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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

St George's Hospital, London

Matthew Redmond, 35, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1850
Date of death: 1 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Medullary carcinoma of the liver, gall bladder, pancreas &c., also of the cystic duct, with occlusion at the entrance of the gall bladder
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Liver, gallbladder, pancreas, cystic duct)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

John Wilson, 68, Farmer

Occupation or role: Farmer
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1850
Date of death: 20 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Large calculus of the bladder. Litho? . Abscess of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Lithotrity (Bladder); Abscess (Kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient, a farmer by profession, when admitted was a stout, healthy-looking man & he stated that he was of temperate habits, & some three years ago he passed for the first time a calculus of the size of a pea by the urethra, having been subject to passing gravel some years previously. After this, he had pain at the end of the penis after micturition, the stream of urine would sometimes suddenly cease, & then on altering his position flow again, it was also occasionally tinged with blood. These symptoms were increased after much exercise’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Sansom Thomas, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 12 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Epileptiform convulsions following the disappearance of an eruption of the skin. The convulsions gradually passed into coma. Scrofulous deposit upon & thickening of the meninges of brain with slight softening of the central parts of brain
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Eruption (Skin); Coma (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man said that his illness had only been of a 14 nights’ duration, that it had commenced with pains generally in his limbs, and two days before admission an eruption had appeared on his skin’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

George Froggall, 42, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1851
Date of death: 13 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat in the person of a drunkard. Death from coma, following delirium & ‘furor’, the result partly of loss of blood & sleeplessness & partly doubtless combined with habitual delirium tremens. Low pneumonia & quiescent tubercle in the apices of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Brain); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was by trade a shoemaker, & was a habitual drunkard & during a fit of intoxication shortly before his admission he inflicted a wound on his throat with a razor. When he was brought to the hospital there was free haemorrhage’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide?

Mary Freegrove, 58, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1851
Date of death: 16 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): 'Granular disease’ of the kidney. Double pleurisy. Heart with dilated cavities, also thickening of flaps of the aortic & mitral valves, with mitral orifice contraction. ‘White patch’ on heart’s surface
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This woman, who had borne a very large family, stated that she had been subject to cough for 2 or 3 winters, which had been worse during the past year than usual, but had been relieved until 2 days ago. The legs had been observed to swell for 8 days past’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Linstead, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 May 1851
Date of death: 19 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Granular & atrophied kidneys. Imperfect paraplegia, also partial loss of speech following epileptic fits. Double pleurisy. Death by apnoea. Nothing remarkable in the brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Paraplegia (Brain); Epilepsy (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Apnea (Respiratory system)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'The report that was brought with this patient was that since her last confinement which had occurred 3 months previously she had had 3 fits and that in the last which had occurred only a few days before, she had partially lost the use of speech; her mind was evidently confused and it was impossible to obtain from her any distinct account of her own sensations. The child was her third, was a seven-month child, and she had nursed it up to her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

John Mercer, 38, Drayman

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1851
Date of death: 17 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Pleurisy on the right side, also old tubercular deposit in the apex of right lung. Dislocation of the cartilages of 5th & 6th ribs, from the sternum by a contusion. ‘Wet brain’
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Dislocation (Ribs); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was a drayman & was accidentally jammed in between two drays by which means he received what was thought to be merely a severe contusion on the anterior wall of the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Thomas White, 61, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 22 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Heart enlarged. Dilatation of its cavities & hypertrophy of left ventricle. Calcareous deposits on aortic & mitral valve flaps. Old double pleurisy. Recent pleurisy on right side. Disease of kidneys. Atheroma of aorta
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones [Henry Bence Jones] in November 1850, complaining of cough & ‘stoppage of the breath’ which had then lasted more than a month. His general health continued good, and he had no previous illness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Strain, 22, Cab driver

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1851
Date of death: 24 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing ulcer of the integument of the leg. Old double pleurisy. Crude tubercle in the lower lobe of the right lung?
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This young man was a cab driver & was of exceedingly intemperate habits, drinking several pints of beer, & glasses of raw spirit daily. He had been attending at the hospital as an out-patient for a few days before his admission, having bruised himself slightly by a fall. He had also a sloughing ulcer on the front of one leg’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Hely, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 27 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Gouty with anasarca. Liver very granular, peritoneum thickened. Kidneys somewhat altered. No albumin in urine. Heart flaccid, atheromatous & calcareous deposits. Fibrous tumours of uterus
Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver, peritoneum, kidneys, heart); Tumour (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'An elderly woman who had never borne children, was admitted with great enlargement of the abdomen & swelling of the legs. It appeared that she had suffered from cough for some years, which had become unusually severe since last Xmas, accompanied by much dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Griffiths, 35, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1851
Date of death: 28 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tubercles throughout lungs. Extensive old adhesions of pleura on both sides. Atheroma on aortic valves & ascending aorta. Kidneys congested. Intestines ulcerated
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Congestion (Kidneys); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had suffered from cough for some years past, but that he had felt himself decidedly worse during the last 6 weeks. He was somewhat emaciated, but had never spit blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Tyson, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 May 1851
Date of death: 29 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Double pleurisy. Pneumonia in lower lobe of right lung. Tubercle in the apex of both lungs. Incipient disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man had been left in charge of a house after the death of its owner, who was his mistress, and it appeared that in consequence of being by himself, he had been much neglected, and his illness had been allowed to go on unheeded. He was reported by the person who accompanied him to have been delirious in the preceding night. His illness was dated so far back as the beginning of March, when it was said that he first suffered from pain in the chest which was followed by diarrhoea, and accompanied by some cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Mays, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1851
Date of death: 3 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Chronic peritonitis. Pneumonia in the lower part of the right lung. Double pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'A single woman, who was admitted with considerable swelling of the abdomen, and also some oedema of the legs. She had ceased to menstruate about 5 years before, and had generally enjoyed pretty good health. She stated her illness to have commenced about 4 months ago, when after a severe cold, she suffered from cramps in the legs, & pains in the hips which ultimately settled in the lower part of the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

William Yeomans, 56, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1851
Date of death: 5 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Clot found in centre of base, arteries atheromatous, fluid in ventricles. Large heart. Left kidney large, coarse. Right kidney dilated, sacculated
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Clot (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Blood vessels); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient, who was coachman to the Turkish ambassador, was observed on the morning of the 5th to have fallen back on his box in a fit. He was lifted down & placed in a cab, and reached the hospital from ½ an hour to 1 hour after. He had been very sick, & continued to vomit after his admission, endangering his suffocation in his unconscious state’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Maule, 29, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 May 1851
Date of death: 5 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Lung (right) universally adherent. Fluid over surface, and at base of brain. Spot of lymph, patch of congestion &c
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'A coachman reported to be of very intemperate habits, who was said to have been ill a week, presented much of the ordinary character of delirium a potu [delirium tremens]: a foul, rather creamy tongue, quick pulse, great tremor in his movements & confusion of intellect; he had been very delirious especially during the past night’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Tool, 31, Bricklayer’s labourer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer’s labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1851
Date of death: 20 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of the liver, left kidney & spleen. Also extravasation of much blood into peritoneal cavity & subperitoneal tissues. Fracture of ribs on both side. Pneumonia on right side. Fracture of sacrum & separation of sacro-iliac articulation on either side
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver, kidney, spleen); Extravasation (Abdomen); Fracture (Ribs, pelvis); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient, who was a bricklayer’s labourer, was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse, having just been precipitated from the scaffold near the Chinese Exhibition, a height of between 20 and 30 feet. The ribs on the left side were found to be extensively fractured though the exact seat of the injury could not be determined, as there was much emphysema all over the sides & front of the chest, & when he somewhat recovered from the collapse, he was in too great a state of depression to bear much manual examination’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Edmund Winter, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1851
Date of death: 6 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Contused & lacerated wound of the integuments & deeper structures at the lower & inner part of the thigh. Gangrene of the neighbouring parts followed. Death with typhoid symptoms
Disease (standardised): Wound (Thigh); Gangrene (Thigh); Typhoid fever (Systemic)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'While driving a cart containing several sacks of flour to the amount of two tens weight, the horse went off the road & the driver was thrown from his seat to the ground, the wheel passing over his right leg & thigh causing a lacerated & contused wound three inches long over the inner side of the thigh, commencing on a level with the upper border of the patella’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Bertram, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1851
Date of death: 9 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the bones & joints of the great toe. Tubercular deposit & vomicae in the lungs on both sides. Thinning of the walls of the heart. Ulceration of internal glands. Scrofulous deposit in mesenteric & lumbar glands
Disease (standardised): Disease (Toe); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Glands); Deposit (Glands)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient had been attending as an out-patient for some days with disease of the metacarpo-phalangeal joint of the great toe, the articular cartilage being destroyed by ulceration. He was sent into the house [hospital] for the purpose of having the toe amputated, but his health was so shattered that this was not done. He had suffered from cough & general debility for 13 months, being troubled with urgent dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Boadini, 71, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1851
Date of death: 10 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing ulcer of the cheek. Diseased & congested kidneys. Sacculated bladder & enlarged prostate. Hypertrophied heart. Thickening of aortic & mitral valves, & contraction of mitral orifice. Old pleurisy on left side
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Cheek); Disease (Kidneys, bladder, prostate, heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was by birth an Italian, by profession a painter, he had lived for some time past in great poverty, not having been able to afford himself sufficient nourishment. He was in a state of emaciation & debility on his admission to the hospital, & there was considerable dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Springhall, 36, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1851
Date of death: 16 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Double aortic bruit. Extravasation of blood into the substance of the lung. Heart hypertrophied & dilated, & with fibrinous & calcareous concretions on aortic & mitral valves, these[?] being readily removed. Enlarged & congested liver. Soft ‘block’ in spleen
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lungs); Bruit (Aorta); Extravasation (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man, whose occupation was that of a gardener, said that he had been ill ever since October. His illness had begun with cough & shortness of breath, brought on as he believed, by being wet through on one occasion. Latterly he had been losing flesh & spitting blood, and only a fortnight before admission his legs had begun to swell. He was a man of dissipated habits which he alleged were due to the necessity for drinking beer when employed in the hothouse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Pettett, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1851
Date of death: 15 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Double pleurisy. Excessive tubercular infiltration with vomicae at upper parts of both lungs which contained some miliary tubercle throughout their entire substance
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man had suffered, he stated, from winter cough during some years, and now had not been free from it for 5 months past, but had given up work only a few days before admission. He was very much emaciated, his voice was rather hoarse, and he had occasionally spit a little blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Gould, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 May 1851
Date of death: 18 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca. Hypertrophy of heart with thickening of the flaps of aortic & mitral valves, & mitral valve constriction. Slight dilatation of the arch & root of aorta. Low double pneumonia. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient, a married woman who had borne 11 children, alleged that her illness was only of about a month’s duration. Since then she had suffered from cough & palpitation & shortness of breath, & 3 weeks ago first the right & then the left leg had swelled, and subsequently the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Cook, 82, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 82
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1851
Date of death: 20 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur, high up. Ankylosis, entire, between the head of the femur & the ilium, evidently the result of ‘diseases’ of the joint. Vomicae in lungs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Ankylosis (Thigh); Disease (Joints); Suppuration (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient, who was very old & feeble, was knocked down by a butcher’s boy while walking. He fell on his back & on being raised found he was unable to walk. He was found to have a simple fracture of the upper part of the left thigh’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joint, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Charles Longman, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1851
Date of death: 20 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelatous inflammation following & accompanying anasarca. Disease of the kidneys. Pneumonia on the left side. Double pleurisy. Pericarditis of old standing
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This old man was admitted with erysipelas said to have been altogether of about a fortnights’ duration, having been better & worse at different time, & having recurred more severely a few days before his admission. It was also ascertained that his legs had been swelled for nearly a week before, and that the face had been puffy before there was any appearance of redness or any pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

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