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Mary Joyce, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1843
Date of death: 26 Dec 1843
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of Peritoneum.
Disease (standardised): Malignancy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Carter, 23, Kitchenmaid

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1881
Date of death: 18 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the lungs, kidneys, intestines & peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, intestines, peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Her mother died of 'consumption' at 46. No further history of pulmonary disease. She has had very good health up to Dec 1880 when her appetite fell off, and she had occasional vomiting & much headache. Menstruation continued regular. In Jan 1881 she had severe vomiting for 3 days; not apparently immediately excited by food; vomit consisted mostly of undigested food; no blood; no cough'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Frank Genever, 11, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1881
Date of death: 23 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the ileum. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'His father died of phthisis 3 years ago; the mother is healthy; the rest of the family healthy except a younger sister who is at home with symptoms similar to his own. He has had measles badly; no scarlet fever; no other disease; no history of cough. A week ago he lost his appetite & had much headache, thirst & vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestinal tract

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Courtney, 25, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1881
Date of death: 20 Sep 1881
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The patient had been in very good health until 4 days ago when she was seized suddenly with a shivering fit and left in a prostrate condition from which she has never rallied. Much headache; frequent cough; scanty bronchitic sputa. Bowels not open for 3 days until the day before admission. Great thirst. The scanty evidence from patient and friends shewed no definite symptoms of disease of longer standing'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Annie Tomlin, 19, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1881
Date of death: 20 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal septicaemia. Acute peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Postpartum depression (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'There was some tubercular history in the family: as a child she had frequent barking cough & swollen glands in the neck. The catamenia [menstruation] appeared at 13 and have of late years been irregular & painful, occurring as a rule every three weeks, & never absent, she says, more than 2 months. About Christmas 1879 she was laid up with 'overwork'. Since then she has been in good health, & has acted as a servant to a crêche. Six days before admission she described herself as feeling quite well. A day later menstruation began with diarrhoea and uch pain: she had several rigors next day and the diarrhoea increased with many feverish symptoms. She denied having noticed during her life any abdominal tumour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, generative organs, uterus, vagina, ovaries, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Harper, 1 ¾, [Child of] Porter

Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter
Age: 1 ¾
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1888
Date of death: 10 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was in good health till 10 weeks before he came to the hospital. The first symptom noticed by the mother was abdominal swelling; the child appeared to be well, apart from this. He was taken to a dispensary. Dropsy was diagnosed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Weller, 24, [Child of] Gardener

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gardener
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1888
Date of death: 16 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Abscess between stomach and diaphragm. Possibly started originally from a gastric ulcer. Bursting of the abscess into the general peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Stomach, diaphragm); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The father of the patient said that about a year before she came to St George’s she had an attack of ‘pleurisy’ and was ill for 5 months. The patient herself gave no account of an illness resembling pleurisy, but said she had suffered from palpitations and ‘globus’. When she came into the hospital she complained of pain at the lower part of the thorax’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, ovaries, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Mary / Bridget Nolan, 28, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1888
Date of death: 8 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis?
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was in good health till 4 years before her admission. She then had an attack of acute rheumatism: this lasted for three weeks. For several months before she came to the hospital she had abdominal pain occasionally: the pain was worse after food’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Peritoneum, bladder, small intestine

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Wynne, 26, Draper’s assistant

Occupation or role: Draper’s assistant
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1888
Date of death: 30 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration throughout the whole length of the large intestine. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Ten or twelve years before his admission he had congestion of the lungs and was in bed a month. He had no other illness till the beginning of 1888 when he began to suffer from diarrhoea. His bowels were open 2 or 3 times daily. He recovered from the flux to some extent but not entirely’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Eyears, 16, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1888
Date of death: 19 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said he had had ‘brain fever’, scarlatina and measles about 10, 8 and 6 years before he came to the hospital. He had had no other illness. On the night of July 13th he went to bed in a state of health. On the morning of the 14th he woke up at 7.30. He then had severe pain at the upper part of his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, larynx, trachea, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Dockerill, 55, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1920
Date of death: 9 Dec 1920
Disease (transcribed): Retroperitoneal haemorrhage and fat necrosis
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Retroperitoneal space); Fat necrosis (Indeterminate);
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'History. For the past three months she had had severe pain after food and vomiting. A vaginal discharge a fortnight ago'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, gallbladder, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, stomach, intestines, colon, bladder, genital organs, pancreas

Type of incident: n/a

William Craggs, 56, Fitter

Occupation or role: Fitter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1917
Date of death: 4 Feb 1917
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of small gut by adhesions in pelvis. Early peritonitis. Old abdomino-perineal operation with removal of rectum for carcinoma. Colotomy
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Operation (Rectum); Carcinoma (Rectum); Colotomy (Colon)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Sellwood, George Binford
Medical notes: 'Abdominal perineal operation for complete excision of rectum for carcinoma performed by Mr Fedden [Walter Fedde Fedden] Oct 21, 1906, with colotomy. Colotomy has worked well & he has had no abdominal trouble since the operation until a week ago’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Hindley, 50, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1877
Date of death: 18 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Haemothorax. Luxation of spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Haemothorax (Thorax); Luxation (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: A Dray on which the patient was riding upset throwing his violently to the ground and one of the horses which had also fallen, then rolled on him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Eyles, 22, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1885
Date of death: 27 May 1885
Disease (transcribed): Perforative peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Cahill, John
Medical notes: In April of last year he was in bed for fourteen days with pain all over him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Maud Wilkinson, 14, [Child of] Widow

Occupation or role: [Child of] Widow
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1885
Date of death: 6 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She attributed her illness to eating a bad picked onion, but other people who were eating at the same time were not ill.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Goddard, 7 years six months, [Child of] Farrier

Occupation or role: [Child of] Farrier
Age: 7 years six months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1885
Date of death: 25 Aug 1885
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: In May last he was seized with severe pains in the lower half of the abdomen and in a few days afterwards the abdomen was noticed to be much larger than normal.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Morris, 29, Cabinet maker

Occupation or role: Cabinet maker
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1885
Date of death: 26 Oct 1885
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle of pia mater, peritoneum, lungs, kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain ); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: This patient’s parents and at least ten relations on his father’s side died of Phthisis. He had been complaining of his head for three weeks and had a hacking cough of late.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract, testicles and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Frances Tills, 42, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1885
Date of death: 2 Dec 1885
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle of lungs and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: This patient was of French extraction, whose family history was free from disease. She was well up to four months prior to admission when pains came on in the abdomen and rapid emaciation occurred.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, suprarenal bodies, kidneys, bladder, stomach and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

George Pattison, 4 years 6 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1880
Date of death: 13 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): 'Large white kidneys’. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: A fortnight before admission his mother had noticed a rash all over his body, accompanied with a little soreness of throat, feverishness and discharge from the ears. Three days before admission dropsy was noticed, and he complained of headache and pain in the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Herbert Murrel, 29, Milkman

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1880
Date of death: 10 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the stomach and neighbourhood. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: In January 1879 he began to fail in strength and found that ‘he could not lift things as he used to’. He was later attacked with pain in the left loin, profuse perspiration and difficulty in ‘keeping food down’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs, prostate and testes
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Bourne, 36, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1880
Date of death: 21 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Of late she was subject to rheumatic and neuralgic pains in the head and neck, also to frequent attacks of indigestion, pains between the shoulders, much flatulence and bowels generally costive.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Serous membranes, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, intestinal tract, kidneys, generative organs and subserous tissue
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Whittington, 17, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1880
Date of death: 8 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Somewhat obscure. Originating after operation for a navoid growth, and possibly septicaemic. Thrombosis of the heart alone found. Ecchymosis of the right pleura
Disease (standardised): Operation (Torso); Sepsis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Heart); Ecchymosis (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had a congenital tumour of the right side, and when admitted it was the size of an adult fist.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Back, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Emma Hunt, 56, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1880
Date of death: 10 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cystic disease of both ovaries. Suppuration. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Suppuration (Ovary); Perforation (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Fourteen months before admission she had some pain in the right iliac region which increased rapidly. She had some attacks of vomiting, nausea and sharp abdominal pain. Gradually the abdomen became enlarged.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary and generative organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Henson, 8, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1880
Date of death: 30 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the meninges, lungs, liver, kidneys, peritoneum, and (?) intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Meninges); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Intestines)
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 three months she had had a cough, complained of pain in both sides of the chest on coughing and of headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

George Cross, 47, Cabman

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1880
Date of death: 16 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): Impacted gallstones. Abscess of gastro-hepatic omentum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Gallstones (Gall bladder); Abscess (Omentum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: One day in November 1879 he was suddenly seized with pain in the abdomen, vomiting and constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, gall bladder, peritoneum, spleen, kidneys and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

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