Occupation or role: Errand boy Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jul 1857 Date of death: 15 Jul 1857 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease and hypertrophy of the heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: He gave a history of acute rheumatism which had attacked him four days before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 May 1857 Date of death: 16 Jul 1857 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Fluid in pericardium. Hydrothorax Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung) 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 stated that the first symptoms of ill health in his case were violent pain in the head, and occasional offensive discharge from both ears. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and veins of lower extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jan 1852 Date of death: 18 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Cut throat. Old cough. The larynx not wounded, nor the great vessels. Formation of purulent matter under sterno hyoid muscle. Wet brain. Engorgement of lungs. Soft heart Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Cut (Throat); Suppuration (Sternohyoid muscle); Disease (Brain); Engorgement (Lung); Soft (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man had been in a state of continuous intoxication for some days. This brought on an attack of delirium tremens and whilst in this state he attempted suicide. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, trachea, cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Suicide
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Jul 1852 Date of death: 28 Aug 1852 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. The left pleural sac full of offensive purulent fluid pushing over the heart to the right side. Recent pericardial adhesion Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Suppuration (Pleura); Displacement (Heart); Adhesions (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This patient had had an attack of pain in the left side about twelve months ago when he had spit some blood. The pain recurred with some cough. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 May 1858 Date of death: 13 Jun 1858 Disease (transcribed): Aneurismal dilatation of the aorta Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had been suffering from cough all the winter. He appeared delicate & slightly emaciated. Tubular breathing & bronchophony were heard at the apex of the left lung’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
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
Occupation or role: Butler Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jul 1857 Date of death: 23 Jul 1857 Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Apoplexy of the lungs Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This man had been ill three months with bronchitis and about a month with anasarca. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Jun 1858 Date of death: 30 Jun 1858 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the mitral & aortic valves. Pulmonary apoplexy. Old hydatid cyst of the liver Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Stroke (Lungs); Cyst (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with anasarca of the lower extremities, dyspnoea & livid countenance. She stated that she had been ill 6 weeks with pain at the chest and palpitation. Once or twice she spat a little blood. There was no history of rheumatism, but the action of the heart was violent, & a murmur could be heard’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jul 1856 Date of death: 28 Jul 1856 Disease (transcribed): Melanosis of the Brain, Heart, Pancreas Disease (standardised): Melanosis (Brain ); Melanosis (Heart); Melanosis (Pancreas) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was originally admitted on account of tumours in various parts of the body. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Sep 1852 Date of death: 3 Sep 1852 Disease (transcribed): Injury from the fall of earth. Comminuted fracture of the pubic bones. Separation of both sacro-iliac articulations. Laceration of the urethra. Large soft heart Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pubic bone); Laceration (Urethra); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was working near a wall, at the base of which he was excavating and he brought it down upon himself. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Jul 1856 Date of death: 29 Jul 1856 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of Urethra. Dilated Heart. Diseased Kidneys. Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man was admitted with stricture of the urethra under which he had suffered for a long while. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 May 1860 Date of death: 27 May 1860 Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Fatty heart. Bed sores Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Disease (Heart); Pressure ulcer (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'About 10 days before this man was admitted he was getting up behind a carriage, when he struck his right foot (against the step)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, thorax, abdomen, foot
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 May 1860 Date of death: 28 Jun 1860 Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys. Purulent peritonitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This woman had been in the hospital in September /59 and in March ‘60. At the latter of these periods, she stated that she had never had a rheumatism, but that for the last 4 years, she had occasionally suffered from palpitations, swelling of the legs, especially at night, swelling of the belly and cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 77 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jul 1857 Date of death: 27 Jul 1857 Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart and kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W. Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This man came to the hospital in a very weak conditions. He had suffered from stricture for fifty five years, which had not however caused him any very great inconvenience. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Potman Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Jun 1858 Date of death: 2 Jul 1858 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A potman who had been ailing for two months with cough & oppression at the chest, the result of catching cold whilst at work. Although he had attended to business until the day of his admission & had not laid by for an hour before, yet he had gone about with much difficulty during the last week or ten days’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 68 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Sep 1852 Date of death: 17 Sep 1852 Disease (transcribed): Enlarged heart. Hepatized lungs. Diseased condition of the aortic valve flap. Fibrinous deposits on the mitral valve flaps. Atheromatous state of the aortic and pulmonary arteries Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Fibrin (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This patient was originally admitted under the care of Dr Nairne on the 30th April when she reported that twelve months before she became conscious of palpitation and dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Ex libris of the Library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow pasted inside the front cover, inscribed ‘7th Oct 1869’ (Vol I); ‘8th Jan 1870’ (Vol II); ‘9th Jan 1871’ (Vol IV); ‘27/5/71’ (Vol V)
Second edition. Five volumes (Vol III missing): I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects); V (Diseases of the Genital Organs, of the Breast, Thyroid Glad, and Skin; Operative Surgery)
Occupation or role: Baker Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jun 1855 Date of death: 23 Jun 1855 Disease (transcribed): Fatty Heart. Convulsion. Fullness of cerebral veins Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Seizures (Brain); Fullness (Veins) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man said that he had been putting something into the fire of the oven early on the morning of the previous day, when he was seized with a fit and fell with his face against the fire. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, throat and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Inscription on title page (Vol I): ‘London Hospital Medical Library 1904’
Four volumes: I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects)
Occupation or role: Footman Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Jul 1858 Date of death: 5 Jul 1858 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A footman in Berkeley Square who appeared to have been suffering from fever of some long duration. He was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse, with icy cold extremities & cold breath. The medicines given & the free administration of wine & brandy were of no avail in rallying him. From what was ascertained it seemed that for six weeks he had been very much out of health but continued to do his work until the 2nd when he was compelled to take to bed. Delirium came on during the night of the 3rd. He had never complained of sore throat. The room in which he slept was a damp & cold one & from its want of comfort & convenience the medical gentleman who saw the case recommended taking the man to some hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cab driver Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Jun 1868 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient was brought in dead without history. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Jun 1858 Date of death: 8 Jul 1858 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of sacroiliac joint. Phlebitis Disease (standardised): Abscess (Pelvis)Phlebitis (Blood vessels) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick Medical notes: '9 months before admission experienced pain at the back part of left hip when she applied to a medical man who told her it was sciatica, treating her for it for 3 months, when an abscess which had been gradually increasing since commencement of pain’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 12 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Jun 1860 Date of death: 8 Jul 1860 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis (old & recent). Valvular disease of the heart Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'Two months before admission this child began, without manifest cause, to suffer from praecordial pain and palpitations, followed in about a week by oedema. She never had rheumatism’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Servant Age: 27 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Jun 1860 Date of death: 9 Jul 1860 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Pulmonary apoplexy. Pneumonia. Pleurisy. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Stroke (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A servant of all work. A month before the previous Christmas, up to which time she had enjoyed good health, she began to suffer from cough, scanty expectoration and shortness of breath’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Apr 1856 Date of death: 6 Aug 1856 Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the Arch of the Aorta. Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man stated that five weeks before his admission he noticed discolouration extending over the shoulders and down the arm to the fingers, and up the neck. Shortly afterwards he noticed an increased pulsation on the left side of the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and neck Type of incident: n/a