Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Sep 1844 Date of death: 2 Oct 1944 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull with extensive laceration of the Cerebrum and Cerebellum and effusion of blood into the cavity of the arachnoid. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Lacerations (Brain ) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was picked up in a state of intoxication and insensibility, with a scalp wound about two inches in length over the posterior part of the cranium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Apr 1845 Date of death: 26 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Abscess in breast. Erysipelas over the breast and chest. Puerpural mania Disease (standardised): Abscess (Breast); Erysipelas (Breast, chest); Postpartum depression (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in consequence of abscesses in the right breast and was delivered of a fully developed child on the following day. After her delivery she lost a considerable quantity of blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Aug 1845 Date of death: 8 Oct 1845 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of the arachnoid at the base of the brain. Injury of leg. Erysipelas. Loose cartilages in knee joint Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Injury (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under the care of the surgeon for a small wound on the outside of the knee, for which he had attended for as an out-patient. He was in an extremely listless state with a very low pulse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 8 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Aug 1853 Date of death: 16 Aug 1853 Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the skull with depression. Blood, recent fibrin, and purulent fluid under the arachnoid. Bruising of the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Fibrin (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Bruising (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This boy had been driving a cart up to town and had fastened the reins around his wrist. The horse, taking fright, upset the cart. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Jul 1853 Date of death: 16 Aug 1853 Disease (transcribed): Injury to the head. Exposure of bone. Trephining. Pus external to dura mater also in the sub-arachnoidean tissue. Secondary lobular pneumonia Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Trephining (Skull); Suppuration (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This patient had been for two weeks under the care of the House Surgeon for phagadena. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Nov 1853 Date of death: 3 Nov 1853 Disease (transcribed): Injury from the fall of a tree. Fracture of the skull. Bruising of the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bruising (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was admitted a few hours after an accident in which a large bough of a tree had fallen and struck him in the vertex of the head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Maidservant Age: 29 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Nov 1853 Date of death: 24 Nov 1853 Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall out of a window. Fracture of the cranium with laceration of the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This woman had fallen out of window three stories high, which she was cleaning, on to the pavement. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Labourer Gender: Male Age: 40 Date of admission: 20 Jan 1854 Date of death: 22 Jan 1854 Disease (transcribed): Fractured cervical vertebrae. Softening of spinal cord Disease (standardised): Fracture (Vertebrae); Softening (Spinal cord) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This was an adult labourer, a man of great size & weight, who was admitted at about ½ past 2 o’clock in the afternoon, having fallen from a scaffold a short time previously, a height of 10 feet, striking himself against some obstacles in his descent and lighting upon his head, as was conjectured from an abrasion on the scalp’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 60 Date of admission: 3 Oct 1854 Date of death: 22 Oct 1854 Disease (transcribed): Epilepsy. Scalp wound owing to a fall whilst in a fit. Bruised brain Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Wound (Scalp); Bruise (Brain) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This old woman, who was said to have been subject to epileptic fits, was admitted in consequence of an injury to the head said to have been received by falling down in the street in an attack of that kind’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
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] Gender: Male Age: 50 Date of admission: 21 Feb 1854 Date of death: 1 Mar 1854 Disease (transcribed): Concussion of brain. Extravasations of blood in brain. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Concussion (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Kidney) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was admitted in the evening of the 21st of February, having fallen off a building on which he was at work, a height it was said of about 40 feet’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 60 Date of admission: 18 Feb 1854 Date of death: 9 Mar 1854 Disease (transcribed): Phagedoena connected with fistula in ano. Congested brain Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Anus); Congestion (Brain) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on the 19th of Feb on account of a fistula in ano, the extreme opening of which had been only recently established’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvis, thorax, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 57 Date of admission: 21 Mar 1854 Date of death: 21 Mar 1854 Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fractured skull. Lacerated brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man (who was of great size & weight) had fallen from a height of about 8ft on to the ground. There was no one with him at the time & it was not known how long he had been lying there when found’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Dec 1856 Date of death: 19 Dec 1856 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Laceration of Dura Mater and Brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Meninges); Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This patient had fallen from a height on to his head, and was admitted in a dying condition. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Dec 1855 Date of death: 9 Jan 1856 Disease (transcribed): Cysts occupying the left corpus striatum Disease (standardised): Cysts (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man had been paralysed ever since he was seven years old and his right arm was deformed. He came in to the Hospital complaining of retention of urine. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jul 1857 Date of death: 11 Jul 1857 Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Cut throat. Erysipelas. Diffuse inflammation Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Cut (Throat); Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Neck) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W. Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William Medical notes: This man had in a fit of delirium tremens attempted to cut his throat. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: Suicide
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 2 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Jul 1857 Date of death: 31 Jul 1857 Disease (transcribed): Scald. Epilepsy Disease (standardised): Scald (Skin); Epilepsy (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W. Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This child was brought in with a scald over the lower part of the body. She had been subject to fits. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Brewer’s drayman Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Dec 1857 Date of death: 24 Dec 1857 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Delirium tremens Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Hart, Ernest Abraham Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: A beer cask fell on his leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right lower extremity, cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Jul 1858 Date of death: 5 Jul 1858 Disease (transcribed): Simple fracture of the skull; rupture of the middle meningeal artery Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Rupture (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick Medical notes: 'On the evening of his admission, it was reported by eye witnesses that he had been run over by some vehicle, & supposed to have ben trodden on by the horse. On examination the face was bruised, there was a small scalp wound, not reaching the bone, on the upper & back part of left side of head no depression of bone could be found’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 7 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Aug 1858 Date of death: 27 Aug 1858 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound to bone. Compression of the brain by blood effused in the sac of the arachnoid Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Compression (Brain); Effusion (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick Medical notes: 'The child was picked up just before admission close by Chelsea Bridge in a totally insensible state. On admission there was a wound on the left [of his] forehead which he had got from a fall a week previously, but he had had not bad symptoms from it except 2 days afterwards hen he had a fit. This wound was 1 inch long & the bone exposed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Sep 1858 Date of death: 25 Sep 1858 Disease (transcribed): Traumatic effusion of blood in arachnoid cavity. Fracture & dislocation of wrist Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Fracture (Wrist); Dislocation (Wrist) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick Medical notes: 'He was admitted at 11pm on the 24th having jumped out of the 3rd floor window (a distance of about 45 feet) on account of a fire which occurred in the house. When admitted he was insensible & seemed to be suffering from severe concussion of the brain’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left wrist, cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Servant Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Oct 1858 Date of death: 25 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Pus in sac of arachnoid & subarachnoidean space. Trephining Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Brain); Trephining (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Tomlinson, Edward Denham Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick Medical notes: '2 days before admission in a quarrel with a fellow servant he was struck on the head with a bar of iron which inflicted a wound of about 1 ½ inch in length on the forehead. He did not apply for any assistance till his admission here, as he suffered so little inconvenience though his wife stated he was delirious the same night as accident’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Jun 1859 Date of death: 3 Jun 1859 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Injury to the brain. Fractured radius and clavicle (and ? Ribs) Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Injury (Brain); Fracture (Arm); Fracture (Clavicle); Fracture (Ribs) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Therefore the case is not given Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Nov 1859 Date of death: 20 Nov 1859 Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Compression of the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Compression (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: This man was driving a handsom cab and whilst turning a sharp corner, the wheel of it struck against the kerb stone and pitched him off his seat on to the back part of his head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Mar 1859 Date of death: 17 Mar 1859 Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the brain Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: Just previous to admission this man was riding a horse when it took fright and tried to jump over some rails. The reins caught and both the man and horse fell. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident