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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

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1866
Date of death: 24 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Typhoid fever. Scarlatina. Acute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Typhoid fever (Systemic); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted first into the hospital in December with albuminuria and dropsy. Ten days before this admission he was seized with symptoms of typhoid fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1880
Date of death: 25 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis (with tubercles)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: While working in a draughty shop he ‘caught cold’ and was laid up at home with pain in the left axilla, shortness of breath and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1877
Date of death: 24 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Purulent peritonitis from suppurating hydatid of liver. Subperitoneal hydatids of pelvis.
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Echinococcosis (Liver); Echinococcosis (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lowbrum, G H
Medical notes: For seven or eight years he had been subject to pains in the hepatic region. A lump had been noticed in the right hypochondriac region for six years. A year before admission he suffered from pain in the loin, and three or four months before admission he found a swelling in the hypogastrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, kidneys and peritoneum
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1879
Date of death: 27 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of brain. Inflammation of mastoid cells. Cirrhosis. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Inflammation (Skull); Cirrhosis (Liver); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Three years before admission a scaly eruption appeared all over the body. Under treatment it disappeared, but was followed by loss of hair, headache and pains in the limbs. Two years later he had ulcerated legs and severe sore throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mastoid region, dura mater, brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary apparatus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1880
Date of death: 23 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the peritoneum. Encephaloid of the spleen. Cystic disease of the ovaries. Abdominal section. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Spleen); Cysts (Ovary); Section (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Three months ago she noticed that her dresses were getting too small. The increase in size was at first gradual and then rapid.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs,liver, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and generative organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Sep 1879
Date of death: 24 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Gangrene
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Gangrene (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1880
Date of death: 1 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of kidneys, urinary tract and lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Urinary tract); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For about four months before admission she suffered from ‘cold chills’, profuse night sweats for two to three months and emaciation for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and urinary apparatus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1880
Date of death: 3 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Operation. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Perforation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For ten years she had had an umbilical hernia, which she had never been able to reduce completely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1880
Date of death: 7 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Head wound. (Tetanus). Swelling of the left parotid gland
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Tetanus (Systemic); Inflammation (Parotid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had for a long time led an exceedingly intemperate life. On the day of admission she fell down stairs while drunk, and struck her head against the edge of a step.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, lungs, heart ,liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1880
Date of death: 10 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cystic disease of both ovaries. Suppuration. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Suppuration (Ovary); Perforation (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Fourteen months before admission she had some pain in the right iliac region which increased rapidly. She had some attacks of vomiting, nausea and sharp abdominal pain. Gradually the abdomen became enlarged.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary and generative organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1880
Date of death: 11 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Gummata in the liver. Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Gumma (Liver); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Ten years ago he had a syphilitic sore followed by eruptions on the body and legs. Four years ago he had a severe ulceration of the throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1882
Date of death: 13 Jul 1882
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis. Caseous deposit in lungs and brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Caseous deposits (Lung); Caseous deposits (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Her mother was consumptive and several of her brothers and sisters died of consumption. In spring 1882 she began to lose strength, flesh and complained of pain between the shoulders and over the left ovary.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1882
Date of death: 12 Feb 1883
Disease (transcribed): Suppurative peritonitis. Fibroids of uterus
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Leiomyoma (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry Roxburgh
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She complained of discharge and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1878
Date of death: 26 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Limited peritonitis with ulceration of the bowel into a limited peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Erysipelas of L. [Left] leg at 15: frequent ulceration from that time: scarlatina in childhood: rheumatic fever at 17. Never robust: bad living till marriage: appetite always small: winter coughs for 8 or 9 years: catamenia scanty. Severe confinement on Dec. [December] 2nd 1876: very weak from that time: lactation scanty. In Novr [November] 1877 severe pain commenced gradually in the R. [Right] side of the abdomen; and increased steadily, being unaffected by period of day, by food or respiration. About the middle of Jan. [January] 1878 on severe paroxysms attacked him suddenly and lasted several hours until relieved by turpentine fomentations. The pain from the first was accompanied by constipation, and by vomiting, which was hardly ever absent for a whole day, and sometimes severe and constant for several. From Xmas she laid up'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Joiner
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1878
Date of death: 11 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular disease (fibrosis)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Two brothers died of consumption. Disgust to fat: headache and 'rising' after eggs: sick headaches. Coughs in winter from early years: otherwise healthy. Had drunk great quantities of beer, often a gallon a day: spirits seldom. Anorexia and disgust at the sight of food, about 2 yrs [years] (dates all vague). Epigastric pain after food, nearly as long: severe from the summer of 1877. Wasting for about 12 mo [months] (6 stone weight lost). Pain and swelling of knee; frequent micturition, scanty dark urine, from about Feb [February] 1878. Severe pains in the chest, about 'ten weeks'. Cough for 'eight or nine weeks' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1888
Date of death: 17 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Blow from a foil in epigastrium. Perforation of transverse colon. Chronic peritonitis. Pneumonia and caseation of bases of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung); Caseation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Whilst fencing he received a blow at the upper part of his abdomen. He suffered much pain at the time, but it did not last long, and the injury was forgotten until November 5th when he began to have abdominal pain and shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart and oesophagus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Poulterer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1889
Date of death: 14 Dec 1889
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (lobar) of right lung. Indurated kidneys. Syphilis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Indurated (Kidney); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: He complained of cough and of dyspnoea. His appetite was bad, his tongue coated and moist.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, vessels, liver, spleen, kidneys and inguinal glands
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1889
Date of death: 4 Jan 1890
Disease (transcribed): Double empyema. Pneumonia. Purulent bronchitis and tracheitis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Tracheitis (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: He complained of severe pain in his inframammary regions on both sides. His tongue was dry and of a brownish colour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pupils, pleurae, trachea, bronchi, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1890
Date of death: 2 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Potts disease
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, spinal (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1888
Date of death: 5 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of the vermiform appendix. Abscess behind the caecum. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Abscess (Cecum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship and Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'Some fifteen months before coming here the man had had an attack of constipation lasting 5 days. At that time he vomited much. With that exception he had always been quite well up to Dec 30 when he partook of liver & pastry for dinner. On that evening he began to feel some dragging pain about the umbilicus. Had porridge for supper’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, colon, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder
Illustrations or photographs: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1886
Date of death: 22 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Caseation of the lower lobe of the right lung. Pneumonia of the lower lobe of the left. Enlarged spleen containing gummata. Syphilis. Gumma of spleen
Disease (standardised): Caseation (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Enlarged (Spleen); Granuloma (Spleen); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William. Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard. Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: In 1861 he had a chancre followed by bubo in the left groin which was opened. In the year 1871 he had an attack of paralysis of the left arm and leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, brain, bones, lungs and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Aug 1886
Date of death: 23 Aug 1886
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of sternum. Pyaemia?
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Sternum); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis, Weston Peel
Medical notes: The man is said to have gone home and found another man in bed with his wife. A scuffle ensued, in which the wife sat upon his chest while her friend thrashed him
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, joints and spleen
Type of incident: Murder/homicide

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1886
Date of death: 1 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction. Peritonitis. Omental hernia. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'With the exception of rheumatic fever in '62, the patient had been well, & had had no constipation up to the 17th December'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, peritoneum, stomach, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bookseller
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1899
Date of death: 14 Sep 1899
Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh with abscess around fracture. Bed sores. Hypostatic pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Abscess (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Arm, leg); Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'Pt [Patient] admitted in very weak condition – with dry brown tongue and emaciated frame – 5 wks [weeks] before, had injured the R. [Right] hip by a fall'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident