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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

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

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1860
Date of death: 1 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of uterus, vagina, bladder, lung & brain
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Uterus, vagina, bladder, lung, brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A pale, cachectic-looking woman, was admitted under Dr Fuller [Henry William Fuller] for supposed disease of the kidneys. She gave the following account of herself. For the last three years she had suffered from menorrhage, until 6 months ago when the discharge almost entirely ceased’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 74
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1861
Date of death: 17 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the neck of the femur. Bedsores. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Deposits (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had tripped on a piece of carpet and fell to the ground. On admission it was found that she had fractured the neck of the right femur.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and hip joints
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1853
Date of death: 9 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Schirrus tumour of both mammae, affecting the axillary glands, intercostal muscles, lungs and liver
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Breast); Tumour (Lymph nodes); Tumour (Muscles); Tumour (Lung); Tumour (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: She had noticed swelling of the right breast for eight months and it had been ulcerated for about two months before her admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1845
Date of death: 16 Mar 1845
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of pharynx and larynx with ulcers on the mucous membrane of the latter, and effusion of lymph upon its surface, extending down the trachea. Inflammation of lungs and pleurae. Spleen soft & of a greyish red colour. Fibrous tumour in uterus etc.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Pharynx, larynx, Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx); Disease (Spleen); Tumour (Uterus)

Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted for the disease of the tibia and ulceration of the leg. After she had been in the house a few days she experienced some degree of fever’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 28 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the knee joint. Bronchitis. Emphysema pulmonum. Calculi in the kidney. Bed sores and connected with them, purulent deposits in the pelvic cavity
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Knee); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Calculi (Kidney); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Suppuration (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Three weeks before her admission she fell down, striking her right knee which immediately swelled and subsequently became very painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee joint, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1855
Date of death: 26 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Pneumonia. Destruction of sterno-clavicular articulation
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Destruction (Sternoclavicular Joint)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The boy was originally admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones, labouring under fever. He was then slightly delirious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1854
Date of death: 26 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular eruption & iritis. Glandular abscess of neck. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Iritis (Eye); Abscess (Neck); Deposit
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'The body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1854
Date of death: 13 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of thumb. Diffuse inflammation. Lobular pneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Hand); Inflammation Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on account of [?] abscess of the thumb & diffuse inflammation of the forearm. He had an aged & cachetic[?] appearance, & his manner was strange & nervous, but he was not known to be of intemperate habits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right arm & hand, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 62
Date of admission: 10 May 1854
Date of death: 8 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Old ulcer of leg. Licherous eruption. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Lichenoid eruption (Skin); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was not examined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1855
Date of death: 30 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Carbuncular inflammation of lip. Purulent deposits in lungs, heart, pericardium, rectum, abdominis muscle
Disease (standardised): Carbuncle (Mouth); Deposits (Lung, Heart, Abdomen, Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of carbuncular inflammation of the lower lip which had come on about four days before his admission without any known cause.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck and face, thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1855
Date of death: 19 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman had been frequently a patient of the Hospital. She was originally admitted in 1853 suffering with syphilitic cachexia and caries of the base of the skull.
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: 19 Dec 1855
Date of death: 20 Dec 1855
Disease (transcribed): Fractured Ribs. Laceration of Lung and Diaphragm
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung); Laceration (Diaphragm)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was leading a waggon, the horse of which ran away and trampled on his chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1860
Date of death: 17 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene. Diseased heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Gangrene; Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'About 9 weeks before admission he rubbed a sore place on the great toe of the right foot with an ill-made shoe, which continued to encrease in size until his admission into the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1858
Date of death: 14 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic gangrene of the leg. Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg ); Pleuropneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: 'Whilst at work in the morning of admission he caught his foot between a large boiler belonging to some water works & the wall, much crushing it. There was a large lacerated wound of the right foot’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1858
Date of death: 3 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Diseased kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man had been under the care of the surgeon for a wound of the hand from which he had nearly recovered & was within three days of leaving the hospital when cough & expectoration with extreme dyspnoea came on & he sank in a very few days from suffocation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1856
Date of death: 13 Dec 1856
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pericarditis. Aneurysm of the Heart
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Aneurysm (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The account given was that in September last she had scarlatina and after recovering from that she had measles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1855
Date of death: 5 Oct 1855
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of foot at ankle joint. Sloughs. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Foot); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted on account of some disease of the foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1862
Date of death: 13 Sep 1862
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of an deposit (malignant?) in pharynx
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Pharynx); Cancer (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man stated that for some time he had been unable to swallow solid food on account of sore throat.
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: 1 Aug 1855
Date of death: 18 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing ulcer on thorax. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Thorax); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of a swelling over the ribs on the right side, which appeared to depend on a syphilitic affection of the bones.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1858
Date of death: 23 Sep 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the spine, the cervical glands & the lungs
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Spine, cervical glands, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: 'He stated that ever since he was a youth, he had suffered from pains in various parts of his body, except for one period of 9 years, but for the last 4 months these pains had much increased, especially on the right side, ceasing only when he became paralyzed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1854
Date of death: 24 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased ankle joint. Amputation. Pyaemia. Lobular pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ankle); Amputation (Ankle); Sepsis (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose complexion was yellow & unhealthy & general health bad, was admitted on account of disease of the ankle joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump (‘the left leg had been amputation below the knee’), thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1855
Date of death: 2 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Pharyngitis. Laryngitis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Pharyngitis (Pharynx); Laryngitis (Larynx); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted complaining of sore throat, for which he was put under the charge of the surgeon as there was some obscure history of syphilis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1846
Date of death: 12 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fungus haematodes of the left antrum. Recent pleuritis. Inflammation of lungs with purulent infiltration
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Face); Pleurisy (Pleura); Inflammation (Lung); Suppuration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Face, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a