Occupation or role: Servant Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852 Date of death: 10 Nov 1852 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in lungs and kidneys and under the pleural membrane and arachnoid membrane Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: A Welsh girl who had not long been in service in London, she was admitted in such a wandering state of mind that she was unable to give any distinct amount of herself. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Oct 1852 Date of death: 4 Jan 1853 Disease (transcribed): Imperfect paraplegia. Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, bronchial glands, peritoneal cavity and spleen. Ulcerated intestines Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Bronchial glands); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He was admitted in a condition of imperfect paraplegia which commenced after severe exposure. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and spinal cord Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gentleman's servant Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1853 Date of death: 1 Apr 1853 Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Cut throat. Epileptic fit. Slight disease of the kidneys. Softening of central parts of the brain Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Wound (Throat); Epilepsy (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man had been in the habit of drinking to excess, and being discharged by his master, he cut his throat with a razor while in a fit of delirium tremens. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Suicide
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 May 1853 Date of death: 12 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Head symptoms. Diseased kidneys. Enormously dilated ventricle of brain. Enlarged heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He was admitted in a state of great confusion of mind with tremulous movements and a large oedematous tongue, having the appearance of salivation. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 59 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Aug 1853 Date of death: 17 Aug 1853 Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of the cranium. Bruising of the brain. Laceration of the meningeal arteries Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bruising (Brain); Laceration (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This patient was brought in dying. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and left hand Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 33 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Apr 1853 Date of death: 11 Dec 1853 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the liver. Scrofulous deposit in the lungs. Peculiar deposit of recent fibrin in the arachnoid cavity Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrin (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This patient had suffered more or less from sickness and vomiting during two years past. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Dec 1853 Date of death: 27 Dec 1853 Disease (transcribed): Epileptic attacks. Peculiar cyst on surface of the brain producing atrophy of convolutions Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Cysts (Brain); Atrophy (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: A person of rather diminutive size who stated that she had been suffering five or six months from fits of some sort in which she stated that she was entirely unconscious. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Gender: Male Age: 40 Date of admission: 20 Jan 1854 Date of death: 22 Jan 1854 Disease (transcribed): Fractured cervical vertebrae. Softening of spinal cord Disease (standardised): Fracture (Vertebrae); Softening (Spinal cord) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This was an adult labourer, a man of great size & weight, who was admitted at about ½ past 2 o’clock in the afternoon, having fallen from a scaffold a short time previously, a height of 10 feet, striking himself against some obstacles in his descent and lighting upon his head, as was conjectured from an abrasion on the scalp’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Grocer Gender: Male Age: 44 Date of admission: 11 Jan 1854 Date of death: 29 Jan 1854 Disease (transcribed): Softening of the spinal cord. Engorged lungs. Bronchitis. Diffuse areola. Inflammation of the arm Disease (standardised): Softening (Spinal cord); Disease (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Areola (Skin); Inflammation (Arm); Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'Rather a stout man of full habit, who had been in the enjoyment of very good health until 3 months ago, having been in business as a grocer & retired about 12 months since. He was now living in Chelsea, and had returned from town. Outside an omnibus on a Saturday evening when he had been warm with walking, he felt very chilly & experienced much pain in the back. Next day he experienced great difficulty in moving’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal column, abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 25 Date of admission: 1 Mar 1854 Date of death: 5 Mar 1854 Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the jaw & femur & radius. Extravasation of blood into arachnoid sac Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Thigh); Fracture (Arm); Extravasation (Brain) Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man had fallen off a building (Brompton Hospital), a height of about 40 feet’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Fractured radius & femur, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 20 Date of admission: 8 Mar 1854 Date of death: 11 Mar 1854 Disease (transcribed): Effusion of fluid into cerebral ventricles. Softening of the central white structures of brain Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Softening (Brain) Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This girl had been suffering from pain in the head for a fortnight before her admission. She had had no shivering or pain elsewhere. No cause for its occurrence could be assigned. She imagined it to be nervous headache, from which she had formerly suffered’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 32 Date of admission: 26 Apr 1854 Date of death: 3 May 1854 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Albumenous urine. Epileptic convulsions Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidney); Epilepsy (Brain) Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’ Post mortem notes: 'This body was removed unexamined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 23 Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854 Date of death: 20 Oct 1854 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous meningitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Meningitis (Brain) Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This patient reported that she had been suffering from headache 9 months, coming in paroxysms, and accompanied with flushing of the face. On the 9th inst she had observed double vision’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Domestic servant Gender: Male Age: 37 Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854 Date of death: 21 Oct 1854 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. False membrane in arachnoid sac owing to extravasated blood, the result of a blow on the head. Atheromated cerebral arteries Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); False membrane (Brain); Blow (Head); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Brain) Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man had been a domestic servant, & appeared to have been of dissipated habits. He was admitted under the care of Mr Hawkins [Caesar Hawkins], on account of a stricture of the urethra, which had existed for some years & had been ascribed originally to an attack of gonorrhoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1854 Date of death: 14 Jan 1855 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the Brain. Softening of the brain. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: Some days after admission it was learned that the patient had had a fit about a fortnight before in which he had remained unconscious for three days. He had been ill altogether some five months, but of his symptoms, nothing was accurately known. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1855 Date of death: 15 Feb 1855 Disease (transcribed): Paralysis following a ‘fit’. Extravasation of blood into substance of the brain. Remains of old extravasations Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Central Nervous System); Extravasation (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: Nothing of his previous state could be learnt except that on the preceding day he had been seized with a fit and had subsequently lost the use of his right side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 70 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Feb 1855 Date of death: 6 Mar 1855 Disease (transcribed): Red and grey hepatization of lungs. Diseased Heart and Kidneys. Growth from the Dura Mater Disease (standardised): Disease (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Tumour (Meninges) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This woman was the mother of thirteen children, and had been exposed to cold and damp in the low parts of Rotherhithe. Three weeks before Christmas her breathing became very short, accompanied with violent cough. She had been subject for six years to palpitations, but had never suffered from any difficulty of breathing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1855 Date of death: 2 Jun 1855 Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Softening of spinal chord. Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Central Nervous System); Softening (Spinal Cord) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was admitted into the Hospital on account of incontinence of urine. He had been complaining for about a fortnight of pain in the loins, numbness and loss of power in the legs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, cranium and spinal column Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Jun 1855 Date of death: 1 Jul 1855 Disease (transcribed): Arachinitis Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Meninges) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Sep 1855 Date of death: 23 Sep 1855 Disease (transcribed): Paralysis from lead. Fibrin in Pericardial and Pleural sacs Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Central Nervous System); Thrombosis (Heart); Thrombosis (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man had suffered from more than one attack of colic. Three weeks before his admission he had an attack of acute rheumatism, resulting from exposure to severe cold. He complained when first seen of shortness of breath, pain in the right side, cough and thin watery expectoration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Dec 1855 Date of death: 9 Jan 1856 Disease (transcribed): Cysts occupying the left corpus striatum Disease (standardised): Cysts (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man had been paralysed ever since he was seven years old and his right arm was deformed. He came in to the Hospital complaining of retention of urine. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 54 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Dec 1855 Date of death: 23 Jan 1856 Disease (transcribed): Paralysis of long standing. Large ulcers on both legs. Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Central Nervous System); Ulcer (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This woman was admitted in a very bad state of health. She had suffered for about a year and a half with paralysis of the lower extremities, but applied for admission on account of ulcers on each leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Billiard maker Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Jan 1856 Date of death: 10 Feb 1856 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in Lungs and Brain Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man stated that whilst in the room at work he was seized with a fit, apparently of an epileptic character. He remained unconscious for about ten minutes. Six weeks later he had another fit, and another three months before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Feb 1856 Date of death: 23 Feb 1856 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Meningitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Meningitis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: No history could be obtained from this patient, but according to his friends he had been ill a year with pain in the head. Four days before his admission he had a fit. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Mar 1856 Date of death: 13 Apr 1856 Disease (transcribed): Diseased Ear. Abscess of the Brain Disease (standardised): Disease (Ear); Abscess (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man had only left the Hospital about seven or eight days after recovering from an acute rheumatism. On going out he caught cold and the pain returned, confining itself to the smaller joints and assuming the character of rheumatic gout. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a