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Jane Carter, 23, Kitchenmaid

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1881
Date of death: 18 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the lungs, kidneys, intestines & peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, intestines, peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Her mother died of 'consumption' at 46. No further history of pulmonary disease. She has had very good health up to Dec 1880 when her appetite fell off, and she had occasional vomiting & much headache. Menstruation continued regular. In Jan 1881 she had severe vomiting for 3 days; not apparently immediately excited by food; vomit consisted mostly of undigested food; no blood; no cough'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Wellman, 36, Lath-render

Occupation or role: Lath-render
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1881
Date of death: 24 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery. Abscess of the liver. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Abscess (Liver); Pleurisy (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'On Feb 14, 1881 he was attacked with sudden & severe diarrhoea which had not left him at the time of his admission. Previous to this attack he had been in fairly good health, though he had lost 2 stone in weight in the last 4 years, & had had slight winter cough. He had never been out of England, & had had no previous attack of diarrhoea. He attributed the present attack to eating some muscles [mussels] on Feb 14'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Frank Genever, 11, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1881
Date of death: 23 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the ileum. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: 'His father died of phthisis 3 years ago; the mother is healthy; the rest of the family healthy except a younger sister who is at home with symptoms similar to his own. He has had measles badly; no scarlet fever; no other disease; no history of cough. A week ago he lost his appetite & had much headache, thirst & vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestinal tract

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Tubbs, 1 ½, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1881
Date of death: 11 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the meninges, lungs, spleen, liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The family history is healthy both on father's & mother's side. The child has been suckled up to admission but has also had lately portions of its parents' food: no habitual cough. Three months ago it began to have whooping cough from which it has only just recovered. About May 1 its appetite completely failed, it became very restless at night and screamed occasionally violently'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Williams, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1881
Date of death: 30 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Family history good; he would give no history of disease before 1880. He indulged very freely in alcohol, both beer and spirits. In January 1880 he was admitted as in-patient after a severe attack of epistaxis. His urine contained bile but no albumen'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum

Type of incident: n/a

Louisa Carter, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1881
Date of death: 13 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery. Scurvy
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Scurvy
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Up to present illness had enjoyed good health. For a month before admission she had been living on extremely poor fare. Three weeks before admission she got a severe sore throat with painful deglutition. A fortnight afterwards teeth & gums began to get sore & painful on attempting to masticate'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, ovaries

Type of incident: n/a

William Baker, 25, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Nov 1881
Date of death: 26 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pericaecal abscess. Multiple hepatic abscesses
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Cecum, liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He gave a history of a very healthy life. For the last 10 years he had been in constant employment as a plasterer. About 3 months before admission he had a sharp attack of pain in the right iliac fossa. This was stopped by the outward application of laudanum & poultices and did not recur. The action of the bowels since then has been regular & painless. He continued his work until 3 days before admission, when a severe rigor came on, repeated occasionally every day since, with much vomiting, and pain starting from right iliac fossa, afterwards more diffuse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Weller, 24, [Child of] Gardener

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gardener
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1888
Date of death: 16 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Abscess between stomach and diaphragm. Possibly started originally from a gastric ulcer. Bursting of the abscess into the general peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Stomach, diaphragm); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The father of the patient said that about a year before she came to St George’s she had an attack of ‘pleurisy’ and was ill for 5 months. The patient herself gave no account of an illness resembling pleurisy, but said she had suffered from palpitations and ‘globus’. When she came into the hospital she complained of pain at the lower part of the thorax’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, ovaries, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Frances Dyball, 48, Tailoress

Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1888
Date of death: 21 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Abscesses in muscles, lungs, liver, spleen. Dilatation of common bile duct
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Muscles, lungs, liver, spleen); Disease (Bile duct)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Two of the patient’s sisters died of phthisis. There is no other family history of disease. The patient has had 4 children, one of whom died of bronchitis. She had scarlatina when a child and two attacks of rheumatic fever, the last 29 years before she came to St George’s. She was in King’s College Hospital about 7 years ago. The nature of her illness was not clear’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Wynne, 26, Draper’s assistant

Occupation or role: Draper’s assistant
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1888
Date of death: 30 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration throughout the whole length of the large intestine. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Ten or twelve years before his admission he had congestion of the lungs and was in bed a month. He had no other illness till the beginning of 1888 when he began to suffer from diarrhoea. His bowels were open 2 or 3 times daily. He recovered from the flux to some extent but not entirely’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

George Hone, 51, Fitter

Occupation or role: Fitter
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1888
Date of death: 4 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): ?cause of death. Oedema of lungs. Old pleuritic adhesions, left lung. Enlarged spleen. Old hydatid of liver. Taenia mediocanellata in small intestine
Disease (standardised): Edema (Lungs); Disease (Pleura, spleen, liver); Tapeworm (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 man said he had not suffered from rheumatism nor from gout, that he had burnt his legs about 40 years before he came to the hospital, but that he had never been laid up with any bodily illness. He gave no history pointing to syphilis, and denied having had it. He drank chiefly beer and did not take more than 3 pints a day, as a rule. A week before Christmas 1887 he began to suffer from pain at the lower part of his chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, abdomen, heart, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Collard, 64, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1888
Date of death: 12 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Aortic stenosis with vegetations. Aortic incompetence. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Scar of healed gastric ulcer
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient’s father had gout. The man said he had suffered from rheumatism, and that he was first laid up with it 30 years before he came to the hospital, and was ill for 2 months. He had many attacks and the last was in January 1888. There was some doubt as to the nature of the attacks from which he suffered; it seemed likely that they were gout. His big toe, he said, was always first affected, and was red and shiny. He was a considerable drinker of beer. His average was half a gallon a day, and on festive occasions he drank more’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Eyears, 16, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1888
Date of death: 19 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 said he had had ‘brain fever’, scarlatina and measles about 10, 8 and 6 years before he came to the hospital. He had had no other illness. On the night of July 13th he went to bed in a state of health. On the morning of the 14th he woke up at 7.30. He then had severe pain at the upper part of his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, larynx, trachea, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, brain

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

George Cornell, 25, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 25
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1920
Date of death: 11 Mar 1920
Disease (transcribed): Multiple hepatic suppuration (actinomyestic). General plastic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Neighbour, Philip Morgan
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Minnie West, 24, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1891
Date of death: 23 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative colitis
Disease (standardised): Colitis (Colon); Ulcer (Colon)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This was a young married woman of previous good health, who had never been out of England, but lived almost entirely in Clapham. In March 1890 she was confined with a 6 months child but retained her health; and on March 21st 1891 she have birth to a full-term child. She had been out of bed and well for more than a week when early in May she spent some hours of a wet day at the Naval Exhibition. While there she ‘turned stone cold', and next day she had much headache but no other definite symptom. A week later diarrhoea made its appearance for the first time'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

William Craggs, 56, Fitter

Occupation or role: Fitter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1917
Date of death: 4 Feb 1917
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of small gut by adhesions in pelvis. Early peritonitis. Old abdomino-perineal operation with removal of rectum for carcinoma. Colotomy
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Operation (Rectum); Carcinoma (Rectum); Colotomy (Colon)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Sellwood, George Binford
Medical notes: 'Abdominal perineal operation for complete excision of rectum for carcinoma performed by Mr Fedden [Walter Fedde Fedden] Oct 21, 1906, with colotomy. Colotomy has worked well & he has had no abdominal trouble since the operation until a week ago’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sidney Andrews, 3, [Child of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1917
Date of death: 19 Sep 1917
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative colitis & appendicitis
Disease (standardised): Colitis (Intestines); Appendicitis (Appendix)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: 'Began 2 days ago with diarrhoea. The motions were green, offensive & contained blood. Abdominal pain has been present but no vomiting. Sleeps badly. No cough. No convulsions. Many similar cases have been reported in the district in which patient lives. 4 are not in hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Blunt, 63, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1894
Date of death: 5 Dec 1894
Disease (transcribed): Malignant stricture of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'This patient denied all illness up to six weeks ago when he began to vomit after all food - This generally took place from half an hour to six hours after taking food - There was much pain after taking anything which was relieved by vomiting - He had never had haematemesis. During his illness he had rapidly lost flesh'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

John Hanson, 34, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1897
Date of death: 4 Dec 1897
Disease (transcribed): Perforating duodenal ulcer
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines) ()
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The case is accompanied by an article published in the Edinburgh Medical Journal in 1898. 'The patient […] was a strong and burly man, aet. 32, who on the 2nd December 1897, while travelling in the train to London from the North of England, was seized with violent abdominal pain. He did not pass any water after this time, though a couple of ounces of albuminous urine were drawn off by catheter. It appeared that after his arrival in London he was treated by a doctor for renal disease or colic. He came up to St. George's Hospital late on the night of the 3rd December, and was at once admitted by Mr S. Smith, house physician, who found him collapsed, with a distended abdomen'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Georgina Baxter, 37, Ladies maid

Occupation or role: Ladies maid
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Aug 1877
Date of death: 26 Aug 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of bowel. Intestinal haemorrhage. Perforations.
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Haemorrhage (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been attacked with weakness and languor, diarrhoea, shivering at night and occasional delirium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, intestine, skull, dura mater and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Maud Wilkinson, 14, [Child of] Widow

Occupation or role: [Child of] Widow
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1885
Date of death: 6 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She attributed her illness to eating a bad picked onion, but other people who were eating at the same time were not ill.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Anthony Havard, 64, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1885
Date of death: 17 Sep 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of oesophagus. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had great emaciation and lost five stone in twelve months. He had a cough since February and diarrhoea shortly before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, vessels, liver, spleen, kidneys and oesophagus
Type of incident: n/a

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