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Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1902
Date of death: 6 Dec 1902
Disease (transcribed): Acute gastric ulcer. Erosion of vessel
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Erosion (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: There was some pain in the abdomen on November 23rd. On November 26th there was sudden haematemesis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1884
Date of death: 14 Sep 1884
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Cerebral embolism, and softening
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: She had been suffering from vomiting, diarrhoea, shivering, drowsiness and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, brain, spleen, kidneys, liver and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1884
Date of death: 22 Aug 1884
Disease (transcribed): Removal of scapula for tumour
Disease (standardised): Removal (Scapula); Tumour (Scapula)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: In July 1882 Mr Dent excised the head of the humerus in this woman on account of a cartilaginous growth. When readmitted she complained that her shoulder had been enlarging.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart and humerus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 May 1884
Date of death: 24 Jun 1884
Disease (transcribed): Suppurating cystic pelvis. Amyloid disease
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Pelvis); Cysts (Pelvis); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This patient gave a history of interpelvic abscess discharging per rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, pelvis, uterus and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1885
Date of death: 18 Jun 1885
Disease (transcribed): Subacute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: des Voeux, Harold Antoine. Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: She had Scarlet Fever four years prior to admission which left her weak and with tendency to sore throats. Her legs began to swell one month before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneal cavity, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House maid
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1895
Date of death: 27 Jul 1895
Disease (transcribed): Gastric ulcer. Perforation. Peritonitis (Laparotomy)
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard. Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Baldwin, Gerald Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient had pain after food for three to four months previous to admission. He was then seized with sudden abdominal pain with collapse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, uterus thorax, lungs and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1884
Date of death: 4 Mar 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of omentum and transverse meso-colon
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: Eighteen months prior to admission she suffered from indigestion and began to lose flesh. She then noticed a lump in the left side which gradually grew larger.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and omentum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lodging house keeper
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1894
Date of death: 21 Feb 1894
Disease (transcribed): Strangulation of intestine by a band. Laparotomy. Suture of intestine
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines); Laparotomy (Abdomen); Suture techniques (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'For surgical part of this case see the preceeding page'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1885
Date of death: 28 Mar 1885
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: For some fifteen years she had been liable to the appearance of a tumour in the right side of the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Baker
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1903
Date of death: 27 Nov 1903
Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1884
Date of death: 23 Feb 1885
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: Two months prior to admission this woman had to work hard at a laundress’ and following this her appetite failed, menstruation ceased and she had pain in the back and abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1884
Date of death: 24 Jul 1884
Disease (transcribed): Perityphlitis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perityphlitis (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: In December 1883 she had some slight rheumatic symptoms and also felt the beginning of an attack of perityphlitis for which she was admitted to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, peritoneum and caecum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Page
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1902
Date of death: 2 Dec 1902
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous appendicitis. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Appendix); Appendicitis (Appendix); Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with symptoms of acute peritonitis of forty eight hours standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wound only examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Artist
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1902
Date of death: 29 Dec 1902
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base. Ruptured middle meningeal artery. Haemorrhage between dura and bone. Laceration of brain with winter cough. Adenoma of thyroid
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Rupture (Arteries); Haemorrhage (Brain); Laceration (Brain); Cough (Lung); Adenoma (Thyroid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Not seen by Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, stomach and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1898
Date of death: 3 Aug 1898
Disease (transcribed): Generalised miliary tuberculosis. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington. Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: There was history of a fall six weeks before admission, followed by occasional attacks of head pains and giddiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, pericardium, lungs, bronchi, bronchial glands, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, intestines, mesenteric glands, cranial cavity and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 74
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1898
Date of death: 12 Nov 1898
Disease (transcribed): Multiple abscesses of liver. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: The patient was admitted giving a history of bilious attacks with vomiting for two months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and generative organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1901
Date of death: 31 Oct 1901
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Distension of intestines. Acute aortitis. ? Perforation. Free gas in peritoneal cavity. Excess of fluid in the lateral ventricles
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Distension (Intestines); Aortitis (Aorta); Gas (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient slipped off the platform at Victoria Station and was run over by an engine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1884
Date of death: 5 Aug 1884
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (?) of duodenum
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: About Christmas 1883 she began to feel abdominal pain chiefly on the right side with nausea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, stomach, duodenum, colon and ovaries.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Coachman
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1902
Date of death: 6 Sep 1902
Disease (transcribed): Acute peritonitis ?
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not seen by Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1902
Date of death: 13 Apr 1902
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemic abscesses in lungs. Whitlow on right little finger
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Whitlow (Finger)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: She scratched her finger on a fish about one month before admission, followed by pain and swelling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary tract, uterus and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1896
Date of death: 28 Oct 1896
Disease (transcribed): Chronic gastric ulcer. Perforation. General peritonitis. Endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Baldwin, Gerald Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: There was a history of long cough and dyspepsia. On October 25th she had an attack of acute abdominal pain which began with uneasiness and increased intensively.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Uterus, bladder, rectum, stomach, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, liver, lungs, larynx and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 May 1884
Date of death: 17 Nov 1884
Disease (transcribed): Diabetic coma
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Coma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: About May 1883 she began to notice excessive appetite and thirst. There was no plausible story of fright as an antecedent. She was taken to a doctor and put on a diet of brown bread, butter, cheese, eggs and greens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 17 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1884
Date of death: 22 Sep 1884
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: The child had become rather hoarse and the throat later became obstructed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 May 1901
Date of death: 6 May 1901
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis. Perforation. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: On April 30th the patient and numbness shooting down the right leg followed the next day by sudden abdominal pain and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and pelvic organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blacksmith
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1884
Date of death: 9 Oct 1884
Disease (transcribed): Apical pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: He had been for long a heavy drinker and was said by his friends to have been laid up several times before with attacks similar to that for which he was admitted.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a