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• Occupation or role: Married
  Gender: Female
  Age: 41
  Date of admission: 13 Feb 1878
  Date of death: 12 Apr 1878
  Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis: pulmonary oedema
  Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Oedema (Lung);
  Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  PM performed by: Ewart, William
• Byam, W.
  Medical notes: 'History. Rheumatic fever 16 yrs. [years] before admission: four attacks in the following 12 years, all following parturitn [Parturition]. Subject to diarrhoea: very subject to sick headaches: had lived badly from 23 to 36: had a strong disgust to fat: diaphoresis habitually profuse. The last attacks of rheumatic fever began about Xmas 1873: she was in bed till the middle of March 1874: From that time she suffered from palpitation on the least exertion. The pains lasted till Mar. [March] 1875, and returned every time she tried to work. At the end of Oct. [October] 1877 she was suddenly ceased [sic] with cardiac pain, increased on movement: hepatic and epigastric pains occurring at irregular intervals and persistent vomiting. The skin became yellow, the bowels costive. A week later the legs swelled and the perspiration[?] increased. Vomiting continued every five minutes for five weeks: after that about twice or thrice a day after meals, pain being increased by the ingestion of food'
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, ascites
  Illustrations: Yes
  Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1880
Date of death: 4 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
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: About January 1879 while walking quietly in the street, he suddenly lost the power of speech. About the same time as the aphasia he noticed shortness of breath with attacks of fainting and giddiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and meninges
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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

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

Occupation or role: Horse keeper
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1880
Date of death: 21 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy and fatty degeneration of heart
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
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: The patient fell down in the street and was picked up by a policeman and conveyed to the police station. He could walk with support, the left arm in a perpetual sawing motion, the left leg dragged, he could talk scarcely and said he had been drinking.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blind maker
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1880
Date of death: 14 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Widely diffused petechiae. Infarction of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Purpura (Skin); Infarction (Spleen)
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: Three months before Christmas 1879 he was seized with a feeling of faintness and illness. He applied for advice to a medical man and was told that he had ‘heart disease’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1879
Date of death: 23 Jul 1879
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of heart (Cirrhosis of liver)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Tidswell, Herbert Henry
Medical notes: As far as he remembered, he was quite well until the last week in April, when he had to lay up for about four days in consequence of a tooth abscess. While laying up, he recollected applying a poultice to the chest to ease a cough and dyspnoea from which he was suffering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1880
Date of death: 20 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Innominate aneurism – operation. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Operation (Arteries); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: He had been accustomed as ‘first tenor’ in a choir to much singing. On occasions he had rather ‘strained’ his voice but never felt any ill effects for long. About twelve months previously he had noticed some difficulty in producing his ‘chest notes as if there existed some obstruction.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart and arteries, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1878
Date of death: 7 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney. Atheroma. Dilatation of the heart. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Pleural effusion (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Ague for 12 mo [months] at 15: otherwise healthy and temperate. Quite well till 12 mo [months] before admission, when he was attacked suddenly one evening as he was walking home, with dyspnoea and epigastric pain; both of which steadily increased thence forward, the latter being most severe after meals. Swelling of legs for 6 mo [months] before admission. Lungs noticed in epigastrium for three. Anorexia for 3 wks [weeks]. Much increase of dyspnoea for two. Cough for 7 or 10 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1880
Date of death: 1 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): 'Large white’ kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Endocarditis. Thrombosis of cerebral vessels. Softening of brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Thrombosis (Brain); Softening (Brain)
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: It was ascertained from the sisters of the patient that he had been leading a wild life and had had no communication with his family for seven or eight years. On the 24th June his sisters first saw him and learnt that he had been ill for three weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jul 1880
Date of death: 4 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of colon and liver. Mitral stenosis and fatty degeneration of the heart
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Cancer (Liver); Disease (Heart)
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: Nine weeks before admission his appetite began to fail, he had griping pains in the abdomen which swelled up and he noticed a ‘lump’ in the left groin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1879
Date of death: 8 Oct 1879
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Pneumonia. Tubal nephritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Nephritis (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: About the end of November cough commenced gradually and increased steadily, being accompanied from the first by pain in the epigastrium and cardiac region. Her child was born February 28th 1879.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, liver and uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1880
Date of death: 14 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Axillary aneurism (operation). Hernia. Granular Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Operation (Thorax); Hernia (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: He was accustomed to drink ‘as much as his wages allowed him’. At the end of January he fell off a stool about a foot high and hit ‘his ribs low down on the right side’. A week afterwards he experienced pain down the right arm and noticed a lump behind the right clavicle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, arteries, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and hernia
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1878
Date of death: 27 Oct 1878
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the ascending aorta bursting into the pericardium
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Previous history of good health and temperance. He had been a soldier, and spent the years 1857-1871 in India. About the middle of 1877 he began to be troubled with slight cough and dyspnoea, and a little shooting pain in the 2nd[?] L. [Left] intercostal space; all of which symptoms steadily increased till admission. About Oct [October] 1877 he first noticed a pulsating tumour in L. [Left] upper chest, which steadily enlarged. About Mar [March] 1878 he began to lose appetite and flesh. In Middlesex Hosp. [Hospital] from Ap. [April] 3rd: slight dysphagia about this time. Treated by 'starvation' till the end of June: grew very thin and weak. On full diet, he grew stronger and had less pain. Transferred to St Geo [St George's] on closure of Middlesex'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aneurysm, spinal column, liver, kidneys, spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1880
Date of death: 20 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Changes in liver. Displacement of and change in the thoracic organs from old pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Displacement (Viscera); 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: The patient had been suffering from palpitations, cough, expectoration and orthopnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, diaphragm, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1901
Date of death: 15 Sep 1901
Disease (transcribed): Distended stomach. Faint striation of heart muscle
Disease (standardised): Distension (Stomach); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, uterus, alimentary canal, cranium and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1879
Date of death: 8 Nov 1879
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma. Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart)
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 quite well till Christmas 1878. He was not certain whether or not he had a slight cough, when one day after standing in the wet, he felt the cold strike his stomach, producing chilliness and a sense of tightness in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Fisherman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1880
Date of death: 1 Nov 1880
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism (sacculated) of the aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
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: Three weeks before admission he had difficulty swallowing and vague aching pains about the shoulder. He later noticed some swelling to the right side of the sternum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, aneurism, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1880
Date of death: 1 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Fibrosis of liver and kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Intracranial haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Fibrosis (Liver); Fibrosis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Brain)
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: In November 1879 he complained of pain in the left side of the chest, wheezing in breathing with a cough and some little sputum. He attended here as an out patient and had continued since every week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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

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: [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: [Wife of] Messenger
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1900
Date of death: 14 Nov 1900
Disease (transcribed): Enormous dilatation of left auricle. Hydrosalpinx
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrosalpinx (Fallopian tubes)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from difficulty in breathing and cough. Expectoration was yellow and she complained of acute pain in the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and fallopian tubes
Type of incident: n/a