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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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