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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1849
Date of death: 6 Jan 1850
Disease (transcribed): Enlargement of the femur. Abscesses in thigh. Diarrhoea
Disease (standardised): Enlargement (Leg); Abscess (Leg); Diarrhoea (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 May 1850
Date of death: 22 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidneys. Dilated heart. Emphysema of lungs.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient had begun to suffer from swelling of the legs about Christmas. The abdomen had subsequently swollen and latterly sometimes her face and hands. She suffered from dyspnoea and complained of palpitation of the heart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1849
Date of death: 1 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Effusion of blood into the spinal canal. Fracture of the pelvis. Fracture of the femur
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Spinal canal); Fracture (Pelvis, thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This woman threw herself out of the attic window of a two-sory house and was picked up insensible but on admission shortly after the receipt of the injury she had completely recovered her sense, but she was cold & collapsed, her pulse scarcely perceptible’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, pelvis, right lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1849
Date of death: 14 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia of 4 days’ duration. A femoral hernia of the right side had existed for more than two years, but she had never worn a truss or experienced any inconvenience from it until the 8th of March. She was then seized with vomiting, & griping pains in the belly’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1849
Date of death: 24 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the hip
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
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: 'The body was removed by the friends previous to its being examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1849
Date of death: 12 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Separation of the epiphyses of the bones. Amputation. Inflamed femoral vein. Secondary deposits in the lungs. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Inflammation (Thigh); Deposit (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a lacerated wound of the integument six inches long just below & nearly parallel to his right groin, the skin in the neighbourhood being extensively bruised; and a compound fracture of the right tibia at the junction of its middle & lower thirds, the upper fragment of which projected through the wound’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1849
Date of death: 20 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the fauces, larynx & trachea. Ulceration of the cartilage of the femur & patella
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Mouth, throat); Ulcer (Thigh, knee)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a contusion of the left knee caused by a fall. This was followed by inflammation of the synovial membrane with considerable effusion into the cavity of the joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen, left knee joint

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1850
Date of death: 13 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Ascites, with anasarca. Disease of pylorus. Obliteration of vena porta
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg); Disease (Stomach); Obliteration (Veins) ;
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This woman stated that she had been ailing for some time, chiefly subject to sickness and irregularity of the bowels, until two months ago when the abdomen had begun to swell, and had continued to do so ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farm worker
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1850
Date of death: 10 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Ascites and anasarca. Cirrhosis of liver.
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This girl was brought up from the country in an advanced stage of dropsy affecting the abdomen and lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1849
Date of death: 2 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the thigh. Sloughing phagedaena. Tetanus. Congested blood vessels of the membranes of the cord. Cord & brain healthy. Increased vascularity of the nerves
Disease (standardised): Wound (Thigh); Phagedena (Tissues); Tetanus (Systemic); Congestion (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This boy, in attempting to jump from a bridge over the Paddington Canal into a boat, lacerated his thigh upon an iron spike. He was admitted an hour afterwards, having lost much blood since the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1849
Date of death: 6 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the pelvis. Rupture of the anterior wall of the bladder. Extravasation of urine in both thighs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Rupture (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted in collapse at 11 1/2am having early in the morning of the preceding day received a severe contusion across the hypogastrium & left groin. It appeared that in climbing some iron railings they gave way & caused him to fall with the railings’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1850
Date of death: 9 Nov 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Effusion in pleurae. Few scattered tubercles. Heart hypertrophied. Kidneys dwindled, granular and cysted.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Feet); Effusion (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man was first admitted under Dr Bence Jones when he presented symptoms of general anasarca with the pale puffy face of a person who had long laboured under Bright's Disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1850
Date of death: 10 Nov 1850
Disease (transcribed): Incised wound of the leg. Gangrene
Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Gangrene (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man was admitted with an incised wound about three inches in length on the inner side of the calf of the leg caused by the wheel of a waggon passing over the limb.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1848
Date of death: 24 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Intestines sloughy. Operation. Low peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Sloughing (Intestines); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'For 4 years she had had a femoral hernia of the right side. At first she wore a truss, but discontinued it at the end of 12 months on account of the pain & distress in the part, and the numbness in the leg which it occasioned. After she discontinued wearing the truss, the hernia became incarcerated, but there is no history of it ever having been strangulated until the 14th of January, when she was seized with pain in the abdomen and vomited several times, the bowels acting only once’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1849
Date of death: 3 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg, 4 months & a half duration. Sloughs on the back. Kidneys granular. Simple cyst of the ovary containing sebaceous matter and hair
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sloughing (Back); Disease (Kidneys); Cyst (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an oblique fracture of the left tibia & fibula at about 3 inches above the ankle, which had been caused by a fall on the pavement two days before’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1850
Date of death: 11 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of leg into the ankle joint. Two attacks of erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a compound comminuted fracture of the left tibia and fibular extending into the ankle joint. The fracture was caused by a fall from a ladder, alighting on her feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: General appearance
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1849
Date of death: 21 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fracture neck of the femur
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
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 was not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1850
Date of death: 2 Apr 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Heart slightly hypertrophied. No alb. Kidneys healthy, congested. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: Admitted with general dropsy affecting both arms and legs, as well as in the peritoneal sac, the face being also slightly oedematous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1849
Date of death: 23 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs. Mesenteric glands enlarged. Scrofulous disease of the hip
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Mesenteric glands); Disease (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: 'This child was admitted with scrofulous disease of both hips but from the mother’s account it appeared that the right hip was first affected about 2 months before. Both legs were drawn up and any attempt to straighten or move them caused pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1850
Date of death: 25 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Heart hypertrophied. Kidneys congested. Granular
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient, admitted with anasarca of the legs, and sallow and unhealthy complexion, stated that she had been more or less ailing since her last confinement three months previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1850
Date of death: 3 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Ascites and anasarca. Cirrhosis of liver. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg); Cirrhosis (Liver); Adherent (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man, who stated that he had had no previous illness of any sort, acknowledged himself to have been a hard drinker, and had latterly become liable to what he called bilious attacks with sickness, headaches and an enlarged abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1850
Date of death: 31 Jan 1850
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Anasarca. Slight hypertrophy of heart with some disease of aortic and mitral valves. Liver contracted.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Contraction (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man applied for admission with cough and shortness of breath and swollen legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1850
Date of death: 19 May 1850
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and bronchitis. Slight anasarca. Hypertrophy and dilation of right side of heart.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart) ;
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a dusky complexion, a troublesome cough, considerable dyspnoea and palpitation of the heart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1850
Date of death: 2 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the right leg. Tetanus six days after injury
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient about an hour before his admission, to save himself from falling jumped from a height of ten feet and fell with his right foot twisted under him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right lower extremity, cranium and spinal canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1849
Date of death: 29 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Extensive comminuted fracture of the base of the skull, into left tympanic cavity. Blood in tympanic cavity. Laceration of the brain. Fracture of the pelvis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man fell a distance of 45 feet from a ladder, & pitched upon his head. He was picked up insensible but on admission he had to some extent recovered his consciousness & was able to express his dislike to be molested’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident