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Occupation or role: Paper stainer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1871
Date of death: 27 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man said that he had been suffering for 9 weeks with cough, swelling of the abdomen & legs’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1911
Date of death: 3 May 1911
Disease (transcribed): Granular arterio-sclerotic kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Tricuspid reflux. Old phthisis
Disease (standardised): Nephrosclerosis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had pain in the stomach and chest for four days with severe cough and profuse expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 5 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1861
Date of death: 24 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dropsy. Scarlet Fever
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Oedema (General); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The child was attacked with scarlatina six weeks before admission and a month afterwards with swelling of the face and lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1864
Date of death: 23 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barker, William Levington
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man, represented as of drunken habits, was admitted complaining of pains in the arms and legs with increasing debility for a month, illness having commenced with an attack of shivering’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, brain, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1880
Date of death: 4 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This man was taken ill with shivering, vertigo, vomiting, a dull pain in the right side of the chest and right shoulder, and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1859
Date of death: 20 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Caries (syphilitic?) of the skull. Pleuropneumonia. ? Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Syphilis (Systemic); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Since last January this man had complained of pains in his head, especially on the right side, which were particularly severe at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Decorator
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1882
Date of death: 18 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Pleural effusion. Congestion of liver. Cystic disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Congestion (Liver); Cysts (Kidney); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Two years before admission he began to notice dyspnoea and occasional oedema. The dyspnoea had increased considerably in the three weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1843
Date of death: 3 Jun 1843
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Kidneys and Heart.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1873
Date of death: 4 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Phthisis. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
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: This man stated that for the last eighteen months he had had swelling of the legs and occasionally of the face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium membranes, brain and penis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1855
Date of death: 29 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: During the autumn he had been a patient of Dr Nairne for dropsy and albuminuria. After being under treatment a long time, he went out on family business and caught a severe chill which much aggravated all his symptoms. In addition to the anasarca he had a severe cough and the heart's action was found greatly increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dentist Assistant
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1870
Date of death: 11 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Disease of sacroiliac synchrondrosis. Lardaceous disease.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Pelvis); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had suffered compound dislocation of the left ankle two years before his admission. After five months treatment the leg was amputated by W. Marriot of Leicester. A month after, an abscess began to show over the ilium, which soon burst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1859
Date of death: 22 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney)
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 the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1862
Date of death: 27 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This was a scrofulous looking boy who one month previous to his admission had a mild attack of scarlatina.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sexton
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1882
Date of death: 19 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Pleural effusion. Granular kidney. Congested liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Disease (Kidney); Congestion (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: He drank beer in considerable quantities. He had some polyuria for several years and haemorrhoids. He had some swelling of the legs eight years before which led to chronic ulceration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1868
Date of death: 27 Apr 1868
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Morbus brightii. Cirrhosis of liver.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been ill for four months, and for three months the legs and scrotum had been oedematous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1894
Date of death: 13 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and collapse of lungs. Left hydronephrosis
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Collapse (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'The clinical account of this case is to be found on p.112'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1893
Date of death: 8 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): (Double pleurisy?) Dilated right ventricle. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Medical notes: His present condition began about three weeks before admission, with swelling of legs, cough and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blacksmith
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1873
Date of death: 9 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Nephritis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: About a year ago this man suffered from pain in the back with subsequent passing of scanty bloody water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1881
Date of death: 11 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the pylorus: occlusion (Granular kidneys)
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Pylorus); Disease (Kidneys)
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 enjoyed very good health up to Jan 1880 when he was attacked with violent and frequent vomiting. The vomita consisted either of the food last taken which was returned as a rule after about an hour or of a large quantity of frothy matter, greenish, yellowish or nearly colourless. No blood noticed in the vomita'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, stomach, duodenum, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Watch maker
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1901
Date of death: 4 Apr 1901
Disease (transcribed): Chronic brights disease (large white kidney). Hypostatic congestion and oedema and commencing inflammation of lungs. Plastic adhesive peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: In January 1901 the patient caught cold. The feet began to swell and the oedema had been gradually tracking upwards. She took to bed at once and had remained there since, getting worse with difficulty in drawing breath, pains in the joints and back, occasional vomiting and aching in the eyes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and genital organs
Type of incident: n/a