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Occupation or role: French polisher
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1859
Date of death: 4 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Valvular disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He said that he had been losing flesh and strength for six or seven weeks, and that he had had cough and expectoration for a month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861
Date of death: 13 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Disease of mitral valve. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Seven years ago the patient had an attack of rheumatic fever which was followed by palpitation of the heart. Lately his breath had become short on exertion
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Milkwoman
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1864
Date of death: 14 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient, an Irishwoman, was brought into the hospital in a dying state by friends who did not remain to be questioned. She was herself too far gone to say much and answered vaguely and uncertainly […] She was by occupation a milk woman and was said to have carried her pails about up to three days before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, blood vessels

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857
Date of death: 8 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The friends of this patient stated that she had been weak and languid for some little time, and that a fortnight ago she engaged herself as a servant but had to give up work in less than a week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1858
Date of death: 21 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1849
Date of death: 22 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Brain congested, serous effusion in the ventricles. Tubercles in the cerebellum, the lungs, liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man, who have a very obscure account of his symptoms, stated that he had been constantly exposed to cold in his work while perspiring and that without any particular cause of illness he had been so weak as to be unable to return to work after the 3rd inst. He had been OP [out-patient for some time under Dr Pitman [Henry Pitman], and had been confined to bed for 3 or 4 days before his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1860
Date of death: 18 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A porter, of sallow and somewhat bloated aspect; he had been in the habit of living freely, taking half a pint of gin ‘with fish, flesh and fowl, every day of his life’ ‘
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1865
Date of death: 11 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: During the winters of the last two years he had had cough with dyspnoea and much watery expectoration. The present attack had lasted four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1866
Date of death: 17 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Croup
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This boy had been out of health with symptoms of cold and malaise since the beginning of the month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858
Date of death: 29 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Croup. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx); Tracheotomy (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lady’s maid
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Feb 1862
Date of death: 28 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman, who had a severe attack of rheumatism in the West Indies, had been out of health about four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1866
Date of death: 19 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Epithelial cancer of larynx
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: There was the mark of an old chancre on the glans penis. The history that he gave was that he had been ill for ten weeks with spasmodic affection and pain about the larynx.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1858
Date of death: 2 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A poor Frenchwoman who had been out of health a year. She was formerly very stout & healthy but had been gradually losing flesh, being reduced by frequent sickness. Six months ago she became troubled with night sweats & cough accompanied by thick expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1858
Date of death: 13 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A gentleman’s servant, who stated that his ill health dated from 18 months back when he slept in a damp bed. Ever since that time he has experienced more or less pain in the chest & cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1857
Date of death: 23 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomica laying open a blood vessel. Strumous disease of the knee
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man came into the hospital at the commencement of the present year as a Surgeon’s patient with supposed scrofulous synovitis of the knee joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right knee, thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1864
Date of death: 5 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1857
Date of death: 30 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man had been out at drill the day before his admission and appeared, according to his wife’s account, to have been tolerably well on his return home.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 29 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diabetes
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had been employed in a department of shoemaking. 18 weeks before admission he happened to weigh himself and then ascertained that his weight was 11st 12lbs. When he came in he weighed 9st 3lbs. For 15 months previous he had suffered from much feeling of weakness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Discharged soldier
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1866
Date of death: 27 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Pulmonary haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He was in the Grenadiers for nearly twelve years and had been in Montreal for the greater part of the time. He was attacked with ague in 1855 and laid up with a feeling of great praecordial weight and had been ailing ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858
Date of death: 9 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Strumous disease of the intestines. Diseased kidneys. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Disease (Kidneys); Ascites (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This lad had been ill three weeks with swelling of the legs & oedema of the scrotum which came on without any assignable cause. He had always been delicate, ever since five years of age having been subject to scrofulous sores & unhealthy abscesses about the neck & axilla’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1863
Date of death: 8 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man, a labourer, spare and of bronzed complexion came in complaining of ‘a choking pain about the chest’, dyspnoea and a slight cough with spitting of thin, white, frothy saliva together with frequent thirst. He had left his work nine weeks owing to pains in the knees and small joints from rheumatic gout’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1857
Date of death: 1 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: An emaciated and anaemic individual who came to the hospital complaining of rheumatic pains in his lower extremities, and cough with colourless expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1859
Date of death: 4 Jun 1859
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: It appeared that three months before he had had a severe sore throat, supposed to have been diphtheria.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1859
Date of death: 11 Jun 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1857
Date of death: 7 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Pleuro-pneumonia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Abdomen); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: She was quite well until three months since when she had a severe fall on her back, and it was thought that her dropsical symptoms first appeared immediately after the accident.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident