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James Geery, 55, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1865
Date of death: 17 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Page, William Irving
Medical notes: For two years he had had frequent attacks of dropsy. He had not wholly laid up until two months ago when the abdomen became much distended.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Matilda Guiot, 24, Barmaid

Occupation or role: Barmaid
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 May 1865
Date of death: 22 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of colon. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: The patient was single, of no occupation, living as a concubine. For two years she had been losing flesh. A month ago she was seized with vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Tonkins, 34, Pensioner

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1865
Date of death: 31 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Dysenteric abscess of liver
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Abscess (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was a discharged soldier and had passed sixteen years of his life in India. While abroad he had attacks of dysentery.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Aurelius Braine, 22, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1865
Date of death: 5 Oct 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of vertebra. Amyloid infiltration
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with most extensive angular curvature which gave him a most distorted appearance.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Freeman, 42, Livery stable keeper

Occupation or role: Livery stable keeper
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1865
Date of death: 25 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of stomach. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: Two weeks ago when walking in his usual health, he brought up a quantity of clotted blood by vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Tuffield, 49, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1865
Date of death: 27 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
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: n/a

James Woolger, 65, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1865
Date of death: 10 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: For the past four months he had been troubled by flatus, vomiting and confined bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Poulter, 21, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1865
Date of death: 28 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Obstinate vomiting
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Vomiting (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had general swelling of the body and legs, and two weeks later vomiting set in.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Frost, 53, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1865
Date of death: 13 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of pharynx (epithelial). Encephaloid tumour of neck
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pharynx); Tumour (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a hard lobulated mass, evidently of malignant disease, on the right side of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tumour, lungs and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Coleman, 17, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1865
Date of death: 21 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of vermiform appendix by faecal concretions
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Five days ago abdominal pain commenced together with vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Pritchard, 55, Blacksmith

Occupation or role: Blacksmith
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1865
Date of death: 9 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: For the last fifteen months the bowels had been very obstinate in their action.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James H Lewis, 45, Smith

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1865
Date of death: 9 Aug 1865
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of liver (primary)?
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: His illness had lasted two weeks, marked chiefly by lassitude and loss of appetite, pains in the head and loins and occasional vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Leg, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Brewster, 48, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1865
Date of death: 12 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Oedema. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Indeterminate); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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: n/a

Daniel Dring, 52, Brewer’s man

Occupation or role: Brewer’s man
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1865
Date of death: 16 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Enlarged liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Enlarged (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted into the hospital in 1862 with profuse haematemesis. This recurred three months before the present admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Spragg, 40, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1865
Date of death: 15 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Hernia (femoral). Perforation of bowel
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with a strangulated hernia. She had been ruptured two months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and chest
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Gearing, 18 months , Infant

Occupation or role: Infant
Age: 18 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1865
Date of death: 13 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Scald of throat. Asphyxia. Laryngotomy. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Scald (Pharynx); Asphyxia (Lung); Laryngotomy (Larynx); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Case not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Jane Clarke, 14, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1865
Date of death: 20 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Peculiar condition of stomach and bowels
Disease (standardised): Disease (Stomach); Disease (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The mother reported that the girl had been ill for eleven weeks, during which time she had suffered from vomiting and diarrhoea and had refused food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen and large intestine
Type of incident: n/a

George Gosling, 29, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1865
Date of death: 5 Aug 1866
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of right hip joint and sacro-iliac synchondrosis. Tubercle in lungs. Amyloid liver, spleen and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Hip); Synchondrosis (Joints); Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a history of pain in the back for five weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Smith, 43, Baker

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1865
Date of death: 24 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Peculiar dilatation of ileum, with obstruction
Disease (standardised): Dilatation (Intestines); Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had suffered for some time from indigestion. Twenty months ago he was ruptured.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Irving, 55, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1865
Date of death: 13 Aug 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys and liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Bell, William A.
Medical notes: He gave a history of having suffered from cough for about four weeks, and during the last two weeks the dyspnoea was distressing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Johnson, 11, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1865
Date of death: 18 Aug 1865
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Puncture of epigastric artery. Fatal haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Puncture (Arteries); Haemorrhage (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This child had suffered from swelling of the belly for some time. Four days before admission she was seized with pain about the navel and with some vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and chest
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Hart, 43, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1865
Date of death: 25 Nov 1865
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of stomach with opening leading to umbilicus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with a hard diffused swelling around the umbilicus, which had commenced ten weeks before after a severe cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, chest and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Elliott, 35, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1865
Date of death: 29 Oct 1865
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had been ill for six weeks before admission with pain in the region of the gall bladder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Morlidge, 65, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1865
Date of death: 13 Aug 1865
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the liver and medullary cancer of 4th rib
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Bell, William A.
Medical notes: This man had been ill for twelve weeks. He complained of aches in the chest and shoulders.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Wild, 48, Fishmonger

Occupation or role: Fishmonger
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Aug 1865
Date of death: 7 Aug 1865
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Disease of liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had suffered for three months from troublesome cough and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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