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Thomas Robinson, 39, Smith

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1870
Date of death: 14 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia.
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for three months and for the last six weeks had been forced to give up work. He stated that his illness commenced with anorexia, debility and epigastric pain and heaviness after food. There was much dyspnoea, more especially on exertion and for the last week his legs had been slightly oedemetous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

John Grimes, 60, Smith

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1872
Date of death: 24 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of legs and intestines. Perforation of ileum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was admitted into the surgical wards with erysipelas of the legs with ulcers.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, intestines, stomach, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

George Garrard, 52, Milkman

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1870
Date of death: 16 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had lived intemperately and had had delirium tremens several times, the last attack three months before the accident. He was kicked on the left leg by a horse, producing a compound comminuted fracture of the left tibia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and suprarenal capsule
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Moore, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1871
Date of death: 3 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of stomach. Haematemesis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Haematemesis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man vomited about three pints of blood a week before he came in. He was constipated & had noticed that his motions were very dark in colour’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Cockran , 73, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1882
Date of death: 6 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: For the preceding fortnight he had felt weak and had had some cough with occasional pain over the right flank.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Wixon, 51, Bar House Keeper

Occupation or role: Bar House Keeper
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1900
Date of death: 23 May 1900
Disease (transcribed): Fusiform aneurism of right part of aorta. Fatty heart. Pneumonia. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient had felt ill for the past five or six months. The breath gradually became shorter with feelings of choking in the throat and pain across the upper part of the chest. His legs later swelled.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Walding, 39, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Date of admission: 22 May 1878
Date of death: 25 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here, as the body was not examined'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Type of incident: n/a

George Preston, 42, General Dealer

Occupation or role: General Dealer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1870
Date of death: 16 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Syphilitic gumma in the liver.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Syphilis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man, who had been a patient in the Hospital two years previously with dropsy, had two fits on the day of his admission. He was unconscious on admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Page, 55, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1883
Date of death: 15 May 1883
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach, liver and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach ); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Since 1876 she had complained of many uterine symptoms and in 1880 she began to feel pain and ‘a tumour about the size of an egg’ in the left hypochondrium with frequent vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, stomach, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Brookfield, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1871
Date of death: 5 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia. Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man, who had long suffered from cough & dyspnoea was suddenly seized with haemoptysis a few days before admission. He was very weak & restless with hot skin. There was great dyspnoea & cough with rusty-coloured sputa. The chest was not examined as he was so ill. There was no improvement & he sank’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Jenkins, 15, Sailor

Occupation or role: Sailor
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1872
Date of death: 25 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Insolatio
Disease (standardised): Sunstroke (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This boy belonged to a training ship, the boys of which had in the morning been reviewed by the Prince of Wales at the Horticultural Garden. He was found lying under some trees insensible and it was stated that he had had sunstroke some years before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, larynx and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Reuben Langley, 33, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1868
Date of death: 10 Jun 1868
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: He had been sleeping on the ground for five days before admission and was seized with severe pain in the right side running across to the left.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Fanny Goldsmith, 1 ¾, [Child of] Carpenter

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carpenter
Age: 1 ¾
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1888
Date of death: 14 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Lambert, 46, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1890
Date of death: 8 May 1890
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: In January 1890 he had influenza of which the chief symptoms were shivering, headache, abdominal pain and pains in the joints.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, trachea, larynx, thyroid, heart, peritoneum, oesophagus, bile duct, rectum, pancreas, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder and testes
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

John Trestram, 57, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1872
Date of death: 30 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the eleventh dorsal vertebra. Pressure upon and softening of the spinal cord. Paraplegia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord); Paraplegia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The history given by this man was that for nine months he had had pain in the back, always worse on any exercise. Three weeks ago a slight tingling sensation commenced in the soles of the feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, bones, spinal cord, liver, spleen, kidneys and urethra
Type of incident: n/a

William Bunning, 61, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1877
Date of death: 19 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Hypertrophied and dilated heart. Granular Kidney
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: For four or five years he had been troubled with winter coughs. From September 1876 the cough and dyspnoea were unusually severe and persisted. He lost flesh, grew weaker and his legs later swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Wiggins, 47, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1883
Date of death: 15 May 1883
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Roach, 26, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1870
Date of death: 18 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied Heart. Meningeal apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: On the morning of the day of admission the man fell down in a fit having previously complained of sleeplessness. On admission he was unable to give any account of himself, but lay semi-conscious, with widely dilated pupils.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Sayer, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1871
Date of death: 7 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'About a year before admission he began to suffer from shortness of breath, and pain down right arm and in right side of chest. The pain became less, but the dyspnoea increased, and about Christmas 1870 he noticed some fulness on right side of chest. This increased, and a month before admission he noticed a pulsating tumour of right chest. Has lost chest & coughs. Mother said to have died of phthisis’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Sainsbury, 23, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1878
Date of death: 26 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Caseous pneumonia (tubercular)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Admission. Was admitted complaining of cough and dyspnoea, both severe, with much purulent, thick, green expectoration: and of diarrhoea. […] History. There was little history to be obtained: his mind was far from clear, and he was too weak to question much. He appeared to say that the cough commenced gradually 5 mo [months] back: that about a month later he woke one morning with pains in the back and legs: from that time the bowels acted 2-4 times daily. Wasting: no haemoptysis or sweating. The pains ceased two days before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, meninges, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Smith, 39, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1895
Date of death: 9 May 1895
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient stated that there was a distinct family history of phthisis on the mother’s side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, intestines, uterus, ovaries, bladder, cranium and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Peter Manger, Shipwright

Occupation or role: Shipwright
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1871
Date of death: 8 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Stricture & ulceration of rectum. Passage of a bougie. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Stricture (Rectum); Ulcer (Rectum); Dilation (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'For ten months he had suffered pain with defecation, and had had a sore[?] discharging near anus, left after the bursting of an abscess’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen (‘the weather was very hot’)

Type of incident: n/a

James Godfrey, 35, Baker

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1886
Date of death: 15 May 1886
Disease (transcribed): Lymphadenoma
Disease (standardised): Lymphadenoma (Salivary glands)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: From October 1885 he had slight left sided pleurisy and the abdomen and legs were noticed to swell. Since then emaciation had been steady.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, glands, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach brain and lymphatic glands
Type of incident: n/a

[No name], [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1895
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Acute intestinal obstruction. Solitary band:- to wit – the appendix vermiformis
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Not seen by Medical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, adrenals, liver, abdomen and joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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