Occupation or role: Married woman Age: 70 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Apr 1861 Date of death: 11 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Hydrothorax Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient had for three of four months suffered from palpitations, cough with expectoration, and slight oedema. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gamekeeper Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jan 1853 Date of death: 8 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Amputation after injury to the knee joint. Secondary pneumonia. Pus in the superficial veins of the leg Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Injury (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Veins) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He applied for admission on account of a swelling near the left knee which had appeared nine months before his admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left thigh, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Servant Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Apr 1857 Date of death: 5 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Valvular disease of the heart. Incipient disease (?) of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: She had been ill for four months with cough, dyspnoea and anasarca from cold. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Servant Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861 Date of death: 13 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Disease of mitral valve. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: Seven years ago the patient had an attack of rheumatic fever which was followed by palpitation of the heart. Lately his breath had become short on exertion Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 May 1857 Date of death: 8 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Double pneumonia. Hypertrophy of the heart. Granular disease of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This man had been sadly neglected at his home for three weeks, and was brought to the hospital in a dying state suffering from orthopnoea and pain in the left side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Drayman Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Apr 1861 Date of death: Before admission Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Laceration of liver, kidney, and vena cava inferior Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Liver); Laceration (Kidney); Laceration (Veins) Admitted under the care of: n/a Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient was a drayman was shortly before admission the horse was frightened and bolted and he was injured. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, spine and pelvis Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Jan 1881 Date of death: 7 Apr 1881 Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Embolism of spleen and kidneys Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Spleen, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson Medical notes: 'Had been the subject of fistula in ano for some 5 years or so, and had had several ischio-rectal abscesses. She had been unwilling to be properly examined, and these abscesses had been allowed to pursue their own course' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1857 Date of death: 10 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Enlarged heart. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: He had suffered for eight years from winter cough which he threw off on the approach of warmer weather. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Oct 1876 Date of death: 28 Mar 1877 Disease (transcribed): Ulcerating cancer of breast. Pericardium and pleura implicated: serous effusions. Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Cancer (Heart); Cancer (Pleura); Effusion (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient had had a tumour from the right breast removed the previous January. The right breast was later removed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, douglas' pouch, uterus and lymphatics Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Jan 1885 Date of death: 11 Apr 1885 Disease (transcribed): Cardiac, stricture of urethra Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Constriction (Urethra) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke Medical notes: This man had several times been in the hospital suffering from stricture of the urethra. On the 16th January his penis began to swell, and continued to increase in size up to admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and urethra Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 62 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Apr 1861 Date of death: 21 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient had begun to suffer, without any evident cause, from cough, shortness of breath, and inability to lie down.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Apr 1858 Date of death: 24 Apr 1858 Disease (transcribed): 'Cirrhosis’ of the lung. Dilated heart Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This woman was in the house during a considerable portion of last autumn with bronchitis & symptoms of dilated heart. She went out much relieved and continued in tolerably good health until nine weeks ago when he cough returned accompanied with much more difficulty of breathing & copious expectoration’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: Drayman Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Apr 1853 Date of death: 18 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of thigh. Inflamed saphena and femoral veins Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Veins) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: On the day of admission he was run over by a dray, which passed over his left thigh. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and left inferior extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Apr 1861 Date of death: 24 Apr 1961 Disease (transcribed): Perforation of mitral valve Disease (standardised): Perforation (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient had an attack of acute rheumatism as a child, and for years had bad palpitations of the heart. For six weeks before she was admitted she had been suffering from slight rheumatic pains. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 64 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Mar 1852 Date of death: 6 May 1852 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the upper part of the thigh bone. Old pleural adhesion and soft dilated heart. Kidneys slightly diseased Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This woman was admitted a short time after the occurrence of an accident by which she had broken her thigh. She fell down two stairs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left femur, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857 Date of death: 12 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Serous apoplexy. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Apoplexy (Brain); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This Frenchwoman was to exhausted and deaf that nothing could be learnt from her. It appeared that within the last three months she had had two fits which had left her with pain and weakness in the left arm. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Apr 1858 Date of death: 28 Apr 1858 Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of the heart. Valvular lesion. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Edema (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This lad had formerly been an in-patient with severe rheumatic fever. He left the hospital at the commencement of 1857 & attended to his work again up to Christmas of the same year. He then caught cold & had a troublesome cough for some weeks, followed a month before his admission by violent fits of retching & vomiting, some of which he said lasted as long as twelve hours’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 May 1857 Date of death: 15 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the aorta Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: He had been attending in the out patient room for a fortnight, on account of cough and pain in the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Waterman Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Apr 1860 Date of death: 26 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Diseased heart Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A waterman. He first became a patient on the 1st of Feb /60, when it appeared that for two months he had suffered from shortness of breath with cough and expectoration, never of blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 May 1853 Date of death: 25 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Wound of hand. Pleurisy. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: Three weeks before his admission his right hand had been hammed between the wheel and body of a cart, causing a lacerated wound on the dorsum of the hand. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right upper extremity, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Feb 1853 Date of death: 25 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Caries of body and ramus of jaw. Ulceration of thyroid and occipital arteries Disease (standardised): Caries (Jaw); Ulcer (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: He was admitted on account of swelling on the right side of the jaw which he said had existed for about ten months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, face, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860 Date of death: 26 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A carpenter. 24 years ago he suffered from a complaint which was presumed to be pericarditis, per which he was an out-patient at the hospital. He had pain in the left side of the chest and the pericardium bore marks of cupping’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852 Date of death: 15 May 1852 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied heart. Diseased kidneys. Atheroma of aorta. Old double pleural adhesions. Cheese like scrofulous matter in apices of both lungs Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Adhesions (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: He was in the hospital for a short period last August with swelled leg. Despite treatment e was never entirely free from dropsy, but of late the swelling had much increased. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Apr 1861 Date of death: 27 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Lobular pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient had good health until three months ago she was attacked with acute rheumatism. She has not been suffering from palpitations and gradually increasing dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Auctioneer’s porter Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 May 1857 Date of death: 19 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Phlebitis. Diseased kidneys and heart Disease (standardised): Phlebitis (Veins); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W. Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This man was knocked down while in a state of intoxication. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Blood, vessels, cranium, thorax, abdomen and knee Type of incident: Trauma/accident