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Occupation or role: (Indian) Valet
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1878
Date of death: 5 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis, tuberculous (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'The patient spoke English but imperfectly, so that no complete history could be obtained: he stated that the symptoms complained of began with a rigor about 13 days before admission, and continued, with costiveness of the bowels, but no vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gas stoker
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 May 1881
Date of death: 19 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Diabetes (Pancreas); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
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: 'His family history is in all respects healthy: no nervous diseases traceable. He is a native of Dantzig [Gdansk, Poland], employed for 6 years 1872-8 in the mercantile service, since then a gas stoker in London. He felt in perfectly good health until about 18 months ago he noticed that he passed an excessive amount of urine and that his appetite and thirst were immoderate. There was no preceding or accompanying mental distress'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, colon, nerve centres, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1878
Date of death: 22 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Multiple secondary abscesses of the liver from ulceration of the Vermiform appendix
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Ulcer (Appendix);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'No satisfactory history was to be obtained: the patient, whose native tongue was Flemish, spoke English but imperfectly, and was not very clear in his ideas. He attributed his illness to drinking a glass of ices water when hot, 12 days before admission. He had a rigor immediately or shortly after, and commenced to suffer pain in the epigastrium. The second, third, and fourth days he vomited freely. He sweated profusely from the first'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1880
Date of death: 26 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cystic and solid malignant disease of the right ovary, the peritoneum, and the pleurae
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Pleura)
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: Four months before admission while lifting a heavy marble slab whose weight was rather beyond her strength, she felt a sudden pain in the right iliac region, as if something had given way. A day or two after swelling in this region was for the first time noticed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and generative organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1879
Date of death: 13 Aug 1879
Disease (transcribed): Generalised tuberculosis and bone necrosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic); Necrosis (Bone)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was said to have been healthy till three months old when it was vaccinated. Three weeks later it appeared unwell and grew fretful and sleepless.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, glandular swelling, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenal bodies, kidneys, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1897
Date of death: 10 Aug 1897
Disease (transcribed): Stone in kidney. Perinephritis abscess. Pyaemia. Thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
Disease (standardised): Kidney calculi (Kidney); Abscess (Kidney); Sepsis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Indeterminate); Embolism (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard and Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Kidney, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Confectioner
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1881
Date of death: 21 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
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 had no illnesses as a boy, no scarlet fever. He went to sea at 17 in the East India Company's service; had dysentery in Calcutta at 22 (1859). For a year he describes himself as passing blood & slime nearly every day and for 4 years afterwards was subject to frequent attacks of dysenteric diarrhoea: no such symptoms since then. He has been a very heavy drinker of spirits, especially 1858-1870 when he had much morning vomiting & depression. In 1864 he settled in England as a confectioner. About 1873 he began to be subject to severe headaches with 'blinding pain' generally relieved by vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, spinal cord, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Railway porter
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Date of admission: 16 May 1878
Date of death: 28 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the arch pointing in trachea – Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Robust man: had served under the confederate flag in the american war: Diaphoresis habitually scanty: nearly always drunk from 1860 to 1872: chiefly on spirits: tolerably sober after that. Venereal sore in 1862: no constitutional manifestns [manifestations]. Attack of L. [Left] hemiplegia in 1870: from that time he had occasional loss of power in the leg, or pain in the arm, with shivering if exposed to chills. Subject to frontal headaches, and intolerant of fat for 3 or 4 years. Subject to palpitation for 12 mo [months]. Five weeks before admission his throat became sore, and painful in swallowing: after a week it was less so'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer, ex soldier
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 July 1877
Date of death: 19 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Old hepatic abscesses. Amyloid disease
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Liver); Amyloidosis (Liver, Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: During the Ashanti war in 1874 he had a fever, and he was invalided in 1875 for pain in the right side of the chest. Early in November he began to cough, shiver, vomit and to experience pain in the right shoulder. He spat green matter and sweated much.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine and brain
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1890
Date of death: 14 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma. General infiltration of peritoneum and right pleura. Origin uncertain. ? Omental
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Infiltration (Abdomen); Infiltration (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Davidson, W. Lee
Medical notes: This woman had been losing flesh for some months before admission. Menstruation had been in the habit of recurring every three weeks, but the last period had been missed, and no subsequent menstruation appeared during her residence.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1904
Date of death: 11 Oct 1904
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis. Appendix perforated gangrenous and sloughing with general septic peritonitis. Pelvic abscess
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Perforation (Appendix); Gangrene (Appendix); Sloughing (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Abscess (Pelvis);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Seven days before admission patient ate some rabbits and mushrooms. Two days after this while at his work in the morning he was seized with moderately severe pains in the lower part of the belly. The bowels had been thoroughly opened that morning before the attack. His pain continued and, on the same night he vomited several times. The bowels remained closed for the next two days and then diarrhoea set in. Vomiting ceased three days before admission. The H.P. [House Physician] reported than on admission the whole abdomen was tender and distended and that there was shifting dulness in the flanks'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Children's nurse
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1904
Date of death: 12 Oct 1904
Disease (transcribed): Haematemesis
Disease (standardised): Haematemesis (Intestines);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See Medical Notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Porter
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1904
Date of death: 25 Sep 1904
Disease (transcribed): Morbus addisonii. Gall stones
Disease (standardised): Addison disease (Adrenal glands); Gallstones (Bladder);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Davis Taylor, Edward James
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'For the last six months patient has been ailing. She says she has been getting weaker and unable to do her work. She also complains of pain in the L. [Left] side of her abdomen and R. [Right] side of the chest, on occasions. She has been troubled with vomiting for six months, sometimes in the morning and sometimes in the evening and more connected with drinking than eating. She has noticed her skin becoming darker, especially round the waist'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Traveller
Gender: Female
Age: 9 months
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1904
Date of death: 20 Sep 1904
Disease (transcribed): Follicular enteritis
Disease (standardised): Enteritis (Intestines);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Davis Taylor, Edward James
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Ill for four days prior to admission with, diarrhoea and vomiting. Has had four separate attacks of D. And V. [Diarrhoea and Vomiting] the last one month ago. Seven months child'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Gender: Female
Age: 68
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1904
Date of death: 11 Sep 1904
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the gall bladder. Chronic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Gallbladder); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Davis Taylor, Edward James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'Pain in Hypogastrium for 2 months; with frequent desire to micturate. Pain mostly before not during micturition. Has been laid up for 14 days, owing to increased pain'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Brewer's drayman
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1904
Date of death: 7 Sep 1904
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Cf. Medical Notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Attendant
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1904
Date of death: 29 Aug 1904
Disease (transcribed): Double lobar pneumonia. Purulent pleurisy and empyema on R. [Right] side. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Lung); Empyema (Lung); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted late on Aug [August] 27th (Saty [Saturday]) and died on the following Monday morning (Aug [August] 29). He was not seen by the Medical Registrar. According to the report of the House Physician, he had been ill for about 6 days before admission, his illness having been initiated by rigor'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bus conductor
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1904
Date of death: 1 Sep 1904
Disease (transcribed): Spleno-medullary leucocythaemia
Disease (standardised): Leukemia (Spleen, bone marrow);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'The patient was first admitted on Feb [February] 11th for anaemia and enlargement of the spleen. He had first noticed the swelling in his abdomen 5 months before admission. He had been in St Thomas' hospital for the same complaint, and while there had bled very freely from the gums after the extraction of some teeth'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Apprentice
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1904
Date of death: 29 Aug 1904
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis. Generalised peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Cf. Medical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1904
Date of death: 17 Aug 1904
Disease (transcribed): Generalised miliary tuberculosis. Chronic adhesive mediastinitis. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, miliary (Systemic); Mediastinitis (Mediastinum); Pericarditis (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted on April 23rd 1903 with dyspnoea. Signs of fluid were detected on the left side of the chest. Paracentesis was performed in the Tiii[?] space and in the axilla and [?] of turbid fluid evacuated. The patient soon after expectorated much frothy material tinged with light blood. On the next day there were well-marked signs of a left pneumothorax, During the next fortnight signs of ascites developed and the left chest seemed partially to be refilled with fluid'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hotel Manageress
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1904
Date of death: 14 Aug 1904
Disease (transcribed): Fat necrosis and subacute necrotizing pancreatitis – Diabetic coma
Disease (standardised): Fat necrosis (Adipose tissue); Pancreatitis (Pancreas); Necrosis (Pancreas); Diabetic coma (Pancreas);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Davis Taylor, Edward James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'Patient is a very fat woman. She has been in a state of semi coma since admission. Physically normal except that there is considerably [sic] tenderness in the epigastrium. Lungs show signs of bronchial catarrh'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Coachman
Gender: Male
Age: 3 months
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1904
Date of death: 9 Aug 1904
Disease (transcribed): Diarrhoea and vomiting
Disease (standardised): Diarrhoea (Intestines); Vomiting (Stomach);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Cf. Medical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1904
Date of death: 10 Jul 1904
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Ulcerative endocarditis. Aortic, mitral and tricuspid reflux. Nephritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart); Aortic valve insufficiency (Heart); Mitral valve insufficiency (Heart); Tricuspid valve insufficiency (Heart); Nephritis (Kidney);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Swete-Evans, William Benjamin
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'He was admitted on June 30 complaining of faintness or loss of flesh. His illness began 5 weeks before with pain in L. [Left] side of abdomen. His legs became swollen and painful, his head ached, he became faint on the least exertion and sweated freely. He was treated by a doctor for rheumatism, but as his symptoms became aggravated, he came up to the hospital. He had had cough and hoarseness for 3 or 4 days but no haemoptysis. He had never had any previous illness save occasional R. [Right] otorrhoea. The last time he had had such discharge was 3 weeks before admittance. He denied syphilis, but confessed to smoking 25 cigarettes daily'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1904
Date of death: 28 Jun 1904
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart (? alcoholic). Fatty degeneration of heart muscle. Acute or chronic parenchymatous nephritis
Disease (standardised): Hypertrophy (Heart); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Alcoholism (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Nephritis (Kidney);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted complaining of pain in the right side. There was a strong rheumatic family history. The patient himself has had previous attacks of rheumatic fever, the first when 28 years old. For six years he had suffered from cardiac palpitation and shortness of breath. Swelling of the legs had been present 14 days. Syphilis was denied. Alcohol had probably been abused in the past'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Gender: Female
Age: 58
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1904
Date of death: 20 Jun 1904
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised):
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a