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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1853
Date of death: 8 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous state of cervical glands. Deposits in the lungs and spleen. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Deposits (Lung); Deposits (Spleen); Adherent (Heart)
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 presented himself for admission on account of a tumour which had been growing at the back of his neck for about two months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 07 Apr 1847
Date of death: 24 Apr 1847
Disease (transcribed): Vomica and tubercles in lungs. Old pleuritic adhesions. Small ulcers of small intestine.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient on admission was found to be in the last stages of Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1879
Date of death: 17 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Caries of left orbital plate. Inflammatory softening of brain and suppuration. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William. Wadham, William
Medical notes: There was nothing remarkable in the history until eighteen months before admission when he entered Belgrave Hospital for diseased bone on the forehead, the result of a blow.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, cranium, meninges and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Factory girl
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1914
Date of death: 4 Apr 1914
Disease (transcribed): Subacute or chronic parenchymatous nephritis. Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Turton, James Richard Henry
Medical notes: The patient was first admitted with acute nephritis of four months duration. She was readmitted with oedema, vomiting and having passed very little urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, fauces, pharynx, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, oesophagus, peritoneum, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, ureters, bladder, uterus, vagina, alimentary canal and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1893
Date of death: 30 Mar 1893
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs, suprarenals and intestines. Moveable kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Adrenal glands); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Nephroptosis (Kidney)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: The patient gave a history of rapid wasting and loss of strength since October 1892, but no haemoptysis. She caught cold upon cold and lost her voice early in the illness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, suprarenals, uterus, pancreas, stomach and duodenum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1845
Date of death: 26 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis. Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The body was not examined after death, and consequently no history of the case is recorded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed before it was examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Piano forte tuner
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1875
Date of death: 2 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs. Embolism from atheroma
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Embolism (Arteries); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man said that twelve months before his admission he had vomited three pints of dark clotted blood, and that ever since then he had had dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, kidneys and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1881
Date of death: 28 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No family history of phthisis. He has spent 22 years in the Navy and Merchant Service and during that time had very good health. Four months ago he gave up his sea life and came to live in London. Since then he has never been free from cough and has lost flesh rapidly. His sputa have become very profuse and purulent and his dyspnoea constant'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1918
Date of death: 2 May 1918
Disease (transcribed): Generalized tuberculosis. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: 'Began 3 weeks ago with headache, in spite of this patient went on with her work until a week ago when she began to vomit and her mother noticed that she was squinting and talking nonsense. Since then she has been getting more comatose and delirious at time. She has incontinence of sphincters’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Beer house keeper
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1899
Date of death: 18 Mar 1899
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis and Haemoptysis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemoptysis (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'This patient complained of being 'unable to stand' and of weakness in his legs for 6 wks [weeks] before admission. He had had a cough off and on for 2 yrs [years], especially in the winter – Pains in and numbness of the gut and legs had occurred since the onset. Some loss of power in the arms for about a week had been noticed. He was probably an excessive drinker and had been subject to morning vomiting for 2 or 3 wks [weeks] before the onset of the neuritis. Nothing noteworthy in his prev: [previous] or fam: [family] history'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1905
Date of death: 17 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Acute duodenitis. Acute follicular enteritis. Acute general peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Duodenitis (Duodenum); Enteritis (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'On April 14th, the man felt absolutely well, but woke up on April 15th with severe pain in right side and back; this was immediately followed by vomiting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1852
Date of death: 28 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1854
Date of death: 8 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of bones of the right wrist. Phthisis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Wrist); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who was extremely pale & thin & had all the aspect of a consumptive patient, was admitted under the surgeon’s care in consequence of strumous disease of the right wrist, which had existed according to his account for more than a year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wrist joint, abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1887
Date of death: 9 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Crushed toe. Gangrene of toe. Amputation. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Crushed (Toe); Gangrene (Toe); Amputation (Toe); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes No 550'
'Not examined'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1850
Date of death: 7 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles and vomicae in lungs. Old and recent pleurisy. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient suffered from cough and hoarseness to such a degree as scarcely to be able to speak in articulated tone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1873
Date of death: 26 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Caries of metatarsal bone. Suppurating inguinal glands. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Foot); Suppuration (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: No history could be obtained of this child. On admission he was suffering from necrosis of the metatarsal bones of the left foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bones and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Tinsmith
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1908
Date of death: 10 Apr 1908
Disease (transcribed): Generalised tuberculosis. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient was admitted unconscious. There was a history of headache, vomiting and constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, oesophagus, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, bronchial glands, mesenteric glands, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Glass blower
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1889
Date of death: 29 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He came into St George’s on October 23rd 1888. He complained of cough and dyspnoea. The apices of both lungs were dull on percussion. Phthisis was diagnosed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines, brain and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1894
Date of death: 1 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The only history to be obtained was to the effect that a fortnight ago he had complained of pain in his shin - It was said that there was no redness or swelling there - neither was there any history of a wound or blow - On March the 25th he was attacked with violent frontal headache and he had a rigor - On the 26th he was delirious and had been so ever since. [...] No certain diagnosis could be made but the choices lay between meningitis, probably tubercular, and pyaemia'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, brain, spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1850
Date of death: 8 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles and vomicae in lungs. Diseased kidneys. Albuminuria. Granular liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Albuminuria (Kidney); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that having been some years subject to winter cough, he had been seized five days before Christmas with a more severe attack than usual accompanied by haemoptysis, and had never been well since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: n/a
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of thigh; early hip joint disease. Amyloid degeneration of organs
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Disease (Hip); Amyloidosis (Indeterminate);
Admitting doctor: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abscess, hip joint, thyroid gland, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, uterus, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1890
Date of death: 7 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes mellitus (phthisis)
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bennett, Lawrence Henry
Medical notes: In September 1889 he began to suffer from thirst and loss of flesh. He consulted a doctor, and in November it was discovered that the had diabetes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a