Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 56 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Jan 1848 Date of death: 24 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Intestines sloughy. Operation. Low peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Sloughing (Intestines); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'For 4 years she had had a femoral hernia of the right side. At first she wore a truss, but discontinued it at the end of 12 months on account of the pain & distress in the part, and the numbness in the leg which it occasioned. After she discontinued wearing the truss, the hernia became incarcerated, but there is no history of it ever having been strangulated until the 14th of January, when she was seized with pain in the abdomen and vomited several times, the bowels acting only once’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jul 1848 Date of death: 16 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extensive caries of the femur & acetabulum with abscess Disease (standardised): Caries (Thigh, hip); Abscess
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: ‘The history of this case has not been preserved’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity
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
Occupation or role: Chimney sweep Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1848 Date of death: 5 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Chimney sweep’s cancer of the scrotum. Sloughing ulceration of glands in groin. Secondary deposits in the lungs Disease (standardised): Cancer (Scrotum); Ulcer (Groin); Deposit (Lungs) 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, a chimney sweep by trade, was admitted with a cancerous ulcer situated on the right side & lower part of the scrotum. About 3 years before, there first appeared, in the situation now occupied by the ulcer, a small warty excrescence which enlarged very slowly & without pain. This in about two years began to ulcerate, but as it gave him no inconvenience he did not seek medical aid. In the course of another three months a gland in the right groin began to enlarge and finally wen on to ulceration’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, scrotum, penis, inguinal regions
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Dec 1848 Date of death: 6 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Erysipelas Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'She had had a reducible femoral hernia of the right side for nearly 4 years, for which she wore a truss. On the 26th of December she felt some tenseness & uneasiness in the bowels & a frequent desire to go to stool, which resulted only in one scanty evacuation. She had been in good health on the preceding day. About 10 o’clock on the evening of the 26th she was suddenly seized with violent sickness & vomiting, which continued through the night, accompanied by griping pains in the bowels’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Dec 1848 Date of death: 13 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Cachexia, miliary tubercles & vomicae in the lungs. Diseased liver Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Skin); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'He presented on admission a state of extreme cachexia. His countenance was pallid & blotched, his muscular system lax & flabby, his pulse frequent and very feeble. On his forehead, about the centre of the os frontis, was a large phagedaenic ulcer two or three inches in diameter, which had all the appearance of being of a syphalitic character. The surface was foul & secreting a copious & very offensive discharge. He stated that it had commenced four or five months back as a small pimple which he repeatedly picked until it at length became an ulcer. His habits had been drunken & dissipated, and he acknowledged having had a primary syphalitic sore about the middle of November last, which healed without the employment of mercury’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jan 1849 Date of death: 21 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Caries of the dorsal & lumbar vertebrae. Abscess. Secondary deposits. Diseased liver and kidney Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess; Deposit; Disease (Liver, 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 17 months before the date of his admission, first began to complain of dull, gnawing pain across the loins, which was not however sufficiently severe to preclude his persecuting his usual employment. About 8 or 9 weeks after an abscess formed in the left lumbar region, which was opened & continued to discharge matter for upwards of 8 months, and then healed up’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right knee joint
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Feb 1849 Date of death: 10 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Severe burn. Tetanus Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Tetanus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert 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: 'At the particular request of the friends, this body was not examined’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 13 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Feb 1849 Date of death: 13 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Severe burn. Tetanus Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Tetanus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert 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 at the request of the friends’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Feb 1849 Date of death: 13 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Fistula. Abscess. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Fistula; Abscess; 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: 'Several months prior to his last admission, this patient was in the hospital under the care of Mr Hawkins [Caesar Hawkins] for stricture of the urethra, & subsequent to discharge he was in the habit of paying periodical visits to the hospital for the purpose of having a caheter passed. By this means he went on pretty well until the 10th of January last, when he was seized with shivering, which continued more or less for the three or four succeeding days. This was followed by feverishness with thirst & anorexia, and his bowels, which at first were constipated, afterwards became relaxed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 5 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Feb 1849 Date of death: 25 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Congenital oblique inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia of several hours’ duration (said to be 24 hours at least). Everything that was given to the child was returned by vomiting; the bowels were constipated & there was pain in the belly’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
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
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Mar 1849 Date of death: 14 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); 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 patient was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia of 4 days’ duration. A femoral hernia of the right side had existed for more than two years, but she had never worn a truss or experienced any inconvenience from it until the 8th of March. She was then seized with vomiting, & griping pains in the belly’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 3 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Mar 1849 Date of death: 19 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Operation. Scarlet fever. Sloughing of the cellular tissue between bladder & rectum. Peritonitis. Dilated ureters & pelvis of kidneys, which were congested & full of fat. Wet brain Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Operation (Bladder); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Sloughing (Bladder, rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Ureters, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with symptoms of vesical calculus, which first began to make their appearance soon after birth, & on introducing a sound into the bladder, a stone of considerable magnitude was easily detected’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
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
Occupation or role: Workman Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Mar 1849 Date of death: 22 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Fractured humerus. Scrofulous deposits in both lungs & in spleen. Yellow tinge of integument. Liver healthy. Blood fluid & altered form of the blood discs Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg, arm); Deposit (Lungs, spleen); Disease (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of the right tibia & fibula, fracture of right humerus, & a scalp wound 3 inches long, situated on the right side of the vertex of the skull, at the bottom of which the bone could be felt exposed. He was a workman at the New Bridge at Barnes [Barnes Railway Bridge] where some portion of the scaffolding having given way he was precipitated from a height of 40ft’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 42 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Mar 1849 Date of death: 8 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of the vagina with sinus leading to dead bone involving rami of ischium & pubis. Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Vagina); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of very great debility for a purulent discharge from the vagina, but she was in fact dying of phthisis pulmonalis, the apex of the right lung being much consolidated while in that of the left there existed a vomica of considerable extent. She stated that 9 months before she had been attacked by pain, deeply seated in the left side of the pelvis, which extended down the thigh of that side in the course of the great sciatic nerve & for which she was treated as sciatica by cupping, leeches, blisters &c’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Mar 1849 Date of death: 20 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the fauces, larynx & trachea. Ulceration of the cartilage of the femur & patella Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Mouth, throat); Ulcer (Thigh, knee) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a contusion of the left knee caused by a fall. This was followed by inflammation of the synovial membrane with considerable effusion into the cavity of the joint’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen, left knee joint
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849 Date of death: 15 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhoids, sloughing of the mucous membrane of the rectum. Liver large. Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Rectum, anus); Sloughing (Rectum); Disease (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (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 three large inflamed & strangulated piles, each of them rather bigger than a large nut, & formed by dilated haemorrhoidal veins with very little mucous membrane covering them. They had come down on the preceding day, accompanied by considerable haemorrhage from the bowel, and the spincter having closed around them he was prevented from getting them back. He was a stableman, debilitated & out of health & had suffered for two years from cough & many of the symptoms of advanced phthisis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
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
Occupation or role: Distillery worker Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849 Date of death: 20 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Abscesses & cysts in both kidneys. Abscess of the prostate communicating with the urethra. Extravasation of blood beneath mucous membrane of the bladder. Serous apoplexy. Wet brain Disease (standardised): Abscess (Kidneys); Cyst (Kidneys); Abscess (Prostate); Extravasation (Bladder); Apoplexy (Brain); Disease (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'No distinct account could be elicited respecting the history of this patient’s complaint, but it appeared that for years he had at intervals experienced some difficulty in passing his urine for which the catheter had occasionally been employed. He had been a pretty free drinker, having been employed at a distillery, and in the beginning his complaint appears to have been occasional attacks of spasmodic stricture, but for the last four months there had been some permanent difficulty in micturition’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
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
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Apr 1849 Date of death: 4 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ozaena. Extensive syphilitic caries of the nasal topae, & of the bones at the base of the skull Disease (standardised): Rhinitis, atrophic (Nose); Syphilis (Nose); Caries (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This patient stated that in June last he became affected with symptoms of secondary syphilis, the most important of which was pain in the left ear, with loss of hearing, & a scanty discharge from the meatus. During the September & October following he was put on a course of mercury and profusely salivated. Soon afterwards he became subject to epistaxis, sometimes to a large amount’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx, pharynx
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
Occupation or role: Tramp Age: 13 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 May 1849 Date of death: 10 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposit in the spinal cord, & in the substance of the brain. Cretaceous mass in left lung. Other thoracic & abdominal viscera healthy. Abscess in pelvic cavity communicating with the bladder & rectum Disease (standardised): Deposit (Spinal cord, brain, lungs); Abscess (Pelvis, bladder, rectum) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'Six weeks previous to his admission, this boy, who lived by tramping the country and often slept out in the open air and had always lived badly, experienced gradual loss of power in his arms & legs and in about a week he was unable to stand. At first he felt little or no pain but in about another week he had great pain in the back of his neck which sometimes extended into his arms’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis