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Edward Mills, 19, [No occupation stated]

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

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

James Penny, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1851
Date of death: 24 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the left parietal bone, with depression of bone. Also laceration of the dura mater of the brain correspondent, followed by collection of purulent matter in the arachnoid cavity & inflammation of the substance of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This man fell off a ladder, a height of about 8 feet, striking his head against a brick. When brought into the house (in the evening, a few hours after the accident), a piece of brick was found embedded in the skull’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Thomas Jackson, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1851
Date of death: 15 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the duodenum & of the liver. Pericarditis. Slight hypertrophy of the heart which contained ‘white patches’ on its surface. Old pleurisy on the right side
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Duodenum, liver); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
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 at about 11 o’clock in the morning having been knocked down & run over by a cab. He was in a state of extreme prostration, his face pale, extremities cold’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Sarah Dalby, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1851
Date of death: 29 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Swallowing of boiling water. Laryngotomy resorted to. Inflammation & deposit of lymph in the epigastric ligaments, uvula, tonsils &c. Pneumonia & bronchitis. Old & recent pleurisy. Tubercular deposit in the spleen
Disease (standardised): Burn (Throat); Laryngotomy (Larynx); Inflammation (Throat); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'She was admitted about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, having at about 10 o’clock of the same morning swallowed some hot water from the spout of a kettle. There was, on her admission, much oedema of the glottis and dyspnoea, aggravated with occasional spasms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Maria Burridge, 74, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 74
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1851
Date of death: 2 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs on the right side. Old double pleurisy. Pneumonia at bases of both lungs. Bronchitis. Hypertrophied heart. Diseased kidneys. General arterial ‘degeneration’
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys); Degeneration (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'She was knocked down by a cab, on the day of admission, the shaft apparently striking her on the upper part of the left side of the thorax. When admitted she was in a state of excessive prostration, so much so that it was feared she would not live through the night’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Welsh, 56, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1851
Date of death: 28 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Old double pleural adhesion. Vomicae at apices of both lungs. Cysted kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Adhesion (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Cyst (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted stating that he had been ill only 3 weeks, and complaining of cough & pain in the chest especially of the left side with difficulty of breathing. Pulse was quick & tongue coated, breathing hurried’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Ambridge, 22 [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851
Date of death: 29 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy & valvular disease of the heart following rheumatism. Universal adhesion of the pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Rheumatism (Joints, muscles); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This lad was first admitted into the hospital under the care of Dr Bence Jones [Henry Bence Jones] on the 19th Feb with a slight attack of rheumatism. From the history he then gave, it appeared that he had had 2 previous attacks, the first at 13 years of age in which he was confined to bed 10 weeks, having the general characters of an acute attack’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Stevens, 73, [No occupation stated]

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

Robert Teagle, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1852
Date of death: 18 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Cut throat. Old cough. The larynx not wounded, nor the great vessels. Formation of purulent matter under sterno hyoid muscle. Wet brain. Engorgement of lungs. Soft heart
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Cut (Throat); Suppuration (Sternohyoid muscle); Disease (Brain); Engorgement (Lung); Soft (Heart)
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 man had been in a state of continuous intoxication for some days. This brought on an attack of delirium tremens and whilst in this state he attempted suicide.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, trachea, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Harriet Waters, 35, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1852
Date of death: 2 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the iliac bone of the pelvis. Vomicae in the lungs. Small heart
Disease (standardised): Caries (Pelvis); Vomicae (Lung); Small (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Ten days before her admission she had observed a swelling in the left thigh. She had suffered for some time under what was judged to be rheumatic pains about the pelvis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pelvic region, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

William Smith, 32, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1852
Date of death: 16 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas ? Following injury. Recent lymph in abdominal cavity. Enlarged intestinal glands. Congested kidneys. Hypertrophy with dilatation of heart
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Lymph (Abdomen); Enlarged (Intestinal mucosa); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: It appeared that he had received some injury to the left leg which had been followed by rigors and the appearance of an erysipelatous blush.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Mary Eakerton, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 2 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fractured clavicle (near the sternal extremity) and ribs. Fracture of numerous ribs. Emphysema pulmonum. Bronchitis severe
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Clavicle); Fracture (Ribs); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
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 been run over by a cab on the day of her admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Josiah Glasse, 52, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1852
Date of death: 13 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dilated fasciculated bladder. False passages and thickening about the membranous portion of the urethra
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Bladder); False passages (Urethra); Thickening (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He stated on admission that he had laboured for the last four years under stricture of the urethra.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen. The friends objected to the examination of other parts of the body
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Pinyon, 35, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1852
Date of death: 6 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Recent lymphy sheds in abdominal cavity. Ulceration of ileum. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Lymph (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Kidney)
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 not been able to move the lower limbs for about a year, and had suffered from pains down the thighs and the loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and spinal column
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Butler, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1852
Date of death: 28 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. The left pleural sac full of offensive purulent fluid pushing over the heart to the right side. Recent pericardial adhesion
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Suppuration (Pleura); Displacement (Heart); Adhesions (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient had had an attack of pain in the left side about twelve months ago when he had spit some blood. The pain recurred with some cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Faulkner, 68, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1852
Date of death: 17 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged heart. Hepatized lungs. Diseased condition of the aortic valve flap. Fibrinous deposits on the mitral valve flaps. Atheromatous state of the aortic and pulmonary arteries
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Fibrin (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient was originally admitted under the care of Dr Nairne on the 30th April when she reported that twelve months before she became conscious of palpitation and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Daniel Callen, 14, [No occupation stated]

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

Richard Stannatt, 17, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1852
Date of death: 13 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Wound from a stab in the abdomen with a knife. Perforation of the lower part of the ileum in two places also of the bladder in two places. Recent lymph in the peritoneal cavity.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Perforation (Bladder); Lymph (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was in a quarrel with one of his fellow workmen and was stabbed in the lower part of the abdomen with a sharp pointed knife.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen. No other part of the body was examined by desire of friends
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Louisa Price, 10 months , [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1852
Date of death: 18 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scald. Extreme congestion of the entire mucous tract of the respiratory organs and extreme congestion with increased firmness of the lower parts of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Scald (Skin); Congestion (Respiratory system); Congestion (Lung)
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 child was scalded by some boiling water which accidentally fell over her.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Mary Gibb, 17, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1852
Date of death: 18 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Fluid in pleural sacs. Consolidated lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Fluid (Pleura); Consolidation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This girl was admitted suffering from palpitation of the heart, shortness of breath and pain in the left side of about five months standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

James Connor, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1852
Date of death: 22 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Recent lymph in pleural sacs. Atheromatous deposit in arteries
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Lymph (Pleura); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a rather advanced stage of dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Bridget Tumour, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1852
Date of death: 24 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis with ulcerative perforation of the small intestine. Faeces in the abdominal sac. Large cyst containing recent as well as long standing extravasation of blood within the broad ligament of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Cysts (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient was first admitted on the 4th February with what appeared to be local peritonitis attended by very severe pain at the lower part of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Walter Terry, 31, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1853
Date of death: 23 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Separation of suture. Effusion of blood between bone and dura mater
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Effusion (Skull); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was said to have fallen from a scaffold, a height of about thirty feet, striking against a ladder in his descent and pitching on his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Edward Ford, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1853
Date of death: 25 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Ruptured membrane tympanic. Blood between bone and dura mater. Bruising of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Rupture (Ear); Extravasation (Skull); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had fallen from a height it was said of about forty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Margaret Skelly, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 28 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the knee joint. Bronchitis. Emphysema pulmonum. Calculi in the kidney. Bed sores and connected with them, purulent deposits in the pelvic cavity
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Knee); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Calculi (Kidney); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Suppuration (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Three weeks before her admission she fell down, striking her right knee which immediately swelled and subsequently became very painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee joint, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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