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Thomas Harlis, 25, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1877
Date of death: 5 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cerebellar tumour (glioma). Increase of fluid in ventricles
Disease (standardised): Glioma (Brain); Fluid (Brain)
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 admitted with severe occipital headaches, a red, foul tongue and no other symptoms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

John McLea, 46, Blacksmith

Occupation or role: Blacksmith
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1877
Date of death: 7 Apr 1877
Disease (transcribed): Sarcomatous tumour of the Brain
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: For four or five weeks he had suffered from partial obscurity of vision and hearing, staggering in gait, and inability to articulate distinctly. He fell down the night before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and spinal cord.
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Winter, 45, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1877
Date of death: 28 Apr 1877
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Granular kidney. Catarrhal pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: There was some doubt whether this patient fell down insensible, or whether she was struck down by her husband.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, douglas' pouch and uterus.
Type of incident: Trauma/accident? Homicide/murder?

Robert Westlake, 57, Builder

Occupation or role: Builder
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1877
Date of death: 25 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac dilatation: Hydrothorax. Pericarditis. Cerebral softening.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Softening (Brain)
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 personal history showed only frequent epistaxis and scanty diaphoresis. For two or three years he had been rather out of sorts, with slight dyspnoea, which had increased over the previous four months. For three weeks his legs had swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Crabb, 29, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1877
Date of death: 29 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis and peritonitis. Tubercles of lung and intestine.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, Meningeal (Brain); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About the middle of Feb 1877, he was attacked with cough and spitting, which increased for a week, then diminished under treatment, but never wholly left him. From that time he lost flesh and strength, felt chilly and sweated much at night. Slight haemoptysis commenced early in April and continued to increase.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestine, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Westlake, 38, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1877
Date of death: 30 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Injury to ankle. Delirium Tremens. Cerebral and pulmonary congestion. Granular kidney. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Injury (Ankle); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: On the day before admission the patient was kicked by another man on the right ankle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Susan Davis, 76, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1877
Date of death: 30 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia, operated. Emphysema. Fatty heart. Granular kidney. Cerebral softening.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had had a rupture on both sides for ten years, the one on the left side always partially reducible, that on the right side completely so. Four hours before admission, the rupture on the left side became suddenly longer and very painful. In three hours vomiting set in.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, hernia and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Harold, 13, Schoolboy

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1877
Date of death: 8 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Hip Disease. Cerebral congestion and meningeal thromboses. Chronic tubular nephritis. Amyloid spleen.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Congestion (Brain); Thrombosis (Meninges); Nephritis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from abscesses about the left hip since three years of age and since that time always walked lame. A fortnight before admission the patient slipped and fell down, having stepped on some orange peel which caused the abscesses to discharge profusely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Marsh, 3, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1877
Date of death: 4 Sep 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Bronchicestasy. Tubular nephritis.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, Meningeal (Brain); Bronchiectasis (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The child was strumous but well rounded. He had marks of abscesses and eczematous eruptions on the face and slight blepharitis of the right eye.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Fitzgerald, 64, Hawker

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Oct 1877
Date of death: 2 Oct 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was found by a policeman lying on the pavement apparently drunk and was taken to the police station before being admitted to the hospital the following morning.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, skull, brain and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

John Newham, 45, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1877
Date of death: 11 Oct 1877
Disease (transcribed): Delirium Tremens. Bronchitis, Congestion of brain. Dilated heart.
Disease (standardised): Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain); Bronchitis (Lung); Congestion (Brain); 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: Five years before admission he was in St George's with delirium tremens. Two years later he was admitted with dropsy, dyspnoea and cough. In the hospital he was again attacked with delirium tremens. Six weeks before admission the same symptoms returned.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine and brain
Type of incident: n/a

John East, 47, Cabman

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Nov 1877
Date of death: 28 Nov 1877
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy of Pons Varolii
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
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 was admitted from out patient’s with pains in his back and limbs. He appeared 'queer in manner'.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Walter Lavender, 15, Errand boy

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1877
Date of death: 8 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cerebrospinal meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Meningitis (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: A week before admission, the patient came home complaining of sore throat, nasal catarrh, frontal headache, giddiness and anorexia. The tonsils were seen to be swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, dura mater, brain, arachnoid, spinal membranes, spinal cord and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Agnes Dodd, 16, Nursemaid

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1877
Date of death: 10 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Spontaneous thrombosis in the cerebral sinuses. Inflammatory disintegration in the right sphenotemporal lobe.
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain); Inflammation (Brain)
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 admitted in a delirious condition. She was well nourished but anaemic to a marked degree. She complained of severe pain about the mastoid process, shooting down into the neck and up into the head, thumping sensations in the chest on exertion, and nausea after drinking anything hot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestinal canal, uterus, skull and meninges
Type of incident: n/a

Michael Duggin, 52, Stone sawyer

Occupation or role: Stone sawyer
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1878
Date of death: 29 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Intrameningeal haemorrhage. Lobular pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain, spine); Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Was run over by a Hansom Cab. Symptoms Jan [January] 24. Insensible – Face pale – Surface cold – Pulse very weak and irregular – Pupils contracted quite inert – Breathing loud and shallow. Lies still – Limbs flaccid. Vomited soon after admission. On Back of right Parietal region an irregular lacerated wound at base of which is exposed bone'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, meninges, brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Thomas Baily, 34, Policeman

Occupation or role: Policeman
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1878
Date of death: 26 Feb 1878
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Central nervous system);
Admitting doctor: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Ten days before admission. Patient received a wound from wheel of a carriage on back of Rt. [Right] Hand. Wound seemed to do well, and was not more painful that [sic than] would have expected from the nature of injury– Evening before admission felt some stiffness at back of neck and soft difficulty in opening mouth. Pain and stiffness increased and extended down back – Had not been exposed to wet, or any sudden change of Temperature'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Limbs, abdomen, blood, spinal cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Warwick, 59, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Gender: Male
Age: 59
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1878
Date of death: 1 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Chronic disease of spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spinal cord);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'March 29th. Admitted, complaining of great general weakness and pain in the insteps. Cough and slight expectoration: no dyspnoea. P. [Pulse] 90 moderate. R. [Respiration rate?] 30. Appetite deficient: tongue red, dry, freely fissured. He was greatly emaciated, anaemia, and sickly. Apparently very weak in back and limbs: sat up with difficulty and could not stand on his feet: the latter, he said was owing to the pain […] Excitable, fidgetty and 'nervous': did not seem to know how to set about things: fumbled with his fingers in attempting to unbutton his clothes. He shrunk when touched about the trunk. He took time to understand what was said to him: requests to do anything had to be repeated. […] History. No hist. [history] of the present illness could be obtained; his statements being hopelessly contradictory. His mother's father was gouty: 1 sist. [sister] d. [died] of consumption. He himself was of healthy constitution, and accustomed to take 2 pts [pints] of beer and about 2 ½ glasses of whiskey daily'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Young, 66, Founder

Occupation or role: Founder
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1879
Date of death: 22 Aug 1879
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma. Softening of the brain. Pulmonary infarction (paralysis of larynx and of pharynx)
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Softening (Brain); Infarction (Lung); Paralysis (Larynx); Paralysis (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: No history was obtained of this case. The patient was admitted, suffering from, apparently, labio-glono-pharyng paralysis. He was unable to speak, or to protrude his tongue.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Cantlon, 47, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 May 1879
Date of death: 16 Sep 1879
Disease (transcribed): Chronic spinal myelitis
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: In August 1877, one day she was scrubbing and she was suddenly conscious of complete loss of power in the lower limbs and fell to the ground in the act of getting up off her knees.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, spinal cord and membrane
Type of incident: n/a

David Hutchinson, 29, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1879
Date of death: 14 Oct 1879
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Intrameningeal haemorrhage. Bruising of pona varolii
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient fell from a scaffold a height of about forty feet and alighted on the back of his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Thomas Parsons, 30, Cabinet maker

Occupation or role: Cabinet maker
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1879
Date of death: 16 Oct 1879
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles of lungs, peritoneum and cerebral meninges
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Brain)
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 admitted in a state of unconsciousness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Lucy Weston, 32, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1879
Date of death: 7 Nov 1879
Disease (transcribed): Purpura. Cerebral softening. Intrameningeal haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Softening (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain)
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, except for habitual constipation, till fifteen days before admission when she began to feel very languid.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, peritoneum, fallopian tubes, uterus, ovaries, intestines, bladder, rectum and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Allen, 23, Children's Nurse

Occupation or role: Children's Nurse
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1877
Date of death: 15 Feb 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles of lung, peritoneum, intestine and brain.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Brain)
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 was admitted with languor, malaise, diarrhoea, cough and constantly increasing dyspnoea with little expectoration, palpitation, pain in the cardiac region and anorexia of a month's duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, abdominal cavity, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Fanny Edney, 33, Nurse

Occupation or role: Nurse
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Date of admission: 21 May 1878
Date of death: 16 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Glioma of the brain, haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Glioma (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. A friend of 20 yrs [years] standing communicated the following facts. The family history revealed no hereditary disease or defect. The patient was always a healthy child and girl. About 3 wks [weeks] before admission she complained of headache, a kind of dragging pain in various parts. She also had to retch and vomit yellowish fluid, and suffered from nausea without actual vomiting for most of the time: the bowels were confined. About a week before admission she began to 'talk rubbish and seem very queer:' she continued to do so. The day before admission she had a 'fit': she fell down quite unconscious, with a gurgling noise in the throat, and froth in the mouth. She lay quite limp for two hours: and all that night was very restless, jumping in and out of bed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Emily Inkster, 38, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1878
Date of death: 8 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus from extensive cutaneous burn
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Central nervous system); Burn (Skin);
Admitting doctor: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Contents of lighted Paraffin lamp were upset over Patient. Symptoms. Much collapse – Cold – Shivering – Both arms, lower extremities and greater part of abdomen red and vesicated – In parts epidermis wanting – In parts skin white and leathery'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, intestine, brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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