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• Occupation or role: Labourer
  Gender: Male
  Age: 20
  Date of admission: 19 Mar 1878
  Date of death: 13 Apr 1878
  Disease (transcribed): Tubercular pulmonary disease. Amyloid disease of the viscera
  Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Viscera);
  Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  PM performed by: Ewart, William
• Byam, W.
  Medical notes: 'History. Father died of diabetes: mother's father from consumption. Subject to tough and epistaxis: disliked fat. Cough from July 1877: insidious onset and steady increase. Haemoptysis ('2 pts [pints]') at the end of October: Occasional shivering since. Much mucopurulent expectoration for 7 or 8 weeks. Wasting for three: Occasional vomiting. No night sweats: bowels costive: no oedema of legs'
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1878
Date of death: 29 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid phthisis. Secondary venous congestion
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Veins);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. One sister died of consumption. Very subject to attacks of 'inflammation on the lungs [sic '). Never robust: bad living for 17 yrs [years]: dyspeptic symptoms for six. Always very subject to coughs: haemoptysis ('1 ½ pint') 6 yrs [years] before admn [admission] occasional palpitation: diaphoresis habitually scanty. Catam. [Catamenia] ceased in Aug. [August] 1876. Diaphoresis increased for 2 years. Cough, dyspnoea, frothy expectoration, loss of flesh, costiveness, chilliness at times for 12 months, increasing in severity. The abdomen swelled (?) during the first two months. Oedema of legs and scantiness of urine for 3 months'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, stomach, intestine, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1878
Date of death: 18 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Family history of gout and consumption, and of epilepsy. Healthy man; but disliked fat: occasional diarrhoea: scarlatina in infancy. Took 4 pts [pints] of beer a day, with 'a great deal' of spirits. Venereal sore 16 yrs [years] ago: no bubo or constutl. [constitutional] symptoms. Cough with occasional exacerbations since the age of 3. Early in Dec. [December] he had pecuniary troubles; became weak and languid: lost his appetite. Severe cough then for 10 days. Occasional streak of blood spat since Xmas. About the 2nd week in Jany [January], laid up with severe catching pain in R. [Right] flank, with no increase of cough; which lasted altogether six weeks. Lost flesh from that time. Increased cough, 2 mo [months]. Slight pain in flank 1 wk [week]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1878
Date of death: 21 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Admission. Admitted complaining of sore throat, with loss of voice and dyspnoea at times: slight cough. General weakness, small appetite. P. [Pulse] 120 very weak. R. [Respiration rate?] about 20: irregular. Ill nourished and pale: tremor of hands: delicate skin: long eyelashes. […] History. She was deaf and very weak: the following history only was obtained: - No heritable disease: no illness, ailment or constitutional peculiarity, except leucorrhoea for 4 yrs [years]: from birth of last child. Present symptoms of 6 mo [months] date: onset gradual: severe for 3 mo [months]. Much weakness for 1 mo [months]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, kidneys, spleen, liver, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1878
Date of death: 8 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Catarrhal pneumonia and tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Father gouty. Had suffered from typhus, and scarlatina: from 'fits' from 15 to 18. Never robust: appetite always small: subject to headaches, sick headaches, diarrhoea, and coughs. Dyspeptic symptoms for 30 years. Diaphoresis habitually scanty. Catam. [Catamenia] from 14 to 41 ½[?] regular but scanty. Languor, weakness, anorexia, and slight pains about the joints for 3 yrs [years]. Wasting, pubic pain, frequent, difficult and painful micturition 13 mo [months]. O.P. [Out-patient] the first three: symptoms partially relieved by instrumental interference. Constant slight cough, with coughing of black of red blood several times a week'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Gender: Female
Age: 31
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1878
Date of death: 22 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Nephritic abscess from calculus; empyema
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney); Kidney calculi (Kidney); Empyema (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. One brother died of consumption. Never robust since her first child (at 18) chilly subject: diaphoresis scanty: bowels always costive, sometimes bound for a week: interscapular pain after hard food: strong disgust to fat: took about 2 pts [pints] of strong tea daily. Habitual cough as long as she remembered. Wasting for two years before admission: was very stout before. Loss of appetite, and pains in L. [Left] hypochondr. [hypochondrium] and interscapular region after food and still more at night for 9 or 10 mo [months]. Eighty eight days before admn [admission], she suddenly felt giddy at night and things swam round her. […] About 5 wks [weeks] before admn [admission] she suddenly felt something burst in the L. [Left] hypochondr. [hypochondrium], and coughed up 'half a pot-ful' of thick matter, with a faecal odour: the pain was thereby relieved for about 3 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1878
Date of death: 17 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Three sisters died of consumption. Typhus in 1847: Quartan ague from '67 to '63: otherwise healthy: accustomed to take 3-4 pts [pints] of beer and 1-12 or more glasses of rum: less of both the last 14 yrs [years]. Troubled with coughs for 3 winters. Cough began gradually about Oct. [October] 1877: was severe from the middle of Jany [January], with thick white expectoration and small appetite; frequent nasal catarrh, and steady loss of flesh. Hoarse voice for 1 month: much dyspnoea for 3 wks [weeks]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1878
Date of death: 13 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Aortic stenosis
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lung); Aortic valve stenosos (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Previous history of good health and temperance: no heritable disease. Cough commenced gradually the second week in December 1877: dyspnoea about 10 days later. Cough lessened for 3 wks [weeks] before admission. Oedema of the legs about the first week in January. Urine became scanty in the middle of March'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1878
Date of death: 23 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the brain and of the lungs etc
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Disease (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Died a few hours after admission: no examination was made of the organs. He was admitted comatose, with dilated pupils, and cold clammy skin: breathing not stertorous'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Date of admission: 3 May 1878
Date of death: 14 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis – Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Stroke (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Family history of cancer and consumption. Never robust: intolerant of fat: various digestive disturbances: headaches: winter coughs from childhood: rheumatic pains. Catamenia irregular since first confinement at 21. Constant and gradually increasing cough for 8 or 9 years. Palpitation on exertion for three. Dyspnoea since last confinement (16 mo [months]). Haemoptysis to the extent of ½ pt [pint] 15 mo [months] and 10 ½ mo [months] before admission. Severe dyspnoea and palpitation for 6 mo [months]. No oedema. Diarrhoea for 3 wks [weeks]: since weaning her last child'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus, peritoneum, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 61
Date of admission: 8 May 1878
Date of death: 8 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of the lungs and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Admission. Admitted, complaining of inability to pass her water properly: pain in loins, waist and right flank of abdomen: epigastric pain after eating. Cough, trifling expectoration, severe dyspnoea referred to R. [Right] flank of abdomen […] History. No very clear history could be obtained: she said that a month before she went out in a cold wind, which 'caught her' in the abdomen. From that time the pains above described had been present, the bowels had acted 3-4 times a day and she had become very weak. There had been difficulty in micturition for a fortnight: she had vomited several times a day for a week or more'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine, ovary
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Date of admission: 8 May 1878
Date of death: 19 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheric paralysis. Bronchitis. Pneumonia (gangrenous)
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Paralysis (Legs); Paralysis (Hands); Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Gangrene (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Thirty days before admission: - a rigor for two hours; at the end of which time he found his throat sore and the submaxillary region swelled. The soreness and the swelling increased for five days; the latter being considerable, and extending all round the front under the chin. There was no nasal discharge. He was treated for mumps. For a week more the condition remained stationary: then the soreness and swelling began to recede. From that time he was unable to swallow his food properly, as the ingested had a tendency to regurgitate per nares. He took solid food, but it seemed to 'lodge' causing substernal pain, and was generally vomited within half an hour; liquid being retained'.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, pharynx, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Railway porter
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Date of admission: 16 May 1878
Date of death: 28 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the arch pointing in trachea – Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Robust man: had served under the confederate flag in the american war: Diaphoresis habitually scanty: nearly always drunk from 1860 to 1872: chiefly on spirits: tolerably sober after that. Venereal sore in 1862: no constitutional manifestns [manifestations]. Attack of L. [Left] hemiplegia in 1870: from that time he had occasional loss of power in the leg, or pain in the arm, with shivering if exposed to chills. Subject to frontal headaches, and intolerant of fat for 3 or 4 years. Subject to palpitation for 12 mo [months]. Five weeks before admission his throat became sore, and painful in swallowing: after a week it was less so'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Date of admission: 22 May 1878
Date of death: 14 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Subject to diarrhoea: dyspeptic for 3 yrs [years]: diaphoresis is habitually profuseL accustomed to take 4-5 pints of beer daily: spirits only occasionally. About 10 yrs [years] before admission, he was laid up 13 weeks during the latter part of the summer with debility and pains in the R. [Right] side and elsewhere, which his medical attendant called 'dyspepsia': During the early part of this time he found that his perspiration had altogether ceased. About a month after the cessation, he commenced gradually to cough: since then he had been free from cough only in the hot weather. It usually attacked him in paroxysms of half and hour's duration, in the morning after going out of doors and in the cool of the evening. He had also suffered from dyspnoea, which was severe in hot weather, and from frequent attacks of chilliness and shivering, except in hot weather. For 3 yrs [years] the paroxysms of cough had ended in free expectoration. During the same period he had suffered from palpitation. He lost flesh from Xmas 1877'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Date of admission: 22 May 1878
Date of death: 2 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of the lungs, intestine and lymphatic glands. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Pneumothorax (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Father consumptive: one sister subject to fits. Ac. Rheum [Acromioclavicular Rheumatism?]: dysentery in summers of 1872 and 3. Robust till 1872: disliked fat: nothing else remarkable in previous history. Weak since 1872. Swelling in neck since 1873. (decreasing during May). Cough commenced gradually, early in May, without either rigor or nasal catarrh. Increased steadily in severity. Expectoration from the 4th or 5th day. Wasting from its commencement: night sweats from 2nd week'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen, liver, intestine, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 29 May 1878
Date of death: 22 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Inflammatory oedema of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Previously healthy: habitually profuse: took 3 pts [pints] of beer daily. Slight rheumatic pains for two years. Nasal catarrh for two years. Sore throat commenced 6 wks [weeks] before admission: lasted a fortnight. From that time he vomited yellow matter three or four times a day and suffered more or less from headache. No other symptom'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Crossing sweeper
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Date of admission: 31 May 1878
Date of death: 4 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Purulent pleurisy and pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Patient admitted in a moribund condition, vomiting violently. He was, also, a little deranged In mind; and could not give any satisfactory information. No satisfactory examination was possible either'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, intestine, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1878
Date of death: 29 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Had a 'fit at 3 ½ yrs [years] old: subject to sore throats and headaches: constant cough since infancy: previous history otherwise healthy: no heritable disease in the family. For 3 or 4 wks [weeks] before admission; - steady increase of the habitual cough, languor illness, wasting, occasional sweats, occasional vomiting, and frequent complains of pain in L. [Left] side of chest. Appetite good till admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1878
Date of death: 18 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles in the pleurae and lungs. Limited effusion of fluid in the pleura
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleural effusion (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Nothing noticeable in family or previous history: he took 2 ½ pts [pints] of beer daily: few excesses, no spirits. Quite well till noon on Aug [August] 4th 1877 when he had a severe rigor, which lasted four hours and was succeeded by cough, severe pain in R. [Right] flank and frequent vomiting of yellow matter. It was not easy to extract any further information: but it appeared that he had never been free from cough or able to work since. Much expectoration at times. Pain began to shift about the chest in Sept [September] and left him in Decr [December] to return in the following March. Vomiting ceased in August, to return also in March. Bowels very irregular during this time; costive or loose'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Musician (string instruments only)
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1878
Date of death: 24 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Caseous pneumonia. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Liver cirrhosis (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease. Nothing remarkable in his previous history, except that his bowels usually acted twice a day and his diaphoresis was habitually scanty. He was temperate. Much mental worry for 5 or 6 yrs [years]. Growing steadily weaker and thinner for two. Insufficient nourishment for 12 mo [months]. Defective appetite for four. Removed to a damp house 10 wks [weeks] before admn [admission]: was pretty sure he had no cough before. He had no definite idea of when it began, but thought it was soon after. It increased steadily: hardly any expectn [expectoration], no haemoptysis. Swelling of legs for 3 days. No other symptom: no sweats: bowels as usual. (whole account very indefinite)'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1878
Date of death: 19 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Tubercular disease of cerebellum. Tubercles of lung; pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Mother syphilitic: her family consumptive and epileptic: father not strong. Weakly till 2 yrs [years] old and had trouble in teething: robust from then: Habitual cough from infancy. 1st admn [admission]. Admitted Nov. [November] 29th 1876 with severe cough of 1 mo [month] date: wasting and aching of 2 wks [weeks]. […] 2nd admn [admission]. Readmitted on May 22nd, with wasting of 6 mo [months] date and cough, occasional frontal headaches and vomiting of 6 wks [weeks] standing'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1878
Date of death: 26 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Caseous pneumonia (tubercular)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Admission. Was admitted complaining of cough and dyspnoea, both severe, with much purulent, thick, green expectoration: and of diarrhoea. […] History. There was little history to be obtained: his mind was far from clear, and he was too weak to question much. He appeared to say that the cough commenced gradually 5 mo [months] back: that about a month later he woke one morning with pains in the back and legs: from that time the bowels acted 2-4 times daily. Wasting: no haemoptysis or sweating. The pains ceased two days before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, meninges, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carrier
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1878
Date of death: 22 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Small aneurysm of the arch, pressing upon the trachea. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a condition which precluded examination, suffering from severe dyspnoea, with dusky face, and hoarse trachial breathing. He died within 12 hours of admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aneurysm, liver, kidneys, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sample draver?
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1878
Date of death: 26 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Transfer. He was transferred from the surgical wards in too weak a condition to furnish a history. Condition. He complained of pain in the course of the L. [Left] sciatic nerve; severe cough with much mucopurulent expectoration; diarrhoea; weakness and anorexia. Extremely and generally emaciated: pale and sickly: face rather dusky. No oedema'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barman
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1878
Date of death: 30 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis of the lung. Hypertrophy of the heart. Cirrhosis of the liver. Tubercular disease of the kidney
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Hypertrophy (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Kidney);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. His wife stated that he was subject to severe and prolonged coughs, to sick headaches, epistaxis, and boils: he habitually sweated profusely, was intolerant of fat, and drank much more than was good for him. At Xmas 1876 he was laid up a month with R. {Right] pleurisy: he got quite rid of the symptoms from that time till the following May: then was laid up 3 wks [weeks] with inflammation of the R. [Right] lung. From that time he was never free from cough. In Septr [September] 1877 he suddenly coughed ' a pint' of dark blood: continued to bring up more or less for a fortnight. From that time there was much expectorn [expectoration]. Four similar attacks of haemoptysis succeeded, the last at the end of April 1878. The cough steadily increased: he sweated profusely. He lost flesh from the middle of April. A rigor for three hours, 12 days before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a