Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 15 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Apr 1845 Date of death: 21 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Rupture of right kidney. Extensive haemorrhage into, and behind, peritoneum Disease (standardised): Rupture (Kidneys); Haemorrhage (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a dying condition, having been run over by a cart a short time previously’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 5 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 May 1845 Date of death: 20 May 1845 Disease (transcribed): Stone in bladder. Lithotomy. Diffuse cellular inflammation of pelvis. Peritonitis. Pleurisy on both sides. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Lithotomy; Inflammation (Pelvis); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'George Fish, at 5 ½, admitted into the hospital on the 7th of May. No distinct history of his complaint could be procured, but it was stated that he had had some pain in making water and had been in the habit of pulling his prepuce for four months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 May 1845 Date of death: 23 May 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive rupture of the liver with effusion of blood & bile into the peritoneum. Fracture of 4th, 5th, & 6th ribs Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver); Effusion (Abdomen); Fracture (Ribs) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient shortly before his admission was knocked down by some horses and the wheel of a carriage passed over his abdomen. Some of the ribs were felt to be fractured upon the side side, and he was in a state of extreme collapse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Feb 1877 Date of death: 16 Apr 1877 Disease (transcribed): Fibroplastic tumour of back, granular kidney, fatty heart, endarteritis. Disease (standardised): Tumour (Back); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Endarteritis (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: This patient had been in the Hospital on four previous occasions, and had on each occasion had a tumour or portion of tumour removed from his back. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen. Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 53 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 May 1845 Date of death: 28 May 1845 Disease (transcribed): Umbilical & femoral hernia. Mortification of small intestine contained in the femoral sac. Extensive hepatisation of lower lobe, left lung. One small vomica in the apex of the right lung Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen, thigh); Mortification (Intestines); Hepatisation (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'Anne Dudley, married, the mother of ten children, admitted at 9pm on 26th of May. She stated that she had had an umbilical hernia for thirty years, which first appeared during a difficult parturition. She had always worn a truss which however was not very effectual lately owing to its being out of repair’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 May 1845 Date of death: 3 Jun 1845 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis of a low character. Pleurisy on both sides, with congestion of the lungs. Petechial spots on the heart, the internal membrane of which was deeply bloodstained. Blood semi-fluid Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Purpura (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a large excessively tender tumor in the right femoral region, accompanied by tenderness of abdomen, and anxiety of countenance. Her manner was much depressed: she said that she had been subject to hernia for some time and had worn a truss. 3 or 4 hours previous to admission the hernia came down, while her truss was on’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 63 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 May 1845 Date of death: 3 Jun 1845 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Caecum & omentum in the sac. Peritonitis of a low character. Foul suppuration in the sac and in neighbouring cellular tissue. Gut thickened. Pleurisy on both sides Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert and Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a large soft tumor in the right femoral region with some impulse on coughing and by the side of this was another small swelling which could be reduced into the abdomen without difficulty’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, hernial sac, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Dec 1844 Date of death: 14 Jun 1845 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Amputation. Recent pleurisy, pericarditis & peritonitis. Atheroma in aorta Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'A wheel of a cart passed over the leg of this patient and upon admission it was found that the tibia was exposed and fractured, but that the portions of bone were not at all displaced’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, stump
Occupation or role: Housekeeper Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Jul 1871 Date of death: 20 Jul 1871 Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic contraction of rectum. Passage of bougie. Perforation of rectum. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Rectum); Dilation (Rectum); Perforation (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient had had discharge of matter and occasionally of blood from rectum, for three years, with increasing difficulty of passing motions. Two years ago some diseased bone came away from right ulna’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, bones
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Nov 1869 Date of death: 30 May 1870 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous disease of femora and tibiae. Also of iliac bones. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Leg); Tuberculosis (Pelvis) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This patient was in hospital in the early part of 1869, and was sent to Margate without improvement. When again admitted, there was contraction of both hips and sinuses discharging over hip and ilium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestine Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Feb 1845 Date of death: 7 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous disease of the rectum, spreading to the glands of the pelvis and neighbouring cellular tissue Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'Twelve months before her admission into the hospital this patient complained of difficulty in passing her motions. She suffered at the same time from occasional accumulations of faecal matter in the colon, and consequent attacks of diarrhoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen (‘the other viscera […] were not examined on account of the advanced decomposition’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 68 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Jul 1845 Date of death: 26 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn. Mucous surface of duodenum slightly increased in vascularity. Other viscera healthy Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an extensive burn situated upon the right arm, right side of the chest, neck and face, and apparently in many places having destroyed the whole thickness of the skin. Her clothes had caught fire shortly before her admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Female Date of admission: 04 Aug 1847 Date of death: 07 Sep 1847 Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Flabby heart. Medullary disease of bronchial glands and lungs. Ascites. Small malignant tubercles under peritoneum. General peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from ascites. She had suckled her child up to two months ago, when gradually increasing debility warned her that it was necessary to give up suckling. About this time her legs began to swell. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Jul 1847 Date of death: 12 Sep 1847 Disease (transcribed): Pleuritic adhesions of hydrothorax. Dilatation and hypertrophy of left ventricle and fatty heart. Ascites. Thickened peritoneum. Liver diseased. Kidneys granular, the left contracted. Spleen softened. Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Thickening (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney);Disease (Spleen) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted suffering from anasarca of long duration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Aug 1845 Date of death: 17 Aug 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive laceration of the spleen, from a fall, with slight laceration of the liver, and effusion of blood into the peritoneum. Lungs loaded with red, frothy serum and partially solidified. Other viscera healthy, except slight thickening of mitral & aortic valves Disease (standardised): Laceration (Spleen, liver); Effusion (Abdomen); Disease (Lungs, heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have fallen a distance of twenty feet and to have struck his side against a pole. After the injury he remained insensible for some time’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 76 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Jul 1845 Date of death: 17 Aug 1845 Disease (transcribed): Ulcers on leg. Red hepatisation of inferior lobe, left lung. Dilatation with softening of heart. Old umbilical hernia. Kidneys granular with chronic inflammation and effusion of a patch of lymph in one of the pyramids of Malpighi Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Hepatisation (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Hernia (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an ulcer near the great toe of the right foot and erysipelalous inflammation of the skin of the leg. There were also several abscesses in the cellular membrane of the limb’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Messenger Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 July 1877 Date of death: 15 July 1877 Disease (transcribed): Purulent Peritonitis (Hernia) Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: Five days before admission the patient exerted himself much in playing cricket. On the following day he felt some pain and stiffness across the lower part of the abdomen. Three days before admission he noticed that a rupture, which had troubled him for seven years, was down and much longer than usual. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and intestine Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housekeeper Age: 52 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Jun 1870 Date of death: 28 Jul 1870 Disease (transcribed): Ovariotomy. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Operation (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This patient had noticed a tumour in the left side of the abdomen for ten years which had gradually enlarged, but gave no pain until a year before her admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jul 1845 Date of death: 6 Sep 1845 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease affecting the glands and cellular tissue of the groin and spreading into the pelvis and along the abdominal glands in the course of the large vessels and also in both mediastina. Chronic ulcer of the stomach, on its anterior wall Disease (standardised): Encephaloid disease (Groin, pelvis, abdomen); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient presented himself with an oval tumor in the right groin connected in some degree with the subjacent parts. It was of a tolerably form consistence with the exception of an ulcerated part in the middle, which presented a fungoid appearance’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Inferior extremities, abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845 Date of death: 24 Sep 1845 Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Effused blood into both cavities of pleura. Ruptured kidney. Effused blood behind peritoneum. Rupture of brain with effused blood into its substance. Effusion of blood into arachnoid cavity. Dislocation of hip-joint Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Effusion (Lungs, abdomen); Rupture (Kidneys, brain); Dislocation (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'A roll of lead had fallen upon this patient shortly before his admission, and knocked him through a trap door into a cellar. When admitted he was partially sensible but in a state of great collapse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 41 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jul 1858 Date of death: 2 Sep 1858 Disease (transcribed): Fibrous tumour of the uterus. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tumour (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard and Hooper, John Henry Medical notes: 'A single woman who had always enjoyed good health & had led a laborious life. A fortnight before admission she first had difficulty in making water, then pain came on in the lower part of the back, but there was no vaginal discharge. However after she had been in the hospital two days yellowish vaginal discharge appeared & was accompanied by lassitude & aching in all her limbs. A hard mass was felt in the left iliac & hypogastric regions which was not tender to the touch & was immovable’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Uterus
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Sep 1845 Date of death: 25 Sep 1845 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of femoral artery. Diffuse inflammation of cellular tissue behind peritoneum in left iliac and lumbar region, after operation Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Thigh); Inflammation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'Upon admission an oval pulsatory tumor presented itself, immediately below Pouparts ligament upon the left side. The tumor could be almost entirely emptied by pressure, but filled again immediately by successive pulsations as soon as the pressure was removed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Sep 1845 Date of death: 27 Sep 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive laceration of the liver. Rupture of vena cava inferior. Separation of symphysis pubis Disease (standardised): Laceration (Liver); Rupture (Blood vessels); Injury (Pubis) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'A cart had passed over the body of this patient shortly before his admission into the hospital. When admitted he was in a state of collapse with blanched features, and complained much of pain’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jul 1844 Date of death: 24 Oct 1844 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca. Effusion of fluid into thoracic serous cavities. Dilatation of heart without hypertrophy. Extensive inflammation of lung and pulmonary apoplexy. Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg, Foot); Effusion (Thorax); Dilatation (Heart); Inflammation (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of a palpitation of the heart and an acute pain in the region of the organ which appeared to occupy a larger space than natural. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation] Age: 79 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Aug 1877 Date of death: 28 Aug 1877 Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Operation without opening the sac. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: Six months ago she noticed a small lump in the left groin which disappeared when she laid down and gave her no pain until four days before admission when she also noticed the swelling was larger than normal and vomiting commenced. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain and intestine Type of incident: n/a