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Duncan, Andrew: Medical Commentaries, Vol. IX

Articles by various authors.

Full title: Medical Commentaries for the Year M.DCC.XCIV. Exhibiting a Concise View of the Latest and Most Important Discoveries in Medicine and Medical Philosophy, collected and published by Andred Duncan, M.D.F.R.&A.SS.Ed.’

George Somers, 36, Shopman

Occupation or role: Shopman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1894
Date of death: 15 Sep 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pernicious anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The family history in this case was to the effect that the mother died of ?? [phthisis] - The patient's wife had had several miscarriages - The patient denied syphilitic taint - When a child he had smallpox and scarlet fever - Since then he had been well up till two years ago when he began to suffer from slight haemorrhage (bright red blood) from the rectum [...] For two years he had been getting progressively weaker, till latterly he has been unable to work or walk - He has been short of breath on exertion'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

James Howell, Grocer

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1870
Date of death: 11 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes mellitus. Scrofulous pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This boy, a grocer’s assistant, stated that he was overworked & had frequently to lift weights beyond his strength. He began to suffer from frequent headache & weakness & in February 1869 was obliged to give up his work, & it was then found that he had diabetes. He was an undersized boy, the breath had a characteristic sickly smell, the skin was harsh& dry & he weighed on admission 7 st 1 lb’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

John Bligh, 22, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1894
Date of death: 8 Nov 1894
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis (vegetative)
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The patient's father and mother both suffered from rheumatism - He himself had acute rheumatism at 14 and occasionally since then he had had attacks of slight pain in the joints - For the last five weeks he has had pain in the joints - This was preceeded by four or five rigors - Swelling began in the ankles two weeks ago'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, vessels, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

St George's Hospital Medical School Committee 1896

Meeting minutes. Each set of minutes includes headings for subjects discussed:

1st June 1896, Communication from the board; House Office; Assistant to the Medical Registrar; Assistant Dental Surgeon
22nd June 1896, House Officers; Surgical Registrar; Mr. Arthur Latham
6th July 1896, Quarterly Reports; Hospital Records; Ophthalmic Department; Casualty Department;
5th October 1896, House Office; Quarterly Reports; Special Out-Patients Departments; Next Meeting
2nd November 1896, Letters; Maternity Department; Jenner Memorial; Outgoing House Officers
7th December 1896, Letters; Obstetric Assistant; House Office; Assistant to Medical Registrar; Anaesthetists; Hospital Records
21st December 1896, The Late Chairman; Minutes; Appointments; Rules of Retirement of the Staff; Maternity Transfers; Skiagraphs [X-rays]; Regulations for Anaesthetists
4th January 1897, Retirement Laws; Quarterly Reports; Tallerman Sheffield Apparatus; Supply of Oxygen
1st February 1897, Correspondence; Vacancies in the Staff; March Meeting; Mr. Shield’s Notice of Motion
2nd March 1897, Letters; Surgical Registrar; Curatorship of the Museum
30th March 1897, Correspondence; House Office; Surgical Registrar; Assistant Curator; Assistant Medical Registrat; Out Patient Department; Sick-Room for Nurses; Post Mortem Room
5th April 1897, Quarterly Reports; Lecturers appointed to Medical School Council; Medical Registrar
3rd May 1897, Correspondence
20th May 1897, Election of Matron
3rd June 1897, New Postmortem Room
14th June 1897, Mr. Leonard Grimes; Cancer Institution; Medical Registrar
28th June 1897, House Office; Closing Out Patient Department
5th July 1897, Quarterly Reports; Medical Registrar; Medical Registers; Medical Instruments; Treasurers Report
19th July 1897, Quarterly Report; Anaesthetists; Medical Registrar
4th October 1897, House Office; Privilege of Teaching Pupils in the Wards; Quarterly Reports
1st November 1897, Letters; Surgical Records; Supply of Oxygen to Wards
10th November 1897, Reports
6th December 1897, Correspondence; House Office; Obstetric Assistant
20th December 1897, House Office; Appointments
3rd January 1898, Correspondence; Quarterly Reports; Treatment of Diptheria and Enteric Fever in this Hospital
4th February 1898, Quarterly Report; Hospital Committees; System of Clerkships and Dresserships; Hospital Pharmacopoeia; Impending Vacancy in the Staff; Atkinson Morleys [sic] Hospital; Hypodermic Appliances
19th February 1898, Obstetric Officers
7th March 1898, Crowded State of the Hospital; House Office
14th March 1898, N/A
5th April 1898, Quarterly Reports; Surgical Registrar; Cots for the Wards; Extra beds in the hospital and the opening of the Winchester Ward for Men; Delay in the Surgeries; Laws for the Obstetric Offices
15th April 1898, N/A (no headings)
2nd May 1898, Appointment of Surgical Registrar; Privilege of Teaching in the Surgical Wards; Amendment of the Hospital Laws relating to special officers
16th May 1898, New Pharmacopoeia; Medical Registrars; Delay in the Surgeries; Nursing
6th June 1898, Letters; Curatorship; House Office; Charts & Reports of Patients in the Wards; Surgery Officer; Pathological
24th June 1898, Skiagraphy; Filtered Water; The Medical Registrars; Mr. Eames; Instrument Maker; Disinfection
4th July 1898, Quarterly Reports; Curator; Surgical Registrar; Medical Registrars; Laringoscopy in Wards; Skiagraphy; Instrument Maker
3rd October 1898, Quarterly Reports; Inspectorship of Medical Instruments; House Office; Surgery Officer; Assistant Curator of the Museum; Assistants to the Medical Registrar; Medical Coaching Class; Purchase of Drawings; Carbolic Acid etc.; Draft Regulations for Clinical Clerks & Dressers
20th October 1898, Massage; Surgery Officer
31st October 1898, Resolution of Surgeons re House Office System; Dr. Lee Dickinson
7th November 1898, Letters; Quarterly Reports; Obstetric Assistant; Dr. Cavafy
5th December 1898, Correspondence; Secretary of the Hospital; The Obstetric assistancy; Skiagraphy; Nursing; Appointment of House Officers etc. (Obstetric Assistant; House Office; Assistants to the Medical Registrars); Regulations for House Office;
19th December 1898, New Member; Correspondence; Appointments; Privilege of Teaching in the Medical Wards; Report of Sub-Committee on Regulations for House Office;
2nd January 1899, Quarterly Reports; Regulations for the Surgery Officers
6th February 1899, Professor Clifford Allbut; Rontgen Rays; Laryngoscope; Administration of Medicine and Chart Records; Lecturer in Pathology
6th March 1899, Letters; House Office; Assistants to the Medical Registrars; Milk and Tuberculosis; Hot Air Treatment; Surgery Officer; Cases for Surgical Dressings; Erysipelas; Out-patient Dressers; Hospital Pharmacopoeia; Rontgen Ray Apparatus
20th March 1899, Greville Apparatus; Carbolic Acid; Assistant House Surgeons’ Work; Appointment of Physicians or Surgeons to the Skin Department; House Office; Hospital Pharmacopoeia; Obstetric Department
10th April 1899, Correspondence; Skin Department; Regulations for House Office; Operating Table; Boxes for Holding Dressings; Quarterly Reports
1st May 1899, Obstetric Department; Quarterly Reports; Regulations for House Office; Laws for Special Officers
5th June 1899, Correspondence; Skin Department; Order of Procedure for Obstetric Beds; X-ray Apparatus; House Office; Assistants to the Medical Registrars; Special Officers; Hospital Pharmacopoeia; Notice of Motion (on the distribution of beds); Increase in Number of Obstetric Beds
13th June 1899, Proposed Increase in Obstetric Beds
26th June 1899, Correspondence; Hours of Medicines; Distribution of Beds – Proposed Rearrangement of In-weeks
10th July 1899, Correspondence; Cold Chamber; Hospital Pharmacopoeia; Hours of Administration of Medicines
25th September 1899, House Office
9th October 1899, Assistant Curator; Postmortem Cards; Surgery officer; Milk supply; Delay in the Surgeries; Alteration in Hours of Attendance; Quarterly Reports
6th November 1899, Quarterly Report; House Officer; Gas Cylinder; Deficiency of Women’s Beds; Open-air treatment of Phthisis [tuberculosis]; Resolutions of the Surgical Staff; Enteric Fever; Clinical Diagrams
28th November 1899, Notices of Operations; Mr Dent; Lectureship in Surgery; Curatorship; Distribution of Beds
4th December 1899, Correspondence; Distribution of Beds; House Office; Assistants to the Medical Registrar; Communications from the Board (Appointment of Curator; Dressing of Outpatients; Maternity Letters); Sub-Committees
18th December 1899, Cocaine; House Office; Curatorship; Anaesthetists; Demonstratorship of Anatomy; Medical Registrars; Obstetric Assistant; Surgical Registrar; Tuberculosis
8th January 1900, Letters; Curator; House Office; Quarterly Reports; Outgoing House Officers
5th February 1900, Quarterly Report; Curatorship and Assistant Curatorship; Steriliser for Instruments; Surgery Officer
5th March 1900, Communication from the Board (Notifiable Diseases; Beef Tea; Electric Apparatus); Medical Registrar; House Officers Leave; Hospital Committees; Prevention of Consumption; Mr Jeffreys; Fees for Certificates; Distribution of Beds
19th March 1900, House Office; Medical Registrar; Distribution of Beds
2nd April 1900, Quarterly Reports; Outgoing House Physicians; Testing of Thermometers
7th May 1900, Beef Tea; Assistant Curator; The Medical Register; Reports upon House Officers; Fancy Diet
7th June 1900, Meeting of Physicians and Surgeons
11th June 1900, Meeting of Physicians and Surgeons
11th June 1900, Dr. Grünbaum; High Current Machine; Outpatient Rooms; Assistants to Medical Registrars; House Office; Obstetric Assistant; Massage for Outpatients; Instruction for Nurses; Electric Battery
25th June 1900, Resident House Office; Surgery Officer; House Office; Practical Surgery; The Museum; Outpatient Dresserships; Meeting of Physicians and Surgeons
2nd July 1900, Quarterly Reports; Distribution of Beds; Medical Instruments; Haemoglobinometer; Out-going house officers; Radiograms; Practical Surgery; Quarterly Reports; Election of an Assistant Surgeon
30th July 1900, Surgical Registrar; Dr. Fenton
8th October 1900, Chairman; Quarterly Reports; Communications from the Board; Interpretation of Regulations; House Office; Assistants to the Medical Registrars; Suspension of Order 4; Certificates to House Officers; Microscopy for Outpatient Department; Open-air treatment
5th November 1900, Assistant Curator; Nursing; Hours in the Wards; Test Room; Microscope for Burton ward; Clinical Laboratory
12th November 1900, Surgical Records; Surgery Dresserships; Outpatient Dresserships; Surgery Dresserships (again); Commencement of Terms of Office; Electric Light – Medical Officers Room; From Mr. Keyser
3rd December 1900, Illness of a House Physician; House Officer; Hour of Visit; Treatment of Phthisis; Allotment of Beds; Surgical Cases in Medical Wards; Enteric Fever
17th December 1900, Appointments; House Office; Communications; Report of Surgeons on the Distribution of Beds; Clinical Laboratory; Notice of Motion
7th January 1901, Correspondence; Quarterly Reports; Surgical Registers; Medical Notes; Medical Registrar; House Officers
4th February 1901, Committees of the Board; House Office; Surgery Dresserships; Medical Registrar; Medical Registration; Tuberculosis; Special Meeting
11th Feburary 1901, Clinical Laboratory
18th February 1901, Clinical Laboratory
25th February 1901, Clinical Laboratory
4th March 1901, Mr. Fedden’s Relief; Out-Patient Department; Surgical Registration; House Office; Artificial Teeth
1st April 1901, Quarterly Reports; Mr. Taylor; British Medical Association; House Office; Window Cleaning; Extra Beds; X-Ray work; Asepsis and Antiseptics; Phthisis; House Officers; Assistants to Medical Registrars
6th May 1901, Quarterly Reports; Correspondence
3rd June 1901, House Office; Obstetric Assistant; The Finsen Treatment; House Surgeon’s Boxes; Law re Consultation; Utilisation of Electricity
17th June 1901, Mr. Ascherson’s Leave; Utilisation of Electricty
1st July 1901, Casualty Officer; White Coats; Quarterly Reports; Utilisation of Electricty; Extra Beds; Allocation of Surgical Beds
11th July 1901, Mr. Longridge; Disinfections; Certificates to House Officers
30th July 1901, Surgeon to Cancer Institute; Correspondence; Resignation of House Officer; Public Health
7th October 1901, House Office; Assistants to Medical Registrars; Surgeon to the Cancer Institute; Outgoing House Officers; Royal Commission on Arsenic; Quarterly Reports
4th November 1901, Minutes; Jenner’s Cow-Skin; Door from Diphtheric Wards; Telephonic Communication; Communication from the Board; Quarterly Reports
9th December 1901, Correspondence; Mr. Fraser’s Certificate; Appointments; Appointment of Anaesthetists; Appointment of Obstetric assistant; House Office; Assistants to the Medical Registrars; Hospital Diets; Communications from the Board; Electrical Department; Notice of Motion
6th January 1902, Anaesthetic Department; Light Treatment of Lupus; House Office; Surgery Officer; Medical Registrar; Hospital Laboratory Work; Ophthalmic Wards; House Office Certificates; Postponed
3rd February 1902, Mr. Abercrombie; Diphtheria Wards; Dr. Hewitt; The Furnishing of the Wards; Communication from the Board
3rd March 1902, Letters; Assistant Dental Surgeon
17th March 1902, N/A
7th April 1902, Quarterly Reports; Out-patient department; House Office; Reports on House Officers
14th April 1902, House Office Certificates
12th May 1902, Quarterly Reports
2nd June 1902, House Office; Assistantship to the Medical Registrars; Obstetric Assistant
7th July 1902, House Office; Surgery Officership; Communication from the Board; Mr. E. D. Bond; Skin Department; Dr. Ewart’s Application to the Board; Regulations for House Office; Report on House Officers; Quarterly Reports
15th July 1902, Report of Sub-Committee on House Office
23rd July 1902, Communications from the Board
6th October 1902, Letters; Quarterly Reports; Mr. Albert; Reports on House Officers; Assistants to the Medical Registrars; Certificates to House Officers; Communications from the Board; Diphtheria Wards; Regulations for House Office; Clinical Bacteriologist
20th October 1902, Re Mr. Coke
3rd November 1902, Letters; Coaching in the Wards; Communications from the Board
10th November 1902, Hypodermic Injections
1st December 1902, FRCS Examination; House Office; Communications from the Board; Business of Council and Committee; Microscope for Crayle & Holland Wards; Beef Tea
15th December 1902, School Secretary; Correspondence; Letters; Appointments; House Office; Medical Registrars’ Notes; Assistants to the Medical Registrars

St George's Hospital Medical School, London

Walter Ede, 26, Greengrocer

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1894
Date of death: 29 Sep 1894
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Lardaceous disease. Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Peritonitis, tuberculous (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The history of this man was to the effect that his father, mother and one brother died of ?? [phthisis]. Three months ago his feet, legs and face began to swell at the same time he passed very scanty urine which was thick and muddy and, he thought, contained blood. For the last two months the quantity of urine has increased and it has been clear. For some time he has been short of breath and has had a cough but the other symptoms of [phthisis] have been conspicuous by their absence'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, generative organs
Type of incident: n/a

Walter Wood, 44, Paper maker

Occupation or role: Paper maker
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1894
Date of death: 6 Oct 1894
Disease (transcribed): Leukhemia - with enlarged lymphatic glands. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Bone marrow); Leukaemia (Blood); Disease (Lymph nodes); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The patient was first in the hospital two months ago - He gave a history of gradually increasing weakness and enlarged glands all over the body - These were present on his admission - He was anaemic and breathless - The lungs were then free - Under arsenic the patient got better and the glands decreased in size - though occasionally he had an attack of laryngeal dyspnoea - He was sent to Wimbledon [...] and was readmitted here on Sept 26th - The glands had grown, particularly in the neck'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a