Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Jun 1862 Date of death: 23 Jul 1862 Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh. Delirium tremens Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This was a case of fractured thigh and delirium tremens. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: Trauma/accident
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
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
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Sep 1862 Date of death: 4 Nov 1862 Disease (transcribed): Psoas abscess. Tubercular affection of membranes of brain Disease (standardised): Abscess (Psoas muscle); Tuberculosis (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: This patient was admitted with the history of caries of the spine of twelve months standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Store keeper Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Nov 1862 Date of death: 13 Nov 1862 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine in cervical region Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine) 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: It was stated that a short time before admission he was on a scaffold when his foot slipped and he fell to the ground, falling across a piece of timber, a distance of about forty feet. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Plasterer Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1862 Date of death: 27 Feb 1863 Disease (transcribed): Disease of spine. Cretaceous deposits in peritoneum Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Deposits (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was admitted with most, if not all, the symptoms of rheumatism with some symptoms of phthisis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and spine Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Mar 1863 Date of death: 6 Mar 1863 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Meningitis Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: He had a number of bricks fall on his head and shoulders. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, skull and dura mater Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Dec 1862 Date of death: 12 Mar 1863 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of vertebrae Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: She had suffered pain in her back when she was fourteen years old, but this soon subsided, and she did not again notice pain until six months ago, when for the first time she noticed her back was curved considerably. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and spine Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Mar 1863 Date of death: 15 Apr 1863 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg 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
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Jan 1863 Date of death: 18 Apr 1863 Disease (transcribed): Synovitis. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Synovitis (Joints); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: She stated on her admission that she had enjoyed good health until three weeks ago about which time she noticed that her left knee was painful and that it was larger than the other. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and left knee joint Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Aug 1863 Date of death: 7 Aug 1863 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Lee, Robert James Medical notes: While driving he was thrown violently onto his head from the horses running away. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, lungs, liver, kidneys and spleen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Aug 1863 Date of death: 6 Sep 1863 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of thigh. Pyaemia. Dysentery Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic); Dysentery (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a fracture of the left thigh and right leg, occasioned by a fall from a ladder. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, thighs and veins Type of incident: Trauma/accident
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
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
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
Occupation or role: Married Age: 42 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Oct 1863 Date of death: 5 Nov 1863 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Laceration of brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was run over by a cab and admitted in a state of insensibility. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Dec 1863 Date of death: 3 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of skull. Empyema Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Skull); Empyema (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Contracted syphilis in 1858, & was not put under the mercurial treatment: a secondary eruption appeared in 1860, and in 1862 several nodes formed in various parts of the skull, but disappeared under treatment. He was salivated in 1859 for a sore on the penis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Confectioner Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Apr 1864 Date of death: 18 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull and spine. Perforation of carotid Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, spine); Perforation (Carotid arteries) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'The broughman, in which this gentleman was riding, came into violent collision with the pole of an omnibus, which, crashing through the side of the carriage, struck the unfortunate gentleman on the head, he vomited a large quantity of blood immediately, and died in a few seconds’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, trunk
Occupation or role: Plasterer Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 May 1864 Date of death: 19 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine in the cervical region Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Case not entered’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: No occupation Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jun 1864 Date of death: 14 Jun 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William Medical notes: 'This patient was riding his horse this evening in the neighbourhood whn he fell off on to his head (the horse was not running away). Brought in about 7pm, quite insensible, small scalp wound (no bone exposed)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part of the body was examined’)
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’
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’
Occupation or role: Schoolboy Age: 8 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Oct 1864 Date of death: 31 Oct 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs. Laceration of lung Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted at 12.50pm with the history that he was crossing the road, when he was knocked down by the shaft of a light cart, the wheel then passing over his body’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Maltster Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Dec 1864 Date of death: 26 Dec 1864 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of both legs 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’
Inscription on title page (Vol I): ‘London Hospital Medical Library 1904’
Four volumes: I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects)
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