Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: n/a Date of death: n/a Disease (transcribed): Coma following a kick of the head from a horse with compound comminuted fracture on the right side. Laceration of the right cerebral hemisphere. Extravasated blood in the arachnoid cavity Disease (standardised): Coma (Brain); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain) 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 had received a kick from a horse of the right side a short time before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851 Date of death: 19 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Idiotcy. An increased number with diminished size of the cerebral convolutions. New bone added to the inner plate of the calvaria with obliterated sutures. Disease of the vertebrae, sacrum and pelvis Disease (standardised): Intellectual disability (Brain); Disease (Brain); Disease (Spine); Disease (Pelvis) 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 was admitted on account of a large fluctuating tumour situated over the region of the left sacro iliac joint. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
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: Coachman Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852 Date of death: 17 May 1852 Disease (transcribed): Death by coma and convulsions. Nothing but effusion of fluid in the ventricles and the sub-arachnoid tissues found, with numerous bloody puncta Disease (standardised): Coma (Brain); Seizures (Brain); Effusion (Brain) 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 was a coachman to an English nobleman resident abroad, and about six months before admission had to drive some hours from Berlin to Vienna during very hot weather. On his arrival at Vienna he felt very unwell. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Jun 1852 Date of death: 9 Jul 1852 Disease (transcribed): Congenital tumour containing fluid at the lower part of the back which after being punctured, inflamed suppuration was set into within and inflammation with suppuration of the spinal membrane and softening of the spinal cord. Opisthotonous and coma preceded death Disease (standardised): Congenital tumour (Back); Inflammation (Spine); Suppuration (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord); Opisthotonus (Muscles); Coma (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: From the account his friends gave of his case, it seemed that a tumour had been observed at the lower part of the sacral region at the time of his birth. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal column, cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Oct 1852 Date of death: 11 Oct 1852 Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the right axilla following the bite of a horse. Partial paraplegia and symptoms also of pyaemia set in before death. No visible cause of death presented itself after death Disease (standardised): Abscess (Axilla); Wound (Axilla); Paraplegia (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: A week before admission he had complained of faintness and weakness, and two days afterwards a swelling began to appear in the right arm pit. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, brain, spinal cord, abdomen and axillary Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Firewood cutter Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Apr 1860 Date of death: 22 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung) 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 firewood cutter of exceedingly drunken habits. From the account obtained from his wife, it appeared that he was taken ill on the 9th of April, having been continuously intoxicated for the previous week. He was seized with pains in the head and aching in the thighs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Nov 1860 Date of death: 13 Dec 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of leg. Bedsore. Cranial & spinal meningitis Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Meningitis (Brain, spine) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission this man fell off a cart, the wheel passing over his right leg. On admission there was a lacerated wound situated in the lower & inner third of the right leg, this led down to a compound comminuted fracture of both bones’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal canal, cranium, thorax, abdomen, right leg
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1861 Date of death: 1 Feb 1861 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain) 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 was brought having been struck with apoplexy about an hour before. He was unable to swallow. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
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
Occupation or role: Bricklayer Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Mar 1861 Date of death: 24 Mar 1861 Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the skull, with depression. ? Meningitis Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient was admitted having fallen off a scaffold, some bricks falling with him, and striking the right side of the head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 9 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jun 1861 Date of death: 13 Jun 1861 Disease (transcribed): Internal hydrocephalus Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain) 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 boy had had convulsions in infancy, and it was observed that his head was unusually large. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, lungs, heart, kidneys and other abdominal viscera Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Aug 1858 Date of death: 3 Aug 1858 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull. Laceration of the brain. Meningitis. Pus in arachnoid & subarachnoid spaces. Compound fracture of the patella. Pus in knee joint &c. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Meningitis (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Fracture (Kneecap); Suppuration Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick Medical notes: 'This man fell from a loft into a yard, a distance of 12 feet, & directly afterwards was brought up to the hospital, when a scalp wound about as large as a 6 [pence] piece immediately over the frontal sinus was found’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, right shoulder, right knee, spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Farm labourer Age: 15 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Sep 1858 Date of death: 28 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus interim. Ecchymosis in spinal canal Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Ecchymosis (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A farm labourer who had suffered for a twelvemonth from pain in the head which was increased by working in the sun. Six months later it became so bad & was accompanied with such frequent vomiting that he went under medical care & was leeched & blistered. This treatment did him some good for a time. When he came to the hospital there was tenderness all down the spine & partial paralysis of the lower limbs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Nov 1858 Date of death: 4 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis. Softening of the brain. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with what appeared to be rheumatic pain in the head, knees & back. It came on 10 weeks ago without any assignable cause. His manner was dull & sluggish & his expression heavy’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Feb 1856 Date of death: 17 Feb 1856 Disease (transcribed): Dementia. Sores on the legs. Viscid fluid under arachnoid. Disease (standardised): Dementia (Brain); Ulcer (Leg); Fluid (Meninges) 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 had been a sailor. He was admitted on account of ulcers of the legs of about five weeks standing. He was also in a state of senile dementia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Apr 1857 Date of death: 1 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Arachinitis. Ulceration of the large intestine. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: She had been observed of late to be low spirited, very languid and indisposed to exert herself. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857 Date of death: 12 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Serous apoplexy. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Apoplexy (Brain); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This Frenchwoman was to exhausted and deaf that nothing could be learnt from her. It appeared that within the last three months she had had two fits which had left her with pain and weakness in the left arm. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 60 Date of admission: 28 Nov 1854 Date of death: 30 Nov 1854 Disease (transcribed): Extensive scalp wound. Serious effusion under arachnoid Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Effusion (Brain) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man, whose age appeared to be considerably greater than the one given, but who had always enjoyed good health, was admitted on account of an injury of the head by falling down a story of an unfinished house. He had struck his head against something in the fall’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scalp, cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Jan 1855 Date of death: 22 Feb 1855 Disease (transcribed): Convulsions. Delirium. Purulent deposits in lungs, pleural sac, pectoral muscle and other parts. Disease (standardised): Seizures (Brain); Delirium (Brain); Purulent deposits (Lung, Pleura); Purulent deposits (Pectoralis Muscles) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He was said to have been seized with convulsions on the sixth day before admission, which subsequently passed into delirium and then total insensibility. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Mar 1855 Date of death: 30 Mar 1855 Disease (transcribed): Injury to the head. Arachinitis. Pus in left lateral sinuses. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Arachnoiditis (Meninges); Suppuration (Nose); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was originally admitted on 1st March following a kick from a horse, which had inflicted two wounds on the scalp which exposed the bone. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right shoulder joint. Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Dec 1857 Date of death: 30 Jan 1858 Disease (transcribed): Encephalitis. Caries of the spine Disease (standardised): Encephalitis (Brain); Caries (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Hart, Ernest Abraham Medical notes: 'During the seven or eight years previous to his admission he had felt pain between the shoulders and about a year before admission had noticed a projection of the dorsal region of the spine’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Butler Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Mar 1870 Date of death: 1 Apr 1870 Disease (transcribed): Fractured tibia. Old paraplegia. Bedsore. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Paraplegia (Brain); Pressure Ulcer (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 4 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Nov 1870 Date of death: 21 Nov 1870 Disease (transcribed): Scald. Trismus. Disease (standardised): Scald (Skin ); Trismus (Jaw) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case if not herein reported. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864 Date of death: 5 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Excision of eye. Arachnitis Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Excision (Eye) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'In the early part of December 1863, received a blow from a fist on the left eye, the ball of which was ruptured and the contents escaped; the wound healed kindly under treatment, but in a few weeks the vision of the remaining eye became much impaired’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen