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Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Date of admission: 14 May 1906
Date of death: 7 Jun 1906
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Chorea – Vegetative endocarditis – Bronchopneumonia – Acute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints, tissues); Endocarditis (Heart); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Medical notes: 'Admitted May 14 suffering from multiple rheumatic joint affections from which he had suffered 10 days. Previous History – Nil. On admission – Pain and swelling of ankles'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1841
Date of death: 18 Sep 1841
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Inflammation of the membranes and brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted into the house with a compound fracture of the skull with depression of bone but without symptoms; he was trephined shortly after his admission. Did very well for several days until inflammatory action was set up in the cavity of the cranium’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 09 Jun 1847
Date of death: 12 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Oedema of lung with hepatisation and purulent infiltration. Blood fluid. Extensive ulceration of mucous membrane of vagina and portion of uterus.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Lung); Disease (Lung); Ulcer (Vagina); Ulcer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared from the account which this woman gave of her symptoms, that she had been suffering more or less from uterine derangement for about nine months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1865
Date of death: 18 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Diseased heart
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Page, William Irving
Medical notes: This man was admitted with retention. For the last five weeks his water had only dibbled away and he had suffered from stricture of five or six years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1887
Date of death: 21 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The patient was a painter who had had lead colic, 3 attacks of gout & 7 years previously left hemiplegia from which he almost completely recovered'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 May 1879
Date of death: 11 May 1879
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Passive effusions. Infarcts
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Infarction (Kidney); Infarction (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state which precluded examination. She was very weak, suffering severely from dyspnoea and she was delirious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1882
Date of death: 23 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of peritoneum and ovaries
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: About four months before admission she began to be troubled with cough, pain in the right hypochondrium and retching.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, ovaries and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1844
Date of death: 19 Jul 1844
Disease (transcribed): Abortion. Phlebitis. Diffuse inflammation about Pelvis. Peritonitis. Pleurisy. Secondary abscesses.
Disease (standardised): Abortion (Uterus); Phlebitis (Veins); Inflammation (Pelvis); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Abscess (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with symptoms of acute abdominal inflammation which had commenced about three weeks before after a miscarriage of a child.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and axilla
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1853
Date of death: 25 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged and dilated heart. Recent fibrin in the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities. Extravasation of blood into the lungs. Diseased kidneys. Congested liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Fibrin (Pleura); Fibrin (Heart); Fibrin (Abdomen); Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Kidney);Congestion (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man stated that he had caught cold after being wet through seven months ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1869
Date of death: 14 May 1869
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of ovarian cyst. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Ovary); Cysts (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Clarke, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shop assistant
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1889
Date of death: 6 May 1889
Disease (transcribed): Gonorrhoea. Pyaemia. Surgical kidney (right). Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Gonorrhoea (Urogenital tract); Sepsis (Systemic); Nephritis (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Eighteen months before his admission the patient had gonorrhoea and was treated as an outpatient at the Lock Hospital. For a week before he came to St George’s he had pains in his knees and in the calves of his legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pericardium, heart, spleen, stomach, kidneys, urethra, testes, eyes and blood vessels
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1881
Date of death: 14 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian cysts (operation)
Disease (standardised): Cyst (Ovaries); Operation (Ovaries)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hunt, Edgar Atlee
Medical notes: 'History simple; always delicate, but no previous serious illness. Catamenia [menstruation] irregular; menorrhagia, no dysmenorrhoea. About 5 years ago first noticed 'lump' in left iliac region, it was then about size of the top of her finger. It grew slowly (with constant slight pain) & now is about size of half an orange'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, pelvis
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1907
Date of death: 27 May 1907
Disease (transcribed): Arterio-sclerosis and chronic interstitial nephritis. Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation. Chronic venous engorgement
Disease (standardised): Nephrosclerosis (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: Two months ago the patient noticed pains in the chest and shortness of breath. The legs began to swell and he had some cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, duodenum, intestinal tract, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, liver, gall bladder and ducts, kidneys and genito-urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Seaman
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1874
Date of death: 11 Oct 1874
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate gland. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Prostate); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man had had difficulty in passing his water for the last four or five years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1912
Date of death: 23 May 1912
Disease (transcribed): Arterio sclerotic kidneys. Renal tumours. Dilated and fibrotic heart
Disease (standardised): Nephosclerosis (Kidney); Cancer (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man had shortness of breath with swelling of the legs and feet, getting steadily worse for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1841
Date of death: 20 Sep 1841
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Mottling degeneration and tubercles in kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, Kidneys); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1847
Date of death: 13 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Adhesions of pleura. Pulmonary extravasation and hepatisation of lung. Pericarditis. Enlarged heart with great dilatation. Old peritonitis. Contracted liver. Diseased kidneys. Mucous membrane of stomach very vascular.
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver);Disease (Kidney) ; Disease (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This woman was admitted suffering from palpitation and dyspnoea, accompanied by cough and frequent vomiting, and some little oedema of the lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Manservant
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1850
Date of death: 28 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): General dropsy. Adherent pericardium. Diseased valves. Old peritonitis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that his present illness was of six weeks or two months duration, and that it had begun with swelling of the abdomen followed by general dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1906
Date of death: 7 Jun 1906
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Puerperal disorders (Urogenital system); Sepsis (Systemic);
Admitted under the care of: Stabb, Arthur Francis
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Patient only in Hospital 2 ¼ hours – no notes taken. Diagnosis Puerperal Septicaemia'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a