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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1855
Date of death: 17 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the Bladder and Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Bladder); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted with the symptoms usually connected with enlargement of the prostate gland.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1849
Date of death: 12 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia?
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1857
Date of death: 28 Mar 1857
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of finger. Diffuse inflammation of forearm and arm
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Finger); Inflammation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man stated that two months before his admission he cut his hand in cleaning some harness and fancied it became poisoned by some varnish he used.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Aug 1855
Date of death: 26 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of Skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been struck on the head by some heavy body which knocked him down a saw pit. He was admitted soon after in a state of almost complete insensibility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1849
Date of death: 2 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the thigh. Sloughing phagedaena. Tetanus. Congested blood vessels of the membranes of the cord. Cord & brain healthy. Increased vascularity of the nerves
Disease (standardised): Wound (Thigh); Phagedena (Tissues); Tetanus (Systemic); Congestion (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This boy, in attempting to jump from a bridge over the Paddington Canal into a boat, lacerated his thigh upon an iron spike. He was admitted an hour afterwards, having lost much blood since the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1854
Date of death: 3 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro Pneumonia. Stricture of the Urethra
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung, Pleura); Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been ill only about a week with cough and cold and pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1857
Date of death: 16 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Granular kidneys. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Gray, Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A labourer who had been suffering from cough & shortness of breath for two months, however he kept on with his daily work until a week before admission when owing to the great increase of dyspnoea he was compelled to lay up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1856
Date of death: 26 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of skull. Lacerated wound of thigh
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had fallen from a great height, more than fifty feet, on to the spikes in the area of a railway, striking his head against some obstacle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1855
Date of death: 16 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1849
Date of death: 29 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Extravasation of blood in the right lateral ventricle. Optic thalamus broken up, & the corpus striatum displaced
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Injury (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought to the hospital having fallen down in a fit, in which he had been quite unconscious, but was not convulsed, and was found to have lost the use of his left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1853
Date of death: 23 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Disease of the kidneys. Ascites. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (General)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A man of rather full habits, with general dropsy and considerable discolouration of the skin of the face, neck and lips.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1855
Date of death: 25 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body at the request of the friends was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1856
Date of death: 19 Mar 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac disease. Pneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This boy was admitted in a dying state. He had been out of health for eighteen months. An attack of acute rheumatism seized him and left him anasarcous and a great sufferer from dyspnoea and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1849
Date of death: 22 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles in the lungs & a large vomica on the right side. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the epiglottis. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the ilium
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx, hip)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man, who could only articulate in a sort of hoarse whisper, stated that he had caught cold about 12 months before, that he had lost his voice nearly 8 months and had been obliged to leave work 3 months. He had suffered from cough and spitting nearly the whole time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1848
Date of death: 11 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised):

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body was removed previous to its being examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1856
Date of death: 13 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted with violent pain in the left side, brought on as he stated by exposure to the cold whilst at work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Nov 1856
Date of death: 28 Nov 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been a week with fever, the origin of which he gave no account beyond attributing it to cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1854
Date of death: 8 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had occasional winter cough for some years, but that now for a month of 6 weeks he had been worse than usual’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1852
Date of death: 6 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the sacrum. Large abscess of the back part of the thigh
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Abscess (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of pain, supposed to be rheumatic, in the right hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity, right lower extremity and right upper extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1849
Date of death: 6 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the pelvis. Rupture of the anterior wall of the bladder. Extravasation of urine in both thighs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Rupture (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted in collapse at 11 1/2am having early in the morning of the preceding day received a severe contusion across the hypogastrium & left groin. It appeared that in climbing some iron railings they gave way & caused him to fall with the railings’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1856
Date of death: 11 Nov 1856
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1849
Date of death: 27 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Lung condensed. Old pleuritic aches on opposite side
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that his illness had commenced between 5 & 6 weeks previously, on the evening of a Sundau with pain in the right side & cough. He had enjoyed good health previously. The pain in the side had not latterly been so severe but the cough had continued with expectoration scanty at first but gradually increasing in quantity and latterly becoming very foul and offensive’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1855
Date of death: 9 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Effusion of blood in the arachnoid cavity and in the meshes of the pia mater. Fracture of the rib. Wound of the Lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Effusion (Meninges); Fracture (Rib); Wound (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was brought in to the Hospital in a dying state, having suffered extensive injuries from a fall which crushed his body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1853
Date of death: 6 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the ankle joint
Disease (standardised): Disease (Foot)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had suffered under some disease of the left leg for about 5 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a