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Ellen Weller, 24, [Child of] Gardener

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gardener
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1888
Date of death: 16 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Abscess between stomach and diaphragm. Possibly started originally from a gastric ulcer. Bursting of the abscess into the general peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Stomach, diaphragm); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The father of the patient said that about a year before she came to St George’s she had an attack of ‘pleurisy’ and was ill for 5 months. The patient herself gave no account of an illness resembling pleurisy, but said she had suffered from palpitations and ‘globus’. When she came into the hospital she complained of pain at the lower part of the thorax’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, ovaries, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Frances Dyball, 48, Tailoress

Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1888
Date of death: 21 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Abscesses in muscles, lungs, liver, spleen. Dilatation of common bile duct
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Muscles, lungs, liver, spleen); Disease (Bile duct)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Two of the patient’s sisters died of phthisis. There is no other family history of disease. The patient has had 4 children, one of whom died of bronchitis. She had scarlatina when a child and two attacks of rheumatic fever, the last 29 years before she came to St George’s. She was in King’s College Hospital about 7 years ago. The nature of her illness was not clear’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Dilloway, 21, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1889
Date of death: 5 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Twenty days before his admission he was in Rome. He returned via San Remo, Cannes and Bologne. After his return he lived at 35 Chesham Place, Belgrave Square where he slept below ground. Four days after his return to London he had an attack of shivering followed by pains in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, abdomen, thorax, heart, trachea, bronchi, intestines, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, tongue, palate and pharynx
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Hall, 26, Policeman

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1889
Date of death: 7 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (red hepatisation) of right lung upper and lower lobes and left lung lower lobe
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: On March 24th he began to have a cold in the head of which the symptoms were sneezing, running of the eyes and nose and some cough.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, bronchial tubes, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Guido Rappetti, 60, Courier

Occupation or role: Courier
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1889
Date of death: 8 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Red granular. Contracted kidneys. Mitral incompetence
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The patient was an Italian by birth. For nine or ten months before he came to St George’s the man had a troublesome cough and much dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines, bladder and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Street, 9, [Child of] Hairdresser

Occupation or role: [Child of] Hairdresser
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1888
Date of death: 8 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the right cerebral hemisphere. Small cirrhotic liver. Old peritonitic adhesions
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Cirrhosis (Liver); Adhesions (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The patient had always been anaemic. His abdomen had always been large. The patient’s father was a moderate drinker and it was said that the boy had been accustomed to have spirits given to him to drink.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, right middle ear, eyes, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, thorax, heart and lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Allen, 29, Potman

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1888
Date of death: 6 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Numerous pyaemic patches of consolidation in the lungs. The primary source of infection was not found
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Gamgee, Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When he first came to the hospital he told the house physician that six days before admission he had pain in the loins; that he had had neither diarrhoea nor constipation and that that morning he had shivered & felt sick, but had not vomited. He denied having drunk to excess’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Wait, 48, [Wife of] Cooper

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Cooper
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1889
Date of death: 10 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Malignant cystic papillomatous disease of the right ovary. Secondary growth in the peritoneal cavity and in lymphatic glands
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Champneys, Francis Henry
Medical examination performed by: Remfry, Leonard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: She was quite well until three and a half months ago when she began to have pain in the lower abdomen. She also noticed that she was getting larger and thought there must be something forming.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Uterus, kidneys, spleen, liver and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Mary / Bridget Nolan, 28, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1888
Date of death: 8 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis?
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was in good health till 4 years before her admission. She then had an attack of acute rheumatism: this lasted for three weeks. For several months before she came to the hospital she had abdominal pain occasionally: the pain was worse after food’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Peritoneum, bladder, small intestine

Type of incident: n/a

John Clipson, 38, Publican

Occupation or role: Publican
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1889
Date of death: 12 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He said that he drank about six glasses of beer daily. Afterwards he confessed that he took much more. About fifteen years before his admission he had an attack of rheumatic fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, thorax, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Madge, 51, [Wife of] Shoemaker

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Shoemaker
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1888
Date of death: 8 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. All cavities of the heart dilated. Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of rheumatic fever. She said that for 30 years she had suffered from bronchitis every winter. From October 1887 till she came into the hospital she was much troubled with cough and shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, sternum, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Florence Dickens, 19, Parlourmaid

Occupation or role: Parlourmaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1889
Date of death: 13 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Mitral constriction with vegetations. Infarctions in the spleen and right kidney and (probably) in the right lobe of the liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Infarction (Spleen); Infarction (Kidney); Infarction (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: About five weeks before her admission she had a child. The birth was premature. On the night of March 5th she shivered, and every night afterwards, followed by pains in the right leg and left side of her chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spleen, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, uterus, liver, brain and eyes
Type of incident: n/a

Frank Faizey, 39, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1888
Date of death: 10 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of left lower lobe. Effusion of lymph into the membranes of the brain
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Effusion (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 said by his wife to be a ‘free drinker’, but not a drunkard. He was well till about a week before his admission when he began to suffer to aching of the legs, abdominal pain and vomiting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, bladder, liver, intestines, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Seth Lynds, 28, Valet

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1889
Date of death: 25 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Patchy consolidation of all lobes of both lungs. Bronchitis. Peribronchitis and dilatation of smaller bronchioles
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The man lived in Grosvenor Square and slept with three other men in a room below the ground. He said that he had been troubled for a fortnight with cough and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, larynx, trachea, bronchi, spleen, kidneys, liver, testes, stomach, intestines, brain and teeth
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Wynne, 26, Draper’s assistant

Occupation or role: Draper’s assistant
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1888
Date of death: 30 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration throughout the whole length of the large intestine. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Ten or twelve years before his admission he had congestion of the lungs and was in bed a month. He had no other illness till the beginning of 1888 when he began to suffer from diarrhoea. His bowels were open 2 or 3 times daily. He recovered from the flux to some extent but not entirely’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Sophia Belcher, 51, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1889
Date of death: 22 May 1889
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Mitral and tricuspid stenosis, aortic stenosis and incompetence with usual sequelae
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Two months before she came to St George’s she began to suffer from abdominal discomfort, dyspnoea and dropsy in her legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pericardium, heart, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver and pelvic organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Hobson, 58, Engine driver

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1889
Date of death: 13 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of root of right lung and of cervical, thoracic, retroperitoneal and femoral glands invading pancreas and obstructing bile duct
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Pancreas); Obstruction (Bile duct)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Five weeks before he came to the hospital, he began to have pains in his legs, dyspnoea and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, spleen, kidneys, gall bladder, liver, testes, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Arthur Ashdown, 25, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1900
Date of death: 24 May 1900
Disease (transcribed): Obliterative endarteritis of cerebral vessels. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Endarteritis (Arteries); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: In September last the patient was treated for severe secondary syphilis. On admission he was a fairly healthy looking man with paralysis of the right arm and leg and right side of the face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary and urinary tracts, testes, and cranial cavity
Type of incident: n/a

George Hone, 51, Fitter

Occupation or role: Fitter
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1888
Date of death: 4 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): ?cause of death. Oedema of lungs. Old pleuritic adhesions, left lung. Enlarged spleen. Old hydatid of liver. Taenia mediocanellata in small intestine
Disease (standardised): Edema (Lungs); Disease (Pleura, spleen, liver); Tapeworm (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man said he had not suffered from rheumatism nor from gout, that he had burnt his legs about 40 years before he came to the hospital, but that he had never been laid up with any bodily illness. He gave no history pointing to syphilis, and denied having had it. He drank chiefly beer and did not take more than 3 pints a day, as a rule. A week before Christmas 1887 he began to suffer from pain at the lower part of his chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, abdomen, heart, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Nutley, 69, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1888
Date of death: 5 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bright’s disease. Dilated & fatty heart. Pericarditis. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Stroke (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man was born on the same day as HRH the Queen. He had generally had good health. He said that he had suffered from small pox about 50 years before his admission, that he had never had scarlatina, and that he had not been laid up with any illness for 43 years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, kidneys, spleen, liver, brain

Type of incident: n/a

John Applebee, 13, [Child of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1888
Date of death: 17 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Blow from a foil in epigastrium. Perforation of transverse colon. Chronic peritonitis. Pneumonia and caseation of bases of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung); Caseation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Whilst fencing he received a blow at the upper part of his abdomen. He suffered much pain at the time, but it did not last long, and the injury was forgotten until November 5th when he began to have abdominal pain and shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart and oesophagus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Joseph Collard, 64, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1888
Date of death: 12 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Aortic stenosis with vegetations. Aortic incompetence. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Scar of healed gastric ulcer
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient’s father had gout. The man said he had suffered from rheumatism, and that he was first laid up with it 30 years before he came to the hospital, and was ill for 2 months. He had many attacks and the last was in January 1888. There was some doubt as to the nature of the attacks from which he suffered; it seemed likely that they were gout. His big toe, he said, was always first affected, and was red and shiny. He was a considerable drinker of beer. His average was half a gallon a day, and on festive occasions he drank more’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Eyears, 16, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1888
Date of death: 19 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said he had had ‘brain fever’, scarlatina and measles about 10, 8 and 6 years before he came to the hospital. He had had no other illness. On the night of July 13th he went to bed in a state of health. On the morning of the 14th he woke up at 7.30. He then had severe pain at the upper part of his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, larynx, trachea, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, brain

Type of incident: n/a

John Selley, 45, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1888
Date of death: 24 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Laryngeal and pulmonary phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Larynx, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of having had scarlatina or rheumatism. He said for 11 months [he] had had ‘slow fever’ and had spent 3 or 4 months in bed, and for eight months sore throat (pain in his larynx)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, larynx, heart, spleen, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Archie Marshall, 11, [Child of] Bootmaker

Occupation or role: [Child of] Bootmaker
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1888
Date of death: 25 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Vegetations on mitral valve. Hypertrophy of both sides of the heart. Splenic & renal infarctions
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Infarction (Spleen, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The boy had had two attacks of rheumatic fever, the first 2 years, the second one year before he came to St George’s. He gave no history of earlier complications during the attacks. He had not had chorea. He began to suffer from cough and dyspnoea and went to the Victoria Hospital for Children where mitral disease was diagnosed. He was treated with digitalis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, brain, ears

Type of incident: n/a

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