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Richard Noah, 37, Engineer

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1866
Date of death: 5 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Richard Howard, 33, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1864
Date of death: 1 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Amputation
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the left leg, a carriage wheel having passed over his leg’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Richard Finch, 26, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1866
Date of death: 8 Aug 1866
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of glands of groin
Disease (standardised): Disease (Groin)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was admitted with the penis enormously enlarged and presenting one immense foul sloughing mass.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Reuben Hock, Postman

Occupation or role: Postman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1871
Date of death: 17 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing wound of thumb. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Thumb); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'A fortnight before admission, he cut the right thumb at the metacarpo-phalangeal joint, with a crowner[?]. The wound was dressed and healed as out-patient, till sloughing & some haemorrhage occurred and he was admitted’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Prudence Heritage, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1871
Date of death: 20 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic contraction of rectum. Passage of bougie. Perforation of rectum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Rectum); Dilation (Rectum); Perforation (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This patient had had discharge of matter and occasionally of blood from rectum, for three years, with increasing difficulty of passing motions. Two years ago some diseased bone came away from right ulna’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, bones

Type of incident: n/a

Priscilla Pearce, 32, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1866
Date of death: 24 Jul 1866
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of left ventricle of heart. Atheromatous arteries especially in brain. Effusion of blood in right ovarium
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Effusion (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wilson, John Henry Parker
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had been under Dr Lee for uterine disease. She was washing some clothes when she was seized with a fit and fell into the fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Post Mortem Examinations and Case Books

  • 406 PM
  • Collection
  • 1840-1946

The post mortem records contain manuscript case notes, with medical notes both pre and post mortem. These include details on patients’ admission to the hospital, treatments and medication administered to patients and the medical history of patients; the medical histories were copied into the volumes from hospital registers, which are no longer extant. The post mortem cases include detailed pathological findings made during the detailed examination of the body after death. From the 1880s onwards the case books contain original anatomical drawings and photographs.

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The following information is recorded for each case. The information is transcribed from the case notes and/or the relevant index and, where relevant, additionally standardised using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

• Name of the patient. If a name is not entered in the volume, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No name stated]’

• Gender of the patient (female / male / unknown)

• Age of the patient. Usually in numbers, following the original, with the following exceptions: 4/12 = 4 months, 4/52 = 4 weeks, 4/365 = 4 days. If no age is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No age stated]’

• Occupation of the patient. Where no occupation is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No occupation stated]’. Children are often designated according to their father’s or mother’s occupation and women by their husband’s occupation (e.g. ‘F / Horsekeeper’, ‘M. Charwoman’, ‘Hd Grocer’); these have been rendered in the catalogue as ‘[Child of] Horsekeeper’, ‘[Wife of] Grocer’

• Date of admission and date of death

• The names of the doctors treating or examining the patient. ‘Admitted under the care of’ denotes the senior doctor in charge of the case (usually entered at the top of the page and in the index); ‘Post mortem performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the post mortem examination (usually signed at the bottom of the page) and ‘Medical examination performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the medical examination prior to death (usually signed at the bottom of the page). The earliest records usually contain only one name, and some of the later ones may contain multiple names in each category. An authority record (name access point) with basic biographical details has been created for each doctor mentioned in the records; these can be used to explore all the cases related to a particular individual

• Disease(s) or cause of death of the patient. Transcribed from the medical case and/or the index and standardised, e.g. ‘Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fractured base. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (lungs). Fracture (skull)’

• Medical and post mortem notes. Brief summary description or transcription of the case notes relating to previous medical history (not a full transcription of the case notes)

• Note on whether the case includes illustrations or photographs; these can also be browsed via genre access points

• Note on whether the death was caused by trauma, accident or suicide

• Subject access points, using standardised terms from MeSH, with disease type (e.g. respiratory tract diseases, cardiovascular diseases) and anatomy type (e.g. cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system), which can be used for browsing all relevant cases

Note on transcriptions and abbreviations

Names have been silently expanded, e.g. Jas = James, Wm = William

Some common abbreviations and acronyms

AMCH = Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital, Wimbledon
BID = Brought in dead
COA = Condition on admission
F = Father
H or Hd = Husband
HP = House physician
HS = House surgeon
IP = In-patient
L = Left
M = Mother
MR or Med reg or Med r = Medical register or Medical registrar
MS = Museum specimen
OP = Out-patient
OPD = Out-patient department
OR = Obstetric register
PMH = Previous medical history
PH = Previous history
Pt or Pat = Patient
PM = Post mortem
R = Right
RF = Rheumatic fever
Ry = Railway
SR or Surg reg = Surgical register or Surgical registrar
TB = Tuberculosis
VD = Venereal disease

St George's Hospital, London

Phillis Naldret, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 May 1871
Date of death: 22 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs &c
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs)

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Peter Sullivan, 30, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1869
Date of death: 13 Nov 1869
Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Strangulation of a portion of the mesenteric. Operation. Peritonitis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Strangulation (Mesentery); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had been ruptured about fourteen years and the hernia had been down about three times.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Percy Baldwin, 15, School boy

Occupation or role: School boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1866
Date of death: 1 Jan 1867
Disease (transcribed): Disease of spine. Psoas abscess. Amyloid degeneration. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a history of ulcers of the legs of five years standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Patrick Dukorn, 35, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1865
Date of death: 8 Nov 1865
Disease (transcribed): Injury to head
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Oliver Burn, 78, Smith

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1872
Date of death: 7 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg. Senile delirium
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Obidiah Fryer, 29, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1844
Date of death: 17 February 1844
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic Pericarditis. Hypertrophy of the Heart, with extensive disease of the valves. Mottling degeneration of both kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Hypertrophy (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the hospital with anasarca of the lower extremities, fluid effused into the scrotum and slight swelling and fluctuation of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

[No name], [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: [No gender stated]
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1869
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Suicide. Gun shot wound of heart and left lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Heart); Wound (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man shot himself in the park with a small pistol and was brought in quite dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Minnie Tubb, 3, Child

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Feb 1865
Date of death: 7 Feb 1865
Disease (transcribed): Scald
Disease (standardised): Scald (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Michael Maloney, 25, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1862
Date of death: 24 Aug 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Abscess of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: It was stated that half an hour before admission he fell down an area, striking the back of his head. He was drunk at the time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Michael Golding, 36, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1845
Date of death: 5 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull with extravasation of blood in the cavity of the arachnoid and in the sub-arachnoid tissue. Extensive injury of brain. Fracture of sternum and of 8th and 9th ribs. Injury of lungs. Rupture of spleen. Fracture of pubis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Injury (Brain, lungs); Fracture (Sternum, ribs, pubus); Rupture (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was said to have fallen from a second story and to have struck his head against a log of wood. When brought to the hospital he was in a state of collapse, perfectly insensible’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Michael Dalton, 29, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1845
Date of death: 3 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the left auricle and of one of the pulmonary veins, with effusion of blood into the pericardium. Laceration of the liver. Patches of ecchymosis in the sub-pleural cellular tissue
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Ear, lungs, liver); Ecchymosis (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have fallen from a ladder, but as nobody was present at the time the exact distance or the part upon which he fell was not ascertained. When admitted his face was blue and much congested’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Michael Greamy, 65, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1877
Date of death: 3 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured Tibia. Delirium Tremens
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Michael Connelly, 27, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1870
Date of death: 18 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of Urethra. Uremia.
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case if not reported here.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Maurice Green , 2, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1870
Date of death: 7 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Burn.
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case if not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Matthew Elmes, 37, Drayman

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1845
Date of death: 15 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Injury of wrist joint, with suppuration and destruction of the joint etc. Secondary deposits in both lungs. Slight effusion in sub-arachnoid cellular tissue. Brain, especially the cortical structure, paler than natural. Mania
Disease (standardised): Injury (Wrist); Suppuration (Wrist); Deposit (Lungs); Effusion (Brain); Mania
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'The patient was reported to have been maniacal for several years. In his occupation, which was that of a drayman, an empty cart rolled over his hand. It did not appear of much consequence at the time, but was succeeded by an attack of diffuse cellular inflammation, which gradually extended up the whole arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, wrist joint

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Matilda Stiles, 3, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1845
Date of death: 16 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Larynx, only part examined, congested, with slight thickening of submucous cellular tissue
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Congestion (Larynx)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted at five o’clock in the evening in a state of extreme collapse, having been brought thirteen miles from the country enveloped in a blanket only. The treatment consisted of stimulants during the night’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Mary Stepto, 42, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1863
Date of death: 2 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Menorrhagia. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Mennorrhagia (Uterus); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Smith, E.
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Two years ago the catamenia became scanty and irregular but four months ago she had profuse haemorrhage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and neck
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Sears, 44, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1845
Date of death: 28 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia, left side. Operation. Fatal peritonitis. Lungs emphysematous and congested
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Emphysema (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Mary Sears at 44 [?48] having previously enjoyed sufficiently good health with the exception of some affection of the lungs, was rather suddenly seized with a pain in the abdomen on the 21st of January’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, hernial sac, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

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