Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Apr 1845 Date of death: 15 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the scalp. Extravasations of blood, both in the cavity of the arachnoid, and in the structure of the brain. Fracture of external malleolus with suppuration in joint and in the neighbourhood Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp); Extravasation (Brain); Fracture (Ankle); Suppuration (Ankle) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'When admitted, this patient presented the usual symptoms of concussion and a lacerated scalp wound on the back part of the head. The symptoms of concussion were complicated by those of intoxication, as it was subsequently ascertained that she had drunk a considerable quantity before meeting with her accident’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Feb 1846 Date of death: 20 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn. Effusion of fluid in sub arachnoid tissues and in ventricles. Three ulcers in duodenum. Mottling degeneration of the kidneys. Other organs healthy. Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Effusion (Brain); Ulcer (Duodenum); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This girl was admitted in a state of collapse and suffering from a severe burn after her clothes caught fire Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Mar 1843 Date of death: 15 May 1843 Disease (transcribed): Disease of spinal marrow. Chronic inflammation of Bladder and Kidney. Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Inflammation (Bladder); Inflammation (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, brain, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Dec 1847 Date of death: 30 Apr 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis with enormous effusion of purulent fluid into the cavity of the pleura. Amputation of the leg. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Suppuration (Pleural cavity); Amputation (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur. Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Apr 1851 Date of death: 1 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia of right side. Operation Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'The history is not given as the body was not examined’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The friends objected to examination’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Apr 1851 Date of death: 25 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Wounds of the face & scalp. Fracture of the skull with laceration of the dura mater & brain. Extravasation of blood in the arachnoid cavity & subarachnoid areolar tissue. Low pneumonia Disease (standardised): Wound (Face, scalp); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This young man was brought into the hospital while in a state of partial coma, having just before fallen from a ladder, a height of 14 feet, in the quadrant. He appeared to have fallen backwards & struck his head on the pavement. There was profuse haemorrhage from the wounds on the head’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Apr 1846 Date of death: 13 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the uterus and left fallopian tube after parturition. Peritonitis of a low character. Small lacerated wound in anterior part of vagina. Other viscera healthy. Veins healthy. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Uterus); Inflammation (Fallopian tubes); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Wound (Vagina) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was delivered about ten days before admission of a nine months child. The labour lasted sixteen hours during which time she was convulsed and insensible. She remembered nothing of the labour but its commencement. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Shepherd Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Mar 1847 Date of death: 24 Apr 1848 Disease (transcribed): Disease of hip joint with dislocation of the femur. Inflammation of the femoral and iliac veins and vena cava. Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Dislocation (Leg); Inflammation (Veins) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient on admission presented the symptoms of disease of the hip joint of long standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Apr 1845 Date of death: 4 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive laceration of the right lung with a large extravasation of blood into the cavity of the pleura. Separation of several cartilages of the ribs, right side, from the sternum. Rupture of the liver. Fracture of arm & leg Disease (standardised): Laceration (Lungs); Extravasation (Lungs); Separation (Chest); Rupture (Liver); Fracture (Arm, leg) 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 perfectly sensible when admitted, but presented ex-sanguine features and scarcely any pulse. He died after having been in the hospital an hour, having never rallied in any degree from his state of collapse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left superior extremity, left inferior extremity
Occupation or role: Needleworker Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 May 1847 Date of death: 23 Apr 1848 Disease (transcribed): Caries of the whole of the sacrum with destruction of the lumbo sacral and sacro iliac joints. Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a lumbar abscess. She reported that two years ago, the swelling first appeared in the loins. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 03 Mar 1847 Date of death: 26 Mar 1847 Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Compressed lung from thickening of pleura. Specs of atheroma on aorta. Cirrhosis of liver with ascites. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Compressed (Lung); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur. Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient whose whole appearance was indicative of ill-health was admitted with an abscess over the sacrum, the result of an injury received some time previously. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Apr 1850 Date of death: 11 May 1850 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of the hand and arm from a punctured wound of the throat. Secondary abscess Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arm); Wound (Pharynx); Abscess (Indeterminate) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: The body not being examined the case is not recorded. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the request of the friends Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 February 1844 Date of death: 30 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Psoas Abscess Disease (standardised): Abscess (Psoas) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined, at the request of her friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Sep 1847 Date of death: 16 Apr 1848 Disease (transcribed): Caries of 10th dorsal vertebra. Pneumonia. Pus in cavity of pleurae. Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Pleural cavity) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted with symptoms of incipient disease of the spine. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and spine. Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Distillery worker Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849 Date of death: 20 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Abscesses & cysts in both kidneys. Abscess of the prostate communicating with the urethra. Extravasation of blood beneath mucous membrane of the bladder. Serous apoplexy. Wet brain Disease (standardised): Abscess (Kidneys); Cyst (Kidneys); Abscess (Prostate); Extravasation (Bladder); Apoplexy (Brain); Disease (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'No distinct account could be elicited respecting the history of this patient’s complaint, but it appeared that for years he had at intervals experienced some difficulty in passing his urine for which the catheter had occasionally been employed. He had been a pretty free drinker, having been employed at a distillery, and in the beginning his complaint appears to have been occasional attacks of spasmodic stricture, but for the last four months there had been some permanent difficulty in micturition’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Feb 1843 Date of death: 23 Apr 1843 Disease (transcribed): Abscess in Elbow joint. Disease (standardised): Abscess (Arm) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Mar 1849 Date of death: 19 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia & abscess in both lungs. Old pericardial adhesions. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Keate, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was originally admitted under the care of Mr Keate [Robert Keate] with fracture of 2 or 3 ribs on the right side from accident (probably the 3rd, 4th & 5th). He had some cough, and complained of pain on the right side for two or three days, in consequence of which it was thought necessary, after applying a few leeches, to take blood from the arm, by which his more urgent symptoms were greatly relieved’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Apr 1849 Date of death: 18 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Rupture of the urethra, canal behind dilated, stricture. Ulceration of mucous membrane of the bladder. Dilatation of the ureters & pelvices of both kidneys Disease (standardised): Rupture (Urethra); Ulcer (Bladder); Disease (Ureters, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan and Johnson, Henry Charles Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This man, who had been an out-patient under the care of Mr Johnson [Henry Charles Johnson] since July last for a stricture of the urethra of several years’ duration, after having had a catheter passed on the 24th of March, relieved home & experienced a rather severe rigor. On the following day Mr Johnson was requested to see him & found him suffering from the premonitory symptoms of common fever, for which he was treated by a medical man at his own home’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pelvis
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Feb 1851 Date of death: 13 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of bursa patella. Pleurisy & pneumonia on left side. Bronchial tubes generally dilated. Hypertrophy of the heart Disease (standardised): Abscess (Knee); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert and Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient, who was very thin & unhealthy in appearance, was admitted in the first instance under the care of Mr Keate [Robert Keate] with an abscess connected with the bursa patella. This was immediately opened & 3 or 4 ounces of pus evacuated. Erysipelas extended from the knee up as far as the bend of the thigh’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Stable boy Age: 15 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Apr 1851 Date of death: 11 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Injury to the head from a fall, followed by insensibility alternating with delirium, muscular spasms &c. Congestion of the membranes of the brain. Extensive serous effusion into the ventricles. Crude tubercle in the right lobe of the cerebellum & right hemisphere of the cerebrum Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Delirium (Brain); Spasm (Muscles); Congestion (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient , who was a stable boy, fell from his horse about 7 days before his admission & struck the back of his hand against the ground. He stated that he was stunned by the fall & that he remained insensible for 2 days. After this period consciousness returned, but he was subject to pain in the head, & drowsiness, & was unfit for his usual occupation’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 69 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Apr 1848 Date of death: 8 Apr 1848 Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Suppuration in substance of omentum. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner. Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Oct 1842 Date of death: 6 Nov 1842 Disease (transcribed): Infected hand. Diffuse suppuration of cellular tissue. Disease (standardised): Infection (Hand); Suppuration (Tissue) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left hand and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 64 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Mar 1851 Date of death: 31 Mar 1851 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia & operation 3 days after the earliest symptoms. Hernial sac contained also omentum which was adherent around the neck. Peritonitis. Perforation of ileum found with crested & whitened edges. Fibrinous clot found in branches of pulmonary artery on the right side Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Ileum); Clot (Blood vessels) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient stated that she ruptured herself about 5 years ago after some unusual exertion, & that on walking about, or taking any active exercise, the hernia always descended. She could return it herself without difficulty. She had never worn a truss’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Mar 1848 Date of death: 29 Mar 1848 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the breast for scirrhus. Inflammation of veins of arm. Disease (standardised): Amputation (Breast); Cancer (Breast); Inflammation (Veins); Inflammation (Arm) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The history of the case is not recorded as the body was not examined. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: Apr 1841 Date of death: Apr 1841 Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Strangulated hernia. Abortion. Uterine haemorrhage Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Hernia; Miscarriage; Haemorrhage (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This patient was three months gone in the family way when she was brought into the house for strangulated hernia. She was operated upon by Mr Cutler [Edward Cutler]; abortion came on after the operation and this was followed by uterine haemorrhage; she died the 2nd day after the operation’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen ('The uterus was about the size of the egg of an ostrich; its tissue and the ovaries were apparently healthy. They were not examined as Dr Lee [Robert Lee] wished to have them so as to prepare the uterine nerves and vessels’)