Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Jun 1868 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Laceration of lateral sinus. Compression of brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Transverse sinuses); Compression (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient had fallen off a scaffold. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Ex policeman Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jan 1867 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: Brought in dead having fallen down in the street. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 70 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Jan 1875 Date of death: 28 Jan 1875 Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Atheroma. Gangrene (amputation) Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Gangrene (Foot); Amputation (Foot) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: The patient stated that a week or ten days before she woke up in the morning and found that she had been sleeping with the bed clothes of her left foot which was feeling quite numbed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Jul 1873 Date of death: 29 Jul 1873 Disease (transcribed): Laryngitis. Tracheotomy. Bronchitis. Pleurisy. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Laryngitis (Larynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea); Bronchitis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: The patient had been quite well up to the day before when she felt unwell and had some difficulty in breathing which increased. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, larynx, trachea, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 May 1872 Date of death: 15 Aug 1872 Disease (transcribed): Cancerous infiltration of glands of axilla. Cancer of lung and pericardium. Pericarditis. Cancer of forearm. Amputation Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Cancer (Arm); Amputation (Arm) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Lacy, Charles De Lacy Medical notes: Sixteen years before admission she severely cut the right forearm and the injury was followed by flexure of fingers and consequent impairment of the use of the hand. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Apr 1872 Date of death: 28 Apr 1872 Disease (transcribed): (Ankylosis of knee). Amputation of leg. Calcareous atheroma. Secondary haemorrhage. Exhaustion. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Ankylosis (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Haemorrhage (Leg); Exhaustion (Systemic); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This man came in with disease of the right knee joint of a few years duration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 47 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Feb 1872 Date of death: 8 Mar 1872 Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of foot. Amputation at thigh. Atheroma. Thrombosis of femoral and common iliac veins. Bedsores Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Foot); Amputation (Leg); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Thrombosis (Veins); Pressure ulcer (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This patient a month before admission was suddenly attacked with great pain in the right loin, followed by coldness and pain down the leg and slight swelling. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Aug 1871 Date of death: 2 Aug 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Atheroma. Strangulated inguinal hernia. Operation Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Hernia (Abdomen); Operation
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'He had had a rupture 16 years. He wore a truss for 2 years, & then relinquished it, so that none was worn for last 14 years, during which time the bowel frequently came down. July 29 bowel came down after coughing and he could not return it. Bowels had acted that morning, not since’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Horsebreaker Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Jun 1870 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine. Rupture of left renal artery. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Rupture (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This patient was brought in to the Hospital dead. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cabinet Maker Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Apr 1870 Date of death: 21 May 1870 Disease (transcribed): Fatty Heart. Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The patient had fallen off some steps in a garden, his right foot sank into the earth, so that as he fell he was twisted outwards. On admission he was found to have a fracture of both malleoli of the right foot, with displacement of the foot outwards. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and cerebrum Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 59 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Jun 1869 Date of death: 2 Jul 1869 Disease (transcribed): Intra-capsular fracture of neck of femur. One kidney granular the other containing stone. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Disease (Kidney); Calculi (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: The history given was that a fortnight before he fell and hurt his left hip while in a fit to which he had been subject. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and hip Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Mar 1869 Date of death: 2 Apr 1869 Disease (transcribed): Death from chloroform. Fatty heart. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Anaesthetic death (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient was going down into a cellar on a ladder when the lid of the cellar fell and struck him on his left forearm. The arm was set but he came to the hospital two months after the accident to see if the arm could be put in a better position and chloroform was administered. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bus driver Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Jun 1868 Date of death: 9 Jun 1868 Disease (transcribed): Bruising of brain. Blood in arachnoid. Fatty heart. Disease (standardised): Bruising (Brain); Blood (Brain); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient had fallen off a cart was brought in insensible. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 73 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1868 Date of death: 25 Apr 1868 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation. Morbus cordis. Amyloid kidneys Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arm); Disease (Heart); Amyloidosis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: Eight days before admission he was gardening, cut and poisoned his right thumb.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Apr 1867 Date of death: 7 May 1867 Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Fracture of leg. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This man was admitted with a simple oblique fracture of both bones of the right leg and the junction of the middle with the lower third. He stated that the accident had occurred through his slipping off the eddge of the kerb stone. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right leg Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Plumber Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Feb 1867 Date of death: 3 Apr 1867 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of thoracic aorta. Traumatic aneurism of femoral ligature. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Aneurysm (Arteries); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient had for six months previous to his admission noticed a throbbing in the right ham, and he stated that when coming down a ladder about twelve days ago he missed one rung with his right foot and stepped sharply on to the one below. He felt a sharp twinge above the ham at that time. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and leg Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Nov 1866 Date of death: 18 Jan 1867 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of abdominal aorta Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This man stated that four years ago he fell from a height of fifteen feet, injuring his left shoulder. Three years later he had pain in the small of the back. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Inscription on title page (Vol I): ‘London Hospital Medical Library 1904’
Four volumes: I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects)
Occupation or role: Confectioner Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Apr 1864 Date of death: 18 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull and spine. Perforation of carotid Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, spine); Perforation (Carotid arteries) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'The broughman, in which this gentleman was riding, came into violent collision with the pole of an omnibus, which, crashing through the side of the carriage, struck the unfortunate gentleman on the head, he vomited a large quantity of blood immediately, and died in a few seconds’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, trunk
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 75 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Mar 1863 Date of death: 25 Apr 1863 Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of leg. Disease of blood vessels Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg); Disease (Vessels) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: For the last few years he had had a large ulcer over the outer ankle of the right leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Jul 1861 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine. Laceration of pulmonary artery, branches etc Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Laceration (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Venning, Edgcombe Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient when admitted was quite dead. It appeared that she had been thrown from her horse. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Married Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 May 1862 Date of death: 1 Jul 1862 Disease (transcribed): Disease of aorta. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Disease (Arteries); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The history that this patient gave of himself was that eighteen months ago, after a severe illness of inflammation of the heart, she noticed a beating in the right clavicular region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carman Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Oct 1861 Date of death: 23 Jan 1862 Disease (transcribed): Fibrinous coagula in the heart, formed during life. Coagulum impacted in femoral artery. Fibrinous block in spleen Disease (standardised): Fibrinous coagula (Heart); Coagulum (Arteries); Fibrin (Spleen) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man was first a patient in the hospital in August 1861 and at that time he had been ill for eleven months. He had at that time oedema of the lower extremities, distended abdomen and dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest, abdomen and femoral artery Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 72 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Aug 1861 Date of death: 24 Aug 1861 Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs and clavicle. Apoplexy Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Clavicle); Stroke (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Venning, Edgcombe Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: On admission the patient gave a history that whilst he was standing on a cart he fell off falling upon some sacks. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, liver, kidneys and spleen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jul 1856 Date of death: 28 Jul 1856 Disease (transcribed): Melanosis of the Brain, Heart, Pancreas Disease (standardised): Melanosis (Brain ); Melanosis (Heart); Melanosis (Pancreas) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was originally admitted on account of tumours in various parts of the body. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a