Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Oct 1849 Date of death: 27 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of the skull 3 months’ duration, irregular deposit of new bone. False membrane on the internal surface of the dura mater Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); False membrane (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 man fell down a flight of stairs while in a state of intoxication & was picked up completely insensible, having inflicted a scalp wound on the outer side of the right frontal eminence exposing the bone. The wound was dressed by a surgeon & he was put to bed, but nothing further was done. On the following day, about 12 hours after the accident, he was admitted into the hospital, still insensible’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Workman Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Mar 1849 Date of death: 22 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Fractured humerus. Scrofulous deposits in both lungs & in spleen. Yellow tinge of integument. Liver healthy. Blood fluid & altered form of the blood discs Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg, arm); Deposit (Lungs, spleen); Disease (Skin) 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 a compound fracture of the right tibia & fibula, fracture of right humerus, & a scalp wound 3 inches long, situated on the right side of the vertex of the skull, at the bottom of which the bone could be felt exposed. He was a workman at the New Bridge at Barnes [Barnes Railway Bridge] where some portion of the scaffolding having given way he was precipitated from a height of 40ft’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
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: 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: [Occupation not stated] Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Jul 1849 Date of death: 10 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous disease of the hip. Abscess of [the hip] Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Hip); Abscess (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry 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: 'This body at the particular desire of the friends was not examined’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 5 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Dec 1849 Date of death: 29 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Severe & very extensive burn Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert 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: 'This body was not examined’
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: 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: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 May 1849 Date of death: 6 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra, false passage. Inflamed & ulcerated bladder. Dilated ureters. Abscesses in the kidney Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Inflammation (Bladder); Ulcer (Bladder); Abscess (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 an inflamed bursa patella of the right knee with slight effusion into the textures around the joint, which subsided in a short time under ordinary treatment. After he had been a few days in the hospital it was discovered that he laboured under difficulty in passing urine which flowed in a small stream & on the 18th an attempt was made to introduce a catheter into the bladder without success, in consequence of a firm stricture situated about the membranous portion of the urethra’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Mar 1849 Date of death: 12 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Caries & necrosis of the ilium. Disease of the sacro-iliac joint, Abscess in the left iliac cavity Disease (standardised): Caries (Hip); Necrosis (Hip); Disease (Hips); Abscess (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a chronic abscess situated in the left gluteal region which had been some months in forming, but had not prevented him from following his usual employment, which was that of a labourer, more than a week or ten days’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Dec 1850 Date of death: 8 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Partial softening of brain. Emphysema and tubercles of lungs. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Emphysema (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); 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 was admitted in a state of great exhaustion and no accurate history of the commencement of his symptoms was obtained. He complained chiefly of pain in the head and generally in his limbs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a