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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1844
Date of death: 9 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pericarditis. Bicuspid valve thickened. Ascites and dropsy of the extremities. Liver large and puckered, with a peculiar yellow deposit.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Extremities); Disease (Liver)
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 admitted after suffering from palpitations and difficulty breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1895
Date of death: 8 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of both thighs for gangrene, probably embolic origin
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Gangrene (Leg); Embolism (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Four weeks before admission he had had influenza and bronchitis. A fortnight before admission his left foot became ‘dead and cold’ and was very painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, testes, bladder, prostate, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1879
Date of death: 26 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Purulent bronchitis. Empyema. Chronic abscess of tibia
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Empyema (Pleura); Abscess (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was too weak for thorough examination.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus and tibia
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1891
Date of death: 2 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Chronic ulcer of leg. Amputation through knee joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'For many years patient had had an ulcer of the left leg […] No history of syphilis. Great pain in it'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, limbs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1846
Date of death: 07 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the femur?
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This case is not reported, as a post mortem examination of the body was not permitted by the friends.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1843
Date of death: 1 Jun 1843
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of cartilages of knee joint. Abscess.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Abscess (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left knee, thorax and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shop assistant
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1911
Date of death: 26 Apr 1911
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of left thigh. ? Intra abdominal injury. Death from shock
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Injury (Abdomen); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 6 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Effusion of recent lymph into right pleural sac and extensive hepatization of lungs. Recent lymph in pericardium. Hypertrophied heart. Old peritoneal adhesions. Diseased hip joint
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Lymph (Heart); Disease (Heart); Adhesions (Abdomen); Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was admitted with a furred tongue, quick pulse and hot skin complaining of pains in his limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and hip joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Commercial traveller
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1892
Date of death: 28 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of foot. Amputation. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Foot); Amputation (Foot); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient ever since a boy was said to have had heart disease. The last three months he had been ill with influenza and ten days before admission both legs began to swell and were very painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, testes, kidneys, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, trachea, thyroid gland, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Porter
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1907
Date of death: 13 Apr 1907
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal parametritic abscess. Vaginitis. Thrombotic oedema of left leg. Acute general suppurative peritonitis. (Perinephritic abscess) [laparotomy]
Disease (standardised): Puerpera (Uterus); Parametritis (Broad ligament); Abscess (Broad ligament); Thrombosis (Leg); Oedema (Leg); Suppuration (Abdomen);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Abscess (Kidney) ; Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Stabb, Arthur Francis
Medical examination performed by: Smith, George Frederick Darwall
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with pain in the womb of three days standing and with a copious yellow discharge dating from almost immediately after a confinement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen only examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1853
Date of death: 18 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of thigh. Inflamed saphena and femoral veins
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: On the day of admission he was run over by a dray, which passed over his left thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and left inferior extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1856
Date of death: 19 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Diseased knee. Resection. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Resection (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This lad had been a patient in the hospital in the early part of the year, on account of strumous disease of the left knee.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1860
Date of death: 21 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the acetabulum. Abscess in hip joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Abscess (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was said to have fallen between 8 & 9 feet from a scaffold, but how his leg was placed in the fall no one knew’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left hip

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1844
Date of death: 11 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca and ascites. Thickening of the mitral and aortic valves with enlargement of the Heart. Liver large and gorged with blood.
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with great distention of the abdomen and oedema of the lower extremities and a cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1895
Date of death: 11 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Suppurative phlebitis. Wound behind ankle
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Suppuration (Veins); Phlebitis (Veins); Wound (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and limbs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1845
Date of death: 5 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Oedema of both legs with petechial spots. Hearts dilated & very flaccid. Blood semi-fluid. Lungs loaded with frothy serum
Disease (standardised): Edema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lungs)
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 had intermittent fever three months previous to his admission. This left him in a very debilitated state and he subsequently complained of much difficulty of breathing, especially after exertion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, larynx

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1855
Date of death: 10 April 1855
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Hospital gangrene. Secondary deposits.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Gangrene (Leg)
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1852
Date of death: 6 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the upper part of the thigh bone. Old pleural adhesion and soft dilated heart. Kidneys slightly diseased
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted a short time after the occurrence of an accident by which she had broken her thigh. She fell down two stairs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left femur, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1894
Date of death: 10 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pleural effusion. Radical cure of femoral hernia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung); Hernia surgery (Thigh); Operation (Thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas and Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Patient admitted with a strangulated femoral hernia of 4 days standing. There was no impulse. Vomit was faecal. Mr Dent cut down and opened the sac which contained congested omentum and gut, and bloodstained fluid. The constriction was divided and the gut returned'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, heart, lungs, plurae
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: PC
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1871
Date of death: 28 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of the liver. Oedema of right leg from pressure
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Edema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man was first admitted on March 2. He then stated that his health had been good until last Xmas, when he was laid up for eight days with slight jaundice, nausea & pain in the right hypochondrium. From this he recovered completely & was able to return to his work’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, veins

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1866
Date of death: 31 Apr 1867
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis. Disease of hip
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with the history that twenty three years previously he was thrown down by a boy, and his hip was hurt in consequence of which he was laid up for three years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1845
Date of death: 8 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Partial inflammation of right lung. Malignant disease of femur with suppuration in the thigh & in the knee joint
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Lungs); Malignant disease (Thigh); Suppuration (Thigh, knee)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Two years ago this patient experienced constant shooting pain down the right thigh which sometimes would keep her awake and at others would wake her from her sleep. These pains were rather relieved by walking’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 May 1844
Date of death: 16 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of leg. Heart soft and lacerable with thickening of the valves and deposit of calcareous matter in the aorta. Deposits, apparently of scirrhous nature, in the Liver.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Disease (Heart); Calculus (Arteries); Cancer (Liver)
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 admitted with a sloughing phagedenic ulcer of the leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a