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Post Mortem Examinations and Case Books

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  • 1840-1946

The post mortem records contain manuscript case notes, with medical notes both pre and post mortem. These include details on patients’ admission to the hospital, treatments and medication administered to patients and the medical history of patients; the medical histories were copied into the volumes from hospital registers, which are no longer extant. The post mortem cases include detailed pathological findings made during the detailed examination of the body after death. From the 1880s onwards the case books contain original anatomical drawings and photographs.

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The following information is recorded for each case. The information is transcribed from the case notes and/or the relevant index and, where relevant, additionally standardised using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

• Name of the patient. If a name is not entered in the volume, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No name stated]’

• Gender of the patient (female / male / unknown)

• Age of the patient. Usually in numbers, following the original, with the following exceptions: 4/12 = 4 months, 4/52 = 4 weeks, 4/365 = 4 days. If no age is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No age stated]’

• Occupation of the patient. Where no occupation is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No occupation stated]’. Children are often designated according to their father’s or mother’s occupation and women by their husband’s occupation (e.g. ‘F / Horsekeeper’, ‘M. Charwoman’, ‘Hd Grocer’); these have been rendered in the catalogue as ‘[Child of] Horsekeeper’, ‘[Wife of] Grocer’

• Date of admission and date of death

• The names of the doctors treating or examining the patient. ‘Admitted under the care of’ denotes the senior doctor in charge of the case (usually entered at the top of the page and in the index); ‘Post mortem performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the post mortem examination (usually signed at the bottom of the page) and ‘Medical examination performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the medical examination prior to death (usually signed at the bottom of the page). The earliest records usually contain only one name, and some of the later ones may contain multiple names in each category. An authority record (name access point) with basic biographical details has been created for each doctor mentioned in the records; these can be used to explore all the cases related to a particular individual

• Disease(s) or cause of death of the patient. Transcribed from the medical case and/or the index and standardised, e.g. ‘Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fractured base. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (lungs). Fracture (skull)’

• Medical and post mortem notes. Brief summary description or transcription of the case notes relating to previous medical history (not a full transcription of the case notes)

• Note on whether the case includes illustrations or photographs; these can also be browsed via genre access points

• Note on whether the death was caused by trauma, accident or suicide

• Subject access points, using standardised terms from MeSH, with disease type (e.g. respiratory tract diseases, cardiovascular diseases) and anatomy type (e.g. cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system), which can be used for browsing all relevant cases

Note on transcriptions and abbreviations

Names have been silently expanded, e.g. Jas = James, Wm = William

Some common abbreviations and acronyms

AMCH = Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital, Wimbledon
BID = Brought in dead
COA = Condition on admission
F = Father
H or Hd = Husband
HP = House physician
HS = House surgeon
IP = In-patient
L = Left
M = Mother
MR or Med reg or Med r = Medical register or Medical registrar
MS = Museum specimen
OP = Out-patient
OPD = Out-patient department
OR = Obstetric register
PMH = Previous medical history
PH = Previous history
Pt or Pat = Patient
PM = Post mortem
R = Right
RF = Rheumatic fever
Ry = Railway
SR or Surg reg = Surgical register or Surgical registrar
TB = Tuberculosis
VD = Venereal disease

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Charles Martin, 14, Errand boy

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1864
Date of death: 23 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Separation of sutures of skull with fracture
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was working on a scaffold this afternoon, when he slipped & fell about 14 feet, striking the back of his head, he was insensible when picked up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ephraim Wier, 23, Stoker

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 May 1864
Date of death: 29 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Death from nervous shock (?)
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Shock
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was stoker on an engine proceeding from Victoria Station, when looking back his head came in collision with one of the arches of a bridge & he was knocked off the engine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Minter, 6, Schoolboy

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1864
Date of death: 7 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Run over by a cab. Ruptured liver?
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

James Gregory, 60, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1864
Date of death: 8 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Injury to back
Disease (standardised): Injury (Back)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Thomas Walters, 77, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 77
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1864
Date of death: 10 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Poisoned hand. Inflammation
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Hand)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Williams, Charles Theodore
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted on the 6th of June. Four days before he had run a pin into the hand just between the two middle fingers’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Martha Hilder, 62, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1864
Date of death: 11 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Inflamed legs, with sloughy sores
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Williams, Charles Theodore
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient admitted May 25th with inflamed leg & sloughing of the cuticle’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

William Huddlestone, 38, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1864
Date of death: 14 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was riding his horse this evening in the neighbourhood whn he fell off on to his head (the horse was not running away). Brought in about 7pm, quite insensible, small scalp wound (no bone exposed)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part of the body was examined’)

Type of incident: n/a

Martha Renshaw, 45, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1864
Date of death: 19 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised):
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'Early in the October of last year, the left breast of this patient was removed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

William Jeffrey, 50, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1864
Date of death: 20 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured liver?
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Patrick Brien, 50, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1864
Date of death: 21 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Joseph Symes, 2 ½, Child

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 2 ½
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1864
Date of death: 21 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus, traumatic?
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Rebecca Harris, 29, Dressmaker

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 May 1864
Date of death: 9 Jul 1864
Disease (transcribed): Ovariotomy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ovariectomy (Ovary); Peritonitis (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted on the 18th of May with a large tumour of the abdomen, evidently containing fluid, and which was adherent at various parts’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wound (‘an incision passed along the abdomen’), abdomen, chest

Type of incident: n/a

William Saunders, 74, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 74
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1864
Date of death: 23 Jul 1864
Disease (transcribed): Carbuncle
Disease (standardised): Carbuncle
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Howard, 33, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1864
Date of death: 1 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Amputation
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the left leg, a carriage wheel having passed over his leg’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Barrett, 9, Schoolboy

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1864
Date of death: 7 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Excision of hip joint
Disease (standardised): Excision (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Lattey, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with disease of the right hip joint, from which he had been suffering for about 2 years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, hip-joint, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Ernest Challen, 2 ½, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1864
Date of death: 5 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Convulsions
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Convulsion
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Pratten, 30, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1864
Date of death: 12 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Injury to back, smashed ankle
Disease (standardised): Injury (Back); Injury (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This man was working on the leads of a house, when he fell over on to a skylight about 40 feet beneath. He was not seen to fall, but was found’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Thorpe, 65, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1864
Date of death: 16 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg & ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg, ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This man was crossing road, when a carriage that was passing, knocked him down & passed over. He was brought in collapsed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Bernard Brake, 30, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Aug 1864
Date of death: 20 Aug 186
Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Haemorrhage from a mesenteric vessel
Disease (standardised): Hernia ; Haemorrhage
Admitted under the care of: Brodhurst, Bernard
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This man had had hernia for about 10 years, & had always worn a truss. This morning he got up for a few minutes without putting his truss on & the intestine came down. He went to bed thinking it would go back as it had often done before, but it did not’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Tanner, 79, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 79
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1864
Date of death: 21 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Large tumour in submaxillary region. Cancer
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Mouth); Cancer (Mouth)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a large tumour about the size of a good large fist in the submaxillary region. It was situated on the right side, was hard, red on surface & somewhat painful on pressure’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Isaac Bennett, 34, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1864
Date of death: 3 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barker, William Levington
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was cleaning a 3rd story window, when the ladder broke & he was seen to fall into area below. He was brought in at once, insensible, cold, pale’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Stephanie Linoir, 29, Needlewoman

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1867
Date of death: 28 Jun 1867
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Died shortly after admission
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This patient was stooping over the fire when her clothes caught fire and she was enveloped in flames.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Phillis North, 36, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 May 1867
Date of death: 29 Jun 1867
Disease (transcribed): Disease of hip. Phlebitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Phlebitis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Four years ago this patient fell down stairs and hurt her right hip and an abscess followed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Michael Toomey, 48, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1867
Date of death: 3 Jul 1867
Disease (transcribed): Fracture: both bones of leg, became compound. Haemorrhage. Ligature of anterior tibia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg); Ligature (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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