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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: Stableman
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1864
Date of death: 5 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of 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: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient was a stableman of sober habits, and was first admitted on the 2nd of December 1863, At that time he stated that for two months he had felt pains about the limbs, especially in the ankles, which were wont to swell at night’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1868
Date of death: 25 May 1868
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: For ten years he had been aware of palpitation of the heart and he had been worse for the last three years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barmaid
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 May 1905
Date of death: 1 Jun 1905
Disease (transcribed): Double mitral disease of rheumatic origin. ?Double basal pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Rheumatism (Joints); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
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: Coachman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1919
Date of death: 26 May 1919
Disease (transcribed): Malignant endocarditis. Purpura. Cerebral embolism
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Purpura (Skin); Embolism (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, [Unknown]
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He was apparently quite well up to four weeks ago, except for constipation. He then developed a cough and had shivering fits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Clerk
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1901
Date of death: 29 Apr 1901
Disease (transcribed): Malignant endocarditis. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was admitted suffering from severe cough, great weakness and palpitation of the heart with faintness on exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, urinary tract, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1858
Date of death: 4 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A stableman who was ill three weeks before admission. He caught cold whilst coming up to town from Yorkshire & had much pain in the limbs followed by oedema of the legs, some swelling of the abdomen & subsequently by the appearance of dark petechial spots on the lower limbs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1872
Date of death: 6 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Weak heart. Effusion into pleurae and pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: For the last three months this woman stated that she had pain about the body with a peculiar tingling in the extremities, and of late her face and limbs had become somewhat swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Crossing sweeper
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Date of admission: 31 May 1878
Date of death: 4 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Purulent pleurisy and pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Patient admitted in a moribund condition, vomiting violently. He was, also, a little deranged In mind; and could not give any satisfactory information. No satisfactory examination was possible either'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, intestine, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 May 1887
Date of death: 22 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac aneurism
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'Not seen by the registrar'
'Brought in dead'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1914
Date of death: 7 Jun 1914
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured aneurysm of right middle cerebral artery. Cerebral compression
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Artery); Rupture (Brain); Compression (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man fell down unconscious whilst serving behind the counter of his shop on the afternoon of admission. He remained unconscious ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thymus, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1853
Date of death: 26 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration, not malignant of the oesophagus communicating with the trachea. Atheromatous state of the aorta and of the valves of the heart. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Oesophagus); Ulcer (Trachea); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient stated that he had always lived well and his health had been generally good until three months ago at which time he first began to experience some difficulty in swallowing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, oesophagus and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1847
Date of death: 14 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood in texture of lung. Pericarditis. Enlarged heart with hypertrophy and dilatation. Endocarditis with fibrine on the valves of the left side.
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
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 had suffered from a severe attack of Rheumatic Fever about three years ago, and apparently had it complicated by some cardiac affection.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 May 1876
Date of death: 1 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Cirrhosis. Cardiac dilatation. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lung); Cirrhosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
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 woman said she had had cough, spitting, dyspnoea, palpitation and oedema of the legs on and off for two years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, liver, kidney and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1875
Date of death: 7 Jun 1875
Disease (transcribed): Aortic ulceration
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Aorta)
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 had ben subject to dyspnoea, palpitation and oedema of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, brain and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Horse keeper
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1902
Date of death: 4 Jun 1902
Disease (transcribed): New growth in right lung and 9th and 11th ribs. Primary in lung. Displacement of heart and liver.
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Lung); Tumour (Ribs); Displacement (Heart); Displacement (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Six weeks ago the patient caught a cold and had pain in the right side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, alimentary canal, genital organs and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Traveller
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 May 1867
Date of death: 7 Jun 1867
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: He was admitted first in February of the present year with a history of five weeks illness, the symptoms being dyspnoea on exertion and some cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 May 1913
Date of death: 6 Jun 1913
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma uteri. Pyometra. Septic thrombosis of iliac veins. Septic infarction of lungs. Pyo-pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Pyometra (Uterus); Sepsis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Veins); Infarction (Lung); Pyopneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Stabb, Arthur Francis
Medical examination performed by: Roy, Donald Whatley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: She was admitted complaining of daily loss of blood from the vagina for two years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1874
Date of death: 14 Oct 1874
Disease (transcribed): Caries of pelvis. Abscess. Cystitis. Phlebitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Pelvis); Cystitis (Bladder); Phlebitis (Veins)
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 woman stated that five months ago she had a fall on her left hip and complained of feeling languid ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, joints, veins, and organs of generation
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Window cleaner
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1908
Date of death: 30 May 1908
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of termination of right internal carotid artery. Softening of right cerebral hemisphere and pons
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Arteries); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted to hospital with left hemiplegia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: and cranium
Type of incident: n/a