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George Beal , 37, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1844
Date of death: 30 Apr 1844
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the membranes of the Brain; slight fracture at the base of the skull. Compound fracture of the thigh, with extensive laceration of the soft parts.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain ); Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Leg); Laceration (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: Mr Tatum wanted to perform am amputation of the leg but the patient would not give his consent. The accident had been caused by a fall from a tree whilst engaged in birds nesting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right thigh
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Brightman, 32, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1860
Date of death: 3 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the skull. Laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Sirett, 67, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1846
Date of death: 9 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Oedema of scalp. Congestion of brain. Effusion of fluid in sub arachnoid tissue. Puriform lymph in the pleurae and in the peritoneum. Lungs loaded with frothy serum. Slight hypertrophy of left ventricle.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Oedema (Head); Congestion (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Lymph (Pleura); Lymph (Abdomen);Serum (Lungs) ; Disease (Heat)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a contused scalp wound on the upper and back part of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Pearce, n/a, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1851
Date of death: 21 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wounds & fracture of the cranium, owing to a fall from a height. Also fracture of the sacrum & ossa innominata. Laceration of the cranial dura mater & extensive effusion of blood under both spinal & cranial arachnoid. Old pleurisy on right side & congestion of the lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull, pelvis, hip); Laceration (Brain); Effusion (Brain, spinal cord); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse & died in the course of half an hour. He had fallen from a great height & struck the back of his head & spine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, bones of the pelvis & vertebral column, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Mary Hughes, 48, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1852
Date of death: 13 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the mamma. Diseased kidneys. Irregular deposits in the liver. Engorged lungs and extensive sub arachnoidean effusion. Effusion into ventricles of brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Disease (Kidney); Deposits (Liver); Engorgement (Lung); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She had suffered for about three years before her admission under scirrhus of the left breast, which had been ulcerated for some time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

James Watson, 50, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1845
Date of death: 2 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound & fracture of the skull, with extensive laceration of the brain. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the scalp & oedema of the face with inflammation of the cellular tissue of the neck, & oedema of the larynx
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Inflammation (Scalp, neck); Edema (Face, larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Shortly before his admission, this patient was thrown from a cart. When brought to the hospital he was quite insensible and in a state of collapse. There was a small wound at the posterior part of the scalp not exposing the bone, and some blood flowed from the left ear’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Jesse Smith, 3, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1849
Date of death: 19 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Operation. Scarlet fever. Sloughing of the cellular tissue between bladder & rectum. Peritonitis. Dilated ureters & pelvis of kidneys, which were congested & full of fat. Wet brain
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Operation (Bladder); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Sloughing (Bladder, rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Ureters, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with symptoms of vesical calculus, which first began to make their appearance soon after birth, & on introducing a sound into the bladder, a stone of considerable magnitude was easily detected’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Simons, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1855
Date of death: 9 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Effusion of blood in the arachnoid cavity and in the meshes of the pia mater. Fracture of the rib. Wound of the Lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Effusion (Meninges); Fracture (Rib); Wound (Lung)
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 brought in to the Hospital in a dying state, having suffered extensive injuries from a fall which crushed his body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Faulkener, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1853
Date of death: 11 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscess of the lung. Pericarditis. Encephaloid tumor of the occipital bone and dura mater
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Tumour (Skull); Tumour (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 admitted on account of a small tubercle in the right side of the face just below the eye.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, neck and face
Type of incident: n/a

John Middleton, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1850
Date of death: 30 Apr 1850
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Dilated pelvis of kidneys. Absorption. Serous effusion in brain. Albuminuria. Coma
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Kidney); Effusion (Brain ); Albuminuria (Kidney); Coma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry. Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: Having suffered for some time past from stricture, this man was admitted with the intention of having the catheter introduced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Arms, n/a, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1851
Date of death: 9 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound on the left side of the head. Fracture. Followed by delirium, coma & convulsions, also paralysis on the left side tho’ not permanent. There was found effusion of blood between the dura mater & bone, in arachnoid sac & in substance of the brain in several places. Cardiac disease
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Fracture (Skull); Delirium (Brain); Coma (Brain); Paralysis (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'He was admitted in a state of insensibility from drunkenness with a scalp wound not exposing the bone, about 3 inches in length on the left side of the head corresponding to the parietal eminence. It was caused by his falling down an area, his head striking a stone’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Corner, 12, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1852
Date of death: 12 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Extravasation of blood. Bruising of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Skull); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This boy fell from a first floor window on the day of admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Fletcher, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1851
Date of death: 21 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh. Died from effusion on the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This case is not given as the body was not examined’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was removed unexamined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Samuel Salter, 70, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 02 Mar 1847
Date of death: 02 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Concussion. From a fall during a fit
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Concussion (Brain); Seizures (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted collapsed and insensible, with a superficial wound over the right eyebrow caused by his falling in a fit and striking his head on the pavement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Mary A Hall, 35, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1854
Date of death: 23 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammation of the membranes and substance of the spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Spinal Cord)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Wainwright, 31, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Feb 1848
Date of death: 24 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of scalp. Diffuse suppuration in cavity of arachnoid. Inflammation of brain.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Scalp); Suppuration (Brain); Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a jagged wound on the forehead about an inch and a half in length, caused by his falling against the bar of a Public House.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Tussens, 33, [No occupation stated]

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

William Linzell, 40, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Feb 1860
Date of death: 2 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission this man was stooping down to pick up something when he overbalanced himself & struck his nose just below the frontal bone against a slab. Haemorrhage came from the nose & he came to the hospital. On his way thither he had an epileptic fit’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Maria Reynolds, 5, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1855
Date of death: 19 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Congested brain and cerebral vessels
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Congestion (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 child was admitted on account of a burn which occurred from her clothes igniting as she was playing near the fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Woodward, 40, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1862
Date of death: 28 Feb 1862
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Fracture of skull. Meningitis. Trephining
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain); Trephining (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with the history that a crow bar had fallen from the top of the New Barracks at Chelsea on to his head, rendering him insensible.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and calvaria
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

[No name], [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

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

Joseph Wollerton, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1852
Date of death: 25 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the skull, with depression. Laceration of the brain (from the kick of a horse)
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Depression (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed without examination
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Jane C A Almon, 5 months , [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1853
Date of death: 28 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Severe scald. Inflammation and extravasation on surface of brain
Disease (standardised): Scald (Skin); Inflammation (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This baby had been severely scalded about the chest, neck and arms by a pot of boiling water which had fallen on it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Richard Callagan, 56, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1846
Date of death: 7 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into cavity of arachnoid, etc. Laceration of septum lucidum, without any external injury – the results of an accident. Fracture of scapula, clavicle and first six ribs on right side. Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain ); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Scapula); Fracture (Clavicle); Fracture (Ribs); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted much intoxicated. No distinct history of an accident could be obtained, but he complained of his shoulders.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right shoulder
Type of incident: n/a

William Valentine, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1846
Date of death: 4 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of Thigh. Delirium Tremens. Congestive pneumonia of both lungs. Calculi in Kidney.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain ); Pneumonia (Lung); Calculi (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient had been an out patient for two weeks previous to his admission for a crush of the fingers. There was some redness and tumor of the entire left thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and left thigh
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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