Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 59 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Mar 1877 Date of death: 18 Mar 1877 Disease (transcribed): Wound of peritoneum; peritonitis. Wound of pericardium and of heart. Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Wound (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: Nine hours previous to admission this patient, having been worried by his grandchildren laid open his abdomen with a penknife. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and intestinal canal Type of incident: Suicide
Occupation or role: Valet Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1857 Date of death: 30 Apr 1857 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Compressed and condensed lung. Displaced heart. Peritonitis. Enlarged liver. Diseased kidneys. Ulceration of the large intestine Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Displaced (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Enlarged (Liver); Disease (Kidney);Ulcer (Intestines) ; Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: For six years he had suffered at times from cough and more than once from slight haemoptysis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and larynx Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 32 Date of admission: 25 Jan 1854 Date of death: 3 Apr 1854 Disease (transcribed): Phagadaena. Ulceration of a wound of leg. Pleurisy. Secondary deposits in lung. Inflammation of pulmonary vein Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Wound (Leg); Pleurisy (Pleura); Deposit (Lung); Inflammation (Blood vessels); Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was tolerably healthy & habits, as far as was known, temperate, was admitted on account of a lacerated wound of the leg (caused by striking it against the step of an omnibus)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Coffee house keeper Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Mar 1858 Date of death: 13 Apr 1858 Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man who was a coffee house keeper had been ailing some five months with cough & aphonia, but he had only kept his bed nine weeks, & this was on account of an attack of acute rheumatism’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 78 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Mar 1879 Date of death: 8 Mar 1879 Disease (transcribed): Old age. Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart Disease (standardised): Frailty (Systemic); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient was knocked down by a cab. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860 Date of death: 1 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Chronic rheumatic arthritis of hip. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Hip); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man stated that 4 months before his admission he was pushing a carriage into a coach house, when he felt something give way in his left knee. The following morning the left hip was […] swollen, & the thigh became perfectly black, as if from a severe bruise’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip joint
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 69 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Mar 1858 Date of death: 5 Apr 1858 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Old aneurism of the abdominal aorta. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man had suffered more or less for 16 months with cough, shortness of breath & pain in the chest. The legs had also been apt to show signs of oedema. During the summer months he was better, but as his old symptoms returned towards the close of last year he came as out-patient & attended for nearly 8 weeks’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 70 Date of admission: 26 Dec 1853 Date of death: 1 Apr 1854 Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the upper part of the femur. Adherent pericardium. Pleural adhesions & friable condensed state of the lung Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Adherent (Pericardium); Disease (Pleura, lung) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This old man was admitted near the close of last year, in consequence of an accident (a fall of about 10ft from a ladder), in which he had injured the left thigh bone’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Apr 1853 Date of death: 24 Apr 1853 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the thigh. Pus in the internal saphena and femoral veins. No pus in the cancelli of the bone Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Suppuration (Veins) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted shortly after an accident in which (being drunk at the time) he was said to have fallen down on the pavement with another man falling on him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Mar 1858 Date of death: 3 Apr 1858 Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Diseased supra-renal capsules Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left foot, cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Barman Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Apr 1868 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient was brought in dead having fallen in the street. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 41 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Mar 1858 Date of death: 31 Mar 1858 Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Abscess of thumb Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Abscess (Thumb) 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: 'Had a chap on her hand a week before admission, when she was washing some clothes, there [?] soda in the water, & from that time, an abscess formed there, getting worse till she came as OP [out-patient] 2 days ago’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 5 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Mar 1858 Date of death: 25 Mar 1858 Disease (transcribed): Disease of os calcis. Secondary deposit in heart, lungs &c Disease (standardised): Disease (Heel bone); Deposit (Heart, lungs) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right foot, cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 51 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Feb 1860 Date of death: 23 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the aorta Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was married and kept a small inn at St Neots. It appeared partly from her own account, and partly from particulats furnished by Dr Evans of St Neots, under whose care she had previously been, that during last August she suffered occasionally from pain passing down the outside of the left arm to the ends of the fingers’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: Plasterer Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Mar 1857 Date of death: 13 Apr 1857 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema of the lungs. Dilated heart (right side) Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This patient was admitted with orthopnoea and with his face being much altered in colour and expression. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Mar 1860 Date of death: 23 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of heart & lungs Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Heart, lungs) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: 'This man had pretty good health until three months before admission, when he began to have rheumatic pains’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 3 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Mar 1857 Date of death: 10 Apr 1857 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pneumonia. Scrofulous disease of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This man was admitted with pretty severe pyrexia accompanied by a reddish mottled condition of the skin which had somewhat the appearance of the eruption of measles. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Mar 1858 Date of death: 23 Mar 1858 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Amaurosis. Valvular disease & hypertrophy of the heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Blindness (Eyes); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick and Hart, Ernest Abraham Medical notes: 'For three months before admission he had gradually been losing the sight of both eyes & did not know what to trace the affection to. On his admission he had some pain at back of eyeballs, & coulod see but little with either eye’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Mar 1853 Date of death: 12 Apr 1853 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the thigh. Abscess around stump. Pus in the cancelli of the femur. Pus in the femoral vein. Secondary deposits in the lungs and in left knee Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Abscess (Leg); Suppuration (Leg); Suppuration (Veins); Deposits (Lung); Deposits (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: She was admitted on account of strumous disease of the bones of the right lower extremity. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 20 Date of admission: 1 Feb 1854 Date of death: 17 Mar 1854 Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Fibrous vegetations on the mitral & aortic valves. Deposits in spleen & kidneys Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Vegetations (Blood vessels, heart); Deposit (Kidney); Deposit (Spleen) Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This young man, on his admission, presented the appearance of […] labouring under phthisis in its advanced state’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Jan 1853 Date of death: 14 Jan 1853 Disease (transcribed): Abscess and great sloughing of the subtegumentary tissues at the back of the thigh. Diseased heart and valves Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Sloughing (Leg); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was admitted labouring under a carbuncle which he had apparently had for three weeks. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, abdomen, thorax and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Schoolboy Age: 11 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Mar 1870 Date of death: 9 Mar 1870 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Morbus Cordis. Superficial ulcer of right foot. Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Foot) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The boy had had an inflamed foot for a fortnight, no cause known. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Charwoman Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Mar 1870 Date of death: 6 Mar 1870 Disease (transcribed): Femoral Hernia. Operation. Rupture of the Bowel. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Blood Vessels); Rupture (Intestine ) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The patient was brought to the Hospital in extreme pain due to a strangulated femoral hernia of a large size. Mr Holmes operated. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen. All the viscera and other parts of the body were natural Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Mar 1853 Date of death: 11 Apr 1853 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscess of the lung. Pericarditis. Encephaloid tumor of the occipital bone and dura mater Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Tumour (Skull); Tumour (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of a small tubercle in the right side of the face just below the eye. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, neck and face Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Feb 1877 Date of death: 3 Mar 1877 Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Endocarditis. Plugging of right middle cerebral artery. Abscesses in brain and spleen. Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Endocarditis (Heart); Plugging (Arteries); Abscess (Brain); Abscess (Spleen) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: For six years this patient had had a small round tumour in front of right ear, which had slowly increased in size. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain Type of incident: n/a