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Emma French, 24, [No occupation stated]

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

William Trebble, 35, Barman

Occupation or role: Barman
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1868
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): 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: This patient was brought in dead having fallen in the street.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Turp, 13, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1856
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Lacerated lungs.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This boy had been run over by a loaded van.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Post Mortem Examinations and Case Books

  • 406 PM
  • Collection
  • 1840-1946

The post mortem records contain manuscript case notes, with medical notes both pre and post mortem. These include details on patients’ admission to the hospital, treatments and medication administered to patients and the medical history of patients; the medical histories were copied into the volumes from hospital registers, which are no longer extant. The post mortem cases include detailed pathological findings made during the detailed examination of the body after death. From the 1880s onwards the case books contain original anatomical drawings and photographs.

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The following information is recorded for each case. The information is transcribed from the case notes and/or the relevant index and, where relevant, additionally standardised using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

• Name of the patient. If a name is not entered in the volume, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No name stated]’

• Gender of the patient (female / male / unknown)

• Age of the patient. Usually in numbers, following the original, with the following exceptions: 4/12 = 4 months, 4/52 = 4 weeks, 4/365 = 4 days. If no age is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No age stated]’

• Occupation of the patient. Where no occupation is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No occupation stated]’. Children are often designated according to their father’s or mother’s occupation and women by their husband’s occupation (e.g. ‘F / Horsekeeper’, ‘M. Charwoman’, ‘Hd Grocer’); these have been rendered in the catalogue as ‘[Child of] Horsekeeper’, ‘[Wife of] Grocer’

• Date of admission and date of death

• The names of the doctors treating or examining the patient. ‘Admitted under the care of’ denotes the senior doctor in charge of the case (usually entered at the top of the page and in the index); ‘Post mortem performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the post mortem examination (usually signed at the bottom of the page) and ‘Medical examination performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the medical examination prior to death (usually signed at the bottom of the page). The earliest records usually contain only one name, and some of the later ones may contain multiple names in each category. An authority record (name access point) with basic biographical details has been created for each doctor mentioned in the records; these can be used to explore all the cases related to a particular individual

• Disease(s) or cause of death of the patient. Transcribed from the medical case and/or the index and standardised, e.g. ‘Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fractured base. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (lungs). Fracture (skull)’

• Medical and post mortem notes. Brief summary description or transcription of the case notes relating to previous medical history (not a full transcription of the case notes)

• Note on whether the case includes illustrations or photographs; these can also be browsed via genre access points

• Note on whether the death was caused by trauma, accident or suicide

• Subject access points, using standardised terms from MeSH, with disease type (e.g. respiratory tract diseases, cardiovascular diseases) and anatomy type (e.g. cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system), which can be used for browsing all relevant cases

Note on transcriptions and abbreviations

Names have been silently expanded, e.g. Jas = James, Wm = William

Some common abbreviations and acronyms

AMCH = Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital, Wimbledon
BID = Brought in dead
COA = Condition on admission
F = Father
H or Hd = Husband
HP = House physician
HS = House surgeon
IP = In-patient
L = Left
M = Mother
MR or Med reg or Med r = Medical register or Medical registrar
MS = Museum specimen
OP = Out-patient
OPD = Out-patient department
OR = Obstetric register
PMH = Previous medical history
PH = Previous history
Pt or Pat = Patient
PM = Post mortem
R = Right
RF = Rheumatic fever
Ry = Railway
SR or Surg reg = Surgical register or Surgical registrar
TB = Tuberculosis
VD = Venereal disease

St George's Hospital, London

William Perrin, 22, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1887
Date of death: 16 Nov 1888
Disease (transcribed): Left hip joint disease. Amputation at the joint. General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip joint); Amputation; Tuberculosis
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry and Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Left hip, thorax, lungs, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder

Type of incident: n/a

William Bartholomew, 35, Lodging-house keeper

Occupation or role: Lodging-house keeper
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1887
Date of death: 31 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of bowel. Faecal fistula. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Bowel); Fistula (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'He had 'inflammation of bowels' in 1870. Scarlet fever, followed by dropsy in 1869. In April '86, a small lump came in the abdominal wall'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Carter, 51, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1887
Date of death: 20 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate. Puncture of bladder. Peritonitis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Prostate); Puncture (Bladder); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: '[No history] of importance till 3 years ago, when he began to have difficulty in [?]: this passed off without treatment. About Dec 1st '87 he again got the same condition & on Dec 4, his urine was drawn off by his doctor. Subsequently no instrument could be passed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Margaret Green, 88, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 88
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1887
Date of death: 11 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Gangrene of ileum. Rupture
Disease (standardised): Hernia Gangrene (Intestines); Rupture
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'This woman was an IP [in-patient] in March 1887 with a strangulated left femoral hernia. She was operated on by Mr Dent & made a rapid recovery without a bad symptom. She left the hospital wearing a truss'
'The abdomen only was examined'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Susan Pickard, 47, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1887
Date of death: 10 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of cerebellum
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'A married multipara, whose health has been always good with the exception of there being a chronic purulent discharge from each ear since childhood. There had been 8 or 9 polypi removed at various times from the left ear'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, intestines, brain, ear
Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Haycock, 60, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1887
Date of death: 5 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cancer (carcinoma) of the parotid gland, larynx & lung. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Tissues); Cancer (Larynx, lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Had always good health till 2 months ago when a small lump formed on the right side of the neck below the angle of the jaw'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Sloper, 73, Harness maker

Occupation or role: Harness maker
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1887
Date of death: 30 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of pelvis. Haemorrhage. Shock
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Haemorrhage Shock
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Not seen by the registrar. This man was climbing up a ladder into a loft. He slipped & fell'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

'A man unknown', [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1887
Date of death: 26 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): 'Not known. Bullet wound of brain(?)'
Disease (standardised): Wound (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not seen by registrar'
'Not examined'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Hall, 30, Watchman

Occupation or role: Watchman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1887
Date of death: 2 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Suprapubic cystostomy. Pelvic cellulitis. Pelvic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Cystotomy Cellulitis (Skin); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Five years previous to admission he was kicked in the perineum. No blood came away at the time'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Lucy Ingram, 7, [Child of] Porter

Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1887
Date of death: 20 Oct 1887
Disease (transcribed): Disease of hip. Amputation at hip joint. Shock
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Amputation Shock
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Her mother suffered from strenuous[?] abscesses in the neck when young. When at 4, she got pain in her hip & was OP [out-patient] at the Evelina Hospital. This was 'cured' but in April '86 the hip again became bad & she was again an OP. The limb was put up in plaster-of-Paris'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Warren, 60, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1887
Date of death: 13 Oct 1887
Disease (transcribed): Hypospadias. Stricture of urethra. Distended bladder. Dilated uretus and pelver[?] of kidneys. Congestion of kidneys. Bronchitis. Bronchiectasis
Disease (standardised): Hypospadias (Penis); Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Bladder, ureter, kidneys); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'No clear history could be got from the man. He had suffered from stricture for many years. A few years ago, he got an attack of retention & states that the urethra burst while a surgeon was attempting to pass an instrument. Since then the urine has dribbled from a small orifice'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Martin Cahill, 30, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1887
Date of death: 14 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Hydrophobia
Disease (standardised): Rabies (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry and Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Always a healthy, abstemious man. About June 9th he was bitten on the left wrist by a harrier which came from a kennel in which there had been undoubted rabies. After treatment for 10 days, he went to Paris & was there treated by the Pasteur Inoculation system, after the original wound had been excised. Eight or 10 inoculations were made on the abdomen. He returned from Paris about Aug 20 [sic], & came up as OP [out-patient] with the wound unhealed'
'His brain has been reserved for microscopical examinations'
Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Maria Cooper, 64, Dressmaker

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1887
Date of death: 11 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Epithelioma of vulva
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Epithelioma (Vulva)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'For notes of case see Surgical Register 1125'
'Not examined'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Harry Yeary, 40, Shopkeeper

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1887
Date of death: 27 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat (suicidal). Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cut (Throat); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: des Voeux, Harold Antoine
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'Has tried to commit suicide. Instantly before admission cut his own throat'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Toff, 64, Charwoman

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1887
Date of death: 18 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene of toes. Albuminuria. Amputation of leg. Gangrene of flaps
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Toe); Albuminuria (Kidneys); Amputation (Leg); Gangrene
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'A widow, always abstemious. No history of any serious illness'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Dodd, 43, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1887
Date of death: 15 Jun 1887
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here'
'Not examined'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Johnson, 38, Hawker

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1887
Date of death: 11 Jun 1887
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of oesophagus. Gastrostomy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Oesophagus); Gastrostomy
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: des Voeux, Harold Antoine
Medical notes: 'He had a chancre 15 years previous to admission which was followed by a rash & suppurating bubo. He was a street hawker & drank 6 pints of beer daily'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Eldridge, 42, Plate layer

Occupation or role: Plate layer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1887
Date of death: 10 Jun 1887
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of arm. Fractured spine. Scalp wounds
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Arm, spine); Wound (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'The man was a platelayer on the railway & was knocked down & run over by an engine'
'Not examined'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Powell, 3, [Child of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1887
Date of death: 22 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Mastoid abscess. Pneumonia. Caries of temporal bone. Otorrhoea
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Ear); Pneumonia (Lung); Caries (Ear); Otorrhoea (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee and Bull, William Charles
Medical notes: 'Since Oct 3 weeks the boy had discharge from the right ear. This on several occasions had stopped & then the child complained of headache which was relieved as soon as the discharge was re-established'

Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Pilbean, 58, Whitesmith

Occupation or role: Whitesmith
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1887
Date of death: 12 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes'
'Not examined'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Page, 56, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1887
Date of death: 12 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'Not seen by the registrar. Fell from a scaffold. Brought in dead'
'A partial examination only was permitted'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

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