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Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1864
Date of death: 22 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George and Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'Admitted into the surgical wards with varicose aneurism of right arm, which had existed about four years. In 1860 he retired to bed in his usual health, awoke suddenly during the night & found the whole right side of body with right extremities cold & numbed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Shoulder, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dispenser
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1868
Date of death: 22 Apr 1868
Disease (transcribed): Softening of spinal cord.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Dispensers assistant who had been losing strength of the arms and legs for six weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1867
Date of death: 29 Apr 1867
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry 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: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Former soldier
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1860
Date of death: 19 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'A discharged soldier, for a long time in the habit of drinking to excess, but without getting intoxicated. A month before he came in he observed that he could not button his breeches as before, up to this time his health had been perfectly good’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1871
Date of death: 8 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous pneumonia. Miliary tubercles. Tubercular disease of the intestines and oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Oesophagus)
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: Two years ago this women had an attack of jaundice after a confinement, and ever since had suffered from sickness and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, oesophagus, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1869
Date of death: 3 Apr 1869
Disease (transcribed): Hydatid cyst of liver
Disease (standardised): Echinococcosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman was married and had two children. Twenty five years before admission she had noticed a tumour in the region of the gall bladder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 36 or 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1872
Date of death: 9 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Blood poisoning. Congestion of the lungs. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Congestion (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung)
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 man stated that about four days ago pain commenced about the body and limbs, which was getting worse up to admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1862
Date of death: 25 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Typhus fever
Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Five days before admission she was attacked with rigors, pain in the head, giddiness and thirst, with pain across the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Paper stainer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1871
Date of death: 27 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man said that he had been suffering for 9 weeks with cough, swelling of the abdomen & legs’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 5 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1861
Date of death: 24 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dropsy. Scarlet Fever
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Oedema (General); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The child was attacked with scarlatina six weeks before admission and a month afterwards with swelling of the face and lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1846
Date of death: 16 May 1846
Disease (transcribed): Old and recent pleurisy. Miliary tubercles and vomicae in lungs, extensive red hepatisation of these organs. Old pericarditis. Pericardium adherent to right side. Heart dilated. Spleen adherent. One ulceration in caput coli.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Adherent (Spleen);Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient stated that he was taken ill in the beginning of the previous November with acute pain in the chest, referred chiefly to the left side, a cough and thin, frothy expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1859
Date of death: 20 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Caries (syphilitic?) of the skull. Pleuropneumonia. ? Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Syphilis (Systemic); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Since last January this man had complained of pains in his head, especially on the right side, which were particularly severe at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1873
Date of death: 4 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Phthisis. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that for the last eighteen months he had had swelling of the legs and occasionally of the face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium membranes, brain and penis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1847
Date of death: 18 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous glands of neck. Phthisis pulmonalis with grey hepatisation of lung. Enlarged mesenteric glands.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Neck); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Enlarged (Mesenteric glands)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The account this girl gave of her illness was that for some time she had been suffering in her health, and had more particularly been affected with glandular enlargement about the neck, with cough and slight pain occasionally in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1859
Date of death: 22 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1864
Date of death: 23 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pus in pericardium
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Barker, William Levington
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient, a vigorous-looking man of florid complexion, was admitted on the fifth day of illness. After going to bed with a headache he had awoke with pain in the side and shivering. The day previous to this he had been standing for a length of time in the cricket field’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1873
Date of death: 7 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Whooping cough. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Whooping cough (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This child had had an attack of whooping cough for a month. About a week back the breathing became short with constant cough and frequent sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1859
Date of death: 22 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This woman had been ill for eight weeks before admission. She attributed her illness to getting her feet wet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1847
Date of death: 19 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning from opium. Tubercles of lungs and oedema of back part. Atheromatous degeneration of mucous membrane of trachea.
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of insensibility after swallowing a considerable quantity of laudanum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 May 1846
Date of death: 22 May 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy. Old adhesions. Pneumonia. Fatty liver. Old peritonitis. Other organs healthy.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted under the care of the Surgeon’s, but was shortly transferred to the Physicians for symptoms of chest disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1872
Date of death: 10 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (encephaloid) of the peritoneum, diaphragm and pericardium. Pleuritic effusion. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Abdomen); Carcinoma (Diaphragm); Carcinoma (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen)
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 man gave the history that three weeks ago while pushing a cart he strained himself. The same evening he felt pain in the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 May 1845
Date of death: 11 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Dilated bronchial tubes with extensive effusion of lymph upon the free surface of the mucous membrane of these tubes. Mucous membrane of the trachea of a dark red colour, but without lymph. Larynx healthy
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Lungs); Disease (Throat)

Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in an extremely weak state, exhibiting great anxiety of countenance, and suffering from urgent dyspnoea, and frequent cough accompanied by profuse purulent expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1870
Date of death: 15 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in the last stages of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1864
Date of death: 28 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient was a plasterer by occupation, a single man of dissolute habits. His mother reports that he had been in failing health for the last 3 years, being often laid up with ‘lung symptoms’. He was in his usual health the morning before admission & went to work at 5am. At 10am he was brought home in a cab in a violent fit & rigors’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner (former soldier)
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1864
Date of death: 28 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Sudden death (angina pectoris?)
Disease (standardised): Angina pectoris (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man was brought to the hospital dead from Hyde Park in the evening, and accompanied by a woman with whom he had been sitting. He was a discharged soldier, who had been invalided in consequence of heart disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a