Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Aug 1851 Date of death: 24 Aug 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the left parietal bone, with depression of bone. Also laceration of the dura mater of the brain correspondent, followed by collection of purulent matter in the arachnoid cavity & inflammation of the substance of the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Inflammation (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: 'This man fell off a ladder, a height of about 8 feet, striking his head against a brick. When brought into the house (in the evening, a few hours after the accident), a piece of brick was found embedded in the skull’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Jul 1851 Date of death: 19 Aug 1851 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851 Date of death: 19 Oct 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Bronchitis. Congestion of the lungs & liver &c. Peritonitis. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the small intestines Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Bronchitis (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs, liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a report of having been out of sorts for 3 weeks & laid up entirely during a fortnight. She complained of headache & pain in the back which was especially accompanied by a feeling of chilliness and great feeling of weakness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Child Age: 5 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Jan 1864 Date of death: 6 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): n/a Disease (standardised): Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George 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: Labourer Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Jan 1864 Date of death: 2 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Was quite sensible on his admission, and stated that he had been knocked down by a horse, and that he had been struck on the right side of the head by the hoof of the animal. His head was carefully examined but there was not even a bruise to be detected. His speech was somewhat indistinct: there was total paralysis of the left side of face and body’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part could be examined’)
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1863 Date of death: 1 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of cricoid cartilage Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Trachea) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Admitted, as a patient under the care of the physician, on the evening of December 31, with great dyspnoea; he was seen at 11pm by the house surgeon who found the difficulty of breathing rather diminished. […] He suffered from primary syphilis in 1837, but the sore does not appear to have been followed by any secondary symptoms till the end of 1862 when he had sore throat’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: No occupation Age: 58 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Feb 1864 Date of death: 2 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia (operation) Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Admitted with a strangulated femoral hernia of 72 hours’ duration. She had been ruptured for many years & had worn a truss, but during the last two years had discontinued its use. The operation was performed under chloroform’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, chest
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Feb 1864 Date of death: 6 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Dislocation etc of ankle. Delirium tremens Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Ankle); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Admitted with fracture of the tibia. Both the malleoli were broken at their bases, and the tibia was dislocated forward. It was found impossible to get the parts into a good position until the tendo achilles was divided’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Ankle, brain, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Coach joiner Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Feb 1864 Date of death: 26 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'This patient was broken down in health on his admission. He was taken into the surgical ward on account of some ulceration about his legs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Child Age: 2 ¾ Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Feb 1864 Date of death: 25 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Burnt Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George 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: Labourer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Mar 1864 Date of death: 1 Mar 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh, fractured arm and other severe injuries Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh, arm) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George 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: Midwife Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Feb 1864 Date of death: 6 Mar 1864 Disease (transcribed): Poisoned blood, from wound in finger? Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Wound (Finger) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Admitted with poisoned thumb on February 28th. About a week before admission attended a case of midwifery which terminated fatally: she stated that she had a small scratch by the side of the nail of the right thumb, but did not take any particular notice of it till February 22nd when it became very painful’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1864 Date of death: 28 Mar 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Laceration of lung Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'This patient, on attempting to stop a runaway horse, was crushed between a wall & a cart’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Mar 1864 Date of death: 22 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Typhus Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George and Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'Admitted into the surgical wards with varicose aneurism of right arm, which had existed about four years. In 1860 he retired to bed in his usual health, awoke suddenly during the night & found the whole right side of body with right extremities cold & numbed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Shoulder, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Apr 1864 Date of death: 22 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of skull Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'A tin pail loaded with ‘comps’[?] fell a distance of 25 feet, & the edge struck him on the top of his head, sending him insensible for a few minutes. On admission there was a wound about 2 ½ inches long over the sagittal suture’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest, abdomen, spine
Occupation or role: Hairdresser Age: 72 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Apr 1864 Date of death: 29 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'During the whole of 1863 he suffered from many attacks of boils on various parts of his body, and was generally out of health’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Apr 1864 Date of death: 8 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Deep wound of brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Wound (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'On the 22nd of April while engaged in blasting some earth, the powder he was using suddenly exploded, and blew a quantity of stones and dirt up into his face Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part of the body was examined’)
Occupation or role: Errand boy Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 May 1864 Date of death: 23 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Separation of sutures of skull with fracture Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William Medical notes: 'This patient was working on a scaffold this afternoon, when he slipped & fell about 14 feet, striking the back of his head, he was insensible when picked up’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Foreman Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Feb 1864 Date of death: 6 Jun 1864 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Disease of knee Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Knee) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jun 1864 Date of death: 20 Jun 1864 Disease (transcribed): Ruptured liver? Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William Medical notes: 'Case not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Jun 1864 Date of death: 21 Jun 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William Medical notes: 'Case not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Married Age: 47 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Jun 1864 Date of death: 22 Jun 1864 Disease (transcribed): n/a Disease (standardised): Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George 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’
Occupation or role: Married Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 May 1864 Date of death: 2 Jul 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of sacrum, leg etc Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis, leg) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Sacrum, leg, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Greengrocer Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Jul 1864 Date of death: 21 Jul 1864 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum. Opening of bowel Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Aug 1864 Date of death: 12 Aug 1864 Disease (transcribed): Injury to back, smashed ankle Disease (standardised): Injury (Back); Injury (Ankle) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William Medical notes: 'This man was working on the leads of a house, when he fell over on to a skylight about 40 feet beneath. He was not seen to fall, but was found’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
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