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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1847
Date of death: 06 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Perforation of both corneae from sloughing. Considerable slough on the sacrum. Blood fluid. Ascites and effusion of lymph. Contracted liver. Gall bladder much distended.
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Perforation (Eye); Sloughing (Eye); Sloughing (Spine); Ascites (Abdomen); Effusion (Abdomen);Disease (Liver) ; Distended (Gall bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in an almost moribund state. She had been ailing it appeared between two or three months, suffering from dyspepsia in an aggravated form.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1858
Date of death: 22 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in various parts. Abscesses
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic); Abscess
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A negro engaged as servant to a medical man. He came over from Jamaica about seven years ago, & for some time his general health continued very good, but in 1854 he was attacked with shortness of breath & pain in the left side, for which he was admitted into St Bartholomew’s. Eight months ago he felt pain in the right side whenever he took a deep breath or went upstairs carrying a tea-tray, coal scuttle &c. One night on undressing he noticed a lump nearly as large as an egg just over the spine, about its centre’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1867
Date of death: 27 Apr 1867
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Valvular disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been in the army twenty two years. He attributed his illness to cold five months before when he was seized with pains in the loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1862
Date of death: 21 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She was admitted the first time on the 12 March 1862, being brought in by a policeman in a state of insensibility, who said she had dropped down in the street.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1872
Date of death: 5 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Fatty heart. Atheroma. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient stated that she had long been subject to cough and spitting especially with any change of the weather. The last month the cough had much increased in severity with more spitting and occasional shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Street porter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1857
Date of death: 9 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He was admitted in a dying state with shortness of breath and pain in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1846
Date of death: 1 May 1846
Disease (transcribed): Ascites and anasarca. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Lungs puckered from condensation of the pleura and the interlobular cellular tissue. Emphysema and oedema of these organs. Slight recent peritonitis. Circumscribed cavity between uterus and rectum
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (General); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Oedema (Lung);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Cavity (Uterus, Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in January suffering from general anasarca dependent upon diseased heart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1867
Date of death: 26 Apr 1867
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1847
Date of death: 06 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration and destruction of epiglottis. Ulcers of mucous membrane of pharynx and posterior wall of trachea. Vomica and tubercles in lungs. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Aortic valves much diseased and contracted.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Pharynx); Ulcer (Trachea); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
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 patient was admitted giving a distinct history of Laryngeal Phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Fauces, larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 May 1857
Date of death: 9 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Continued fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: No clear history was obtained from the friends of this patient. She was reported to have been ill a month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Police constable
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1866
Date of death: 9 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had for four years before admission been subject to spasmodic dyspnoea, dollowed at some interval of time by pain on swallowing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Fishmonger
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1862
Date of death: 21 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Adherent (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had an attack of acute rheumatism with heart disease when he was younger. The present attack cam on with increasing pains in his limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1873
Date of death: 1 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of left ovary, abdominal glands and peritoneum. Peritonitis. Cirrhosis of liver. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cirrhoses (Liver); Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: About six weeks back the patient felt ill, was not inclined to do work with occasional vomiting after food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and ovary
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1847
Date of death: 05 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extensive slough on sacrum. Inflammation of membranes of brain. Numerous puncta of blood in brain. Blood very fluid
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Spine); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient had been taken to Bethlehem Hospital, but was refused admission on the ground that he was suffering from Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1858
Date of death: 21 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Incipient phthisis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A groom who was admitted in a depressed condition somewhat akin to the first stage of fever. He was taken ill a week previous with chillings & vertigo as he was going across the park. On reaching his home, which he accomplished with great difficulty, he was seen & prescribed for by a medical man. The urine passed the following morning was almost like pure blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1845
Date of death: 28 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic pericarditis. Pleurisy & pneumonia in various stages. Partial peritonitis, uniting the liver to the diaphragm. Endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This girl, a thin, cachetic person, whose father is a martyr to rheumatism, stated that ever since the 6th instant she had been ailing & suffering with wandering pains, which became worse on the 13th and accompanied by redness & swelling. That she had a similar attack three years ago on recovering from scarlet fever, but at that time had no pain in the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1857
Date of death: 8 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Double pneumonia. Hypertrophy of the heart. Granular disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man had been sadly neglected at his home for three weeks, and was brought to the hospital in a dying state suffering from orthopnoea and pain in the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1867
Date of death: 25 Apr 1867
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 01 May 1847
Date of death: 02 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extensive apoplectic effusion with softening of the brain. Cyst of ophthalmic vein with calcareous walls. Great hypertrophy of left ventricle. Blood fluid
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Cysts (Eye); Calcareous deposit (Eye); Disease (Brain)
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 man was brought into the Hospital by the Police, having been picked up in the street a short time previously in a state of complete insensibility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1859
Date of death: 7 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1860
Date of death: 11 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the ovary
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Ovaries)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman attributed her complaint to sudden cessation of the catamenial discharge [menstruation], caused by fright four years ago. It appeared that an eel was suddenly twisted round her neck during one of the monthly periods, which was followed by a sudden suppression of the discharge, which never reappeared’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1868
Date of death: 17 Apr 1868
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman, married with two children, had been ill two years with cough and spitting blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1846
Date of death: 30 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Recent pleurisy and extensive hepatisation of the lung on the left side. Old adhesions on right side. Slight emphysema of both lungs. White patch on heart. Spleen soft and pulpy. Other organs healthy.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a moribund state, unable to give a collection account of himself. It appeared however from his friends account, that they had lost sight of him for several says and found him four days before admission, lying in a room by himself, quite neglected and suffering from cough, dyspnoea and acute pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1872
Date of death: 3 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes mellitus
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1845
Date of death: 25 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic pericarditis and vegetations on valves. Pneumonia & old adhesions. Rheumatic affection of joint
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Vegetation (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs); Rheumatism (Joints)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient, a cachetic-looking girl, whose mother had suffered greatly from rheumatism, stated that on the 12th instant she first began to feel wandering pains, which soon became localized in her feet, knees & wrists, and in a short time were accompanied by redness & swelling of the parts affected. That at the same time she began to cough, and the cough had continued ever since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, joints

Type of incident: n/a