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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1878
Date of death: 19 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis and meningitis “of the convexity”
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: He was quite well until November 8th, when after working hard in the wet, he began towards evening to feel chilly and shiver. After going to bed he grew hot and sweated profusely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestines and brain
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: [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: General dealer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1901
Date of death: 20 Oct 1901
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Hydropneumothorax. Intestinal ulceration
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Hydropneumothorax (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: About a year ago a cough commenced which after a month was followed by haemoptysis, at one time profuse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, testes, urinary tract and alimentary canal
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1876
Date of death: 29 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of mesenteric glands and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Mesentery); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The history of the present illness comprised severe pain in the back and sides of the chest during three months, with frequent vomiting, anorexia and obvious fullness of the upper part of the abdomen for three.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and mesenteric glands
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1880
Date of death: 30 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma; scirrhous of uterus and pancreas. Encephaloid of subcutaneous and subserous glands, and of the brain. Melanotic of the brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Pancreas); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Brain); Melanoma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This patient was admitted originally in June 1879 for a small mushroom shaped growth on the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tumours and morbid growths, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, generative organs and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1880
Date of death: 10 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of cerebral vessels from violence
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Two days before admission the patient fell down six wooden stairs, sliding on her back as she fell, and injuring that part and her left side. It appeared probable that she was drunk at the time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1878
Date of death: 26 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Limited peritonitis with ulceration of the bowel into a limited peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Erysipelas of L. [Left] leg at 15: frequent ulceration from that time: scarlatina in childhood: rheumatic fever at 17. Never robust: bad living till marriage: appetite always small: winter coughs for 8 or 9 years: catamenia scanty. Severe confinement on Dec. [December] 2nd 1876: very weak from that time: lactation scanty. In Novr [November] 1877 severe pain commenced gradually in the R. [Right] side of the abdomen; and increased steadily, being unaffected by period of day, by food or respiration. About the middle of Jan. [January] 1878 on severe paroxysms attacked him suddenly and lasted several hours until relieved by turpentine fomentations. The pain from the first was accompanied by constipation, and by vomiting, which was hardly ever absent for a whole day, and sometimes severe and constant for several. From Xmas she laid up'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] footman
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1878
Date of death: 30 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Psoas abscess; bronchopneumonia; cerebral congestion
Disease (standardised): Psoas abscess (Psoas muscles); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Congestion (Brain);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Symptoms. This child was admitted complaining of frontal headache, which was the only definite symptom during the progress of the case. (No history was obtainable). The headache persisted without variation: the temperature was an shown on the chart: the bowels acted regularly. About the 27th he began to wander in mind, and gradually sank into a state of stupor with occasional intervals of consciousness: the pupils being dilated'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, psoas abscess, spine, spinal cord, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: Housekeeper
  Gender: Female
  Age: 60
  Date of admission: 17 Apr 1878
  Date of death: 8 Jun 1878
  Disease (transcribed): Calcifying tumour in the right iliac fossa, psoas abscess, perforation into caecum and into peritoneum
  Disease (standardised): Tumour (Hip); Psoas abscess (Psoas muscles); Perforation (Intestines); Perforation (Abdomen);
  Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  PM performed by: Ewart, William
• Wilson, E.
  Medical notes: 'History. No hereditary history. Previous history of good health: meat three times a day, disgust to fat: dislike to butter: bowels open about once in three days. Loss of appetite about 21 months. Tumour found in R. [Right] inguinal region for about 18 mo [months]. Pain about the tumour, and loss of flesh from May 1877. Much costiveness of bowels: hardly any action without purgations: vomiting seldom: (Woman unintelligent: account by no means clear)'
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, tumour
  Illustrations: Yes
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1897
Date of death: 24 May 1897
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys: peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen) ()
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'Patient was subject to oedema[?] as long as she could remember – Three months before admission she began to get short of breath, 8 weeks before she noticed swelling of the legs and belly, and passed bloody water since'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1895
Date of death: 17 Jan 1895
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Suppurative nephritis. Atrophy of pancreas
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Suppuration (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney); Atrophy (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, uterus, stomach, pancreas, brain and eyes
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1878
Date of death: 30 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Previous history of good health and temperance: he was not fond of fat: his daily amount of beer varied from 2 to 4 pints: spirits seldom. During January 1875 he suffered from epigastric pain and anorexia, without vomiting or intestinal derangement: pain unaffected by eating. He remained well till Oct. [October] following, when the same symptoms returned. Though at times revived by treatment, they never left him again. From Oct. [October] 1877 the pain was more severe: the bowels were constipated and he vomited after food with increasing frequency. He took much purgative medicine to relieve the symptoms. He wasted greatly for 4 mo [months] before admn [admission]. Three mo [months] before admn [admission], pain shifted to L. [Left] flank. For 9 wks [weeks] before admission, appetite was quite absent and the ejecta brown in colour'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stomach
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Packer
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1877
Date of death: 30 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Low pneumonia. Cystic disease of kidneys. Syphilitic disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Kidney diseases, cystic (Kidney); Syphilis (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Suffered from 'brain fever' in childhood: from 'rheumatics' in 1857, from occasional sore throats. Venereal sore in 1857 (after the rheumatism) […] A temperate man. Languor and want of appetite, with some loss of flesh for about a month. Attacked with shivering about noon 12 days before admn [admission]: had to leave work and go home. Pain in L [Left] hypochondrium, increased at night, after food, or on inspiration; cough, dyspnoea, and occasional palpitation commenced, and continued. Shivering lasted two days. Bowels costive: urine as usual'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1879
Date of death: 26 Dec 1879
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a state of coma.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1880
Date of death: 11 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Gummata in the liver. Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Gumma (Liver); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Ten years ago he had a syphilitic sore followed by eruptions on the body and legs. Four years ago he had a severe ulceration of the throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: n/a
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the arch of the aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: n/a
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of cough, dyspnoea and pain in the right side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, kidneys and aorta
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1880
Date of death: 19 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid phthisis – cavities. Ulceration of the intestines – tubercles
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung); Cavities (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Her illness commenced about October 1879, she had a slight cough, at first without sputum, latterly with a very little.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1879
Date of death: 3 Jul 1879
Disease (transcribed): Hard cancer of the liver. Biliary obstruction
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Obstruction (Bile ducts)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was suddenly attacked, five months before admission, with vomiting and faintness, followed after a few hours by severe pain in the epigastrium and right hypochrondrium which extended all over the abdomen and right side of chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, peritoneum, liver, pancreas, stomach, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sawyer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1881
Date of death: 26 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The patient has been 'stone deaf' for 12 years. His faculties on admission were somewhat blunted. He could recollect no rheumatism or serious illness. For 3 or 4 years he has had a more or less severe cough, polyurea for 3 years (urine passed 3 or 4 times in the night)'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1894
Date of death: 30 Oct 1894
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of aortic arch
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'There was no history of syphilis obtainable - The chief symptom of this patient was that he had cough since May so severe that he had to give up work on account of it - For two months he had had slight difficulty of swallowing and for three weeks indefinite pains in the chest - much frothy expectoration and occasionally a sensation of choking - There had been no marked loss of flesh or change of voice - For two months he had had considerable dyspnoea on exertion and had had to be propped up in bed at night'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1880
Date of death: 6 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of brain and orbit
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Abscess (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Four months before admission the patient struck his right eye against a lamp post. He was insensible for a few minutes and then recovered, but a swelling formed over the orbit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Joiner
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1878
Date of death: 11 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular disease (fibrosis)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Two brothers died of consumption. Disgust to fat: headache and 'rising' after eggs: sick headaches. Coughs in winter from early years: otherwise healthy. Had drunk great quantities of beer, often a gallon a day: spirits seldom. Anorexia and disgust at the sight of food, about 2 yrs [years] (dates all vague). Epigastric pain after food, nearly as long: severe from the summer of 1877. Wasting for about 12 mo [months] (6 stone weight lost). Pain and swelling of knee; frequent micturition, scanty dark urine, from about Feb [February] 1878. Severe pains in the chest, about 'ten weeks'. Cough for 'eight or nine weeks' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1880
Date of death: 5 Nov 1880
Disease (transcribed): Serous apoplexy, after fracture of the tibia and fibula
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: As he was going up stairs he slipped and fell, striking the right leg against a large hammer and twisting it under him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and bladder
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1880
Date of death: 1 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of kidneys, urinary tract and lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Urinary tract); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For about four months before admission she suffered from ‘cold chills’, profuse night sweats for two to three months and emaciation for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and urinary apparatus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a