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Occupation or role: Bandmaster
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1887
Date of death: 12 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of rectum. Stricture. Colotomy. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Constriction (Rectum); Colostomy (Colon); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man was of temperate habits & enjoyed good health till he went to India. He was a band-master in the 2nd Oxford Light Infantry. In 1886 he had dysentery in India. After this he had constipation which was followed by another attack of diarrhoea'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1882
Date of death: 13 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Sublingual epithelioma
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Tongue)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1880
Date of death: 26 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis. Tuberculosis of the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
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: For six weeks his appetite began to fail, and for three weeks the abdomen began to well rapidly with swelling of the legs and later redness of the skin. He said that he was only in the habit of drinking three to four glasses of beer.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Courier
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1883
Date of death: 22 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She had nine children, of whom six were dead. There was no history of alcoholism or syphilis. In 1878 she first noticed oedema of the legs which she attributed to mental causes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Parlourmaid
Age: 32
Date of admission: 19 May 1920
Date of death: 10 Jun 1920
Disease (transcribed): Duodenal and gastro ulcer - Haematemisis - Purulent general peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Ulcer (Stomach); Haematemesis (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: L.C.H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Pleele
Medical notes: 'Pt [Patient] given a long history of gastric symptoms, she had an ulcer in June 1919 and was in bed 3 months. She has never been well since. On Wed. [Wednesday] she had an acute attack of pain and was sent up to the hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, spleen, adrenals, liver, kidneys, abdomen, stomach, duodenum, uterus

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jun 1847
Date of death: 03 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Colloid cancer of stomach. Malignant tubercles in sub-peritoneal cellular tissue. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of great suffering and depression, unwilling or unable to enter into a detailed account of her illness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1857
Date of death: 20 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
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: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 80
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 24 Apr 1901
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of sigmoid flexure. Perforation. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Sep 1878
Date of death: 2 May 1879
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John H. Ewart, William
Medical notes: This case was recorded with great detail by Mr J.H. Bertolacci. A full account of it was published by Dr Cavafy, in the St George’s Hospital Reports Volume IX.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, head, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 3 years and 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1916
Date of death: 19 Jun 1916
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: The child had sore throat and cough for three days, during which time the patient had not been well.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, adrenals, alimentary canal, oesophagus, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Timekeeper
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1904
Date of death: 27 Apr 1904
Disease (transcribed): Colloid carcinoma of colon
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Intestines);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'History. For 1 year, patient had had pain in the L. [Left] hypochondrium rather more marked after food. For three months, his general health had been failing, he had been losing flesh and was becoming progressively weaker. Obstinate constipation during the same period, though the bowels had been regular before: aperients used habitually for this: no blood, slime etc. In the motions. Occasional nausea, no vomiting. Past History unimportant'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Shopman
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1908
Date of death: 18 May 1908
Disease (transcribed): Chronic peritonitis with acute recurrence. Colloid carcinoma tumour of stomach. Laparotomy of old date. Salpingo-oophorectomy
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cancer (Stomach); Laparotomy (Abdomen); Oophrectomy (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For the last four months she had been troubled with vomiting and pain about four to six hours after food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1849
Date of death: 14 Jul 1849
Disease (transcribed): Cholera maligna. Brain healthy, lungs healthy, heart flabby. Mucous membranes of intestinal canal congested, solitary glands of the intestines very prominently marked
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Congestion (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'Although suffering from diarrhoea for two days, this patient had gone to his work as usual on the morning of his admission at 6 o’clock, but was very soon obliged to desist, being seized with vomiting and cramps, with increase of diarrhoea, and he was brought to the hospital about 9am in a state of collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1850
Date of death: 15 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the rectum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that twenty five years before his admission he had a fistula ano which was divided. He was very ill after the operation and had diffuse cellular inflammation in the neighbourhood of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1844
Date of death: 4 Jul 1844
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Oedema of lungs at back part. Viscera healthy. Gall bladder divided into two sacculi, one of which contained two calculi and some inspissated bile, the other a colourless fluid. No coagular of blood.
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Oedema (Lung); Divided (Gallbladder); Calculi (Gallbladder)
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 complaining of a constant sensation of sickness and occasional vomiting of a greenish fluid.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1899
Date of death: 30 Apr 1899
Disease (transcribed): Acute oedema of duodenum
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Intestines);
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Belcher Hickman, H. R.
Medical notes: 'Not seen by S.R. [Surgical Registrar]. Case believed to have been perityphlitis. Laparotomy performed. Appendix natural'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Gardener
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1903
Date of death: 18 May 1903
Disease (transcribed): Malignant (carcinoma) disease of breast. Secondary growths in liver and portal glands
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This woman had noticed a lump in the left breast for three months with slight pain in the left breast since a fall on the breast in June 1902.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen only examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Caretaker
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1912
Date of death: 12 May 1912
Disease (transcribed): Seven day perforation of duodeonal ulcer. Diffuse peritonitis. Laparotomy. Suture. Drainage. Death
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Perforation (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: n/a
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1846
Date of death: 28 Jun 1846
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of the arm and chest. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the arm. Old adhesions about the right lung the liver and spleen. Heart flaccid and dilated. Lungs emphysematous. Ribs fractured and united.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Arm); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Fracture (Ribs); Adhesions (Lung);Adhesions (Liver) ; Adhesions (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was first admitted on 5th May with fractured ribs and discharged on 17th June. It appears that the evening after his discharge he went to bed somewhat inebriated and complained the next day of feeling generally unwell, depressed and shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right upper extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1854
Date of death: 5 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Cirrhosis of liver. Chronic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Fibrosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry and Holmes, Timothy
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that after having ‘brain fever’ 23 years ago he had enjoyed remarkably good health until the last 8 months, and that he had been a man of temperate habits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a