Occupation or role: Hatter Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Feb 1905 Date of death: 22 Feb 1905 Disease (transcribed): Arteriosclerosis. Morbus cordis et renum Disease (standardised): Arteriosclerosis (Blood vessels); Disease (Heart, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient came to the hospital complaining of shortness of breath, and swelling of the legs. He was very deaf. And in addition mentally confused; it appeared that he had been suffering from Bright’s disease for the past eighteen months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Umbrella maker Age: 53 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Dec 1904 Date of death: 23 Feb 1905 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Morbus cordis. Arterio-sclerotic kidneys Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Arteriosclerosis (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of swelling in stomach & legs, shortness of breath & cough. Patient has suffered from ?asthma for years’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Mar 1905 Date of death: 28 Mar 1905 Disease (transcribed): Aortic reflux. Cor bovinum Disease (standardised): Reflux (Aorta); Cor bovinum (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of shortness of breath. He had had an attack of jaundice at 17, and at 31 enteric fever; at 20 he had had gonorrhoea and syphilis, for which he received a few weeks’ treatment only’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Child of] Turner Age: 9 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Feb 1905 Date of death: 4 Apr 1905 Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum et cordis. Pericarditis. Jaundice Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart); Pericarditis (Pericardium); Jaundice (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of pain in left side, with shortness of breath. Suddenly seized with pain in left side, with vomiting on Xmas 1904’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Apr 1905 Date of death: 18 Apr 1905 Disease (transcribed): Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis. Pulmonary aneurism Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Aneurysm (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'Patient was seen in the out-patient department for the first time two days before his death. He was then pale, cadaverous, rather cyanosed, not short of breath, weak’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Child of] Butler Age: 9 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 May 1905 Date of death: 12 May 1905 Disease (transcribed): Peri- and endocarditis, recent and old. Enlarged heart. Mitral reflux. Hypostatic pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of sharp pain in the top of the chest. His previous history and an account of the present attack were not obtained. On admission the praecordial pain was very severe, & leeches were applied: they relieved the pain’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Wife of] None Age: 52 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Oct 1905 Date of death: 6 Jun 1905 Disease (transcribed): Chronic indurative mediastino-pleuro-pericarditis. Calcified patches in pericardium. Morbus cordis (mitral & tricuspid stenosis, aortic disease). Chronic peritonitis. ‘Iced’ liver & spleen Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Mediastinum, pleurae, pericardium); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver, spleen) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted complaining of shortness of breath and swelling of both legs. She was also suffering with orthopnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Canvasser Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 May 1905 Date of death: 11 Jun 1905 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Enlarged heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of cough & of shortness of breath. He had had several attacks of gout during his life, & had been treated for cirrhosis of the liver & ascites three years before his present admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Caretaker Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1905 Date of death: 15 Jul 1905 Disease (transcribed): Dilated & hypertrophied heart. Fibrosis of heart muscle. Oedema of lungs Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Fibrosis (Heart); Edema (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'This patient came first to the hospital in August 1904, complaining of breathlessness & epigastric pain. Early in June he had overtaxed his heart while carrying heavy luggage upstairs, & since that date he had suffered continuously from shortness of breath that had prevented him from doing any work or from lying down in his bed at night […] Previously he had always been a healthy man; as a soldier in India, he had partaken freely of alcohol’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Coal porter Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jul 1905 Date of death: 27 Jul 1905 Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage in the inferior part of the right caudate nucleus, filling all the ventricles of the brain with clot. Old and recent endocarditis. Old & recent infarction of spleen & kidney. Oedema of lungs. Consolidation of lower lobes. 15 oz pericardial fluid Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Endocarditis (Heart); Infarct (Spleen, kidneys); Edema (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient, a well-nourished, muscular coal-heaver, had enjoyed good health all his life until November 1904, & had been for the 16 years before that date in constant hard work. He then felt ill all over, though no definite complaint of localized disease could be made’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Valet Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Aug 1905 Date of death: 23 Aug 1905 Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Dilated heart. Alcoholism Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Alcoholism Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'Case not seen by the medical registrar. The house physician reports that the patient was brought to the hospital in a collapsed & moribund condition, & died a few hours later. He complained only of shortness of breath, and admitted to a free consumption of alcohol during the few months immediately preceding his admission: he appeared to be on the verge of delirium a potu’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, abdomen
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jun 1905 Date of death: 6 Sep 1905 Disease (transcribed): Aortic aneurysm. Aspiration pneumonia. Pleurisy & effusion. Tonsillitis. Abscess in oesophagus. Suppurating cervical gland Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tonsillitis (Tonsils); Abscess (Oseophagus); Suppuration (Neck) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted in February 1905, complaining of pain in the chest and shortness of breath. At 23 he had been attacked with rheumatic fever, & since that age had been liable to fugitive rheumatic pains in the joints and to sore throats & coughs. Syphilis was denied; the patient said he had never been a heavy drinker, & had taken very little alcoholic liquor since his marriage in 1893’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Sep 1905 Date of death: 6 Sep 1905 Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis & reflux Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'At the age of 10 or 12 the patient had an attack of chorea, but his medical history contained nothing suggestive of any other rheumatic infection. During the 15 months preceding his to the hospital he had five attacks desribed as ‘pleurisy ‘ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer Age: 10 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Oct 1905 Date of death: 24 Oct 1905 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Bronchopneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The child was first brought to the hospital at the end of June 1905; he had had a ‘touch of rheumatism’ four years previously, but seemed to have had no other illness at any time. Both his father & mother gave a history of rheumatism, and a younger sister very probably suffered with cardiac disease’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Nov 1905 Date of death: 15 Nov 1905 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bronchopneumonia. Failing heart. Phthiriasis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Lice infestation Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This case was not seen by the medical registrar’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Sep 1905 Date of death: 15 Dec 1905 Disease (transcribed): Arteriosclerosis. Granular kidney. Ascites. Hypertrophy & dilatation of heart Disease (standardised): Arteriosclerosis (Heart); Disease (Kidneys); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of pain in the abdomen, rheumatic gout in the legs & rupture due to cough. He had had ‘inflammation of the lungs’ at 35, & for the last 20 years had suffered much on & off with rheumatic gout; at 46 he had bronchitis & pleurisy. While he could afford them, his consumption of alcohol & tobacco had been free; syphilis & gonorrhoea were denied’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Caretaker Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Nov 1905 Date of death: 17 Dec 1905 Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Pericarditis with adhesion. Acquired hydrocephalus Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Pericardium); Hydrocephalus (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted to the hospital in September 1905 complaining of swelling of his legs. His past medical history shewed that 18 years previously he had had pneumonia, preceded by a doubtful rheumatic affection of the feet. In 1903 he was told he had heart disease, & was dismissed from his situation; since then he had done no active work. Syphilis, & excess in tobacco or alcohol were denied’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Book keeper Age: 42 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Nov 1905 Date of death: 26 Dec 1905 Disease (transcribed): Malignant endocarditis Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of acute indigestion & blood poisoning, pains in the joints & cough for 1 month. Shortness of breath for 2 months. Rheumatic fever 20 years ago & 13 years ago. Unmarried’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Commissionaire Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jan 1888 Date of death: 22 Jan 1888 Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation from mitral incompetence Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard Medical notes: 'Had been 20 years a ‘guardsman’. Had never had rheumatism or syphilis. Had always been temperate. As a boy was said to suffer from palpitations of the heart. Had good health up to five years ago when he was laid up with cough & cold’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdominal organs, liver
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Feb 1888 Date of death: 7 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Embolism of left, middle and anterior cerebral arteries, with very early softening of the left cerebral hemisphere Disease (standardised): Embolism (Blood vessels); Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient was a cook, 45 years of age. She was not sensible after she was first seen at the hospital. A fellow-servant said that she had complained of pain in her back, of cough and of shortness of breath for about 3 months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, thorax, lungs, heart
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Jan 1888 Date of death: 11 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis (adherent pericardium. Mitral stenosis. Aortic stenosis and incompetence. Hypertrophy and dilatation of left and right auricle and ventricle) Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient first came into the hospital November 8th 1883m but he was treated in 1869 at University College Hospital. He was then suffering from aortic rheumatism of which he had a severe attack in 1876’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, lungs, heart
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Jan 1888 Date of death: 4 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s from small, pale, granular kidneys. Tumour in connection with sheath of left Gasserian ganglion. Aneurism of the left internal carotid artery Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Tumour (Brain); Aneurysm (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient had suffered from headaches all her life. During the year preceding her admission they were more severe. Her left eye had been prominent for 9 months. For six months she had lost the sight’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, brain, eyes, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 29 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Feb 1888 Date of death: 4 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis & pericarditis. Formation of clots in veins and the right auricle, which suppurate. Intense anaemia Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Clotting (Blood vessels); Suppuration (Blood vessels); Anaemia (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'When 20 years of age the patient had acute rheumatism and was treated as an inpatient at St Thomas’ Hospital, where she remained for about 5 weeks. From that time she suffered from i) palpitation, ii) dyspnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, spleen, larynx
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Apr 1888 Date of death: 12 Apr 1888 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of first part of aorta, bursting into the pericardium Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient was a cabman. Whilst driving his car in Bond Street he suddenly threw up his hands. He died immediately. He was brought to the hospital dead’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, lungs, kidneys, spleen, liver
Occupation or role: Woodcutter Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Apr 1888 Date of death: 20 Apr 1888 Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Lobar pneumonia of left lower lobe Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'Eighteen years before his admission he had rheumatic fever and was in bed for 7 weeks. He broke his arm & was treated for it at St George’s. He had no illness except rheumatism till April 14th when he had nausea and felt cold. He did not have a rigor. On the 15th he had pain in the back and some cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, abdomen, brain, eyes
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