Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 37 Date of admission: 9 Aug 1854 Date of death: 9 Aug 1854 Disease (transcribed): Cholera. Enlarged solitary glands of intestine &c Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Disease (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had always enjoyed excellent health with the exception of an attack of fever some years ago, for which he was admitted into St Bartholomew’s. The previous day he was quite well, & dined heartily off boiled mutton, & took beef at supper time. At 11 o’clock he went to bed & slept soundly until 2 or 3 when he woke complaining of cramp, & pain in the bowels. He soon became very sick & was violently purged. He was seen by a medical man but took no medicine until he came to the hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 52 Date of admission: 16 May 1854 Date of death: 17 Aug 1854 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man whose face was very anaemic had been ill 18 months. He first complained of numbness in his legs & swelling of his feet. He had suffered from gout 2 years previously’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 47 Date of admission: 23 Aug 1854 Date of death: 25 Aug 1854 Disease (transcribed): Cholera Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man had suffered from diarrhoea for two days before his admission into the hospital. The day before he came he had sickness, & on the morning of his admission, cramps in his legs & arms. When brought in his countenance was pinched & livid, his extremities cold, & no pulse could be felt at the wrist. He was sick every few minutes’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 30 Date of admission: 16 Aug 1854 Date of death: 27 Aug 1854 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Congested lungs. Intestines ulceration Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Congestion (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A pale-faced, anaemic individual, who stated that he had been ill about a month. He first suffered from great thirst with ever unpleasant ‘dry’ sensation’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 40 Date of admission: 27 Aug 1854 Date of death: 30 Aug 1854 Disease (transcribed): Cholera Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from diarrhoea two or three days, before any formidable symptoms showed themselves. She procured medicine from a chemist, & stated that what he gave her quite stopped the purging. She was attacked at 4am on the 27th with cramps & sickness & was sent to the hospital within 6 hours’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 28 Date of admission: 27 Aug 1854 Date of death: 30 Aug 1854 Disease (transcribed): Cholera Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'All that could be learnt of this woman before she was brought to the hospital was that she had been seized the previous day with sickness & purging. When her sister-in-law (one of the assistant nurses) went to her house at 10pm she found her in bed complaining of violent cramps. She had also sickness & rice water stools. The nurse gave her a mustard emetic, which was repeated on her admission at 2am the next day, and followed up by a scruple of calomel’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 4 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 May 1858 Date of death: 12 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Scarlatinal dropsy Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Scarlet fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'
Occupation or role: Married Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 May 1858 Date of death: 30 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Renal dropsy. Atrophy of one kidney Disease (standardised): Edema (Kidneys); Atrophy (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A married woman who some months before admission had a very tedious labour & was confined of two dead children. In March she caught a violent cold & three weeks ago her legs became anasarcous. Subsequently the abdomen increased rapidly in size. The catamenia [menstruation] had been absent for two months & it was conjectured she might be pregnant’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: Schoolmaster Age: 74 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858 Date of death: 6 Jun 1858 Disease (transcribed): Malignant tumour in pelvis. Phlebitis Disease (standardised): Tumour (Pelvis); Phlebitis (Blood vessels) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This old man who was a schoolmaster had been in very good health until three months ago, when he began to pass very little water, & experienced aching in the loins. At the same time his legs & abdomen became anasarcous. His breathing had been short for about a month’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis, cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Jun 1858 Date of death: 21 Jun 1858 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the brain? Partial paralysis Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Paralysis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 5 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Jun 1858 Date of death: 22 Jun 1858 Disease (transcribed): Strumous peritonitis Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A wretchedly emaciated & half-starved child who had been ailing, according to the account of some relatives, for about five months. His pulse was very feeble, tongue foul, skin hot & dry & the abdomen tumid’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, larynx
Occupation or role: Clergyman’s daughter Age: 7 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Jun 1858 Date of death: 26 Jun 1858 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing sore throat Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Throat) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This little girl was the daughter of a clergyman in the neighbourhood whose family have all had sore throat affection which has proved fatal. On Thursday the 24th three of the children were buried; on the Friday the mother sank; and the subject of the present notice died on Saturday the 26th. She had been four days visiting at Sydenham. When she left home two of the family were already dead’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 May 1858 Date of death: 23 Jul 1858 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A phthisical-looking woman, nervous & depressed, who complained of pain in the left iliac region which was aggravated by pressure. This she had suffered from ever since her confinement a month ago. Rigors alternating with heats & sweats had attacked her for some days, previous to admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Aug 1858 Date of death: 14 Sep 1858 Disease (transcribed): Fever Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A pallid, emaciated man suffering from low fever and diarrhoea of three weeks’ duration. He had been light-headed at night for nearly the whole of this period, so his wife reported; and the bowels had been very much relaxed, the stools often containing blood. He was very deaf & perspired profusely’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Sep 1858 Date of death: 14 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'There had been nothing to call attention to this man’s case during the first ten days or so of his residence in the house. It was looked upon as one of chronic rheumatism from which according to his own account he had suffered for 12 months & had been incapacitated for his usual daily work for nearly the whole of that time’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Oct 1858 Date of death: 21 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man was a patient in August with hemiplegia of the right side. He had an apoplectic seizure in the autumn of 1857 which had left him in this state. However he left the hospital very much improved & had continued in his usual good health until the 17th October, when he had another fit, & was at once brought to the hospital with hemiplegia well marked, & perfectly unconscious, and in this state he remained until his death which occurred within a few days’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Farm labourer Age: 15 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Sep 1858 Date of death: 28 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus interim. Ecchymosis in spinal canal Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Ecchymosis (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A farm labourer who had suffered for a twelvemonth from pain in the head which was increased by working in the sun. Six months later it became so bad & was accompanied with such frequent vomiting that he went under medical care & was leeched & blistered. This treatment did him some good for a time. When he came to the hospital there was tenderness all down the spine & partial paralysis of the lower limbs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Nov 1858 Date of death: 4 Nov 1858 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man, a porter at Howell & James’s establishment [Howell James & Co, silversmiths on Regent Street, London], was quite well on 27th October. On 28th he got up ‘half dressed’ at 6am to let the work people in. He got a chill & tightness of the chest came on towards evening. Rigors followed & he had great dyspnoea & occasional haemoptysis. When brought to the hospital his face & neck were quite livid’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Designer Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Aug 1858 Date of death: 12 Nov 1858 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Encysted emphysema Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A designer who had been out of health three months with general languor & shortness of breath. For some little time he had also suffered from oedema of the feet and legs. Three weeks before admission he observed a swelling on the right side of the chest & when he came to the hospital there was a fluctuating tumour of considerable size about two inches below the right nipple’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 13 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Nov 1858 Date of death: 28 Nov 1858 Disease (transcribed): Fever & sore throat Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Sore (Throat) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Nov 1858 Date of death: 4 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis. Softening of the brain. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with what appeared to be rheumatic pain in the head, knees & back. It came on 10 weeks ago without any assignable cause. His manner was dull & sluggish & his expression heavy’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Sep 1858 Date of death: 7 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with haemoptysis. For a month he had had slight attacks, & for eleven months cough had troubled him. He was sallow-looking & much emaciated’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen
Occupation or role: Wig maker Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Nov 1858 Date of death: 12 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Gallstones. Perforation of the gall bladder. Ulceration of the intestines Disease (standardised): Gallstone (Gallbladder); Perforation (Gallbladder); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man who was a wig maker was admitted in a state of great prostration following an attack of gall stones. He had no pain except when pressure was made over the right hypochondriac region’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: Married Age: 59 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Dec 1858 Date of death: 20 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Malignant & fibrous tumours of the uterus Disease (standardised): Tumour (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard and Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'A healthy-looking woman, married, who never was ill until 3 or 4 months ago when she began to pass blood in the urine & suffered some little pain in doing so. For 18 months she had been troubled with incontinence of urine, but she did not take any notice of it until blood appeared’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvis, thorax
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Nov 1858 Date of death: 24 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Chorea Disease (standardised): Chorea (Central nervous system) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'