Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Oct 1850 Date of death: 15 Oct 1850 Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the scrotum, perineum and thigh. Diffuse cellular inflammation Disease (standardised): Wound (Scrotum); Wound (Perineum); Wound (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient was standing at the bottom of a foundation and was struck down and buried by a mass of loose earth and bricks falling on him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Oct 1850 Date of death: 18 Oct 1850 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Oct 1850 Date of death: 6 Nov 1850 Disease (transcribed): Abscess over the knee. Erysipelas Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: The body not being examined the history of the case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Oct 1850 Date of death: 15 Nov 1850 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Ulceration of intestines. Large pale kidneys Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man applied for relief suffering from constant diarrhoea during the last three months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Nov 1850 Date of death: 18 Nov 1850 Disease (transcribed): Delirium. Phthisis pulmonalis. Brain wet. Ventricles full. Fornix soft. Lungs congested. Liver pale. Disease (standardised): Delirium (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Brain ); Congestion (Lung); Pale (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man whose face bore the mark of hard drinking and was acknowledged to be a man of dissipated habits, was admitted complaining that he felt nervous, low and weak. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 48 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Dec 1850 Date of death: 3 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Mortification and rupture of the anus. Low peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Rupture (Anal canal); Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient, the mother of nine children, was admitted with a strangulated femoral hernia of the left side of which she gave a rather confused account. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Dec 1850 Date of death: 13 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Disease of liver? Haematemesis. Blood from Bs Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Haematemesis (Upper gastrointestinal tract) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the request of the friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Dec 1850 Date of death: 19 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs, miliary tubercles. Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: No history of this case was obtained. The patient had been brought into the hospital having fainted in the street. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Nov 1850 Date of death: 19 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Lungs emphysematous anteriorly. Congested posteriorly. Heart dilated. Fluid in pericardium. Kidneys small and granular. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Congestion (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: The dropsical symptoms with this patient were only of three weeks date before admission, but he had suffered from palpitation of the heart and shortness of breath during four years past. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Stable helper Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Dec 1850 Date of death: 22 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Congestion of brain and lungs. Enlarged intestinal glands. Mesenteric glands much enlarged, and infiltrated with purulent fluid. Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Enlarged (Lymph nodes) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient was excessively delirious on his admission and no history of his previous symptoms could be obtained. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Dec 1850 Date of death: 24 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Enlarged heart. Granular kidneys. Recent pleurisy, pericarditis and peritonitis Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient who had some time previously been in the Hospital with a similar illness to her present one, stated that she had been now for some weeks suffering from swelling of the legs followed by distention of the abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Dec 1848 Date of death: 24 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Inflammation & ulcer of mucous lining of bladder, cysts in bladder. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Inflammation (Bladder); Ulcer (Bladder); Cyst (Bladder); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'He was a native of Bucks [Buckinghamshire], of spare habit but looked well. For 8 years he had suffered with symptoms of stone in the bladder which during the last 18 months had been more urgent & distressing. On introducing a sound, a calculus of considerable size and rough on the surface was detected. His urine was acid & contained a small quantity of pus, but the bladder was not irritable & the prostate neither enlarged or tender’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 5 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Feb 1849 Date of death: 25 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Congenital oblique inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia of several hours’ duration (said to be 24 hours at least). Everything that was given to the child was returned by vomiting; the bowels were constipated & there was pain in the belly’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Mar 1849 Date of death: 14 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia of 4 days’ duration. A femoral hernia of the right side had existed for more than two years, but she had never worn a truss or experienced any inconvenience from it until the 8th of March. She was then seized with vomiting, & griping pains in the belly’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Mar 1849 Date of death: 22 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg 1 week’s duration. Pneumonia. Extensive deposit of urate of soda in knee & ankle joints. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Deposit (Joints); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a simple oblique fracture of the tibia & fibula of the right side, situated a short distance above the ankle joint. The limb was put up with a splint on either side, & for the two following days he appeared to be doing well; but on the 19th he complained of slight rheumatism, from which he stated he had been a ‘martyr for years’ and the fingers of both his hands exhibited considerable distortion from his previous attacks’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 42 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Mar 1849 Date of death: 8 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of the vagina with sinus leading to dead bone involving rami of ischium & pubis. Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Vagina); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of very great debility for a purulent discharge from the vagina, but she was in fact dying of phthisis pulmonalis, the apex of the right lung being much consolidated while in that of the left there existed a vomica of considerable extent. She stated that 9 months before she had been attacked by pain, deeply seated in the left side of the pelvis, which extended down the thigh of that side in the course of the great sciatic nerve & for which she was treated as sciatica by cupping, leeches, blisters &c’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Feb 1849 Date of death: 7 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid & melanotic tumours in the subcutaneous areolar tissue, in the liver, spleen, mesentery & intestines Disease (standardised): Tumour (Liver, spleen, mesentery, intestines) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with numerous tubercles, apparently malignant, developed in the subcutaneous cellular tissue over various parts of the body, but most numerous over the abdominal parieties. They were firm but not hard like scirrhus, lobulated on their surface, & not tender when handled. By far the greater number varied in size from that of a split pea to that of a bean, but 5 or 6 were as large or larger than walnuts’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849 Date of death: 15 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhoids, sloughing of the mucous membrane of the rectum. Liver large. Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Rectum, anus); Sloughing (Rectum); Disease (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with three large inflamed & strangulated piles, each of them rather bigger than a large nut, & formed by dilated haemorrhoidal veins with very little mucous membrane covering them. They had come down on the preceding day, accompanied by considerable haemorrhage from the bowel, and the spincter having closed around them he was prevented from getting them back. He was a stableman, debilitated & out of health & had suffered for two years from cough & many of the symptoms of advanced phthisis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 3 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Apr 1849 Date of death: 19 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): n/a Disease (standardised):
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Apr 1849 Date of death: 18 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Rupture of the urethra, canal behind dilated, stricture. Ulceration of mucous membrane of the bladder. Dilatation of the ureters & pelvices of both kidneys Disease (standardised): Rupture (Urethra); Ulcer (Bladder); Disease (Ureters, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan and Johnson, Henry Charles Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This man, who had been an out-patient under the care of Mr Johnson [Henry Charles Johnson] since July last for a stricture of the urethra of several years’ duration, after having had a catheter passed on the 24th of March, relieved home & experienced a rather severe rigor. On the following day Mr Johnson was requested to see him & found him suffering from the premonitory symptoms of common fever, for which he was treated by a medical man at his own home’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Apr 1849 Date of death: 4 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ozaena. Extensive syphilitic caries of the nasal topae, & of the bones at the base of the skull Disease (standardised): Rhinitis, atrophic (Nose); Syphilis (Nose); Caries (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This patient stated that in June last he became affected with symptoms of secondary syphilis, the most important of which was pain in the left ear, with loss of hearing, & a scanty discharge from the meatus. During the September & October following he was put on a course of mercury and profusely salivated. Soon afterwards he became subject to epistaxis, sometimes to a large amount’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx, pharynx
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 May 1849 Date of death: 16 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Laceration of the lung. Emphysema. Two old clots in the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Clot (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was brought to the hospital on the afternoon of the 14th of May having been knocked down by a cart & thrown upon his chest against the curb stone’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1848 Date of death: 22 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Caries & abscess of the hip joint Disease (standardised): Caries (Hip); Abscess (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'About the middle of September last this patient contracted syphilis & became in consequence an out-patient of the Lock Hospital. He had a primary sore on the penis & a bubo in each groin. He was put under the influence of mercury & five weeks afterwards (his mouth being still sore), he began to feel pain in the left hip & knee & walked lame. Five or six days afterwards he became disabled & was made an in-patient at the Lock. In about a fortnight afterward some enlargement had taken place around the joint, & an issue was made just behind the trochanter major’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 May 1849 Date of death: 23 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the thyroid body. Constriction of the trachea Disease (standardised): Encephaloid disease (Neck); Constriction (Trachea) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an enlargement of the thyroid gland of 6 months’ duration. At first its growth was very gradual & unattended by pain, but in the course of a few weeks pain in the left side of the head & face & in the left shoulder were experienced’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea, thyroid gland, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 4 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Jun 1849 Date of death: 16 Jun 1849 Disease (transcribed): Severe & very extensive burn Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’