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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1843
Date of death: 4 Oct 1843
Disease (transcribed): Imperforate Vagina.
Disease (standardised): Imperforate (Vagina)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1877
Date of death: 6 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Secondary abscesses. Large perinephritic abscess.
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Kidney); Perinephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted into the Surgical Wards on 7th February for abscesses on the right leg and the nape of the neck, the former of one, the latter of five weeks standing. The abscess of the leg was opened in the hospital and she was sent to Wimbledon.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, abscess, kidneys, spleen, spinal column, brain and uterus.

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1880
Date of death: 17 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Acute nephritis (scarlatinal). Catarrhal pneumonia and pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: His mother noticed a scarlatinal rash all over his body, he had a sore throat and was feverish.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Paper stainer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1881
Date of death: 9 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He has been a paper stainer all his life using much lead, arsenic, copper & mercury. He was an in-patient of St George's 24 years ago with colic; he has had none since; no wrist drop. For the last 20 years he has had frequent long attacks of cough and dyspnoea; for the last ten at least much polyuria. He has been a heavy drinker up to 1870 but slightly moderated his excesses since then'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880
Date of death: 25 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys, with atrophy of cortex. Hypertrophy of heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: About the beginning of January he noticed that the sight of the right eye was dim, everything appeared as though enveloped in a fog. For the last three to four months he had passed much water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1880
Date of death: 4 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This man was taken ill with shivering, vertigo, vomiting, a dull pain in the right side of the chest and right shoulder, and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1889
Date of death: 30 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Self catheterisation. False passage. Shock
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Catheterisation (Urethra); False passage (Urethra); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James. Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The patient was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Urethra, kidneys, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1889
Date of death: 12 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Ingravescent apoplexy. Chronic Brights disease
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Glomerulonephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He had been a soldier and had fought in the Crimea. On the morning of his admission he was carrying a piano when he fell down. Soon afterwards he found he had lost power in his left arm and left leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, eyes, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, thorax and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1889
Date of death: 27 Jul 1889
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: On Easter day he walked from Chelsea to Epsom and back, and got wet to the skin. On the following day his feet swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, intestines, trachea and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1889
Date of death: 27 Nov 1889
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of bladder. Obstruction to ureters. Hydronephrosis (Endocarditis ulcerative)
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Bladder); Obstruction (Ureter); Hydronephrosis (Kidney); Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The day before admission he noticed his urine was very dark and full of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, urinary trach and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1889
Date of death: 3 Dec 1889
Disease (transcribed): Chronic interstitial nephritis (Granular kidneys)
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: She had no illness until February 1881 when she had cough, dyspnoea and oedema of the legs. In June 1889 she had the same symptoms and was laid up for a month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneal cavity, liver, spleen, kidneys and lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1890
Date of death: 13 Jan 1890
Disease (transcribed): Surgical kidney: Tabes dorsalis. Charcot’s disease of hip joint
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Tabes dorsalis (Spinal cord); Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: His medical attendant wrote that about five years ago the man was seized with sudden crackling and enlargement of the right hip joint, and that ever since he suffered from ataxic symptoms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, ureters, bladder, hip joint, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1889
Date of death: 4 Feb 1890
Disease (transcribed): Myxo-sarcoma of stomach and ovary
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The patient came into St George’s Hospital in April 1889. She gave a history of having passed gall stones which she proffered she saw. At the beginning of December she began to have much abdominal pain which was referred chiefly to the epigastric region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, stomach, spleen ovaries and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1881
Date of death: 20 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal septicaemia. Acute peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Postpartum depression (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'There was some tubercular history in the family: as a child she had frequent barking cough & swollen glands in the neck. The catamenia [menstruation] appeared at 13 and have of late years been irregular & painful, occurring as a rule every three weeks, & never absent, she says, more than 2 months. About Christmas 1879 she was laid up with 'overwork'. Since then she has been in good health, & has acted as a servant to a crêche. Six days before admission she described herself as feeling quite well. A day later menstruation began with diarrhoea and uch pain: she had several rigors next day and the diarrhoea increased with many feverish symptoms. She denied having noticed during her life any abdominal tumour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, generative organs, uterus, vagina, ovaries, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1882
Date of death: 17 Aug 1882
Disease (transcribed): Uterine fibroid. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Leiomyoma (Uterus); Haemorrhage (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, Thomas Vincent
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Five months prior to admission she began to suffer from headache and ‘heats’. Three months later she first noticed abdominal and sacral pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1882
Date of death: 26 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Recent vegetation on aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: In June 1882 she found her breath very short and strength failing. She had much cough and complained of ‘palpitation’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, bronchi, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1883
Date of death: 25 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage on brain, in right ovary and from uterus
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Haemorrhage (Ovary); Haemorrhage (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: On 24 December 1882 there was profuse epistaxis. A few days afterwards there was a profuse sanguineous discharge from the vagina which continued until admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1883
Date of death: 27 May 1883
Disease (transcribed): Suppurating ovarian cyst. Septicaemia. Erythematous rash
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Sepsis (Systemic); Erythema (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry Roxburgh
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Nearly three years ago she noticed a tumour in the hypogastrium. In November 1881 she went to Australia and while there the tumour increased in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and parotid glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1883
Date of death: 20 Oct 1883
Disease (transcribed): Cystitis. Nephritic abscesses. Aphasia
Disease (standardised): Cystitis (Bladder); Nephritis (Kidney); Abscess (Kidney); Aphasia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He was seen by two policemen to fall in the street. He was aphasic throughout and no clue could be obtained to his name or previous history.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Maid
Age: 54
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1920
Date of death: 22 Nov 1920
Disease (transcribed): Subacute nephritis, fatty degeneration of heart, and acute dilatation
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Dilatation (Indeterminate);
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'History. Six weeks ago she began to vomit and had pain in the stomach and in the legs, she also had an outbreak of purple spots on the legs'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, pulmonary vessels, pericardium, heart, coronary vessels, peritoneal cavity, liver, gall bladder, glands, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, stomach, intestines, appendix, genital organs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1912
Date of death: 3 Apr 1912
Disease (transcribed): Purulent general peritonitis. Perinephritis (right). Abscesses both kidneys. Cyst adenoma of gall bladder. Atrophic scirrhus of right breast
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perinephritis (Kidney); Abscess (Kidney); Cysts (Gall bladder); Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Cohen, Bertie Isaac
Medical notes: She had pain in the right side of the abdomen, difficulty in holding her water for three months, and a tumour in the right breast for some time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, larynx, thyroid, abdomen, liver, pancreas, spleen and pelvic organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1843
Date of death: 29 Dec 1843
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1878
Date of death: 24 Jan 1879
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate. Cystitis
Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Prostate); Cystitis (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: n/a
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: n/a
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1883
Date of death: 1 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed peritonitis. Ovariotomy. Acute mania
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ovariotomy (Ovary); Mania (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Four years before her admission she noticed a small lump in the lower part of the left side of her belly. It grew rapidly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1883
Date of death: 21 Nov 1883
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of urethra. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Epithelioma (Urethra); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry Roxburgh
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She was admitted having had a vaginal discharge for many months, but only three months ago noticed any lump.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and urethra
Type of incident: n/a