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Elizabeth Jinneway, 5, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 May 1850
Date of death: 3 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous tubercle in medulla oblong: lymph at base of brain. Miliary tubercles in lung. Facial paralysis. Strabismus
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Lymph (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Paralysis (Face); Strabismus (Eyes)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This child was brought by its mother to the Hospital for the purpose of having an operation for the cure of strabismus performed and admitted under the care of the surgeon. It was soon evident that it was a consequence of deep seated mischief, and she was transferred.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Barnabus Gaskoyne, 36, Gentleman's servant

Occupation or role: Gentleman's servant
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1853
Date of death: 26 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Ptosis with peculiar fixedness of both eye balls. Sudden dyspnoea and other peculiar symptoms. Disease of the sphenoid bone
Disease (standardised): Blepharoptosis (Eye); Dyspnoea (Lung); Disease (Skull)
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 patient was admitted suffering from paralysis of certain of the cranial nerves.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Rook, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 73
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1854
Date of death: 9 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cataract. Diffused areolar inlammation of forearm after accident
Disease (standardised): Cataract (Eye); Inflammation (Arm)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

William Langford, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1854
Date of death: 4 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Purulent ophthalmia. Scarlet fever
Disease (standardised): Enophthalmitis (Eye); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This little child was admitted on account of purulent ophthalmia with much photophobia, apparently depending on seropelous[?] habit of body’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, tonsils, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

John Ball, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1854
Date of death: 26 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular eruption & iritis. Glandular abscess of neck. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Iritis (Eye); Abscess (Neck); Deposit
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'The body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

Ann Green , 65, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 May 1855
Date of death: 6 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Cataract. Diffuse inflammation and gangrene of the leg.
Disease (standardised): Cataract (Eye); Inflammation, Gangrene (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Holmes, T.: A System of Surgery, Theoretical and Practical, in Treatises by Various Authors, Vols. I-IV

Inscription on title page (Vol I): ‘London Hospital Medical Library 1904’

Four volumes: I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects)

Elizabeth Hayes, 67, Married woman

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1861
Date of death: 4 May 1861
Disease (transcribed): Extraction of cataract. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Cataract (Eye); Operation (Eye); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital with cataracts of both eyes of four years standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and neck
Type of incident: n/a

Holmes, T.: A System of Surgery (Second edition), Vols. I-II, IV-V

Ex libris of the Library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow pasted inside the front cover, inscribed ‘7th Oct 1869’ (Vol I); ‘8th Jan 1870’ (Vol II); ‘9th Jan 1871’ (Vol IV); ‘27/5/71’ (Vol V)

Second edition. Five volumes (Vol III missing): I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects); V (Diseases of the Genital Organs, of the Breast, Thyroid Glad, and Skin; Operative Surgery)

William Smith, 11, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1874
Date of death: 15 Oct 1874
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Ulceration of pharynx. Retinitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Ulcer (Pharynx); Retinitis (Eye)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: He had had scarlatina three years before admission, from which time he had suffered from ‘sick headaches’. Two days before admission he found that his sight was impaired and the next morning he found that he could not see at all.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, eyes, pleurae, lungs, heart, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, mesenteric glands, kidneys and bladder
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Marsh, 23, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1875
Date of death: 6 Dec 1875
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid inflammation. Exophthalmic goitre
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Inflammation (Intestines); Graves disease (Thyroid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman stated when admitted that she had been getting ill for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Appleby, 22, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Date of admission: 5 May 1878
Date of death: 21 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Grave's disease. Ulceration of ileum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Graves disease (Immune system); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ellis, William Ashton
Medical notes: 'History. Several of fathers' br. and sist. [brothers and sisters] died of consumption. Never robust: catamenia very irregular: diaphoresis habitually profuse. Subject to expistaxis: always suffered from short breath on exertion. Patient's memory very defective as regarded the present illness. She said she had suffered from increasing palpitation for 4 ½ yrs [years]. Had noticed a goitre a year later: it increased till the spring of 1877 and had diminished since. Exophthalmos was noticed 'shortly after' the goitre'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestinal canal, brain, pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Marsh, 21, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1882
Date of death: 15 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Exophthalmic goitre. Emaciation
Disease (standardised): Exophthalmic goitre (Thyroid gland); Emaciation (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: In 1875 she first noticed an enlargement of the thyroid which slowly increased in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, thyroid gland, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, spinal cord and orbits
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Anstie, 31, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1886
Date of death: 27 Jul 1886
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of the stomach, transverse colon. Epiphora
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Intestines); Lacrimal apparatus diseases (Eye)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had been free from any illness up to three months prior to admission when he had some abdominal pains and dyspepsia, with increase in size of the abdomen. Rapid emaciation took place.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and transverse colon
Type of incident: n/a

Jessie Bevan, 17, Barmaid

Occupation or role: Barmaid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1888
Date of death: 22 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s disease from granular contracted kidneys. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Albuminuric retinitis. Intestinal ulceration
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Retinitis (Eye); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'There was no history of scarlatina. The patient believed that she had some disease of the kidneys when she was about 4 years of age, but no definite information could be obtained. She was believed to have had ‘hooping cough inflammation of the kidneys and congestion of the lungs’. She was always anaemic. Three years before her admission she became a barmaid and drank port and beer, but according to her own account she did not drink very much’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, eyes, abdomen, thorax, heart, tongue, lungs, stomach, intestines, kidneys, spleen, liver

Type of incident: n/a

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