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George Fone, 8 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1880
Date of death: 25 Oct 1800
Disease (transcribed): Impaction of a foreign body in the oesophagus. Laryngotomy. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Foreign body (Oesophagus); Laryngotomy (Larynx); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Eight hours previous to admission whilst eating apples and beans, the child suddenly became black in the face and had urgent dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Air passages, oesophagus, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Blackmore, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1875
Date of death: 2 Nov 1875
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis. Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The first week in December, the patient began, without apparent reason, to shiver and feel chilly. There was also nasal catarrh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Edwin Sadler, 53, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1876
Date of death: 24 Jul 1876
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidney. Cardiac hypertrophy
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man had gout for twenty four years and colic several times. He had cough and dyspnoea for two months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, liver and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

John Beldom, 71, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1876
Date of death: 8 Aug 1876
Disease (transcribed): Schirrhus of glands at the oesophageal orifice of stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from retching, pyrosis and pain in the left side for twelve years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, stomach and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Collard, 13, Schoolboy

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1876
Date of death: 10 Aug 1876
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of appendix vermiform. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: A fortnight before admission the patient was seized suddenly with pains in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, abdomen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Over, 58, Charwoman

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1876
Date of death: 24 Aug 1876
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular ulceration of colon. Deposit in right lung
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Intestine); Ulcer (Intestine); Deposit (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from diarrhoea and abdominal pain for five years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and colon
Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Mardle, 56, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1876
Date of death: 3 Oct 1876
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of glands of duodenal region involving the gall bladder
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestine); Cancer (Gall bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient’s mother died of cancer of the womb. She herself was in good health until ten weeks before admission. At this time she began to suffer from general malaise and anorexia. A month later the skin assumed an icteric tint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen, liver and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Mallery, 4, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1876
Date of death: 5 Oct 1876
Disease (transcribed): Post pharyngeal abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: Nine days before admission the child complained of drowsiness. After a sleep of several hours she awoke, suffering from sore throat with dysphagia and some dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea, oesophagus, larynx, heart, kidneys, spleen and glands of abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Killock, 72, Gate keeper

Occupation or role: Gate keeper
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1876
Date of death: 9 Oct 1876
Disease (transcribed): Schirrhus of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: No history could be obtained of this patient, on account of deafness. On Admission he was considerably emaciated and tinged deeply with yellow.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Greenland, 75, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 75
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1876
Date of death: 10 Oct 1876
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The patient had been well and strong until seven or eight months before admission, when she first noticed the tumour. About this time she hurt herself by a fall and after the accident the urine became high coloured.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Grimmond, 30, Baker

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1876
Date of death: 22 Oct 1876
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration and perforation
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestine); Perforation (Intestine)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The patient was in excellent health until three weeks before admission, when he began to cough, without dyspnoea or much expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, abdomen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Dymock, 23, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1876
Date of death: 26 Oct 1876
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient stated that she had been in Guys two years before for diabetes. She had not dieted since leaving the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, kidneys, spleen, intestines, liver and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Turver, 24, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1876
Date of death: 7 Nov 1876
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs. Amyloid liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: Early in the present year, being in service at a hotel in Margate, he had to sleep in a room which was flooded by high tides. In February he was attacked by a coryza.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidney and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Potter, 46, Night watchman

Occupation or role: Night watchman
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1876
Date of death: 15 Nov 1876
Disease (transcribed): Schirrhus of oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient discovered a month before admission that ‘the wind seemed to meet is food’. At the same time he began to cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, oesophagus and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Mary A Walker, 42, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1876
Date of death: 28 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestine)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: On admission she complained of pain in the epigastrium, hypogastrium and loins, in the interscapular region, knees and feet. She had frontal headache and slight cough with great weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, suprarenals, spleen, bladder and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Roberts, 44, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1876
Date of death: 29 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of mesenteric glands and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Mesentery); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The history of the present illness comprised severe pain in the back and sides of the chest during three months, with frequent vomiting, anorexia and obvious fullness of the upper part of the abdomen for three.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and mesenteric glands
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Brooks, 65, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1876
Date of death: 31 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal Obstruction
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient had been already three times in the hospital within three of four years with similar symptoms. Three days before admission he got wet through. The next day he was suddenly attacked by vomiting and severe abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Bristow, 46, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1876
Date of death: 3 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of Stomach
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Eighteen months before admission, the patient began to experience weekly or fortnightly a sharp appraising pain in the epigastrium after dinner, resulting in pyrosis and vomiting. The pain became constant two months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, stomach, liver
Type of incident: n/a

William Gunter, 16, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1876
Date of death: 4 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with abscess. ? (Pyaemia). Multiple abscesses of liver and and spleen
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had smallpox at six years old, and had suffered from precordial pain and shortness of breath ever since. Three years before admission he was in hospital for bronchitis and had an almost constant cough. Five weeks before admission he got wet through, and later began to suffer from dorsal pains with increase of the cough and hot night sweats.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Jessie Norris, 24, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1877
Date of death: 6 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Simple ulcer of stomach; haemorrhage. Granular Kidney.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Haemorrhage (Stomach); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient, emaciated and anaemic, was admitted suffering from severe pain in the abdomen and front of chest, constant diarrhoea and grumous vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

William Curtis, 37, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1876
Date of death: 11 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Old hydatids of the liver. Caseous pneumonia with tubercle. Tubercular laryngitis.
Disease (standardised): Echinococcosis (Liver); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had a venereal sore three years before admission, followed by ulcers on the tongue and mouth, and later by a sore throat, dysphagia, dyspnoea and aphonia. The symptoms worsened up to admission when the air passage was suddenly and completely secluded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

William Butt, 59, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1877
Date of death: 5 Feb 1877
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of oesophagus. Oedema glottidis. Caseous pneumonia. Granular kidney.
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Oesophagus); Oedema (Larynx); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient, emaciated and very weak, with puffy eyelids but no oedema of the legs was admitted with severe dysphagia, dyspnoae and stridor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Allen, 23, Children's Nurse

Occupation or role: Children's Nurse
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1877
Date of death: 15 Feb 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles of lung, peritoneum, intestine and brain.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with languor, malaise, diarrhoea, cough and constantly increasing dyspnoea with little expectoration, palpitation, pain in the cardiac region and anorexia of a month's duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, abdominal cavity, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Bartholomew, 36, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1877
Date of death: 18 Feb 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary Phthisis. Amyloid liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient when admitted was in a condition which precluded examination. He died the same day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and meninges
Type of incident: n/a

James Hardgrove, 47, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1877
Date of death: 18 Feb 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Fatty heart. Pulmonary apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with oedema of the legs and scrotum, some degree of ascites and icterus of the head and shoulders.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and meninges
Type of incident: n/a

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