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Emma Castledine, 53, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1881
Date of death: 8 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the colon. Obstruction (colotomy). Carcinoma of the liver and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Colon); Colotomy (Colon); Carcinoma (Liver, peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'No history of family disease. She had always enjoyed good health and had had little if any trouble with the bowels until a month before her admission. Since Jan 2nd she had passed no motion'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes (see PM/1881/34)
Type of incident: n/a

William Gibson, 31, Plasterer

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1881
Date of death: 10 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia (Littre's). Operation. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'Father and mother both died of phthisis. Lately had taken to drinking and been subject to morning sickness. Was attacked with vomiting on Feb 2nd at midday after his dinner, and next morning he noticed a lump in his left groin, painful when touched'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes (see PM/1881/34)
Type of incident: n/a

George Edney, 44, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1880
Date of death: 22 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the aorta. Rupture
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No disease known of amongst relations. Ague 29 years ago, never since. Sharp pain in left side, worse with deep breathing, & some cough, 15 years ago. Did not last long. Has for several past years been engaged in heavy lifting work. Used to drink beer to excess for many years. Bowels habitually confined. No syphilis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, aorta, pleura, bronchi, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes (see PM/1881/1)
Type of incident: n/a

Maria Everest, 29, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1881
Date of death: 14 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian cysts (operation)
Disease (standardised): Cyst (Ovaries); Operation (Ovaries)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hunt, Edgar Atlee
Medical notes: 'History simple; always delicate, but no previous serious illness. Catamenia [menstruation] irregular; menorrhagia, no dysmenorrhoea. About 5 years ago first noticed 'lump' in left iliac region, it was then about size of the top of her finger. It grew slowly (with constant slight pain) & now is about size of half an orange'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, pelvis
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

John McLean, 48, Carpet planner

Occupation or role: Carpet planner
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1881
Date of death: 8 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Aortic aneurism (Granular kidneys)
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of rheumatism or syphilis. No previous attack like the present. He has been a temperate man in all respects and in nearly constant employment as a carpet cutter up to the day of his admission. His work involves no severe strain. He has felt for some weeks considerable pain beneath right scapula, aching in character'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

James Spedding, 72, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1881
Date of death: 9 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull (base). Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'This patient was knocked down and run over by a hansom cab. He remembered little or nothing about the accident. On admission he was sweating profusely and collapsed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, skull, brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Lewis Cox, [No age stated], Gas fitter

Occupation or role: Gas fitter
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1881
Date of death: 8 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart. Granular kidneys. Jaundice (cardiac aneurism)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys); Jaundice (Skin); Aneurysm (Aorta)
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: 'He can give no account of any previous severe diseases, but for the last 7 or 8 years he has felt himself very short of breath, with palpitations and slight pain over the left side of the chest. These symptoms grew sufficient about 3 years ago to prevent his doing any further work; since then he has been living very poorly'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

[No name] Scott, 72, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Female
Date of admission: May 1881
Date of death: May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the rectum. Stricture
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Constriction (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of heritable disease. When living (at 25) in 1834 when living near Richmond, Yorkshire on high ground near no malarious district, she had 'cholera', severe fever with deliriusm and diarrhoea. Ever since then she has been liable to frequent attacks of diarrhoea with much abdominal pain. For the last two years the diarrhoea has been less constant but more severe, and during the year before last has been accompanied by vomiting & severe abdominal pain with flatus'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

William Lewis, 20, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1881
Date of death: 27 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Joseph Inwood, 34, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1881
Date of death: 26 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the descending aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
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: 'For the last 20 years he has been in continued work as a clerk, playing often as a professional cricketer up to 3 years ago: he never when in hard exercise felt any palpitation or discomfort. He had primary syphilis 8 years ago followed by secondaries. Has drunk moderately of beer & spirits. About a year ago began to feel shifting abdominal pain'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Nehemiah Sharp, 28, Policeman

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1881
Date of death: 5 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'As he was cleaning a window, he fell on to his face, a distance of 24 feet into a stone area beneath. Picked up insensible bleeding from the nose, mouth and right ear'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, bladder, urethra
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

David Evans, 50, Sawyer

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

Henry Coombs, 45, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1881
Date of death: 18 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of the bladder, previously fasciculated from stricture
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Bladder); Constriction (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'For many years had had symptoms of stricture of the urethra and cystitis. On the day of his admission he was pulled off the seat of a coal waggon, fell over the horses, and then both wheels passed over his abdomen, somewhere near the umbilicus'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, urethra
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Richard Haines, 60, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1881
Date of death: 14 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'Was knocked by a donkey engine on the side and fell into a barge on his head. No insensibility at time of accident. On admission quite sensible'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, head
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

David Wood, 52, Porter

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

William Hazalgrove, 1 month, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 1 month
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1894
Date of death: 21 Nov 1894
Disease (transcribed): Marasmus
Disease (standardised): Protein-energy malnutrition (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'A wretchedly ill nourished infant about the size of a well grown rat. It refused food - Its tongue was coated - There were crepitations all over both lungs. The umbilicus was red and raw and had apparently sloughed away leaving only a stump from which there was much discharge. The temperature was extremely low'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Blunt, 63, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1894
Date of death: 5 Dec 1894
Disease (transcribed): Malignant stricture of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'This patient denied all illness up to six weeks ago when he began to vomit after all food - This generally took place from half an hour to six hours after taking food - There was much pain after taking anything which was relieved by vomiting - He had never had haematemesis. During his illness he had rapidly lost flesh'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Frank Kennedy, 37, Mason

Occupation or role: Mason
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1896
Date of death: 8 Apr 1897
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the thoracic eroding spine
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Finch, 30, [Occupation not stated]

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

John Hanson, 34, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1897
Date of death: 4 Dec 1897
Disease (transcribed): Perforating duodenal ulcer
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines) ()
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The case is accompanied by an article published in the Edinburgh Medical Journal in 1898. 'The patient […] was a strong and burly man, aet. 32, who on the 2nd December 1897, while travelling in the train to London from the North of England, was seized with violent abdominal pain. He did not pass any water after this time, though a couple of ounces of albuminous urine were drawn off by catheter. It appeared that after his arrival in London he was treated by a doctor for renal disease or colic. He came up to St. George's Hospital late on the night of the 3rd December, and was at once admitted by Mr S. Smith, house physician, who found him collapsed, with a distended abdomen'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Brooks, 65, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1876
Date of death: 31 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal Obstruction
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient had been already three times in the hospital within three of four years with similar symptoms. Three days before admission he got wet through. The next day he was suddenly attacked by vomiting and severe abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Sharp, 24, Machinist

Occupation or role: Machinist
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1877
Date of death: 26 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Leukaemia. Cancer of spleen and of liver. Pulmonary and cerebral congestion, from the formation of white blood clots.
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood, Bone Marrow); Cancer (Spleen); Cancer (Liver); Congestion (Lung, Brain); Thrombosis (Lung, Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: From August 1876 the patient had noticed a lump in the lower part of the right side of the abdomen, increasing in size, and from September a lump in the left side also. He suffered from nausea and vomiting, frontal headaches, cough, palpitations, anorexia and slight haematemesis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pulmonary vessels, heart, vascular system, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, bones, lymphatic system, thyroid and tonsils
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

John Carpenter, 28, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1877
Date of death: 15 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation. Dilatation of aorta. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Dilatation (Arteries); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: On admission he was seen to be emaciated, but healthy of aspect. The abdomen was greatly distended, and dull through nearly all its extent. The legs were highly oedematous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen.
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Rachel Luant, 46, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1877
Date of death: 8 Nov 1877
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of Liver
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Liver)
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 had suffered from severe pains in the back and paroxysmal pains in the left inframammary region for over ten months. She had noticed a lump in the abdomen, had vomited, and had been jaundiced for about three weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, duodenum, pancreas, uterus and brain
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Piper, 32, Tailor

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1877
Date of death: 24 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Purulent peritonitis from suppurating hydatid of liver. Subperitoneal hydatids of pelvis.
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Echinococcosis (Liver); Echinococcosis (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lowbrum, G H
Medical notes: For seven or eight years he had been subject to pains in the hepatic region. A lump had been noticed in the right hypochondriac region for six years. A year before admission he suffered from pain in the loin, and three or four months before admission he found a swelling in the hypogastrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, kidneys and peritoneum
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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