Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Apr 1848 Date of death: 17 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Secondary abscesses of liver and lung. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a congenital scrotal hernia which was in a state of strangulation. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Apr 1852 Date of death: 18 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia with operation. Removal of portion of omentum and the appendix caeci which was ulcerated, by ligature. Fatal peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Ulcer (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen) 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 admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Apr 1856 Date of death: 27 Apr 1856 Disease (transcribed): Laryngotomy. Oedema and sloughing of fauces in salivation Disease (standardised): Laryngotomy (Larynx); Oedema (Pharynx); Sloughing (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas. Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man had been under the case of a medical man about a month before his admission on account of inflammation of the lung. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Apr 1859 Date of death: 24 Apr 1859 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the thigh Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas 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
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Apr 1850 Date of death: 21 May 1850 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the finger. Amputation. Secondary abscesses in the lungs. Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Finger); Amputation (Finger); Abscess (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man was admitted with a deep ulcer on the third finger of the right hand, the joints of which were completely destroyed. A crack had formed from some unknown cause and the finger became painful and swollen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 15 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Nov 1843 Date of death: 24 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Necrosis. Operation. Secondary abscess in the Lungs and Liver, and in the opposite thigh and knee joint. Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Leg); Operation (Leg); Abscess (Lung); Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient came into the Hospital with an abscess under the Periosteum of the right Tibia which had been caused by a blow received a short time before. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity and left leg Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 15 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Feb 1847 Date of death: 27 Mar 1847 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the leg. Secondary abscesses of lungs. Inflammation of and pus in the femoral vein. Old disease of hip with dislocation on dorsum ilii and complete ankylosis. Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Abscess (Lung); Suppuration (Veins); Disease (Hip); Ankylosis (Hip); Dislocation (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient stated that he had in his occupation, walked much with heavy weights. Two or three weeks before admission, after a hard days work, swelling of the feet and ankles obliged him to lay up, and rigors and pain shortly came on. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Mar 1859 Date of death: 18 Apr 1859 Disease (transcribed): Operation for removal of tumour of thigh. Gangrene Disease (standardised): Cancer (Leg); Operation (Leg); Gangrene (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: Two years ago this boy for the first time noticed a swelling at the middle of the back of the thigh, which had been gradually getting larger. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity Type of incident: n/a
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
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Nov 1859 Date of death: 12 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Strumous abscesses. Haemorrhage from posterior tibial artery. Amputation of leg Disease (standardised): Abscess Haemorrhage (Blood vessels); Amputation (Leg) 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’
Occupation or role: Married Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Oct 1863 Date of death: 6 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of leg. Bed sores Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Was admitted on October 27th 1863 with diffuse cellular inflammation of the right leg, from the knee to the ankle. An attempt was made to save the skin by timely incisions, but it had quite lost its vitality, and in the course of a week became a mass of slough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, head, chest, abdomen (‘the right leg had been amputated about the middle of the thigh’)
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 9 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Feb 1848 Date of death: 31 Mar 1848 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of leg. Secondary abscess in lung and empyema. Pus in sterno-clavicular joints and elbow joint. Pus in femoral vein. Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Abscess (Lung); Empyema (Lung); Suppuration (Sterno-clavicular joints); Suppuration (Elbow); Suppuration (Veins) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas. Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This boy was admitted with scrofulous disease of the knee joint of four years duration, said to arise from a blow a short time previously. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Sterno-clavicular joint, thorax, abdomen, stump and superior extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 38 Date of admission: 22 Feb 1854 Date of death: 12 Mar 1854 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the thigh. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Amputation (Thigh); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas Surgeon: n/a Physician: n/a Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not reported’ Post mortem notes: 'The body was not examined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Mar 1844 Date of death: 31 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Large quantities of pus found in the coagula of the heart and of several veins. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Suppuration (Heart); Suppuration (Veins) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient had been subject to a reducible femoral hernia for five years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Mar 1857 Date of death: 15 Mar 1857 Disease (transcribed): Operation for inguinal hernia. Ruptured sac. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Rupture (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W. Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man was the subject of congenital inguinal hernia which had been operated upon fifteen years ago. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 57 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Mar 1853 Date of death: 17 Mar 1853 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peculiar unnatural condition of a portion of the abdominal parietes. Hypertrophied heart Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Disease (Abdomen); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This woman had an old hernia for which she was in the habit of wearing a truss. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 76 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Feb 1846 Date of death: 1 Mar 1846 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis (very slight). Granular kidneys. Congestive pneumonia. Other organs healthy in structure. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); 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: It was stated that this patient had suffered with a femoral hernia for two years, during which time the intestine had descended several times and always been reduced without difficulty till the last appearance before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
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
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Dec 1848 Date of death: 6 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Erysipelas Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'She had had a reducible femoral hernia of the right side for nearly 4 years, for which she wore a truss. On the 26th of December she felt some tenseness & uneasiness in the bowels & a frequent desire to go to stool, which resulted only in one scanty evacuation. She had been in good health on the preceding day. About 10 o’clock on the evening of the 26th she was suddenly seized with violent sickness & vomiting, which continued through the night, accompanied by griping pains in the bowels’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 53 Date of admission: 21 Aug 1854 Date of death: 1 Dec 1854 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of breast. Amputation. Softening of brain Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Softening (Brain) Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted under the care of Mr Hewett [Prescott Hewett], on account of scirrhus of the left breast’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thoracic muscles, thorax, cranium, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Dec 1858 Date of death: 12 Feb 1859 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the leg Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas 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
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 16 Date of admission: 18 Oct 1854 Date of death: 20 Nov 1854 Disease (transcribed): Caries of the tarsal bones. Amputation of leg. Phthisis. Meningitis Disease (standardised): Caries (Foot); Amputation (Leg); Tuberculosis (Lung); Meningitis (Brain) Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This girl, who was pale & weakly, & presented the usual marks of the strumous habit, was admitted on account of caries of the bones of the left foot, which had existed for about 2 years. She had been treated for it at various hospitals, but without receiving any benefit’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 55 Date of admission: 20 Oct 1854 Date of death: 27 Oct 1854 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'He had been affected with inguinal hernia of the left side for 6 years’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Oct 1855 Date of death: 18 Nov 1855 Disease (transcribed): Amputation of arm. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Amputation (Arm); Sepsis (Systemic) 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 was admitted on account of an extensive gun shot injury of the arm. It seemed that on the morning of admission he had been accidentally shot by a fowling piece. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump, right foot, left foot, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 11 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Dec 1844 Date of death: 8 Dec 1844 Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Lithotomy. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the Pelvis and Peritonitis. Right kidney wasted with dilated pelvis and infundibula. Left kidney enlarged. Pelvis and infundibula dilated. Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Lithotomy (Bladder); Inflammation (Pelvis); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Dilatation (Pelvis);Dilatation (Pituitary gland) 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: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a