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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845
Date of death: 17 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Internal haemorrhoids. Ligature. Phlebitis. Secondary abscesses in liver and lung. Pleurisy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Anus); Ligature; Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Abscess (Liver, lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted for an indurated venereal sore upon the upper surface of the skin of the penis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1845
Date of death: 21 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Scirrhous ulceration of uterus & vagina encroaching upon the bladder
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Scirrhus (Uterus, vagina); Ulcer (Uterus, vagina)

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 was admitted in a state of much debility, with incontinence of urine and frequent vomiting. She stated that she was married and had five children and that the present symptoms accompanied by pain in the back and loins and occasional fits had existed for two months previous to her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1845
Date of death: 24 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the head of the humerus and of the glenoid cavity with extensive abscesses in the neighbourhood of the joint and ulceration of the posterior circumflex artery, giving rise to fatal haemorrhage. Viscera healthy, but exsanguine
Disease (standardised): Caries (Arm, shoulder); Abscess (Shoulder); Ulcer (Shoulder); Haemorrhage

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 was admitted with disease of the shoulder joint, which appeared ankylosed. There was pain and great fullness around the joint, but not such pain as would indicate that the disease was at that time confined to the joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left shoulder joint

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Nov 1845
Date of death: 25 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of breast. Removal. Reappearance of disease in glands and in bones. Epileptic fits. Brain congested. Branches of superior & inferior mesenteric arteries clogged up with large and very firm black coagula
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Removal (Breast); Scirrhus (Glands, bones); Epilepsy (Brain); Congestion (Brain, blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'About six months before her death this patient came into the hospital for a malignant disease of the left breast, which was then amputated. The tumor of the breast had been growing 9 months and was reported of an encephaloid character. She left the hospital three weeks after the operation with the wound nearly cicatrized’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, left humerus, left femur

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1845
Date of death: 26 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn over the neck &c. Emphysema of both lungs to great extent
Disease (standardised): Burn (Neck); Emphysema (Lungs)

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 was admitted with a burn extending over a great portion of the posterior part of the scalp, round the whole of the neck and over a portion of the chest. Some portions of the skin appeared to have perished, & others still retained their vasculatiry and were redder than natural. The accident was caused by the cap of the patient catching fire’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1845
Date of death: 14 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Death in a few hours. Lungs emphysematous. Kidneys granular. Other viscera healthy
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of extreme collapse in which she continued for a considerable time. After she was in the hospital for some hours she slightly rallied but died suddenly about 10 hours after her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1845
Date of death: 16 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the skull. Extravasation of blood between bones & dura mater. Bruising of brain. Fracture of 7th cervical and 1st dorsal vertebrae. Extensive injury of spinal chord. Lungs congested. Other viscera healthy
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Bruise (Brain); Fracture (Spine); Injury (Spinal cord); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient fell from a height of 40 feet (his fall being partially broken) an hour before his admission, and as he was being brought to the hospital he vomited a quantity of brown fluids. When admitted there was a large effusion of blood beneath the skin covering the left parietal bone’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal canal, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1845
Date of death: 19 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine and of 3 ribs. Compound fracture of the arm. Extensive separation of both sacro-iliac synchondroses. Extensive haemorrhage into the pleura, posterior mediastinum and peritoneum. Laceration of the right lung and of the liver
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine, ribs, arm); Haemorrhage (Lungs, chest, abdomen); Laceration (Lungs, liver)
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 fell from a great height upon his back into the street. When brought to the hospital he was in a state of great collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen, right superior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1845
Date of death: 25 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Laceration of brain, with effusion of blood into the arachnoid cavity. Fracture of clavicle
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Collarbone)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'The day before her admission she fell down stairs, a distance of about eight feet. She was taken up insensible, bleeding from the nose and mouth’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, shoulder

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1845
Date of death: 28 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia, left side. Operation. Fatal peritonitis. Lungs emphysematous and congested
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Emphysema (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Mary Sears at 44 [?48] having previously enjoyed sufficiently good health with the exception of some affection of the lungs, was rather suddenly seized with a pain in the abdomen on the 21st of January’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, hernial sac, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1845
Date of death: 3 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of the leg and thigh, with granular kidneys and old inflammation of the peritoneum covering the liver and spleen. The latter of which was enlarged and very hard
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg, thigh); Disease (Kidneys); Inflammation (Abdomen); Disease (Spleen)

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Two days previous to admission this patient scratched his foot, which became inflamed. The inflammation extending up the leg principally in the course of the absorbents. There was little pain and no rigors or perspirations’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1845
Date of death: 16 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Larynx, only part examined, congested, with slight thickening of submucous cellular tissue
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Congestion (Larynx)

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 child was admitted at five o’clock in the evening in a state of extreme collapse, having been brought thirteen miles from the country enveloped in a blanket only. The treatment consisted of stimulants during the night’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1844
Date of death: 26 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca. Lobular pneumonia. Hypertrophy of heart. Aorta roughened & dilated. Capsule of liver thickened. Mottling degeneration of kidneys. Bladder inflamed
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, kidneys); Inflammation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'The patient stated that he had been suffering about 4 months from general anasarca, which at first came on very gradually, but had rapidly increased during the few last weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1845
Date of death: 28 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed empyema. Grey hepatisation of the lung. Pericarditis. Hydatid in the liver. Sinus between the coccyx and the rectum not communicating with the gut
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Hepatisation (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Cyst (Liver); Disease (Rectum, gut)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient told us that about 10 days previous to admission he was taken with shivering, soon followed by cough, accompanied by pain in the chest, more especially on the right side, within the four last days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1845
Date of death: 2 Mar 1845
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the metacarpal bones. Erysipelas of the hand & upper extremity. Trismus
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Hand); Erysipelas (Hand, arm); Trismus (Jaw)
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’s hand was caught between the spokes of a wheel and the side of a cart, which he was driving. When admitted a compound comminuted fracture presented itself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1845
Date of death: 13 Mar 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the pelvis and rupture of the inter-pubic ligament, with extensive rupture of the urethra, and effusion of urine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Rupture (Pelvis, urethra)

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Was admitted at 3pm, having been jammed between a heavy stone and an iron spindle. He was in a state of collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1845
Date of death: 15 Mar 1845
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of the urethra with extravasation of urine into the scrotum, penis etc. Granular kidneys (old stricture)
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Urethra); Disease (Kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'The whole of the stem of the penis and scrotum in this patient were black and mortified, when he was admitted. He was then in a dying condition and his case was therefore not taken. He had been a patient under the care of Mr Hawkins [Caesar Hawkins] four years ago, for stricture. Since that period he had been in the habit of attending occasionally to have a catheter passed and ten days before his admission had had No 8 catheter passed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1845
Date of death: 2 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the leg with extensive haemorrhage. Heart dilated. Kidneys granular. Coagula in the heart, very small and loosely coagulated
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg); Disease (Heart); 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 was admitted with a compound fracture of the right leg. The bone was broken in two places and the surrounding parts were much contused’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, stump

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Pot boy
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1845
Date of death: 2 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound, oedema of scalp. Diffuse cellular inflammation of neck, spreading down the mediastina. Inflammation of mucous membrane of air passages, & of left lung. Seropurulent fluid in pleurae and pericardium. Kidneys large & mottled
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Edema (Scalp); Inflammation (Neck, Lungs); Disease (Lungs, Heart); 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: 'William Lovell, at 21, a pot boy, reported to be subject of epileptic fits, was admitted on 25th of March with a small scalp wound over the occiput, which did not expose the bone. When brought to the hospital he was still in a fit, during which the scalp wound had been produced’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1845
Date of death: 2 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound & fracture of the skull, with extensive laceration of the brain. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the scalp & oedema of the face with inflammation of the cellular tissue of the neck, & oedema of the larynx
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Inflammation (Scalp, neck); Edema (Face, larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Shortly before his admission, this patient was thrown from a cart. When brought to the hospital he was quite insensible and in a state of collapse. There was a small wound at the posterior part of the scalp not exposing the bone, and some blood flowed from the left ear’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1845
Date of death: 3 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of ovaries, of sub-serous cellular tissue of omentum and intestines, of pelvic & mesenteric glands, of sub-pleural and sub-pericardial cellular tissue, and of sub-cutaneous tissue in neighbourhood of umbilicus
Disease (standardised): Encephaloid disease (Ovaries, abdomen, intestines, tissues)

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 was unmarried, and states that until three months ago she enjoyed perfectly good health. At that time she first found that her abdomen was larger than natural, and she experienced some sharp, darting pains aggravated at night’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1845
Date of death: 3 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Phlebitis of the veins of the opposite extremity. Slight peritonitis and pleurisy. Lungs gorged at back part & soft in texture. Gut of a dark colour, but otherwise healthy
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Was admitted on the evening of the 22 of March with a small tumor in the left femoral region, tender to the touch, and accompanied by a constant sense of sickness. The pain extends over the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, hernial sac, thorax, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1845
Date of death: 4 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive laceration of the right lung with a large extravasation of blood into the cavity of the pleura. Separation of several cartilages of the ribs, right side, from the sternum. Rupture of the liver. Fracture of arm & leg
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Lungs); Extravasation (Lungs); Separation (Chest); Rupture (Liver); Fracture (Arm, leg)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was perfectly sensible when admitted, but presented ex-sanguine features and scarcely any pulse. He died after having been in the hospital an hour, having never rallied in any degree from his state of collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left superior extremity, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1845
Date of death: 14 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Chronic affection of the bladder, ureter etc. with mottling & granular degeneration of the kidneys. Large foul abscess in the left loin & extensing along the psoas, into the groin. Recent pleurisy & peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Bladder, ureter, kidneys); Abscess (Loin, groin); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This person had attended the hospital occasionally for many years past, and had been in the habit of having catheters introduced as an out-patient. When he applied in the 9th of April he was suffering from the usual symptoms of retention of urine and stated that he had not passed any water for twenty four hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1845
Date of death: 15 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the scalp. Extravasations of blood, both in the cavity of the arachnoid, and in the structure of the brain. Fracture of external malleolus with suppuration in joint and in the neighbourhood
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp); Extravasation (Brain); Fracture (Ankle); Suppuration (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'When admitted, this patient presented the usual symptoms of concussion and a lacerated scalp wound on the back part of the head. The symptoms of concussion were complicated by those of intoxication, as it was subsequently ascertained that she had drunk a considerable quantity before meeting with her accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident