Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 May 1850 Date of death: 3 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Bronchitis. Low fever Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Bronchitis (Lung); Fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This body was not examined and case therefore is not reported. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined. Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 May 1845 Date of death: 10 May 1845 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Erysipelas with oedema of scalp, & diffuse cellular inflammation of neck & mediastinum. Larynx oedematous, with increased vascularity. Large quantities of fluid in the ventricles of the brain with perforation, in several places, of septum lucidum Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Erysipelas (Skin); Edema (Scalp); Inflammation (Neck, chest); Edema (Larynx); Wound (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'Was first brought to the hospital on the 2nd of May with a wound about an inch in length, situated immediately above the right superciliary ridge and not exposing the bone. He was sensible and able to answer questions but his manner was excited. He was said to have been stunned by a blow, and had not been sick after the accident. He declared his intention of leaving the hospital, but was ultimately reduced to go to bed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 48 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 May 1847 Date of death: 29 May 1847 Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Wound into the larynx. Bronchitis. Lungs gorged with blood. Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Bronchitis (Lung); Gorged (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This woman, who had suffered from from fistulous disease of the rectum and phthisical symptoms which rendered her life a burden, was admitted with a wound between the thyroid and cricoid cartilage, inflicted by herself with a razor. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat and abdomen Type of incident: Suicide
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 63 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 May 1845 Date of death: 3 Jun 1845 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Caecum & omentum in the sac. Peritonitis of a low character. Foul suppuration in the sac and in neighbouring cellular tissue. Gut thickened. Pleurisy on both sides Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert and Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a large soft tumor in the right femoral region with some impulse on coughing and by the side of this was another small swelling which could be reduced into the abdomen without difficulty’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, hernial sac, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 May 1846 Date of death: 19 Jun 1846 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Chronic inflammation of pericardium with extensive effusion of pus. Pleurisy on both sides. Ulceration of cartilages of elbow joint with extensive suppuration in neighbourhood. Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Inflammation (Heart); Suppuration (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ulcer (Arm); Suppuration (Arm) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: When admitted the patient appeared to be suffering principally from excessive debility. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left superior extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jun 1846 Date of death: 28 Jun 1846 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of the arm and chest. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the arm. Old adhesions about the right lung the liver and spleen. Heart flaccid and dilated. Lungs emphysematous. Ribs fractured and united. Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Arm); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Fracture (Ribs); Adhesions (Lung);Adhesions (Liver) ; Adhesions (Spleen) 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 first admitted on 5th May with fractured ribs and discharged on 17th June. It appears that the evening after his discharge he went to bed somewhat inebriated and complained the next day of feeling generally unwell, depressed and shivering. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right upper extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Jun 1851 Date of death: 8 Jul 1851 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the ovaries & fallopian tubes. Pelvic peritonitis. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the vagina. Recent pleurisy on left side. Old pleurisy on the right side. Engorged lungs Disease (standardised): Disease (Ovaries, fallopian tubes); Peritonitis (Pelvis); Ulcer (Vagina); Pleurisy (Lungs); Engorgement (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient had been attending for some weeks as an outpatient with flooding & was supposed to labour under some organic disease of the uterus. She was admitted into the house [hospital] owing to her debilitated condition consequent upon the loss of blood which was increased at the time of her admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jul 1852 Date of death: 26 Jul 1852 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of cartilages of knee. Bronchitis. Amputation of thigh four days before death. Secondary pneumonia Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Knee); Bronchitis (Lung); Amputation (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The friends objected to any examination Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Aug 1849 Date of death: 25 Aug 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Blood in both pleural cavities. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with fracture of nearly all the true ribs of the right side, & fracture of the three upper ribs of the left side. The accident was said to have been caused by the wheels of a waggon having passed over his chest’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Sep 1841 Date of death: 13 Nov 1841 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular phthisis. Pneumonia. Kidneys containing tubercles Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick 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, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 May 1845 Date of death: 28 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg, with extensive suppuration. Pleurisy in right side, and 2ndary deposits in both lungs Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to be in the habit of drinking. Whilst in a state of intoxication he fell down stairs, and was brought to the hospital stunned by the fall and with a compound fracture of the right tibia’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right lower extremity, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Sep 1851 Date of death: 6 Oct 1851 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound followed by sloughing. Symptoms of compression of brain [?], attributable to the formation of pus within the cranium. Trephining resorted to. Pus & ‘lymphy gradation’, fluid between the dura mater & bone, also in arachnoid cavity, & among the meshes of pia mater. Also in cavity & of orbit & frontal sinuses. Secondary lobular pneumonia & hepatitis Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Suppuration (Scalp, brain); Trephining (Skull); Pneumonia (Lungs); Hepatitis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This man was first seen as an out-patient. He had had a glass thrown at him in some drunken quarrel which had inflicted a pretty severe wound on the fore part of his scalp. There was a good deal of bleeding’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Dec 1844 Date of death: 2 Jan 1845 Disease (transcribed): Burn. Lobular pneumonia. Ulcers on chordae vocalis and in duodenum Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Pneumonia (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx, intestines) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: ‘This patient after her admission became gradually weaker and weaker, and finally died of exhaustion’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen
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: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Sep 1848 Date of death: 14 Oct 1848 Disease (transcribed): Malignant ulcer under the tongue. Chronic bronchitis. Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Tongue); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: The history of the case is not recorded as the body was not examined. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851 Date of death: 9 Nov 1851 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of both bones of the right leg & sloughing of the wound. Secondary lobular pneumonia in the right lung. Old pleural adhesions on both sides. Recent pericarditis. Purulent deposits in the liver & slight peritonitis Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sloughing (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Deposit (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This man was a travelling carman & [?] and seemed to have led rather an irregular life. He was admitted on the 15th of October having received a kick from a horse on the right leg. The blow had fractured the leg & it appeared that in endeavouring to rise afterwards he had caused the fractured end of the tibia to protrude […] Nothing is known of the history of the old bullet wound’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Sep 1847 Date of death: 01 Nov 1847 Disease (transcribed): Recto-vaginal fistula. Operation under influence of ether. Pleuro-pneumonia Disease (standardised): Fistula (Intestines); Fistula (Vagina); Operation (); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This case is not reported, as the body was removed without examination. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Oct 1843 Date of death: 28 Jan 1844 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis and Pneumo Thorax. The thigh was amputated 10 weeks before the patients death. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung); Amputation (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: About ten weeks before his death the right leg was amputated on account of a disease of the synovical membrane. There were also some symptoms of disease in the lungs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and stump Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Dec 1852 Date of death: 4 Dec 1852 Disease (transcribed): Rupia of long standing. Typhoid symptoms. Pneumonia on right side. Enlarged heart with thickened valves. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Rupia (Skin); Syphilis (Systemic); Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He was admitted under the care of the surgeon with an eruption of cachectic rupia over his body of six weeks standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jan 1846 Date of death: 25 Jan 1846 Disease (transcribed): Sinuses about perineum. Diffuse cellular inflammation spreading from that part to the gluteal, abdominal, scrotal and inguinal region. Congestive pneumonia. Granular kidneys. Disease (standardised): Sinuses (Perineum); Inflammation (Perineum); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This patient was admitted almost in a typhoid state, suffering from numerous fistulae in and around the perineum. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, perineum and left inferior extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 9 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Aug 1844 Date of death: 8 Nov 1844 Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae. Psoas abscesses, the one on the left side communicating with the Hip. Peritonitis. Pleurisy. Old adhesions of lung. Other viscera healthy. Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Adhesions (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John 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: 52 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Nov 1844 Date of death: 26 Nov 1844 Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Diffuse inflammation of neck. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Crude tubercles in apex of right lung. Disease (standardised): Laceration (Throat); Inflammation (Neck); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Nov 1847 Date of death: 26 Dec 1847 Disease (transcribed): Softened septum and fornix with effusion in ventricles of brain. Scrofulous tubercles in subarachnoid cellular tissue. Phthisis pulmonalis. Pneumonia with hepatisation. Inflammation of bladder. Disease of hip joints. Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Inflammation (Bladder);Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur. Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted for symptoms of acute inflammation of the hip joint. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and left hip joint Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845 Date of death: 17 Oct 1845 Disease (transcribed): Internal haemorrhoids. Ligature. Phlebitis. Secondary abscesses in liver and lung. Pleurisy. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Anus); Ligature; Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Abscess (Liver, lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted for an indurated venereal sore upon the upper surface of the skin of the penis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1851 Date of death: 8 Feb 1851 Disease (transcribed): Large sloughing wound of the scalp. Exposure of both parietal bones. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'Two hours before his admission this old man, who was a carpenter, fell from the joists of a building, & struck the top of his head against a piece of wood which as on the ground. He was but slightly stunned tho’ he fell from a height of several feet. There was considerable haemorrhage (from the wound) which produced extreme exhaustion’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen