Occupation or role: Charwoman Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 May 1870 Date of death: 27 May 1870 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Morbus Cordis. Pulmonary haemorrhage. Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The patient had been ill for five weeks before her admission with a cough and shortness of breath. She stated that she was always liable to cough in winter, and for many years her legs had been oedematous. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Butler Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jul 1870 Date of death: 6 Aug 1870 Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary phthisis. Granular kidneys. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This man had been ill since Christmas 1869 with failing strength, cough and night sweats. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen and liver, suprarenal capsule, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Engineer Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Aug 1870 Date of death: 13 Aug 1870 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous pneumonia. Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Granular kidneys. Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney);Cirrhosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The patient was unable to give any clear account of his illness, stating that he had only been ill with a cough and dyspnoea for ten days. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Schoolgirl Age: 6 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Aug 1870 Date of death: 31 Aug 1870 Disease (transcribed): Scarlatinal Nephritis. Disease (standardised): Scarlet Fever (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: Three weeks before admission, the child had fallen ill with scarlatina, followed by dropsy. The case is from Dr Laking's notes. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Aug 1870 Date of death: 2 Sep 1870 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Congestion of the kidneys. Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The patient had been ill for a month before admission with a cough and swelled legs. The case was taken from Dr Laking's notes. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Blacksmith Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Sep 1870 Date of death: 10 Sep 1870 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Morbus Cordis. Granular kidneys. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This man was first admitted with palpitation of the heart, dyspnoea and dropsy. For many years he had polyuria and slight lumbar pain. His legs were very oedematous, there was a cough with orthopnoea and blood stained sputa. The case was taken partly from Dr Laking's notes. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Milliner Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Aug 1870 Date of death: 22 Sep 1870 Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous disease. Tubal nephritis. Fatty kidneys. Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The patient’s legs swelled about three weeks before her admission, the urine being at the same time scanty. She stated that five months previously she had a similar attack. The case was taken from Dr Laking's notes. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Sep 1870 Date of death: 4 Oct 1870 Disease (transcribed): Sanguinary apoplexy. Abscess of prostate gland. Pyelitis. Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Abscess (Prostate); Pyelitis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Cavafy, John Medical notes: This man was admitted into the surgical wards unable to give any account of himself, suffering from recent apoplexy. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and cranium. The post mortem was taken from Dr Cavafy's notes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Nov 1870 Date of death: 3 Dec 1870 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Nephritis. Pleuritic effusion. Hypertrophy of the heart. Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Effusion (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This man stated on admission that he had never suffered from colic, but had had as many as twenty attacks of gout. For several years there had been nocturnal polyuria and slight oedema of the ankles. He was also suffering from great dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and intestines Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General Servant Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Dec 1870 Date of death: 31 Dec 1870 Disease (transcribed): Suppression of urine. Convulsions. Great dilatation of the stomach. Disease (standardised): Suppression of urine (Bladder); Seizures (Brain); Dilatation (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This woman stated that her catamenia had been absent for fourteen months, and that since that time she had been very sick periodically and had vomited small quantities of blood. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, stomach and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Nov 1870 Date of death: 14 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bedsore. Exhaustion Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pressure ulcer (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This old man had been a patient in the hospital with chronic rheumatism in June. He was discharged relieved, but on readmission stated that ever since August he had been more or less bedridden in the same way. He complained of pain in the knees & ankles, which were not swollen, & he was able to walk up to the ward, where he sat on the form before getting into bed. It was only after some time that it was discovered that he had an enormous sloughing bedsore on the right buttock’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Housekeeper Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Jan 1870 Date of death: 15 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Atheroma. Cardiac hypertrophy & dilatation. Apoplexy of pons Varolii. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Disease (Heart); Stroke (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This woman, who had complained for a long time of severe occipital pain, had a fit the day before her admission followed by loss of power on the right side. There was right hemiplegia on admission. No distinct facial paralysis, but the movements of the tongue were performed with much difficulty & her speech, though quite sensible, was thick or hesitating’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, cerebrum
Occupation or role: Married Age: 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Feb 1871 Date of death: 1 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Granular, contracting kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This woman was first a patient in December 1870 with dyspnoea, thoracic pain & dropsy. She had been frequently sick & spat a little blood. She then stated that she had had two attacks of acute rheumatism, 8 & 4 years before respectively. 6 years before admission she had dropsy, & had long suffered from cough & dyspnoea’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Feb 1871 Date of death: 4 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Perforating ulcer of the duodenum. Peritonitis. Granular kidneys. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man, a painter, applied in the morning of the day of his admission, suffering from violent abdominal pain which had come on suddenly a short time before. He stated that he was the subject of an old hernia which had come down & which he was unable to return. Reduction was easily effected, but as the pain continued, he was given a dose of castor oil & laudanum, & sent to bed’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 21 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Feb 1871 Date of death: 3 Apr 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Effusion into both pleural cavities. Fibrinous deposits on the mitral valve Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Effusion (Lungs); Deposit (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This girl stated that for the last four months she had suffered much from severe thoracic pain, dyspnoea, palpitation & cough, the sputa being slightly blood-streaked. Three days before admission her legs swelled. She never had rheumatism, but when aged 12 had dropsy after exposure to cold & wet’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 65 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Apr 1871 Date of death: 3 May 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Pleuritic effusion Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Effusion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This woman who had for many years been subject to winter cough, had a very severe attack last winter & since that time had much dyspnoea. Her legs swelled four months before her admission’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 May 1871 Date of death: 11 Jun 1871 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of the inguinal & lumbar glands & prostate. Morbus brightii Disease (standardised): Cancer (Glands, prostate); Nephritis (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man had suffered from nine months before admission from constant severe pain in the left leg & thigh. The pain was referred to the muscles & the joints were not & had not been swollen or painful’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, glands, bladder
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 May 1871 Date of death: 29 Jun 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man eleven months before admission was exposed to cold & wet, followed by dropsy with scanty dark urine & much lumbar pain. He then came to the hospital as out-patient but there was only slight improvement & he became very weak’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Apr 1876 Date of death: 14 Apr 1876 Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Pus in uterine walls Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Suppuration (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This woman had been confined with her first child on 17th February previous to admission. The child had been born alive after a difficult labour followed by much haemorrhage. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, peritoneum, kidneys and uterus Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Engineer Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Apr 1876 Date of death: 21 Apr 1876 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Granular disease of liver and kidney Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This man said he had been subject to cough and spitting for five or six years and had pain in the feet and legs for two years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Nov 1875 Date of death: 5 Dec 1875 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Aortic atheroma Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This man said he had had a winter cough for the last three or four years and that his present attack had lasted for a fortnight. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, liver and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General dealer Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Aug 1888 Date of death: 8 Oct 1888 Disease (transcribed): Bright’s disease Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Not reported here’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No post mortem examination’
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Mar 1889 Date of death: 12 Mar 1889 Disease (transcribed): Ingravescent apoplexy. Chronic Brights disease Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Glomerulonephritis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Medical notes: He had been a soldier and had fought in the Crimea. On the morning of his admission he was carrying a piano when he fell down. Soon afterwards he found he had lost power in his left arm and left leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, eyes, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, thorax and heart Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Shop assistant Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 May 1889 Date of death: 6 May 1889 Disease (transcribed): Gonorrhoea. Pyaemia. Surgical kidney (right). Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Gonorrhoea (Urogenital tract); Sepsis (Systemic); Nephritis (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Medical notes: Eighteen months before his admission the patient had gonorrhoea and was treated as an outpatient at the Lock Hospital. For a week before he came to St George’s he had pains in his knees and in the calves of his legs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pericardium, heart, spleen, stomach, kidneys, urethra, testes, eyes and blood vessels Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1889 Date of death: 15 Jun 1889 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Lardaceous disease Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V. Medical notes: The patient had a chancre on his penis when he was twenty one. There was no history of secondary syphilis. He had lived in India for twenty five years and he drank large quantities of spirits and had occasional attacks of malarial fever. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, heart, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys and intestines Type of incident: n/a