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Occupation or role: Painter and glazier
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1854
Date of death: 16 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Intestines ulcerated. Congested lungs, liver &c. Peculiarity of mitral valve
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lung); Congestion (Liver); Peculiarity (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man, who was a painter & glazier, had enjoyed good health with the exception of an attack of colic 3 or 4 years ago. He was muscular & well-proportioned. For a fortnight previous to his admission he had suffered from occasional pains in his head & stomach’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1857
Date of death: 24 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Disease of aorta. Perforation of aortic valve
Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta); Perforation (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He had been ill six weeks, three of which he had been in attendance as an out patient of the Hospital. His case was a very obscure one.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1856
Date of death: 11 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Deposit of fibrin in various parts, heart, cerebellar artery
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Heart); Thrombosis (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The friends stated that he had been quite well and walked from London to Putney. The next day he began to complain of pain in his head, and after supper he was very sick. The following morning he appeared quite unconscious and he remained in this state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1857
Date of death: 30 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Meningeal apoplexy. Or effusion of blood from injury
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: All that was ascertained respecting this woman was that twelve days before her admission she had a fit, and since the seizure she had been almost entirely unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and left leg
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1855
Date of death: 27 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): Renal disease. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman attributed her illness to a severe cold caught three months ago which brought on dyspnoea and a sense of oppression at the epigastrium. Her legs and abdomen then enlarged.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1854
Date of death: 23 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys. Extravasated blood in lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman had been always of a weakly habit, & had had many miscarriages. When admitted her face was very anaemic, her breathing short & hurried & she perspired on the least exertion. She had been confined 3 weeks before coming to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1857
Date of death: 25 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Extensive disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted with severe palpitation and orthopnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1855
Date of death: 3 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the Heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: For some years this woman had suffered from occasional dyspnoea and palpitation. Five weeks ago this increased and she vomited after taking her meals. Three weeks later she spit blood several times.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1856
Date of death: 23 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Hemiplegia. Abscess in Brain. Fibrin of old standing and puriform fluid in the cranial sinuses
Disease (standardised): Hemiplegia (Brain); Abscess (Brain); Thrombosis (Skull); Suppuration (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man came in originally as a Physician's patient with well marked pneumonia of the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1858
Date of death: 31 Aug 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man, who was a stoker, was admitted in a dying state & nothing could be gleaned respecting his history from any friends. He said himself that he had been ill two months with cough & great difficulty of breathing, & that his legs had taken to swelling about three weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1855
Date of death: 4 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Renal and Cardiac disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This patient had been subject to rheumatic attacks for years, having had severe rheumatic fever about fourteen years ago. Six months before his admission he began to feel weak. He lost flesh and then rheumatic pain came on in all his limbs and he had a cough and much expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stone mason
Age: 48?
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1857
Date of death: 13 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Recent and old clots. Granular kidneys. Diseased liver. Atheromatous arteries
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He had been in the House during part of June and July for rheumatic gout and albuminuria without dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, radial artery and arteries of extremities
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1857
Date of death: 14 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fatty degeneration of heart, liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
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 had always enjoyed excellent health until ten weeks before his admission. He was then seized with sudden giddiness and sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen and blood
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Soldier
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1857
Date of death: 28 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Dilatation and hypertrophy of the heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been invalided home from the Crimea on account of cough, pain in the chest and spitting of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1857
Date of death: 27 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fibrinous congestion on the aortic and mitral valves. Fibrinous blocks in the spleen and kidney. Subclavian artery blocked up by fibrin. A small aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Fibrin (Heart); Fibrin (Spleen); Fibrin (Kidney); Fibrin (Arteries); Aneurysm (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A month ago she seemed prostrated by an attack of diarrhoea and lost all her vivacity.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and subclavian artery
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1857
Date of death: 28 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease and dilatation of the heart. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She had been ill nearly two months and came to the hospital with dropsy of the legs and belly. She complained much of severe abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1855
Date of death: 11 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Renal and Cardiac disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man came into the Hospital as a Surgeon's patient with an ulcer of the leg which he had had two years. He came under the Physician's care in late July and complained of great lassitude and inability to sleep. The legs were oedematous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1857
Date of death: 1 Oct 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased aortic valves. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He stated that he had been ill only five weeks. He caught cold whilst engaged in his usual occupation. Cough followed and he rapidly lost flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hatter
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1854
Date of death: 3 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Adherent pericardium. Purulent fluid in pleural sac
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Adherent (Pericardium); Suppuration (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A very intemperate man, a hatter by trade. Brought in one afternoon suffering from delirium tremens. He had been constantly drunk for 3 weeks
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1855
Date of death: 18 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac disease. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The patient attributed her present bad state of health to grief at the sudden death of her husband. The catamenia stopped suddenly, then her legs and abdomen swelled, her breathing became short, and she had cough but not much expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1857
Date of death: 4 Oct 1857
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the arch of the aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He considered that his health began to fail ten months ago, when after repeated colds, cough settled upon him and he became an in patient of Brompton Hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1856
Date of death: 25 Oct 1856
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Cardiac disease
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This girl gave a history of rheumatic fever four years ago, and stated that ever since she had suffered from palpitation which had been worse during the last six weeks. She also complained of great pain in the precordial region, with slight cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1857
Date of death: 3 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased lungs, heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman stated that for seven weeks she had suffered from dropsy and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1858
Date of death: 21 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was a patient in August with hemiplegia of the right side. He had an apoplectic seizure in the autumn of 1857 which had left him in this state. However he left the hospital very much improved & had continued in his usual good health until the 17th October, when he had another fit, & was at once brought to the hospital with hemiplegia well marked, & perfectly unconscious, and in this state he remained until his death which occurred within a few days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1858
Date of death: 25 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted having fallen down in a fit in Sloane Street. There was hemiplegia of the right side with occasional spasmodic action of the muscles of the leg & arm. On the left side some twitching was also observed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a