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Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1886
Date of death: 1 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction. Peritonitis. Omental hernia. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'With the exception of rheumatic fever in '62, the patient had been well, & had had no constipation up to the 17th December'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, peritoneum, stomach, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1880
Date of death: 1 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated umbilical hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Illustrations: Yes (relating to PM/1881/26)
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Stenographer
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1901
Date of death: 11 Jan 1902
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Congenital morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Congenital disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George. Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The boy was sent in for acute rheumatism and endocarditis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, bladder, brain and right hip joint
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Electrician
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1913
Date of death: 24 Apr 1913
Disease (transcribed): Bullet wounds of scalp. Depressed compound fracture. Subdural haemorrhage. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Oram, Evelyn Henry Bardens
Post mortem examination performed by: Turton, James Richard Henry
Medical notes: He was found in Hyde Park with marks of a self inflicted bullet wound.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scalp, pleurae, lungs, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, ureters, bladder, stomach and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1878
Date of death: 17 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary phthisis (tubercular. Numerous suppurating cavities)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Suppuration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: In November 1878 he spat up while coughing about three tablespoonfuls of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1892
Date of death: 15 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Glioma of the brain. Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Glioma (Brain); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For six months he had been jaundiced and it was said that he had vomited blood on more than one occasion. Some three or four months before admission he had some sort of fit, and fell from the box of his carriage in a state of unconsciousness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart and head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1878
Date of death: 8 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous cancer of the head of the Pancreas; biliary obstruction
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pancreas); Obstruction (Biliary tract);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. One brother died of cancer in the throat. Patient never robust: appetite moderate: digestion naturally sound: no idiosyncrasy. Diaphoresis profuse: very temperate man. Otherwise healthy. Costiveness of bowels, open only twice or thrice a week, for 15 yrs [years]: nausea accompanying constipation. Urine high coloured from Feb. [February] 1877: icterus and pale faeces from a fortnight later. Wasting since April or May. Bowels costive as usual : several attacks of diarrhoea for a day or two'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, stomach
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1886
Date of death: 22 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Caseation of the lower lobe of the right lung. Pneumonia of the lower lobe of the left. Enlarged spleen containing gummata. Syphilis. Gumma of spleen
Disease (standardised): Caseation (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Enlarged (Spleen); Granuloma (Spleen); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William. Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard. Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: In 1861 he had a chancre followed by bubo in the left groin which was opened. In the year 1871 he had an attack of paralysis of the left arm and leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, brain, bones, lungs and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Machinist
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1877
Date of death: 26 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Leukaemia. Cancer of spleen and of liver. Pulmonary and cerebral congestion, from the formation of white blood clots.
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood, Bone Marrow); Cancer (Spleen); Cancer (Liver); Congestion (Lung, Brain); Thrombosis (Lung, Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: From August 1876 the patient had noticed a lump in the lower part of the right side of the abdomen, increasing in size, and from September a lump in the left side also. He suffered from nausea and vomiting, frontal headaches, cough, palpitations, anorexia and slight haematemesis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pulmonary vessels, heart, vascular system, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, bones, lymphatic system, thyroid and tonsils
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: Married
  Gender: Female
  Age: 41
  Date of admission: 13 Feb 1878
  Date of death: 12 Apr 1878
  Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis: pulmonary oedema
  Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Oedema (Lung);
  Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  PM performed by: Ewart, William
• Byam, W.
  Medical notes: 'History. Rheumatic fever 16 yrs. [years] before admission: four attacks in the following 12 years, all following parturitn [Parturition]. Subject to diarrhoea: very subject to sick headaches: had lived badly from 23 to 36: had a strong disgust to fat: diaphoresis habitually profuse. The last attacks of rheumatic fever began about Xmas 1873: she was in bed till the middle of March 1874: From that time she suffered from palpitation on the least exertion. The pains lasted till Mar. [March] 1875, and returned every time she tried to work. At the end of Oct. [October] 1877 she was suddenly ceased [sic] with cardiac pain, increased on movement: hepatic and epigastric pains occurring at irregular intervals and persistent vomiting. The skin became yellow, the bowels costive. A week later the legs swelled and the perspiration[?] increased. Vomiting continued every five minutes for five weeks: after that about twice or thrice a day after meals, pain being increased by the ingestion of food'
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, ascites
  Illustrations: Yes
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1889
Date of death: 4 Jan 1890
Disease (transcribed): Double empyema. Pneumonia. Purulent bronchitis and tracheitis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Tracheitis (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: He complained of severe pain in his inframammary regions on both sides. His tongue was dry and of a brownish colour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pupils, pleurae, trachea, bronchi, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1902
Date of death: 11 Apr 1902
Disease (transcribed): Perforated gastric ulcer. General septic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Sepsis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, peritoneum, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, intestines and uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gas fitter
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1881
Date of death: 8 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart. Granular kidneys. Jaundice (cardiac aneurism)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys); Jaundice (Skin); Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He can give no account of any previous severe diseases, but for the last 7 or 8 years he has felt himself very short of breath, with palpitations and slight pain over the left side of the chest. These symptoms grew sufficient about 3 years ago to prevent his doing any further work; since then he has been living very poorly'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1875
Date of death: 7 Apr 1875
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Destruction of base of mitral. Rupture into pericardium
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Rupture (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient had had an attack of rheumatism at the age of thirteen, since when he had lost flesh and had dyspnoea on exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, kidney, spleen, brain and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1903
Date of death: 23 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Cerebral compression from sub cranial haemorrhage. Fracture of the left femur into knee joint. Fractured patella.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Compression (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain); Fracture (Leg); Fracture (Patella)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient fell twenty five feet from a scaffold onto his feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1880
Date of death: 4 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
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: About January 1879 while walking quietly in the street, he suddenly lost the power of speech. About the same time as the aphasia he noticed shortness of breath with attacks of fainting and giddiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and meninges
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1900
Date of death: 4 Apr 1900
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Depression of fragments, rupture of Dura Mater
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Rupture (Meninges)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Not seen by Surgical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx and trachea, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary and alimentary tracts, and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1891
Date of death: 5 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Vegetative endocarditis. Cerebral embolism and softening. Carcinoma of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Brain); Carcinoma (Pylorus)
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: 'No family history of disease: mother living and hale. The woman was a cook, unmarried, and 11 months before her death she bore a healthy child. During her pregnancy she tried to conceal her condition by tight lacing and suffered from much vomiting. After her confinement she worked hard and had ill-health. The catamenia [menstruation] did not reappear, and she was much troubled with dyspeptic symptoms. Nothing more definite was ascertainable'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1911
Date of death: 9 May 1911
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction. Recurrent carcinoma in rectum. Old excision of sigmoid. Colotomy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Cancer (Rectum); Excision (Intestines); Colotomy (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was quite well and at work with a well acting colotomy until four days before admission when the colotomy ceased to act and he had griping epigastric pains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen only examined
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Caretaker
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1903
Date of death: 26 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Laparotomy wound for intussusception. Congestion of lower end of the ileum and caecum. Local recent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Laparotomy (Abdomen); Intussusception (Intestines); Congestion (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: The baby was suddenly seized with severe pain in the abdomen, being doubled up, and was writhing about and screaming. Vomiting followed immediately.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, bronchi, larynx, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, genito-urinary tract and alimentary canal
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1880
Date of death: 6 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of brain and orbit
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Abscess (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Four months before admission the patient struck his right eye against a lamp post. He was insensible for a few minutes and then recovered, but a swelling formed over the orbit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Parlourmaid
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1907
Date of death: 14 Jan 1908
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of pelvis. Transposition of upper abdominal viscera
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Transposition (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was knocked down by a horse omnibus in Grosvenor Gardens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdominal organs, bladder, alimentary tract, skull and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1886
Date of death: 9 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Cerebral softening. Embolism of spleen
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Softening (Brain); Embolism (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had acute rheumatism in '82, none since. She had had frontal headache for 4

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