Occupation or role: Married Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Sep 1864 Date of death: 15 Sep 1864 Disease (transcribed): Disease of temporal bone. Inflammation of lateral sinus. Meningitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Meningitis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'All that could be learnt of this patient, who was unable to give any account of herself, was that she had been confined a week back with a six months child, that for some time past she had complained of pain in the left side of the face which was called neuralgia’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, sinus, jugular vein, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Sep 1872 Date of death: 9 Oct 1872 Disease (transcribed): Sanguineous apoplexy. Scrofulous pneumonia Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: It was stated by the friends of this patient that he was quite well up to the day before admission when he was found lying on his bed in a speechless state with loss of power in the right side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Schoolboy Age: 11 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Jul 1864 Date of death: 17 Sep 1864 Disease (transcribed): Chorea Disease (standardised): Chorea (Central nervous system) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This boy had formerly been an in-patient under Dr Page [William Page] and on admission had been absent from the hospital three weeks, the choreic symptoms, which had never wholly subsided, returning with severity as soon as he got home’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Nurse Age: 54 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Jan 1865 Date of death: 27 Jan 1865 Disease (transcribed): Congestion of brain after erysipelas. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Erysipelas (Skin); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: No history obtained except that erysipelas had appeared on the right side of the face on Christmas Day. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Brass finisher Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Sep 1864 Date of death: 17 Sep 1864 Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Epilepsy Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Brain); Epilepsy (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This case is omitted’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Nov 1846 Date of death: 29 Nov 1846 Disease (transcribed): Chronic disease of the brain Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain ) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: As there was not post mortem investigation, the history of this case is omitted. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body not examined at the urgent request of friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 59 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Sep 1867 Date of death: 9 Oct 1867 Disease (transcribed): Old valvular disease. Granular kidneys. Recent vegetations in mitral valve. Circumscribed softening of brain. Blocks in spleen and kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Softening (Brain); Blocks (Spleen); Blocks (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: Fourteen days before admission this woman had been seized with a fit without loss of unconsciousness followed in about three quarters of an hour by paralysis of the left side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Oct 1858 Date of death: 25 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain) 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 was admitted having fallen down in a fit in Sloane Street. There was hemiplegia of the right side with occasional spasmodic action of the muscles of the leg & arm. On the left side some twitching was also observed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Potman Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Oct 1861 Date of death: 23 Oct 1863 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient felt unwell on waking, later becoming partially unconscious and completely paralyses on the right side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Dec 1847 Date of death: 23 Dec 1847 Disease (transcribed): Large effusion into ventricles of brain. Lymph in subarachnoid cellular tissue. Oedema of lungs and emphysema. Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Oedema (Lung); Emphysema (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This girl was admitted suffering from severe headache and paraplegia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Plasterer Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Oct 1871 Date of death: 12 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Atheroma. Thrombosis of the right middle meningeal artery Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Thrombosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'Six months ago the patient said he had a severe face ache. Swelling commenced in the right side of the jaw. He had five teeth taken out, which left him with much pain in face. Two days afterwards he lost the power of the right side of face, arm and leg, & likewise feeling numb when he was touched. He had also some difficulty in speaking, occasionally at night his wife said ‘he would become unconscious’. Had been gradually getting worse and more stupid up to his admission’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845 Date of death: 12 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation & erysipelas. Circumscribed abscesses in anterior mediastinum and upon lumbar vertebrae. Extensive pleurisy. Chorea. Brain and spinal chord healthy Disease (standardised): Inflammation; Erysipelas (Skin); Abscess (Chest, spine); Pleurisy (Lungs); Chorea (Central nervous system) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with well-marked symptoms of chorea. Her mother gave the following history. At the age of 14, she began to menstruate and had enjoyed very good health up to April last, at which time she experienced a fright, which for about ten minutes rendered her incapable of either moving or speaking. In about a quarter of an hour she entirely regained her speech, but at the same time slight symptoms of chorea began to manifest themselves, both by the twitching of the muscles of the face and by some little involuntary movements in the upper extremities’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spinal chord
Occupation or role: Married Age: 59 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Oct 1872 Date of death: 23 Oct 1872 Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of left middle cerebral artery. Cerebral softening. Right hemiplegia. Aphasia Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Hemiplegia (Brain); Aphasia (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This woman was in perfectly good health up to ten days before admission, when suddenly after her dinner lost her speech and had great difficulty in standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Oct 1873 Date of death: 21 Oct 1873 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Apoplexy. Morbus cordis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Stroke (Brain); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This man was picked up in a stone yard in an insensible state and nothing was known about him. 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: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Nov 1845 Date of death: 26 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive apoplexy of the left hemisphere and of the pons. Arteries of the brain atheromatous. Concentric hypertrophy of left ventricle Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Plaque, atheroscelerotic (Blood vessels); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of insensibility, having been taken suddenly with a fit of an apoplectic character about half an hour prior to admission. When brought to the hospital she was apparently perfectly insensible, her breathing was slow and oppressed, her pupils dilated, her extremities apparently perfectly paralyzed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Nov 1857 Date of death: 23 Nov 1857 Disease (transcribed): Hemiplegia. Anaemia Disease (standardised): Hemiplegia (Brain); Anaemia (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 72 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Oct 1860 Date of death: 20 Oct 1860 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A carman. Except that he had suffered from diarrhoea for some time, he had enjoyed good health up to his present attack. In the morning of the 20th he went to work as usual but was picked up insensible afterwards and at once brought to the hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 54 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Dec 1871 Date of death: 17 Dec 1871 Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of left internal carotid, middle & anterior cerebral arteries. Extensive cerebral softening. Atheroma Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'The history reported by the friends was that three days before admission she went to get out of bed and fell down. She recovered herself and feeling unwell she came up to London from Norwood by herself and went to her daughter. She then reported what had happened when in the morning her daughter noticed that she had a very strange manner with her, did not answer questions properly, was hardly able to walk, and there was some twitching of the face and limbs. She remained in that state for twelve hours, gradually getting less power of the right side, and of the power of speech. At the end of twenty four hours she was quite insensible, with an occasional twitching of right side, but altering up to the time she was admitted’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Dec 1845 Date of death: 20 Dec 1845 Disease (transcribed): Fits of an epileptic character. Great congestion of the brain & its membranes. Pointed exostosis growing from the occipital Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Exostoses (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Cowell, Thomas William Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with fits of an epileptic character, occurring about every two minutes. It was reported that epilepsy was common in the family, and that one of her brothers, as also one of her sisters, had suffered severely from it. This patient was attacked for the first time three days before admission, and when first seen by the medical man, it was judged advisable to bleed her’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium (‘in consequence of the relations having called, late in the afternoon, to remove the body. The head was the only part examined’)
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Oct 1845 Date of death: 23 Dec 1845 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax. Slight pleurisy. Brain wet. Substance healthy. Slight thickening of dura mater in the cervical region of the spine, with adhesions to the bones. Chord and its investing membranes healthy Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumothorax (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have been thrown off an omnibus about nine months prior to admission, and to have been paralytic to a certain degree ever since. The paralysis however came on gradually; at first it was comparatively slight, the legs being alone affected, but subsequently the paralysis of the lower extremities became more complete’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Teacher Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Dec 1857 Date of death: 26 Dec 1857 Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain and spinal cord Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Softening (Spinal cord) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: He had been subject to headache for the last six months which had been worse during the three months preceding his admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Butler Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Oct 1861 Date of death: 16 Dec 1861 Disease (transcribed): Old clots in brain Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient said that he had been perfectly well the day prior to admission until he had suffered from a fit. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and chest Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gas fitter Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Dec 1863 Date of death: 25 Dec 1863 Disease (transcribed): Otorrhoea. Inflammation of lateral sinus. Arachnitis Disease (standardised): Otorrhoea (Ear); Inflammation (Transverse sinuses); Arachnoiditis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The father of this youth said that for five or six months he had not been in his usual health. Four months ago he became deaf and lost his voice after a cold. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, temporal bone and chest Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Nov 1846 Date of death: 29 Jan 1847 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous tubercle with softening of brain. Scirrhous deposit in membranes of brain and periosteum of right orbit and thickened state of bone. Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain); Cancer (Periosteum); Disease (Bone) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: It appeared that this man had been subject to pain in the forehead for a period of nearly nine years, and that about four years ago he had a fit of an epileptic character. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, orbit, nostrils, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Jan 1845 Date of death: 28 Jan 1845 Disease (transcribed): Fungoid tumour in brain with effusion in the lateral ventricles. Partial hepatisation of left lung. Old pleurisy. Fibrous tumour in uterus Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain); Hepatisation (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tumour (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'Was reported by her husband to have complained during the last year & a half of pain in the head, accompanied by partial loss of power & numbness on the lower extremities, by some loss of memory and a sense of stupidity. This had gone on from bad to worse, and about two months ago, she became so listless and forgetful as to be utterly unable to conduct her household affairs, & she was obliged to be fed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium