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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 11 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Abscesses and sinuses connected with diseased shoulder joint. Head symptoms. Scrofulous tubercle of large size found in the right optic thalamus. Slight scrofulous deposit in the lungs
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Shoulder); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She had been twice before in the Hospital during last year on account of a large abscess situated at the upper and outer part of the right arm which was supposed to e connected with disease of the bones entering in to the shoulder joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax and shoulder joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 19 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Idiotcy. An increased number with diminished size of the cerebral convolutions. New bone added to the inner plate of the calvaria with obliterated sutures. Disease of the vertebrae, sacrum and pelvis
Disease (standardised): Intellectual disability (Brain); Disease (Brain); Disease (Spine); Disease (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She was admitted on account of a large fluctuating tumour situated over the region of the left sacro iliac joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 17 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Death by coma and convulsions. Nothing but effusion of fluid in the ventricles and the sub-arachnoid tissues found, with numerous bloody puncta
Disease (standardised): Coma (Brain); Seizures (Brain); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was a coachman to an English nobleman resident abroad, and about six months before admission had to drive some hours from Berlin to Vienna during very hot weather. On his arrival at Vienna he felt very unwell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1852
Date of death: 23 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs and kidneys. Double pleural adhesions and diseased kidneys. Effusion of purulent fluid and lymph in the sub-arachnoidean tissues of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Kidney); Suppuration (Brain); Lymph (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient had been ailing about six months, and had certainly been losing flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1852
Date of death: 19 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fall out of a window. Extensive fracture of the cranium with bruising of the brain at both its upper and lower surface
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: An hour before admission this child fell out of a window.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10 years 7 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1852
Date of death: 19 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever with albuminous urine. Diseased kidneys. Old double pleurisy. Wet brain
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Albuminuria (Kidney); Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A sister was also admitted suffering from scarlet fever. The brother died a few hours after admission (number 131 in this volume).
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1852
Date of death: 1 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus following a lacerated wound of the hand. Post mortem effects found were softening of the fornix of the brain and of entire spinal chord to some extent (PM results?)
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic); Laceration (Hand); Softening (Brain); Softening (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Six days before his admission he applied as an out patient on account of a lacerated wound of the hand caused by chaff cutting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal column, cranium, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1852
Date of death: 2 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Injuries from a fall the result of a blow. Extensive fracture of the cranium with extravasation of blood and laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: It appeared that on the evening of admission this man, who was at the time very drunk, was quarrelling with a person who struck him a heavy blow on the left side of the mouth.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1852
Date of death: 20 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the texture of the lungs. Diseased heart and valves. Dilated aorta. Slight thickening and opacity of arachnoid at the base of the cerebellum
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Heart); Thickening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: From the fitting state in which this patient was admitted, it was evident that she had been ill for some time and had been much neglected.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 13 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, in the membranes of the brain and cerebellum and of the spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The history of this case was extremely obscure. He had some illness last summer for which he had been treated at the Westminster Hospital but the nature of it was not known.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1853
Date of death: 13 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the sub-arachnoidean tissue covering brain and cerebellum. Ventricles full of clotted blood. Breaking up of the left corpus striatum and of the walls of the left ventricle
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was found by the police in a state of insensibility on his way to work on the morning of the twelfth and had been taken to a medical man who observed a smell of spirits about his breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1853
Date of death: 8 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Facial paralysis and hemiplegia produced by a tumour of the pons varolii the result of softened scrofulous matter
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Face); Hemiplegia (Brain); Tumour (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This girl stated that her illness began with slight numbness of the face on the right side, and since that she had had numbness down the left side of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pharynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1853
Date of death: 16 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the skull with depression. Blood, recent fibrin, and purulent fluid under the arachnoid. Bruising of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Fibrin (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This boy had been driving a cart up to town and had fastened the reins around his wrist. The horse, taking fright, upset the cart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1853
Date of death: 16 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Injury to the head. Exposure of bone. Trephining. Pus external to dura mater also in the sub-arachnoidean tissue. Secondary lobular pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Trephining (Skull); Suppuration (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient had been for two weeks under the care of the House Surgeon for phagadena.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Maidservant
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1853
Date of death: 24 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall out of a window. Fracture of the cranium with laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman had fallen out of window three stories high, which she was cleaning, on to the pavement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1854
Date of death: 19 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into brain. Diseased liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man was reported to have eaten a hearty dinner on the day of his admission, and to have been found at 5pm in the stable in a state of stupor; he was at first supposed to be in a state of intoxication, but his friends, feeling alarmed, had got a medical man to see him, who had given him some medicine, after which he had been sick & vomited freely, and his bowel had been freely purged, and at night he was brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Farm labourer
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1858
Date of death: 28 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus interim. Ecchymosis in spinal canal
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Ecchymosis (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A farm labourer who had suffered for a twelvemonth from pain in the head which was increased by working in the sun. Six months later it became so bad & was accompanied with such frequent vomiting that he went under medical care & was leeched & blistered. This treatment did him some good for a time. When he came to the hospital there was tenderness all down the spine & partial paralysis of the lower limbs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1856
Date of death: 17 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Dementia. Sores on the legs. Viscid fluid under arachnoid.
Disease (standardised): Dementia (Brain); Ulcer (Leg); Fluid (Meninges)
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 had been a sailor. He was admitted on account of ulcers of the legs of about five weeks standing. He was also in a state of senile dementia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1856
Date of death: 22 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous deposits in the Brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: According to the account given by the friends, this girl was quite well when she came to London three weeks ago to attend a school in Sloane Street. In little more than a week she began to complain of pain in the head, was sometimes sick and used to scream in the night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1856
Date of death: 26 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Acute Hydrocephalus
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The friends of this child stated that she was quite well until a month ago. She had some dyspnoea and palpitation, but what most struck those about her was a gradually increasing numbness of the hands and inability to grasp objects.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1856
Date of death: 19 Nov 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fits. Softening of the Brain
Disease (standardised): Seizures (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Nothing could be ascertained respecting this man except that eight days before his admission he had a fit in which he lost consciousness, and on recovering he was found paralysed on the left side and unable to articulate.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1857
Date of death: 6 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation and abscess of brain from diseased ear. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Abscess (Brain); Disease (Ear); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Ten days before admission she felt sharp pinching pain in the right ear and noticed that a little discharge came away on her handkerchief.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1854
Date of death: 30 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Extensive scalp wound. Serious effusion under arachnoid
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Effusion (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose age appeared to be considerably greater than the one given, but who had always enjoyed good health, was admitted on account of an injury of the head by falling down a story of an unfinished house. He had struck his head against something in the fall’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scalp, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

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

Type of injury: n/a