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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1843
Date of death: 26 Dec 1843
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of Peritoneum.
Disease (standardised): Malignancy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward 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: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1877
Date of death: 18 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Haemothorax. Luxation of spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Haemothorax (Thorax); Luxation (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: A Dray on which the patient was riding upset throwing his violently to the ground and one of the horses which had also fallen, then rolled on him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1877
Date of death: 31 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcerations; perforation; peritonitis etc
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Indeterminate); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Subject to headaches, invariably R [Right] frontal. Diaphoresis scanty. Constitution otherwise sound. In the afternoon of the 4th day before admn [admission], she began to feel chilly: this lasted till she went to bed. Next mom [moment] she was hot, the appetite gone, lumbar pain and occipital headache present: was very weak and had to lay up. She perspired much the first few days. Bowels open on 7th and 9th, with purgatives. She vomited on the 9th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1878
Date of death: 26 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease, chiefly affecting the glands. Ascites etc
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Glands); Ascites (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable diseases in the family. Inflammation of the lungs 20 years before admission: subject to slight coughs since. Otherwise healthy. Diaphoresis habitually profuse. Accustomed to take on an average of 4 pts [pints] of beer and a glass of whiskey daily: frequent excesses. 'Faint feeling' in epigastrium for ½ hr [hour] after food once or twice in last 12 mo [months]. Purpuric maculation on legs from April 1878. About 5 wks [weeks] before admission pain commenced gradually in the abdomen. It continued, increasing steadily in severity, unaffected by period of day, by eating or breathing deeply; - the abdomen at the same time enlarging progressively'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, mesenteric glands, peritoneum, blood
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1880
Date of death: 13 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): 'Large white kidneys’. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: A fortnight before admission his mother had noticed a rash all over his body, accompanied with a little soreness of throat, feverishness and discharge from the ears. Three days before admission dropsy was noticed, and he complained of headache and pain in the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1880
Date of death: 10 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the stomach and neighbourhood. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: In January 1879 he began to fail in strength and found that ‘he could not lift things as he used to’. He was later attacked with pain in the left loin, profuse perspiration and difficulty in ‘keeping food down’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs, prostate and testes
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1880
Date of death: 21 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura)
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: Of late she was subject to rheumatic and neuralgic pains in the head and neck, also to frequent attacks of indigestion, pains between the shoulders, much flatulence and bowels generally costive.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Serous membranes, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, intestinal tract, kidneys, generative organs and subserous tissue
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1880
Date of death: 8 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Somewhat obscure. Originating after operation for a navoid growth, and possibly septicaemic. Thrombosis of the heart alone found. Ecchymosis of the right pleura
Disease (standardised): Operation (Torso); Sepsis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Heart); Ecchymosis (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had a congenital tumour of the right side, and when admitted it was the size of an adult fist.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Back, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1880
Date of death: 30 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the meninges, lungs, liver, kidneys, peritoneum, and (?) intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Meninges); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For three months she had had a cough, complained of pain in both sides of the chest on coughing and of headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1880
Date of death: 16 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): Impacted gallstones. Abscess of gastro-hepatic omentum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Gallstones (Gall bladder); Abscess (Omentum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: One day in November 1879 he was suddenly seized with pain in the abdomen, vomiting and constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, gall bladder, peritoneum, spleen, kidneys and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Aug 1880
Date of death: 31 Aug 1880
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Purulent peritonitis. Perforation
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Lung); Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Medical notes: On July 31st he was noticed to be a little unwell, had lost his appetite and complained of headache. He talked in his sleep that night, having been much frightened on the way home in the train.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1880
Date of death: 19 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the intestines and lungs. Peritonitis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); 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: The patient could give no definite account of herself. For six months she had been gradually losing flesh and every winter she had a cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

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

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

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1881
Date of death: 20 Sep 1881
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The patient had been in very good health until 4 days ago when she was seized suddenly with a shivering fit and left in a prostrate condition from which she has never rallied. Much headache; frequent cough; scanty bronchitic sputa. Bowels not open for 3 days until the day before admission. Great thirst. The scanty evidence from patient and friends shewed no definite symptoms of disease of longer standing'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1881
Date of death: 20 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal septicaemia. Acute peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Postpartum depression (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'There was some tubercular history in the family: as a child she had frequent barking cough & swollen glands in the neck. The catamenia [menstruation] appeared at 13 and have of late years been irregular & painful, occurring as a rule every three weeks, & never absent, she says, more than 2 months. About Christmas 1879 she was laid up with 'overwork'. Since then she has been in good health, & has acted as a servant to a crêche. Six days before admission she described herself as feeling quite well. A day later menstruation began with diarrhoea and uch pain: she had several rigors next day and the diarrhoea increased with many feverish symptoms. She denied having noticed during her life any abdominal tumour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, generative organs, uterus, vagina, ovaries, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1882
Date of death: 7 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of pia mater, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Meninges); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: About a fortnight before admission she began to feel headache, anorexia and thirst. A day or two later she noticed that her breath was very short and the headache increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain and its membranes, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1882
Date of death: 30 Aug 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Miliary tubercle in lungs. Endometritis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung); Endometritus (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, Thomas Vincent
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She had one child thirteen weeks before admission. The afterbirth had to be removed. Since then she had complained of hypogastric pain, weakness, thick yellow discharge and occasional shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1882
Date of death: 10 Sep 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Peritonitis. Ulceration of ileum
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission she began to complain of some cough, dyspnoea, and pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1882
Date of death: 22 Sep 1882
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Suppurating glands in left groin. Wound on vulva unhealthy. Epithelioma vulvae
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Groin); Wound (Vulva); Cancer (Vulva)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She was the mother of sixteen children. Nine months previous to admission a hard lump appeared on the left side of the vulva.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, vulva and rectum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1882
Date of death: 27 Sep 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Ulceration of ilium. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Pelvis); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For a fortnight he had lost his spirits and for a week was ‘out of sorts’, with slight cough. A week before admission he began to complain of pain below his ribs and a chilly feeling. Three siblings were admitted with symptoms of Enteric Fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bench boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1882
Date of death: 24 Oct 1882
Disease (transcribed): Morbus addisonii. Tubercular peritonitis. Caseous mass in suprarenal capsules
Disease (standardised): Addison’s disease (Adrenal glands); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Caseous mass (Suprarenal capsules)
Admitted under the care of: Watney, Herbert
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: In 1880 he began to feel frequently weak, with fainting fits without any convulsions and biting of the tongue. During the last few months he had lost his strength and had been attacked with much dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and suprarenal capsule
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Mason
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1882
Date of death: 12 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tubercle in lungs, pleurae, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For the last month he had been growing much weaker, with increasing and troublesome cough, frequent flushing and profuse perspiration at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a