Showing 4452 results

Occupation or role: Monthly nurse
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1891
Date of death: 7 Feb 1892
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of gall-bladder. Secondary growths
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Gall bladder); Growths (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This woman had borne six children. Two months before admission she became jaundiced and there was violent retching. She lost much weight and began to suffer from vomiting after food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pleurae, lungs, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchen maid
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1919
Date of death: 12 Jul 1919
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of stomach. Ulceration of stomach and intestines. Secondary growth in lungs and spleen
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Stomach); Ulcer (Stomach); Ulcer (Intestines); Tumour (Lung); Tumour (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ellis, Harold
Medical notes: There was pain in the left side of the abdomen which she had had for two years, and a rash on the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, peritoneum, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1910
Date of death: 25 Jun 1910
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of aneurysm of left middle cerebral artery. Unruptured aneurysm of right middle cerebral artery. Food in trachea. Tumour of stomach wall
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Rupture (Arteries); Foreign bodies (Trachea); Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was found by the police lying on the ground. He was unable to speak and his right face and side were twitching.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, pancreas, bladder, alimentary canal, cranium and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1905
Date of death: 29 Dec 1905
Disease (transcribed): Mediastinal new growth, occupying the situation of the thymus, and spreading over the surface of the myocardium
Disease (standardised): Growth (Chest)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of shortness of breath, for the last 2 weeks. Slight cough & pain in the stomach. No previous serious illness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1845
Date of death: 7 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of patella. Erysipelas, with diffuse cellular inflammation of leg & suppuration in knee joint. Secondary deposits in lungs with pleurisy & pneumonia, & bronchitis. Deposition, apparently of lymph, in cortical structure of one kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Leg); Deposit (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'He was first admitted on the 4th of March with a transverse fracture of the right patella, caused by direct violence. When admitted there was some swelling but no pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1858
Date of death: 30 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant tumour of the orbit
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Eye socket)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted with a small tumour not larger than the eye itself, & situated behind it in the left orbit, the eye consequently being protruded’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Orbit, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1868
Date of death: 6 Feb 1868
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of tongue. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Tongue); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The history given by this man was that four months ago his gums and the tip of the tongue became ulcerated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1893
Date of death: 19 May 1893
Disease (transcribed): Endothelioma of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)

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: For seven or eight weeks he had been out of work and insufficiently fed. To this he was inclined to ascribe the fact that for the same length of time he had been out of health and losing flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, kidneys, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminales, spleen, pancreas, pleurae, lungs, thyroid body, larynx, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1888
Date of death: 23 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of lower end of the oesophagus. 2ndary infiltration of cardiac orifice & end of stomach. 2ndary deposits in liver
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Oesophagus, heart, stomach); Deposit (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'He had good health until Feb 1887 when suddenly became unable to swallow solid food, any attempt to do so being attended by pain & regurgitation. From that date he had lived on fluids’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Oesophagus, larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, pancreas, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cellarman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1866
Date of death: 5 Aug 1866
Disease (transcribed): Extensive cystic disease of right kidney. Both kidneys granular. Hypertrophy of heart. Atheroma of aorta. Pulmonary haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Kidney); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Five days before admission he found his legs swelling with tightness of the chest following.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1890
Date of death: 18 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of cervical glands
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'There was no history of phthisis in the patient's family & he had had always good health. Two years back he noticed a lump in the left side of the neck just below the lower jaw'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen, brain, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchen porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1909
Date of death: 1 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral tumour (trephining). Septic meningo encephalitis. Horse shoe kidney. Double optic neuritis with haemorrhages
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain); Trephining (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic); Encephalitis (Brain); Fused (Kidney); Optic neuritis (Optic nerve);Haemorrhages (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield. Grimsdale, Harold Barr
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient was seen by the Ophthalmic Surgeon on account of headache which he had had for twelve months. The pain was chiefly occipital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1911
Date of death: 24 Jan 1911
Disease (transcribed): Tumours of testes. Exploratory incision. Post operation mania. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Testis); Incision (Testis); Mania (Brain); Exhaustion (Systemic)
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: Eight weeks before admission a piece of wood struck him in the right testis. He had no particular symptoms at the time but three days later noticed a swelling of the organ.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, adrenals, alimentary canal, testes and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1908
Date of death: 18 May 1908
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of oesophagus. Ulceration into trachea. Septic aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Ulcer (Trachea); Sepsis (Lung); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1851
Date of death: 19 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Sebaceous tumour opened. Sloughing. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Sebaceous glands); Deposit
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not reported’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1906
Date of death: 1 Feb 1907
Disease (transcribed): Squamous carcinoma. Malignant stricture of the oesophagus. Collapse and fibrosis of left lung. Bronchiectasis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Constriction (Oesophagus); Atelectasis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung); Bronchiectasis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had a cough and hoarseness of voice for the past two months, and vomited constantly after food with difficulty in swallowing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Omnibus driver
Gender: Male
Age: 62
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1906
Date of death: 31 Aug 1906
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of oesophagus perforating trachea. Bronchitis. Septic pneumonia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Oesophagus); Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Sepsis (Lung); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Patient came to Hospital complaining of gradually increasing difficulty in swallowing of short duration only (about 7 weeks). Prior to this he said he was perfectly well. He had remained at his work till a fortnight previously, when he had to give it up. He said he had wasted considerable [sic] only during the last few weeks, but could manage to get down fluids if he took his time over it. The obstruction was referred to the region of the upper border of the manubrium sterni'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Metal worker
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1913
Date of death: 21 May 1913
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidney. Hydronephrosis. Renal calculus. Renal pelvic villous papilloma. Oedema and cellulitis of legs. Anasarca. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Hydronephrosis (Kidney); Calculi (Kidney); Papilloma (Kidney); Oedema (Leg); Cellulitis (Skin);Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For one month there had been renal oedema and obstinate vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1897
Date of death: 13 Jul 1897
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of rectum (fungating). Colotomy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Intestines); Colotomy (Colon) ()
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No examination post mortem'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1851
Date of death: 28 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Old double pleural adhesion. Vomicae at apices of both lungs. Cysted kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Adhesion (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Cyst (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted stating that he had been ill only 3 weeks, and complaining of cough & pain in the chest especially of the left side with difficulty of breathing. Pulse was quick & tongue coated, breathing hurried’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1845
Date of death: 5 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Mottling degeneration of kidneys. Anasarca. Effusion in peritoneum. Peculiar deposit in liver. Spleen large & hard
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic); Effusion (Abdomen); Deposit (Liver); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had generally enjoyed very good health, but that about eight months ago, he began to perceive a dull aching pain across the loins, which was constantly present’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Confectioner
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1888
Date of death: 31 Dec 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tumour of right half of pons and of anterior half of floor of fourth ventricle. Old phthisis. Pericarditis. Hobnailed liver
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said his father died of ‘drink’; he could give no details. His mother died at the age of 82. There was no family history of neurosis. The man gave no history of syphilis. He had had rheumatism three times. The first attack occurred when he was 25 years of age. He was laid up for 3 months. He had a second attack when he was 32, and was kept in bed then for 2 months. A third attack occurred when he was 40. On the last occasion he was only kept in bed for 3 days, but he had immediately afterwards some illness which he called pneumonia. The symptoms were cough and blood-spitting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Feet, skull, brain, thorax, heart, liver, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1867
Date of death: 14 Jun 1867
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of larynx
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: On admission he was evidently suffering from contraction of the larynx.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1903
Date of death: 10 Aug 1903
Disease (transcribed): Spleno-medullary leucocythaemia. Gout. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood); Gout (Joints); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of great weakness, pain and swelling of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, genito-urinary tract and bones
Type of incident: n/a