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Occupation or role: Machinist
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1894
Date of death: 6 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of abdominal aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Last August patient suffered from 'nervous disease'. Was in the London hospital five weeks. Three months ago he thinks he strained himself over a slift machine. A month ago he noticed a painful swelling in the abdomen. No history of syphilis. On admission. There was a pulsating expansile swelling about the size of a cricket ball in the umbilical and hypogastric regions'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, spine, heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1880
Date of death: 16 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Stricture – hypertrophied bladder. Surgical kidney. Disease of heart valves. Hypertrophied heart. ‘Pulmonary apoplexy’
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Ureter); Disease (Bladder); Surgical (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: It appears that he had suffered from a non-traumatic stricture for four years and had been under medical treatment for some time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Urethra, bladder, kidneys, heart, aorta, lungs, liver, spleen, pancreas and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a