Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1844 Date of death: 10 February 1844 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Diffuse inflammation of the sub-mucous laryngeal tissue. Rheumatic Gout. Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Larynx); Gout (Joints) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with Rheumatic Gout principally affecting the right knee joint. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx and larynx, thorax, abdomen and knee joint Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 February 1844 Date of death: 12 Aug 1844 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Disease of heart. Anasarca. Inflammation of pleurae, peritoneum and pericardium, and of the substance of the lung. Disease (standardised): Granular (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Foot); Inflammation (Pleura, Abdomen, Heart, Lung) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient, who had suffered from rheumatic fever, was a woman on remarkably intemperate habits and led a very irregular and dissolute life. On admission she was suffering from a cough and dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 February 1844 Date of death: 5 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Large sloughy abscess of the lung. Fistulous opening in the Rectum. Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lung); Fistula (Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert. Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a common fistula in ano which had originated in an abscess by the side of the Rectum. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 February 1844 Date of death: 27 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Phthisis. Pneumonia. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a cough, mucous expectoration, shortness of breath and pain in the right axillary region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 February 1844 Date of death: 21 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular Phthisis with extensive grey hepatisation of the lungs. Ulceration on the mucous surface of the lower part of the small intestine. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestine, Small) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital with well marked symptoms of Phthisis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 February 1844 Date of death: 7 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposits in both lungs and in the left kidney. Large aneurysm of the aorta. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Aneurysm (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with symptoms of bronchitis which had followed exposure to wet and cold. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 February 1844 Date of death: 14 February 1844 Disease (transcribed): Great venous congestion of the Brain, with extensive effusion into the Ventricles. Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain ) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: About a week previous to his admission he was stated to have received a severe blow upon his head during a drunken fit. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium. The other viscera were not examined, at the request of the friends. Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 69 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 February 1844 Date of death: 11 February 1844 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia. Operation followed by fatal peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Groin); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient had been subject to a ventral hernia for 30 years which he had been in the habit of returning for himself whenever it occurred. On the 9th February whilst engaged at the mangle, the intestine came down. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 63 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 February 1844 Date of death: 18 February 1844 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull; extensive laceration of brain. Fracture of clavicle and of 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Ribs on the left side. Lobular pneumonia, grey hepatization on the right side. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Clavicle, ribs); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a very intoxicated state having been knocked down by a cart, the wheel passing over her body. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 February 1844 Date of death: 7 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposits in Lungs, Liver, Spleen and Intestines with extensive ulceration of the latter. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung, Liver, Spleen, Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in an emaciated and debilitated state with symptoms of pulmonary Phthisis of four months duration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 47 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 February 1844 Date of death: 24 February 1844 Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Grey hepatisation of the lung. Granular kidneys. Encephaloid disease of uterus. Disease (standardised): Empyema (Thorax); Hepatisation (Lung); Cancer (Uterus); Granular (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with anasarcous swelling of the lower extremities and vesications of the right leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen. The examination of this body was not carried on to any extent as the subject was to go to the dissecting room; the kidneys were the only organs which were cut into Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 February 1844 Date of death: 12 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the Rectum. Fatal Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Constriction (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient had been suffering from a simple stricture of the Rectum for many years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 February 1844 Date of death: 1 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposit with vomicae in both lungs. Tubercles in the subperitoneal cellular tissue of the large intestine, with extensive ulceration of its mucous membrane. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestine); Ulcer (Intestine) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with the ordinary symptoms of Phthisis Pulmonalis of 18 months standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 February 1844 Date of death: 9 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the external malleolus, followed by diffuse cellular inflammation of the leg, and suppuration in the ankle joint, with partial destruction of the cartilages. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Foot); Inflammation (Leg); Suppuration (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a simple fracture of the outer malleolus, with considerable extravasation of blood into the ankle joint, and was going on very favourably, when on the 22nd after the application of some leeches he had an attack of inflammation of the absorbents. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left inferior extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 2 years 6 months Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 February 1844 Date of death: 2 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Cancrum Oris. Disease (standardised): Noma (Face) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a large sloughing ulcer of the face which had destroyed the cheek and exposed the mouth as far back as the last grinders. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 33 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 February 1844 Date of death: 15 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Cirrhosis of the Liver. Slight hypertrophy of left ventricle of the heart. Spleen of enormous size, congested and quite hard. Ascites with flakes of lymph. Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart); Disease (Spleen); Ascites (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with an accumulation of fluid in the abdomen of two years duration and a solid tumour in the left hypochondrium. She was of intemperate habits and had indulged freely in spirits. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 February 1844 Date of death: 28 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Fungoid disease of the ovary. Dropsy. Seropurulent effusion in the cavity of the right pleura. Laryngitis with effusion in the sub mucous cellular tissue. Disease (standardised): Fungoid disease (Ovary); Oedema (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg); Effusion (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with dropsy of the abdomen and oedema of the lower extremities. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and larynx Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 33 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 February 1844 Date of death: 10 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Diseased bones of nose. Fatal Erysepelas. Disease (standardised): Disease (Nose); Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a very cachectic state with a disease of the nostrils accompanied by great pain about the head and face and a fetid purulent discharge. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx and larynx, thorax, abdomen, cranium and nasal cavities Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 February 1844 Date of death: 12 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Large cystiform tumour connected with the Uterus. Cystiform disease of the ovaria. Disease (standardised): Tumour (Uterus); Disease (Ovary) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a fluctuating distention of the abdomen and considerable oedema of the lower extremities. Tapping was performed by Mr Caesar Hawkins. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 February 1844 Date of death: 30 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the inner malleolus; suppuration of the ankle joint; diffuse cellular inflammation of leg; fatal from profuse discharge; secondary deposit in the liver. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ankle); Suppuration (Ankle); Inflammation (Leg); Deposit (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted after being thrown down whilst wrestling, with his foot under him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left inferior extremity, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 February 1844 Date of death: 20 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Disease of Lung. Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick 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: The body was not examined, at the request of the friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 February 1844 Date of death: 2 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy and ascites. Subperitoneal cellular tissue of the liver very much thickened; liver compressed but not otherwise diseased. Mottled Kidneys. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Compressed (Liver); Mottled (Kidney); Hypertrophy (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with ascites and anasarca of two months standing apparently dependent upon a diseased state of the kidneys. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Fishmonger Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Mar 1844 Date of death: 7 Jul 1844 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular phthisis with extensive red hepatisation of the lung. Old adhesions. Glandular aggregate enlarged, as well as mesenteric glands. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Hepatisation (Lung); Enlarged (Gland) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient had been subject to a cough with occasional slight spitting of blood during the winter months only of the three previous years. On the 2nd of March he was seized with a fit of coughing and immediately brought up a large quantity of blood. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Sailor Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Mar 1844 Date of death: 23 Aug 1844 Disease (transcribed): Large encephaloid growth in the soft parts of the thigh. Neither the thoracic nor the abdominal viscera or the glands were in the least affected. Disease (standardised): Cancer (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry James Wolfenden Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: About three years before admission, the patient noticed a small moveable lump under the skin of the right thigh. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and inferior extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Mar 1844 Date of death: 7 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing wound of the left inferior extremity. Extensive deposit of calcareous matter in various parts of the arterial tissue. Liver granular. Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Calculus (Arteries); Granular (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a large sloughing ulcer at the back of the leg which had exposed a considerable portion of the Tendo Achilles. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left leg Type of incident: n/a