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Anne Webber, 71, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 71
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1857
Date of death: 3 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Operation for strangulated hernia. Peritonitis. Inflammation of intestine which had slipped down again into the sac. ?Renewed strangulation
Disease (standardised): Hernia; Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Inflammation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Hastings, Cecil William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

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

Thomas Metcalf, 35, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1855
Date of death: 30 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Injury to the head. Arachinitis. Pus in left lateral sinuses. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Arachnoiditis (Meninges); Suppuration (Nose); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was originally admitted on 1st March following a kick from a horse, which had inflicted two wounds on the scalp which exposed the bone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right shoulder joint.
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Sarah Buttle, 19, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1847
Date of death: 23 Apr 1847
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of head and neck. Congestion of both lungs. Intestinal glands very much enlarged.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Congestion (Lung); Enlarged (Intestinal mucosa)
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 died under an attack of erysipelas of the scalp of five days standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Froggall, 42, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1851
Date of death: 13 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat in the person of a drunkard. Death from coma, following delirium & ‘furor’, the result partly of loss of blood & sleeplessness & partly doubtless combined with habitual delirium tremens. Low pneumonia & quiescent tubercle in the apices of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Brain); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was by trade a shoemaker, & was a habitual drunkard & during a fit of intoxication shortly before his admission he inflicted a wound on his throat with a razor. When he was brought to the hospital there was free haemorrhage’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide?

James Venables, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1844
Date of death: 2 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of Thigh. Inflammation of Femoral Vein. Secondary abscesses.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Inflammation (Femoral Vein); Abscess (Leg)
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 was admitted with symptoms of ulceration of the cartilages of the knee joint. He attributed the disease to a kick from a horse about two years previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, shoulder joints and stump of left thigh
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Edward Weston, 14, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1843
Date of death: 20 May 1843
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of dorsal spine and abscess
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Abscess (Spine)
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: 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

William Brazier, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1854
Date of death: 8 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of bones of the right wrist. Phthisis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Wrist); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who was extremely pale & thin & had all the aspect of a consumptive patient, was admitted under the surgeon’s care in consequence of strumous disease of the right wrist, which had existed according to his account for more than a year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wrist joint, abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

John Mercer, 38, Drayman

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1851
Date of death: 17 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Pleurisy on the right side, also old tubercular deposit in the apex of right lung. Dislocation of the cartilages of 5th & 6th ribs, from the sternum by a contusion. ‘Wet brain’
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Dislocation (Ribs); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was a drayman & was accidentally jammed in between two drays by which means he received what was thought to be merely a severe contusion on the anterior wall of the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Charles Burnell, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1844
Date of death: 7 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Compressed dislocation of ankle, followed by Erysipelas and diffuse cellular inflammation.
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Ankle); Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
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: The body was not examined, at the request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Boutle, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1843
Date of death: 27 May 1843
Disease (transcribed): Psoas abscess.
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Psoas)
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
Type of incident: n/a

William Harris, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1854
Date of death: 12 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation & abscess of hand. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Hand); Abscess (Hand); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

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

Sarah Catchpole, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1853
Date of death: 16 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Artificial anus in left groin. Circumscribed peritoneal abscesses
Disease (standardised): Artificial anus (Groin); Abscess (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted in the afternoon on account of a femoral hernia of the left side, which she had had for about three years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Arthur Carey, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1843
Date of death: 1 Jun 1843
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of cartilages of knee joint. Abscess.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Abscess (Leg)
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: Left knee, thorax and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

George Elger, 58, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1858
Date of death: 25 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Strumous disease of the testicle
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Testicles)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen, left testicle

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

Henry Burton, 70, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1860
Date of death: 21 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the acetabulum. Abscess in hip joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Abscess (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was said to have fallen between 8 & 9 feet from a scaffold, but how his leg was placed in the fall no one knew’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left hip

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Henry W Carpenter, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1852
Date of death: 9 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Cut of the finger with a piece of glass. Infiltrated pus in the pectoral and latiss dorsi muscles and in the sub-tegumentary tissues. Coagula adherent to neighbouring lumbar veins
Disease (standardised): Wound (Finger); Suppuration (Muscles); Suppuration (Tissues); Coagula (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted reporting that he had cut his finger with glass, and a small portion remained in the wound which had closed up.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Integuments of the chest, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Ely, 34, Brewhouse labourer

Occupation or role: Brewhouse labourer
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1860
Date of death: 23 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Gangrene. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Gangrene; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship and Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A brewhouse labourer. In the habit of drinking freely, according to his own admission 5 pints a day. He was said to have had epileptic fits latterly, but it was not learned how long he had been so affected. He attributed his illness to a lump of coal falling upon the lower part of his back 7 weeks ago’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Johnson, 64, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1848
Date of death: 8 Jun 1848
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of face. Sloughing of sub mucous cellular tissue of tongue. Fracture of leg and union
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Sloughing (Tongue); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient having been admitted under the care of Mr Cutler with simple fracture of right leg, was transferred to Dr Page. He had complained of soreness of throat, with difficulty of swallowing and tenderness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, fauces, thorax, abdomen and lower extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Edward King, 10, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1849
Date of death: 2 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the thigh. Sloughing phagedaena. Tetanus. Congested blood vessels of the membranes of the cord. Cord & brain healthy. Increased vascularity of the nerves
Disease (standardised): Wound (Thigh); Phagedena (Tissues); Tetanus (Systemic); Congestion (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This boy, in attempting to jump from a bridge over the Paddington Canal into a boat, lacerated his thigh upon an iron spike. He was admitted an hour afterwards, having lost much blood since the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Bertram, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1851
Date of death: 9 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the bones & joints of the great toe. Tubercular deposit & vomicae in the lungs on both sides. Thinning of the walls of the heart. Ulceration of internal glands. Scrofulous deposit in mesenteric & lumbar glands
Disease (standardised): Disease (Toe); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Glands); Deposit (Glands)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient had been attending as an out-patient for some days with disease of the metacarpo-phalangeal joint of the great toe, the articular cartilage being destroyed by ulceration. He was sent into the house [hospital] for the purpose of having the toe amputated, but his health was so shattered that this was not done. He had suffered from cough & general debility for 13 months, being troubled with urgent dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Matthews, 58, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1856
Date of death: 26 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Erratic Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

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