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Albert Coles, 17, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1883
Date of death: 24 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Adherent pericardium. Vegetation on aortic and mitral valves
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Adherent (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He first felt rheumatic symptoms in 1876. Ever since then he had been short of breath and felt much palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Albert Crini, 16 months , [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1898
Date of death: 16 Feb 1898
Disease (transcribed): Leukaemia
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Includes an article reprinted from The Lancet called ‘A case of Lymphadenoma involving the stomach in a child aged eighteen months complicated by rickets and closely stimulating leukaemia’ by H D Rolleston and A C Latham.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, liver, kidneys and bladder
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Keegan, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1882
Date of death: 25 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Cerebral embolism
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Three months before admission, when acting as a waiter at the new university club, he was struck accidentally on the head by a piece of coal.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Alfred Rowe, 19, Mason

Occupation or role: Mason
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1882
Date of death: 12 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tubercle in lungs, pleurae, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For the last month he had been growing much weaker, with increasing and troublesome cough, frequent flushing and profuse perspiration at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Smith, 41, Messenger

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jul 1882
Date of death: 18 Sep 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tumour in brain
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Two months before admission he had sudden syncope without spasm or paralysis and since then had lain in a dull heavy state, able to move, but indifferent to his surroundings.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Arthur Frost, 44, Letter sorter

Occupation or role: Letter sorter
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1889
Date of death: 16 Dec 1889
Disease (transcribed): Saccular aneurysm of the descending aorta, bursting into the right pleural cavity
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: The patient died a few minutes after his admission
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, aorta, diaphragm, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Auguste Doyer, 26, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1886
Date of death: 27 May 1886
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of pancreas, left supra-renal body etc
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pancreas); Cancer (Adrenal glands)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard. Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: The patient was a Frenchman, from the north of France. From last Christmas time he had complained of severe pain, frontal chiefly, and his manner became irritable and morose.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, carotid, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenal bodies, stomach, small intestines, pancreas, brain, supra renal body, pancreas and lung
Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Hobson, 58, Engine driver

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1889
Date of death: 13 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of root of right lung and of cervical, thoracic, retroperitoneal and femoral glands invading pancreas and obstructing bile duct
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Pancreas); Obstruction (Bile duct)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Five weeks before he came to the hospital, he began to have pains in his legs, dyspnoea and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, spleen, kidneys, gall bladder, liver, testes, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Potty, 36, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Nov 1882
Date of death: 27 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pneumothorax. Miliary tubercle. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumothorax (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a phthisical history in a state of such extreme collapse that no examination was considered advisable.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Brown, 18, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1883
Date of death: 26 Feb 1883
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Ten days before admission she had a rigor, followed by severe headache for three or four days with much cough, restlessness and discomfort.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Gollop, 46, Lodging house keeper

Occupation or role: Lodging house keeper
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Feb 1889
Date of death: 11 Feb 1889
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (grey hepatisation) of the upper lobe of the right lung
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: She lived at 15 Montpelier Square. There were, it was said, bad smells in the house. She had pneumonia and was treated at St George’s.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, bronchi, bronchial tubes, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, uterus, brain, spinal cord, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Jackson, 45, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1883
Date of death: 29 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Scurvy. Haemorrhages. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Scurvy (Vessels ); Haemorrhage (Indeterminate); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She gradually lost strength and colour, and a week before admission she took to bed feeling quite exhausted. Her head was painful, thirst great and the lower lip felt ‘numb’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, larynx, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary tract, genital organs and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Weller, 24, [Child of] Gardener

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gardener
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1888
Date of death: 16 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Abscess between stomach and diaphragm. Possibly started originally from a gastric ulcer. Bursting of the abscess into the general peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Stomach, diaphragm); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The father of the patient said that about a year before she came to St George’s she had an attack of ‘pleurisy’ and was ill for 5 months. The patient herself gave no account of an illness resembling pleurisy, but said she had suffered from palpitations and ‘globus’. When she came into the hospital she complained of pain at the lower part of the thorax’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, ovaries, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Emma Cockran, 10, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1883
Date of death: 22 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina. Acute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The mother said she had had ‘bad whooping cough’ about two months previously but denied any history of scarlet fever. A brother had been admitted to the hospital and died (see folio 18 Aaron Cockran)
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Florence Elwood, 10 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1890
Date of death: 11 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The patient was a child aged 10 months. Her mother brought her to the hospital in the night of the 8th and apparently took no further interest in the case.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs and trachea
Type of incident: n/a

Florence Retford, 23, Parlour maid

Occupation or role: Parlour maid
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1890
Date of death: 6 Oct 1890
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Perforation
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: There was a sudden onset of this disease. On the afternoon of September 15th she shivered and felt headache. The same day profuse diarrhoea began and this continued till admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, spleen, liver, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, ovaries, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Jones, 38, Sailor

Occupation or role: Sailor
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1882
Date of death: 12 Dec 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fusiform dilation of aortic arch. Compression of trachea. Congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Compression (Trachea); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: About Christmas 1881 he began to feel occasional dyspnoea and pain over the cardiac region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

George Ainsby, 5, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1884
Date of death: 10 Nov 1884
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: The child came home with a story of having hurt his head in a fall and suffering a good deal of headache. He vomited freely and had much diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, glands, joints and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Fripp, 20, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1889
Date of death: 15 Feb 1889
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V.
Medical notes: In October 1888 he had cough and dyspnoea. He said that his cervical glands had been enlarged for some time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, brain, liver, kidneys, intestines, abdominal and pelvic glands, bronchial glands, spleen, pancreas and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

George Hands, 37, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1883
Date of death: 21 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: On January 17th he had slight aching in the limbs and constipation. He later had pain in the chest and brought up much thick sputa.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Guido Rappetti, 60, Courier

Occupation or role: Courier
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1889
Date of death: 8 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Red granular. Contracted kidneys. Mitral incompetence
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The patient was an Italian by birth. For nine or ten months before he came to St George’s the man had a troublesome cough and much dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines, bladder and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Collings, 32, Wife

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1883
Date of death: 3 Dec 1883
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Four weeks before admission she began to feel headache and pains in the shoulders, arms and back. A fortnight later she had severe diarrhoea with abdominal pain and vomited nearly always after food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and ovary
Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Madge, 51, [Wife of] Shoemaker

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

Type of incident: n/a

James Chapman, 35, Packer

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1888
Date of death: 16 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Grey granulations of the greater part of the both lungs. Small cavities at both apices
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Disease (Lungs)
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 was said to have had fever and ague in India. Two years before admission he said he had ‘congestions of the lungs’. At that time he had pain in the side. He was ill in bed about 6 weeks. He was an habitual drinker of black beer and took some pints daily’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spleen, liver, kidneys, mesenteric glands, stomach, thorax, heart

Type of incident: n/a

John Clipson, 38, Publican

Occupation or role: Publican
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1889
Date of death: 12 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He said that he drank about six glasses of beer daily. Afterwards he confessed that he took much more. About fifteen years before his admission he had an attack of rheumatic fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, thorax, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

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