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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1860
Date of death: 22 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of foot. Abscess in ankle & tarsal joints. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Foot); Abscess (Ankle); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'One the 17th of this month his boy tripped over a stone & sprained his left ankle, he walked home, went to bed & was attended by a medical man who ordered poultices. On the 18th he complained of much pain in foot & there was considerable swelling. During the evening he became delirious’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left foot

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1892
Date of death: 30 Sep 1892
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Syphilis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient died a few minutes after admission and was not seen by the Surgical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, lungs, bronchi, bronchial glands, thyroid, body, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminalis and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1860
Date of death: 30 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Subperiosteal abscess of the femur. Secondary deposits. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Thigh); Deposit; Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted into the hospital on account of an accident, she slipped while walking & struck the right knee. For 3 weeks before admission she had suffered from some affection of the chest, which a medical man who saw her said was ‘only a slight cold’. On admission she was so ill that she could give no account of herself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right knee, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Book stall keeper
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1875
Date of death: 15 Nov 1875
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Ulceration of intestines. Perineal abscess
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Abscess (Perineum)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1888
Date of death: 15 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Suppurative arthritis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Joints); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'No history of importance till Dec ‘87 when an abscess formed in the left arm which was opened & drained. On 28th July he jumped over a gale & strained his right hip. He continued to limp about till Aug 2 when the pain obliged him to lay up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, duodenum

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Carpenter
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1888
Date of death: 16 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A married woman who had borne 3 children. For about 6 years he has had a hernia on the right side. Has worn a truss for the last 12 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1870
Date of death: 2 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the femur. Operation. Osteomyelitis. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Osteomyelitis (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James. Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Five years before admission, the patient had inflammation and swelling of the right thigh bone, no cause assigned. An abscess formed and some bone came away from an opening at the outer side of the femur.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Exterior of body. No further examination of the body was permitted
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1888
Date of death: 16 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Gangrene of gut. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia Gangrene (Gut); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Hernia for many years during which a truss has been worn at times. The hernia came down on 13th & he at once began to vomit. He continued to vomit all day, during which time, tasis was tried with considerable violence on several occasions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blacksmith
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1888
Date of death: 19 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Gangrene of gut. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia Gangrene (Gut); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A right inguinal hernia since at 3. No truss worn during the last 11 years. The hernia came down on 12th at 10am. He was immediately seized with pain & commenced to vomit. Nothing more is known as he was found late at night lying in the park & was brought to the hospital by a policeman’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, peritoneum

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1876
Date of death: 21 Sep 1876
Disease (transcribed): Wound of knee joint. Abscess of thigh. Chronic pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Knee); Abscess (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Stirling, Edward Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man was working with a chisel which slipped and cut his knee.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the right knee was examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Night porter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1889
Date of death: 14 Oct 1889
Disease (transcribed): Septicaemia. (almost complete absence of pyaemic lesions)
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: Whilst working at a lift he slipped and fell down the entire length of the shaft, some fifty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, intestines, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Car proprietor
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1887
Date of death: 5 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the rectum. Purulent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man had been under Mr Rouse's case for many months. In the spring of '87 he was an IP [in-patient] with a cancerous tumour of the rectum'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1883
Date of death: 25 Aug 1883
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous kidney
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: A year ago he passed a stone the size of a pea. Nine months ago he began to grow weak and thin, had a constant desire to micturate and passed large quantities of pus in his urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1860
Date of death: 26 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia after amputation of forearm
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Amputation (Arm)
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 admitted into the hospital having had his hand & wrist completely smashed. It appeared that shortly before admission his hand had been caught between a pile & the monkey employed to drive it into the ground. Immediately after his admission the limb was removed a few inches above the wrist joint, by the circular method. He never had a bad symptom & was discharged with stump all but healed on the 18th’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump of forearm, left shoulder, cranium, thorax, abdomen, right buttock

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1878
Date of death: 25 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Oedema and congestion of the lungs. Congestion of viscera
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Oedema (Lung); Congestion (Lung); Congestion (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. A week ago was kicked by horse on right shin. Two days afterwards leg became swollen and red. Swelling and tenderness extended upwards of thigh. No rigor. Symptoms. Skin coal and moist – Pulse 92 weak. Tongue furred. Great pain in Rt [Right] leg and groin. Right leg much swolen, red, oedematous and very tender and over shin just above middle a vertical wound about 2 inches long'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1859
Date of death: 3 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an extensive ulcer of the left leg, the whole of the anterior surface of which was involved in the disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1875
Date of death: 3 Dec 1875
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the lower lumbar vertebra. Tuberculosis of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lighterman
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1878
Date of death: 1 Nov 1878
Disease (transcribed): Fract [Fractured] clavicle – Fract [Fractured] Ribs – Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Clavicle); Fracture (Ribs); Bronchitis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1893
Date of death: 5 Sep 1893
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Skin)

Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right arm, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1893
Date of death: 5 Sep 1893
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous cellulitis. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Skin); Cellulitis (Skin); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient ran the prong of a fork into her hand five days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1880
Date of death: 28 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pelvic abscess. ‘Surgical kidneys’. Pyelitis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Pelvis); Surgical (Kidney); Pyelitis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: From his earliest childhood he had difficulty in micturition. In 1868 he fell from the mast of a ship, on to another, hitting himself between the legs. He had gonorrhoea ten or twelve years before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pelvic viscera, peritoneum, kidneys and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1890
Date of death: 13 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Suppuration of middle ear. Thrombosis of lat. Sinus. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Ear); Thrombosis (Transverse sinuses); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Post mortem examination performed by: Davidson, W. Lee
Medical notes: The patient had had a discharge from the right ear for the last twelve years, and had been quite deaf on that side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, middle ears, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1860
Date of death: 1 Dec 1860
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Diffuse inflammation along the sheats of the cord. Psoas abscess. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Inflammation (Spinal cord); Abscess (Psoas muscles); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Two years before admission he wrenched his back & had occasionally suffered since that time with pain & stiffness. Ten months before admission he was suddenly seized with acute pain in the right lower extremity, followed in a few minutes by the same pain in the other extremity, which prevented his standing up. He went into Winchester Hospital, 3 months before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1885
Date of death: 20 Oct 1885
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the lungs. Cellulitis of leg
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Lung); Cellulitis (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Two days before admission he was attacked by pain and swelling in the right leg and thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, thyroid gland and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1876
Date of death: 9 Oct 1876
Disease (transcribed): Cystitis. Perineal abscess
Disease (standardised): Cystitis (Bladder); Abscess (Perineum)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Stirling, Edward Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: Six months before admission this man had a perineal abscess which was opened. The incision never healed and the urine constantly passed through the opening.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, bladder, prostate and brain
Type of incident: n/a