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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1856
Date of death: 12 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Compound comminuted with depression
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This boy had fallen out of the first floor window of a house, a distance of about twenty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and left forearm
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 May 1856
Date of death: 14 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of Urethra. Diseased Bladder and Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Bladder); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of stricture of the urethra. It appeared that he had applied at the Hospital as an out patient two days before, when a small instrument was passed into the bladder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and urethra
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1856
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Lacerated lungs.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung)
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 boy had been run over by a loaded van.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 years 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 May 1856
Date of death: 2 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated lung. Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Lung); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This child was run over by some vehicle during the rejoicing in celebration of the conclusions of peace with Russia. The wheel had passed over her chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1856
Date of death: 2 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Epithelial cancer of the Pharynx
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted on account of a tumour in the neck and difficulty in swallowing
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1855
Date of death: 14 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Large tumour of the mamma and chest
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Mammary Glands); Tumour (Thorax)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Two years before she had noticed a small tumour in the right breast. By the month of June before her admission it had grown rapidly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1856
Date of death: 23 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Diseased knee. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Five weeks before admission this man had begun to suffer from swelling and stiffness in the left knee.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right knee
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1856
Date of death: 3 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the Urethra. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had had stricture of the urethra for six or seven years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1856
Date of death: 5 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of knee joint. Heptization of lung
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Knee); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had noticed for a considerable time a swelling on the lower part of the right thigh which had been gradually, but slowly, increasing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right knee
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1856
Date of death: 15 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted on account of a burn, received from falling into the fire in an epileptic fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1856
Date of death: 29 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of Urethra. Dilated Heart. Diseased Kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
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 was admitted with stricture of the urethra under which he had suffered for a long while.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1856
Date of death: 28 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur, extending into the knee joint. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted in consequence of an accident in which he had fractured his left thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left inferior extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1856
Date of death: 28 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Melanosis of the Brain, Heart, Pancreas
Disease (standardised): Melanosis (Brain ); Melanosis (Heart); Melanosis (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was originally admitted on account of tumours in various parts of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1856
Date of death: 2 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Psoas Abscess.
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Psoas muscle)
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 on account of a large abscess in the thigh which had been coming on gradually for some months without any known cause.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1856
Date of death: 6 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the Arch of the Aorta.
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries)
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 stated that five weeks before his admission he noticed discolouration extending over the shoulders and down the arm to the fingers, and up the neck. Shortly afterwards he noticed an increased pulsation on the left side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and neck
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1856
Date of death: 6 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Compressed comminuted fracture of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had fallen from a scaffold, a height it was said of about 25 feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1856
Date of death: 12 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the Uterus
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Uterus)
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 transferred from the physicians as she was said to have suffered for two years from piles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1856
Date of death: 10 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of Penis. Diseased Bladder.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Penis); Disease (Bladder)
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 on account of inflammation of the bladder manifested by frequent calls to make water and pain in doing so.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, urethra and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1856
Date of death: 10 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of Intestine. Slight also of abdominal aorta.
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Intestines); Laceration (Arteries)
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 had fallen from a height of about thirty feet on to a spike.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1856
Date of death: 20 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg (compound). Amputation. Pyaemia. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung)
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 was admitted in consequence of some accident in which he had sustained a compound fracture of the right leg. This was the result of the fall of a heavy iron box across his legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lower extremities, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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: Gentleman’s servant
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1856
Date of death: 24 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Extensive loss of scalp from ulceration. Pneumonia. Inflamed Femoral Vein
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Scalp); Pneumonia (Lung); Inflammation (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: On the day before admission he fell backwards in going up stairs and cut his head against a step.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and right inferior extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Sep 1856
Date of death: 27 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
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 in consequence of a fall down the area of a house, by which he sustained a compound fracture of the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, abdomen, thorax and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1856
Date of death: 26 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of skull. Lacerated wound of thigh
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had fallen from a great height, more than fifty feet, on to the spikes in the area of a railway, striking his head against some obstacle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident