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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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1878
Date of death: 17 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary phthisis (tubercular. Numerous suppurating cavities)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Suppuration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: In November 1878 he spat up while coughing about three tablespoonfuls of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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

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: 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: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1880
Date of death: 7 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Head wound. (Tetanus). Swelling of the left parotid gland
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Tetanus (Systemic); Inflammation (Parotid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had for a long time led an exceedingly intemperate life. On the day of admission she fell down stairs while drunk, and struck her head against the edge of a step.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, lungs, heart ,liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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: Nurse
Gender: Female
Age: 61
Date of admission: 8 May 1878
Date of death: 14 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Perforating ulcer of the stomach. Limited superficial abscess in the peritoneal cavity and left lobe of liver
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Abscess (Abdomen); Abscess (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Scarlatina at 16: 'gastric fever' at 40: diphtheria at 43: smallpox at 57. Always intolerant of fat; - subject to pain after food in the epigastrium and to sick headaches as long as she remembered: bowels habitually costive and diaphoresis profuse: subject also to palpitation and to glandular swellings in the neck. For two years she had noticed a fulness in the epigastrium. From Dec [December] 1st to 31st she suffered from a dry 'spasmodic' cough, which began suddenly without rigor or nasal catarrh. On Dec [December] 31st it left her suddenly, and she was as suddenly attack with severe vomiting and epigastric pain, which lasted an hour. From that time there was a constant dull pain in the epigastrium, increased after food'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coal porter
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1880
Date of death: 7 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Gummata of brain (and liver)
Disease (standardised): Gumma (Brain); Gumma (Liver); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient was first admitted in December 1879 for a syphilitic ulcer of the foot and disease of the metatarsal bone. The bone was removed. Soon after his admission to Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital his wrist dropped and his speech became impaired.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: , lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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: 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: Coachman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1880
Date of death: 25 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis (with tubercles)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: While working in a draughty shop he ‘caught cold’ and was laid up at home with pain in the left axilla, shortness of breath and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
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: No occupation
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1879
Date of death: 16 Dec 1879
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid tubercle of the lung. Old aneurysm of the aorta filled with consolidated fibrin
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About seven months before admission she had to give up work on account of weakness, emaciation and dyspnoea. This was referred to as bronchitis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus and spinal column
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1880
Date of death: 2 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Volvulus (fibroid stricture of the rectum. Chronic Phthisis)
Disease (standardised): Volvulus (Intestines); Constriction (Rectum); Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: This woman was operated on for piles fourteen years before admission and for more than eight years had been the subject of stricture of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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: [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: Cooper
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1880
Date of death: 13 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs and larynx. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Larynx)
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 sixteen months he had a cough which had been continuously getting worse, and for four months he had felt a ‘lump’ in the throat which made swallowing unneasy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Watchman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1879
Date of death: 19 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Oedema, tubercle, and gangrene of lung. Pericarditis. Enlarged prostate
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Gangrene (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Enlarged (Prostate)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: No notes of this case could be found. He was transferred from the surgeons on 3rd November 1879.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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: [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

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1878
Date of death: 21 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Admission. Admitted complaining of sore throat, with loss of voice and dyspnoea at times: slight cough. General weakness, small appetite. P. [Pulse] 120 very weak. R. [Respiration rate?] about 20: irregular. Ill nourished and pale: tremor of hands: delicate skin: long eyelashes. […] History. She was deaf and very weak: the following history only was obtained: - No heritable disease: no illness, ailment or constitutional peculiarity, except leucorrhoea for 4 yrs [years]: from birth of last child. Present symptoms of 6 mo [months] date: onset gradual: severe for 3 mo [months]. Much weakness for 1 mo [months]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, kidneys, spleen, liver, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a