Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Oct 1845 Date of death: 20 Oct 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive comminuted fracture of the skull with laceration of the brain & haemorrhage into the cavity of the arachnoid, into the ventricles and into the orbits Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient shortly before his admission fell from one of the trees in the park, a distance of 14 feet upon his head. When admitted there was ecchymosis of both eyelids, and of the cellular membrane beneath the conjunctiva. He was in a state of complete coma with apparent paralysis and complete loss of sensation’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845 Date of death: 21 Oct 1845 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Disease of the bladder and kidneys. Extensive red hepatisation of both lungs with slight pleurisy Disease (standardised): Stricture (Urethra); Disease (Bladder, kidneys); Hepatisation (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was sent into the hospital upon the supposition that he had a stricture through which no instrument could be passed. He remained in bed until the 17th when no 7 catheter was passed with very little difficulty and upwards of a pint of pale urine containing some mucous flocculi was drawn off’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 8 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Oct 1845 Date of death: 28 Oct 1845 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound and fracture of the base of the skull with extensive bruising of the brain, and extravasation of blood in the pia mater. Fracture of the lower jaw and of the left leg Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Bruise (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Fracture (Jaw, leg) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This lad was reported to have been knocked down by the shaft of a cart striking him upon the back of the head, whilst the cart was proceeding at a rapid rate. He was admitted with a large scalp wound at the back of the head, which had not however exposed the bone’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, lower jaw, left lower extremity
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Oct 1845 Date of death: 1 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the skull with extravasation of blood between the bone and the dura mater. Fracture of ribs. Heart dilated with softening of muscular structure Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Fracture (Ribs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was brought to the hospital without any history of the way in which he had met with his accident. It was however supposed that he had been struck or run over by a cart’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Sep 1845 Date of death: 31 Oct 1845 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposits in lungs, in sub-pleural cellular tissue, in intestines, kidneys & mesenteric glands. Extensive inflammation of the sub-arachnoid cellular tissue with white softening of the central part of the brain Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, tissue, intestines, kidneys, mesenteric glands); Inflammation (Brain); Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had ‘caught cold’ in the December before his admission and shortly after an abscess made its appearance without any very evident cause upon the back of the hand. Three months after this some abscesses made their appearance near the right shoulder and a few weeks after the left shoulder became similarly affected’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Nov 1845 Date of death: 5 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull with extravasation of blood in the cavity of the arachnoid and in the sub-arachnoid tissue. Extensive injury of brain. Fracture of sternum and of 8th and 9th ribs. Injury of lungs. Rupture of spleen. Fracture of pubis Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Injury (Brain, lungs); Fracture (Sternum, ribs, pubus); Rupture (Spleen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was said to have fallen from a second story and to have struck his head against a log of wood. When brought to the hospital he was in a state of collapse, perfectly insensible’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 3 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Nov 1845 Date of death: 14 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn. Various organs healthy Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with a burn affecting the skin to a greater or less depth in different situations and extending over the lateral and posterior surfaces of the abdomen and chest and over portions of both thighs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Oct 1845 Date of death: 21 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Scirrhous ulceration of uterus & vagina encroaching upon the bladder Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Scirrhus (Uterus, vagina); Ulcer (Uterus, vagina)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of much debility, with incontinence of urine and frequent vomiting. She stated that she was married and had five children and that the present symptoms accompanied by pain in the back and loins and occasional fits had existed for two months previous to her admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845 Date of death: 17 Oct 1845 Disease (transcribed): Internal haemorrhoids. Ligature. Phlebitis. Secondary abscesses in liver and lung. Pleurisy. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Anus); Ligature; Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Abscess (Liver, lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted for an indurated venereal sore upon the upper surface of the skin of the penis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Nov 1845 Date of death: 25 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of breast. Removal. Reappearance of disease in glands and in bones. Epileptic fits. Brain congested. Branches of superior & inferior mesenteric arteries clogged up with large and very firm black coagula Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Removal (Breast); Scirrhus (Glands, bones); Epilepsy (Brain); Congestion (Brain, blood vessels) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'About six months before her death this patient came into the hospital for a malignant disease of the left breast, which was then amputated. The tumor of the breast had been growing 9 months and was reported of an encephaloid character. She left the hospital three weeks after the operation with the wound nearly cicatrized’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, left humerus, left femur
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Oct 1845 Date of death: 26 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn over the neck &c. Emphysema of both lungs to great extent Disease (standardised): Burn (Neck); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a burn extending over a great portion of the posterior part of the scalp, round the whole of the neck and over a portion of the chest. Some portions of the skin appeared to have perished, & others still retained their vasculatiry and were redder than natural. The accident was caused by the cap of the patient catching fire’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Sep 1845 Date of death: 24 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Caries of the head of the humerus and of the glenoid cavity with extensive abscesses in the neighbourhood of the joint and ulceration of the posterior circumflex artery, giving rise to fatal haemorrhage. Viscera healthy, but exsanguine Disease (standardised): Caries (Arm, shoulder); Abscess (Shoulder); Ulcer (Shoulder); Haemorrhage
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with disease of the shoulder joint, which appeared ankylosed. There was pain and great fullness around the joint, but not such pain as would indicate that the disease was at that time confined to the joint’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left shoulder joint
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Dec 1845 Date of death: 14 Dec 1845 Disease (transcribed): Burn. Death in a few hours. Lungs emphysematous. Kidneys granular. Other viscera healthy Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of extreme collapse in which she continued for a considerable time. After she was in the hospital for some hours she slightly rallied but died suddenly about 10 hours after her admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Dec 1845 Date of death: 16 Dec 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the skull. Extravasation of blood between bones & dura mater. Bruising of brain. Fracture of 7th cervical and 1st dorsal vertebrae. Extensive injury of spinal chord. Lungs congested. Other viscera healthy Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Bruise (Brain); Fracture (Spine); Injury (Spinal cord); Congestion (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient fell from a height of 40 feet (his fall being partially broken) an hour before his admission, and as he was being brought to the hospital he vomited a quantity of brown fluids. When admitted there was a large effusion of blood beneath the skin covering the left parietal bone’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal canal, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Dec 1845 Date of death: 19 Dec 1845 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine and of 3 ribs. Compound fracture of the arm. Extensive separation of both sacro-iliac synchondroses. Extensive haemorrhage into the pleura, posterior mediastinum and peritoneum. Laceration of the right lung and of the liver Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine, ribs, arm); Haemorrhage (Lungs, chest, abdomen); Laceration (Lungs, liver) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient fell from a great height upon his back into the street. When brought to the hospital he was in a state of great collapse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen, right superior extremity
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Jan 1871 Date of death: 1 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Burn Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 9 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Jan 1871 Date of death: 2 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Burn Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Cow keeper Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Jan 1871 Date of death: 3 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Scrofulous disease of the left kidney. Hypertrophy of heart Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'He had had a left inguinal hernia 30 years, & worn a truss for a few years, but as it did not keep hernia back he relinguished it, and has worn none for 15 or 20 years. For this last period he has not been able completely to return the hernia. In the evening of December 29 the tumour became larger and he had pain and sickness. Violent attempts seem to have been made at reduction’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Postman Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Jan 1871 Date of death: 17 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing wound of thumb. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Wound (Thumb); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'A fortnight before admission, he cut the right thumb at the metacarpo-phalangeal joint, with a crowner[?]. The wound was dressed and healed as out-patient, till sloughing & some haemorrhage occurred and he was admitted’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Jan 1871 Date of death: 1 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Crushed arm. Amputation Disease (standardised): Injury (Arm); Amputation (Arm) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Jan 1871 Date of death: 1 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of large intestine. Contraction of the cicatrix. Partial obstruction of the gut. Peritonitis. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Obstruction (Gut); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man had for many years suffered more or less from constipation, and 17 years ago, eight days passed without a motion, and he was then very ill. The bowels usually act about every third or fourth day. On admission he had not had a motion for five days & the day before admission he became very sick, and felt much abdominal pain’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 2 months Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Jan 1871 Date of death: 29 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Burn Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 72 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Jan 1871 Date of death: 3 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of anterior fossa basis cranii. Extravasation of blood into orbit. Suppuration of subcutaneous tissues of scalp Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Suppuration (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man was thrown out of a cart. When admitted was partly sensible, answered questions irrationally, inclined to be violent. Pulse slow’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Jan 1871 Date of death: 6 Mar 1871 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient came in to the hospital for an inflamed leg which had followed a blow a week previously. He had also a cough, and was emaciated. The inflammation of the leg soon subsided, but on Feb 1 his cough became worse, the expectoration tinged with blood’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Feb 1871 Date of death: 18 Mar 1871 Disease (transcribed): Injury to hand. Fracture of metacarpal bones. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Injury (Hand); Fracture (Hand); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'A railway ‘sleeper’ fell onto his right hand. On admission, the palm & dorsum of the right hand were much crushed, and a lacerated & contused wound existed on each. There was free haemorrhage from several small vessels’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
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