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James Streat, 24, Distillery worker

Occupation or role: Distillery worker
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1848
Date of death: 31 Jul 1848
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of thigh. Erysipelas. Secondary abscesses in back and shoulders.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin); Abscess (Back); Abscess (Shoulder)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a lacerated and contused wound of the dorsum of the foot. His foot had been accidentally jammed by a steam engine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip (right), shoulder (left)
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Frances Kitchen, 54, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1872
Date of death: 10 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of ovaries. Secondary of peritoneum and liver. Rupture of cyst of ovary. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Liver); Rupture (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Clarke, John
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The history this patient gives is that she married and had one child twenty eight years ago. The catamenia had been regular up to the present time. Two years ago she was laid up with pain in the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Bridget Shea, 60, Housekeeper

  • Occupation or role: Housekeeper
    Gender: Female
    Age: 60
    Date of admission: 17 Apr 1878
    Date of death: 8 Jun 1878
    Disease (transcribed): Calcifying tumour in the right iliac fossa, psoas abscess, perforation into caecum and into peritoneum
    Disease (standardised): Tumour (Hip); Psoas abscess (Psoas muscles); Perforation (Intestines); Perforation (Abdomen);
    Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
    Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
    PM performed by: Ewart, William
  • Wilson, E.
    Medical notes: 'History. No hereditary history. Previous history of good health: meat three times a day, disgust to fat: dislike to butter: bowels open about once in three days. Loss of appetite about 21 months. Tumour found in R. [Right] inguinal region for about 18 mo [months]. Pain about the tumour, and loss of flesh from May 1877. Much costiveness of bowels: hardly any action without purgations: vomiting seldom: (Woman unintelligent: account by no means clear)'
    Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, tumour
    Illustrations: Yes
    Type of incident: n/a

George Williamson, 18, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1903
Date of death: 2 Jun 1903
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of the jejunum. Necrosis of the mesentery and right peri-renal tissues. Localised peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Intestines); Necrosis (Mesentery); Necrosis (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: The patient unsuccessfully tried to escape on a bicycle from a runaway carriage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, genito-urinary tract
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Jessie Lawrence, 27, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1910
Date of death: 12 May 1910
Disease (transcribed): Old Pott’s disease of spine. Chronic bronchitis. Dilated heart. Sero-fibrinous pleurisy and peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, spinal (Spine); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with dyspnoea and swelling of the legs. She first became dyspnoeic a year ago and had got worse ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, uterus and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Grimsdale, 54, Needlewoman

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1887
Date of death: 5 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of omentum & peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Omentum, peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
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

Blanche Richards, 43, Daily worker

Occupation or role: Daily worker
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1918
Date of death: 6 Aug 1918
Disease (transcribed): Perforated gastric ulcer. Operation. Suture. Localised peritoneal abscess. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Operation; Abscess (Peritoneum); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: 'Today at 1.15pm she was seized with acute abdominal pain. No vomiting. She has suffered with indigestion for 4-5 weeks, and 4 weeks ago she had a bad attack of vomiting after all food. Bowels regular. No haematemesis. No melaena’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Potterton, 68, Pensioner

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1915
Date of death: 17 Jun 1915
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the rectum. Phlegmonous colitis. Perforation. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Colitis (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had almost complete constipation for six days and repeated vomiting for two days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen. Local examination only made to ascertain cause on intestinal obstruction
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Penny, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1852
Date of death: 19 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Is a drunkard. Diseased kidneys. Bronchitis. Congested liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung); Congestion (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient alleged that he had only suffered from dropsy three weeks before his admission and it produced ulceration of the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Barrett, 21, Dressmaker

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1863
Date of death: 26 Jun 1863
Disease (transcribed): Suppuration in kidney in consequence of obstruction of the ureter by calculi. Bursting into peritoneum and consequent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Kidney); Obstruction (Ureter); Calculi (Ureter); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She was admitted with a history nausea with frequent bilious vomiting and confined bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Lucking, 50, Farm bailiff

Occupation or role: Farm bailiff
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1880
Date of death: 4 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma. Scirrhus of the stomach, gastro-hepatic omentum, right suprarenal capsule and glands. Encephaloid of the liver (abscess of lung? From scirrhus)
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Adrenal glands); Cancer (Liver); Abscess (Lung); Cancer (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: About February 1880 he began to feel weak and languid, his appetite began to fail, and he experienced a peculiar ‘fluttering pain’ in the left side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, oesophagus, intestines, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and suprarenal capsules
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Daisy Bridgford, 29, [Wife of] Clerk

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Clerk
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1914
Date of death: 11 Jun 1914
Disease (transcribed): Purulent salpingitis. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Fallopian tubes); Salpingitis (Fallopian tubes); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Ewart, George Arthur
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Two days ago the patient had sudden pain in the left iliac fossa. She vomited continuously and had diarrhoea since the onset of the pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thymus, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and genital organs
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Barrett, 60, Wheelwright

Occupation or role: Wheelwright
Age: 60
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1920
Date of death: 30 Jun 1920
Disease (transcribed): Generalised peritonitis purulent and septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen); Sepsis (Systemic);
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Evans, Griffith Ivor
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Admitted for L [Left] scrotal Hernia. O.P. [Out-patient] under spinal anaesthesia. Several feet of intestine in hernial sac returned without difficulty. Pt [Patient] recovered well from the operation but general condition steadily declined'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, arteries, peritoneal cavity, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Burry, 40, [Wife of] Carman

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Carman
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1906
Date of death: 12 Jun 1906
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral (Richter's) hernia. Resection of portion of small intestine – General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Medical notes: 'Patient had an old standing rupture on the L. [Left] side which had never caused her any serious trouble. Four days before admission a lump suddenly appeared in the R. [Right] groin and she vomited the same night – since then pain and vomiting had continued uninterruptedly and the lump had increased in size. Vomit said to be faecal in character. Since 3 AM on morning of admission vomiting ceased and pain got much less, but the lump continued to enlarge(=? Onset of gangrene). One action of the bowels since the onset of the symptoms'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 33, [Wife of] Verger

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Verger
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1937
Date of death: 5 Nov 1937
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Residual abdominal abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Colquhoun, Gideon Robert Ernest
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: No autopsy
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 66, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1946
Date of death: 21 Sep 1946
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction due to abdominal adhesions
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Adhesions (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, heart, lungs, abdomen, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Oct 1841
Date of death: Oct 1841
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of small intestine. Violent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient lived 24 hours after the accident; a large quantity of paving stones had fallen upon his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

James Marshall, 35, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1845
Date of death: 30 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the peritoneum & rupture of the aorta at its division with common iliac arteries
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Abdomen); Rupture (Aorta)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This man was brought into the hospital dead, immediately after a fall from a horse, it being said that the horse reared & fell backwards on him’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Sarah Moss, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1871
Date of death: 26 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Paracentesis abdomenis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Paracentesis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman, who stated that her habits had been temperate, had noticed that her abdomen had been swelling for a considerable time. She complained of pain in the praecordial region. Urine loaded with urated, & contained a small quantity of albumen’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Patrick Sheridan, 39, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1896
Date of death: 26 May 1896
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis, local and general. Perforation of follicular ulcer of small bowel
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)

Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Two days before admission, while stooping down he had violent pain in the region of the naval which ran down to the testicles. He vomited twice and the bowels had not acted since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, stomach, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, liver, bladder, testes and toe joint
Type of incident: n/a

Reuban Appleton, 70, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1921
Date of death: 24 Jun 1921
Disease (transcribed): Retroperitoneal abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Colquhoun, Gideon Robert Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Grelland, [?]
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with history and symptoms suggestive of acute obstruction supervening on chronic intestinal obstruction.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, prostate, stomach, duodenum, caecum, appendix and large intestine
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted] 35, Passenger guard

Occupation or role: Passenger guard
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1925
Date of death: 4 Jul 1925
Disease (transcribed): Perforated duodenal ulcer. Subphrenic abscess. Empyema pleurae
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Perforation (Duodenum); Abscess (Abdomen); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Medical notes: The patient had sudden acute abdominal pain twelve hours ago which doubled him up. He later vomited.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, larynx, trachea, thyroid, abdomen, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 69, [Wife of] Retired

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Retired
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1936
Date of death: 6 Sep 1936
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of rectum. Perforation. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Perforation (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Colquhoun, Gideon Robert Ernest
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: She was admitted with three days of abdominal pain, getting worse. There was increasing difficulty with bowels for some time. The pain was more marked on the left side. She had nausea but no vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, rectum and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Vinall, 58, Butcher

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1851
Date of death: 4 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the abdomen above the umbilicus & piercing the ileum about 14 inches from ileocaecal valve. Escape of foecal matter & peritonitis. Old pleurisy on the right side. Hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was a butcher, on the evening of admission he was romping with another butcher who had his knife in his had at the time. He ran against the knife accidentally. On admission (about 10 o’clock in the evening) a wound was discovered, just above the umbilicus’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Clementina Davey, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1854
Date of death: 23 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'A woman apparently in perfect health, who could assign no cause whatever for her attack. The catamenia [menstruation] had occurred in regular time & manner about a fortnight ago. She was attacked about midnight of the 14th with severe pain in the abdomen, beginning at the lower part & spreading all over it. Towards morning sickness set in’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

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