Occupation or role: Cook Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Feb 1888 Date of death: 7 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Embolism of left, middle and anterior cerebral arteries, with very early softening of the left cerebral hemisphere Disease (standardised): Embolism (Blood vessels); Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient was a cook, 45 years of age. She was not sensible after she was first seen at the hospital. A fellow-servant said that she had complained of pain in her back, of cough and of shortness of breath for about 3 months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, thorax, lungs, heart
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Jan 1888 Date of death: 11 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis (adherent pericardium. Mitral stenosis. Aortic stenosis and incompetence. Hypertrophy and dilatation of left and right auricle and ventricle) Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient first came into the hospital November 8th 1883m but he was treated in 1869 at University College Hospital. He was then suffering from aortic rheumatism of which he had a severe attack in 1876’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, lungs, heart
Occupation or role: Nurse Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Jan 1888 Date of death: 23 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Uraemia. Chronic Bright’s from red, granular, contracted kidneys. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Old endocarditis. 3 small pontive hemorrhages Disease (standardised): Uraemia (Kidneys); Nephritis (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Haemorrhage (Brain) 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 came into the hospital for the first time in May 1882 […] She gave no history of rheumatism nor of chorea. During the five years preceding her admission she had occasionally vomited ‘coffee-ground’ fluid. For 3 years she had suffered form epigastric pain after food and vomiting’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, kidneys, lungs, heart
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Jan 1888 Date of death: 4 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s from small, pale, granular kidneys. Tumour in connection with sheath of left Gasserian ganglion. Aneurism of the left internal carotid artery Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Tumour (Brain); Aneurysm (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient had suffered from headaches all her life. During the year preceding her admission they were more severe. Her left eye had been prominent for 9 months. For six months she had lost the sight’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, brain, eyes, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 29 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Feb 1888 Date of death: 4 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis & pericarditis. Formation of clots in veins and the right auricle, which suppurate. Intense anaemia Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Clotting (Blood vessels); Suppuration (Blood vessels); Anaemia (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'When 20 years of age the patient had acute rheumatism and was treated as an inpatient at St Thomas’ Hospital, where she remained for about 5 weeks. From that time she suffered from i) palpitation, ii) dyspnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, spleen, larynx
Occupation or role: [Child of] Gamekeeper Age: 9 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Feb 1888 Date of death: 10 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Vegetations of the mitral valve. Stenosis of the mitral valve. Embolism of the right middle cerebral artery Disease (standardised): Vegetation (Heart); Disease (Heart); Embolism (Blood vessels) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The child lived at a village near Amersham in Buckinghamshire. She was in good health till July 1887 when she had acute rheumatism. On Christmas day 1887 she suddenly lost the power of moving her left arm and leg. She recovered power in her left leg so that she was able to walk about: the arm improved more slowly’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, abdomen, thorax, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Feb 1888 Date of death: 9 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Old mitral disease. Enlarged right ventricle. Dilated pulmonary artery and many of its branches in both lungs containing an antemortem clot Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'When 18 years of age the patient worked with lead. He was then a stone keeper. This occupation lasted only a year, but during that time he had colic. He had always been accustomed to drink beer, avoiding the weaker kinds and drinking chiefly ‘six ale’, and some spirits. The average quantity of beer was 5 or 6 pints daily’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Mar 1888 Date of death: 19 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Adherent pericardium. Vegetations on mitral & aortic valves. Hypertrophy & dilatation of left ventricle & auricle. Large gap in the aortic wall between coronary arteries Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Vegetation (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'When young the patient had acute rheumatism. Four and a half years before he came to St George’s Hospital he had a second attack: he was treated in Birmingham Hospital. Twelve weeks before his admission he had rheumatic fever for the third time: he was in bed for about 6 weeks. He then recovered. Three weeks before he came to the hospital he said that on lifting a heavy beam he had sudden, sharp pain in the region of the heart’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, pericardium, heart, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, larynx, brain
Occupation or role: [Child of] Shoemaker Age: 8 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Dec 1887 Date of death: 15 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Pericarditis. Pulmonary apoplexy Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Stroke (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'She came into the hospital again December 14, 1887. She looked better than when she left the hospital. Her temperature was normal’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, pericardium, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain s Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Feb 1888 Date of death: 21 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Vegetations on the mitral valve, with vegetations also on the aortic valves, one of which has ulcerated Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Vegetation (Heart); Ulcer (Heart) 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 had acute rheumatism when about 14 years of age. She was laid up (in bed) for about 9 weeks. Six months before admission she had oedema of the legs. About nine weeks before she came in she had vomiting and on the following day sharp pain in her left side, and some cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, brain, eyes
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Mar 1888 Date of death: 22 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Old mitral disease. Pulmonary emphysema & bronchitis. Recent acute nephritis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Nephritis (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'When 13 years of age the patient had scarlatina. She occasionally had rheumatic pains in her shoulders. For some time, she could not say how long, she had been disturbed about twice during the night to pass water’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, eyes
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Coachman Age: 54 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Mar 1888 Date of death: 22 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Chronic interstitial nephritis. Pulmonary bronchitis and emphysema (Erysipelas) Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Nephritis (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Erysipelas (Skin) 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 patient had three children and three miscarriages. There was no history of gout. Occasionally she had rheumatic pains. In a year before she came in she suffered much from dyspnoea. For some months she had been disturbed at night about twice to pass urine. From Christmas time she had oedema of the legs & ascites’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right leg, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, brian, lungs, heart
Occupation or role: Van boy Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Mar 1888 Date of death: 2 Apr 1888 Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism with heart disease. Pericarditis. Disease of mitral and aortic valves Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints); Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Gamgee, Arthur Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'IP [in-patient] 1887. Notes not now at the hospital. After leaving the hospital the patient was able to walk about & was fairly comfortable, but scant of breath. When he came into the hospital, he was very anaemic. The symptoms for which he sought relief were ‘pain at the heart’ and shortness of breath. There was no oedema’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, heart, pericardium, larynx, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys
Occupation or role: Coffee maker Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Apr 1888 Date of death: 4 Apr 1888 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of first part of arch of aorta, bursting into the pulmonary artery. Oedema of lungs Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Heart); Edema (Lungs) 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 patient said he was in good health till within a few weeks of his admission, when he began to suffer from dyspnoea. Eight days before he came in this symptom was worse, but he gradually became ill’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, brain
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 66 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Mar 1888 Date of death: 2 Apr 1888 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis with collapse of left lower lobe of lung. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Collapse (Lung); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient had suffered from rheumatism ‘years ago’. She was not good at dates. Two years before admission she had had bronchitis. For a week before she came in she suffered much from cough and shortness of breath’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, pericadium, heart, lungs, kidneys, spleen, liver
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Shoemaker Age: 51 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Apr 1888 Date of death: 8 Apr 1888 Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. All cavities of the heart dilated. Mitral stenosis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of rheumatic fever. She said that for 30 years she had suffered from bronchitis every winter. From October 1887 till she came into the hospital she was much troubled with cough and shortness of breath’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, sternum, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, stomach
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Apr 1888 Date of death: 12 Apr 1888 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of first part of aorta, bursting into the pericardium Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient was a cabman. Whilst driving his car in Bond Street he suddenly threw up his hands. He died immediately. He was brought to the hospital dead’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, lungs, kidneys, spleen, liver
Occupation or role: Woodcutter Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Apr 1888 Date of death: 20 Apr 1888 Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Lobar pneumonia of left lower lobe Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'Eighteen years before his admission he had rheumatic fever and was in bed for 7 weeks. He broke his arm & was treated for it at St George’s. He had no illness except rheumatism till April 14th when he had nausea and felt cold. He did not have a rigor. On the 15th he had pain in the back and some cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, abdomen, brain, eyes
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 59 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Apr 1888 Date of death: 24 Apr 1888 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of first part of aorta, rupturing and bursting into the pericardium Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'He said he was in St George’s about 20 years before his present admission, & that he was treated for an accident and had aneurism of the brain. Sixteen years before he came to the hospital for the second time he says he had paralysis on the left side, that he was laid up for about 12 months and that he completely recovered’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Mar 1888 Date of death: 8 May 1888 Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Vegetations along free border of mitral valve. Cerebral embolism. Old kidney infarcts Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints); Vegetation (Heart); Embolism (Blood vessels); Infarction (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'There was no history of rheumatism nor of scarlatina. For nine months before she came to the hospital she suffered much from neuralgia, and for 2 months before she came the pain was very severe. Four months before her admission she ‘grazed’ her left foot, the wound did not heal. For 3 days before she came in she had oedema of the legs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, thorax, heart, lungs
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Mason Age: 51 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Apr 1888 Date of death: 16 May 1888 Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Adherent pericardium Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Pericardium) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient gave a history of having had ‘rheumatic gout’ & of suffering from cough and dyspnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, larynx, lungs, kidneys, spleen, liver, stomach, intestines, brain
Occupation or role: Ironfounder Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 May 1888 Date of death: 15 May 1888 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of right lung. Acute myocarditis Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Myocarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The man said he had had no previous illness. On May 6th he had shivering and headache, sharp pain in his right side and cough. From the 6th to the 11th he continued to suffer from pain in his side and cough, but had no severe dyspnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, testicles, stomach, intestines
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 May 1888 Date of death: 20 May 1888 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Cerebral embolism Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Embolism (Blood vessels) Admitted under the care of: Gamgee, Arthur Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient said he had never had rheumatic fever. The only illness he remembered having was scarlatina from which he suffered when he was 13 years of age’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pericardium, heart, lungs, brain, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestines, pancreas
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Verger Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 May 1888 Date of death: 23 May 1888 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis = Mitral incompetence with hypertrophy and dilatation of all cavities of the heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'No full history could be obtained. On admission the woman was extremely ill, she spoke with great effort and her mind did not appear to be clear. She had had rheumatic fever 2 or 3 times and had been laid up for a month at a time’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, eyes, thorax, pericardium, heart, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, genital apparatus, stomach, duodenum
Occupation or role: Barmaid Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Apr 1888 Date of death: 22 May 1888 Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s disease from granular contracted kidneys. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Albuminuric retinitis. Intestinal ulceration Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Retinitis (Eye); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'There was no history of scarlatina. The patient believed that she had some disease of the kidneys when she was about 4 years of age, but no definite information could be obtained. She was believed to have had ‘hooping cough inflammation of the kidneys and congestion of the lungs’. She was always anaemic. Three years before her admission she became a barmaid and drank port and beer, but according to her own account she did not drink very much’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, eyes, abdomen, thorax, heart, tongue, lungs, stomach, intestines, kidneys, spleen, liver