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Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1903
Date of death: 15 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Round celled sarcoma of the bronchial glands perforating the bronchus and invading the lung. Dilated heart. Vegetative endocarditis. Fibrosis of lung
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lung); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Fibrosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: The patient was admitted suffering from cough and expectoration of six months duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1893
Date of death: 1 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Erysipelas. Mitral stenosis. Aortic stenosis. Tricuspid stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: This woman had had rheumatism once about fifteen years before her death. Two years later she consulted a medical man on account of attacks of faintness and was led to suppose that she had heart disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1848
Date of death: 22 May 1848
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of face and head. Pleuritis and empyema. Pericarditis. Cysts in kidney.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Empyema (Pleural cavity); Pericarditis (Heart); Cysts (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient applied for advice regarding a firm tumour of some size adhering to the upper part of the sternum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 ¾
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1844
Date of death: 5 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the ribs with ecchymosis of the Lungs and Heart. Rupture of the Liver.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Ecchymosis (Lungs, Heart); Rupture (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The child was admitted in a state of collapse having fallen from a height of 15 feet from a loft into a stable and it was believed was afterwards trod upon the abdomen by a horse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1914
Date of death: 7 Apr 1914
Disease (transcribed): Angina pectoris. Aortic valve sclerosis
Disease (standardised): Angina pectoris (Heart); Sclerosis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
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: Barrister
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1896
Date of death: 6 Apr 1896
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma of coronary arteries with ? Blocking of large branch. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atheroscerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Not seen by Medical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, intestines, bladder, testes, toe joint, and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1850
Date of death: 18 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Large heart. Right kidney hypertrophied and congested. Left kidney atrophied.
Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient had considerable congestion of the face and difficulty of breathing. He stated that his present illness had began at Christmas last, with cough, shortness of breath and his legs had begun to swell.
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: Coal porter
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1873
Date of death: 30 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Aortic valvular disease. Dilatation and hypertrophy of heart. Cirrhosis of liver. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that he was in good health up to three months back when shortness of the breath commenced on any exertion with cough and swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Railway porter
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1910
Date of death: 22 Mar 1910
Disease (transcribed): Acute on chronic cystitis. Enlarged prostate. Connective nephritis. Aspiration pneumonia. Arteriosclerosis. Hypertrophied heart. (Paralysis agitans)
Disease (standardised): Cystitis (Bladder); Enlarged (Prostate); Nephritis (Kidney); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung); Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Disease (Heart);Parkinson disease (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was found on a platform in a fainting condition. He vomited at first, and again after being brought to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1843
Date of death: 24 May 1843
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 22 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Heart enlarged. Dilatation of its cavities & hypertrophy of left ventricle. Calcareous deposits on aortic & mitral valve flaps. Old double pleurisy. Recent pleurisy on right side. Disease of kidneys. Atheroma of aorta
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones [Henry Bence Jones] in November 1850, complaining of cough & ‘stoppage of the breath’ which had then lasted more than a month. His general health continued good, and he had no previous illness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1852
Date of death: 29 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Spleen enlarged and occupied by fibrin deposits. Diseased kidneys. Atheromatous state of the aorta and coronary arteries.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Enlarged (Spleen); Fibrin (Spleen); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Seven months before admission she had an attack of jaundice, followed soon after by swelling of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1888
Date of death: 20 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bronchiectasis with large foul-smelling cavities in lower lobes of both lungs. Dilatation of right side of the heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchiectasis (Lungs); Cavities (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'For 3 winters the patient had suffered severely from bronchitis, and during the year 1887 she was not free from it even in the summer. From September 1887 her cough was very troublesome’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, uterus

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1877
Date of death: 26 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac dilatation with hypertrophy. Congestion of viscera. Old emphysema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Systemic); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About October 1876 the patient began to feel weak and chilly and suffered from pain about the epigastrium. Early in the following January he suffered from palpitation, a fortnight later from dyspnoea, and for a month before entrance to the hospital from swelling of the legs and abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1890
Date of death: 10 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Mitral and aortic stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bennett, Lawrence Henry
Medical notes: The patient was first admitted three years before and mitral stenosis was diagnosed. For a week before this admission the patient suffered much from cough, dyspnoea and sleeplessness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1904
Date of death: 29 Mar 1904
Disease (transcribed): Mitral regurgitation. Infective endocarditis. Infarction of spleen and left kidney
Disease (standardised): Mitral valve insufficiency (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Infarction (Spleen, kidney);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'Not seen by Medical Registrar. See medical notes No. 501.04 [1904]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Warehouseman
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Feb 1903
Date of death: 16 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Cardiac failure
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Failure (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1893
Date of death: 2 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Embolism of left middle cerebral artery. Haemorrhage into stomach
Disease (standardised): Embolism (Arteries); Haemorrhage (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: On April 1st this patient was found by her friends unable to speak, although then apparently not comatose, and with loss of power in her right arm and leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1849
Date of death: 22 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Congenital malformation of the heart. Calcarous deposit in aortic semilunar valves. Atrophied muscular walls. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Stroke (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of pain of abdomen, referred chiefly to right side, which had existed during 5 months, generally acoompanied by pain of head, & constipation of bowels. Appeared a good deal depressed, said he felt very languid: complexion sallow, conjunctive yellowish’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Still room maid
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1875
Date of death: 29 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the aortic valves. Pneumonia. Renal embolism
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Embolism (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient said that she had been in good health until six weeks before admission when she was attacked with severe cough and spitting.
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1844
Date of death: 7 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Partial pleurisy. Pneumonia. Heart very soft with dilated cavities and thin walls.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with oedematous swelling of the lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Coachman
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1910
Date of death: 24 Mar 1910
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Aortic incompetence. Mitral stenosis and incompetence. Tricuspid dilatation. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted moribund. No history was obtained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hall porter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1905
Date of death: 20 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis. Bronchiectasis. Dilated right heart. Larynx tuberculous
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Bronchiectasis (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of great shortness of breath. At the age of 37 he had had an attack of influenza, which had left him with a weak husky voice & with a liability to colds & coughs & attacks of shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a