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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1840
Date of death: 3 Jan 1841
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease in cranium, thorax & abdomen
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Skull, thorax, abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hope, 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: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1840
Date of death: 27 Jun 1841
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Dilated air-cells
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Sinusitis (Head)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, 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: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1841
Date of death: 18 Sep 1841
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Inflammation of the membranes and brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted into the house with a compound fracture of the skull with depression of bone but without symptoms; he was trephined shortly after his admission. Did very well for several days until inflammatory action was set up in the cavity of the cranium’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1841
Date of death: 7 Oct 1841
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the back of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1841
Date of death: 26 Oct 1841
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull with depression
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Base of brain had not suffered from the violence’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1842
Date of death: 25 Mar 1842
Disease (transcribed): Comminuted and extensive fracture of the skull. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Deposit
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: [Catalogue of the Pathological Museum, 1866, p.12-13]: ‘Admitted into the hospital with compound fracture of the skull and depression of bone. The depressed portions of bone were removed shortly after the boy’s admission. The patient died, 14 days after the accident, of a secondary abscess in the right hip-joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, hip-joint

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1842
Date of death: 13 Apr 1842
Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn of the head and neck
Disease (standardised): Burn (Head, neck)
Admitted under the care of: n/a
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Case reported by Mr Lee [?Henry Lee], house surgeon’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1842
Date of death: 23 Apr 1842
Disease (transcribed): Contused wound of scalp. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Deposit
Admitted under the care of: Walker, Robert Benjamin
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1842
Date of death: 21 Apr 1842
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of right leg. Gangrene
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Gangrene (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Inferior extremities

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1842
Date of death: 24 Jun 1842
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Inflammation of mucous membrane of mouth, fauces, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, larynx and wind pipe.
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Inflammation (Face, Pharynx, Oesophagus, Stomach, Duodenum, Larynx, Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: n/a
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Inflammation and sloughing of the cellular tissue of the scalp. Caries of the skull.
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Inflammation (Head); Sloughing (Head); Caries (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Walker, Robert Benjamin
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient was admitted on account of the burn described in the post mortem.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1842
Date of death: 15 Dec 1842
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Fracture of arm.
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Head); Fracture (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Walker, Robert Benjamin
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Banister, George
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1843
Date of death: 10 Sep 1843
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Fracture of Pelvis.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Fracture (Pelvis)
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: Head, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 years 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 February 1844
Date of death: 2 Mar 1844
Disease (transcribed): Cancrum Oris.
Disease (standardised): Noma (Face)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a large sloughing ulcer of the face which had destroyed the cheek and exposed the mouth as far back as the last grinders.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 February 1844
Date of death: 10 Mar 1844
Disease (transcribed): Diseased bones of nose. Fatal Erysepelas.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Nose); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a very cachectic state with a disease of the nostrils accompanied by great pain about the head and face and a fetid purulent discharge.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx and larynx, thorax, abdomen, cranium and nasal cavities
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1843
Date of death: 16 Mar 1844
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous affection of the scalp. Extensive gangrene of the lung. No malignant disease found in any part of the body but the scalp.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Scalp); Gangrene (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a disease of the scalp.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1844
Date of death: 1 Jun 1844
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease in right auricle. Amputation of leg for encephaloid disease of foot. Pus in one of the post tibial veins. Secondary inflammation affecting left pleura and pericardium.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ear); Amputation (Leg); Cancer (Foot); Suppuration (Veins); Inflammation (Pleura); Inflammation (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: On the 25th May the patient underwent amputation below the knee on account of fungus haematodes of the heel.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity and stump
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1844
Date of death: 9 Jun 1844
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound, deamidation of bone. Inflammation of sub occipital (muscular) cellular tissue. Suppuration between bone and dura mater and in the corresponding cavity of arachnoid. Fracture of second lumbar vertebrae.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Inflammation (Head); Suppuration (Brain ); Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 86
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1844
Date of death: 24 Sep 1844
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Fracture of nasal bones of left zygoma, of superior maxillary on right side, of lower jaw. Suppuration between the fragments and in the orbits. Fracture of metatarsal bones. Gangrene of leg and foot. Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Head); Suppuration (Head); Fracture (Foot); Gangrene (Leg, Foot); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, face, neck and thorax, abdomen and inferior extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1844
Date of death: 21 Oct 1844
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of the face and oedema of the scalp. Chronic Meningitis with adhesions of the arachnoid.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Face); Oedema (Scalp); Meningitis (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx and pharynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1844
Date of death: 20 Nov 1844
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of head and neck. Destruction of eye by suppuration. Anasarca of inferior extremities. Ascites. Capsule of liver thickened. Structure of kidneys mottled and granular.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Head, Neck); Suppuration (Eye); Oedema (Leg); Ascites (Abdomen); Thickening (Liver); Mottled, Granular (Kidney)
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: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1844
Date of death: 19 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound with deamidation of bone. Diffuse cellular inflammation of scalp with Erysipelas of the face.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Deamidation (Skull); Inflammation (Scalp); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

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: Cabman
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1846
Date of death: 20 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Diffuse cellular inflammation of scalp and neck. Fracture of ribs. Pleurisy. Pericarditis. Viscera generally healthy in structure
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Inflammation (Head); Inflammation (Neck); Fracture (Ribs); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
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 patient was admitted in a state of intoxication, with a lacerated and contused wound about an inch long exposing the frontal bone, and several smaller wounds about the face and forehead. This was caused by a fall from a cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1846
Date of death: 15 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Diffuse cellular inflammation of scalp, face and neck. Brain wet. Venous congestion of this organ. Oedema of larynx. Puriform fluid in pleura. Congestive pneumonia. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Atheroma in aorta. Left kidney granular.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Inflammation (Head); Disease (Brain); Oedema (Larynx); Suppuration (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung);Disease (Heart) ; Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries) ; Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted much intoxicated with a scalp wound inflicted by a fall from a footpath into the road.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident