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Amelia Brewer, 24, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1864
Date of death: 15 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of temporal bone. Inflammation of lateral sinus. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'All that could be learnt of this patient, who was unable to give any account of herself, was that she had been confined a week back with a six months child, that for some time past she had complained of pain in the left side of the face which was called neuralgia’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, sinus, jugular vein, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Andrew Wright, 3, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1845
Date of death: 10 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus. Congestion of the pia mater and brain. Softening of the central white parts. Lungs congested. Caries of spine
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Congestion (Brain, lungs); Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'It appeared that this child had been ailing about three weeks, had lost his appetite, become restless, flushed in the face, & had slight convulsive movements in the limbs, with twitchings of the muscles of the face. He was very thirsty, extremely heavy & drowsy, yet unable to obtain any quick sleep, for when dozing, he constantly started, and occasionally screamed violently. His bowels had been much confined’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Morgan, 17, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845
Date of death: 12 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation & erysipelas. Circumscribed abscesses in anterior mediastinum and upon lumbar vertebrae. Extensive pleurisy. Chorea. Brain and spinal chord healthy
Disease (standardised): Inflammation; Erysipelas (Skin); Abscess (Chest, spine); Pleurisy (Lungs); Chorea (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with well-marked symptoms of chorea. Her mother gave the following history. At the age of 14, she began to menstruate and had enjoyed very good health up to April last, at which time she experienced a fright, which for about ten minutes rendered her incapable of either moving or speaking. In about a quarter of an hour she entirely regained her speech, but at the same time slight symptoms of chorea began to manifest themselves, both by the twitching of the muscles of the face and by some little involuntary movements in the upper extremities’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spinal chord

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Tanner, 49, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1862
Date of death: 21 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She was admitted the first time on the 12 March 1862, being brought in by a policeman in a state of insensibility, who said she had dropped down in the street.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Ann White, 55, House keeper

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1867
Date of death: 23 Aug 1867
Disease (transcribed): Serous apoplexy. Oedema of lungs. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman was brought into the hospital in a completely comatose condition. She had been found in a fit of apoplexy the previous day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Edgler, 52, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1846
Date of death: 25 May 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fungoid disease of brain with extravasation of blood, and softening of the surrounding structure. Other organs healthy in structure. Old adhesions about pleurae, pericardium and peritoneum.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain ); Adhesions (Pleura); Adhesions (Heart); Adhesions (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted about five months before this admission, suffering from intense pain in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Anne H Higgs, 9, Schoolgirl

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1862
Date of death: 14 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Chorea. Effusion of blood in spinal canal
Disease (standardised): Chorea (Central nervous system); Effusion (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Two years before the present attack this girl was a patient for chorea which had first appeared after a fright.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Hogg, 32, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1845
Date of death: 20 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fits of an epileptic character. Great congestion of the brain & its membranes. Pointed exostosis growing from the occipital
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Exostoses (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Cowell, Thomas William
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with fits of an epileptic character, occurring about every two minutes. It was reported that epilepsy was common in the family, and that one of her brothers, as also one of her sisters, had suffered severely from it. This patient was attacked for the first time three days before admission, and when first seen by the medical man, it was judged advisable to bleed her’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium (‘in consequence of the relations having called, late in the afternoon, to remove the body. The head was the only part examined’)

Type of incident: n/a

Annie Hoare, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1871
Date of death: 17 Dec 1871
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of left internal carotid, middle & anterior cerebral arteries. Extensive cerebral softening. Atheroma
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'The history reported by the friends was that three days before admission she went to get out of bed and fell down. She recovered herself and feeling unwell she came up to London from Norwood by herself and went to her daughter. She then reported what had happened when in the morning her daughter noticed that she had a very strange manner with her, did not answer questions properly, was hardly able to walk, and there was some twitching of the face and limbs. She remained in that state for twelve hours, gradually getting less power of the right side, and of the power of speech. At the end of twenty four hours she was quite insensible, with an occasional twitching of right side, but altering up to the time she was admitted’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Bean, 48, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1861
Date of death: 16 Dec 1861
Disease (transcribed): Old clots in brain
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient said that he had been perfectly well the day prior to admission until he had suffered from a fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and chest
Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin George, 51, Pot boy

Occupation or role: Pot boy
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1845
Date of death: 1 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Delirium Tremens. Brain wet. Slight extravasation of blood in arachnoid. Heart dilated and atrophied with flaccid muscular structure. Patches of atheroma about valves and aorta. Blood fluid. Lungs congested. Liver fatty.
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain ); Disease (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Lung); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient had lost his appetite, unable to sleep well and had become extensively nervous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Roach, 26, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1870
Date of death: 18 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied Heart. Meningeal apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: On the morning of the day of admission the man fell down in a fit having previously complained of sleeplessness. On admission he was unable to give any account of himself, but lay semi-conscious, with widely dilated pupils.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Sylvester, 6, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1857
Date of death: 31 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Strumous tubercle of cerebellum and medulla oblongata. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This boy came to the hospital suffering from slight fever and headache, the latter caused by his mother having given him an overdose of laudanum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Bowyer, 16, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1859
Date of death: 23 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Softening of spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Softening (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'One week before admission this young woman had, during the day, a severe pain at the lower part of the spine. During the following night she had occasion to get out of bed, and on returning to it found that she had suddenly lost the use of the lower extremities so that she was unable to turn round’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Findon, 30, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1861
Date of death: 25 Jul 1861
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed Emphysema. Delirium Tremens
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient reported that he had been feeling very low and unable to sleep at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Kirscher, 32, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1858
Date of death: 2 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the liver, mesentery, omentum, dura mater &c
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Liver, mesentery, omentum, brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'An anaemic individual who stated that he suffered severely from diarrhoea last September. Ever since he had been dyspeptic, but had never had vomiting. About 5 days ago for the first time he noticed a swelling in the epigastric region. The bowels were very costive’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Mitchell, 47, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1844
Date of death: 20 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Effusion in sub-arachnoid cellular tissue. Arteries of brain extensively thickened by atheroma. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the neck, spreading to the mediastina. Old pericarditis. Heart dilated. Kidneys granular
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Brain); Inflammation (Neck); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'Stated that about 10 months ago, he began to experience much giddiness & uneasiness in the head, which had gone on increasing up to the time of admission. That he never had a fit, but at times had found his limbs numb and weaker than usual, & his extremities cold, more especially on the left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Moffat, Baker

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1871
Date of death: 29 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Sanguineous apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Stroke (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Not seen by me’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Constantia Eden, 61, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jul 1866
Date of death: 6 Jul 1866
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman had been seized with apoplexy in the afternoon.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Daniel Brown, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 03 Feb 1847
Date of death: 13 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the vessels of dura mater and brain
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of intense pain in the head, and of severe and constant cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Daniel Hayden, 46, Cellarman

Occupation or role: Cellarman
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1862
Date of death: 12 Feb 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The day before his admission he had four epileptic fits for which he was brought to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Daniel Seymour, 52, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1846
Date of death: 12 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Spinal chord and brain healthy. Lungs emphysematous anteriorly, loaded with red, frothy serum posteriorly. Heart soft and flaccid, thin and dilated. Abdominal viscera healthy
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with paralysis of the lower extremities, but otherwise apparently in very tolerable health.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal column, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

David Davis, 35, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1845
Date of death: 22 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Lungs oedematous, partial red hepatisation. Heart soft & dilated. Blood fluid. Valves slightly thickened. Atheroma in aorta. Liver granular & contracted. Kidneys congested with superficial depressions on their surfaces. Effusion on the brain
Disease (standardised): Edema (Lungs); Hepatisation (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Disease (Liver, kidneys); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient, an habitual drunkard, was admitted in a state of great excitement. It appeared that about four years ago he had an attack of delirium tremens, and a second, about six weeks since. That since that time, he has had anasarca of the lower extremities’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

David Fisher, 20, Brass finisher

Occupation or role: Brass finisher
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1864
Date of death: 17 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Epilepsy
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Brain); Epilepsy (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This case is omitted’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

David Irons, 16, Errand boy

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1857
Date of death: 3 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the tympanum. Suppuration in arachnoid. Pus in sinuses. Congestion of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ear); Suppuration (Brain); Congestion (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He was stated to have been ill three weeks. He first complained of languor and violent pain in the head coming on worse at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right ear, brain, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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