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George Tucker, 59, Labourer

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

Henry Leonard, 33, Valet

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

Thomas Head, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Richard Davis, 29, Coffee house keeper

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

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Freeman, 78, [No occupation stated]

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

James South, 41, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

David Hardy, 69, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

Edwin Weaver, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Hugh Hogan, 56, [No occupation stated]

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

James Coor, [No age stated], [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

William Trebble, 35, Barman

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

Elizabeth Ward, 41, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

John Brown , 5, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Guy, 51, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

George Farmilow, 37, Plasterer

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

Richard Parrot, 61, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Miller, 3, [No occupation stated]

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

William Brown , 28, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Tanner, 21, [No occupation stated]

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

John Taylor, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of injury: n/a

William Kesterton, 40, [No occupation stated]

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

John Hatch, 11, Schoolboy

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

Eliza Waters, 50, Charwoman

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

James Faulkener, 50, [No occupation stated]

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

Elizabeth Barrett, 34, Housemaid

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

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