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Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1860
Date of death: 22 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease & hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Harvey, Edward Robinson
Medical notes: 'A coachman. He had thrice had rheumatic fever, the first attack 20, the last 7 years ago. During the first attack his chest was affected in such a manner as to suggest a blister upon the pericardial region, and ever since he suffered more or less from palpitation. Notwithstanding this he remained strong and active until a year ago’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabinet maker
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1858
Date of death: 25 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man who was a cabinet maker had been ill twelve months complaining of some cough & general weakness. His previous health had been very good. The breath had only been short a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Soldier
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1857
Date of death: 25 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man had been engaged in the army for nineteen years until three years ago. His habits had of late been steady and his health was always good except three years since when he had Maltese Fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1857
Date of death: 26 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia. Ulceration of the gut. Effusion of faeces into peritoneum. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Effusion of faeces (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Three years ago he had some swelling of the left leg. Eighteen months later he became much troubled with dyspeptic symptoms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and hernia
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1877
Date of death: 3 Aug 1877
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra close to the meatus. Cystic degeneration of the kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was transferred from the medical wards and was too ill to give any account of himself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and urethra. The post mortem was from Mr G.F. Barker's notes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 88
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1854
Date of death: 20 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Retention of urine from enlarged prostate. Calculi in kidney. Senile dementia
Disease (standardised): Urinary retention (Prostate); Calculus (Kidney); Dementia (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old man applied (or rather was brought by his friends) for admission late in the evening of the 17th of the month. He was in a state of senile dementia, and was very violent & noisy, but could be made to understand simple questions when his attention was forcibly excited. It appeared from his wife’s account that he had been suffering from partial retention of urine for some time, & had had an instrument passed without much difficulty about a month ago, but had not paid further attention to it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1856
Date of death: 21 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Retention of urine. Puncture of bladder. Diffuse cellular inflammation in pelvis. Enlarged Prostate.
Disease (standardised): Retention of urine (Bladder); Puncture (Bladder); Inflammation (Pelvis); Enlarged (Prostate)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had had difficulty in passing water for a very long time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Aug 1857
Date of death: 7 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Tumours of the prostate. Inflamed bladder
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Tumour (Prostate); Inflammation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He was admitted with incontinence of urine and symptoms of chronic cystitis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1858
Date of death: 31 Aug 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man, who was a stoker, was admitted in a dying state & nothing could be gleaned respecting his history from any friends. He said himself that he had been ill two months with cough & great difficulty of breathing, & that his legs had taken to swelling about three weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stone mason
Age: 48?
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1857
Date of death: 13 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Recent and old clots. Granular kidneys. Diseased liver. Atheromatous arteries
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He had been in the House during part of June and July for rheumatic gout and albuminuria without dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, radial artery and arteries of extremities
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1857
Date of death: 14 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fatty degeneration of heart, liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man had always enjoyed excellent health until ten weeks before his admission. He was then seized with sudden giddiness and sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen and blood
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1857
Date of death: 17 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Diseased liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man came to the hospital in a semicomatose state, which gradually passed into complete coma.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1881
Date of death: 20 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured urethra. Perineal section
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Urethra); Section (Perineum)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1860
Date of death: 22 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Hypertrophy of the heart. Disease of the liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A farrier of pale, pasty complexion and formerly a great drinker. Two years before he had been in the hospital with dropsical legs and cough and was discharged ‘cured’. Five months ago the swelling reappeared’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1857
Date of death: 1 Oct 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased aortic valves. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He stated that he had been ill only five weeks. He caught cold whilst engaged in his usual occupation. Cough followed and he rapidly lost flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1851
Date of death: 25 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in perineum. Lengthened stricture of the urethra of a firm cartilaginified character & extirpation[?] of a small calculus therein. Abscess in each lateral lobe of the prostate, one of them opening into urethra
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Perineum); Stricture (Urethra); Calculus (Urethra); Abscess (Prostate)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'He was admitted on account of a swelling in the perineum, and difficulty in making water, which had existed for 3 days. The swelling was hard & red on the surface, and this hardness & redness extended also up both sides of the scrotum. It was excessively painful and he had had no sleep for 2 nights’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Woodman
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1871
Date of death: 18 Oct 1871
Disease (transcribed): Vesical calculus. Cystitis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Bladderstone (Bladder); Cystitis (Bladder); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Vasey, Charles Lyon and Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man had suffered for ten years from vesical irritation, occasional haematuria, pain in bladder, sudden stopping of the stream of urine, & constipation. When he arrived at the hospital he was greatly exhausted by the combined effects of disease & the journey from the country, and was too ill to be operated upon’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1860
Date of death: 1 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Gout. Diseased kidneys. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Disease (Kidneys); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had been subject to attacks of gout for twenty seven years and the fingers of both hands and both feet were much distorted by the disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1873
Date of death: 27 Sep 1873
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of thigh (for compound fracture). Granular kidneys. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Fracture (Leg); Disease (Kidney); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that he was knocked down while housing a carriage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1852
Date of death: 17 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Cysts under the arachnoid of the brain in various parts. Diseased heart and kidneys. Dilatation of aorta
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Brain); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Eight or nine months ago the patient first suffered from pain at the top of the sternum accompanied by shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: , cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1853
Date of death: 26 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Incontinence of urine. Haematuria. Malignant disease of the bladder
Disease (standardised): Incontinence (Bladder); Haematuria (Bladder); Cancer (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man applied as an out patient on account of pain in making water, incontinence of urine and haematuria
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1858
Date of death: 14 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'There had been nothing to call attention to this man’s case during the first ten days or so of his residence in the house. It was looked upon as one of chronic rheumatism from which according to his own account he had suffered for 12 months & had been incapacitated for his usual daily work for nearly the whole of that time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1856
Date of death: 20 Oct 1856
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a semi comatose condition, unable to give any account of himself or his disease. It was thought that he had been suffering with retention of urine or difficulty in forming water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1852
Date of death: 22 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Recent lymph in pleural sacs. Atheromatous deposit in arteries
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Lymph (Pleura); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a rather advanced stage of dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1851
Date of death: 13 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of the ribs. Tubercular deposit in its earliest condition throughout both lungs. Enormously thickened & heavy cranium, the inner wall being vascular. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Ribs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Brain, kidneys)

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 patient had been before under the care of Mr Hawkins [Caesar Henry Hawkins], from January to May of the present year, with caries & necrosis of one or more ribs on the left side. There were three [?]sinuses below the mamma leading down to diseased bone. He improved in health during his stay in the hospital, and a small piece of bone exfoliated, but it was not possible to make any attempts to remove the rest of the disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a