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Emma Loving, 17, Nursemaid

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1863
Date of death: 12 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Consequent obstruction of cerebral and other vessels
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Obstruction (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'In this case the patient, the subject of an attack of sub-acute rheumatism with signs of aortic regurgitation, became suddenly unconscious the 10th day of the admission and hemiplegic soon after. Life was prolonged till the 12th of February […] She was an anxious, delicate girl with an anxious, sad expression’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, heart, chest, lungs, abdomen
Illustrations or photographs: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Parker, 42, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1865
Date of death: 21 Dec 1865
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of middle cerebral artery. Rupture
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Brain); Rupture (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman stated that her health had been good until nine weeks before admission when while engaged in washing clothes she had a fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Agnes Way, 40, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1865
Date of death: 12 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Lumbar abscess. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lumbar); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The history of this case was obscure. Except for an attack of bronchitis she appeared to have had no illness up to four months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Weaver, 34, Horse keeper

Occupation or role: Horse keeper
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1866
Date of death: 20 Feb 1866
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pus
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Suppuration (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had been ill five weeks before admission, the first symptoms being marked rigors and pain chiefly referred to the lower ribs on the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, lungs and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

George Brickenshaw, 59, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1866
Date of death: 10 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Pulmonary apoplexy. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had suffered from dyspnoea for one month before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Joel Bonditch, 47, Wine cooper

Occupation or role: Wine cooper
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Oct 1866
Date of death: 20 Dec 1866
Disease (transcribed): Softening of brain. Embolism
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Embolism (Vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: He was seized on the 16th with a sudden attack of hemiplegia of the right side with some pain in the left frontal region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

George Hall, 39, Attendant

Occupation or role: Attendant
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1869
Date of death: 3 Jun 1869
Disease (transcribed): Old dysentery. Amyloid degeneration. Phthisis. Ulceration
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been in the army from 1852 to 1860 and had served in the Crimea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Illustrations of photographs: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Anders Gustafson, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1871
Date of death: 2 Nov 1871
Disease (transcribed): Yellow atrophy of the liver
Disease (standardised): Atrophy (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Had complained all the summer of pain in the epigastrium with occasional vomiting after food. Fourteen days before admission the pain got very much worse with sickness after every meal. Sleeping very soundly at night, with general depression of the spirits and the skin began to get yellow. For the last three weeks, the water has been very dark-coloured’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Illustrations or photographs: Yes (see PM/1871/154)
Type of incident: n/a

William Reynolds, 36, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1873
Date of death: 1 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man had always had good health up to about six months ago when a cough and shortness of breath commenced on any exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, pericardium, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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

Charlotte Stowe, 17, Laundry maid

Occupation or role: Laundry maid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1874
Date of death: 24 Nov 1874
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Embolism of axillary artery. Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Arteries); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: About a month before admission this girl had an attack of acute Rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, axillary artery, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Frances Hambleton, 28, Drapers assistant

Occupation or role: Drapers assistant
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1874
Date of death: 8 Jan 1875
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: A month before admission she had been attacked with pain in the left elbow, and three days afterwards in the right shoulder and hip and sides.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Tempero, 34, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1874
Date of death: 17 Jan 1875
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of kidney, spine and lumbar glands. Pleuro pneumonia. Pelvic abscess. Ulceration of rectum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Kidney); Cancer (Spine); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Abscess (Pelvis); Ulcer (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man had pains across the loins for six months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, spine and cord
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Edward C Tyler, 14, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1875
Date of death: 7 Apr 1875
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Destruction of base of mitral. Rupture into pericardium
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Rupture (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient had had an attack of rheumatism at the age of thirteen, since when he had lost flesh and had dyspnoea on exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, kidney, spleen, brain and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Smith, 29, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1876
Date of death: 24 Feb 1876
Disease (transcribed): General lithic acid and urate of soda and pus in joints and other tissues
Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Suppuration (Joints); Suppuration (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman was first admitted in May 1873. When admitted this time the right wrist and elbow were shining red and very painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Joints, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

George Joinerwood, 29, Butcher

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1876
Date of death: 29 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy. Mitral contraction. Pulmonary congestion
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lung)
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 man was first admitted in December 17th 1873 with acute rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Brooks, 65, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1876
Date of death: 31 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal Obstruction
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient had been already three times in the hospital within three of four years with similar symptoms. Three days before admission he got wet through. The next day he was suddenly attacked by vomiting and severe abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Sharp, 24, Machinist

Occupation or role: Machinist
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1877
Date of death: 26 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Leukaemia. Cancer of spleen and of liver. Pulmonary and cerebral congestion, from the formation of white blood clots.
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood, Bone Marrow); Cancer (Spleen); Cancer (Liver); Congestion (Lung, Brain); Thrombosis (Lung, Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: From August 1876 the patient had noticed a lump in the lower part of the right side of the abdomen, increasing in size, and from September a lump in the left side also. He suffered from nausea and vomiting, frontal headaches, cough, palpitations, anorexia and slight haematemesis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pulmonary vessels, heart, vascular system, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, bones, lymphatic system, thyroid and tonsils
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Patridge, 29, Labourer, ex soldier

Occupation or role: Labourer, ex soldier
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 July 1877
Date of death: 19 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Old hepatic abscesses. Amyloid disease
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Liver); Amyloidosis (Liver, Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: During the Ashanti war in 1874 he had a fever, and he was invalided in 1875 for pain in the right side of the chest. Early in November he began to cough, shiver, vomit and to experience pain in the right shoulder. He spat green matter and sweated much.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine and brain
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

John Merrick, 55, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1878
Date of death: 8 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous cancer of the head of the Pancreas; biliary obstruction
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pancreas); Obstruction (Biliary tract);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. One brother died of cancer in the throat. Patient never robust: appetite moderate: digestion naturally sound: no idiosyncrasy. Diaphoresis profuse: very temperate man. Otherwise healthy. Costiveness of bowels, open only twice or thrice a week, for 15 yrs [years]: nausea accompanying constipation. Urine high coloured from Feb. [February] 1877: icterus and pale faeces from a fortnight later. Wasting since April or May. Bowels costive as usual : several attacks of diarrhoea for a day or two'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, stomach
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Joyce, 41, Married

  • Occupation or role: Married
    Gender: Female
    Age: 41
    Date of admission: 13 Feb 1878
    Date of death: 12 Apr 1878
    Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis: pulmonary oedema
    Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Oedema (Lung);
    Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
    Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
    PM performed by: Ewart, William
  • Byam, W.
    Medical notes: 'History. Rheumatic fever 16 yrs. [years] before admission: four attacks in the following 12 years, all following parturitn [Parturition]. Subject to diarrhoea: very subject to sick headaches: had lived badly from 23 to 36: had a strong disgust to fat: diaphoresis habitually profuse. The last attacks of rheumatic fever began about Xmas 1873: she was in bed till the middle of March 1874: From that time she suffered from palpitation on the least exertion. The pains lasted till Mar. [March] 1875, and returned every time she tried to work. At the end of Oct. [October] 1877 she was suddenly ceased [sic] with cardiac pain, increased on movement: hepatic and epigastric pains occurring at irregular intervals and persistent vomiting. The skin became yellow, the bowels costive. A week later the legs swelled and the perspiration[?] increased. Vomiting continued every five minutes for five weeks: after that about twice or thrice a day after meals, pain being increased by the ingestion of food'
    Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, ascites
    Illustrations: Yes
    Type of incident: n/a

Honoria Mahoney, 78, Charwoman

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Gender: Female
Age: 78
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1878
Date of death: 5 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the Pylorus and of the Liver, Biliary obstruction
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Liver); Obstruction (Biliary tract);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No very satisfactory information was to be obtained from this patient. She saw that for five years she had been subject to attacks of jaundice, commencing with stoppage of the urine, lasting about a week, and usually relieved by 5 gr [grams?] of calomel. The present attack was of 3 wks [weeks] date: it commenced in the usual manner, but failed to be relieved by treatment. It was accompanied by much costiveness: by vomiting about every other day and by a sense of distension in the waist. The cough complained of was of 2 yrs [years] and 8 mo [months] date; and had succeeded an attack of 'bronchitis'. Dyspnoea had been a constant accompaniment. The legs, she said had been in the habit of swelling all her life'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, kidneys, spleen, stomach, liver, pancreas
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Bridget Shea, 60, Housekeeper

  • Occupation or role: Housekeeper
    Gender: Female
    Age: 60
    Date of admission: 17 Apr 1878
    Date of death: 8 Jun 1878
    Disease (transcribed): Calcifying tumour in the right iliac fossa, psoas abscess, perforation into caecum and into peritoneum
    Disease (standardised): Tumour (Hip); Psoas abscess (Psoas muscles); Perforation (Intestines); Perforation (Abdomen);
    Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
    Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
    PM performed by: Ewart, William
  • Wilson, E.
    Medical notes: 'History. No hereditary history. Previous history of good health: meat three times a day, disgust to fat: dislike to butter: bowels open about once in three days. Loss of appetite about 21 months. Tumour found in R. [Right] inguinal region for about 18 mo [months]. Pain about the tumour, and loss of flesh from May 1877. Much costiveness of bowels: hardly any action without purgations: vomiting seldom: (Woman unintelligent: account by no means clear)'
    Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, tumour
    Illustrations: Yes
    Type of incident: n/a

Lizzie Ruddy, 25, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Date of admission: 28 May 1878
Date of death: 25 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Fatty, slightly dilated heart. Inflammatory oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Oedema (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease. Previous history of good health: was unable to digest fat: which produced vomiting. She came from Ireland to England on Jan. [January] 20th: she grew pale from that time. Frontal headache for five weeks, commencing gradually and steadily increasing in severity. Vomiting after all food, wasting, and profuse sweating for nine days. Confined bowels for six: urine red coloured for five'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

William Tooth, 68, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1878
Date of death: 26 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Hepatic cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Was in training as a jockey at 15: from that time his bowels acted 3-6 times a day or oftener: He ate meat three times a day, and drank on an average, 3 pints of beer. Was subject to rheumatism and winter coughs. About 1850 he fell over some stones and buried the R. [Right] side: he immediately passed some blood (a great quantity, of red colour) by the bowel, and continued to discharge more or less for a week. At the same time he was seized with severe pain in the abdomen, which laid him up for about a month: he was delirious part of the time: was treated with turpentine fomentations: there was no icterus. From that period he was subject to attacks of vomiting, sometimes bringing up a little blood ('a teaspoonful'). Eleven days before admn [admission], he was attacked with profuse diarrhoea, which continued, with a little vomiting at times'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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