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Eliza Francis, 31, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1891
Date of death: 5 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Vegetative endocarditis. Cerebral embolism and softening. Carcinoma of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Brain); Carcinoma (Pylorus)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of disease: mother living and hale. The woman was a cook, unmarried, and 11 months before her death she bore a healthy child. During her pregnancy she tried to conceal her condition by tight lacing and suffered from much vomiting. After her confinement she worked hard and had ill-health. The catamenia [menstruation] did not reappear, and she was much troubled with dyspeptic symptoms. Nothing more definite was ascertainable'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a n/a

Albert Newnham, 34, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1879
Date of death: 10 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pulmonary emphysema. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Cough and dyspnoea gradually commenced about two years before admission, more severe at first and never left him afterwards, and aggravated by cold weather.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Florence Dickens, 19, Parlourmaid

Occupation or role: Parlourmaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1889
Date of death: 13 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Mitral constriction with vegetations. Infarctions in the spleen and right kidney and (probably) in the right lobe of the liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Infarction (Spleen); Infarction (Kidney); Infarction (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: About five weeks before her admission she had a child. The birth was premature. On the night of March 5th she shivered, and every night afterwards, followed by pains in the right leg and left side of her chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spleen, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, uterus, liver, brain and eyes
Type of incident: n/a

Kate Gleeson, 11, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1881
Date of death: 29 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Hypertrophy & dilatation of the heart. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Family history healthy. No history of rheumatism or previous illness. Healthy & active as a child. Has had measles & whooping cough; no scarlet fever. Two months ago she is described by her father as having a red patchy rash on her legs, not noticed elsewhere, not accompanied by any considerable pain. She lay in bed for 2 days; she got up to look at the snow storm on Jan 18 & is said to have caught cold'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Arthur Ashdown, 25, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1900
Date of death: 24 May 1900
Disease (transcribed): Obliterative endarteritis of cerebral vessels. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Endarteritis (Arteries); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: In September last the patient was treated for severe secondary syphilis. On admission he was a fairly healthy looking man with paralysis of the right arm and leg and right side of the face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary and urinary tracts, testes, and cranial cavity
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Hogan, 24, Wife

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1885
Date of death: 20 Jan 1885
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: This woman had never suffered from rheumatism but was supposed to have had a weak chest and to have consumption. She had pains in the abdomen, right wrist and arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Ambrose Morgan, 22, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1881
Date of death: 18 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Mitral disease. Hypertrophy. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: ? and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Seven years ago he had rheumatic fever; some oedema of legs followed, which disappeared after convalescence. He began to feel rheumatic pains in right calf of leg, then in left, about 13-14 days before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Nutley, 69, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1888
Date of death: 5 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bright’s disease. Dilated & fatty heart. Pericarditis. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Stroke (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man was born on the same day as HRH the Queen. He had generally had good health. He said that he had suffered from small pox about 50 years before his admission, that he had never had scarlatina, and that he had not been laid up with any illness for 43 years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, kidneys, spleen, liver, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Brady, 50, Hawker

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jul 1881
Date of death: 8 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian tumour. Lungs compressed. Aortic disease
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Ovaries); Compression (Lungs); Disease (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No heritable disease; 7 children; 3 died of cramp. Menstruation ceased 13 years ago: no vaginal discharge. Since Xmas 1880 has felt pain on right side of abdomen which has increased since. Gave up work two months ago: felt pain in right hypochondrium on carrying a basket'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Archie Marshall, 11, [Child of] Bootmaker

Occupation or role: [Child of] Bootmaker
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1888
Date of death: 25 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Vegetations on mitral valve. Hypertrophy of both sides of the heart. Splenic & renal infarctions
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Infarction (Spleen, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The boy had had two attacks of rheumatic fever, the first 2 years, the second one year before he came to St George’s. He gave no history of earlier complications during the attacks. He had not had chorea. He began to suffer from cough and dyspnoea and went to the Victoria Hospital for Children where mitral disease was diagnosed. He was treated with digitalis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, brain, ears

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Walpole, 54, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1882
Date of death: 29 Aug 1882
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Peritonitis. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pericarditis (Heart) ;
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: He had been accustomed to drink four or five pints of beer a day. He had had frequent attacks of vomiting and headache and had suffered from piles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Colville, 40, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1882
Date of death: 18 Sep 1882
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of aorta communication with pulmonary artery
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries)
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: He attributed his present illness to getting wet through seven weeks before admission, after which he had much cough with occasional streaks of blood in the sputa.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

William Wilkinson, 22, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1889
Date of death: 11 Oct 1889
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: He was in good health until two months before he came to St George’s. He then caught a chill and began to suffer from pain in his loins. A doctor who saw him diagnosed inflammation of the kidneys.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, thyroid, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

James F Henton, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1882
Date of death: 5 Oct 1882
Disease (transcribed): Purulent pericarditis. Double pleuritis. Congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung)
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: His mother said he had measles a year before and chicken pox a month before admission. She described a rash noticed two days before admission, chiefly around the throat and then spreading all over the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Shewsmith, 23, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1890
Date of death: 26 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis ulcerative. Aortic and mitral reflux
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man had rheumatic fever five times. In August 1885 he was an inmate of this hospital, complaining of cardiac symptoms of recent date. At that time mitral systolic and double aortic murmurs were heard. Lately he suffered from epigastric pain, and he described some swelling of the feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, spleen, pancreas, liver, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, kidneys, vesicula seminalis, testes, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

John Kemp, 39, Collector

Occupation or role: Collector
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1882
Date of death: 16 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Thoracico-abdominal aneurism, bursting into the left pleural cavity
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Vessels); Rupture (Pleura)
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: About Christmas 1881 he first felt abdominal pain and hardness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, vessels, liver, spleen and kidney
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Evans, 53, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1889
Date of death: 6 Dec 1889
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver with so called adenoma of the organ with numerous secondary complications. Portal thrombosis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Adenoma (Liver); Thrombosis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: In April 1889 he first had jaundice and from that time he continued to have it. Three or four weeks before admission the man began to lose flesh and his abdomen later became enlarged.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, duodenum, ileum and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Peter McManus, 43, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1880
Date of death: 8 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Old and recent endocarditis. Infarcts
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Infarction (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: In July 1880 he was taken ill with nausea and vomiting after food and persistent aching pain in the left flank, much increased by movement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Whiting, 18, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1890
Date of death: 17 Oct 1890
Disease (transcribed): Otitis media. Thrombosis of lateral sinus
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Thrombosis (Transverse sinuses)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: There had been a discharge from the right eat for rather more than twelve months, and this suddenly ceased just before the commencement of the fatal illness. On October 6th she was taken suddenly ill in the middle of the day with urgent vomiting and pain in the head which radiated from the right ear.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid glands, pericardium, heart, skull, brain, peritoneum, liver, spleen, suprarenals, bladder, suprarenals, kidneys and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Sophia Stanford, 61, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1888
Date of death: 12 Nov 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Caseating tubercles found in the lungs, bronchial glands, suprarenal bodies and intestines
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The woman could give no good history of herself. According to her own account she was well till about a week before her admission when she had a ‘fit’, the nature of which she could not explain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

William Welbourn, 45, Confectioner

Occupation or role: Confectioner
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1888
Date of death: 31 Dec 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tumour of right half of pons and of anterior half of floor of fourth ventricle. Old phthisis. Pericarditis. Hobnailed liver
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (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: 'The patient said his father died of ‘drink’; he could give no details. His mother died at the age of 82. There was no family history of neurosis. The man gave no history of syphilis. He had had rheumatism three times. The first attack occurred when he was 25 years of age. He was laid up for 3 months. He had a second attack when he was 32, and was kept in bed then for 2 months. A third attack occurred when he was 40. On the last occasion he was only kept in bed for 3 days, but he had immediately afterwards some illness which he called pneumonia. The symptoms were cough and blood-spitting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Feet, skull, brain, thorax, heart, liver, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

William Parish, 19, Coal porter

Occupation or role: Coal porter
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1880
Date of death: 7 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleurisy. Pericarditis. Infarction of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Infarct (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No known family diseases. Patient's first illness. Constantly exposed to wet & cold draughts. Three days ago became suddenly ill with rigors & sweating, & pain in left side round to the back'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a