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Occupation or role: Stillroom maid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1896
Date of death: 2 Jan 1897
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Ecchymosis in brain and elsewhere. 'Chorea'
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Ecchymosis (Skin); Chorea (Central nervous system) ()
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'Family history nothing of importance. No previous chorea, no scarlet fever, Rheumatic fever twice. 1st when 7 years old, 2nd 5 years ago. Present illness began 3 weeks before admission with pain in back and head went to bed at once and remained there till admission. The choreic movements began 2 or 3 days before admission 'all over her' and gradually became worse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, blood, joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1889
Date of death: 10 Jan 1890
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Perforation of wall of heart into pericardium
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Perforation (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The patient began to suffer from gout when he was eighteen years old. For three months before his admission the patient suffered from pains in his shins, thighs and big toes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Motor driver
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 May 1907
Date of death: 10 Jul 1907
Disease (transcribed): Chronic parenchymatous. Nephritis. Left pleurisy with effusion
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: A few days ago the patient developed a sore throat and the legs began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, larynx, trachea, thyroid, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder and ducts, suprarenals, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and genito-urinary organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1890
Date of death: 7 Jun 1890
Disease (transcribed): Intussusception. Follicular enteritis
Disease (standardised): Intussesception (Intestines); Enteritis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Newton, Reginald Frederick Henry
Medical notes: She had generally had good health but had been subject to attacks of diarrhoea. On June 6th the child was on the door step and he suddenly cried out that he had pain in the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, pericardium, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer, ex soldier
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 July 1877
Date of death: 19 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Old hepatic abscesses. Amyloid disease
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Liver); Amyloidosis (Liver, Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: During the Ashanti war in 1874 he had a fever, and he was invalided in 1875 for pain in the right side of the chest. Early in November he began to cough, shiver, vomit and to experience pain in the right shoulder. He spat green matter and sweated much.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine and brain
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1877
Date of death: 19 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular phthisis; granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was not examined by the Registrar, as her extreme weakness precluded it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1878
Date of death: 26 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Limited peritonitis with ulceration of the bowel into a limited peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Erysipelas of L. [Left] leg at 15: frequent ulceration from that time: scarlatina in childhood: rheumatic fever at 17. Never robust: bad living till marriage: appetite always small: winter coughs for 8 or 9 years: catamenia scanty. Severe confinement on Dec. [December] 2nd 1876: very weak from that time: lactation scanty. In Novr [November] 1877 severe pain commenced gradually in the R. [Right] side of the abdomen; and increased steadily, being unaffected by period of day, by food or respiration. About the middle of Jan. [January] 1878 on severe paroxysms attacked him suddenly and lasted several hours until relieved by turpentine fomentations. The pain from the first was accompanied by constipation, and by vomiting, which was hardly ever absent for a whole day, and sometimes severe and constant for several. From Xmas she laid up'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carver
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1896
Date of death: 10 Jul 1896
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Twenty nine years ago he was an In Patient with stoppage of the bowels. Since then he had good health until four years before admission when he suffered from pain in the stomach after food, wind and spasms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, oesophagus, trachea, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, stomach, intestines, joints and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1888
Date of death: 8 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of transverse colon
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Colon)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Sixteen years before he came to the hospital he had some serious illness, the nature of which is not clear. He said it was ‘enlargement of the liver and inflammation of the kidneys’. He was in bed for 6 or 8 weeks: oedema of the legs was a prominent symptom. Eighteen months before his admission he began to suffer from pricking pain at the lower part of his abdomen on the left side. A swelling was soon afterwards noticed at the seat of the pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, lungs, heart
Illustrations or photographs: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1878
Date of death: 28 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Weakly since marriage: rheumatic fever at 33: diaphoresis habitually scanty: fat not tolerated. Previous history of good health and natural functions. Forty seven days before admn [admission], she began to experience slight malaise and aching of limbs. Two days later a degree of icterus was established, which did not vary up to admission. After another two she began to vomit: vomiting from that time occurred on an average once a day: frothy matter vomited. Severe pain in the epigastrium appeared the day after the vomiting: it recurred afterwards at irregular intervals, generally in the evening to last all night. Loss of flesh during the illness: bowels fairly regular'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Estate agent
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1890
Date of death: 19 Jun 1890
Disease (transcribed): Lymphadenoma
Disease (standardised): Adenoma (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: He had not had scarlatina nor rheumatism and gave no history of ague. For four months he had been getting very weak.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spleen, liver, intestines, pancreas, supra-renals, semilunar ganglia, kidneys, bladder, testes, pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, bronchial glands, pericardium and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1907
Date of death: 25 Jul 1907
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of liver. Gall stone embedded in tumour
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Gall stones (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William. Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: Six months previous to admission the patient was seized with acute pain in the right lumbar and right hypochondriac regions radiating to the right scapula.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, diaphragm, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, stomach, liver and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1878
Date of death: 7 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney. Atheroma. Dilatation of the heart. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Pleural effusion (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Ague for 12 mo [months] at 15: otherwise healthy and temperate. Quite well till 12 mo [months] before admission, when he was attacked suddenly one evening as he was walking home, with dyspnoea and epigastric pain; both of which steadily increased thence forward, the latter being most severe after meals. Swelling of legs for 6 mo [months] before admission. Lungs noticed in epigastrium for three. Anorexia for 3 wks [weeks]. Much increase of dyspnoea for two. Cough for 7 or 10 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Journalist
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1907
Date of death: 31 Jul 1907
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Aortic reflux. General atheroma. Right adherent pleura. Emphysema and bronchitis. Left pleural effusion. Hypertrophied and dilated heart. Chronic venous engorgement. Biliary calculi
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Adherent (Pleura); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Effusion (Pleura);Calculi (Bile duct)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: Since the end of December the patient had suffered from bronchitis followed by swollen legs and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial gland, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, pulmonary artery, aorta, peritoneum, stomach, transverse colon, gastro-intestinal tract, duodenum, gall bladder, cystic duct, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, kidneys and penis
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1896
Date of death: 20 Jul 1896
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach. Endocarditis. Multiple embolism of cerebral arteries
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient had been a very heavy drinker and in July 1896 was admitted for rheumatic pains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, joints and cranium
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Joiner
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1896
Date of death: 28 Jul 1896
Disease (transcribed): Dilated stomach
Disease (standardised): Dilatation (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry. Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Baldwin, Gerald Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: He had typhoid fever ten or eleven years ago and was an In Patient in Adelaide Hospital, Sough Australis. His current chief symptoms were chronic indigestion, loss of appetite and constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, pancreas, oesophagus, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, testes, lungs, larynx, heart and joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 64
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1904
Date of death: 11 Aug 1904
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Superficial haemorrhage. Bruising of the brain by contre-coup. Fractures of L. [Left] clavicle and ribs – Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, clavicle, ribs); Haemorrhage (Head); Contusions (Brain); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'Admitted unconscious. The wife states that whilst going up stairs on the night of admission, patient fell down on the top of his head and at once became unconscious. He was brought to hospital by the police and never regained consciousness'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1886
Date of death: 21 Aug 1886
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of pleura and viscera
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pleura); Cancer (Viscera)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had stricture of the urethra in 1885 and had some swelling of the left testicle, which was shortly afterwards removed for a fungating tumour. The patient was well up to the 31st July when he had pain in the right side of the thorax with cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, pericardium, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, lumbar glands and testicles
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1879
Date of death: 16 Sep 1879
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular pulmonary phthisis (tapping of a vomica)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tapping (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was transferred from University College Hospital on its closing for repairs. The patient was admitted there on June 23rd and he was then suffering from intermittent pyrexia. There was cough and free purulent expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1896
Date of death: 21 Aug 1896
Disease (transcribed): Stenosis of duodenum. Dilated stomach
Disease (standardised): Constriction, pathologic (Duodenum); Dilatation (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: For the last twelve years the patient had suffered from occasional vomiting, griping pains in the stomach and much constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, stomach, oesophagus, liver, kidneys, adrenals, spleen, testes and toe joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: L.C.C. Fireman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1907
Date of death: 19 Sep 1907
Disease (transcribed): Linitis plastica. Peritonitis. Carcinoma ventriculi
Disease (standardised): Linitis plastica (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: The patient was brought in in a moribund condition with a history of abdominal pain for over a year.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, tonsils, thyroid, trachea, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneal cavity, omentum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, oesophagus, stomach, intestines, rectum, mesenteric glands and peribronchial glands
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1892
Date of death: 28 Sep 1892
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of the stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For twelve months before death he had been losing flesh and suffering from pains in the stomach, and for three months he had been liable to retching.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, liver, kidneys, bladder, intestines, stomach and appendix
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 10 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1907
Date of death: 28 Sep 1907
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Broncho-pneumonia. Pulmonary collapse
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Atelectasis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: On September 18th the child began to suffer from cough and shortness of breath and vomited several times.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, gastro-intestinal tract, liver, gall bladder and bile ducts, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and genito-urinary organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1879
Date of death: 8 Oct 1879
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Pneumonia. Tubal nephritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About the end of November cough commenced gradually and increased steadily, being accompanied from the first by pain in the epigastrium and cardiac region. Her child was born February 28th 1879.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, liver and uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1907
Date of death: 29 Sep 1907
Disease (transcribed): Arteriosclerosis. Hypertrophied and dilated left heart
Disease (standardised): Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a