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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

Sans titre

[No name], [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 28 Nov 1842
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of Rectum.
Disease (standardised): Stricture (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Daniel Gaberthuel, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Sep 1844
Date of death: 7 Oct 1844
Disease (transcribed): Stone in bladder. Lithotomy.
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Lithotomy (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined, at the earnest request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Alexander, 23, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1844
Date of death: 13 February 1844
Disease (transcribed): Large chronic ulcer of the stomach. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with symptoms resembling the Painter’s Colic.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen. The cranium and thorax were not examined at the request of the friends.
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Thompson, 49, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1844
Date of death: 27 Mar 1844
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous ulceration of the uterus opening into the bladder. Disease of kidneys. Scirrhus of left ovary spreading from contact.
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Uterus); Disease (Kidney); Carcinoma (Ovary )
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with an incontinence of urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

John Wilkinson, 44, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1844
Date of death: 9 Apr 1844
Disease (transcribed): Compound, comminuted fracture of the fibula into the ankle joint. Tubercles and vomicae in the lungs.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: The patient was admitted after his leg became entangled in the spokes of a waggon wheel which were in motion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Mary Dyer, 34, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1844
Date of death: 24 Apr 1844
Disease (transcribed): Vascular ? From the Meatus Urinarius. Fatal Peritonitis. Foul matter at side of gut, but not communicating with it. Old adhesions of left ovary to this part.
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Urethra); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Adhesions (Ovary )
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: The patient was admitted suffering from severe pain in the loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Giles, 40, Nurse

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1844
Date of death: 25 Apr 1844
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleurisy. Heart enlarged. Left ventricle dilated. Kidneys granular.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Granular (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: The patient was one of the night nurses at St George’s Hospital, and had previously been suffering from a slight catarrh. On the 7th April she was seized with a rigor accompanied by a severe pain in the head and left with a feeling of great ‘coldness at the chest; when it subsided.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

John London, 15, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1845
Date of death: 21 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of right kidney. Extensive haemorrhage into, and behind, peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Kidneys); Haemorrhage (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a dying condition, having been run over by a cart a short time previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Lawrence Clerk, 58, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1845
Date of death: 30 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Kidneys mottled, granular & inflamed. Ureters etc much dilated & inflamed. Calculus in the bladder with chronic inflammation of this organ and ulceration of its mucous membrane
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Inflammation (Ureter, bladder); Calculus (Bladder); Ulcer (Bladder)

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Eight years before admission, this patient first experienced pain in making water and he found at the same time that he passed some small clots of blood in his water. The pain he experienced both before and after making water’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen (‘cranium and thorax were not examined at the earnest request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

George Darley, 67, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1845
Date of death: 22 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate, and diseased bladder & kidneys. Hydrocele
Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Prostate); Disease (Bladder, kidneys); Hydrocele (Testicles)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient when admitted was suffering form irritability of the bladder & making water 8 or 9 times during the night. He also complained of much inconvenience on account of a prolapsus ani which he had frequently much difficulty in returning’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Gaynor, 52, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Sep 1845
Date of death: 27 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive laceration of the liver. Rupture of vena cava inferior. Separation of symphysis pubis
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Liver); Rupture (Blood vessels); Injury (Pubis)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'A cart had passed over the body of this patient shortly before his admission into the hospital. When admitted he was in a state of collapse with blanched features, and complained much of pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Ellen Marks, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1846
Date of death: 6 Sep 1846
Disease (transcribed): Lungs gorged with blood and frothy serum. Hypertrophy of heart and dilatation of left cavities. Thoracic aorta thickened from fatty and atheromatous deposit on inner surface. In some spots thinning of the vessel had taken place. Right kidney atrophied. Left coarse and lobulated, with cysts. Cyst of right ovary containing dark coagulated substance.
Disease (standardised): Serum (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney); Cysts (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of palpitation, cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, kidney, ovary and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

William Ellis, 35, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Sep 1846
Date of death: 7 Sep 1846
Disease (transcribed): Slight bruise of cerebellum. Fracture and dislocation of spine with bruised condition of chord. Fracture of sternum. Rupture of internal mammary.
Disease (standardised): Bruising (Brain ); Fracture (Spine); Dislocation (Spine); Bruising (Spinal cord); Fracture (Sternum); Rupture (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: This patient, having been butted at by a bull, was admitted two hours after the accident perfectly sensible with some coldness of the skin and total paralysis of all the extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Baker, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1846
Date of death: 7 Sep 1846
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of lungs at posterior part. Ulceration of intestines near the iliocecal valve and cecum and in the lower part of the ascending colon. Some extending to the serous covering of the bowel.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of fever. His mother stated that about the 4th or 5th of this month he complained of general indisposition, off loss of appetite and muscular depression, the whole of which she attributed to his having been some time out of work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Goodenough, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1846
Date of death: 5 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid tumour in the abdomen, surrounding abdominal aorta and inferior cava, which latter was blocked up. Encephaloid tumour of the left testicle.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Blockage (Veins); Cancer (Testis)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: This patient stated that his urine had been thick, he had pain during micturition and occasionally he ‘was unable to hold his water’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and testicle
Type of incident: n/a

John Strode Curtis, 69, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 08 Sep 1847
Date of death: 17 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Extensive ulceration of mucous membrane of larynx
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: This man was admitted suffering greatly from chronic cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Soane, 67, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1847
Date of death: 18 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: Case not entered as the body was not examined.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the urgent request of the wife
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Hawkes, 11, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1847
Date of death: 18 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Disease of left knee and right hip joint. Ulceration of cartilages with caries of bones.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Disease (Hip); Ulcer (Leg); Caries (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: On admission an abscess existed at the left knee joint, which extended to the back of the nates. Two years ago a cart wheel went over his leg, but the disease began in the knee joint from four months since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left lower extremity and right lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Holmes, T.: A System of Surgery, Theoretical and Practical, in Treatises by Various Authors, Vols. I-IV

  • 406 RB/183
  • Volume
  • 1860-1864
  • Fait partie de Rare books

Inscription on title page (Vol I): ‘London Hospital Medical Library 1904’

Four volumes: I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects)