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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1899
Date of death: 19 Dec 1899
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy. Pulmonary oedema. Slight aortic stenosis. Slight mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Hypertrophy (Heart); Oedema (Lung); Aortic valve stenosis (Heart); Mitral valve stenosis (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: 'Brought in dead'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1907
Date of death: 7 Mar 1907
Disease (transcribed): Chronic interstitial nephritis. Gastric ulcer. Haemorrhage from ulcer (haematemesis and malaena)
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Ulcer (Stomach); Haemorrhage (Stomach); Melaena (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: On the day of admission he went to work as usual but did not feel well. About midday he felt faint and vomited two tablespoonfuls of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, pancreas, liver, gall bladder and bile ducts, intestines, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals and genito-urinary organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1878
Date of death: 19 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis and meningitis “of the convexity”
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: He was quite well until November 8th, when after working hard in the wet, he began towards evening to feel chilly and shiver. After going to bed he grew hot and sweated profusely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestines and brain
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: Estate agent
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1890
Date of death: 19 Jun 1890
Disease (transcribed): Lymphadenoma
Disease (standardised): Adenoma (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: He had not had scarlatina nor rheumatism and gave no history of ague. For four months he had been getting very weak.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spleen, liver, intestines, pancreas, supra-renals, semilunar ganglia, kidneys, bladder, testes, pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, bronchial glands, pericardium and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stillroom maid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1896
Date of death: 2 Jan 1897
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Ecchymosis in brain and elsewhere. 'Chorea'
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Ecchymosis (Skin); Chorea (Central nervous system) ()
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'Family history nothing of importance. No previous chorea, no scarlet fever, Rheumatic fever twice. 1st when 7 years old, 2nd 5 years ago. Present illness began 3 weeks before admission with pain in back and head went to bed at once and remained there till admission. The choreic movements began 2 or 3 days before admission 'all over her' and gradually became worse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, blood, joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1878
Date of death: 26 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Limited peritonitis with ulceration of the bowel into a limited peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Erysipelas of L. [Left] leg at 15: frequent ulceration from that time: scarlatina in childhood: rheumatic fever at 17. Never robust: bad living till marriage: appetite always small: winter coughs for 8 or 9 years: catamenia scanty. Severe confinement on Dec. [December] 2nd 1876: very weak from that time: lactation scanty. In Novr [November] 1877 severe pain commenced gradually in the R. [Right] side of the abdomen; and increased steadily, being unaffected by period of day, by food or respiration. About the middle of Jan. [January] 1878 on severe paroxysms attacked him suddenly and lasted several hours until relieved by turpentine fomentations. The pain from the first was accompanied by constipation, and by vomiting, which was hardly ever absent for a whole day, and sometimes severe and constant for several. From Xmas she laid up'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] footman
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1878
Date of death: 30 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Psoas abscess; bronchopneumonia; cerebral congestion
Disease (standardised): Psoas abscess (Psoas muscles); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Congestion (Brain);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Symptoms. This child was admitted complaining of frontal headache, which was the only definite symptom during the progress of the case. (No history was obtainable). The headache persisted without variation: the temperature was an shown on the chart: the bowels acted regularly. About the 27th he began to wander in mind, and gradually sank into a state of stupor with occasional intervals of consciousness: the pupils being dilated'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, psoas abscess, spine, spinal cord, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1895
Date of death: 4 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma – Suprarenal – in liver and glands also, as well as in lung
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Adrenal glands); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: He was first taken ill six months ago when he caught cold. Two months ago he had spasmodic attacks of difficulty of breathing, followed by ascites and swollen legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, intestines, kidneys, bladder and testes
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: Housekeeper
  Gender: Female
  Age: 60
  Date of admission: 17 Apr 1878
  Date of death: 8 Jun 1878
  Disease (transcribed): Calcifying tumour in the right iliac fossa, psoas abscess, perforation into caecum and into peritoneum
  Disease (standardised): Tumour (Hip); Psoas abscess (Psoas muscles); Perforation (Intestines); Perforation (Abdomen);
  Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  PM performed by: Ewart, William
• Wilson, E.
  Medical notes: 'History. No hereditary history. Previous history of good health: meat three times a day, disgust to fat: dislike to butter: bowels open about once in three days. Loss of appetite about 21 months. Tumour found in R. [Right] inguinal region for about 18 mo [months]. Pain about the tumour, and loss of flesh from May 1877. Much costiveness of bowels: hardly any action without purgations: vomiting seldom: (Woman unintelligent: account by no means clear)'
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, tumour
  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: Coach builder
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1889
Date of death: 18 Jan 1890
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction. Epithelioma of sigmoid flexure. Operation for relief of obstruction
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Cancer (Intestines); Operation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: He was well until January 9th when he had pain of griping character across the upper part of his abdomen. He said he felt as if his bowels would act, but they did not.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1889
Date of death: 10 Jan 1890
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Perforation of wall of heart into pericardium
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Perforation (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The patient began to suffer from gout when he was eighteen years old. For three months before his admission the patient suffered from pains in his shins, thighs and big toes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1907
Date of death: 29 Sep 1907
Disease (transcribed): Arteriosclerosis. Hypertrophied and dilated left heart
Disease (standardised): Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
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

Occupation or role: Packer
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1877
Date of death: 30 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Low pneumonia. Cystic disease of kidneys. Syphilitic disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Kidney diseases, cystic (Kidney); Syphilis (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Suffered from 'brain fever' in childhood: from 'rheumatics' in 1857, from occasional sore throats. Venereal sore in 1857 (after the rheumatism) […] A temperate man. Languor and want of appetite, with some loss of flesh for about a month. Attacked with shivering about noon 12 days before admn [admission]: had to leave work and go home. Pain in L [Left] hypochondrium, increased at night, after food, or on inspiration; cough, dyspnoea, and occasional palpitation commenced, and continued. Shivering lasted two days. Bowels costive: urine as usual'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Journalist
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1907
Date of death: 31 Jul 1907
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Aortic reflux. General atheroma. Right adherent pleura. Emphysema and bronchitis. Left pleural effusion. Hypertrophied and dilated heart. Chronic venous engorgement. Biliary calculi
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Adherent (Pleura); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Effusion (Pleura);Calculi (Bile duct)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: Since the end of December the patient had suffered from bronchitis followed by swollen legs and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial gland, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, pulmonary artery, aorta, peritoneum, stomach, transverse colon, gastro-intestinal tract, duodenum, gall bladder, cystic duct, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, kidneys and penis
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1907
Date of death: 4 Apr 1907
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma recti. Secondary growths in wall of caecum (direct extension) and in lumbar and higher prevertebral glands and in liver and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Cancer (Intestines); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: For the past two months the patient had had pain in the lower part of the abdomen. For the past five weeks she had passed blood per rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, trachea, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, alimentary canal, stomach, small intestine, rectum, pelvic glands, lumbar glands, liver, gall bladder and bile ducts, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder and uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 4 months
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1906
Date of death: 13 Dec 1906
Disease (transcribed): Pneumococcal bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumococcal infections (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John, Slater, Charles
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, tonsils, trachea, larynx, oesophagus, bronchi, lymph glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestine, mesenteric glands
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1879
Date of death: 3 Jul 1879
Disease (transcribed): Hard cancer of the liver. Biliary obstruction
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Obstruction (Bile ducts)
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 suddenly attacked, five months before admission, with vomiting and faintness, followed after a few hours by severe pain in the epigastrium and right hypochrondrium which extended all over the abdomen and right side of chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, peritoneum, liver, pancreas, stomach, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Jeweller
Gender: Male
Age: 80
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1906
Date of death: 19 Dec 1906
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage and tumour
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Tumour (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'Admitted to hospital in unconscious state. Found unconscious on bedroom floor. On admission – Old man. High coloured complexion. Unconscious[?] P.H. [Previous History] not obtained'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, heart valves, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, scrotum, testis, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestine, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Greengrocer's assistt [assistant]
Gender: Male
Age: 1
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1904
Date of death: 3 Sep 1904
Disease (transcribed): Rickets
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See med. [medical] notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1892
Date of death: 28 Sep 1892
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of the stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For twelve months before death he had been losing flesh and suffering from pains in the stomach, and for three months he had been liable to retching.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, liver, kidneys, bladder, intestines, stomach and appendix
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Joiner
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1878
Date of death: 11 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular disease (fibrosis)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Two brothers died of consumption. Disgust to fat: headache and 'rising' after eggs: sick headaches. Coughs in winter from early years: otherwise healthy. Had drunk great quantities of beer, often a gallon a day: spirits seldom. Anorexia and disgust at the sight of food, about 2 yrs [years] (dates all vague). Epigastric pain after food, nearly as long: severe from the summer of 1877. Wasting for about 12 mo [months] (6 stone weight lost). Pain and swelling of knee; frequent micturition, scanty dark urine, from about Feb [February] 1878. Severe pains in the chest, about 'ten weeks'. Cough for 'eight or nine weeks' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1888
Date of death: 8 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of transverse colon
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Colon)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Sixteen years before he came to the hospital he had some serious illness, the nature of which is not clear. He said it was ‘enlargement of the liver and inflammation of the kidneys’. He was in bed for 6 or 8 weeks: oedema of the legs was a prominent symptom. Eighteen months before his admission he began to suffer from pricking pain at the lower part of his abdomen on the left side. A swelling was soon afterwards noticed at the seat of the pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, lungs, heart
Illustrations or photographs: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1878
Date of death: 20 Nov 1878
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse peritoneal cancer. Cancerous stricture in the transverse colon. Gastrotomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abomden); Constriction (Intestines); Operation (Stomach);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'One brother gouty: no other heritable disease in the family. Gonorrhoea and orchitis in 1870: disgust to fat: three or four pints of beer daily. Nothing else worthy of mark in the previous history. Malaise. From Xmas 1877, his appetite was deficient. Wasting. For about 6 mo [months] before admission he had been losing flesh. Pain and constipation. Otherwise he was quite well till 28 days before admission, where he woke with severe pain in the hypogastrium and abdomnen generally; the bowels being confined. […] About a fortnight before admission he suddenly began to vomit clear green'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, artificial anus, cancerous mass, stricture, liver, kidneys, spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a