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Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1896
Date of death: 25 Mar 1896
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Seven days before admission the patient slipped and he thought he ruptured himself then.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys, adrenals and toe joint
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1895
Date of death: 7 Jan 1896
Disease (transcribed): Chronic dilatation of large intestine
Disease (standardised): Dilatation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from constipation since the age of six months. He stated that his bowels had been without relief for nine weeks on one occasion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, kidneys, suprarenals, pancreas, bladder, heart and testes
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1895
Date of death: 11 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Intussusception (Laparotomy)
Disease (standardised): Intussusception (Intestines); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: This child was admitted in a very collapsed state having had constipation for five days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, testicles and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1894
Date of death: 13 Feb 1895
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of pylorus. Gastrojejunostomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Gastric bypass (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: This man was an in patient in June 1894 when the operation was done. Since leaving hospital the vomiting had returned with considerable abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, intestines, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, rectum, bladder, lungs, larynx, oesophagus and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1894
Date of death: 29 Nov 1894
Disease (transcribed): Left inguinal hernia - Strangulated (Littre's)
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Groin)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Case not seen by Reg [Registrar]: H.S. [House surgeon] reports. Patient had been ill some 10 days: he was lifting a weight and thought that his rupture had come down. He was constipated for 4 days, then there was some action of B. [Bowels]. Since then (6 days) constipation absolute in spite of copious enemata. On admission patient was collapsed with thready pulse, hiccough and faecal vomiting present'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1894
Date of death: 9 Oct 1894
Disease (transcribed): Cerebellar abscess - Otitis media
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Otitis media (Ear)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Four years before admission patient had had a discharge from the ear. Had been deaf ever since. 8 days before admn. [admission] the discharge had recommenced. Pain came on over side of head. On admission. There was a purulent discharge from the left ear - some pain. [...] Convulsions came on with serious collapse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, ears, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1894
Date of death: 28 Sep 1894
Disease (transcribed): Empyema , with ulceration into oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lung); Ulcer (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with stricture and double inguinal hernia. That on the right side being large and irreducible. Patient had great difficulty in passing urine which was alkaline. The stricture was dilated by the continuous method. On Aug: 2 the physician reported 'old tubercle of right apex, and general emphysema of lungs' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hernia, cranium
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Horsekeeper
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1894
Date of death: 18 Jul 1894
Disease (transcribed): Fractured pelvis. Mitral stenosis. Septic intoxication
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Wilson, William H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'May 25. Patient was riding and his horse fell with him. He could not walk after the injury. H.S. [House surgeon] reported. Back much bruised. No numbeness or loss of power. No sickness. Pain in back'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart and great vessels, abdomen and viscera
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Machinist
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1894
Date of death: 6 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of abdominal aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Last August patient suffered from 'nervous disease'. Was in the London hospital five weeks. Three months ago he thinks he strained himself over a slift machine. A month ago he noticed a painful swelling in the abdomen. No history of syphilis. On admission. There was a pulsating expansile swelling about the size of a cricket ball in the umbilical and hypogastric regions'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, spine, heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1893
Date of death: 24 Jun 1893
Disease (transcribed): Degeneration of the posterior columns of spinal cord. Traumatic
Disease (standardised): Degeneration (Spinal cord)

Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient fell off his engine on to his back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, brain, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid body, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident