Research

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of narrative autopsy reports for deceased patients of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Autopsies are present for case book numbers 1362 through 6682. Reports include date and time of death; name of doctor performing autopsy; other physicians present; age at death; form of insanity; duration of insanity; cause of death; external appearance of cadaver (nourished or malnourished); weight, in ounces, of brain, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, and uterus; whether the cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen, and pelvic organs had been examined. Reports conclude with a detailed post mortem. Often a typed sheet of paper stating "see description of microscopic specimens in case record" is pasted at the end of the post-mortem report.