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Joseph Harwood, 52, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851
Date of death: 1 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Albuminous urine. Ascites. Dyspnoea. Palpitation. Convulsions. Clot in the ventricles and left optic thalamus of the brain. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Dyspnoea (Lung); Palpitation (Heart); Seizures (Brain); Thrombosis (Brain);Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with considerable anasarca. It appeared that his legs had first begun to swell about twelve months before, and latterly also his abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Snell, 40, Packer

Occupation or role: Packer
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1877
Date of death: 30 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Low pneumonia. Cystic disease of kidneys. Syphilitic disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Kidney diseases, cystic (Kidney); Syphilis (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Suffered from 'brain fever' in childhood: from 'rheumatics' in 1857, from occasional sore throats. Venereal sore in 1857 (after the rheumatism) […] A temperate man. Languor and want of appetite, with some loss of flesh for about a month. Attacked with shivering about noon 12 days before admn [admission]: had to leave work and go home. Pain in L [Left] hypochondrium, increased at night, after food, or on inspiration; cough, dyspnoea, and occasional palpitation commenced, and continued. Shivering lasted two days. Bowels costive: urine as usual'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Elliott, 27, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1883
Date of death: 1 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Double pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had been in a state of nearly continuous delirium for two days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Simpkins, 23, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1904
Date of death: 1 Jan 1905
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Morbus cordis. Lobar pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Pericardium); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Complains of pains in chest and back. Shortness of breath. Three weeks ago patient was taken ill with headache & sickness & had to give up his work […] similar attack 12 months ago, [?] 3 months. Total abstainer’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Martin, 27, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1908
Date of death: 1 Jan 1909
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tuberculosis. Pneumothorax (right). Vomica at right apex. Tuberculous broncho pneumonia in both lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient had an attack of coughing while at stool on the morning of admission and found he was coughing up blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

William Clark, 43, Potman

Occupation or role: Potman
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1905
Date of death: 2 Jan 1906
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia – Grey hepatization
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Hepatisation (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Davis Taylor, Edward James
Post mortem examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Medical notes: 'On admission patient was in a state of semidelirium which developed into a delirium which necessitated his removal to separation on the following day. At this time he showed the signs of a mild general bronchitis. On Dec [December] 31 the temp [temperature] rose, patient had taken fairly well and from his general state pneumonia was diagnosed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Walter Gattrell, 56, Gun maker

Occupation or role: Gun maker
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1918
Date of death: 3 Jan 1919
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic endarteritis obliterans. Gangrene of leg. Amputation. Aspiration pneumonia. Gastric ulcer
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic ); Obliterating endarteritis (Arteries); Gangrene (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung); Ulcer (Stomach )
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Bostock, Marian Noel
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: The right foot became painful while the patient was using crutches. A month ago the great toe became black. Fourteen days ago he had a slight seizure and had a similar attack the following day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, skull cap, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Wigley, 53, [Wife of] Motor Cabman

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Motor Cabman
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1913
Date of death: 1 Jan 1914
Disease (transcribed): Otitis media (right). Mastoiditis. Thrombosis in lateral sinus. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Mastoiditis (Skull); Thrombosis (Transverse sinuses); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bull, William Charles
Medical examination performed by: Oram, Evelyn, Henry Bardens
Post mortem examination performed by: Turton, James Richard Henry
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering with right otorrhoea for six months, and for three weeks headache, vomiting, rigors and a dull aching pain at back of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, tonsils, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, oesophagus, peritoneum, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, alimentary canal, uterus, head, sinuses, brain and neck
Type of incident: n/a

Pneumothorax apparatus

Portable artificial pneumothorax apparatus (aka 'Maxwell's Box') produced by the Genito-Urinary Manufacturing Company, London, consisting of a wooden carrying box containing pump, regulating valve, manometer, filter, and fragments of broken rubber tubing.

This device was used to induce an artificial pneumothorax (collapsed lung) in tuberculosis patients by injecting gas into the pleural cavity, with the aim of 'resting' the lung so that it could heal more easily.

Benjamin George, 51, Pot boy

Occupation or role: Pot boy
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1845
Date of death: 1 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Delirium Tremens. Brain wet. Slight extravasation of blood in arachnoid. Heart dilated and atrophied with flaccid muscular structure. Patches of atheroma about valves and aorta. Blood fluid. Lungs congested. Liver fatty.
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain ); Disease (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Lung); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient had lost his appetite, unable to sleep well and had become extensively nervous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Hungerford, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1856
Date of death: 1 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Softening of the cord. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Brain); Softening (Spinal cord); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Attwood, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1870
Date of death: 1 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Davey, 34, Cheesemonger

Occupation or role: Cheesemonger
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1891
Date of death: 2 Jan 1892
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The mother of this man was said to have died young, of consumption. He himself was never robust, but was liable to coughs and colds and attacks of diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, vermiform appendix, intestines, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and vesicule seminales
Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Durby, 65, Farm labourer

Occupation or role: Farm labourer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1887
Date of death: 1 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Medical notes: 'A healthy man, who for a fortnight has had a cough with considerable expectoration. Six days before admission he grew worse & had severe rigors, pain in the point of the chest, some diarrhoea, much dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Frank Pavey, 14, [Child of] Photographer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Photographer
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1885
Date of death: 1 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Purulent peritonitis and pleurisy. Penetrating wound of the abdomen
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Wound (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: While walking along the streets, he caught his foot against a railing and fell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and small intestines
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Maria Beard, 54, Shopkeeper

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1886
Date of death: 1 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction. Peritonitis. Omental hernia. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'With the exception of rheumatic fever in '62, the patient had been well, & had had no constipation up to the 17th December'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, peritoneum, stomach, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Summersby, 30, Greengrocer

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1902
Date of death: 31 Dec 1902
Disease (transcribed): Croupous pneumonia. Pleurisy. Collapse of left lung
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Atelectasis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient was too ill for thorough examination.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, infratracheal glands, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Pallett, 79, Army pensioner

Occupation or role: Army pensioner
Age: 79
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1912
Date of death: 1 Jan 1913
Disease (transcribed): Mitral reflux. Tricuspid reflux. Myocardial fibrosis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had breathlessness, praecordial pain, insomnia and increasing oedema for eighteen months, and there had been a troublesome cough of late.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Frank Brown, 47, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1921
Date of death: 1 Jan 1922
Disease (transcribed): Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis. Haemoptysis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemoptysis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Gainsborough, Hugh
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'History. Illness started 2 years ago with epigastric discomfort. He passed blood with his stools a year ago and again a fortnight ago. About a year ago he had cough and occasional haemoptysis. Since then he has had bronchitis and shortness of breath. On admission. 23/11/21. T.P.R. [Temperature, pulse, respiration rate] 98, 150, 21. Pt. [Patient] was very weak and had difficulty in speaking. Chest. No movement upper part of rt. [right] side. Whole rt. [right] lung dull. Signs of cavitation rt. [right] upper lobe'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No autopsy'
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 77, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 77
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1922
Date of death: 1 Jan 1923
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the colon. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Intestines); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: Rhind, Sydney Devenish
Post mortem examination performed by: Schuster, Norah Henriette
Medical notes: 'Admitted with acute obstruction or chronic. Acute symptoms of two days duration, and chronic symptoms of 6 months duration. Was operated upon by Mr Colquhoun on day of admission, and a carcinoma of the sigmoid found. Colostomy was performed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tongue, fauces, larynx, trachea, pleura, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, stomach, intestine, colon, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Elmes, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1854
Date of death: 3 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro Pneumonia. Stricture of the Urethra
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung, Pleura); Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been ill only about a week with cough and cold and pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Clarke, 17, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1844
Date of death: 2 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumothorax (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'She stated on admission, that for many months past she had been troubled with a short, dry, hacking cough, and with shortness of breath on making any exertion, but more particularly on going up stairs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Slater, 33, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1869
Date of death: 2 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Small round celled sarcoma – glioma – involving the medulla oblongata and cervical region of the spinal cord – large cavity in the centre of the cord.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Sarcoma (Spinal Cord); Cavity (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient applied to the Hospital as an outpatient and was treated for lead palsy which affected his hands.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

William Hudson, 66, Cellarman

Occupation or role: Cellarman
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1911
Date of death: 3 Jan 1912
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of termination of right internal carotid artery and right middle cerebral artery. Cerebral softening. Hemiplegia. Coma. Emphysema. Chronic bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Arteries); Softening (Brain); Hemiplegia (Brain); Coma (Brain); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man was admitted semi-conscious and quite inarticulate as cerebral haemorrhage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, cranium, brain and genital organs
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 69, Plumber

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1937
Date of death: 1 Jan 1938
Disease (transcribed): Septic bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Teare, Robert Donald
Medical notes: He was admitted with very severe asthma, loud and ronchi, severe dyspnoea and could hardly speak.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pleurae, heart and pericardium, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

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