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Occupation or role: [Wife of] Plasterer
Age: 81
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1885
Date of death: 14 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia?
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: This woman died two hours after admission and was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, alimentary canal and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Signalman
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1885
Date of death: 20 Sep 1885
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle of the lungs. Caseating glands. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Caseating (Glands); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Three months prior to admission pain came on in the abdomen, with bilious vomiting for three weeks and the abdomen became hard.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, vena cava, abdomen, liver, spleen, intestines, pancreas and thoracic duct
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Carpenter
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1885
Date of death: 20 Oct 1885
Disease (transcribed): Congestion and oedema of the lungs. Necrosis of head of femur and of acetabulum
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Necrosis (Leg); Necrosis (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Champneys, Francis Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was admitted under the Obstetric Physician on a history of septicaemia after parturition. Nine weeks ago she had been seized with sudden acute pain in the right hip and thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, brain, uterus and hip
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabinet maker
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1885
Date of death: 26 Oct 1885
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle of pia mater, peritoneum, lungs, kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain ); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: This patient’s parents and at least ten relations on his father’s side died of Phthisis. He had been complaining of his head for three weeks and had a hacking cough of late.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract, testicles and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1885
Date of death: 12 Nov 1885
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidney. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Ulceration of small intestines. Peritonitis. Ovarian cysts
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cysts (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She complained of pain in the abdomen and ten hours later had an epileptic fit. She continued to have convulsions and was brought into the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, glands and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1885
Date of death: 10 Dec 1885
Disease (transcribed): Ileitis (from hernia). Strangulated femoral hernia
Disease (standardised): Ileitis (Intestines); Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James. Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had been employed in work of an unusually laborious character. In the evening he began to experience abdominal pain and became conscious of a tender and painful lump in the right groin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, vessels, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Photographer
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1885
Date of death: 1 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Purulent peritonitis and pleurisy. Penetrating wound of the abdomen
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Wound (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: While walking along the streets, he caught his foot against a railing and fell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and small intestines
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1886
Date of death: 8 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Ulceration of the bowels
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Six months ago he began to have dyspeptic pains after food, referred to the epigastrium. He stated that he had been unable to take or swallow solid food for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, oesophagus, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ostler
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1885
Date of death: 26 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Pleurisy. Effusion into right pleura. Compression of the right lung. Ascites. Embolism of spleen
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Effusion (Pleurae); Compression (Lung); Ascites (Abdomen);Embolism (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He was quite well up to the end of November, when he caught cold and had a cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, bladder, alimentary tract and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Plasterer
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1886
Date of death: 16 Feb 1886
Disease (transcribed): Parametritis
Disease (standardised): Parametritis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Champneys, Francis Henry
Medical examination performed by: Milne, G.H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She was delivered of a child by craniotomy on November 26th 1885 and flooding followed. She kept to bed for a month with abdominal pain, chills and sweats.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, intestines and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Shopman
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1886
Date of death: 19 Feb 1886
Disease (transcribed): Pleural effusion. Congestion and oedema of the lungs. Ascites. Venous congestion of abdominal organs. Heart dilated. Muscle fatty
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Ascites (Abdomen); Congestion (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She had had subacute rheumatism several times and bronchitis for the last seven winters, increasing every winter. She had a hard life with much standing at the wash tub. Since November she had had much dyspnoea, with scanty micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, intestines, uterus and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1888
Date of death: 19 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said he had had ‘brain fever’, scarlatina and measles about 10, 8 and 6 years before he came to the hospital. He had had no other illness. On the night of July 13th he went to bed in a state of health. On the morning of the 14th he woke up at 7.30. He then had severe pain at the upper part of his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, larynx, trachea, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House porter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1888
Date of death: 24 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Granular contracted kidneys. Emphysema and bronchitis. Pleuritic effusion & ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Effusion (Pleura); Ascites (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man came into the hospital first in 1878, when he was under Dr Whipham [Thomas Tillyer Whipham] (see Hospital Register 1878, No 917). He was then suffering from cough, dyspnoea and dropsy. He said he had not been laid up before, he ascribed his illness to getting wet in a ditch’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, spleen, kidneys, liver, testes, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Hairdresser
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1888
Date of death: 8 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the right cerebral hemisphere. Small cirrhotic liver. Old peritonitic adhesions
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Cirrhosis (Liver); Adhesions (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The patient had always been anaemic. His abdomen had always been large. The patient’s father was a moderate drinker and it was said that the boy had been accustomed to have spirits given to him to drink.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, right middle ear, eyes, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, thorax, heart and lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1888
Date of death: 17 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Blow from a foil in epigastrium. Perforation of transverse colon. Chronic peritonitis. Pneumonia and caseation of bases of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung); Caseation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Whilst fencing he received a blow at the upper part of his abdomen. He suffered much pain at the time, but it did not last long, and the injury was forgotten until November 5th when he began to have abdominal pain and shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart and oesophagus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1889
Date of death: 3 Feb 1889
Disease (transcribed): Gastric ulcer. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Two years before his admission the patient had haematemesis. He said he brought up a gallon of blood and that it smelt worse than a sewer. Two months before he came to St George’s the patient had much vomiting and lost flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, stomach, thorax, lungs, trachea, larynx, oesophagus, pharynx and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1889
Date of death: 30 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He had lived in Paris and Madrid and he was cook to the French ambassador. The man said that he generally drank about a bottle and a half of the wine of the country in which he lived.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gas fitter
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1889
Date of death: 5 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Brights disease with ascites from pale granular contracted kidneys
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He had many attacks of gout, about fifteen altogether. In 1888 the patient had puffiness under his eyes for a week, and swelling of his legs for three weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines, brain and eyes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1890
Date of death: 18 Apr 1890
Disease (transcribed): Volvulus. Obstruction. Commencing peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Volvulus (Intestines); Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For a week before his admission the man had abdominal pain. The pain came on suddenly. It was situated below the umbilicus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, caecum, colon, rectum, duodenum, pancreas, stomach, bile duct, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, testes, lungs, larynx, epiglottis, thyroid, pericardium, heart and aorta
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1890
Date of death: 6 May 1890
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage into the pons. Parenchymatous nephritis. Encysted peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Nephritis (Kidney); Cysts (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient had a fit whilst on a bus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, peritoneum, colon, stomach, bile ducts, intestines, spleen, pancreas, liver, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, testes, pericardium, heart, aorta, lungs, larynx, head and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Newspaperboy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1887
Date of death: 15 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Pericarditis. Pyaemic patches in lungs
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pericarditis (Heart); Sepsis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Scarlet fever in 1884. There was no history of any injury. He was a newspaper boy & frequently got wel[?]. On Dec 4 he woke up & felt sick: he went out & sold a few papers & then came home & went to bed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1888
Date of death: 5 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of the vermiform appendix. Abscess behind the caecum. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Abscess (Cecum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship and Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'Some fifteen months before coming here the man had had an attack of constipation lasting 5 days. At that time he vomited much. With that exception he had always been quite well up to Dec 30 when he partook of liver & pastry for dinner. On that evening he began to feel some dragging pain about the umbilicus. Had porridge for supper’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, colon, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder
Illustrations or photographs: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1888
Date of death: 2 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of an ulcer in the vermiform appendix. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The boy was generally in good health. On March 21st he had acute abdominal pain. On the 22nd, 23rd & 24th vomiting, on the 25th he was weak, his bowels were open’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1886
Date of death: 18 Apr 1886
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Heart dilated and hypertrophied. Pericarditis. Oedema. Ascites. Fluid in pleurae. Oedema and congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Oedema (Systemic); Ascites (Abdomen); Fluid (Pleura);Oedema (Lung) ; 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: The patient was a carman of fairly temperate habits whose first illness was gout in 1880. He had had a winter cough for the last four winters, but had never been laid up until October 1885 when he had bronchitis. He had bronchitis on and off ever since and oedema of the legs came on three weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and caecum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1886
Date of death: 31 May 1886
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Champneys, Francis Henry
Medical examination performed by: Jervis, Arthur
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: On April 29th of this year after normal labour, this woman was confined of a male child at full time. Two days later she complained of pain in the left side of the abdomen. The pain increased and there was frequent vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract and uterus
Type of incident: n/a