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Emily Bannister, 31, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1877
Date of death: 6 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Secondary abscesses. Large perinephritic abscess.
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Kidney); Perinephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted into the Surgical Wards on 7th February for abscesses on the right leg and the nape of the neck, the former of one, the latter of five weeks standing. The abscess of the leg was opened in the hospital and she was sent to Wimbledon.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, abscess, kidneys, spleen, spinal column, brain and uterus.

Type of incident: n/a

Georgina Baxter, 37, Ladies maid

Occupation or role: Ladies maid
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Aug 1877
Date of death: 26 Aug 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of bowel. Intestinal haemorrhage. Perforations.
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Haemorrhage (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been attacked with weakness and languor, diarrhoea, shivering at night and occasional delirium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, intestine, skull, dura mater and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Kate Hankin, 20, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1877
Date of death: 31 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcerations; perforation; peritonitis etc
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Indeterminate); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Subject to headaches, invariably R [Right] frontal. Diaphoresis scanty. Constitution otherwise sound. In the afternoon of the 4th day before admn [admission], she began to feel chilly: this lasted till she went to bed. Next mom [moment] she was hot, the appetite gone, lumbar pain and occipital headache present: was very weak and had to lay up. She perspired much the first few days. Bowels open on 7th and 9th, with purgatives. She vomited on the 9th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Hannah Frost, 36, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 36
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1878
Date of death: 29 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercle. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'No heritable disease. No previous illness: no ailment but occasional diarrhoea: diaphoresis habitually profuse. Catamenia (from 12 yrs [years] old) profuse and frequent; - 3 to 4 wkly [weekly]; with abdominal and lumbar pain. Malaise for 16 mo [months]: - Frequent abdominal pain, 2-4 monthly catamenia, accompanied by much abdominal pain for the first eight. - Amenorrhoea, with cessation of the pains, progressive weakness and wasting; occasional morning retching, occasional scantiness of urine; and increased diaphoresis for the last eight'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, uterus, ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Bartlett, 17, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1878
Date of death: 1 Feb 1878
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcerations. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Haemorrhage (Indeterminate);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Weakly subject: always 'ailing': constant heavy pain in epigastrium: frequent sore throats and rheumatic pains: occasional diarrhoea, coughs, or headaches: unable to digest fat, which always caused vomiting; occasional pain after food: diaphoresis habitually free: catamenia somewhat irregular. Various pains, in abdomen, flanks of chest and elsewhere from July 1877. […] On Jan [January] 10th, attacked with delirium about noon: headache commenced with it and the appetite failed: the L. [Left] flank became more painful'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Williams, 21, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1878
Date of death: 12 Feb 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia from disease of the mastoid cells
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Disease (Ear);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. One brother died of consumption. Scarlatina at 9: abscess in neck following: smallpox at 13: 'inflammatn [inflammation] of lungs' at 18 and again at 19. Otherwise healthy and under good conditions till 12 days before admn [admission]. Onset somewhat gradual except for a slight cough of 1 mo's [month's] standing. 1st to 6th days: - frontal headache: Rt. [Right] earache: anorexia: night sweats: dark urine: confined bowels. Cough ceased on 4th day. 7th day: - Earache ceased: other symptoms cont [continued]? 9th and subseq. [subsequently]: - one or two loose yellow motions daily. 11th : A rigor of 20 minutes duration, about 7p.m. 12th: Similar one [?] the morning: several slight ones: pain in front of chest even: Cough and rusty expectoration: headache lessened'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, brain, membranes
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Henry Benning, 30, Hatter

Occupation or role: Hatter
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1878
Date of death: 31 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): ? Rheumatism or pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints, tissues); Sepsis (Systemic);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Previous history of fairly good health: subject to coughs for 4 yrs [years]: appetite deficient for 3: diaphoresis habitually very profuse. Had drunk beer and spirits to great excess for four years: constantly intoxicated. No intelligible account of his present illness could be obtained: his father, for whom he worked, but who knew little of him, stated that he had had an open wound about the L. [Left] gt. [great] toe joint for 15 wks [weeks], and had been 'ill' for five'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Lucy C. Becker, 4 10/12, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 4 10/12
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1878
Date of death: 3 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy. Sloughing of the wound etc
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea); Sloughing (Neck);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Mother d. [died] of consumption: previous history of good health. Quite well till noon on the 7th day before admission: when she was noticed to have a troublesome cough. Towards evening she seemed to be struggling to spit something up and during the night there was severe dyspnoea with marked stridor. Next day all the symptoms were somewhat relieved. During the night they again became severe. On the 3rd day all symptoms had disappeared except a slight cough: she ate with a good appetite. This state of things continued till the 6th. On the 6th she complained of sore throat. The night before admn [admission] the severe dyspnoea and stridor returned, continued all night and part of the next morning, then lessened: as she was being brought up in a cab, these were hardly noticeable, but seemed to return on admission. No nasal discharge or swelling in the neck noticed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, trachea
Type of incident: n/a

Boswell Morison, 62, Silversmith

  • Occupation or role: Silversmith
    Gender: Male
    Age: 62
    Date of admission: 5 Sep 1878
    Date of death: 17 Oct 1878
    Disease (transcribed): Empyema
    Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lung);
    Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
    Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  • Margerison, Richard
    PM performed by: Ewart, William
    Medical notes: 'Admission. Brought up in a semidelirious state at times passing into more fully marked delirium: he could give no account of himself, though he answered questions in a misty sort of way. He was very weak and lay on his back. P. [Pulse] 116. R. [Respiration rate?] 52. Lips and face dusky'
    Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
    Type of incident: n/a

Honoré Le Plat, 38, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1878
Date of death: 22 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Had suffered from enteric, scarlet, and rheumatic fevers. Appetite moderate: lived chiefly on soup and vegetables: ate little meat, very little butter, and no fat: occasional diarrhoea in summer: diaphoresis habitually profuse: possibly from the nature of his work only. He drank a bottle of claret a day: no beer or spirits. Coughs in winter since coming to England )15 years). He went to France on Aug [August] 22nd 1878, being then apparently quite well. Next day, as he was lifting something he brought up about 3 pints of bright blood, without effort either of coughing or vomiting. After this, except that he felt very weak and lost flesh, he remained without symptoms till some six weeks before admission, when cough gradually commenced, without rigor or sign of coryza. It steadily increased, with dyspnoea, but hardly any expectoration. His appetite gradually failed, he continued to lose flesh. His bowels acted loosely twice or so a day: five or six times the last day or two before admission. No rigors or night sweats: no more haemoptysis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Mary O’Ryan, 17, Orphan

Occupation or role: Orphan
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1879
Date of death: 6 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): (Phthisis) Tuberculosis of lungs and intestines. Lardaceous infiltration
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
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: For about a month before admission he noticed her feet and legs swelling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

John Hunt, 27, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1879
Date of death: 9 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lung. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This man had averaged four pints of beer daily, spirits occasionally, excesses at times. He was quite well until August last, when he noticed his feet swelled, and this extended to the legs and dyspnoea continued to increase.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, arteries and pericardium, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Maria Knight, 50, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1880
Date of death: 30 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis (cavities. Fibrosis. Tubercle). Lardaceous infiltration
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Liver)
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: Twelve months ago she noticed a cough for the first time which gradually got worse. For several months she had most profuse night sweats ‘just as though you had taken me out of a bath and put me to bed’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Shaw, 29, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1879
Date of death: 27 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of brain. Inflammation of mastoid cells. Cirrhosis. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Inflammation (Skull); Cirrhosis (Liver); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Three years before admission a scaly eruption appeared all over the body. Under treatment it disappeared, but was followed by loss of hair, headache and pains in the limbs. Two years later he had ulcerated legs and severe sore throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mastoid region, dura mater, brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary apparatus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

John Morton, 29, Whitesmith

Occupation or role: Whitesmith
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1880
Date of death: 29 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis, with fibrosis and tubercles. Large, white, lardaceous kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
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 the last three months of life he had been losing his health, getting weaker, cough growing worse, sputum more profuse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

George Pattison, 4 years 6 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1880
Date of death: 13 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): 'Large white kidneys’. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: A fortnight before admission his mother had noticed a rash all over his body, accompanied with a little soreness of throat, feverishness and discharge from the ears. Three days before admission dropsy was noticed, and he complained of headache and pain in the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Alexander, 19, Bottler

Occupation or role: Bottler
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1880
Date of death: 13 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: A bottle broke in his hands and inflicted a deep wound in the palm of the left hand.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hand, brain, spinal cord, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Herbert Murrel, 29, Milkman

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1880
Date of death: 10 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the stomach and neighbourhood. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: In January 1879 he began to fail in strength and found that ‘he could not lift things as he used to’. He was later attacked with pain in the left loin, profuse perspiration and difficulty in ‘keeping food down’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs, prostate and testes
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Bourne, 36, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1880
Date of death: 21 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura)
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: Of late she was subject to rheumatic and neuralgic pains in the head and neck, also to frequent attacks of indigestion, pains between the shoulders, much flatulence and bowels generally costive.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Serous membranes, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, intestinal tract, kidneys, generative organs and subserous tissue
Type of incident: n/a

Leo Richardson, 6, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1880
Date of death: 28 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This child received a blow on the hand from a cane a week previous to admission. Possibly from this cause, the right forearm began to swell and grew red and painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right arm, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Annie Whittington, 17, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1880
Date of death: 8 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Somewhat obscure. Originating after operation for a navoid growth, and possibly septicaemic. Thrombosis of the heart alone found. Ecchymosis of the right pleura
Disease (standardised): Operation (Torso); Sepsis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Heart); Ecchymosis (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had a congenital tumour of the right side, and when admitted it was the size of an adult fist.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Back, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Dickenson, 34, Coal porter

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

Emma Hunt, 56, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1880
Date of death: 10 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cystic disease of both ovaries. Suppuration. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Suppuration (Ovary); Perforation (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Fourteen months before admission she had some pain in the right iliac region which increased rapidly. She had some attacks of vomiting, nausea and sharp abdominal pain. Gradually the abdomen became enlarged.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary and generative organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Frank Gibbs, 27, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1880
Date of death: 16 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis (of old date). Tuberculosis (apparently recent)
Disease (standardised): 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 four years he had been subject to cough in the winter, recurring each winter with greater severity, but leaving him again in the summer. The patient presented a markedly ‘tubercular aspect’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Coxedge, 36, Cabman

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1880
Date of death: 16 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Abscesses of liver and lungs (cause undiscovered)
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Fourteen weeks before admission without evident cause, he was attacked with vomiting followed by jaundice. Eight weeks later he had severe pain in the hepatic region accompanied by rigors.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, diaphragm, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

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