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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1842
Date of death: 22 Oct 1842
Disease (transcribed): Bubo in left groin. Enlarged spleen. Extravasation of blood in brain.
Disease (standardised): Bubo (Abdomen); Enlarged (Spleen); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, abdomen and blood
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845
Date of death: 24 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Effused blood into both cavities of pleura. Ruptured kidney. Effused blood behind peritoneum. Rupture of brain with effused blood into its substance. Effusion of blood into arachnoid cavity. Dislocation of hip-joint
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Effusion (Lungs, abdomen); Rupture (Kidneys, brain); Dislocation (Hip)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'A roll of lead had fallen upon this patient shortly before his admission, and knocked him through a trap door into a cellar. When admitted he was partially sensible but in a state of great collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1845
Date of death: 6 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of antrum, extending to dura mater
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient when admitted was in a state of much nervous irritability and weakness. The left cheek was swollen and the left eye appeared to be pushed forward’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845
Date of death: 12 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation & erysipelas. Circumscribed abscesses in anterior mediastinum and upon lumbar vertebrae. Extensive pleurisy. Chorea. Brain and spinal chord healthy
Disease (standardised): Inflammation; Erysipelas (Skin); Abscess (Chest, spine); Pleurisy (Lungs); Chorea (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with well-marked symptoms of chorea. Her mother gave the following history. At the age of 14, she began to menstruate and had enjoyed very good health up to April last, at which time she experienced a fright, which for about ten minutes rendered her incapable of either moving or speaking. In about a quarter of an hour she entirely regained her speech, but at the same time slight symptoms of chorea began to manifest themselves, both by the twitching of the muscles of the face and by some little involuntary movements in the upper extremities’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spinal chord

Type of incident: n/a

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

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1846
Date of death: 18 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of bones of skull. Congestion of veins of brain. Congestion of lungs. Heart dilated and atrophied. Two aortic valves only with calcareous deposit in their structure. Blood fluid. Abdominal organs, nothing remarkable.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Skull); Disease (Brain); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with well marked symptoms of Delirium Tremens. No history of the case could be obtained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1846
Date of death: 23 Jun 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old adhesions. Heart dilated and flaccid. Congestion of veins of brain. Softening of fornix, corpus callosum and walls of lateral ventricles with extensive effusion into ventricles.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of stupor, unable to give any account of himself, and requiring to be roused but then collapsing quickly into his former state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1846
Date of death: 25 Aug 1846
Disease (transcribed): Suppuration of internal ear. Caries of temporal bone. Ulceration of dura mater. Abscess in brain with inflammation and softening of surrounding cerebral substance.
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Ear); Caries (Skull); Ulcer (Meninges); Abscess (Brain); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The father of this boy reported that he had enjoyed excellent health up to six weeks before admission, when he had a convulsive fit apparently of an epileptic character which lasted about four hours.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1846
Date of death: 25 Aug 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous tubercles in both hemispheres of brain. Large ones in right side of cerebrum, small one in left. Others in both lobes of cerebellum. Tubercles and vomicae in both lungs. Mesenteric glands enlarged.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain ); Tuberculosis (Lung); Enlarged (Mesenteric gland)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The disease began insidiously ten months since, and for two months there was only some slight swelling and uneasiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1846
Date of death: 1 Sep 1846
Disease (transcribed): Softening of left thalamus and a portion of corpus striatum, with great extravasation of blood in lateral third and fourth ventricles.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain ); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of insensibility. It appeared that the previous evening he was suddenly seized with a fit of an apoplectic nature.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1846
Date of death: 3 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Secondary abscesses in brain. Abscess in lung. Considerable abscess in liver. One small, one communicating externally. Old and partial peritonitis. Congestion and ulceration of large intestine.
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain ); Abscess (Lung); Abscess (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Congestion (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted labouring under symptoms greatly resembling painter’s colic.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1846
Date of death: 15 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Congestion of the brain. Congestion and slight oedema of lungs. Blood fluid. Considerable ulceration of small and large intestines and enlarged mesenteric glands.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlarged (Mesenteric gland)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted labouring under symptoms of fever, with ulceration of the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1846
Date of death: 19 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Sloughing cellular tissue of scalp. Fracture of skull. Laceration of brain. Rupture of sinus
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Sloughing (Head); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Rupture (Sinus)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This boy had fallen head foremost on some stones from a height of fourteen feet.
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: 10 Oct 1846
Date of death: 3 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Congested brain. Slight extravasation of blood external to theca spinalis. Acute pleuritis and pneumonia with extensive extravasation of blood into pleuritic cavity. Abscess of lung. Blood fluid.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain ); Extravasation (Spine); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Extravasation (Pleural cavity); Abscess (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient stated that she had enjoyed good health up to the last week in September, when after some severe rigors, severe headache ensued and pains affecting all her limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1846
Date of death: 10 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the subarachnoid cellular tissue. Serum in ventricles with softening of their walls. Old pleuritic adhesions. Congestion and oedema of lungs. Enlarged heart with atheromatous deposits. Enlarged liver. Congested kidneys. Prolapsus vagina and cuticular condition of the mucous membrane of vagina
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain ); Disease (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries);Disease (Liver) ; Prolapse (Vagina)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a semicomatose state, having been taken with a fit of an epileptico-apoplectic character a short time previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1846
Date of death: 13 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Great extravasation external to dura mater. Laceration of brain.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Meninges); Laceration (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 had been knocked down by a cart and the wheel passed over his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1846
Date of death: 15 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Old extravasation of blood into cavity of arachnoid. Pleuritis. Puriform fluid in pleura. Abscess of lung. Laceration of diaphragm. Abscess in cavity of abdomen. Rupture of spleen. Peritonitis. Ulceration of bowel with faecal abscesses.
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain ); Pleurisy (Pleura); Suppuration (Pleura); Abscess (Lung); Laceration (Diaphragm); Abscess (Abdomen);Rupture (Spleen) ; Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Ulcer (Intestines) ; Abscess (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man stated to be dyspeptic, was admitted suffering from the consequences of a fall on the hands from a height of twenty feet.
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: 12 Nov 1846
Date of death: 29 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Chronic disease of the brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: As there was not post mortem investigation, the history of this case is omitted.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body not examined at the urgent request of friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1846
Date of death: 4 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of cellular tissue of scalp. Blood in cavity of arachnoid
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Head); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a scalp wound about an inch long, caused by a fall on the pavement while intoxicated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 82
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1846
Date of death: 18 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of right leg, with secondary deposits of matter. Separation of pericranium after scalp wound, with purulent infiltration in subarachnoid cellular tissue.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Separation (Skull); Wound (Head); Suppuration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient, an asthmatic man, was admitted with a compound comminuted fracture of the right leg and a scalp wound caused it was said by his falling under the wheels of an omnibus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1846
Date of death: 02 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation and softening of brain. Scrofulous tubercles in brain. Tubercles in both lungs, kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in an unconscious state, and no history of this case could be obtained. It appeared from his sister that he began to ail about a month before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1846
Date of death: 03 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Softening of brain. Old apoplectic clot. Ossified cerebral arteries. Dilatation of heart with hypertrophy. Granular kidneys with diminution of size
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Thrombosis (Brain); Ossified (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in an unconscious state, but from her friend's account it was ascertained that about two years ago she had a fit of an apopleptic character, which left her partially paralytic.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 03 Jan 1847
Date of death: 03 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of brain. Tubercles and vomicae of lungs. Emphysema. Fatty and diseased heart. Diseased aorta.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a moribund state, and died about ten minutes after admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1847
Date of death: 20 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Wound of cornea. Suppuration in globe of eye. Paralysis left portis dura. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Wound (Eye); Suppuration (Eye); Paralysis (Brain); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a wound of the left cornea caused by the lash of a whip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, fauces, larynx, thorax, abdomen and orbit
Type of incident: Trauma/accident