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Occupation or role: Packer
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1877
Date of death: 30 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Low pneumonia. Cystic disease of kidneys. Syphilitic disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Kidney diseases, cystic (Kidney); Syphilis (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Suffered from 'brain fever' in childhood: from 'rheumatics' in 1857, from occasional sore throats. Venereal sore in 1857 (after the rheumatism) […] A temperate man. Languor and want of appetite, with some loss of flesh for about a month. Attacked with shivering about noon 12 days before admn [admission]: had to leave work and go home. Pain in L [Left] hypochondrium, increased at night, after food, or on inspiration; cough, dyspnoea, and occasional palpitation commenced, and continued. Shivering lasted two days. Bowels costive: urine as usual'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1861
Date of death: 1 Jan 1862
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man was transferred from the Surgeons on account of Albuminuria
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1881
Date of death: 30 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Atheroma. Hypertrophy of heart. Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of previous illnesses could be gathered from his relations. He had been in continuous work as a lawyer's clerk until 1pm on March 30 when he put his hand on his head, complaining of acute pain, & fell down unconscious without cry or convulsions. He spoke once or twice about half an hour after the first attack, saying that he felt better but subsequently relapsed with further convulsions into complete coma which soon became stertorous'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Auction Porter
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1870
Date of death: 6 Feb 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The man was brought in comatose with a history of a fit immediately before admission. He was stated to be a hard drinker and had complained of pain in his head, on which he was accustomed to carry considerable weights.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1871
Date of death: 7 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatinal nephritis. Effusion into the pleurae & peritoneum. General dropsy
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Nephritis (Kidney); Effusion (Pleurae, peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This child, having had scarlatina, was permitted to go out during desquamation three weeks before admission, & became dropsical’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1873
Date of death: 4 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of pylorus. Phthisis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: For a month this man had had pain in the belly after food with frequent vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1880
Date of death: 4 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This man was taken ill with shivering, vertigo, vomiting, a dull pain in the right side of the chest and right shoulder, and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1883
Date of death: 28 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Pleuritic effusion. Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission the weather grew very cold and she complained that she could not keep warm and took to bed. For a fortnight before admission her doctor had told her that he could not feel her pulse at the wrist.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1862
Date of death: 27 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This was a scrofulous looking boy who one month previous to his admission had a mild attack of scarlatina.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1887
Date of death: 18 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Granular (Kidney); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient, who was a painter, was not known by his wife to have had colic gout or any other illness. There was no history of alcohol or syphilis'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blacksmith
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1873
Date of death: 9 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Nephritis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: About a year ago this man suffered from pain in the back with subsequent passing of scanty bloody water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1881
Date of death: 19 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Pneumonia. Granular kidneys. Inflammation of liver
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Inflammation (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: In May 1881 she fell and struck her hip against some stones and from that time she dates constant discomfort in the hip and a limping gait.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1881
Date of death: 11 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the pylorus: occlusion (Granular kidneys)
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Pylorus); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He enjoyed very good health up to Jan 1880 when he was attacked with violent and frequent vomiting. The vomita consisted either of the food last taken which was returned as a rule after about an hour or of a large quantity of frothy matter, greenish, yellowish or nearly colourless. No blood noticed in the vomita'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, stomach, duodenum, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1869
Date of death: 7 Apr 1869
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been ill for eight weeks before admission. He had not been living well and had been losing flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1869
Date of death: 8 Apr 1869
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii. Morbus cordis. Embolism of cerebral artery. Softening of brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Embolism (Arteries); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman said that she had been ill for two weeks with pains in the knee.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Governess
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1880
Date of death: 7 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney (one absent)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For ten months she had been feeling out of sorts, suffering from occasional attacks of diarrhoea and sickness in the mornings, pale urine and frequent micturition for some months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Kidneys, suprarenal capsule, liver and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bailiff
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1872
Date of death: 19 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Intertubular and intratubular disease. Hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
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 had had occasional swelling of the legs for about three years, always having a cough at the same time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1868
Date of death: 3 May 1868
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was originally admitted in July 1866 with dropsy and albuminuria. From the time of his leaving the hospital he had never been free from dropsy and had been getting gradually worse until he was readmitted.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Date of admission: 1 May 1878
Date of death: 4 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous tumour (elephantiasis) of the labium; ulceration around the anus. Lardaceous disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Genitalia); Elephantiasis (Genitalia); Ulcer (Anal canal); Amyloidosis (Kidneys);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted with general oedema, extensive in the legs, and distension of the abdomen; complaining of diarrhoea, cough, dyspnoea and expectoration of thick yellow matter. The condition of the labium was perceived. There were general wheezing and rhonchi in the lungs. […] She was in too weak a condition for a history to be obtained'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lung, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus, rectum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Fitter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1871
Date of death: 12 Jun 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Recent nephritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Nephritis (Kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Six weeks before his admission this man fell & struck his right loin severely. He kept at his work for a few days when he was attacked with haematemesis’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1877
Date of death: 12 Apr 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Granular kidney.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The attack began suddenly with pain in the back and right flank, cough, and scanty expectoration, which gradually increased. He was a free drinker.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and stomach.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bookbinder
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1878
Date of death: 5 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Amyloid disease of the kidney. Catarrhal pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Previous history of good health: bad living in childhood: scanty diaphoresis: 3 pts [pints] of beer daily: spirits only occasionally. Never very robust. Infection with syphilis in 1870. A rigor of 2 hrs [hours] duration on Xmas day 1876, after getting wet: felt out of sorts the second day: returned to work on the third, and continued well. About the last week in March following he found his legs swelled […] He entered King's Coll. Hosp. [King's College Hospital] on June 18th, the swelling entirely disappeared and the urine became natural in quantity. He resumed work on Nov. [November] 9th, three weeks later he suddenly lost a considerable portion of his eyesight, which he never recovered. About a week later his urine became bright red. In King's again from Dec. [December] 12th to Jan. [January] 22nd […], and on Feb. [February] 1st was admitted I.P. [In-patient] at Blackfriars Opthalmic Hosp. [Hospital]. […] The day before admn. [admission] he had a 'fit' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Date of admission: 1 May 1878
Date of death: 6 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Weak heart, granular kidney, atrophy of the brain, etc.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Nephritis (Kidney); Atrophy (Brain);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Admission. Admitted complaining of weakness, inability to walk, and inability to articulate, defective sight and slight cough. Ill nourished, pale and sallow: no oedema. Evidently not quite compos mentis: she stared wildly, tightened the angles of the mouth: looked vacant and scared. Articulation was much impaired, many consonantal sounds degenerated into 'sh' or gh' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus, intestine, brain, spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1879
Date of death: 17 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary phthisis. Cavities. Pleurisy. Tubercle. Fatty degeneration. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Cavities (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For thirty years she was subject to winter cough and had lost flesh permanently for two years. The present cough commenced nine weeks ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Basket maker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1873
Date of death: 18 Jan 1874
Disease (transcribed): Nephritis. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This patient stated that for as long as she could recollect she had been subject to pains about the body with general ill health.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a