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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1846
Date of death: 9 May 1846
Disease (transcribed): Wound in hand. Secondary abscesses in joints and in brachialis anticus. Congestive pneumonia. Heart dilated and atrophied. Disease of left kidney? Blood fluid.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Abscess (Joints); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from the effects of fracture of the first phalanx of the thumb in December 1842.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and extremities
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1841
Date of death: 4 Dec 1841
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Gangrene of the intestine and artificial anus
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Gangrene (Intestines); Colostomy (Anus)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, knee

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1852
Date of death: 23 Jun 1852
Disease (transcribed): Injury from the fall of earth. Fracture of the pelvis. Bruising of the intestines. Extravasation into the substance of the lung. Diseased kidneys. Old peritoneal and peritoneal adhesions
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Bruising (Intestines); Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Adhesions (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was working on a railroad near a bank of earth which fell and completely buried him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium, spinal column and left shoulder
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1857
Date of death: 2 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was brought to the Hospital with symptoms of strangulated femoral hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1856
Date of death: 24 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Extensive loss of scalp from ulceration. Pneumonia. Inflamed Femoral Vein
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Scalp); Pneumonia (Lung); Inflammation (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: On the day before admission he fell backwards in going up stairs and cut his head against a step.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and right inferior extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1860
Date of death: 10 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of knee. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Knee); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1842
Date of death: 4 Jun 1842
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1856
Date of death: 15 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Carbuncles. Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Carbuncle (Indeterminate); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
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: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1846
Date of death: 27 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra, with ulceration allowing urine to escape. Sloughing of cellular tissue.
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Ulcer (Urethra); Sloughing (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: For three weeks immediately preceding his admission, this man had been under treatment for stricture and retention of urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 1
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1854
Date of death: 13 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1851
Date of death: 1 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Exterior laceration of the arm. Comminution of the bones. Primary amputation. Purulent formation in the stump. Secondary pleuro pneumonia and bronchitis. Collection of pus in the muscles of the leg
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Arm); Amputation (Arm); Suppuration (Arm); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Suppuration (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: He was admitted, having a short time before, fallen under a locomotion engine in motion, the wheels of which had passed over his left arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump of the arm, thorax, abdomen and muscles of the right leg
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1847
Date of death: 24 Dec 1847
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver and enlarged spleen. Abscess of the hip joint with absorption of the cartilages.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen); Abscess (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted under the physician with Rheumatism from which he had suffered for many years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1857
Date of death: 1 Dec 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
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 given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1848
Date of death: 3 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra with ulceration. Sloughing and suppuration of mucous membrane of bladder. Inflamed kidneys
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Ulcer (Urethra); Sloughing (Bladder); Suppuration (Bladder); Inflammation (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a state of great suffering from retention of urine, not having passed any for several hours.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1857
Date of death: 4 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the thigh. Pyaemia. Hydatids of liver
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic); Echinococcosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: This man was admitted with great pain and swelling of the right knee.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and stump
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gamekeeper
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1853
Date of death: 8 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Amputation after injury to the knee joint. Secondary pneumonia. Pus in the superficial veins of the leg
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Injury (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He applied for admission on account of a swelling near the left knee which had appeared nine months before his admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left thigh, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1848
Date of death: 24 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Inflammation & ulcer of mucous lining of bladder, cysts in bladder. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Inflammation (Bladder); Ulcer (Bladder); Cyst (Bladder); 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: 'He was a native of Bucks [Buckinghamshire], of spare habit but looked well. For 8 years he had suffered with symptoms of stone in the bladder which during the last 18 months had been more urgent & distressing. On introducing a sound, a calculus of considerable size and rough on the surface was detected. His urine was acid & contained a small quantity of pus, but the bladder was not irritable & the prostate neither enlarged or tender’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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]
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1854
Date of death: 14 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1849
Date of death: 10 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous disease of the hip. Abscess of [the hip]
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Hip); Abscess (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: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body at the particular desire of the friends was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1854
Date of death: 9 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Old stricture. Abscess in pericardium. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stricture Abscess (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted, evidently in a hopeless condition, on account of retention of urine. No very accurate history was obtained; as he himself was in a state of senile dementia, & could give no rational account of himself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, kidneys

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1851
Date of death: 17 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of the areolar tissue about the elbow & arm, proceeding to formation of pus. Absorption of the cartilage of bones forming the elbow joints & purulent matter in the joints. Pleurisy on left side. Grey hepatization of both lungs. Disease of the kidneys. Air in the liver. Softening of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Elbow, arm tissue); Suppuration (Elbow, arm tissue); Pleurisy (Lungs); Hepatization (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys, liver, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Five weeks ago he fell from a ladder 6 feet from the ground & struck the left elbow against the grate of a furnace. On the slough being removed about 10 days from the accident, the whole of the forearm began to swell particularly in the neighbourhood of the wound. Poultices were applied & this was the only treatment adopted before he came to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Elbow joint, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1847
Date of death: 02 Apr 1847
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra with ulceration behind. Extravasation of urine and abscess in perineum.
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Ulcer (Urethra); Extravasation (Urethra); Abscess (Perineum)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient is appeared had suffered with stricture for twenty five years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1858
Date of death: 19 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Prostatic tumour. Abscess between the walls of the bladder. Diseased kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Prostate); Abscess (Bladder); Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick and Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: '4 years before admission was in Brighton Hospital for stricture of the urethra, & after 11 weeks of catheterization was so much relieved that he suffered no more from it till 3 weeks before admission, when he found difficulty in passing his urine which he attributed to having caught cold’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1854
Date of death: 22 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Serous effusion in pleurae. Hypertrophy & dilatation of the heart. Lungs odematous
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Effusion (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Edema (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who had been of rather intemperate habits, was admitted on account of sloughing ulcer on each leg, which had resulted originally from accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a