Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Jun 1842 Date of death: 3 Jul 1842 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Endocarditis. Ulceration of caecum and ascending colon. Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert 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: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Inscription on title page (Vol I): ‘London Hospital Medical Library 1904’
Four volumes: I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects)
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 May 1865 Date of death: 5 Oct 1865 Disease (transcribed): Disease of vertebra. Amyloid infiltration Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Spleen) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was admitted with most extensive angular curvature which gave him a most distorted appearance. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Jul 1865 Date of death: 15 Jul 1865 Disease (transcribed): Hernia (femoral). Perforation of bowel Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This woman was admitted with a strangulated hernia. She had been ruptured two months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and chest Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Infant Age: 18 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jul 1865 Date of death: 13 Jul 1865 Disease (transcribed): Scald of throat. Asphyxia. Laryngotomy. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Scald (Pharynx); Asphyxia (Lung); Laryngotomy (Larynx); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Case not entered Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Needlewoman Age: 23 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Jan 1865 Date of death: 16 May 1865 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the rectum Disease (standardised): Constriction (Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Page, William Irving Medical notes: This patient was admitted in an extremely emaciated condition, with an extremely tight stricture of the rectum. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: No occupation Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Apr 1865 Date of death: 2 May 1865 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Strumous disease of rectum Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Not entered Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Nov 1874 Date of death: 16 Nov 1874 Disease (transcribed): Wound of knee-joint. Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Wound (Knee); Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This woman had been in the Hospital a few days before with a fracture of the left patella. She stated that she fell down and cut her left knee. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation, bones and joints Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 5 days Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Apr 1874 Date of death: 27 May 1874 Disease (transcribed): Imperforate rectum. Exhaustion Disease (standardised): Imperforate (Rectum); Exhaustion (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: Since its birth five days before, this child had passed neither urine or faeces. It was a small weak looking child and not well developed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Mar 1874 Date of death: 5 Mar 1874 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull, of the ribs, and of the pelvis. Rupture of the liver Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Pelvis); Rupture (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This man fell about twenty feet from a scaffold. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and bones Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Needlewoman Age: 29 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Apr 1873 Date of death: 30 Apr 1873 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the rectum. Colotomy. Caries of temporal bone Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Colotomy (Intestines); Caries (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner. Rouse, James Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This patient had suffered from diarrhoea for the last four or five months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: House keeper Age: 74 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Mar 1873 Date of death: 14 Mar 1873 Disease (transcribed): Caseous pneumonia. Granular kidneys. Prolapsus ani Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Prolapsed (Anal canal) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: The patient stated that she had suffered from prolapsus ani for the last thirty years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Sawyer Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Nov 1869 Date of death: 6 Dec 1869 Disease (transcribed): Cut throat Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner 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 Type of incident: Suicide?
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 48 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Jun 1869 Date of death: 14 Jun 1869 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of rectum Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: Three years ago the catamenia stopped and she noticed great pain in passing faeces and discharge of blood from the rectum. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Dec 1868 Date of death: 4 Mar 1869 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous abscesses. Amyloid degeneration Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Indeterminate); Abscess (Indeterminate); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: Seven months before admission she noticed swelling in the left side of the neck and abscesses formed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Dealer Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Dec 1868 Date of death: 8 Jan 1869 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Diffuse cellular inflammation of arm. Pyaemia. Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Inflammation (Arm); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient was pushed down by two policemen on to his left elbow. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 27 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Apr 1868 Date of death: 26 Sep 1868 Disease (transcribed): Syphilis? Fibro-cellular tumour of labia. Amyloid degeneration of kidney and intestines. Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Tumour (Labia); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient who had been in the physicians ward was transferred to the surgeons with an apparently hypertrophy of the labia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Potman Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Aug 1868 Date of death: 29 Aug 1868 Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of caecum. Perforation of gut. Peritonitis. Cyst of mesentery containing purulent fluid. Disease (standardised): Dilatation (Intestines); Perforation (Gastrointestinal tract); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cysts (Mesentery) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This patient complained of inability to pass urine. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Oct 1867 Date of death: 18 Nov 1867 Disease (transcribed): Caries of spine. Psoas abscess. Amyloid degeneration Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: About eighteen months ago the patient noticed a swelling in the right thigh which burst ten months later. Four months ago she noticed a swelling in the left thigh which was opened. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jun 1867 Date of death: 25 Oct 1867 Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of sacrum. Amyloid disease Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Spine); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient had been in the physicians wards with sciatica. Last November he slipped down and fell on to the nates. Ten days after a slight swelling came on. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Engraver Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jul 1867 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Cut throat Disease (standardised): Cut (Throat) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Not entered Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: Suicide
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Apr 1865 Date of death: 4 Feb 1866 Disease (transcribed): Amyloid disease in consequence of disease of pelvis Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Disease (Pelvis) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man was admitted ten months previously with a large fluctuating swelling in the left inguinal region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pelvis, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Nov 1866 Date of death: 11 Dec 1866 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: The patient stated that his throat had been sore for a month, and the left side of the soft palate was in a state of foul ulceration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Sep 1866 Date of death: 4 Sep 1866 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Meningitis. Rupture of liver Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain); Rupture (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Wilson, John Henry Parker Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: The way in which this patient met with his accident is not exactly known, but it was supposed that a heavy rail fell on him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Shop keeper Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jun 1866 Date of death: 10 Jun 1866 Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Perforation of bowel. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient, about a week before his admission, had pain in the right groin and a swelling appeared there. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a