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Post Mortem Examinations and Case Books

  • 406 PM
  • Collection
  • 1840-1946

The post mortem records contain manuscript case notes, with medical notes both pre and post mortem. These include details on patients’ admission to the hospital, treatments and medication administered to patients and the medical history of patients; the medical histories were copied into the volumes from hospital registers, which are no longer extant. The post mortem cases include detailed pathological findings made during the detailed examination of the body after death. From the 1880s onwards the case books contain original anatomical drawings and photographs.

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The following information is recorded for each case. The information is transcribed from the case notes and/or the relevant index and, where relevant, additionally standardised using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

• Name of the patient. If a name is not entered in the volume, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No name stated]’

• Gender of the patient (female / male / unknown)

• Age of the patient. Usually in numbers, following the original, with the following exceptions: 4/12 = 4 months, 4/52 = 4 weeks, 4/365 = 4 days. If no age is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No age stated]’

• Occupation of the patient. Where no occupation is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No occupation stated]’. Children are often designated according to their father’s or mother’s occupation and women by their husband’s occupation (e.g. ‘F / Horsekeeper’, ‘M. Charwoman’, ‘Hd Grocer’); these have been rendered in the catalogue as ‘[Child of] Horsekeeper’, ‘[Wife of] Grocer’

• Date of admission and date of death

• The names of the doctors treating or examining the patient. ‘Admitted under the care of’ denotes the senior doctor in charge of the case (usually entered at the top of the page and in the index); ‘Post mortem performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the post mortem examination (usually signed at the bottom of the page) and ‘Medical examination performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the medical examination prior to death (usually signed at the bottom of the page). The earliest records usually contain only one name, and some of the later ones may contain multiple names in each category. An authority record (name access point) with basic biographical details has been created for each doctor mentioned in the records; these can be used to explore all the cases related to a particular individual

• Disease(s) or cause of death of the patient. Transcribed from the medical case and/or the index and standardised, e.g. ‘Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fractured base. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (lungs). Fracture (skull)’

• Medical and post mortem notes. Brief summary description or transcription of the case notes relating to previous medical history (not a full transcription of the case notes)

• Note on whether the case includes illustrations or photographs; these can also be browsed via genre access points

• Note on whether the death was caused by trauma, accident or suicide

• Subject access points, using standardised terms from MeSH, with disease type (e.g. respiratory tract diseases, cardiovascular diseases) and anatomy type (e.g. cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system), which can be used for browsing all relevant cases

Note on transcriptions and abbreviations

Names have been silently expanded, e.g. Jas = James, Wm = William

Some common abbreviations and acronyms

AMCH = Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital, Wimbledon
BID = Brought in dead
COA = Condition on admission
F = Father
H or Hd = Husband
HP = House physician
HS = House surgeon
IP = In-patient
L = Left
M = Mother
MR or Med reg or Med r = Medical register or Medical registrar
MS = Museum specimen
OP = Out-patient
OPD = Out-patient department
OR = Obstetric register
PMH = Previous medical history
PH = Previous history
Pt or Pat = Patient
PM = Post mortem
R = Right
RF = Rheumatic fever
Ry = Railway
SR or Surg reg = Surgical register or Surgical registrar
TB = Tuberculosis
VD = Venereal disease

St George's Hospital, London

Felix Jowkowski, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1854
Date of death: 7 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing sores on the nates &c. Superficial caries of the crests & other parts of the iliac bones. Slight scrofulous deposits in the lungs. Scrofulous peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Buttocks); Caries Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This lad was admitted under Mr H.C. Johnson [Henry Charles Johnson] complaining of pain in his hip & back, and of some slight pain in his shoulder. The pain was confined to the left side of the body’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Moses Copley, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Date of admission: 16 May 1854
Date of death: 17 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man whose face was very anaemic had been ill 18 months. He first complained of numbness in his legs & swelling of his feet. He had suffered from gout 2 years previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Peter Aldridge, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1854
Date of death: 5 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Sloughing scrotum. Fibrin in pleural sac. Purulent deposits (secondary?) in the lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Sloughing (Scrotum); Thrombosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This patient on his admission stated that he had suffered from shortness of breath for some 7 or 8 weeks which had become worse during the last fortnight & for a week past his legs had swelled’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

George Douglas, Hatter

Occupation or role: Hatter
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1854
Date of death: 3 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Adherent pericardium. Purulent fluid in pleural sac
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Adherent (Pericardium); Suppuration (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A very intemperate man, a hatter by trade. Brought in one afternoon suffering from delirium tremens. He had been constantly drunk for 3 weeks
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Joshua Wakefield, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1854
Date of death: 29 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This lad had been an in-patient of the hospital 18 months ago. When admitted this time he stated that he had been ill a fortnight with severe pain in his back. He had felt weak across the loins some time previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Mary Cooper, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 53
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1854
Date of death: 22 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of uterus. Diseased kidney. Cholera
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Uterus); Disease (Kidney); Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Lee, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman who was married & had a family of 10 children, enjoyed remarkably good health until 2 years ago, when she was suddenly seized with violent haemorrhage, which continued some hours. At this time she began to feel uneasiness in the womb, & was often obliged to lie down in consequence’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Henry Hall, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1854
Date of death: 9 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys & heart. Extensive pleural effusion &c
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man had been in the hospital 9 or 10 years ago for cough, swelling of legs &c. He was sent out having derived relief & continued tolerably well until about 8 weeks since when the swelling of the legs returned’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Abraham Aldridge, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1854
Date of death: 11 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposit in lungs & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man, who was stout & well-made, had been suffering for 3 months previous to his admission from the effects of a hurt to this back, & had passed blood in his urine for many weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Anne Cote, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1854
Date of death: 20 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration & thickened walls of stomach. Symptoms not unlike cholera
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This young woman stated that she had suffered 9 weeks before her admission from pleurisy. Since that time she had not been able to eat or keep any solid food on her stomach. She was much emaciated, had not menstruated for 6 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Bridget Stokes, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 46
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1854
Date of death: 27 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’
Post mortem notes: 'The body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

John Parker, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1854
Date of death: 5 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man stated that he had been obliged to give up work a month ago in consequence of cough accompanied with pain in the chest. He had previously enjoyed good health’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Frederick Allum, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1854
Date of death: 6 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever. Sloughing tonsils. Congested kidneys
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Sloughing (Throat); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'No history could be obtained of this case from the people who brought the man to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pharynx, abdomen, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

James Harris, Painter and glazier

Occupation or role: Painter and glazier
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1854
Date of death: 16 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Intestines ulcerated. Congested lungs, liver &c. Peculiarity of mitral valve
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lung); Congestion (Liver); Peculiarity (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man, who was a painter & glazier, had enjoyed good health with the exception of an attack of colic 3 or 4 years ago. He was muscular & well-proportioned. For a fortnight previous to his admission he had suffered from occasional pains in his head & stomach’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Henry Mathews, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1854
Date of death: 8 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into subarachnoid tissues of brain & into lateral ventricles. Diseased valves of the heart
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought to the hospital about 2.45pm having been found in the watercloset in a perfectly unconscious state an hour previously. His breathing was thick, & attended with puffing of the cheeks during each expiration. He was twice sick. He never recovered from his comatose state & died in about 4 hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

George Hetton, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1854
Date of death: 13 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man had been suffering for a month with relaxed bowels, for which he had medical advice. The diarrhoea ceased for short periods & then returned. For a week before his admission, the purging had been constant’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Samuel Robert Shoobert, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1854
Date of death: 9 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera. Enlarged solitary glands of intestine &c
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Disease (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had always enjoyed excellent health with the exception of an attack of fever some years ago, for which he was admitted into St Bartholomew’s. The previous day he was quite well, & dined heartily off boiled mutton, & took beef at supper time. At 11 o’clock he went to bed & slept soundly until 2 or 3 when he woke complaining of cramp, & pain in the bowels. He soon became very sick & was violently purged. He was seen by a medical man but took no medicine until he came to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Ellen Roach, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1854
Date of death: 22 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman attributed all her ailments to a cold caught 3 months before her admission, when sitting up all night with a lying in woman’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Richard Woolford, Engine factory worker

Occupation or role: Engine factory worker
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1854
Date of death: 28 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A pale, emaciated man, who worked in the Engine Factory at the Swindon Station. He stated that he had enjoyed good health up to 5 months before admission, & had been very temperate. He noticed that he had lost flesh to a considerate extent of late’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Margaret Sullivan, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1854
Date of death: 10 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera. Intermittent fever
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Fever (Systemic)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman, who resided in Westminster, stated that she had been in good health until 3 months ago when she was attacked with tertian ague. She was some little time in the Westminster Hospital & derived relief, but afterwards on her going into the country, the shivering fits returned’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Sophia Pennyfether, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1854
Date of death: 23 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys. Extravasated blood in lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman had been always of a weakly habit, & had had many miscarriages. When admitted her face was very anaemic, her breathing short & hurried & she perspired on the least exertion. She had been confined 3 weeks before coming to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Anne Murrell, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1854
Date of death: 17 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised):
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

Theresa Clarke, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1854
Date of death: 16 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’
Post mortem notes: 'The patient, being a night nurse in the hospital, was not examined’

Type of injury: n/a

Robert Whippey, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1854
Date of death: 27 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Congested lungs. Intestines ulceration
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Congestion (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A pale-faced, anaemic individual, who stated that he had been ill about a month. He first suffered from great thirst with ever unpleasant ‘dry’ sensation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Henry Sharpe, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1854
Date of death: 24 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Intestines ulcerated. Extravasated blood in lungs
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Extravasation (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This lad’s mother stated that when he was six years of age, he had a fall on the back of his head, & that ever since his manner had been strange & stupid. The smallest quantity of fermented liquor would ‘almost madden him’. In consequence of his listless manner, it was very difficult to elicit any history of the attack’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

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