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William Tooty, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1846
Date of death: 8 Jul 1846
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. The strangulation being produced by the internal abdominal ring, and the hernia not passing down further than the inguinal canal. Gut of a dark colour and covered with fibrine, otherwise healthy
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Disease (Gastrointestinal tract)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of great depression with a pale, anxious countenance and small pulse. In the right inguinal region was a hernial tumour about the size of the fist.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Sewell, 49, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1846
Date of death: 26 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy of right hemisphere. Vessels of brain healthy. Heart hypertrophied. Kidneys granular and dwindled. Liver with round margins and congested. Admitted into the hospital as an injury of the head, having fallen from a gig.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain ); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This man was admitted almost comatose, with a yellow countenance.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Kelley, 33, Fishman

Occupation or role: Fishman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1846
Date of death: 29 Mar 1846
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Pleurisy. Pneumonia of both lungs. Secondary deposits in the right. Bronchitis. Granular liver. Spleen softened and pale. Violent delirium.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen);Delirium (Nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: After being intoxicated for many days, this man attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

William Hall, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1850
Date of death: 16 Jul 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a fracture of the femur through the great trochanter. He later complained of pain in his abdomen, which was distended.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Thomas Thompson, 38, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1857
Date of death: 29 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of both forearms from accident. Diffuse inflammation. Diseased liver and kidneys. Wet brain
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Arm); Inflammation (Arm); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Wet (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: He was engaged in fading a chaff cutting machine and by some means his right hand was caught in the cutter as he was fading it and was amputated, and the left probably from an attempt made to extricate the right became likewise caught in, and amputated by the machine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right arm, left forearm, cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Thomas Basham, 44, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1843
Date of death: 11 Sep 1843
Disease (transcribed): Fistula in ano.
Disease (standardised): Rectal fistula (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward. , James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Cole, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1855
Date of death: 1 Jun 1855
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Very little could be made out of this man's case. He was admitted by the Apothecary for a supposed recto-vesical fistula but nothing of this kind was found.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Birch, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1854
Date of death: 17 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Intestines & omentum in sac
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward and Pollock, George
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had had a serotal hernia on the right side for some years, which had been always easily reducible. He had also had a swelling in the right groin for the last 3 years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Mary Warrett, 44, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1860
Date of death: 30 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Strangulation of intestine through an artificial anus
Disease (standardised): Strangulation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: n/a

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Morris, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1852
Date of death: 24 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Partial gangrene of intestines
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Gangrene (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: Two days before admission she had begun to vomit and had continued to do so up to that time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Maria Snell, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1843
Date of death: 30 Dec 1843
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical Hernia. Operation. Peritonitis with inflammation of the ascending colon and caecum.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from an umbilical hernia for the previous 30 years, which during the last five or six had attained the size of a child’s head. She had been subject to habitual constipation and choliky pains in the abdomen and occasionally inflammation of the bowels. During a fit of coughing on the morning of admission, she experienced a sudden increase in the size of tumour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Maria Meadows, 55, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1858
Date of death: 20 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Chronic dysentery. Ulceration of rectum
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Ulcer (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
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: n/a

Joseph Dawson, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1847
Date of death: 15 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Acute peritonitis and escape of faecal matter after rupture of intestine.
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Rupture (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: On the evening of May 12th this patient while drunk and in a quarrel received a violent kick from a heavy booted foot on the hypogastrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

John Munday, 36, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1845
Date of death: 28 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of lungs and pleura. Deposit of matter in lung. Inflammation of mucous membrane of large intestine. Haemorrhoids. Operation
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Lungs, intestines); Haemorrhoids (Anus); Operation
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient had suffered from the usual symptoms of piles for eight years previous to his admission and latterly they had been accompanied with some degree of prolapsus anii’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Brown, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1856
Date of death: 28 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur, extending into the knee joint. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted in consequence of an accident in which he had fractured his left thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left inferior extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Watson , 62, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1861
Date of death: 20 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Operation for umbilical hernia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital in a state of collapse having a large umbilical hernia of some days standing
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Short, 56, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1855
Date of death: 3 April 1855
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated Femoral Hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Blackshaw, 26, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1844
Date of death: 14 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammation of the rectum and neighbouring parts, with ulceration. Chronic inflammation of bladder. Liver fatty
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Rectum, bladder); Ulcer (Rectum, bladder); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that nine years before her admission, she receive ‘an injury’ in the lower part of her back. To this succeeded a discharge from the rectum which continued for twelve months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Chandler, 31, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Oct 1843
Date of death: 3 Dec 1843
Disease (transcribed): Affection of the Liver.
Disease (standardised): Affection (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Seymour, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1857
Date of death: 16 Mar 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous tumour of the uterus. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman had four miscarriages when about three months pregnant, the last being three years ago. Soon after which time she experienced pain in the loins of a dull aching character with bearing down and darting pains through the uterus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Colliss, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1847
Date of death: 13 Nov 1847
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis with purulent effusion. Softening of fimbriated extremities of fallopian tubes.
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen); Disease (Fallopian tubes)
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 was admitted with an inflamed gland in the left groin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Pearce, 11, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1853
Date of death: 26 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Scrofulous deposit in kidney. Ulceration of bladder and peculiar construction thereof. Abscess in substance of psoas and iliacus muscles
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Ulcer (Bladder); Abscess (Muscles)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This boy, when admitted, presented many of the symptoms of stone. He had suffered for a year with frequent calls to make water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Scott, 2 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1848
Date of death: 22 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Imperforate anus. Retention of faeces.
Disease (standardised): Imperforate (Anus); Retention of faeces (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The history of this case is not given as the body was not examined.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a