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Albert Thurlow, 28, Meat porter

Occupation or role: Meat porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1891
Date of death: 26 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Abdominal aneurysm, opening into duodenum
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Hale, Geoffrey Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a meat-porter, an occupation which he had followed for 6 years, and in the pursuit of which he was in the habit of carrying loads of 3-4 cwt [hundredweight]. Since the age of adolescence he had suffered from many attacks of rheumatism, some 15 or 16 in all. In 1883 he contracted a chancre which was followed by a rash on the body, but he underwent no medicinal treatment'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alec Fry, 36, Stall keeper

Occupation or role: Stall keeper
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1909
Date of death: 9 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Dilated heart and cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
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 necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Alec McLaren, 25, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1893
Date of death: 13 Jul 1893
Disease (transcribed): Embolism of right sylvian artery. Acute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Embolism (Arteries); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: He face was paralysed on the left side and his left arm and leg were heavily paralysed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thyroid gland, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenal bodies, stomach, intestines, kidneys, bladder, prostate gland and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Barr, 56, Blacksmith

Occupation or role: Blacksmith
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1885
Date of death: 4 Jan 1885
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: This man seemed to have had a cough of long standing. He was brought to the hospital after being found lying, semi-unconscious, on the doorstep of a house.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Donaldson, 49, Tailor

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1873
Date of death: 17 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Mitral and tricuspid contraction. Hypertrophy of right ventricle and left auricle. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been in comparatively good health except occasional shortness of breath on any exertion up to about two weeks ago when much pain in the chest commenced. A short time after he spat up much blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Doull, 67, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1852
Date of death: 4 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Bloody fluid in the peritoneal, pleural and pericardial cavities. Cysted and fatty kidneys. Dilated and enlarged heart. Enlarged auricular ventricular opening on right side of heart. Extensive atheromatous deposit in the arteries. Fluid blood
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Abdomen); Extravasation (Pleura); Extravasation (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney); Disease (Heart);Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries) ; Fluid (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been subject to occasional swelling of the legs for years. Two or three weeks ago he suffered from pain across the abdomen and a sense of constriction across the epigastrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Durno, 56, Agent

Occupation or role: Agent
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1902
Date of death: 5 Dec 1903
Disease (transcribed): Commencing pneumonia. Fatty infiltration of heart. Mitral regurgitation
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had empyema on the right side three years ago. The patient was sent to the hospital with abdominal symptoms, having vomited twice on the previous day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Keeping, 42, Valet

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1894
Date of death: 19 Jul 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Pericardium); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'When seen by the registrar the patient was obviously dying - The man had no relatives with him nor any one who seemed to know anything about him - All that could be gathered from a fellow servant was that he was attacked last Friday July 13th with pain in the joints - Only a most cursory examination of the patient could be made. He was quite unconscious and cyanosed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, joints
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Mowat, 15, [Child of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1904
Date of death: 17 Aug 1904
Disease (transcribed): Generalised miliary tuberculosis. Chronic adhesive mediastinitis. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, miliary (Systemic); Mediastinitis (Mediastinum); Pericarditis (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted on April 23rd 1903 with dyspnoea. Signs of fluid were detected on the left side of the chest. Paracentesis was performed in the Tiii[?] space and in the axilla and [?] of turbid fluid evacuated. The patient soon after expectorated much frothy material tinged with light blood. On the next day there were well-marked signs of a left pneumothorax, During the next fortnight signs of ascites developed and the left chest seemed partially to be refilled with fluid'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Naysmith, 27, Tailor

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1912
Date of death: 8 May 1912
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Aortic, mitral, tricuspid reflux
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man had bronchitis with increasing dyspnoea for two months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Reid, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1853
Date of death: 20 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Fatty heart and kidneys. Intestines ulcerated
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted in an advanced stage of phthisis, stating that he had never suffered from cough up to six months before, when it had commenced in consequence of exposure to cold and wet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Rutherford, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1842
Date of death: 15 Oct 1842
Disease (transcribed): Heart soft. Cirrhosis.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Stradling, 22, Baker

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1887
Date of death: 11 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Aortic & mitral disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'He was a delicate-looking man with slight cyanosis, orthopnaea and profuse general sweating'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Turner, 47, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1868
Date of death: 29 Sep 1868
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii. Morbus cordis. Recent ulcer of face. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Face); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Thirteen years before admission this patient was bitten by a horse on the left side of the temple which had never quite healed. Three weeks before admission the left eye began to inflame.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander West, 49, Caretaker

Occupation or role: Caretaker
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1910
Date of death: 18 Mar 1910
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull. Bruising of brain with laceration of left temporal sphenoidal lobe. Aortic stenosis slight
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bruising (Brain); Laceration (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had fallen downstairs and the next morning he became unconscious and remained so ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Alexandra Lane, 1 5/12, [Child of] Traveller

Occupation or role: [Child of] Traveller
Gender: Female
Age: 1 5/12
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1904
Date of death: 11 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Sero-fibrinous pleurisy and pericarditis. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Patient reported to have been ill about a fortnight before admission. No other history could be obtained. When examined child seemed in extremis; She was ashen coloured, extremely cyanosed. Breathing was rapid with grunting expiration. Much recession of the intercostal spaces and in the epigastrium. The last movement increased the distress and cyanosis. The whole of the left side of the chest behind seemed to be dull, and also the lower axillary region'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alexis Dubray, 69, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Jul 1890
Date of death: 20 Jul 1890
Disease (transcribed): Mitral reflux
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient was a Frenchman who had lived in England for twenty years. He had suffered from swelling of the legs and some shortness of breath for three years, but had previously enjoyed good health except for a slight attack of rheumatism in the knee twenty years ago and an attack of intermittent fever of five months duration in the South of France eleven years ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, prostate, testes, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Adkins, 49, General dealer

Occupation or role: General dealer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1900
Date of death: 12 Jan 1900
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis and cardiac failure
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Failure (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Grunbaum, Otto Fritz Frankau
Medical notes: The patient had small pox thirty years ago and had suffered from shortness of breath more or less for the last twenty years. He had ‘caught a cold’ ten days before admission and the breath was very short afterwards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleura, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Allen, 24, Sailor

Occupation or role: Sailor
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1883
Date of death: 21 May 1883
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Pyaemia. Abscess of knee and ankle joint
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart); Sepsis (Systemic ); Abscess (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from Rheumatism six years ago. On the day of admission while riding on an omnibus, he felt a sudden pain in his right knee which soon extended to the ankle joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Andrews, 33, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1875
Date of death: 18 Sep 1875
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of arch of aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man stated that in July 1870 he began to suffer from constant pain in the abdomen, gradually and steadily increasing in severity.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Appleton, 66, Clothworker

Occupation or role: Clothworker
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1911
Date of death: 11 Dec 1911
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma with occlusion of coronary arteries of heart. Fibroid disease of heart. Angina pectoris. Sudden death
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Angina pectoris (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was found in a railway carriage at Victoria Station.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Balsom, 42, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1912
Date of death: 21 Dec 1912
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Arteriosclerosis. Hydrothorax. Collapse of lung
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Hydrothorax (Lung); Atelectasis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man had severe epistaxis on two occasions shortly before admission. The patient had worked in lead for thirty five years and had suffered from lead poisoning.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Barnett, 29, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1882
Date of death: 11 Dec 1882
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Fatty kidneys. Hypertrophy and dilation of left ventricle
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Scrotum ); Oedema (Leg); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: In the summer of 1881 he began to notice polyuria of gradual onset, and in April 1882 he found the scrotum slightly oedematous and subsequently the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Bates, 49, Bootmaker

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1912
Date of death: 9 Jun 1912
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Cerebral haemorrhage (apoplexy). Subsequent injury to brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain); Stroke (Brain); Injury (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was said to have fallen off his bicycle and was picked up unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, skull and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Alfred Brazier, 53, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1895
Date of death: 14 Sep 1895
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: This patient was dead before the Medical Registrar could see him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, pancreas, stomach, bladder, testes and toe joint
Type of incident: n/a

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