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Lorenzo Chase, 43, Tutor

Occupation or role: Tutor
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1909
Date of death: 28 Jun 1909
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous (or ? Malignant) peritonitis and pleurisy (with effusion). Polyorrhomenitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Effusion (Pleura); Polyorrhomenitis (Serous membranes)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Medical Notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Dunn, 27, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1858
Date of death: 17 Aug 1858
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Gray, Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: 'This man, having been intemperate previously became at Xmas last a total abstainer from spirits &c. He had had a slight stricture for two years, but suffered no inconvenience from it till the 10th Jul when he found great difficulty in passing his water’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Phillips, 56, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1908
Date of death: 25 Jul 1908
Disease (transcribed): Old empyema. Thoracostomy. Necrosis of rib. Bronchiectasis. Old morbus cordis. Hypertrophy of oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Thoracostomy (Thorax); Necrosis (Ribs); Bronchiectasis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Hypertrophy (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Manuel, Alexander
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for cough and foul expectoration of one weeks duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, trachea, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Gates, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1852
Date of death: 1 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

John Brusey, 36, Stonemason

Occupation or role: Stonemason
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1869
Date of death: 11 Jul 1869
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been ill since the 6th when he was attacked with pneumonia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Bennett, 32, Gas fitter

Occupation or role: Gas fitter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1875
Date of death: 21 Aug 1875
Disease (transcribed): Congenital deficiency in auricle and septum
Disease (standardised): Congenital deficiency (Ear); Congenital dificiency (Nose)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man stated that in the March previous to his admission he had had an attack of cough and spitting and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Salter, 26, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1867
Date of death: 30 Aug 1867
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
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 weeks with cough and cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Ricord, 27, Railway porter

Occupation or role: Railway porter
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1884
Date of death: 30 Jun 1884
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He was said to have had ‘a swoon’ and told a fellow lodger he was going to lie down as he felt giddy and ill. He was heard to fall heavily and cut his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Stoddard, 69, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1890
Date of death: 18 Jun 1890
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis, emphysema. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient had suffered twice from acute attacks of bronchitis. On admission he was in a state of great distress and no full history could be obtained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, omentum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suparenals, testes, prostate, bladder, kidneys, stomach, duodenum and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Clarke, 52, Ladysmaid

Occupation or role: Ladysmaid
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1892
Date of death: 20 Jul 1892
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Two days before admission she had a shivering fit and pain in the left side, the pain being particularly severe when she took a long breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Pettaway, 58, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1893
Date of death: 21 Jun 1893
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)

Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man was taken ill suddenly on the afternoon of June 17th while driving. There appears to have been no rigor, but headache, a stitch on the left side and feeling of illness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, thyroid body, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder and testes
Type of incident: n/a

James Martin, 72, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1853
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Haemothorax
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Haemothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was quite dead when brought into the hospital. He was found in a stable in which he was not employed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Emily Murray, 13, [Child of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1905
Date of death: 19 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Mitral stenosis and regurgitation. Tricuspid dilatation. Hypertrophy & dilatation of heart. Ascites. General oedema
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted for cough, shortness of breath and pains about the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Nelson Wilson, 56, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1912
Date of death: 29 Jul 1912
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of lung. Aspiration pneumonia. Acute bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Lung); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man had pain in the chest with increasing dyspnoea with cough and profuse expectoration following a chill two months ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Walter Underwood, 22, Gold beater

Occupation or role: Gold beater
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Oct 1918
Date of death: 9 Oct 1918
Disease (transcribed): Influenzal pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Influenza
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth
Medical notes: Patient admitted from out-patient department. Extremely cyanosed & dyspnoeic. Extensive consolidation of both bases. Patient died shortly after admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Margaret Fitzgerald, 64, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1864
Date of death: 7 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic and Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from vesico-vaginal fistula for 11 years & had been operated on 3 times’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Roderick Mackenzie, 19, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1905
Date of death: 23 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of heart. Incompetency of mitral and tricuspid valves. Ascites. Pleurisy (old)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Ascites (Peritoneum); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of shortness of breath & swollen legs. Patient has suffered for the last six months with headache, shortness of breath & palpitations’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Massey, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1848
Date of death: 17 Oct 1848
Disease (transcribed): Chronic bronchitis. Crude tubercles
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: Four or five months ago he began to suffer from pains in the back and shoulders, cough, pains down the arms, and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: And abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Margaret Turner, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1844
Date of death: 6 Oct 1844
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Scirrhous ulceration of the Uterus and Vagina, spreading to the bladder.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Cancer (Uterus, Vagina, Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was labouring under scirrhous disease of the Uterus in an ulcerated state, the first symptoms of which had commenced in Sep previous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Brazier, 60, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1901
Date of death: 14 Jun 1901
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Pneumo and haemothorax. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pneumothorax (Lung); Haemothorax (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was knocked off his bicycle by the shaft of a hansom cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys, testes, urinary tract, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Jacob Lovatt, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1847
Date of death: 23 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs with pulmonary apoplexy. Pleuritis and pneumonia with hepatisation and purulent infiltration. Diseased heart and liver. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Suppuration (Lung);Disease (Heart) ; Disease (Liver) ; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted complaining of anasarca and ascites of only six days duration. He had northing definite to complain of until six days ago, when the feet and legs began to swell, and his abdomen also began to increase in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Slater, 58, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1860
Date of death: 2 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Diseased liver. Gall stones. Diseased ovaries. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Liver); Gallstones (Gallbladder); Disease (Ovaries); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman had long been losing flesh and appetite, but she did not become a complete invalid until about 7 weeks previous to her admission when she began to suffer pain about the belly and both hypochondriac regions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Dennis Mahony, 1 ½, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1891
Date of death: 7 Jun 1891
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. ?Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See medical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No post mortem examination'

Type of incident: n/a

George Harding, 19, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1888
Date of death: 12 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia of the right lung
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man was taken in 2 days before his admission. He was fevered and had acute pain in the right side of his chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, lungs, kidneys, spleen, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

William Cole, 39, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1890
Date of death: 20 Jun 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (Right). Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For five days before his admission the man felt ill. He had pain in the back and in the abdomen and in the throat. On June 15th and 16th he suffered from vomiting. He was in bed for five days before his admission. Diarrhoea was a troublesome symptom.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, pancreas, supra-renals, bladder, prostate, kidneys, testes, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

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