Occupation or role: Gamekeeper Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jan 1853 Date of death: 8 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Amputation after injury to the knee joint. Secondary pneumonia. Pus in the superficial veins of the leg Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Injury (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Veins) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He applied for admission on account of a swelling near the left knee which had appeared nine months before his admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left thigh, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Butler Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Mar 1870 Date of death: 1 Apr 1870 Disease (transcribed): Fractured tibia. Old paraplegia. Bedsore. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Paraplegia (Brain); Pressure Ulcer (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Servant Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Apr 1857 Date of death: 5 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Valvular disease of the heart. Incipient disease (?) of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: She had been ill for four months with cough, dyspnoea and anasarca from cold. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Child Age: 5 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Apr 1873 Date of death: 26 Apr 1873 Disease (transcribed): Caries of metatarsal bone. Suppurating inguinal glands. Tubercular meningitis Disease (standardised): Caries (Foot); Suppuration (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: No history could be obtained of this child. On admission he was suffering from necrosis of the metatarsal bones of the left foot. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bones and glands Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Mar 1886 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh. Wound of thigh. Haemorrahage Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Wound (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This man fell from a scaffold, falling about forty feet. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Feb 1881 Date of death: 2 Apr 1881 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Amputation of foot for caries of metatarsus Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Amputation (Foot); Caries (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Not reported here' Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Mar 1873 Date of death: 2 May 1873 Disease (transcribed): Caries of hip-joint. Abscess Disease (standardised): Caries (Hip); Abscess (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This patient was admitted into the hospital on account of old contraction and disease of the right hip joint. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bones and joints Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860 Date of death: 17 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Abscess in buttock Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Buttocks) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under Mr Tatum [Thomas Tatum] with two abscesses (which were discharging unhealthy pus), situated in the left buttock. They had existed for about 10 days’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx, left thigh
Occupation or role: Married Age: 47 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Oct 1873 Date of death: 16 Jan 1874 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellulitis. Exhaustion Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This woman had suffered from varicose veins for the last twenty years, and four years ago a vein burst on the right shin and an ulcer formed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bones Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Drayman Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Apr 1853 Date of death: 18 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of thigh. Inflamed saphena and femoral veins Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Veins) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: On the day of admission he was run over by a dray, which passed over his left thigh. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and left inferior extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Nov 1856 Date of death: 19 May 1856 Disease (transcribed): Diseased knee. Resection. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Resection (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This lad had been a patient in the hospital in the early part of the year, on account of strumous disease of the left knee. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Mar 1860 Date of death: 21 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the acetabulum. Abscess in hip joint. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Abscess (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was said to have fallen between 8 & 9 feet from a scaffold, but how his leg was placed in the fall no one knew’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left hip
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 64 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Mar 1852 Date of death: 6 May 1852 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the upper part of the thigh bone. Old pleural adhesion and soft dilated heart. Kidneys slightly diseased Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This woman was admitted a short time after the occurrence of an accident by which she had broken her thigh. She fell down two stairs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left femur, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 12 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Feb 1869 Date of death: 6 Apr 1869 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of thigh. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: Four months ago he noticed pain in his right knee and shortly after swelling and pain. Three months ago the left elbow was also affected. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Mar 1875 Date of death: 11 Apr 1875 Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of left foot. Phlebitis of right leg Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Foot); Phlebitis (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: The wheel of a cattle truck passed over the toes of this patient’s left boot which were protected by a thick leather boot. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidney and spleen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Apr 1852 Date of death: 16 May 1852 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the hip joint and femur. Effusion of fluid and lymph under the arachnoid at the base of the brain. Fluid in ventricles. Death by coma and convulsions Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Disease (Leg); Effusion (Brain); Lymph (Brain); Coma (Brain); Seizures (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The child had been ill for about a year, her symptoms being referred to the left hip. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and hip joint Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Jan 1860 Date of death: 16 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidneys. Sprained ankle Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Sprain (Ankle) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man, who had been a free liver and had had delirium tremens several times, was admitted on the 4th of January into one of the surgical wards with a sprained ankle. Nothing unusual was observed about him until the 14th, when while attempting to get out of bed, he fell down half insensible’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., thorax, abdomen, right ankle
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jan 1857 Date of death: 23 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomica laying open a blood vessel. Strumous disease of the knee Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Leg) 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 came into the hospital at the commencement of the present year as a Surgeon’s patient with supposed scrofulous synovitis of the knee joint. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right knee, thorax, larynx and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Mason’s labourer Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 May 1857 Date of death: 25 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Ruptured liver. Fracture of the base of the skull, of the jaw (with dislocation) of the ribs on both sides and of the femur Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver); Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Jaw); Dislocation (Jaw); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W. Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: With some other men he was assisting to roll along stone, and he had seemed the first roller for the purpose of putting it behind, when by some means the stone slipped over and fell upon him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right thigh, cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 May 1853 Date of death: 4 Jun 1853 Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of the foot. Atheromatous state of the femoral arteries to a slight extent. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Foot); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); 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: Six weeks before his admission he noticed a small sore between the second and third toes of the left foot. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Blood vessels of the lower extremities, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 May 1857 Date of death: 29 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This girl had had scarlatina in August last which laid her up for a month. She never thoroughly regained her strength. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861 Date of death: 8 May 1861 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart and kidneys Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient was taken ill five days before her admission with stiffness in the joints soon followed by severe pain, redness and swelling. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Gender: Male Age: 33 Date of admission: 4 May 1878 Date of death: 4 May 1878 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Compd. Fract. [Compound fracture] Leg. General injuries Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Fracture (Leg); Wound (Indeterminate); Admitting doctor: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: n/a PM performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Not reported here' Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined' Type of incident: Trauma/accident?
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 66 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 May 1857 Date of death: 3 Jun 1857 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased liver and kidneys. Slight disease of the heart. Ulcers of the stomach Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This woman enjoyed very good health until Christmas last when she began to have frequent dull pain and noticed that after walking a little faster than usual her breathing became very short. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Apr 1861 Date of death: 16 May 1861 Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip and pelvis. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Disease (Pelvis); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: About ten months before admission, the patient noticed a swelling in the right groin, which was accompanied by pain in the back and loins. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right side of the pelvis Type of incident: n/a