Showing 1281 results

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1868
Date of death: 14 Dec 1868
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient was a cook and had been well until four months before admission when she began to suffer from cough, attributed to cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1868
Date of death: 8 May 1868
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, 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: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1869
Date of death: 8 Jan 1869
Disease (transcribed): Chorea
Disease (standardised): Chorea (Nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This girl had been ill since Christmas, with chorea which was supposed to have been induced by excitement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1862
Date of death: 13 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii. General dropsy
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Oedema (General)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This was a case of morbus brightii, with general dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1861
Date of death: 25 Jul 1861
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed Emphysema. Delirium Tremens
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient reported that he had been feeling very low and unable to sleep at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Draper
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1861
Date of death: 11 Sep 1861
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular Peritonitis. Faecal vomiting. Communication between caecum and duodenum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Vomiting (Stomach); Communication (Intestines);

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for month before admission. He had been suffering from diarrhoea and pains in the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1885
Date of death: 26 Mar 1885
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: He had inherited rheumatism which attacked him many times, and bronchitis for many winters. He caught cold three months back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1884
Date of death: 5 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Congenital syphilis. Marasmus
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Protein-energy malnutrition (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
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: [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: Clerk
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1880
Date of death: 22 Sep 1880
Disease (transcribed): Blocking of right middle cerebral artery as base of brain softening
Disease (standardised): Blocking (Arteries); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Twenty years ago he apparently contracted syphilis and secondary symptoms appeared. He had lead a dissolute life. For about three months he had been complaining of ‘neuralgic pains’ over the right eye and was very drowsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen, abdomen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1880
Date of death: 29 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the breast (in a male), and of both pleurae
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He could give no history of heritable disease. He had jaundice 6 years ago but can recollect no other illness. Has been of temperate habits, averaging about 3 pints of beer daily'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Fishmonger
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1880
Date of death: Before admission
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Congestion of brain
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs and pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1883
Date of death: 29 Dec 1883
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had been suckled up to eighteen months and had since then been left to get what food was convenient in a very poor household. He was reported always to have had a cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1862
Date of death: 23 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Ascites, Malignant disease of the liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This was a case of ascites, supposed to be connected with malignant disease of the liver.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1886
Date of death: 29 Nov 1886
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Four weeks prior to admission he had bathed in the Serpentine and came home shivering. He seemed heavy and dull, and his face and legs were swollen. The urine was scanty and high coloured.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1879
Date of death: 14 Dec 1879
Disease (transcribed): Chronic degenerative nephritis. Large white kidney
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Scavenger
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1873
Date of death: 6 Jan 1873
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John H.
Medical notes: On the morning of admission this man was taken with sudden and severe pain in the belly, ‘drawing him up.’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, intestines, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1868
Date of death: 14 Feb 1868
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This child was seized on the 6th with the sore throat of Scarlet Fever and the eruption came out on the 9th.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Discharged Soldier
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1870
Date of death: 3 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary phthisis.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The man was admitted in the last stages of phthisis, having had a cough for seven months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pencil maker
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1885
Date of death: 30 Aug 1885
Disease (transcribed): Heart disease. Aortic and mitral
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: The patient was healthy up to March 1885 when he got wet and had Rheumatic Fever. He had much praecordial pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and miscellaneous
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1877
Date of death: 11 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of bowel. Perforation. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was in failing health, when three weeks or more before admission, commenced cough and nasal catarrh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1868
Date of death: 2 Jul 1868
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii. Morbus cordis.
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been admitted before with dropsy and disease of the kidneys. He was then attacked at Christmas with cold and swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1861
Date of death: 29 Sep 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulceration of Bowels
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was admitted under the surgeons for surgery on the arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1879
Date of death: 2 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the spinal cord. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Softening (Spinal cord); Lardaceous disease (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No heritable disease; no previous illness. No history of syphilis, some uncertain existence of secondary symptoms about 3 years ago. Habits very temperate. Oct 20 1879 he began to lose his appetite and to suffer from frontal headache & chilliness. Nov 5 he began to vomit after all food & this continued till Nov 13. He felt weak in the legs Nov 10 and lost power over them completely No 14 and could not pass his urine'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Mason
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1878
Date of death: 9 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tuberculosis with fibrosis. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemorrhage (Indeterminate);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was not in the hospital long enough before death to allow of examination'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, brain
Type of incident: n/a