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Hewett, Prescott Gardner Musculoskeletal system
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James Williams, 41, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1845
Date of death: 16 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive diffuse cellular inflammation of the arm and axilla. Fracture of the radius. Viscera healthy
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arm, armpit); Fracture (Arm)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was received as an out-patient on the 2nd of July with a fracture of the lower extremity of the radius from which he suffered considerable pain. After the operation of a few days a slough formed upon the palm of the hand’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left superior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Henry Joliffe, Plasterer

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Sep 1871
Date of death: 27 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Compound depressed fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Vasey, Charles Lyon and Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Case is not reported here as the body was not examined’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Edward Crowland, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1844
Date of death: 14 Oct 1844
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the base of the skull with laceration of the brain and its membranes, and extensive effusion of blood into the cavity of the arachnoid.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Lacerations (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Hickling, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1844
Date of death: 16 Oct 1844
Disease (transcribed): Calculi in the Bladder, with chronic inflammation of that organ and of the kidneys. Prostate enlarged. Lithotripsy. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the bladder, spreading to the cellular tissue of the Pelvis and the Peritoneum.
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Inflammation (Bladder); Inflammation (Kidney); Enlarged (Prostate); Lithotripsy (Bladder); Inflammation (Pelvis);Inflammation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Constable, 4, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1868
Date of death: 7 Aug 1868
Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

John Hambridge, 53, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1863
Date of death: 22 Sep 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Smith, H Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He fell about six feet with his back across an iron bar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Mason, 80, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 80
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1845
Date of death: 1 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the neck of the femur and of the anatomical neck of the humerus, with effusion of blood in the sub-dorsal cellular tissue of the left loin and iliac fossa. Calcerous deposit in aortic valves. Kidneys slightly granular
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Effusion (Loins, hip); Deposit (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This old gentleman was admitted with the usual symptoms of fracture of the neck of the femur’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left superior extremity, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Henry Lacey, 26, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1845
Date of death: 2 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Fracture of the skull. Inflammation of membranes. Pus in superior longitudinal sinus. Extravasations of blood under both pleurae. Lungs congested and soft in structure. 2Ndary deposits in liver (trephine applied)
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Disease (Lungs); Deposit (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'A piece of an iron pipe fell from a height of 40 feet and after striking against a projection bounded upon the patient’s head. He was stunned for about two minutes but was quite sensible half an hour afterwards when admitted into the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Banham, 16, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1862
Date of death: 27 Aug 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Abscess of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had fallen through a sky light, a distance of eleven feet, alighting on his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain and skull
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Sarah Mullens, 78, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 78
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1864
Date of death: 11 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fractured neck of femur, bedsores. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Alice Challis, 5 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1873
Date of death: 15 Sep 1873
Disease (transcribed): Depressed fracture of the skull, and laceration of the brain. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This child was kicked by a horse on the head while in its mother’s arms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Jones, 58, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1844
Date of death: 1 Nov 1844
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the ribs, with wound of pleura and partial pleurisy. Disease of heart and aorta.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Wound (Pleura); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Meeds, 18, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1845
Date of death: 8 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of the arachnoid at the base of the brain. Injury of leg. Erysipelas. Loose cartilages in knee joint
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Injury (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under the care of the surgeon for a small wound on the outside of the knee, for which he had attended for as an out-patient. He was in an extremely listless state with a very low pulse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Charles Smith, 38, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1869
Date of death: 12 Aug 1869
Disease (transcribed): Caries of vertebra. Double psoas abscess. Scrofulous disease of kidneys, ureter and bladder. Acute tuberculosis of lungs
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Ureter); Tuberculosis (Bladder); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had had pain in the lower part of his back ever since a fall three years ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Wickson, Schoolboy

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1871
Date of death: 23 Oct 1871
Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae & sacrum. Lardaceous disease. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine, pelvis); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This boy was first admitted in March 1870, when he had had pain in left hip for six months. No injury was known. Father dead, several children died young. There was pain and stiffness about left hip, and a sinus discharging at outer side of hip, which had been open a month’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, bones, joints

Type of incident: n/a

William Greenwood, 25, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1845
Date of death: 20 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fissure of the skull with extensive laceration of the brain and haemorrhage into the cavity of the arachnoid
Disease (standardised): Fissure (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient had been knocked down whilst in a state of intoxication on the evening of the 14th and had been left in the station house during the night. When conveyed home on the morning of the 15th, he was reported to have been drowsy and his wife had made frequent attempts to keep him awake by ‘shaking him’. When admitted there was a graze about the size of a shilling on the back part of the right side of the head’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Joseph Wells, 42, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1863
Date of death: 1 Oct 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture with dislocation of spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Dislocation (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Smith, H Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man fell fifty feet to the ground.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and spine
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Guest, 45, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1868
Date of death: 21 Aug 1868
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: N/a
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Gorham, 77, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 77
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1863
Date of death: 4 Oct 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of femur
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Nicholls, 29, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1845
Date of death: 20 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive comminuted fracture of the skull with laceration of the brain & haemorrhage into the cavity of the arachnoid, into the ventricles and into the orbits
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient shortly before his admission fell from one of the trees in the park, a distance of 14 feet upon his head. When admitted there was ecchymosis of both eyelids, and of the cellular membrane beneath the conjunctiva. He was in a state of complete coma with apparent paralysis and complete loss of sensation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

James Norris, 29, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1872
Date of death: 13 Oct 1872
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull (base)
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was brought into the hospital in a state of complete insensibility, bleeding from both ears.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, bones, thorax, abdomen and organs of generation
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Alfred Argent, 26, Waterman

Occupation or role: Waterman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1864
Date of death: 16 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

George Newcombe, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1844
Date of death: 9 Nov 1844
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs and sternum and right arm. Laceration of pleura and lung. Extravasation of blood into pleura. Pleurisy and old adhesions. Lung compressed. Other viscera healthy.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs, Sternum, Arm); Laceration (Pleura, Lung); Extravasation (Pleura); Pleurisy (Pleura); Compressed (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right superior extremity
Type of incident: n/a

William Thomas Lee, 50, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1862
Date of death: 14 Sep 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull, with depressed bone
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This case was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Kentfield, 8, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1845
Date of death: 28 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound and fracture of the base of the skull with extensive bruising of the brain, and extravasation of blood in the pia mater. Fracture of the lower jaw and of the left leg
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Bruise (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Fracture (Jaw, leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad was reported to have been knocked down by the shaft of a cart striking him upon the back of the head, whilst the cart was proceeding at a rapid rate. He was admitted with a large scalp wound at the back of the head, which had not however exposed the bone’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, lower jaw, left lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

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