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Occupation or role: Married
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1876
Date of death: 11 Aug 1876
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: There was a family history of consumption. She had suffered all her life from cough and loss of flesh dated from December last.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1876
Date of death: 5 Oct 1876
Disease (transcribed): Post pharyngeal abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: Nine days before admission the child complained of drowsiness. After a sleep of several hours she awoke, suffering from sore throat with dysphagia and some dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea, oesophagus, larynx, heart, kidneys, spleen and glands of abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchen maid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1876
Date of death: 25 Oct 1876
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient stated that three weeks before admission she was attacked by a stiff neck. This lasted for a week, and on recovering from it she failed to regain her appetitie.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and small intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1876
Date of death: 10 Nov 1876
Disease (transcribed): Extensive cerebral apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: On the morning of his entrance he complained of slight abdominal pain. An hour later he fell down unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
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: General servant
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1876
Date of death: 3 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: A week before admission she was roused in the middle of the night by severe epigastric pain, followed by continued bitter vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1876
Date of death: 11 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Haematemesis was the symptom of which this patient complained on admission. The present being the sixth attack.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1876
Date of death: 11 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy. Aortic deficiency
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient had rheumatic fever nine years ago. Since that time he had hardly ever been free from cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1876
Date of death: 26 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Tumour of falx cerebri
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Meninges)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: Her intellect was always weak and she had been subject to sick headaches the last few years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the brain was examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1876
Date of death: 28 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestine)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: On admission she complained of pain in the epigastrium, hypogastrium and loins, in the interscapular region, knees and feet. She had frontal headache and slight cough with great weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, suprarenals, spleen, bladder and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1876
Date of death: 3 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of Stomach
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Eighteen months before admission, the patient began to experience weekly or fortnightly a sharp appraising pain in the epigastrium after dinner, resulting in pyrosis and vomiting. The pain became constant two months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, stomach, liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1876
Date of death: 4 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with abscess. ? (Pyaemia). Multiple abscesses of liver and and spleen
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had smallpox at six years old, and had suffered from precordial pain and shortness of breath ever since. Three years before admission he was in hospital for bronchitis and had an almost constant cough. Five weeks before admission he got wet through, and later began to suffer from dorsal pains with increase of the cough and hot night sweats.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1877
Date of death: 9 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular matter in the brain. General tuberculosis.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: No satisfactory history could be obtained as the patient was delirious. She said she had had pains in the limbs for a year, a slight cough lately, and diarrhoea for three weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus, intestine and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1876
Date of death: 9 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been liable all his life to dyspepsia and cough, had drunk about three pints of beer daily, and, during the last ten years and indulged freely in whiskey. His abdomen was swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: [No occupation]
  Age: 48
  Gender: Male
  Date of admission: 6 Dec 1876
  Date of death: 26 Jan 1877
  Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart with dilatation.
  Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
  Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
• Owen, Herbert Isambard
  Medical notes: For two years the patient had had a cough which had increased and he spat much and he had attacks of dyspnoea. His legs had swollen, the bowels had been inclined to constipation and the urine scanty.
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys. The post mortem was from Dr Owen's notes
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1877
Date of death: 5 Feb 1877
Disease (transcribed): Chronic nephritis. Peri, myo, and endocarditis. Pleurisy. Infarcts of lung.
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart); Myocarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Infarction (Lung)
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 had always been subject to frontal headaches with vomiting of yellow matter and to cough. She was attacked three months before admission with an increase of cough, some expectoration, pains in the abdomen, trunk and limbs. Her body began to swell and urine was scanty.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: [No occupation]
  Age: 55
  Gender: Female
  Date of admission: 1 Feb 1877
  Date of death: 7 Feb 1877
  Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Atheroma
  Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Respiratory Tract); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Heart)
  Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
• Clarke, John
  Medical notes: For a year the patient had had a severe cough, expectoration and cold night sweats. There had also been much left temporal headache and pain in the left side of the chest.
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys and stomach. The post mortem was from Mr Clarke's notes
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Feb 1877
Date of death: 16 Feb 1877
Disease (transcribed): Large granular kidney. Cardiac hypertrophy with dilatation
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
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 was admitted with cough, dyspnoea, and much muco purulent expectoration with pain in the back and occasional headache. She was anaemic, but otherwise in good condition, except the legs, which were extensively oedematous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and douglas' pouch
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab Driver
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1877
Date of death: 19 Feb 1877
Disease (transcribed): Aortic dilatation. Atheroma. Thickening of the valves. Pleurisy.
Disease (standardised): Dilatation (Arteries); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura)
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 first admitted on 30th August with dyspnoea, stridor, hoarseness, a slight dry cough, and a little pain on deep inspiration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, aorta, liver, kidneys, spleen and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 53
Date of admission: 15 May 1878
Date of death: 1 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Valvular (aortic) disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Robust woman: dislike to fat: habitual costiveness: diaphoresis very profuse. Scarlatina in infancy: rheumatic fever at 20. Occasional coughs and sore throats. Catamenia ceased at 50 ½. Fifteen mo [months] later she began to feel languid and lost her appetite. A month later, as she was coming down stairs, she suddenly found her power of articulation impaired: the mouth was noticed to be 'drawn', (July 27th 1877). Articulation slightly improved. On the 29th the power of the L. [Left] thumb and two fingers was lost in the same way'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Crossing sweeper
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Date of admission: 31 May 1878
Date of death: 4 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Purulent pleurisy and pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Patient admitted in a moribund condition, vomiting violently. He was, also, a little deranged In mind; and could not give any satisfactory information. No satisfactory examination was possible either'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, intestine, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1878
Date of death: 19 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Tubercular disease of cerebellum. Tubercles of lung; pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Mother syphilitic: her family consumptive and epileptic: father not strong. Weakly till 2 yrs [years] old and had trouble in teething: robust from then: Habitual cough from infancy. 1st admn [admission]. Admitted Nov. [November] 29th 1876 with severe cough of 1 mo [month] date: wasting and aching of 2 wks [weeks]. […] 2nd admn [admission]. Readmitted on May 22nd, with wasting of 6 mo [months] date and cough, occasional frontal headaches and vomiting of 6 wks [weeks] standing'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 29 May 1878
Date of death: 22 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Inflammatory oedema of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Previously healthy: habitually profuse: took 3 pts [pints] of beer daily. Slight rheumatic pains for two years. Nasal catarrh for two years. Sore throat commenced 6 wks [weeks] before admission: lasted a fortnight. From that time he vomited yellow matter three or four times a day and suffered more or less from headache. No other symptom'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barman
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1878
Date of death: 30 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis of the lung. Hypertrophy of the heart. Cirrhosis of the liver. Tubercular disease of the kidney
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Hypertrophy (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Kidney);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. His wife stated that he was subject to severe and prolonged coughs, to sick headaches, epistaxis, and boils: he habitually sweated profusely, was intolerant of fat, and drank much more than was good for him. At Xmas 1876 he was laid up a month with R. {Right] pleurisy: he got quite rid of the symptoms from that time till the following May: then was laid up 3 wks [weeks] with inflammation of the R. [Right] lung. From that time he was never free from cough. In Septr [September] 1877 he suddenly coughed ' a pint' of dark blood: continued to bring up more or less for a fortnight. From that time there was much expectorn [expectoration]. Four similar attacks of haemoptysis succeeded, the last at the end of April 1878. The cough steadily increased: he sweated profusely. He lost flesh from the middle of April. A rigor for three hours, 12 days before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a