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Occupation or role: Horse keeper
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1866
Date of death: 20 Feb 1866
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pus
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Suppuration (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had been ill five weeks before admission, the first symptoms being marked rigors and pain chiefly referred to the lower ribs on the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, lungs and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1866
Date of death: 10 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Pulmonary apoplexy. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had suffered from dyspnoea for one month before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundry maid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1874
Date of death: 24 Nov 1874
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Embolism of axillary artery. Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Arteries); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: About a month before admission this girl had an attack of acute Rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, axillary artery, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1880
Date of death: 20 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Changes in liver. Displacement of and change in the thoracic organs from old pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Displacement (Viscera); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering from palpitations, cough, expectoration and orthopnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, diaphragm, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Quarryman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1880
Date of death: 2 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of a sacculated bladder
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Bladder); Sacculated (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man was a welshman and the notes were taken by means of an interpreter. For seven years before his admission he had suffered from symptoms of stone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and bladder
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1880
Date of death: 22 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the aorta. Rupture
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No disease known of amongst relations. Ague 29 years ago, never since. Sharp pain in left side, worse with deep breathing, & some cough, 15 years ago. Did not last long. Has for several past years been engaged in heavy lifting work. Used to drink beer to excess for many years. Bowels habitually confined. No syphilis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, aorta, pleura, bronchi, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes (see PM/1881/1)
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jul 1881
Date of death: 8 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian tumour. Lungs compressed. Aortic disease
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Ovaries); Compression (Lungs); Disease (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No heritable disease; 7 children; 3 died of cramp. Menstruation ceased 13 years ago: no vaginal discharge. Since Xmas 1880 has felt pain on right side of abdomen which has increased since. Gave up work two months ago: felt pain in right hypochondrium on carrying a basket'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: Married
  Gender: Female
  Age: 41
  Date of admission: 13 Feb 1878
  Date of death: 12 Apr 1878
  Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis: pulmonary oedema
  Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Oedema (Lung);
  Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  PM performed by: Ewart, William
• Byam, W.
  Medical notes: 'History. Rheumatic fever 16 yrs. [years] before admission: four attacks in the following 12 years, all following parturitn [Parturition]. Subject to diarrhoea: very subject to sick headaches: had lived badly from 23 to 36: had a strong disgust to fat: diaphoresis habitually profuse. The last attacks of rheumatic fever began about Xmas 1873: she was in bed till the middle of March 1874: From that time she suffered from palpitation on the least exertion. The pains lasted till Mar. [March] 1875, and returned every time she tried to work. At the end of Oct. [October] 1877 she was suddenly ceased [sic] with cardiac pain, increased on movement: hepatic and epigastric pains occurring at irregular intervals and persistent vomiting. The skin became yellow, the bowels costive. A week later the legs swelled and the perspiration[?] increased. Vomiting continued every five minutes for five weeks: after that about twice or thrice a day after meals, pain being increased by the ingestion of food'
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, ascites
  Illustrations: Yes
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1880
Date of death: 14 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Perforation of the diaphragm
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Perforation (Diaphragm)
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: Three weeks before admission, after much exposure to the wet and cold, he felt a sudden pain in the left side. He had suffered from cough for a week or so before this.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleural cavities and lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1879
Date of death: 27 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of brain. Inflammation of mastoid cells. Cirrhosis. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Inflammation (Skull); Cirrhosis (Liver); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Three years before admission a scaly eruption appeared all over the body. Under treatment it disappeared, but was followed by loss of hair, headache and pains in the limbs. Two years later he had ulcerated legs and severe sore throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mastoid region, dura mater, brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary apparatus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1880
Date of death: 27 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys and atheroma of cerebral arteries
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
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 patient was transferred to the physician’s wards in a state of coma and died. No notes were therefore taken by the medical registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1880
Date of death: 4 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys, with hypertrophied heart. Atheroma of arteries
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
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 patient was brought in comatose. He died the night of admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleura, lungs, heart, aorta, arteries, liver, spleen, kidneys and urinary tract
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Sep 1879
Date of death: 24 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Gangrene
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Gangrene (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1880
Date of death: 4 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
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: About January 1879 while walking quietly in the street, he suddenly lost the power of speech. About the same time as the aphasia he noticed shortness of breath with attacks of fainting and giddiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and meninges
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1880
Date of death: 3 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Operation. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Perforation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For ten years she had had an umbilical hernia, which she had never been able to reduce completely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1880
Date of death: 7 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Head wound. (Tetanus). Swelling of the left parotid gland
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Tetanus (Systemic); Inflammation (Parotid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had for a long time led an exceedingly intemperate life. On the day of admission she fell down stairs while drunk, and struck her head against the edge of a step.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, lungs, heart ,liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1880
Date of death: 10 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cystic disease of both ovaries. Suppuration. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Suppuration (Ovary); Perforation (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Fourteen months before admission she had some pain in the right iliac region which increased rapidly. She had some attacks of vomiting, nausea and sharp abdominal pain. Gradually the abdomen became enlarged.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary and generative organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1880
Date of death: 19 Sep 1880
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage from unascertained cause
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Evans, Arthur Owen
Medical notes: The patient was brought in during the night with symptoms of collapse and died during the night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, abdomen, intestines, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1880
Date of death: 11 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Gummata in the liver. Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Gumma (Liver); Cirrhosis (Liver)
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: Ten years ago he had a syphilitic sore followed by eruptions on the body and legs. Four years ago he had a severe ulceration of the throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1880
Date of death: 14 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Axillary aneurism (operation). Hernia. Granular Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Operation (Thorax); Hernia (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: He was accustomed to drink ‘as much as his wages allowed him’. At the end of January he fell off a stool about a foot high and hit ‘his ribs low down on the right side’. A week afterwards he experienced pain down the right arm and noticed a lump behind the right clavicle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, arteries, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and hernia
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1882
Date of death: 13 Jul 1882
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis. Caseous deposit in lungs and brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Caseous deposits (Lung); Caseous deposits (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Her mother was consumptive and several of her brothers and sisters died of consumption. In spring 1882 she began to lose strength, flesh and complained of pain between the shoulders and over the left ovary.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1882
Date of death: 12 Feb 1883
Disease (transcribed): Suppurative peritonitis. Fibroids of uterus
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Leiomyoma (Uterus)
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 complained of discharge and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1878
Date of death: 26 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Limited peritonitis with ulceration of the bowel into a limited peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Erysipelas of L. [Left] leg at 15: frequent ulceration from that time: scarlatina in childhood: rheumatic fever at 17. Never robust: bad living till marriage: appetite always small: winter coughs for 8 or 9 years: catamenia scanty. Severe confinement on Dec. [December] 2nd 1876: very weak from that time: lactation scanty. In Novr [November] 1877 severe pain commenced gradually in the R. [Right] side of the abdomen; and increased steadily, being unaffected by period of day, by food or respiration. About the middle of Jan. [January] 1878 on severe paroxysms attacked him suddenly and lasted several hours until relieved by turpentine fomentations. The pain from the first was accompanied by constipation, and by vomiting, which was hardly ever absent for a whole day, and sometimes severe and constant for several. From Xmas she laid up'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1878
Date of death: 7 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney. Atheroma. Dilatation of the heart. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Pleural effusion (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Ague for 12 mo [months] at 15: otherwise healthy and temperate. Quite well till 12 mo [months] before admission, when he was attacked suddenly one evening as he was walking home, with dyspnoea and epigastric pain; both of which steadily increased thence forward, the latter being most severe after meals. Swelling of legs for 6 mo [months] before admission. Lungs noticed in epigastrium for three. Anorexia for 3 wks [weeks]. Much increase of dyspnoea for two. Cough for 7 or 10 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1878
Date of death: 20 Nov 1878
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse peritoneal cancer. Cancerous stricture in the transverse colon. Gastrotomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abomden); Constriction (Intestines); Operation (Stomach);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'One brother gouty: no other heritable disease in the family. Gonorrhoea and orchitis in 1870: disgust to fat: three or four pints of beer daily. Nothing else worthy of mark in the previous history. Malaise. From Xmas 1877, his appetite was deficient. Wasting. For about 6 mo [months] before admission he had been losing flesh. Pain and constipation. Otherwise he was quite well till 28 days before admission, where he woke with severe pain in the hypogastrium and abdomnen generally; the bowels being confined. […] About a fortnight before admission he suddenly began to vomit clear green'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, artificial anus, cancerous mass, stricture, liver, kidneys, spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a