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George Fish, 5 , [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 May 1845
Date of death: 20 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Stone in bladder. Lithotomy. Diffuse cellular inflammation of pelvis. Peritonitis. Pleurisy on both sides. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Lithotomy; Inflammation (Pelvis); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'George Fish, at 5 ½, admitted into the hospital on the 7th of May. No distinct history of his complaint could be procured, but it was stated that he had had some pain in making water and had been in the habit of pulling his prepuce for four months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Gaynor, 52, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Sep 1845
Date of death: 27 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive laceration of the liver. Rupture of vena cava inferior. Separation of symphysis pubis
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Liver); Rupture (Blood vessels); Injury (Pubis)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'A cart had passed over the body of this patient shortly before his admission into the hospital. When admitted he was in a state of collapse with blanched features, and complained much of pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Michael Dalton, 29, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1845
Date of death: 3 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the left auricle and of one of the pulmonary veins, with effusion of blood into the pericardium. Laceration of the liver. Patches of ecchymosis in the sub-pleural cellular tissue
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Ear, lungs, liver); Ecchymosis (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 reported to have fallen from a ladder, but as nobody was present at the time the exact distance or the part upon which he fell was not ascertained. When admitted his face was blue and much congested’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Trusty, 37, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Henry Mills, 16, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jul 1844
Date of death: 24 Oct 1844
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca. Effusion of fluid into thoracic serous cavities. Dilatation of heart without hypertrophy. Extensive inflammation of lung and pulmonary apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg, Foot); Effusion (Thorax); Dilatation (Heart); Inflammation (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung)
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 complaining of a palpitation of the heart and an acute pain in the region of the organ which appeared to occupy a larger space than natural.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Susan Taylor, 39, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1858
Date of death: 28 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the uterus, vagina & bladder. Distension of the ureters & kidneys. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Uterus, vagina, bladder); Distension (Ureters, kidneys); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard and Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'A married woman with puffy, sallow face, who was admitted suffering from slight cough & considerable dyspnoea. There was pain over the left breast, loud mucous rates over both lungs & a loud murmur at the apex of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Hall, 40, Sale porter

Occupation or role: Sale porter
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1864
Date of death: 8 Dec 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull, laceration of middle meningeal artery
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'This man was brought in by a policeman, who had found him lying just inside the park, opposite [?] Gate, about half an hour before admission. His head was lying on the rest stone, & he was on his back (this came out at the inquest)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Priscilla Pearce, 32, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1866
Date of death: 24 Jul 1866
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of left ventricle of heart. Atheromatous arteries especially in brain. Effusion of blood in right ovarium
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Effusion (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wilson, John Henry Parker
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had been under Dr Lee for uterine disease. She was washing some clothes when she was seized with a fit and fell into the fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles West, 43, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1866
Date of death: 3 Aug 1866
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Amputation of thigh. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Amputation (Leg); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wilson, John Henry Parker. Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had had an ulcer of the right leg for three years, dependant on varicose veins. About a week before admission it began to slough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Wright, 45, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1868
Date of death: 11 Dec 1868
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Aneurysm of transversalis colic artery
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Aneurysm (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry. Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The history given by this man was that for the last four months he had been suffering from cough. He had been in the army but was discharged on account of a lump above the left clavicle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Hall, 14, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1873
Date of death: 8 Aug 1873
Disease (transcribed): Contusion of thumb. Phlebitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Contusion (Thumb); Phlebitis (Veins); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: It was stated that this boy poisoned his right thumb having previously bruised it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Veins, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Mary Beasley, 79, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 79
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1877
Date of death: 28 Aug 1877
Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Operation without opening the sac. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Six months ago she noticed a small lump in the left groin which disappeared when she laid down and gave her no pain until four days before admission when she also noticed the swelling was larger than normal and vomiting commenced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain and intestine
Type of incident: n/a

William Dodsworth, 72, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1845
Date of death: 2 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the leg with extensive haemorrhage. Heart dilated. Kidneys granular. Coagula in the heart, very small and loosely coagulated
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys)

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 admitted with a compound fracture of the right leg. The bone was broken in two places and the surrounding parts were much contused’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, stump

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Elizabeth Molero, 42, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1845
Date of death: 3 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Phlebitis of the veins of the opposite extremity. Slight peritonitis and pleurisy. Lungs gorged at back part & soft in texture. Gut of a dark colour, but otherwise healthy
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Was admitted on the evening of the 22 of March with a small tumor in the left femoral region, tender to the touch, and accompanied by a constant sense of sickness. The pain extends over the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, hernial sac, thorax, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Webb, 76, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1845
Date of death: 17 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ulcers on leg. Red hepatisation of inferior lobe, left lung. Dilatation with softening of heart. Old umbilical hernia. Kidneys granular with chronic inflammation and effusion of a patch of lymph in one of the pyramids of Malpighi
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Hepatisation (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Hernia (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys)
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 was admitted with an ulcer near the great toe of the right foot and erysipelalous inflammation of the skin of the leg. There were also several abscesses in the cellular membrane of the limb’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Walter, 30, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1845
Date of death: 25 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of femoral artery. Diffuse inflammation of cellular tissue behind peritoneum in left iliac and lumbar region, after operation
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Thigh); Inflammation (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Upon admission an oval pulsatory tumor presented itself, immediately below Pouparts ligament upon the left side. The tumor could be almost entirely emptied by pressure, but filled again immediately by successive pulsations as soon as the pressure was removed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Mason, 80, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 80
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1845
Date of death: 1 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the neck of the femur and of the anatomical neck of the humerus, with effusion of blood in the sub-dorsal cellular tissue of the left loin and iliac fossa. Calcerous deposit in aortic valves. Kidneys slightly granular
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Effusion (Loins, hip); Deposit (Aorta); 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 old gentleman was admitted with the usual symptoms of fracture of the neck of the femur’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left superior extremity, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Thomas Daffey, 42, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Webb, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 04 Aug 1847
Date of death: 07 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Flabby heart. Medullary disease of bronchial glands and lungs. Ascites. Small malignant tubercles under peritoneum. General peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from ascites. She had suckled her child up to two months ago, when gradually increasing debility warned her that it was necessary to give up suckling. About this time her legs began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Leader, 31, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1844
Date of death: 24 Sep 1844
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of arm. Purulent infiltration of bone. Inflammation of veins. Pus in shoulder joint. Pleurisy and secondary deposits in lungs. Old adhesions of the right lung. Tubercular matter in bronchial glands.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Arm); Suppuration (Arm); Inflammation (Veins); Pleurisy (Pleura); Deposits (Lung); Adhesions (Lung);Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Field, 44, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1844
Date of death: 26 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca. Lobular pneumonia. Hypertrophy of heart. Aorta roughened & dilated. Capsule of liver thickened. Mottling degeneration of kidneys. Bladder inflamed
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, kidneys); Inflammation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'The patient stated that he had been suffering about 4 months from general anasarca, which at first came on very gradually, but had rapidly increased during the few last weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: n/a

William Lane, 33, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1845
Date of death: 28 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed empyema. Grey hepatisation of the lung. Pericarditis. Hydatid in the liver. Sinus between the coccyx and the rectum not communicating with the gut
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Hepatisation (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Cyst (Liver); Disease (Rectum, gut)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient told us that about 10 days previous to admission he was taken with shivering, soon followed by cough, accompanied by pain in the chest, more especially on the right side, within the four last days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Brown , 59, Married woman

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1861
Date of death: 23 Sep 1861
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Larder, 30, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1864
Date of death: 20 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged cervical glands. Ligature of common carotid
Disease (standardised): Enlargement (Cervical glands); Ligature (Carotid arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a large tumour of the neck. He stated that eight months ago after a very bad sore throat he noticed a small lump just below the angle of the jaw’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wound, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Woolard, 30, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1864
Date of death: 24 Oct 1864
Disease (transcribed): Wound of hand. Phlebitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

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