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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1860
Date of death: 16 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Miscarriage. Clot in uterine vein. Deposit (?secondary) in brain
Disease (standardised): Miscarriage (Uterus); Clot (Blood vessels); Deposit (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rouse, James
Medical notes: 'This woman, whose name was not Guthrie but Catharine, was the mother of 8 children. A fortnight before her admission she miscarried of a 2 months foetus, having up to that time enjoyed, as far as could be ascertained, perfectly good health. The abortion was attended with much haemorrhage, but she went on pretty well until 2 days before her admission, when she became delirious. She had been much neglected during her illness, and the precise manner of her seizure could not be ascertained’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 May 1850
Date of death: 3 Sep 1850
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid tumour of the brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient had been living very badly for a considerable time until six months before his admission when he obtained some railway work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1850
Date of death: 15 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the rectum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that twenty five years before his admission he had a fistula ano which was divided. He was very ill after the operation and had diffuse cellular inflammation in the neighbourhood of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a