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James Penny, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1851
Date of death: 24 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the left parietal bone, with depression of bone. Also laceration of the dura mater of the brain correspondent, followed by collection of purulent matter in the arachnoid cavity & inflammation of the substance of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This man fell off a ladder, a height of about 8 feet, striking his head against a brick. When brought into the house (in the evening, a few hours after the accident), a piece of brick was found embedded in the skull’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Robert Teagle, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1852
Date of death: 18 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Cut throat. Old cough. The larynx not wounded, nor the great vessels. Formation of purulent matter under sterno hyoid muscle. Wet brain. Engorgement of lungs. Soft heart
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Cut (Throat); Suppuration (Sternohyoid muscle); Disease (Brain); Engorgement (Lung); Soft (Heart)
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 had been in a state of continuous intoxication for some days. This brought on an attack of delirium tremens and whilst in this state he attempted suicide.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, trachea, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Bridget Flaherty, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1851
Date of death: 24 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis. Scrofulous deposit in the brain, choroid plexus, lungs, peritoneum, fallopian tubes. Scrofulous deposit also in an enlarged bursa over trochanter major of hip
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Fallopian tubes); Tuberculosis (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient was originally admitted under the physician, complaining of pain in the hip which was thought to be the result of chronic rheumatism. She also had indication of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Walter Terry, 31, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1853
Date of death: 23 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Separation of suture. Effusion of blood between bone and dura mater
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Effusion (Skull); Effusion (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 said to have fallen from a scaffold, a height of about thirty feet, striking against a ladder in his descent and pitching on his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Edward Ford, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1853
Date of death: 25 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Ruptured membrane tympanic. Blood between bone and dura mater. Bruising of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Rupture (Ear); Extravasation (Skull); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had fallen from a height it was said of about forty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

David Ford, 28, [No occupation stated]

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

Thomas Cook, Potman

Occupation or role: Potman
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1854
Date of death: 6 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn. Vessels of brain congested. Ulceration of the duodenum
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Congestion (Brain); Ulcer (Duodenum)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was a potman at a public house & had been in the habit of drinking to excess. He was admitted on New Year’s Day in consequence of a burn, from his apron catching fire’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

H.J. Blagrove, Gentleman

Occupation or role: Gentleman
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1854
Date of death: 4 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fracture on the wall of orbit. Separation of the frontal malar suture. Extravasation of blood in the fornix and thalamus
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was a gentleman, who had been flung from his horse near the hospital. On his admission he was completely insensible’
Post mortem notes: 'At the particular request of the friends no other part of the body [apart from cranium] was examined’

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Mary Stacey, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 18 May 1853
Date of death: 15 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the lumbar portion of spine. Psoas abscess on both sides. Disease of the right knee
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Spine); Disease (Knee)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman, who was very fat & of florid complexion, was admitted on account of disease of the right knee joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, spine, right knee

Type of injury: n/a

John Bentley, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 88
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1854
Date of death: 20 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Retention of urine from enlarged prostate. Calculi in kidney. Senile dementia
Disease (standardised): Urinary retention (Prostate); Calculus (Kidney); Dementia (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old man applied (or rather was brought by his friends) for admission late in the evening of the 17th of the month. He was in a state of senile dementia, and was very violent & noisy, but could be made to understand simple questions when his attention was forcibly excited. It appeared from his wife’s account that he had been suffering from partial retention of urine for some time, & had had an instrument passed without much difficulty about a month ago, but had not paid further attention to it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Samuel Fig, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1854
Date of death: 8 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of skull owing to a fall. Bruising of brain &c
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bruising (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was said to have fallen from a scaffold, a height of 25 feet, on the morning of admission, and to have been quite insensible when picked up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, craniuim, thorax

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Clara Styant, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of injury: n/a

Henry Farnden, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1854
Date of death: 24 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Softening of central part of brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A very pale, weak, sickly-looking boy, who was admitted on account of acute inflammation of the left hip joint, attended with the usual symptoms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left hip

Type of injury: n/a

Margaret Dent, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854
Date of death: 12 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Lumbar abscess. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Central nervous system); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was not examined’

Type of injury: 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

John Stratton, 16, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1855
Date of death: 11 Jun 1855
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing abscess in leg. Secondary deposits in Lungs and Brain
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Deposits (Lung); Deposits (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 an abscess in the left thigh. He did not give any very connected account of the disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Flynn, 69, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1858
Date of death: 20 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the bladder, iliac glands and dura mater
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Bladder, lymph nodes, brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A gardener, who had been out of health for two months with some shortness of breath & slight oedema of the legs, but his chief complaint was that his urine was often thick & of the colour of blood, & that he felt extremely giddy’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Snighton, [No age stated], [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1858
Date of death: 29 Sep 1858
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the brain. Arachnitis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Arachnoiditis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'Nothing was known of this man’s history. He was brought in complaining of excruciating pain at the back of the neck & in the head, & for this he had applied to a medical man who treated the case as one of rheumatism. He could give no account of his symptoms & died in great suffering within two hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium (‘at the request of the friends no other part of the body was examined’)

Type of incident: n/a

William Vinson, 33, Cab driver

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1858
Date of death: 9 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Cirrhosis. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A cab driver who had been ill three weeks. His habits were very intemperate & in May last he had an attack of delirium tremens. He attributed his present illness to cold; having been exposed to the rain for 16 hours. For three weeks he had been troubled with vomiting after meals’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Eliza West, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1857
Date of death: 2 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Apoplectic clot in the brain. Encysted abscess of the cerebellum
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The friends of this woman stated that she had been ill about thirteen weeks. The original cause being a fall on the kerb stone which was followed by evident bleeding at the nose, headaches and frequent vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Allen, 4, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1857
Date of death: 24 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Convulsions
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Seizures (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This child’s clothes caught fire, and it was burn about the arm, face and chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Jane Triming, 11, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1857
Date of death: 28 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Strumous tubercle of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This child had always been delicate, but for a month past had been very much worse, with no very marked symptoms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Manning, 50, Cab driver

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1857
Date of death: 1 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Whilst on the box he was seized with vertigo.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

David Irons, 16, Errand boy

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1857
Date of death: 3 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the tympanum. Suppuration in arachnoid. Pus in sinuses. Congestion of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ear); Suppuration (Brain); Congestion (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He was stated to have been ill three weeks. He first complained of languor and violent pain in the head coming on worse at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right ear, brain, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Morris, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1857
Date of death: 7 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of axillary glands, brain, liver and lumbar glands after the escharotic treatment of scirrhus of the breast
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Brain); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A widow with two children who had always enjoyed good health until the appearance of the cancer of the breast.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left breast, cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

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