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Occupation or role: Waterman
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1888
Date of death: 13 Nov 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the bladder. Secondary deposits in left kidney & penis. Mitral constriction
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Bladder); Deposit (Kidneys, penis); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: '[No history] of heritable disease. For 10 years he has had shortness of breath. HE continued to get about till 4 months ago when he began to have scalding on micturition. This condition has steadily got worse. Of late urine has been passed every 10 minutes & the act of micturition has become very painful’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Prepuce, urethra, penis, bladder, kidneys, Douglas’ pouch, thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Corporal
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Oct 1888
Date of death: 29 Oct 1888
Disease (transcribed): Lympho-sarcoma of cervical abdominal axillary & inguinal glands. Primary mass apparently in superior mediastinum
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Glands)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A native of Bunia [?Republic of Congo]. For 18 years he had been in the English Army. No history of importance till Feb 1888 when some lumps came on the left side of the neck: these have rapidly got larger & others have appeared in various parts of the body’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart, pharynx

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1888
Date of death: 12 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of testis. Secondary growths in lumbar glands, liver, parotid
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Testicles); Growth (Lumbar glands, liver, parotid glands)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Chancre about 1874 followed by constitutional syphilis. About 2 months ago he suffered great pain about the bottom of the stomach & was treated for ‘inflammation of the bowels’. He has latterly been under treatment for syphilis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, kidneys, pancreas, spleen, liver, testes, pleurae, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engraver
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1888
Date of death: 23 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Episthelioma of oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'This man was originally an OP [out-patient] with difficulty in swallowing. He was admitted early in ‘88 & it was then found possible to pass a fine bougie into the stomach. At a consultation it was not thought a desirable case for gastrostomy & he went out. He got steadily more emaciated & was readmitted on June 13th’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, oesophagus, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1888
Date of death: 15 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of mammae
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A married woman who has never been pregnant. Health was good till 2 years ago when a tumour [was] found on the left breast […] this ulcerated & has rapidly got worse. She has never had advice for her tumour’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, mesenteric glands, uterus, ovaries, sternum, shoulder

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Gas labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1887
Date of death: 12 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Recurrent scirrhus of right mamma. 2ndary deposits in skin, right humerus, scapula, most ribs, bodies of dorsal vertebrae and kidney
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Deposit (Skin, arm, shoulder, ribs, spine, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A married woman with 2 children. Six years ago she began to have pain in the right mamma & a tumor formed which was removed at the Cancer Hospital in summer of ‘86. A few weeks ago, her right hand became swollen. A Pole. Cannot speak English well’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right upper limb, sternum, ribs, pleurae, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, uterus

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lady’s companion
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1888
Date of death: 29 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of right mamma. Amputation. Pyaemia. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Sepsis (Systemic); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James and Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Always good health. About 18 months ago, she first noticed a dimple on the right mamma, a swelling formed & this slowly got larger […] While at Wimbledon [Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon], was up & about & able to walk about the grounds. Got an attack of erysipelas in the wound & died of pyaemia’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right shoulder, peritoneum, abdomen, thorax ('Died at Wimbledon’)

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1888
Date of death: 18 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum & peritoneum. Vegetations on mitral valve. Cerebral embolism & softening. Old tubercular deposits in lungs
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum, peritoneum); Vegetation (Heart); Embolism (Blood vessels); Softening (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'For 6 months he has been troubled with pain on defoecations & inability to pass motions. Formerly he had diarrhoea. He passes blood in considerable quantity’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, rectum, kidneys, spleen, liver

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1888
Date of death: 11 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease (sarcoma) of left kidney. Dilated left ureter. Secondary growths in urinary bladder and in right lung
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Kidneys); Disease (Ureter); Growth (Bladder, lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Good general health till June ‘86 when he became ‘blind’. Eyesight has rapidly got worse. Three weeks before Xmas ‘87 he began to have difficulty in micturition’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, kidneys, heart, lungs, spleen, liver

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1888
Date of death: 27 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the lower end of the oesophagus. Gastrostomy. Hypostatic pneumonia and gangrene of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Gastrostomy; Pneumonia (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'This man was originally admitted under the care of Mr Dent [Clinton Thomas Dent] at the beginning of 1888 with difficulty in swallowing & rapid emaciation. A diagnosis of oesophagal stricture was made & under treatment he improved, being sent to convalescent home in February. For the first week he gained weight & was free from pain. Afterward he got increased difficulty in swallowing & began again to emaciate’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1888
Date of death: 28 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum, involving vagina and sacrum. Colotomy in left iliac fossa
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum, vagina, sacrum); Colotomy
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'The patient was a widow, who had had 2 children. No history of any previous illness. In April 1887, a swelling formed near the anus, which burst & pus came away’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Colotomy wound, spleen, kidneys, thorax, lung, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Storekeeper
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1888
Date of death: 28 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of cardiac orifice and small curvature of stomach, also of lower end of oesophagus with 2ndary deposits in retroperitoneal glands and in the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach, oesophagus); Deposit (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'This man was transferred from the care of Dr Dickinson [William Howship Dickinson] to have gastrostomy performed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, oesophagus, stomach, spleen, kidneys, thorax, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Commissionaire
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1887
Date of death: 22 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma occupying the whole of the left half of the chest and bulging over two inches beyond the median line
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Chest)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'An old soldier: no history of heritable disease. In 1882 he had a chancre which was followed by constitutional syphilis for which he was treated in Army with mercury. In 1884 he got a wound in the palm of the right hand: this healed at once […] In August 1885, the right forearm was amputated in Belfast Military Hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, heart, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, testicles
Illustrations or photographs: Yes (see PM/1888/68)
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Teacher
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1887
Date of death: 15 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the upper end of the rectum involving neighbouring soft tissues
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Father died of ‘cancer of stomach’ at 38. Had been failing in health for 6 years, but went on teaching in national schools till Sept ‘87. She began to have pain in her back in June ‘87 & has been in University College Hospital & at Croydon’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, rectum, intestines, stomach, spleen, kidneys, liver, pharynx, larynx, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated left inguinal hernia, reduced by operation. Cyst of the left ovary with twisted pedicle
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Groin); OperationCyst (Ovaries)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A widow who had had 4 children. There had been a hernia on the left side for 3 years. She had worn a truss over a hernia which had never been reduced’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, ovary, intestines, spleen, kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, brain, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1887
Date of death: 18 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of the oesophagus. Gastrostomy
Disease (standardised): Epithelioma (Oesophagus); Gastrostomy
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: '[No history] of importance previous to August 1887. At the beginning of this month he commenced to have difficulty of swallowing first of solids and latterly of fluids'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, oesophagus
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Meat seller
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1887
Date of death: 19 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma on the intestines. Enterotomy
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Intestines); Enterotomy
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: '[No history] of any illness except bronchitis. Always abstemious. 6 weeks before admission, he was seized with pain in the left side of the abdomen'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1887
Date of death: 15 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Epitheliomia of rectum. Secondary growths in the liver. Perforation of the rectum. Faecal extravasation
Disease (standardised): Epithelioma (Rectum); Growth (Liver); Perforation (Rectum); Extravasation
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'This man was originally admitted in 1883 with a tumour of the rectum. This was excised but recurred afterwards'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, rectum
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1887
Date of death: 8 Oct 1887
Disease (transcribed): Hydatid tumours of the liver
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Was a widow who had 8 children. Had never been strong but was able to work as a laundress till a fortnight before admission'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1887
Date of death: 21 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of penis. Amputation of penis. Septicaemia. Prostatis phlebitis
Disease (standardised): Epithelioma (Penis); Amputation (Penis); Sepsis
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard and Bull, William Charles
Medical notes: 'Had rheumatic fever 19 years ago & was then IP [in-patient] at St George's. Never had gonorrhoea or syphilis'
'The penis has been removed'
Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Paper-hanger
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1887
Date of death: 19 Jun 1887
Disease (transcribed): Tumour of bladder
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: des Voeux, Harold Antoine
Medical notes: 'He was an abstemious man who had good health till 12 months before admission. At that time, he states that he passed blood in his urine'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1887
Date of death: 15 Jun 1887
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of mesentery, left kidney etc
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Abdomen, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: des Voeux, Harold Antoine
Medical notes: 'With the exception of a chancre in 1879 which was followed by a bubo, the man had good health till Xmas '86 when he began to have warty growths on the eyelids [

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 May 1887
Date of death: 4 Jun 1887
Disease (transcribed): Uterine fibroid
Disease (standardised): Leiomyoma (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: des Voeux, Harold Antoine
Medical notes: 'An unmarried woman who had one child. For many years she had a very large abdomen. She states that the size of her abdomen did not diminish much after her confinement 20 years ago. About 1879 she had a severe attack of flooding which passed off in a few days. Catamenia ceased in 1885'
'No examination was made of any organ but the uterus'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bandmaster
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1887
Date of death: 12 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of rectum. Stricture. Colotomy. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Constriction (Rectum); Colostomy (Colon); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man was of temperate habits & enjoyed good health till he went to India. He was a band-master in the 2nd Oxford Light Infantry. In 1886 he had dysentery in India. After this he had constipation which was followed by another attack of diarrhoea'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a