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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 82
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1848
Date of death: 20 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured neck of left femur within the capsular ligament. Abscess communicating with joint, slough on sacrum. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Abscess (Leg); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'She was brought to the hospital at 7 o’clock in the evening having a short time before been knocked down by a cart while crossing the street. She was unable to stand and experienced great pain in the left hip. The limb was shortened about an inch & a half, but extension readily restored it to the same length as its fellow; the foot was everted; there was free motion in all directions, but it was painful, more especially on performing adduction’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1849
Date of death: 26 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Large abscess in the thigh. Secondary abscess on the chest. Congested lungs. Blood partly fluid
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Abscess (Thigh, chest); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient who presented a pale aspect, with puffy oedematous-looking face & swelled legs, stated that dropsy had commenced in the ankles about 4 or 5 weeks before admission. He had caught cold & suffered from slight cough for 3 or 4 months but had experienced no pain in the loins. His urine had sometimes been scanty but was never dark-coloured. The legs and thighs were on admission very much distended’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1849
Date of death: 3 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Congested lungs. Blood partially fluid. Cirrhosed liver. Bright’s disease of kidneys. Ulceration and thickening of the tibia. Ulcer of the leg
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Congestion (Lungs); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Nephritis (Kidneys); Ulcer (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with cachectic abscesses one of which was situated about the middle of the anterior surface of the right leg, and another, which had already opened, a little above the inner condyle of the left humerus’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carter
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 9 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Extravasation of blood in spinal canal. Laceration of anterior portion of cord. Fractured sternum. Pneumonia. Semi-purulent fluid in hilus of left kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Extravasation (Spinal canal); Laceration (Spinal cord); Fracture (Sternum); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient, who was a carter, while standing at the tail of his cart with the tail-board down, was thrown backwards into the street by the horse making a sudden start. In the fall he was thrown on his back against the ground, but the chief part of the blow was sustained by the lower cervical & upper dorsal vertebra & left shoulder. The accident occurred at 2pm on the 2nd of April. He was perfectly sober at the time, when picked up was not insensible. He was carried home & attended by a medical man in Westminster who found him palsied in the lower extremities’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1849
Date of death: 15 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the stomach. Circumscribed abscess in peritoneal cavity. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Abscess (Peritoneum); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This girl stated that she had been taken suddenly ill on the 3rd inst with pain in the stomach & sickness, the bowels were confined for two or three days but she had been under treatment and they were then relaxed. She complained of acute pain in the left hypochondrium which was aggravated on the slightest pressure’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1849
Date of death: 27 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii. Anasarca. Abscess of the kidney. Atrophy of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic); Abscess (Kidneys); Atrophy (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This girl, how had a scrofulous & cachectic appearance, and was stunted in growth, stated that she had been long ailing, that since Xmas 1847 she had suffered more or less constantly form diarrhoea, and during the last 10 months, she had also become dropsical. Her face was pale & puffy, and she said was occasionally very much swelled; the legs & feet were very much swelled, and the abdomen was distended, chiefly with flatus, but giving also distinct fluctuation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1849
Date of death: 24 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Tubercular deposit, & ulceration of the intestines. Liver large. Kidneys granular
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Deposit (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Appearing much out of health, with an expression of considerable anxiety, the surface was marked especially the arms with small brownish spots, where she said small sores had been. She was considerably emaciated, but stated that she had no night sweats. She reported that she had been travelling in a 3rd class carriage on 24th December, and during the journey caught so severe a cold that she was unable to articulate when she reached her destination’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 8 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1849
Date of death: 31 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Congenital oblique inguinal hernia. Strangulated, operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This little patient, at 8 months, was admitted with oblique inguinal hernia of the left side which had come down at 8 o’clock on the preceding evening during a violent fit of hooping cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1849
Date of death: 12 Jul 1849
Disease (transcribed): Caries & necrosis of the ilium. Disease of the sacro-iliac joint, Abscess in the left iliac cavity
Disease (standardised): Caries (Hip); Necrosis (Hip); Disease (Hips); Abscess (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a chronic abscess situated in the left gluteal region which had been some months in forming, but had not prevented him from following his usual employment, which was that of a labourer, more than a week or ten days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1849
Date of death: 23 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs. Mesenteric glands enlarged. Scrofulous disease of the hip
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Mesenteric glands); Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with scrofulous disease of both hips but from the mother’s account it appeared that the right hip was first affected about 2 months before. Both legs were drawn up and any attempt to straighten or move them caused pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849
Date of death: 24 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in the right lung. Old pericardial, pleuritic & peritoneal adhesions. Fistula in ano
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Fistula (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was transferred 3 or 4 days after his admission for fistula in ano, presenting all the symptoms of tubercular consumption. He stated that he had enjoyed good health up to the beginning of April, previous to which he had suffered from no chest symptoms at all, since then he had had cough & spitting, with night sweats, and was much emaciated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1849
Date of death: 28 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): ?Typhoid fever. Pericardium & surface of the heart very vascular. Ulcerations of the small intestines & portion of large. Blood extravasated beneath mucous membrane
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines); Extravasation (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'No distinct account could be obtained from this patient of the commencement of his illness or the nature of his symptoms. He was said to have been ill a fortnight, and he alleged that his chief suffering had been headache, and pain in the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1849
Date of death: 19 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Intestine sloughy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation Sloughing (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted at 12 1/2pm with a small, tense & excessively tender tumour, about the size of a pidgeon’s egg, situated in the right groin below poupart’s ligament. He stated that having felt indisposed for a day or two, he took on the evening of the 13th a dose of medicine which on the following morning acted on the bowels, and that while straining at stool the swelling made its appearance’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1849
Date of death: 4 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Spotted fever. Anaemia & exhaustion. Brain healthy, lungs & heart healthy
Disease (standardised): Spotted fever (Systemic); Anaemia (Systemic); Exhaustion
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was unable to answer any questions put to her or even to put out her tongue. She seemed to hear but not to comprehend what was said to her. She occasionally nodded her head in assent when offered anything to drink, but she had generally a very vacant expression of countenance & lay quite mute with considerable tetanic spasm of the muscles of the arms & trunk’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 5 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the scalp. Separation of pericranium from bone. Suppuration between bone & dura mater. Trephining. Pus in arachnoid. Abscess in brain. Secondary deposits in both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Suppuration (Skull, brain); Trephining Suppuration (Brain); Abscess (Brain); Deposit (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a scalp wound a little to the right side of the middle of the forehead and another at the vertex of the head, the latter exposing the bone. He was stunned at the time of the accident but on admission he had nearly recovered himself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1849
Date of death: 28 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous disease of the tibia. Hydrocephalus. Tubercles in the brain, lungs, kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Leg); Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry and Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1853
Date of death: 3 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae and tubercules in both lungs. Ulceration of the large intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This patient was admitted evidently in an advanced stage of phthisis, but it appeared that he had been in a state of great destitution for a long period.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1853
Date of death: 12 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous tubercles in the brain. Effusion of serum in the ventricles and on the surface of the brain. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The child was alleged to have had whooping cough of about three months duration from which he recovered. His present illness was reported to have commences with faintness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1853
Date of death: 18 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the thigh. Phthisis pulmonalis and pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man on admission presented the usual symptoms of synovitis of the knee followed by ulceration of the cartilages.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1853
Date of death: 21 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This patient when admitted was in a very low and depressed state, and almost moribund. He had been suffering for some time from cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1853
Date of death: 11 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the thigh. Hectic fever
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Thigh); Fever (Systemic)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was sent to Kinnerton Street, being unclaimed’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1854
Date of death: 24 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the prostrate opening into bladder
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Prostate)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was very cachetic[?] & aged, was admitted in consequence of difficulty in making water, which had increased during the preceding fortnight, almost to the extent of retention’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1854
Date of death: 15 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Abscess in liver communicating through diaphragm with the pleural cavity. Abscess in both lungs
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'Was attacked on the 19th just a week before admission with very severe pain in the right side, from which he had never since been free’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 36
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1854
Date of death: 27 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the mamma. Amputation. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'This body at the particular request of the friends was not examined’

Type of injury: n/a