tumour of uterus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cysts (Ovary); Tumour (Uterus)
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 patient had had an axillary swelling for a month and slight pain in the breast.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1846
Date of death: 29 Jul 1846
Disease (transcribed): Extensive rupture of liver and effusion of blood into the cavity of the peritoneum. Convolutions of intestines glued to each other by thin layers of coagulated fibrine, without any increased vascularity. Run over by a cart.
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver); Effusion (Abdomen); Fibrin (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This boy, in getting down from the back rail of a cab in which he had been riding, fell on his belly and while lying so, the wheel of another cab passed over his back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1844
Date of death: 7 Aug 1844
Disease (transcribed): Exostosis of inner table of frontal bone. Effusion in subarachnoid tissue. Congestion of brain. Heart thin and dilated. Kidneys granular. Inflammation of pelvis of kidney and bladder. Fibrous tumours of uterus. Gall bladder and cystic duct obliterated.
Disease (standardised): Exostoses (Skull); Effusion, Congestion (Brain ); Disease (Heart); Granular (Kidney); Inflammation (Kidney, Bladder); Tumour (Uterus);Obliterated (Gallbladder)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
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, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1862
Date of death: 29 Jun 1862
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation following injury to the hand
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Hand); Injury (Hand)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This was a case of diffuse cellular inflammation following an injury to the hand.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1871
Date of death: 2 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Atheroma. Strangulated inguinal hernia. Operation
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Hernia (Abdomen); Operation

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: 'He had had a rupture 16 years. He wore a truss for 2 years, & then relinquished it, so that none was worn for last 14 years, during which time the bowel frequently came down. July 29 bowel came down after coughing and he could not return it. Bowels had acted that morning, not since’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1866
Date of death: 11 Jun 1866
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
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: n/a

Occupation or role: Bus driver
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1868
Date of death: 9 Jun 1868
Disease (transcribed): Bruising of brain. Blood in arachnoid. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Bruising (Brain); Blood (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient had fallen off a cart was brought in insensible.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1872
Date of death: 22 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Kick from a horse two years previously. Abscess of brain. Suppuration in frontal region from carious bone. Pus in cerebral ventricles. Disorganization of right frontal lobe
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Suppuration (Skull); Suppuration (Brain)
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 boy was transferred from the medical wards on account of an abscess discharging from a small opening in the right upper eyelid.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 May 1846
Date of death: 29 Jul 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax. Effusion in pleura compressing lung. Large tubercles in the spleen. Other organs, nothing. One small ulcer in the mucous membrane of the stomach.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Pleural cavity); Effusion (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Ulcer (Stomach)
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 labouring under all the usual symptoms of fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1864
Date of death: 14 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was riding his horse this evening in the neighbourhood whn he fell off on to his head (the horse was not running away). Brought in about 7pm, quite insensible, small scalp wound (no bone exposed)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part of the body was examined’)

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1868
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Laceration of lateral sinus. Compression of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Transverse sinuses); Compression (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient had fallen off a scaffold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident