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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

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1880
Date of death: 30 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma; scirrhous of uterus and pancreas. Encephaloid of subcutaneous and subserous glands, and of the brain. Melanotic of the brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Pancreas); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Brain); Melanoma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This patient was admitted originally in June 1879 for a small mushroom shaped growth on the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tumours and morbid growths, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, generative organs and brain
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: 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: Clicker
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1880
Date of death: 17 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the rectum, neighbouring glands and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Abdomen)
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: The patient’s health had been good up to July 1879 when he noticed some difficulty in defecation and looseness of the motions.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Rectum and surrounding structures, bladder, sigmoid flexure, artificial anus, peritoneum, intestines, glands, ureters, kidneys, pancreas and stomach, liver, spleen, heart and lungs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Parlourmaid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1894
Date of death: 18 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Perforating gastric ulcer. Sub-phrenic pneumo-thorax. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Stomach); Ulcer (Stomach); Pneumonia (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in the evening of March 14th in so collapsed a condition, almost pulseless, that Mr Dent, in consultation, decided not to perform any laparotomy. She was markedly anaemic, and had been so for several years […]. On March 13th, after tea at 6.30 p.m. she was seized with sudden sharp pain in the upper part of the abdomen, she then vomited; the pain continued in paroxysms all night'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lighterman
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1896
Date of death: 19 Apr 1897
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of sigmoid. Colotomy
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Intestines); Colotomy (Colon) ()
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: 'This patient complained of pain in the rectum and that he passed blood and mucus, also he was losing weight'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5 days
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1897
Date of death: 18 Oct 1897
Disease (transcribed): Imperforate anus: colotomy: peritonitis and early bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Anorectal malformations (Anus); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Bronchopneumonia (Lung) ()
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'On admission. A puny looking infant and is suffering from imperforate anus. Abdomen distended. Chloroform was administered, Mr Dent examined the position of the anus, there being a depression, an incision was made over it and the parts in the lower part of the pelvis examined'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Railway porter
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1899
Date of death: 21 Feb 1899
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease stomach
Disease (standardised): Disease (Stomach);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Belcher Hickman, H. R.
Medical notes: 'Previous history unimportant. 3 months before admon [admission] pain in epigastrium, increased by ingesta – with morning vomiting – occasionally repeated during the day. No haematemesis or melaena – No jaundice. Some swelling in stomach region for 3 days before admon [admission]. Onset of illness accompanied by severe diarrhoea, which persisted for 1 month with shiverings'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Gender: Female
Age: 68
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1898
Date of death: 7 Apr 1899
Disease (transcribed): Colloid carcinoma of stomach with secondary growths in abdomen
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach); Growth (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'Admitted under care of physician. Prev. Hist. [Previous History]: Good. Fam. [History]: 'Cancer' in family. Pt. [Patient] had had swelling 'of stomach' for 3 wks [weeks] with frequent vomiting after meals. No haematemesis, no history of biliary colic or jaundice. Oedema of legs 14 days. Some indefinite pain about abden [abdomen] complained of bowels constipated'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Solicitor
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1904
Date of death: 2 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated umbilical hernia. Herniotomy. Large uterine fibroids. Congestion and oedema of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Leiomyoma (Uterus); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'History. Non-operative ventral hernia below the umbilicus for 5 years. Since Dec [December] 26 patient had been completely constipated, and the ventral hernia had become larger and irreducible. Vomiting first occurred on the 31st: said to have been faecal: patient has been in bed since 26th. No morphia or purgatives'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1904
Date of death: 17 Jun 1904
Disease (transcribed): Perforated duodenal ulcer. Gastric ulcers. Septic peritonitis. Laparotomy. Suture of ulcer. Large cyst in the duodenum in connection with bile papilla
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines, stomach); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Sepsis (Systemic); Suture (Abdomen); Cyst (Intestines);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'History. For 14 days, has had continual pain after food, and also vomiting. No haematemesis: has been under medical treatment. Previously had had 'dyspepsia' for several years. June 15. 10 a.m. Pain became very severe: vomited several times. Bowels remained confined. Treated for acute gastroenteritis. Symptoms continued'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 15 May 1906
Date of death: 16 May 1906
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis: generalized peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'For five days patient had suffered from severe Rt [Right] sided abdominal pain which had been getting gradually worse. She had vomited once at the beginning of the attack but not since'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, peritoneum, omentum, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, appendix, caecum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, ovaries, diaphragm
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1902
Date of death: 11 Apr 1902
Disease (transcribed): Perforated gastric ulcer. General septic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Sepsis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
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, liver, peritoneum, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, intestines and uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1902
Date of death: 22 Jun 1902
Disease (transcribed): Blood mass in meso-sigmoid. Rupture of wall. Haemorrhage into peritoneal cavity. Laparotomy. Early general peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Intestines); Haemorrhage (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Not seen by Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and testes
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Caretaker
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1903
Date of death: 26 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Laparotomy wound for intussusception. Congestion of lower end of the ileum and caecum. Local recent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Laparotomy (Abdomen); Intussusception (Intestines); Congestion (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: The baby was suddenly seized with severe pain in the abdomen, being doubled up, and was writhing about and screaming. Vomiting followed immediately.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, bronchi, larynx, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, genito-urinary tract and alimentary canal
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Police pensioner
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1903
Date of death: 20 Jul 1903
Disease (transcribed): Gastric ulcer. Perforation. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: The patient was in excellent health until Christmas last, when he was seized with pain in the epigastrium and right side after food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Examination through laparotomy wound only allowed
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1903
Date of death: 9 Dec 1903
Disease (transcribed): Multi locular abscess of liver opening right hepatic vein. Sero fibrinous pleurisy with collapse of right lung. Pneumonia and pus infiltration of base of right lung. Operation for drainage of liver abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Pleurisy (Pleura); Atelectasis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Operation (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with history of stabbing pain in the right side for five days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, bile passages, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1907
Date of death: 25 Jul 1907
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of liver. Gall stone embedded in tumour
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Gall stones (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William. Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: Six months previous to admission the patient was seized with acute pain in the right lumbar and right hypochondriac regions radiating to the right scapula.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, diaphragm, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, stomach, liver and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1909
Date of death: 3 Aug 1909
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Haemorrhage (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with his throat cut.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Stonemason
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1912
Date of death: 20 Jul 1912
Disease (transcribed): Purulent peritonitis. Gangrene of stump of appendix with perforation
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Gangrene (Appendix); Perforation (Appendix)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was admitted on the fourth days of a severe attack of acute appenditicitis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Permission to examine the abdomen only was granted
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a