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Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1883
Date of death: 16 Jul 1883
Disease (transcribed): Fistulous opening from groin to sigmoid flexure. Pleuritis. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Groin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This patient was sent here from a cottage hospital at Wimbledon, suffering from faecal fistula. For two years he had suffered with very short intermissions from what he called ‘English dysentery’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 21 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1859
Date of death: 23 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Mesenteric disease. Incipient rickets. Diseased liver. Old burn
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Abdomen); Rickets (Bones); Disease (Liver); Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with an extensive burn of the left arm, extending from the shoulder to the back of the hand. It was cut very deep, except in one part about the middle of forearm. She was also evidently suffering from tabies mesentericus which was supposed to have existed for 6 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 April 1855
Date of death: 17 April 1855
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical Hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman, in a state of senile dementia, was admitted on account on an umbilical hernia which was said to be strangulated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1886
Date of death: 13 Jun 1886
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard. Ewart, Charles
Medical notes: She had borne nine children. No very exact history was obtained as she was a feeble old woman and contradicted herself. She had been ruptured some years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus, ovaries, pericardium, heart, pleurae, lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1876
Date of death: 2 Nov 1876
Disease (transcribed): Peritoneal inflammation. Hernia operation
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman had suffered from an inguinal hernia on the right side for some years. Four days previously the hernia came down and she was unable to return it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pleurae, lungs ,heart, kidneys and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1869
Date of death: 2 Aug 1869
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of left foot. Pyaemia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Foot); Sepsis (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient some twenty years ago had had frostbite of the toes of the left foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 72
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 May 1870
Date of death: 3 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of the Uterus and Ovaries and Peritoneum.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Ovaries); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman had had for three months some difficulty of passing motions, and for the last two weeks none had passed without injections and she had frequent sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1855
Date of death: 14 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Large tumour of the mamma and chest
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Mammary Glands); Tumour (Thorax)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Two years before she had noticed a small tumour in the right breast. By the month of June before her admission it had grown rapidly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1852
Date of death: 6 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Recent lymphy sheds in abdominal cavity. Ulceration of ileum. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Lymph (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She had not been able to move the lower limbs for about a year, and had suffered from pains down the thighs and the loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and spinal column
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 71
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1857
Date of death: 3 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Operation for strangulated hernia. Peritonitis. Inflammation of intestine which had slipped down again into the sac. ?Renewed strangulation
Disease (standardised): Hernia; Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Inflammation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Hastings, Cecil William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1851
Date of death: 24 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis. Scrofulous deposit in the brain, choroid plexus, lungs, peritoneum, fallopian tubes. Scrofulous deposit also in an enlarged bursa over trochanter major of hip
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Fallopian tubes); Tuberculosis (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient was originally admitted under the physician, complaining of pain in the hip which was thought to be the result of chronic rheumatism. She also had indication of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1852
Date of death: 24 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis with ulcerative perforation of the small intestine. Faeces in the abdominal sac. Large cyst containing recent as well as long standing extravasation of blood within the broad ligament of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Cysts (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient was first admitted on the 4th February with what appeared to be local peritonitis attended by very severe pain at the lower part of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sempstress
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1857
Date of death: 6 Nov 1857
Disease (transcribed): Intrathoracic cancer
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Thorax)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She stated that she had never been very strong and had been subject to palpitation for years. Two months before admission she noticed a lump on the right side of her neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, mammae and thyroid
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1876
Date of death: 20 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The patient had noticed a swelling for more than a year in the right groin. Three days before admission this swelling had come down and could not be returned.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1853
Date of death: 12 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the lower end of the fibula. Scrofulous deposit on the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Caries (Leg); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman had been in the hospital several times before on account of disease of the lower end of the fibula.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1859
Date of death: 30 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Peritonitis. Atrophy of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Atrophy (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old woman began to experience swelling of the legs about Christmas ‘58. The symptom lasted about three weeks and then disappeared until the following August’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1857
Date of death: 13 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian tumour. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Her health had been quite food until two years ago when she felt pain in the right side of the abdomen which was soon succeeded by swelling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1861
Date of death: 30 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Peritonitis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient who had frequently appeared as a patient with attacks of dropsy, had been suffering from an increase of that complaint since the preceding Christmas. She had swelling of the legs and belly, and frequent vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1853
Date of death: 3 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Followed by sloughing of the intestines and discharge of faecal matter into the peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Sloughing (Intestines); Faecal discharge (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted during the evening with strangulated hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Brewhouse labourer
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1860
Date of death: 23 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Gangrene. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Gangrene; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship and Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A brewhouse labourer. In the habit of drinking freely, according to his own admission 5 pints a day. He was said to have had epileptic fits latterly, but it was not learned how long he had been so affected. He attributed his illness to a lump of coal falling upon the lower part of his back 7 weeks ago’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1857
Date of death: 16 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Malignant tumours of chest and loins. Similar deposit in various organs
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Thorax); Tumour (Abdomen); Deposits (Viscera)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He had been ill for a month with pain in his back which was for a long time supposed to be rheumatism brought on by sleeping in a damp bed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker's apprentice
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1878
Date of death: 12 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the hip joint. Lardaceous disease. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Ten days before admission severe rigors – In four days pain about right hip and thigh – Groin soon became tender. Symptom Dec [December] 19. Patient flushed – Temp [Temperature] 100 – Pulse 92. Small tongue fairly clean. Right lower limb flexed – Any attempt at extension very painful – Thigh a little tender – No redness'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joint, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1858
Date of death: 2 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the liver, mesentery, omentum, dura mater &c
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Liver, mesentery, omentum, brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'An anaemic individual who stated that he suffered severely from diarrhoea last September. Ever since he had been dyspeptic, but had never had vomiting. About 5 days ago for the first time he noticed a swelling in the epigastric region. The bowels were very costive’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1869
Date of death: 12 Mar 1869
Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis. Tubercular cystitis. Peritonitis. Pyelitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Bladder); Cystitis (Bladder); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pyelitis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: For two months this man had had pain in passing his urine and frequent micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1853
Date of death: 26 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Scrofulous deposit in kidney. Ulceration of bladder and peculiar construction thereof. Abscess in substance of psoas and iliacus muscles
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Ulcer (Bladder); Abscess (Muscles)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This boy, when admitted, presented many of the symptoms of stone. He had suffered for a year with frequent calls to make water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a