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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1850
Date of death: 27 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: As this case was not examined the history is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1850
Date of death: 11 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of leg into the ankle joint. Two attacks of erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a compound comminuted fracture of the left tibia and fibular extending into the ankle joint. The fracture was caused by a fall from a ladder, alighting on her feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: General appearance
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1850
Date of death: 22 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Abscess connected with the right sterno-clavicular articulation. Complete destruction of the joints & caries of contiguous bones. Scrofulous deposits in the ovaries, & on the lining surface of uterus. Tubercle & vomicae in lung. Ulceration of intestines & perforation of rectum
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Chest); Caries (Joints, bones); Tuberculosis (Ovaries, uterus, lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted, under the care of Mr Cutler [Edward Cutler] with an abscess apparently connected with the right sterno-clavicular articulation. There was a small opening over this spot, & a tube having been passed through it, a portion of the sternum & of the clavicle was found to be carious to some extent. She stated that she had noticed some degree of swelling for about six months at the upper part of the sternum’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1851
Date of death: 8 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of the calcaneum, & fracture of the outer malleolus. Secondary lobular pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Heel, ankle); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This old man was a gardener by trade & while nailing up a vine, the ladder on which he was standing, slipped, & he fell from a height of about 20 feet on to the ground. It does not appear that his foot was twisted at all when he fell. He was carefully examined when brought in to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1851
Date of death: 13 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat in the person of a drunkard. Death from coma, following delirium & ‘furor’, the result partly of loss of blood & sleeplessness & partly doubtless combined with habitual delirium tremens. Low pneumonia & quiescent tubercle in the apices of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Brain); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was by trade a shoemaker, & was a habitual drunkard & during a fit of intoxication shortly before his admission he inflicted a wound on his throat with a razor. When he was brought to the hospital there was free haemorrhage’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide?

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1851
Date of death: 17 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Pleurisy on the right side, also old tubercular deposit in the apex of right lung. Dislocation of the cartilages of 5th & 6th ribs, from the sternum by a contusion. ‘Wet brain’
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Dislocation (Ribs); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was a drayman & was accidentally jammed in between two drays by which means he received what was thought to be merely a severe contusion on the anterior wall of the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1851
Date of death: 14 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Senilis gangrene. Extensive atheromic condition of arteries, especially of left anterior. Old pleurisy on left side. Cretaceous deposit in apices of both lungs. Rigidity of aortic and pulmonic valves
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Foot); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Pleurisy (Pleura); Deposits (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was exceedingly deaf so no history of his disease could be obtained from him. Gangrene had shown itself on his left foot about six weeks before his admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left leg
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1852
Date of death: 2 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the iliac bone of the pelvis. Vomicae in the lungs. Small heart
Disease (standardised): Caries (Pelvis); Vomicae (Lung); Small (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Ten days before her admission she had observed a swelling in the left thigh. She had suffered for some time under what was judged to be rheumatic pains about the pelvis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pelvic region, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1851
Date of death: 24 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis. Scrofulous deposit in the brain, choroid plexus, lungs, peritoneum, fallopian tubes. Scrofulous deposit also in an enlarged bursa over trochanter major of hip
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Fallopian tubes); Tuberculosis (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient was originally admitted under the physician, complaining of pain in the hip which was thought to be the result of chronic rheumatism. She also had indication of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1852
Date of death: 13 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dilated fasciculated bladder. False passages and thickening about the membranous portion of the urethra
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Bladder); False passages (Urethra); Thickening (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He stated on admission that he had laboured for the last four years under stricture of the urethra.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen. The friends objected to the examination of other parts of the body
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1852
Date of death: 9 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Cut of the finger with a piece of glass. Infiltrated pus in the pectoral and latiss dorsi muscles and in the sub-tegumentary tissues. Coagula adherent to neighbouring lumbar veins
Disease (standardised): Wound (Finger); Suppuration (Muscles); Suppuration (Tissues); Coagula (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted reporting that he had cut his finger with glass, and a small portion remained in the wound which had closed up.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Integuments of the chest, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1848
Date of death: 22 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Imperforate anus. Retention of faeces.
Disease (standardised): Imperforate (Anus); Retention of faeces (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The history of this case is not given as the body was not examined.
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: 4 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1848
Date of death: 22 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn of the body and limbs
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The history is not given as the body was not examined.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1849
Date of death: 16 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs, pelvis & humerus. Extensive ecchymosis in abdomen & pelvis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs, pelvis, humerus); Ecchymosis (Abdomen, pelvis)
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, a labourer, while cleaning a window was precipitated from a height of about 30 feet, and fractured the neck of the humerus. A small external wound about big enough to admit a probe communicated with the fracture. When admitted he was in a state of considerable collapse though to a certain extent sensible. There was very sligh haemorrhage from the wound’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis, left shoulder

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1849
Date of death: 11 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of the skull. Extensive laceration of the liver. Blood in peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'The patient was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse having been thrown with violence out of a chaise in Piccadilly. He was cold & bewildered, & unable to answer questions, but he tossed himself about on the bed & complained of violent pain in the abdomen. There was a small wound over the outer angle of the right orbit’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [Age not stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1849
Date of death: 1 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised):

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
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’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1849
Date of death: 3 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg, 4 months & a half duration. Sloughs on the back. Kidneys granular. Simple cyst of the ovary containing sebaceous matter and hair
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sloughing (Back); Disease (Kidneys); Cyst (Ovary)
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 oblique fracture of the left tibia & fibula at about 3 inches above the ankle, which had been caused by a fall on the pavement two days before’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jul 1850
Date of death: 11 Jul 1850
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the forearm and dislocation of the wrist. Amputation. Delirium. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Arm); Dislocation (Wrist); Amputation (Arm); Delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of the arm and dislocation of the wrist which was so severe that it was immediately amputated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left upper extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1850
Date of death: 16 Jul 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a fracture of the femur through the great trochanter. He later complained of pain in his abdomen, which was distended.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1850
Date of death: 7 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid tumour connected with the femur
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1852
Date of death: 30 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Injury from contact with the wheels of a waggon. Laceration of the soft parts of the right leg followed by a gangrenous state of both legs and intense sloughing of the wound. The arteries of the limb were uninjured
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Leg); Gangrene (Leg); Sloughing (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: It appeared that he had been riding on the back part of a waggon on the evening of admission, and his legs had somehow got entangled in the wheel.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: External examination only
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 85
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 May 1852
Date of death: 3 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration (? malignant) of the skin of the sole. Senile decay
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Foot); Alzheimer disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1853
Date of death: 16 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body at the particular request of the friends, was not examined.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1853
Date of death: 16 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Artificial anus in left groin. Circumscribed peritoneal abscesses
Disease (standardised): Artificial anus (Groin); Abscess (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted in the afternoon on account of a femoral hernia of the left side, which she had had for about three years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1853
Date of death: 26 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration, not malignant of the oesophagus communicating with the trachea. Atheromatous state of the aorta and of the valves of the heart. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Oesophagus); Ulcer (Trachea); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient stated that he had always lived well and his health had been generally good until three months ago at which time he first began to experience some difficulty in swallowing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, oesophagus and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a