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Mary Hughes, 35, [No occupation stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

George Wood, 46, Carter

Occupation or role: Carter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1851
Date of death: 24 Sep 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of several ribs on the right side of the thorax with laceration of the pleura & wound of the lung. Pleurisy & pneumonia followed. ‘White patches’ on the heart’s surface
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Pleura, lung); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
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 a carter and was riding on the shaft of his cart on the morning of admission, when he was knocked off and another cart passed over the upper part of his back & his right shoulder, grazing also the back of his head’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Ellen Denney, 45, [No occupation stated]

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

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

George Hobbs, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 15 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercular deposit in both lungs. Double old pleurisy. Flakes of recent lymph in pericardium and old white patches on hearts surface. Hypertrophy of heart and atheromic patches on valves. Stricture of urethra
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Lymph (Heart); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Constriction (Urethra)
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 came under the care of the Surgeons for an old and rather tight stricture.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Martha Kendon , 44, [No occupation stated]

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

William Gay, 6, [No occupation stated]

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

Mary Carr, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1853
Date of death: 25 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage from the bowels. Bronchitis. Old cretaceous deposit in lungs
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Bowel); Bronchitis (Lung); Deposit (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted under the care of Mr Johnson, having suffered for some time under piles, as she supposed, & lost a good deal of blood from the bowel’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax

Type of injury: n/a

James Hall, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Date of admission: 15 May 1854
Date of death: 21 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse suppuration of the cellular tissue of the scrotum & cord. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Genitalia); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was that of a person far more advanced in life than the age which he gave, was admitted on account of a swelling on the left side of the scrotum’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scrotum and spermatic cord, thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of injury: n/a

John Jeffrey, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1854
Date of death: 26 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Old lung disease
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Disease (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on account of an injury to the chest, from the pole of a carriage striking him’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Archibald Borrie, [No age stated], Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1859
Date of death: 17 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Pleurisy. Lobular pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was a carpenter, his was of robust aspect and temperate habits. He had enjoyed vigorous health until within a fortnight of his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Abigail Powley, 56, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Feb 1860
Date of death: 8 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had had several attacks of bronchitis, the first of these occurred three years ago. She recovered and remained pretty well until last spring, when she had a second attack, and again another in the following September’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Christopher Lobley, 38, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1860
Date of death: 18 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'This man had been a patient in January 1859 with delirium tremens, he was a coachman of rather intemperate habits. He left the hospital pretty well and so remained until a fortnight before his present admission, when he was attacked with cough, expectoration and shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Baggott, 48, Waterman

Occupation or role: Waterman
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1860
Date of death: 26 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Diseased heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A waterman. He first became a patient on the 1st of Feb /60, when it appeared that for two months he had suffered from shortness of breath with cough and expectoration, never of blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Elliott, 50, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 May 1860
Date of death: 5 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscess of the lung
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship and Goldsmith, George Pocock
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The mother of 15 children. She was said to have had good health until a month previous to admission, when she caught cold, and since suffered from cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Washer, 68, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1860
Date of death: 5 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased liver. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The mother of 14 children. Except an attack of rheumatic fever 40 years before, she had good health until within 4 weeks of admission, when she ‘caught cold in the chest’, since which she suffered from cough with expectoration, occasional swelling of the legs and dyspnoea on exertion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Douglas, 24, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1860
Date of death: 13 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A gardener, accustomed to working in a hot-house. He had good health, excepting occasional dyspepsia, until 3 weeks before admission when he began to suffer from cough with scanty expectoration, never of blood. Latterly he had night sweats with loss of appetite’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Bennett, 46, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1860
Date of death: 24 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship and Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A coachman. He had good health until 4 days ago when, after shoving a carriage, he had severe pain in the loins, and an attack of shivering. About the same time he noticed that his urine was high coloured and scanty’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Susan Randall, 26, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1860
Date of death: 5 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Vegetations on valves of heart. Fibrinous block in spleen. Secondary lobular pneumonia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Vegetations (Heart); Disease (Spleen); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman had had pain and swelling in the left hand, which was believed to be rheumatic, for a week before admission. This could not be traced to any injury but appeared to have been the result of exposure to cold. She admitted indeed, after many leading questions and much cross-examination, that about a fortnight previously she had pricked her hand with a pin but there did not appear to be any reason for connecting this with the present swelling’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Batchelor, 60, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1860
Date of death: 25 Dec 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs & olecranon process. Bronchitis & pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs, arm); Bronchitis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'About an hour before admission this man fell about 15 feet on his right side, shoulder & elbow. On admission it was found that there was fracture of the right olecranon & also of several ribs on the right side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right elbow

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Sarah Carey, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1861
Date of death: 4 Jan 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Susan Summers, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1861
Date of death: 4 Jan 1861
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Smith , 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1861
Date of death: 9 Feb 1861
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Hydrothorax (Lung)
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 who had enjoyed good health, excepting a liability to cough, slipped while wheeling a barrow a month before he came in. He has since suffered from a sharp pain in the left side with a feeling of tightness across his chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Standing, 58, Boiler maker

Occupation or role: Boiler maker
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1861
Date of death: 23 Feb 1861
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Pericarditis. Pleurisy. Diseased kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient began at the end of the previous year to suffer from pains in the back and loins which prevented his sitting down. He then had a fit and with loss of consciousness. When admitted he compained of pain across the forehead and of tenderness in the lower part of the dorsal region. Both hands occasionally became numb, and appeared deficient in power. Both legs were in the same condition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Lydia Reynolds, 17, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1861
Date of death: 20 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Paracentesis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lung); Paracentesis (Thorax); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient had pretty good health until two months before she came it, when, having as she supposed taken cold, she was attacked with cough, spitting and pains in the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Wilking, 70, Married woman

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1861
Date of death: 11 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had for three of four months suffered from palpitations, cough with expectoration, and slight oedema.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

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