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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jan 1888 Date of death: 26 Jan 1888 Disease (transcribed): Tetanus Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C. Medical notes: 'The man was a drunkard. There was some history of epilepsy, the first fit having occurred 4 years & the last 8 months previous to his accident. He was knocked down by a cart, the wheel of which passed over his right knee’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right thigh, cranium, lungs, heart, spleen, spinal cord (‘inquest case … No lesions found at PM in any way explaining the cause of death, except the wound in the right thigh’)
Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer Gender: Female Age: 4 Date of admission: 2 Nov 1904 Date of death: 21 Dec 1904 Disease (transcribed): Tumour of pons and medulla. Generalized tuberculosis Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain stem); Tuberculosis (Systemic); Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Medical notes: 'Patient was first admitted on July 12 1904 complaining of vomiting after food of 2 months duration. Wasting, constant hiccough, difficulty in walking, the last symptoms having been present a week. Measles six months before the onset if these symptoms; no other illness. Nothing of note in the family history' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Oct 1888 Date of death: 5 Nov 1888 Disease (transcribed): Empyema in right pleural cavity. Collapse of right lung with small patches of consolidation and small abscesses Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Collapse (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C. Medical notes: 'None obtainable excepting that he had left his home for many months & had been living a hand to mouth life. He got his hand out in a chaff milling machine’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, lungs, spleen, kidneys, bladder, testes, liver, brain
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 61 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Nov 1888 Date of death: 12 Nov 1888 Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Caseating tubercles found in the lungs, bronchial glands, suprarenal bodies and intestines Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, 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 woman could give no good history of herself. According to her own account she was well till about a week before her admission when she had a ‘fit’, the nature of which she could not explain’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Dec 1888 Date of death: 25 Dec 1888 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of occipital bone. Cerebritis of right frontal lobe Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis, Listeria (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Porter, P.E. Medical notes: 'Was knocked down by a carriage which passed over the right side of chest and abdomen. Scalp wound over occipital region. [On] admission, house surgeon reports. Smelt a good deal of alcohol’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Skull, brain, abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, thorax Illustrations or photographs: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Confectioner Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Nov 1888 Date of death: 31 Dec 1888 Disease (transcribed): Tumour of right half of pons and of anterior half of floor of fourth ventricle. Old phthisis. Pericarditis. Hobnailed liver Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver) 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 said his father died of ‘drink’; he could give no details. His mother died at the age of 82. There was no family history of neurosis. The man gave no history of syphilis. He had had rheumatism three times. The first attack occurred when he was 25 years of age. He was laid up for 3 months. He had a second attack when he was 32, and was kept in bed then for 2 months. A third attack occurred when he was 40. On the last occasion he was only kept in bed for 3 days, but he had immediately afterwards some illness which he called pneumonia. The symptoms were cough and blood-spitting’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Feet, skull, brain, thorax, heart, liver, kidneys
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Feb 1888 Date of death: 7 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Suppurative orchitis, pus in the spermatic cords. Suppuration in and about the vesiculae seminales. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Orchitis (Testicles); Suppuration (Spermatic cords, seminal glands); Sepsis (Systemic) 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’s penis was removed in 1885 at St Thomas’s Hospital. The reason for the operation is not known. No record was kept of the case at that hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, testicles, kidneys, bladder, spleen, liver, thorax, lungs, heart, brain
Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter Age: 1 ¾ Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Feb 1888 Date of death: 10 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) 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 child was in good health till 10 weeks before he came to the hospital. The first symptom noticed by the mother was abdominal swelling; the child appeared to be well, apart from this. He was taken to a dispensary. Dropsy was diagnosed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, lungs, heart
Occupation or role: Packer Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Feb 1888 Date of death: 16 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Grey granulations of the greater part of the both lungs. Small cavities at both apices Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Disease (Lungs) 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 said to have had fever and ague in India. Two years before admission he said he had ‘congestions of the lungs’. At that time he had pain in the side. He was ill in bed about 6 weeks. He was an habitual drinker of black beer and took some pints daily’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spleen, liver, kidneys, mesenteric glands, stomach, thorax, heart
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