Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 7 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Sep 1892 Date of death: 9 Sep 1892 Disease (transcribed): Acute miliary tuberculosis. Multiple tumours of cerebellum Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tumour (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney Medical notes: The child was comparatively well until four months before admission, when he began to suffer from severe frontal headache, and from vomiting, twice or thrice daily. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, heart, oesophagus, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas and intestines Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Waiter Age: 61 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Jan 1889 Date of death: 16 Feb 1889 Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of head of pancreas involving the duodenum and blocking the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pancreas); Cancer (Duodenum); Obstruction (Bile ducts); Obstruction (Pancreatic ducts) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Medical notes: The patient was in good health until June 1888. She then had pains all over her body. On June 26th she first noticed that she had jaundice. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, lungs and heart Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bricklayer Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1888 Date of death: 29 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Jaundice from cancer of the pancreas blocking common bile duct. Dilatation of common bile & cystic ducts and of hepatic duct Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Cancer (Pancreas); Disease (Bile, cystic and hepatic ducts) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient, who was a bricklayer, had been accustomed to drink beer and porter freely. He said that his abdomen had been large for up to 5 years. About Easter 1887 he became deeply jaundiced’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, intestines, duodenum, pancreas, liver, stomach, kidneys, bladder, thorax, lungs, heart, brain Illustrations or photographs: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Commissionaire Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Sep 1887 Date of death: 22 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma occupying the whole of the left half of the chest and bulging over two inches beyond the median line Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Chest) Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C. Medical notes: 'An old soldier: no history of heritable disease. In 1882 he had a chancre which was followed by constitutional syphilis for which he was treated in Army with mercury. In 1884 he got a wound in the palm of the right hand: this healed at once […] In August 1885, the right forearm was amputated in Belfast Military Hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, heart, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, testicles Illustrations or photographs: Yes (see PM/1888/68) Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Waterman Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Oct 1888 Date of death: 5 Dec 1888 Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of pyloric end of stomach Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient was a waterman. He had been a healthy man. He had scarlatina when a child and small pox when he was 19: he had no other illness. He came to St George’s in august 1888. He complained of constipation, abdominal pain and flatulence. He was under the care of Dr Whipham [Thomas Tillyer Whipham]. His abdomen was rather distended, but was not tender. His recti muscles contracted when he was examined, and no abdominal tumour was found’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, tongue, oesophagus, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, thorax, heart Illustrations or photographs: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Laundress Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Jun 1888 Date of death: 22 Jun 1888 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the pyloric end of stomach. Perforation of stomach wall. Passage of faeces into peritoneum. Peritonitis. Partial kinking of transverse colon, causing obstruction of the lumen of the gut, with great dilatation of the immediately preceding portion Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Obstruction (Colon, gut) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The woman was married when she was 25 years of age. She had 3 children, 2 of whom died of ‘consumption’. She said that she had generally had good health and had never been laid up before’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Peritoneum, stomach, intestines, kidneys, spleen, liver, thorax, lungs, heart, brain Illustrations or photographs: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Butler Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 May 1888 Date of death: 8 Jun 1888 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of transverse colon Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Colon) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'Sixteen years before he came to the hospital he had some serious illness, the nature of which is not clear. He said it was ‘enlargement of the liver and inflammation of the kidneys’. He was in bed for 6 or 8 weeks: oedema of the legs was a prominent symptom. Eighteen months before his admission he began to suffer from pricking pain at the lower part of his abdomen on the left side. A swelling was soon afterwards noticed at the seat of the pain’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, lungs, heart Illustrations or photographs: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Coachman Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Jan 1888 Date of death: 26 Apr 1888 Disease (transcribed): Primary malignant growth of liver Disease (standardised): Malignant growth (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'There was no history of heritable disease. She had scarlatina when she was a child but gave no account of any other illness. About 18 months before admission her menstruation became irregular. Catamenia appeared about every three weeks, the discharge was considerable. She lost flesh for about a year and a half before she came to the hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, thorax, heart Illustrations or photographs: Yes Type of incident: n/a