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Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1866
Date of death: 3 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of heart. Oedema of lungs. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He was a hall keeper at the Lyceum Theatre and had suffered from rheumatism for many years. Five weeks before admission the legs began to swell and he was obliged to give up work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1872
Date of death: 28 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): (Ankylosis of knee). Amputation of leg. Calcareous atheroma. Secondary haemorrhage. Exhaustion. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ankylosis (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Haemorrhage (Leg); Exhaustion (Systemic); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man came in with disease of the right knee joint of a few years duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Commercial traveller
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1871
Date of death: 10 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Emphysema of lungs. Dilated heart. Cheesy deposits in kidneys. Enlarged prostate. Cystitis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Deposit (Kidneys); Disease (Prostate); Cystitis (Bladder)
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 stated that he had suffered from severe epigastric pain for about a fortnight. At the same time his urine dribbled away from him. He had been very sick’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1871
Date of death: 7 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian cyst. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cyst (Ovaries); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Clarke, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1872
Date of death: 24 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Caries of vertebrae. Double psoas abscess. Miliary tubercles. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: A year before admission this man had pain in the lumbar spine, which lasted several months. It became less for a time, but then recurred and six weeks before admission a swelling appeared in the right groin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1870
Date of death: 27 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Morbus Cordis.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient stated that she had suffered from disease of the heart for a year, and for the last month had had dropsy of the legs and abdomen. She had had acute rheumatism three times, the last attack 20 years before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, pericardium, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1891
Date of death: 19 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Hydrothorax (Pleurae)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Hale, Geoffrey Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a painter. He had an attack of lead-colic in 1885, and at the end of 1888 he had gout in the great toe. Of late years he had been liable to asthma. For 7 or 8 weeks before admission he had been troubled with frequent and excessive micturition, especially at night, and this was his reason for coming to the hospital. No history could be obtained of dropsy, and none of haematuria'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1872
Date of death: 19 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Scrofula. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The history given of the child by his parent was that ever since he was a baby he had had abscesses about his body, and as soon as one healed another would form.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1883
Date of death: 15 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Pleuritis. Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
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: He had had frequent colds and during the unusually cold weather he had been subject to violent fits of coughing which had left him completely exhausted.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1875
Date of death: 22 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Ascites. Anasarca. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Three weeks before Christmas she was attacked with cough and spitting and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Publican
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1871
Date of death: 5 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Pleuritic effusion. Miliary tubercles
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Effusion (Lungs); Tuberculosis (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 had suffered from nocturnal polyuria for many years & for the last two or three had noticed his ankles to be slightly oedematous in the evening. He had not however suffered severely till five weeks before admission, when he got a bad cough with gradually increasing dyspnoea’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Publican
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1878
Date of death: 2 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum. Great cardiac hypertrophy. Early cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Hypertrophy (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Patient of apparently sound constitution: bowels accustomed to act twice or thrice a day: diaphoresis rather free: accustomed to eat meat three times a day and to drink 4-6 pts. [pints] of beer and 1-2 glasses of gin daily. Scarlatina, typhus, and 'brain fever' at 9 yrs. [years] old. Some twenty attacks of gout in the last 16 yrs [years]. Winter coughs for six: some streaks of blood spat 4 or 5 yrs. [years] back. An attack of epistaxis about 4 yrs. [years] back. Palpitation on exertion for 4 yrs [years]. Winter cough as usual from Oct. [October] 1877. Increasing dyspnoea, with augmented expectoration for about 2 mo [months]. Swelling of legs for about a weak less [sic]. Anorexia and occasl. [occasional] vomiting during the 2 mo [months]: bowels freely open: urine variable in appearance'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, peritoneum, kidneys, spleen, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1875
Date of death: 21 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Congenital misplacement of the left kidney
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Congenital misplacement (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had been subject to winter cough for years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1872
Date of death: 17 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Epilepsy. Intense congestion of the brain. Commencing granular degeneration of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was in the hospital in October of 1870 .The history of his illness then was that one day while at dinner e became suddenly stupid and lost the power on the left side about a week before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coal porter
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1880
Date of death: 7 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleurisy. Pericarditis. Infarction of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Infarct (Kidneys)
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 known family diseases. Patient's first illness. Constantly exposed to wet & cold draughts. Three days ago became suddenly ill with rigors & sweating, & pain in left side round to the back'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Omnibus conductor
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1890
Date of death: 10 Jan 1891
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis. Lardaceous disease kidneys and liver
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidneys, liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was an omnibus conductor who acknowledged having been for many years a heavy drinker, chiefly of whiskey. In 1883 he had an attack of pleurisy on the right side. In March 1886 was admitted for a time into this hospital on account of oedema of the legs'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen, legs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1882
Date of death: 27 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Nephritis with large kidney
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: A week before admission he felt giddy and lost his appetite. He noticed that his legs were swollen and spotted with purpura.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1882
Date of death: 22 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs and kidney
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: For two years she had had a continual cough and much loss of flesh. She had treated herself since discharge with opium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1875
Date of death: 18 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (encephaloid) of both ovaries, liver and abdominal glands
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Clarke, John
Medical examination performed by: Lacy, Charles De Lacy
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman stated that she had noticed a swelling in the abdomen some three months before her admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1896
Date of death: 25 Mar 1896
Disease (transcribed): Granular red kidneys. Adherent lungs, and adherent pericardium. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, testis and toe joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1866
Date of death: 24 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Typhoid fever. Scarlatina. Acute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Typhoid fever (Systemic); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted first into the hospital in December with albuminuria and dropsy. Ten days before this admission he was seized with symptoms of typhoid fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1867
Date of death: 5 Apr 1867
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Bronchitis. Morbus Brightii. Congestion of brain
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Bronchitis (Lung); Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Thirteen weeks ago she had a violent attack of epistaxis. Fourteen days previous to admission an erysipelatous eruption made its appearance on the upper lip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1872
Date of death: 11 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had been hemiplegic for ten years. The day of admission he became giddy and fell, bruising the right hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1875
Date of death: 13 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Morbus cordis. Pleurisy. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: For ten or twelve years he had been subject to gout and he had had for some time cough and spitting, dryness of the throat, dyspnoea and pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a