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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1851
Date of death: 15 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the duodenum & of the liver. Pericarditis. Slight hypertrophy of the heart which contained ‘white patches’ on its surface. Old pleurisy on the right side
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Duodenum, liver); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted at about 11 o’clock in the morning having been knocked down & run over by a cab. He was in a state of extreme prostration, his face pale, extremities cold’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

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: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1857
Date of death: 24 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Disease of aorta. Perforation of aortic valve
Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta); Perforation (Heart)
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 ill six weeks, three of which he had been in attendance as an out patient of the Hospital. His case was a very obscure one.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1852
Date of death: 30 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits with vomicae in both lungs. Old pleural and pericardial adhesions. Ulceration of intestines. Ulceration of the alveolar process of upper jaw
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Adhesions (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines); Ulcer (Jaw)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted on account of disease of the upper jaw which had existed for about a year.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Upper jaw, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1860
Date of death: 26 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease & hypertrophy of the heart. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The patient, a healthy-looking woman, was admitted the day before her death complaining of pain in the wrists and knuckles. These joints were somewhat red and swollen. The woman had before suffered from rheumatic pain but there was no history of rheumatic fever’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1860
Date of death: 28 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'When this man was admitted, he did not appear to be seriously ill. He had been complaining for 11 months of loss of power, and pains in both forearms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal cord & muscles, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1858
Date of death: 22 Aug 1858
Disease (transcribed): Abscess (periosteal) of tibia. Secondary deposits in lungs & heart
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg ); Deposit (Lungs, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: 'This boy came to the hospital as out-patient on august 16th, for an injury to the ankle, which, it was stated, had been produced by a fall about an hour previously. The parts were well examined & it appeared to be merely a sprain. He was not seen again until the 19th when he was brought up & found to be suffering from diffuse cellular inflammation of the leg. He was accordingly admitted into the house & on the following evening incisions were made into the leg: the patient being under the influence of chloroform’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right leg

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1880
Date of death: 30 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Operation. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For about twenty years the patient had been troubled with an umbilical hernia, never completely reducible.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hernia, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs and air passages
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1860
Date of death: 8 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Oxalic acid poisoning
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Poisoning
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had indulged in habits of intemperance for several years, he confessed to drunkenness three or four days in the week and said that he had had delirium tremens repeatedly. On the evening of the third of August when excited with liquor he purchased and swallowed three pennyworth of oxalic acid. When brought to the hospital immediately after, his hands and feet were cold and the pulse very feeble’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, throat, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1852
Date of death: 8 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposit and vomicae in lungs. Diseased heart. Disease of the right elbow joint
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Elbow)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man had had disease of the right elbow apparently for about a year.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Elbow joint, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 9 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of both bones of the right leg & sloughing of the wound. Secondary lobular pneumonia in the right lung. Old pleural adhesions on both sides. Recent pericarditis. Purulent deposits in the liver & slight peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sloughing (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Deposit (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This man was a travelling carman & [?] and seemed to have led rather an irregular life. He was admitted on the 15th of October having received a kick from a horse on the right leg. The blow had fractured the leg & it appeared that in endeavouring to rise afterwards he had caused the fractured end of the tibia to protrude […] Nothing is known of the history of the old bullet wound’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1851
Date of death: 12 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the bones of the left leg. Amputation. Secondary lobular pneumonia on the right side, also pleurisy. Bronchitis. Coagula, proceeding to softening &c in the left external iliac vein. Ulceration of the os uteri
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Coagula (Blood vessels / Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'She was knocked down, on the day of her admission, by a cab, which passed over her left leg. On examination a compound fracture of both bones of the leg was recognised; the bones were extensively comminuted, and one piece of the tibia & 2 of the fibula were removed before the leg was put up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump of left leg, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

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: 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: 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: Governess
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Sep 1857
Date of death: 14 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Contraction of the mitral valve. Apoplexy of the lung
Disease (standardised): Contraction (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Newton, ?
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient’s health was good until ten or twelve weeks ago when she began to experience shortness of breath and pain in the hepatic region and between the scapulae.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1860
Date of death: 14 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The patient, a weakly-looking boy, had been ill four days when admitted. His complaint commenced with rheumatic pains in the loins, which afterwards shifted to the arms and hands. Previous to the present attack his health had not been good, he had been troubled with cough for some years and was said to have coughed up a small quantity of blood more than once’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 23 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the head of the femur and rupture of ligament. Diseased kidneys and bladder. Diseased heart. Fibrinous induration of its walls
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Rupture (Ligament); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Bladder); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman had fallen down against the kerb stone two days before her admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right hip, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 47
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1877
Date of death: 21 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the arch of aorta. Ligature of Int. [Internal] Cephalic division of Int. [Internal] Jugular vein, and of the internal carotid. Unilateral oedema of brain
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Ligation (Brain); Oedema (Brain);
Admitting doctor: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. A year ago began to suffer from palpitations and occasional shortness of breath after any great exertion – Soon afterwards noticed a throbbing lump in front of neck a little of left of middle line just above sternum – Swelling now since slowly increased. Dyspnoea has increased – For 5 months voice has been 'cracked' and she has had much vertigo. For ten months continued cough – Never had Rheumatism – No syphilis – Never exerted herself very violently'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus, brain, aneurysm, ligature
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 81
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1852
Date of death: 27 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the pelvis from an injury by a cab. Exposure of bone from sloughing which extended to the deep structure within the pelvis. Extensive atheroma of arteries
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Sloughing (Pelvis); Plaque, atherosclerotic (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 woman had been knocked down and run over by a cab, the wheel of which had passed over the lower part of the abdomen and upper part of the thigh on the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1857
Date of death: 27 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fibrinous congestion on the aortic and mitral valves. Fibrinous blocks in the spleen and kidney. Subclavian artery blocked up by fibrin. A small aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Fibrin (Heart); Fibrin (Spleen); Fibrin (Kidney); Fibrin (Arteries); Aneurysm (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A month ago she seemed prostrated by an attack of diarrhoea and lost all her vivacity.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and subclavian artery
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: Widow
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1857
Date of death: 28 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease and dilatation of the heart. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She had been ill nearly two months and came to the hospital with dropsy of the legs and belly. She complained much of severe abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a