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Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1886
Date of death: 1 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction. Peritonitis. Omental hernia. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'With the exception of rheumatic fever in '62, the patient had been well, & had had no constipation up to the 17th December'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, peritoneum, stomach, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Commercial traveller
Age: 27 or 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1886
Date of death: 1 May 1886
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver (hypertrophic)
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis, Weston Peel. Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for three months with melaena, followed by vomiting, steady emaciation, some diarrhoea and jaundice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, kidneys and rectum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Attendant
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1869
Date of death: 3 Jun 1869
Disease (transcribed): Old dysentery. Amyloid degeneration. Phthisis. Ulceration
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been in the army from 1852 to 1860 and had served in the Crimea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Illustrations of photographs: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1878
Date of death: 14 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophic cirrhosis of liver. Splenic enlargement; exploratory puncture. Fatal haemorrhage into peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Hypertrophy (Liver); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Spleen); Haemorrhage (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Father gouty. Acute rheumatism at 14: Erysipelas of R. [Right] leg in summer of 1877. Never strong: had lived badly: meat 4 days a week: intolerant of fat or butter. Subject to epistaxis: Took 4 pts [pints] of beer daily with occasional excesses. Cough and expectoration ever since he remembered: coughed up ½ pt [pint] of blood in 1873: a few streaks in last 18 mo [months]. Was treated for some urinary affection in 1874: urine dark and hard to pass. Pain in upper part of abdomen, with occasional severe paroxysms, from Novr [November] 1877. Gradually increasing dyspnoea from about January. Tumour noticed in R. [Right] hypochondr [hypochondrium] in March: gradually increased, extending to the L. [Left]. Wasting from this period'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundry maid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1874
Date of death: 24 Nov 1874
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Embolism of axillary artery. Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Arteries); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: About a month before admission this girl had an attack of acute Rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, axillary artery, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer, ex soldier
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 July 1877
Date of death: 19 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Old hepatic abscesses. Amyloid disease
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Liver); Amyloidosis (Liver, Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: During the Ashanti war in 1874 he had a fever, and he was invalided in 1875 for pain in the right side of the chest. Early in November he began to cough, shiver, vomit and to experience pain in the right shoulder. He spat green matter and sweated much.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine and brain
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1879
Date of death: 23 Jul 1879
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of heart (Cirrhosis of liver)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Tidswell, Herbert Henry
Medical notes: As far as he remembered, he was quite well until the last week in April, when he had to lay up for about four days in consequence of a tooth abscess. While laying up, he recollected applying a poultice to the chest to ease a cough and dyspnoea from which he was suffering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1878
Date of death: 7 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney. Atheroma. Dilatation of the heart. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Pleural effusion (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Ague for 12 mo [months] at 15: otherwise healthy and temperate. Quite well till 12 mo [months] before admission, when he was attacked suddenly one evening as he was walking home, with dyspnoea and epigastric pain; both of which steadily increased thence forward, the latter being most severe after meals. Swelling of legs for 6 mo [months] before admission. Lungs noticed in epigastrium for three. Anorexia for 3 wks [weeks]. Much increase of dyspnoea for two. Cough for 7 or 10 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1880
Date of death: 1 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): 'Large white’ kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Endocarditis. Thrombosis of cerebral vessels. Softening of brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Thrombosis (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: It was ascertained from the sisters of the patient that he had been leading a wild life and had had no communication with his family for seven or eight years. On the 24th June his sisters first saw him and learnt that he had been ill for three weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1871
Date of death: 2 Nov 1871
Disease (transcribed): Yellow atrophy of the liver
Disease (standardised): Atrophy (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Had complained all the summer of pain in the epigastrium with occasional vomiting after food. Fourteen days before admission the pain got very much worse with sickness after every meal. Sleeping very soundly at night, with general depression of the spirits and the skin began to get yellow. For the last three weeks, the water has been very dark-coloured’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Illustrations or photographs: Yes (see PM/1871/154)
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1880
Date of death: 19 Sep 1880
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage from unascertained cause
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Evans, Arthur Owen
Medical notes: The patient was brought in during the night with symptoms of collapse and died during the night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, abdomen, intestines, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1880
Date of death: 1 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Fibrosis of liver and kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Intracranial haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Fibrosis (Liver); Fibrosis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: In November 1879 he complained of pain in the left side of the chest, wheezing in breathing with a cough and some little sputum. He attended here as an out patient and had continued since every week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Upholsterer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1880
Date of death: 12 Nov 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Enteritis. Obstruction
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Enteritis (Intestines); Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This man had been seized with acute pain in the abdomen followed immediately by violent vomiting. He later became restless, unable to speak or recognise his friends.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1878
Date of death: 20 Nov 1878
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse peritoneal cancer. Cancerous stricture in the transverse colon. Gastrotomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abomden); Constriction (Intestines); Operation (Stomach);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'One brother gouty: no other heritable disease in the family. Gonorrhoea and orchitis in 1870: disgust to fat: three or four pints of beer daily. Nothing else worthy of mark in the previous history. Malaise. From Xmas 1877, his appetite was deficient. Wasting. For about 6 mo [months] before admission he had been losing flesh. Pain and constipation. Otherwise he was quite well till 28 days before admission, where he woke with severe pain in the hypogastrium and abdomnen generally; the bowels being confined. […] About a fortnight before admission he suddenly began to vomit clear green'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, artificial anus, cancerous mass, stricture, liver, kidneys, spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1878
Date of death: 26 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Single ulcer of the stomach. Haematemesis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Haematemesis (Intestines);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Subject to sick headaches: fat productive of nausea: nothing else remarkable in the previous history. Occasional epigastric and interscapular pain after meals for two years. The same symptom constant from the beginning of May, the pain starting half an hour after each meal and lasting almost till the next. Bowels irregular during this period (either too loose or too confined), appetite small, and the patient weak. Vomiting about once a day from July (generallly an hour after dinner) and catamenia scanty. Vomiting of '1 ½ pint' of blood seven days before admn [admission], suddenly and without warning'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plateman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1885
Date of death: 7 Feb 1886
Disease (transcribed): Gumma of the brain. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Granuloma (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was a plate cleaner at a restaurant and had had well marked syphilis with secondary symptoms about ten years prior to his first admission in May 1885. When admitted he presented the symptoms of melancholia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1880
Date of death: 27 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys and atheroma of cerebral arteries
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This patient was transferred to the physician’s wards in a state of coma and died. No notes were therefore taken by the medical registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpet planner
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1881
Date of death: 8 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Aortic aneurism (Granular kidneys)
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of rheumatism or syphilis. No previous attack like the present. He has been a temperate man in all respects and in nearly constant employment as a carpet cutter up to the day of his admission. His work involves no severe strain. He has felt for some weeks considerable pain beneath right scapula, aching in character'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1873
Date of death: 1 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man had always had good health up to about six months ago when a cough and shortness of breath commenced on any exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, pericardium, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1880
Date of death: 4 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys, with hypertrophied heart. Atheroma of arteries
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This patient was brought in comatose. He died the night of admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleura, lungs, heart, aorta, arteries, liver, spleen, kidneys and urinary tract
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1886
Date of death: 16 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the brain
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: On February 20th he did not feel well, with some weakness of the left arm and giddiness. Sitting by the fire, he had an ‘aura’ in the left arm, with twitching, and then he became unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, intestines, dura mater and spine
Type of incident: n/a