Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Apr 1851 Date of death: 11 Jul 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the right tibia & fibula followed by erysipelatous & diffuse areolar inflammation. ‘Phlegmasia dolens’ of both legs. Inflammation & variable occlusion of the femoral, iliac & other pelvic veins, & also vena cava inferior by coagula. Lobular secondary pneumonia & pleurisy on right side. Old pleurisy on left side. ‘White patch’ on heart Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Tissue); Thrombophlebitis (Blood vessels / Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'He was admitted on account of compound fracture of the leg caused by some pieces of iron falling on him. The wound was very small, situated on the outer part of the leg. He went on very well for 10 days, until the 26th June oedema of the leg was observed & the wound assumed an unhealthy appearance’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Jul 1851 Date of death: 20 Jul 1851 Disease (transcribed): Large phagadaenic ulcer. Bedsores. Inflammation of tibia with deposit of new bone Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Tissues); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Inflammation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This man was a cook & was accustomed to keep late hours & to drink. On admission an enormous sloughy ulcer was found on the left leg extending almost round it for a length of nearly 6 inches. There had been a sore then for 6 months, which had been spreading rapidly during the last 2’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Apr 1851 Date of death: 23 Jul 1851 Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the bones of the left leg, followed by erysipelatous inflammation, & [?] of the divided muscles, so exposing the bone. Amputation. Secondary pleurisy on both sides. Softening of the various abdominal viscera Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Softening (Internal organs) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'He was admitted with compound comminuted fracture of the left leg caused by a fall of about 10 feet. The tibia protruded from a wound about an inch above the ankle, to the extent of about 2 inches & there was fracture of the fibula 2 inches higher up’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump after amputation, thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Jun 1851 Date of death: 2 Aug 1851 Disease (transcribed): Amputation at the middle part of the thigh for a large tumour of questionable character situated at the inner & lower part of the thigh & encroaching upon the popliteal space. Secondary lobular pneumonia & inflammation of the femoral vein &c Disease (standardised): Amputation (Thigh); Pneumonia (Lungs); Inflammation (Thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with a large tumour situated, the greated part of it at the lower & inner part of the left thigh, but presenting also on the outer side & encroaching on the popliteal space of the tibia. It had been first noticed in March 1849. It had been punctured & amputation of the thigh had been proposed, & only postponed because she was considered at that time (a fortnight before admission) not in sufficiently good health’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left lower extremity, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851 Date of death: 4 Aug 1851 Disease (transcribed): Extirpation of the right mammary gland for scirrhus thereof, & followed by collections of pus under the integument & among the muscles of the left thigh. Inflammation of the external iliac veins & purulent collections under iliac fascia. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Excision (Breast); Scirrhus (Breast); Suppuration (Thigh); Inflammation (Pelvis); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with a scirrhous tumour of the right breast which was removed on the 8th of May. She gradually recovered from this operation, but the wound did not heal kindly, the discharge being offensive & [?], & there being a good deal of confinement of matter, requiring the opening to be constantly kept free’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lower extremities, abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Feb 1851 Date of death: 5 Sep 1851 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid carcinomatous tumour connected with the middle portion of the thigh bone. Amputation was resorted to. Return of the tumour nearer the hip joint involving & destroying entirely the remaining part of the femur Disease (standardised): Tumour (Thigh); Amputation (Thigh); Tumour (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This man presented himself as an out-patient in Sep 1849 with a tumour situated towards the upper 1/3rd of the thigh, the formation of which he attributed to a blow received there 2 years previously’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, thigh
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Sep 1851 Date of death: 22 Sep 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine, pelvis, ribs & leg (compound) Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine, pelvis, ribs, leg) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This man was admitted a short time after having fallen from a scaffold, 4 stories high; part of the scaffold having apparently fallen with him and struck him in various palces. Two other persons received fatal injuries from the same accident’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal column, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851 Date of death: 9 Nov 1851 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of both bones of the right leg & sloughing of the wound. Secondary lobular pneumonia in the right lung. Old pleural adhesions on both sides. Recent pericarditis. Purulent deposits in the liver & slight peritonitis Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sloughing (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Deposit (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This man was a travelling carman & [?] and seemed to have led rather an irregular life. He was admitted on the 15th of October having received a kick from a horse on the right leg. The blow had fractured the leg & it appeared that in endeavouring to rise afterwards he had caused the fractured end of the tibia to protrude […] Nothing is known of the history of the old bullet wound’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Sep 1851 Date of death: 12 Nov 1851 Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the bones of the left leg. Amputation. Secondary lobular pneumonia on the right side, also pleurisy. Bronchitis. Coagula, proceeding to softening &c in the left external iliac vein. Ulceration of the os uteri Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Coagula (Blood vessels / Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'She was knocked down, on the day of her admission, by a cab, which passed over her left leg. On examination a compound fracture of both bones of the leg was recognised; the bones were extensively comminuted, and one piece of the tibia & 2 of the fibula were removed before the leg was put up’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump of left leg, abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Nov 1851 Date of death: 22 Nov 1851 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia of three days’ standing. Operation. The strangulated parts found to be congested but not more affected. Sac of hernia in a very sloughy condition. Disease of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Congestion (Thigh); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in the evening of the 18th of Nov, having apparently laboured under strangulated hernia for 3 days. The history she gave was the following. At 11 o’clock in the evening of the 15th she was taken with great pain in the belly & vomiting. The bowels had acted at 6 o’clock the same afternoon. There had been a tumour at the upper part of the left thigh for 4 or 5 years, the nature of which she was not aware of’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Nov 1851 Date of death: 21 Dec 1851 Disease (transcribed): Simple fracture into the ankle joint. Secondary deposits Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ankle); Deposit Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'He was running away from a bullock which pursued him down a lane leading down to the river, and fell down the river’s bank (a height of about 5 feet) into some mud. On his admission, the same morning into the hospital, a fracture was found extending through the inner malleolus on the right side, and through the fibula rather farther up’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, joints
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Dec 1851 Date of death: 1 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Exterior laceration of the arm. Comminution of the bones. Primary amputation. Purulent formation in the stump. Secondary pleuro pneumonia and bronchitis. Collection of pus in the muscles of the leg Disease (standardised): Laceration (Arm); Amputation (Arm); Suppuration (Arm); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Suppuration (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: He was admitted, having a short time before, fallen under a locomotion engine in motion, the wheels of which had passed over his left arm. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump of the arm, thorax, abdomen and muscles of the right leg Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Jan 1852 Date of death: 13 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the ribs. Fracture of the femur, in to the knee joint. Slight rupture of the liver Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Leg); Rupture (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This patient was brought to the hospital having a short time previously fallen out of a window, a height of almost thirty feet. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 73 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Dec 1851 Date of death: 14 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Senilis gangrene. Extensive atheromic condition of arteries, especially of left anterior. Old pleurisy on left side. Cretaceous deposit in apices of both lungs. Rigidity of aortic and pulmonic valves Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Foot); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Pleurisy (Pleura); Deposits (Lung); 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 patient was exceedingly deaf so no history of his disease could be obtained from him. Gangrene had shown itself on his left foot about six weeks before his admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left leg Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Feb 1852 Date of death: 5 Feb 1852 Disease (transcribed): Injury of the abdomen from the wheel of a dray. Laceration of integuments and inguinal region and of the muscles at upper and inner part of the thigh Disease (standardised): Injury (Abdomen); Laceration (Abdomen); Laceration (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He was knocked down by a dray a short time before his admission, the wheel of which passed over the lower part of his abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left thigh and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 8 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Nov 1851 Date of death: 15 Feb 1852 Disease (transcribed): Morbus coxarius. Excision of head of femur. Ulcerative perforation into the pelvis obviated only by thickened peritoneum Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Excision (Leg); Ulcer (Pelvis); Perforation (Pelvis); Thickening (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: She had met with some injury to the thigh about four years ago. She recovered some motion of the limb, though not completely. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joints, abdomen, thorax and cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Aug 1851 Date of death: 24 Mar 1852 Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis. Scrofulous deposit in the brain, choroid plexus, lungs, peritoneum, fallopian tubes. Scrofulous deposit also in an enlarged bursa over trochanter major of hip Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Fallopian tubes); Tuberculosis (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: The patient was originally admitted under the physician, complaining of pain in the hip which was thought to be the result of chronic rheumatism. She also had indication of phthisis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Apr 1852 Date of death: 16 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing wound of the knee exposing the patella. No injury to knee joint. Spasmodic dyspnoea. Difficulty in swallowing without producing spasms of muscles of larynx and throat. Rigidity of muscles of neck Disease (standardised): Wound (Knee); Dyspnoea (Lung); Rigidity (Neck) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: A fortnight before the day of er admission she was thrown by a bull which trampled on her right leg, inflicting a lacerated wound. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee, cranium, spinal column, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
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: 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: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 May 1852 Date of death: 25 Sep 1852 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the right cerebral hemisphere, also in the lungs. Hepatized lung. Disease of the hip joint with dislocation of the head of the bone. Diseased os innominatum Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Disease (Hip); Dislocation (Hip); Disease (Pelvis) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: On admission it was stated that this boy had been lame for a long while and he ad kept to his bed for the last five months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and left hip Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Sep 1852 Date of death: 30 Sep 1852 Disease (transcribed): Injury from contact with the wheels of a waggon. Laceration of the soft parts of the right leg followed by a gangrenous state of both legs and intense sloughing of the wound. The arteries of the limb were uninjured Disease (standardised): Laceration (Leg); Gangrene (Leg); Sloughing (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: It appeared that he had been riding on the back part of a waggon on the evening of admission, and his legs had somehow got entangled in the wheel. Body parts examined in the post mortem: External examination only Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Sep 1852 Date of death: 29 Oct 1852 Disease (transcribed): Psoas abscess. Destruction by ulceration of parts forming the right hip joint Disease (standardised): Abscess (Psoas muscle); Ulcer (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was admitted with the history of phthisis, viz bloody sputa, cough and gradual emaciation Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joint, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 66 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852 Date of death: 23 Nov 1852 Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the head of the femur and rupture of ligament. Diseased kidneys and bladder. Diseased heart. Fibrinous induration of its walls Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Rupture (Ligament); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Bladder); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This woman had fallen down against the kerb stone two days before her admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right hip, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Oct 1852 Date of death: 19 Dec 1852 Disease (transcribed): Large abscess occupying a large part of the right thigh and passing upwards into the abdomen and on the iliacus muscle. Ulceration of parts forming the hip joint. Dislocation of the bone of the thigh Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Abscess (Abdomen); Ulcer (Hip); Dislocation (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of pain in the right hip under which he had been suffering for some months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right hip joint Type of incident: n/a