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Archibald Earle, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1890
Date of death: 28 Jul 1890
Disease (transcribed): Chronic parenchymatous nephritis. Stricture of jejunum
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Constriction (Jejunum)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man was in good health till about three months before admission when without known cause, he had dropsy of the face, abdomen and legs, and scantiness of urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thyroid, pleural cavities, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, head and joints
Type of incident: n/a

George Passmore, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1890
Date of death: 29 Jul 1890
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient inherited phthisis from his mother who died of it. For more than four years he had suffered from cough, shortness of breath and wasting. Ten months before admission he coughed up a quarter of a pint of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thyroid, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, abdomen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, tested, vesicula seminalis, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Ernest Capon, 10, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1890
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine. Rupture of liver and inferior vena cava
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Rupture (Liver); Rupture (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, tonsils, thymus gland, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, testes, kidneys, intestines and vermiform appendix
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Agnes Macleish, 37, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1890
Date of death: 18 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This patient was brought to the hospital by friends, who said that she had been ill for six months with pain in the head, constant vomiting whenever the head was moved, and loss of flesh. During this time she was pregnant, and was delivered at about Christmas 1889. After one month after delivery she was laid up with ‘white leg’ and continued to keep to her bed until admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, larynx, oesophagus, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, ovaries, liver, stomach, intestines, vermiform appendix, kidneys, spleen and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Burns, 32, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1890
Date of death: 19 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian cyst. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Champneys, Francis Henry
Medical examination performed by: Lawson, Hugh
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The catamenia began at eighteen, lasting only one day with no pain, until November 1889. Since then there was nothing until 31 July 1890 when she had a slight show as usual. In March 1890 she had noticed her abdomen began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, kidneys, pancreas, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Lucy Logan, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Aug 1890
Date of death: 19 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia (septic)
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Champneys, Francis Henry
Medical examination performed by: Lawson, Hugh
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient had her last child on 31 July 1890. Five days after she was brought up to the hospital having attempted to cut her throat with a razor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, trachea, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, bladder, kidneys, uterus and ovaries
Type of incident: Suicide

Jane Cole, 29, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1890
Date of death: 21 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Mitral constriction. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient had had scarlatina when aged five and rheumatic fever fifteen years before admission and a second attack one year ago. Previous to her first attack her health had been good, but subsequently she had always suffered from shortness of breath and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, ovaries, uterus and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Porter, 47, Postman

Occupation or role: Postman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1890
Date of death: 21 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Gastric ulcer
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man was formerly a postman, who in the spring of 1888 suffered from severe dropsy in the legs, abdomen and arms. His digestion had been bad for seven or eight years. Since Christmas 1889 he had experienced abdominal pain aggravated by food, emaciation and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, stomach, pancreas, spleen, liver, kidneys and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Byrne, 49, Valet

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 21 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of descending part of arch. Rupture into left bronchus
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Bronchi)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man was a valet who for twenty years had been addicted to excessive spirit drinking. He spent fifteen years of his youth in the army in India, and there suffered from severe chancre, not known to be followed by secondary symptoms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchus, aorta, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, duodenum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, kidneys, testes, skull and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Upton, 34, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1890
Date of death: 23 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of both femoral veins, left innominate by internal jugular veins
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The woman had borne three children. The last confinement was on March 9th 1890, and she kept to her bed for a month afterwards. On April 9th she was suddenly stricken with left hemiplegia without loss of consciousness, from which she had recovered a fortnight before admission. About that time she had pain in the groin followed by swelling of the leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, heart, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, suprarenals, pancreas, bladder, spleen, liver, kidneys, uterus, ovaries and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Scott, 56, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1890
Date of death: 23 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): New growth of stomach (carcinoma)
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man had been in foreign parts as a servant, and as such had been in the Crimea. He had a good appetite and no dyspepsia up to six weeks before admission, but during this period he had suffered much from epigastric pain after food, solids more than liquids.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pancreas, spleen, bladder, prostate, testes, mesenteric glands, pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart and aorta
Type of incident: n/a

Lily Johnson or Jackson, 13 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1890
Date of death: 26 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The child, before admission, had been ill for one week with pain on swallowing, lumps in the neck, and difficulty of breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, pleurae, thyroid, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, genital organs and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Weller, 59, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1890
Date of death: 26 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous ulcer of pylorus. Secondary growths over peritoneum. Double ovarian cysts
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Abdomen); Cysts (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For the last seven months she had lost flesh greatly, and about Christmas 1889 she began to experience pain after food, and vomiting coming on directly after eating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, pelvic organs, pleurae, bronchial glands, thyroid gland, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Hannah Cole, 49, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1890
Date of death: 26 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Malignant ulcer of the stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, W. Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For four months the woman had been losing flesh and her abdomen and legs had swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, bladder, suprarenals, intestines, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Honeyburn, 72, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1890
Date of death: 27 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Brown atrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Not seen by Medical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, aorta, stomach, duodenum, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, testes and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Winifred Rush, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1890
Date of death: 27 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The child was brought from the Victoria Hospital with the history that it had had whooping cough a month previously. Te child was found rickety, with protuberant tympanitic abdomen, and sore enlargement of ends of bone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, genital organs, kidneys, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, cervical glands, thyroid gland, pericardium, brain, eyes and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Francis Walters, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1890
Date of death: 27 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient was brought to the Hospital by some friends, who could give no account on him excepting that he had been found two days previously in a room by himself in an unconscious state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, kidneys and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Harry Harmond, 23, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1890
Date of death: 28 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (Right). Pericarditis with effusion. Syphilitic disease, liver and lung (?)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Effusion (Heart); Syphilis (Liver); Syphilis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient, on admission, was too ill to justify any inquiry in detail as regards his history, but it appeared that he had been subject to bronchitis for the last two winters and had, during this period, lost flesh, and suffered from night sweating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, spleen, liver, kidneys, suprarenals, pancreas, bladder, prostate and testes
Type of incident: n/a

William Fry, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Brought in dead
Date of death: 28 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine. Rupture of liver and of right lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Rupture (Liver); Rupture (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, kidneys and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Nelly Smith, 3 years 6 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3 years 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1890
Date of death: 28 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria (tracheotomy)
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: One of a family of three, of which the youngest died three weeks ago from difficulty of breathing, which was said to follow immediately on measles. The patient had been subject to slight cough and later lost its normal voice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, larynx, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, bladder, genital organs and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Clarkson, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1890
Date of death: 29 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumothorax. Tuberculosis right lung and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumothorax (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man had had winter cough for ten years, with much purulent expectoration, and in May 1890 he coughed up about half a teacupful of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, larynx, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, testes, vesicula seminalis, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Tame, 28, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1890
Date of death: 31 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Lardaceous disease of kidneys, intestines, liver and spleen
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: He contracted a chancre about the beginning of 1884, which was followed by a rash on the body and sore throat. He was admitted here under Mr Holmes on May 13th 1886 with a syphilitic testicle and syphilitic sores on the elbow. He was readmitted on September 22nd for the same thing. Fourteen says before this readmission the legs swelled and he took to his bed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spleen, liver, suprarenals, kidneys, pancreas, testes, bladder, vesicula seminalis, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, larynx, pericardium, head and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Kingscote, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Sep 1890
Date of death: Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Empyema
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man was sent up from the country, and arrived in a state of collapse, dying three minutes after admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, uvula, tonsils, larynx, thyroid gland, trachea, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, testes, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Aubery, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Brought in dead
Date of death: 2 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm bursting into pericardium
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Rupture (Pericardium)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, larynx, pericardium, aorta, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminalis, penis, testes, kidneys, oesophagus, skull and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Earle, 1 year 6 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 year 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1890
Date of death: 2 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of ileum and colon
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The child was weaned at eleven months and since then fed on Nestle’s milk and bread, and certainly did not get a pint of milk a day. The child had had measles six weeks before admission, and a cough ever since with some vomiting occasionally.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial and thyroid glands, larynx, pericardium, heart, vermiform appendix, stomach, mesentery, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, testes, liver, kidneys, spleen, head, brain, ears, sinuses, spine and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

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