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Occupation or role: Kitchen Maid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1870
Date of death: 1 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Coagulation of blood in the cerebral and cerebellar arteries, after an attack of acute Rheumatism.
Disease (standardised): Coagulation (Arteries); Rheumatic diseases (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for four days previous to admission with her first attack of acute articular rheumatism. On admission there was great swelling and redness of the right hand, the knees and feet being also slightly affected.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation, cranium and cerebrum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1870
Date of death: 3 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bronchitis. Pleurisy. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from a cough with slight occasional haemoptysis for the previous three years. He had never had colic, gout, or other symptoms of lead posioning.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1870
Date of death: 7 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Plugging of both vertebral arteries. Aneurysm like dilatation and plugging of left internal carotid artery with channelling of clot. Plugging of right internal carotid artery. Tumour of Dura Mater.
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Tumour (Meninges)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had a fit a fortnight before admission which was stated to have lasted some hours. He lost sensation completely and on recovering found that he was paralysed on the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, cerebrum, bones and vessels of brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1870
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous growth in the walls of the heart.
Disease (standardised): Leiomyoma (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was not seen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1887
Date of death: 15 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Mitral disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient's mother was rheumatic, but he himself has never had more marked rheumatism than pains in the back & shoulders. Measles was the only specific fever he had had'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1891
Date of death: 4 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Aortic and mitral reflux. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a coachman. It did not appear that he was intemperate in alcohol: his favourite drink had been Scotch whiskey. He stated that at the age of 45-6 he had scarlatina followed by slight rheumatism. Previously to this he had felt occasional ‘touches of rheumatism' to which little regard was paid. No gout'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1871
Date of death: 29 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman who in her youth had been accustomed to drink large quantities of spirits, was seized six weeks before her admission with severe pain in the right hypochondrium. She became jaundiced & at the same time the abdomen began to swell. The jaundice subsided but the abdominal swelling increased & in a fortnight her legs also became dropsical’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1870
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Ulcerative Endocarditis.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was not seen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1891
Date of death: 5 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Vegetative endocarditis. Cerebral embolism and softening. Carcinoma of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Brain); Carcinoma (Pylorus)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of disease: mother living and hale. The woman was a cook, unmarried, and 11 months before her death she bore a healthy child. During her pregnancy she tried to conceal her condition by tight lacing and suffered from much vomiting. After her confinement she worked hard and had ill-health. The catamenia [menstruation] did not reappear, and she was much troubled with dyspeptic symptoms. Nothing more definite was ascertainable'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1870
Date of death: 16 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Syphiloma of liver. Ulcerative Endocarditis.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Tumour (Liver); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for two months with a cough, dyspnoea and dropsy. She had been under Mr Hewett's care 12 months previously for rupia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, larynx, spleen, kidneys and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1871
Date of death: 31 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of an aneurysm of the hepatic artery
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Blood vessels)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Not seen by me’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Fishmonger
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1870
Date of death: 20 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Hydro-pleura. Hydropericardium. Morbus Cordis. Ulcerative Endocarditis.
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleura); Hydropericardium (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for ten weeks with cough, pain in the chest and dyspnoea. About a fortnight before admission his legs became oedematous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Harness maker
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1881
Date of death: 19 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson and Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He has suffered much from attacks of pain in the joints for the last 30 years, his worst attack was at 21, and affected the hands & feet, keeping him in bed for 3 weeks. Since then he has had many slighter attacks, none of them confining themselves to one joint or especially affecting his great toe. He has been a heavy drinker of malt liquors'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneal cavity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Fitter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1871
Date of death: 12 Jun 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Recent nephritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Nephritis (Kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Six weeks before his admission this man fell & struck his right loin severely. He kept at his work for a few days when he was attacked with haematemesis’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1887
Date of death: 28 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Hydro-pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Stenosis (Heart); Hydropneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard and Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The patient's father suffered from gout and both he & a brother died of heart disease. Six years previous to admission the patient had rheumatic fever'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1897
Date of death: 14 Jan 1897
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Oedema of lungs. Granular, red, kidneys
Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Kidney) ()
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'Not seen by Medical Registrar'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1869
Date of death: 13 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular Kidneys. Hypertrophy of Heart.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The woman, the mother of seven children, was admitted with dropsy. She had been living poorly and losing flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, pericardium, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1888
Date of death: 7 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Turton, Robert Straker
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'She came of healthy parents, but had herself always been weakly. She had had scarlet fever, & other infantile diseases. 2 years before coming here she had been attacked by rheumatic fever’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1871
Date of death: 21 Jun 1871
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Valvular, hypertrophy & dilatatation
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man stated on admission that he had never been the subject of rheumatism, but that 7 months ago he was severely kicked by a horse on the left side of the chest. For the last three weeks he had much shortness of breath & cough with slight oedema of the legs’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wheelwright
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1870
Date of death: 12 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Femoral aneurysm. Ligature of the external iliac artery. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Ligature (Arteries); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Ten months before his admission to the Hospital, he suffered a severe strain in the right groin by being pushed backwards while his foot was fixed in a hole. It gave him much pain at the time, and he noticed immediately afterwards a small pulsating tumour in the groin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bones and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Organist
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jun 1871
Date of death: 25 Jun 1871
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of a large aneurysm of the abdominal aorta into the peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man was sent up from the country complaining of great pain in the right side, extending down the thigh, which had been ascribed to rheumatism. He was in a state of great excitement & suffering & no further history could be obtained’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ironer
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1893
Date of death: 11 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Dilatation (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This woman was an inpatient here in Nov. 1893'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a