Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jan 1844 Date of death: 17 February 1844 Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic Pericarditis. Hypertrophy of the Heart, with extensive disease of the valves. Mottling degeneration of both kidneys. Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Hypertrophy (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the hospital with anasarca of the lower extremities, fluid effused into the scrotum and slight swelling and fluctuation of the abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 63 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 February 1844 Date of death: 18 February 1844 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull; extensive laceration of brain. Fracture of clavicle and of 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Ribs on the left side. Lobular pneumonia, grey hepatization on the right side. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Clavicle, ribs); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a very intoxicated state having been knocked down by a cart, the wheel passing over her body. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 February 1844 Date of death: 23 February 1844 Disease (transcribed): Burn extending over legs, side and back. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Congestion of duodenum. Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: The injuries had been caused by her clothes taking fire. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pharynx and larynx, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 47 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 February 1844 Date of death: 24 February 1844 Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Grey hepatisation of the lung. Granular kidneys. Encephaloid disease of uterus. Disease (standardised): Empyema (Thorax); Hepatisation (Lung); Cancer (Uterus); Granular (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with anasarcous swelling of the lower extremities and vesications of the right leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen. The examination of this body was not carried on to any extent as the subject was to go to the dissecting room; the kidneys were the only organs which were cut into Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 2 years 6 months Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 February 1844 Date of death: 2 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Cancrum Oris. Disease (standardised): Noma (Face) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a large sloughing ulcer of the face which had destroyed the cheek and exposed the mouth as far back as the last grinders. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Jan 1844 Date of death: 4 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Meningeal apoplexy. Brain and its membranes very wet. Disease of the kidneys. Disease (standardised): Stroke (Meninges); Disease (Brain ); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a very ensanguined state having lately been losing large quantities of blood from some internal piles. Her symptoms were characterised by great debility and giddiness, with frequent and violent palpitations, and occasional fainting fits. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Mar 1844 Date of death: 9 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the Brain with effusion of limpid serum both in the pia mater and in the ventricles. Heart large and soft with this parietes and dilated cavities. Pulmonary apoplexy. Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain ); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: A short time previous to his admission he had fallen down in a fit of an epileptic character. His companions stated that he was a man of very intemperate habits but had not been intoxicated within the previous two days. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 February 1844 Date of death: 9 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the external malleolus, followed by diffuse cellular inflammation of the leg, and suppuration in the ankle joint, with partial destruction of the cartilages. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Foot); Inflammation (Leg); Suppuration (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a simple fracture of the outer malleolus, with considerable extravasation of blood into the ankle joint, and was going on very favourably, when on the 22nd after the application of some leeches he had an attack of inflammation of the absorbents. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left inferior extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 33 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 February 1844 Date of death: 10 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Diseased bones of nose. Fatal Erysepelas. Disease (standardised): Disease (Nose); Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a very cachectic state with a disease of the nostrils accompanied by great pain about the head and face and a fetid purulent discharge. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx and larynx, thorax, abdomen, cranium and nasal cavities Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Mar 1844 Date of death: 11 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Delirium Tremens. Heart large and flabby with dilated cavities and thin parietes, especially the left ventricle. Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain ); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was of ‘very intemperate habits’. He was admitted in a state of great excitement, talking incessantly and complaining of music and devils which were annoying him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 February 1844 Date of death: 12 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the Rectum. Fatal Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Constriction (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient had been suffering from a simple stricture of the Rectum for many years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 February 1844 Date of death: 13 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Schirrhous disease of the Rectum. Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The patient had been subject to disease of the Rectum for two years previous to his admission but until lately had entirely neglected it, believing it to be merely piles. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Sep 1843 Date of death: 14 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): General dropsy and disease of the heart. Disease (standardised): Oedema (Systemic); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: The patient was admitted with general anasarca and ascites and symptoms of great impediment to the circulation and palpitations. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 33 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 February 1844 Date of death: 15 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Cirrhosis of the Liver. Slight hypertrophy of left ventricle of the heart. Spleen of enormous size, congested and quite hard. Ascites with flakes of lymph. Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart); Disease (Spleen); Ascites (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with an accumulation of fluid in the abdomen of two years duration and a solid tumour in the left hypochondrium. She was of intemperate habits and had indulged freely in spirits. 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 Sep 1843 Date of death: 16 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous affection of the scalp. Extensive gangrene of the lung. No malignant disease found in any part of the body but the scalp. Disease (standardised): Cancer (Scalp); Gangrene (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a disease of the scalp. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 February 1844 Date of death: 20 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Disease of Lung. Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick 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: The body was not examined, at the request of the friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Jan 1844 Date of death: 20 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of the left ventricle with thinning of its parietes. Disease of Tricuspid and Mitral Valves. Liver granular. Dropsy. Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Granular (Liver); Oedema (Extremities) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient had been weak and ailing when three weeks before her admission she had violent palpitation of the heart excited by the receipt of a letter which made a great impression on her immediately after the occurrence of the catamenia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 78 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Dec1843 Date of death: 20 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Thickening of the arachnoid and pia mater. Dilatation of the ventricles of the brain. Condensation of a portion of lung. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Mottling and granular degeneration of one kidney. Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain ); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Mottled, Granular (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital with fever and in a state of great debility. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jan 1844 Date of death: 21 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Fistula in ano; haemorrhoids. Kidneys mottled and granular. Dilatation of left ventricle and thinning of its parietes. Muscular structure of heart easily lacerated. Disease (standardised): Fistula (Anal canal); Haemorrhoids (Rectum); Disease (Kidney); Dilatation (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with internal and external piles and a fistulous sinus connecting with the Rectum, the result of an abscess originating in a blow received in the Perineum about twelve months before. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 February 1844 Date of death: 21 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular Phthisis with extensive grey hepatisation of the lungs. Ulceration on the mucous surface of the lower part of the small intestine. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestine, Small) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital with well marked symptoms of Phthisis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 4 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Mar 1844 Date of death: 22 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn, with redness and slight oedema of the parts in the neighbourhood of the Larynx. Disease (standardised): Burns (Systemic); Oedema (Larynx) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a superficial burn over the upper part of the body from her clothes having taken fire. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, larynx and pharynx Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Mar 1844 Date of death: 24 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular Phthisis. Malformation of the aortic valves, there being only two. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Malformation (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with symptoms of a low typhoid character, with general tremor and a peculiar excited manner. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Oct 1843 Date of death: 25 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the cartilages with caries and necrosis of the bones of the shoulder joint. Extensive tubercular phthisis. Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Cartilage); Necrosis (Shoulder Joint); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a disease of the left shoulder joint and an abscess at the lower part of the arm. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Shoulder joint and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 9 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Mar 1844 Date of death: 26 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Necrosis of the rami of the Ischium and Pubis. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung); Necrosis (Pelvis); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert. Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a small tumour situated in the labium and apparently connected with the ramus of the pubis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Mar 1844 Date of death: 26 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn of the trunk and extremities. Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a state of collapse with an extensive burn over the trunk and extremities. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx and pharynx, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident