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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: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1861
Date of death: 1 Feb 1861
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was brought having been struck with apoplexy about an hour before. He was unable to swallow.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1857
Date of death: 7 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Phthisis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Lung); 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: This woman had been subject to haemoptysis for the last five years which he attributed to an injury of the chest which he received at the commencement of that period.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1852
Date of death: 3 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Injury from the fall of earth. Comminuted fracture of the pubic bones. Separation of both sacro-iliac articulations. Laceration of the urethra. Large soft heart
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pubic bone); Laceration (Urethra); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was working near a wall, at the base of which he was excavating and he brought it down upon himself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1857
Date of death: 28 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease and dilatation of the heart. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): 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 nearly two months and came to the hospital with dropsy of the legs and belly. She complained much of severe abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1860
Date of death: 26 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease & hypertrophy of the heart. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The patient, a healthy-looking woman, was admitted the day before her death complaining of pain in the wrists and knuckles. These joints were somewhat red and swollen. The woman had before suffered from rheumatic pain but there was no history of rheumatic fever’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1860
Date of death: 5 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased liver. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The mother of 14 children. Except an attack of rheumatic fever 40 years before, she had good health until within 4 weeks of admission, when she ‘caught cold in the chest’, since which she suffered from cough with expectoration, occasional swelling of the legs and dyspnoea on exertion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858
Date of death: 9 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Diseased bone in pelvis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A pallid, scrofulous child admitted with dropsy of the legs & abdomen, said to have existed for a fortnight. A large abscess was also found on the back in the neighbourhood of the left ilium. She was stated to have suffered with this for five years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1860
Date of death: 8 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis (old & recent). Valvular disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Two months before admission this child began, without manifest cause, to suffer from praecordial pain and palpitations, followed in about a week by oedema. She never had rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1884
Date of death: 6 Oct 1884
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Pulmonary embolism
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Embolism (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: A week before admission he had taken to his bed with fever and constipation. He later complained of difficulty in making water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, urethra and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1860
Date of death: 28 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (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: 'When this man was admitted, he did not appear to be seriously ill. He had been complaining for 11 months of loss of power, and pains in both forearms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal cord & muscles, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1878
Date of death: 5 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Emphysema. Weak heart (after a cutaneous burn)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted on account of extensive ulceration and deformity of the upper limbs and neck, consequent on a burn some six months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, brain and uterus
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1858
Date of death: 10 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the aorta. Diseased kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A carpenter who was in the hospital last winter with ascites & what was supposed to be valvular disease of the heart. He was made out-patient after a time & got better; then in February he caught a fresh cold, & the legs became anasarcous’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1857
Date of death: 24 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Disease of aorta. Perforation of aortic valve
Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta); Perforation (Heart)
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 been ill six weeks, three of which he had been in attendance as an out patient of the Hospital. His case was a very obscure one.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1858
Date of death: 25 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Valvular lesion of the heart
Disease (standardised): Lesion (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This young man stated that three weeks ago he overwalked himself & in addition to extreme fatigue began to experience palpitation of the heart. It appeared that for a month he had been suffering from diarrhoea also. He could not lie on the left side, but had been glad to keep his bed for more than a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1858
Date of death: 27 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Valvular lesion of the heart
Disease (standardised): Lesion (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 patient gave a history of rheumatism attacking his lower limbs a week previous to his admission but so long as two months ago he was examined by a doctor on account of pain in the side & was told that he had ‘palpitation of the heart’. There was a most intense friction sound audible over the lower cardiac region which ceased as soon as the man held his breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1876
Date of death: 21 Feb 1876
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of aorta. Rupture into oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man had always been a heavy drinking and contracted syphilis at eighteen. For the last three months he had difficulty in swallowing which had increased to the extent of causing him to reject all food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Oesophagus, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Omnibus driver
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1860
Date of death: 5 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Fibrous blocks in kidneys & spleen
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'An omnibus driver. 17 years ago he had a rheumatic fever. Of late years he had occasional palpitations but excepting this his health remained good until 6 months before he came in’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: [No occupation]
  Age: 67
  Gender: Female
  Date of admission: 23 Jan 1877
  Date of death: 26 Jan 1877
  Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia; operation; peritonitis. Fatty and dilated heart
  Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
  Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
  Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
  Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
• Owen, Herbert Isambard
  Medical notes: Four days before admission the patient noticed a pain in the left groin and found a swelling. The same day vomiting came on.
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and abdomen. The post mortem was taken from Dr Owens notes
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Dairyman
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1886
Date of death: 8 Oct 1886
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Bronchitis. Oedema of the lungs. Dilated and hypertrophied heart.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She had suffered from bronchitis for many years and had been ruptured for six months. On September 30th the hernia came down and she was seized with vomiting and intense pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, intestines, stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1852
Date of death: 5 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart with wart-like vegetations on the valves. Fluid in pleural, pericardial sacs. Old left pleural adhesions with white patches on the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Fluid (Pleura); Fluid (Heart); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with palpitation of the heart, dyspnoea, jaundice and anasarca of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1860
Date of death: 30 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Hypertrophy of cranium. Meningeal apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Brain); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient came into the house with cough, expectoration and other symptoms of phthisis which she had had for 4 months. She took cascarilla with ipecacuan, and wine, and her case did not attract much attention until the 25th when she suddenly lost her power of distinct speech. She looked intelligent and appeared to understand all that was said to her’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, neck

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Police inspector
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1868
Date of death: 2 Jun 1868
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellulitis. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Tissue); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Seventeen days before admission he was stabbed on the back of the upper third of the right forearm by a prisoner with a pair of scissors.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1880
Date of death: 24 Sep 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Clot in pulmonary artery
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Thrombosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy. Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Evans, Arthur Owen
Medical notes: This man was admitted under the care of Dr Barclay suffering with pneumonia. It was subsequently discovered that nine days previously he had sustained an injury of the left side of his chest, and he was transferred to the care of Mr Holmes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen and ribs
Type of incident: Trauma/accident