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William Deverell, 22, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1888
Date of death: 24 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Purulent meningitis, chiefly over right hemisphere, following disease of right petrous bone and right middle ear
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Disease (Temporal bone, ear)
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 that he was in good health till the early morning (12) of the 23rd February. He then shivered and had acute headache. Later in the day he came to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, ears, abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines, thorax, larynx, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

George Gower, 3, [Child of] Carman

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carman
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1888
Date of death: 27 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy; Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
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 child was one of a family of five, two of whom died: one of ‘debility’, the other of ‘decline’ (after measles). When 6 months old he had bronchitis and was ill about a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pharynx, larynx, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Johanna Kennedy, 62, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1888
Date of death: 28 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum, involving vagina and sacrum. Colotomy in left iliac fossa
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum, vagina, sacrum); Colotomy
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'The patient was a widow, who had had 2 children. No history of any previous illness. In April 1887, a swelling formed near the anus, which burst & pus came away’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Colotomy wound, spleen, kidneys, thorax, lung, heart

Type of incident: n/a

William Blanchfield, 40, Baker

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1888
Date of death: 28 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis of both lungs. Large white kidneys. Mulberry calculus in pelvis of right ureter
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Calculus (Ureter)
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 was in the army and was invalided from Malta. He was at Netley [Royal Victoria Military Hospital] for a month. His chief symptoms were giddiness and shortness of breath. He left Netley about 2 ½ years before coming to St George’s’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, brain

Type of incident: n/a

John Kennard, 60, Storekeeper

Occupation or role: Storekeeper
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1888
Date of death: 28 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of cardiac orifice and small curvature of stomach, also of lower end of oesophagus with 2ndary deposits in retroperitoneal glands and in the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach, oesophagus); Deposit (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'This man was transferred from the care of Dr Dickinson [William Howship Dickinson] to have gastrostomy performed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, oesophagus, stomach, spleen, kidneys, thorax, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Walter Johnson, 70, Schoolmaster

Occupation or role: Schoolmaster
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1888
Date of death: 29 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate gland. Cystitis. Surgical kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Prostate); Cystitis (Bladder); Surgical kidneys (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Always good health. About 3 years ago, he had some difficulty in passing urine but this passed off without treatment. Fourteen days ago, he had an attack of constipation & could not pass his urine. Has had catheter passed by a doctor & latterly by his wife’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Bladder, prostate, kidneys, spleen, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

William Beaumont, 51, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1888
Date of death: 29 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice from cancer of the pancreas blocking common bile duct. Dilatation of common bile & cystic ducts and of hepatic duct
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Cancer (Pancreas); Disease (Bile, cystic and hepatic ducts)
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, who was a bricklayer, had been accustomed to drink beer and porter freely. He said that his abdomen had been large for up to 5 years. About Easter 1887 he became deeply jaundiced’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, intestines, duodenum, pancreas, liver, stomach, kidneys, bladder, thorax, lungs, heart, brain
Illustrations or photographs: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Smith, 58, [Wife of] Milkman

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Milkman
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1888
Date of death: 29 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated omental femoral hernia. Peritonitis, blocking of left ureter. Cystic left kidney, sack cyst being full of putty-like material
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
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 history given by the patient’s friend was that her health was good till 14 days before her admission. For 14 days she had suffered much from vomiting. Her bowels were open daily’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, spleen, kidneys, thorax, liver, stomach, brain

Type of incident: n/a

William Norris, 34, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1888
Date of death: 2 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ischio-rectal abscess. Suppuration behind neck of the bladder. Ulceration of rectum & of penis. Chronic orchitis of both testicles
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Perineum); Suppuration (Bladder); Ulcer (Rectum, penis); Orchitis (Testicles)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'He was previously in the hospital in 1882 with swelling of the right [?]: an abscess formed & was opened […] In 1885 he had haemoptysis & a bad cough & was OP [out-patient] here. Soon afterwards, he got superficial ulceration on the scrotum, which ‘has travelled about’. There has been rapid loss of flesh of late’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Penis, scrotum, testicles, rectum, spleen, liver, thorax, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Davies, 46, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1888
Date of death: 4 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s from small, pale, granular kidneys. Tumour in connection with sheath of left Gasserian ganglion. Aneurism of the left internal carotid artery
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Tumour (Brain); Aneurysm (Heart)
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 had suffered from headaches all her life. During the year preceding her admission they were more severe. Her left eye had been prominent for 9 months. For six months she had lost the sight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, brain, eyes, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Gerald Hitchcock, 2 weeks, [Unmarried child of] Dressmaker

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Dressmaker
Age: 2 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1888
Date of death: 4 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical pyaemia. Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Jaundice (Skin)
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 one of twins. Illegitimate. He was a fortnight old and had always been weak’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, lungs, heart, kidneys, liver

Type of incident: n/a

Emily Berry, 29, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1888
Date of death: 4 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis & pericarditis. Formation of clots in veins and the right auricle, which suppurate. Intense anaemia
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Clotting (Blood vessels); Suppuration (Blood vessels); Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When 20 years of age the patient had acute rheumatism and was treated as an inpatient at St Thomas’ Hospital, where she remained for about 5 weeks. From that time she suffered from i) palpitation, ii) dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, spleen, larynx

Type of incident: n/a

John Colson, 56, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1888
Date of death: 5 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of left lung followed by gangrene. Early chronic interstitial nephritis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs); Nephritis (Kidneys)
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 said that three years before his admission he had an attack of bronchitis & was in hospital (no note at St George’s). He had had cough off and on for years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, lungs, larynx, heart, kidneys, spleen, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

George Upstone, 8, [Child of] Blindmaker

Occupation or role: [Child of] Blindmaker
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1888
Date of death: 8 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured spleen. Abdominal section. Purulent peritonitis. Ruptured intestines.
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Spleen, intestines); Section (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: '[No history] of any importance previous to the accident. The boy was knocked down & the wheel of a carriage passed over his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines, kidneys, lungs, heart

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

James Hitchcock, 2 weeks, [Unmarried child of] Dressmaker

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Dressmaker
Age: 2 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1888
Date of death: 8 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Marasmus?
Disease (standardised): Protein-energy malnutrition
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'An emaciated infant of senile aspect who was brought to the hospital in a moribund condition and died soon after admission. The child was one of twins, his brother came in & died on March 4th, see notes 360, post mortem 1888 p.90 [see PM/1888/90]’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen and ‘the other organs of the body’

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Osborne, 45, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1888
Date of death: 9 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Old mitral disease. Enlarged right ventricle. Dilated pulmonary artery and many of its branches in both lungs containing an antemortem clot
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When 18 years of age the patient worked with lead. He was then a stone keeper. This occupation lasted only a year, but during that time he had colic. He had always been accustomed to drink beer, avoiding the weaker kinds and drinking chiefly ‘six ale’, and some spirits. The average quantity of beer was 5 or 6 pints daily’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Alice Elliott, 9, [Child of] Gamekeeper

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gamekeeper
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1888
Date of death: 10 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Vegetations of the mitral valve. Stenosis of the mitral valve. Embolism of the right middle cerebral artery
Disease (standardised): Vegetation (Heart); Disease (Heart); Embolism (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child lived at a village near Amersham in Buckinghamshire. She was in good health till July 1887 when she had acute rheumatism. On Christmas day 1887 she suddenly lost the power of moving her left arm and leg. She recovered power in her left leg so that she was able to walk about: the arm improved more slowly’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, abdomen, thorax, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Julia Miller, 8, [Child of] Shoemaker

Occupation or role: [Child of] Shoemaker
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1887
Date of death: 15 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Pericarditis. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Stroke (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'She came into the hospital again December 14, 1887. She looked better than when she left the hospital. Her temperature was normal’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, pericardium, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain
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Type of incident: n/a

Richard Wylder, 17, Shepherd

Occupation or role: Shepherd
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1887
Date of death: 15 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Shock following amputation through right hip joint. Ankylosis of bones of both lower limbs. Anaemia
Disease (standardised): Shock; Amputation (Hip); Ankylosis (Legs); Anaemia (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: 'As a child good health. Eight weeks before admission he got ‘acute rheumatism’ & was an IP [in-patient] in Savernake Cottage Hospital. He came from there to St George’s’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right lower limb, brain, liver, kidneys, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

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

Maria Smith, 46, [Wife of] Woodcutter

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Woodcutter
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1888
Date of death: 18 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of cervix uteri. 2ndary deposit in roof of left lung & in thoracic & cervical glands, causing wasting left laryngeal muscles (& death from laryngeal span?). Other 2ndary growths in liver and pancreas
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Cervix); Deposit (Lungs); Growth (Liver, pancreas)
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 heritable disease, her parents died she said of old age. She was married twice and had eleven children, five of whom died when young. She had no miscarriages’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Neck, chest, thorax, larynx, lungs, abdomen, uterus, vagina, ovaries, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Wilson, 22, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1888
Date of death: 19 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Adherent pericardium. Vegetations on mitral & aortic valves. Hypertrophy & dilatation of left ventricle & auricle. Large gap in the aortic wall between coronary arteries
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Vegetation (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When young the patient had acute rheumatism. Four and a half years before he came to St George’s Hospital he had a second attack: he was treated in Birmingham Hospital. Twelve weeks before his admission he had rheumatic fever for the third time: he was in bed for about 6 weeks. He then recovered. Three weeks before he came to the hospital he said that on lifting a heavy beam he had sudden, sharp pain in the region of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, pericardium, heart, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, larynx, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah George, 30, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1888
Date of death: 20 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of a gastric ulcer. Early general peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The history the patient gave was that two years before she came to the hospital she vomited up a considerable quantity of black blood. She at first mentioned 2 quarts as the probable amount, she was sure it was more than a tea-cup full’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, peritoneum, intestines, stomach, spleen, kidneys, liver, larynx, trachea, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Wheaton, 55, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1888
Date of death: 20 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bronchiectasis with large foul-smelling cavities in lower lobes of both lungs. Dilatation of right side of the heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchiectasis (Lungs); Cavities (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'For 3 winters the patient had suffered severely from bronchitis, and during the year 1887 she was not free from it even in the summer. From September 1887 her cough was very troublesome’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, uterus

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

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