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Abednego Clement, 40, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1885
Date of death: 11 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac, stricture of urethra
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: This man had several times been in the hospital suffering from stricture of the urethra. On the 16th January his penis began to swell, and continued to increase in size up to admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and urethra
Type of incident: n/a

Abraham Moore, 36, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1875
Date of death: 7 Nov 1875
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Agnes Green, 35, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 May 1872
Date of death: 4 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Post partum. Caries of acetabula and iliac bones. Bedsores. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Parturition (Uterus); Caries (Hip); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: For five months there had been an abscess forming over the right ilium and she had walked lamely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Albert Eastlake, 25, T. collector

Occupation or role: T. collector
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Nov 1883
Date of death: 15 Nov 1883
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of buttock. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Buttocks); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The patient was in the hospital on three occasions. He was originally admitted in July 1882 having a large fluctuating swelling on the left buttock.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Albert Payne, 32, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1883
Date of death: 16 Jul 1883
Disease (transcribed): Fistulous opening from groin to sigmoid flexure. Pleuritis. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Groin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This patient was sent here from a cottage hospital at Wimbledon, suffering from faecal fistula. For two years he had suffered with very short intermissions from what he called ‘English dysentery’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander McDonald, 17, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1858
Date of death: 20 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Phthisis. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This lad was brought to the hospital in a state which showed that he had been very much neglected. He was then in a dying state, quite delirious, & unable to give any account of his feelings. It appeared that before Christmas he had been in University College Hospital with remittent(?) fever. After leaving the hospital in January he came home & never seemed to rally thoroughly, creeping about the house & existing rather than living. He had no nurse to attend upon him & was consequently in an extremely filthy condition’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Turner, 47, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1868
Date of death: 29 Sep 1868
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii. Morbus cordis. Recent ulcer of face. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Face); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Thirteen years before admission this patient was bitten by a horse on the left side of the temple which had never quite healed. Three weeks before admission the left eye began to inflame.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Clifford, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1852
Date of death: 6 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous caries of the dorsal vertebrae with softening of the cervical bones. Abscesses in connection with the spinal column at posterior part of thorax. Urgent dyspnoea and dysphagia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Spine); Abscess (Spine); Dyspnoea (Lung); Deglutition disorders (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He had been subject for many years to a scrofulous affection and there were marks of old ulceration in the neck and under the angle of the jaw.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, interior surfaces of cervical vertebrae and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Hearn, 44, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1886
Date of death: 18 Feb 1886
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull (right side). Laceration of the left tempero-sphenoidal cerebral convolution. Lymph deposit at the base of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Lymph (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William. Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Two days previous to admission the patient came home drunk and fell down stairs. His wife said she found him at the bottom of the stairs quite insensible.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, intestines, cerebral membranes and bone
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Alfred Heath, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1856
Date of death: 3 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the Urethra. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had had stricture of the urethra for six or seven years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Sargent, 29, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1853
Date of death: 23 Oct 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phagadaenic ulceration of the superficial structures of the thigh. Stomach distended with dark offensive fluid
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Distention (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been thrown off a horse which he was exercising in Hyde Park.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Alice Allen alias Watson, 23, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1879
Date of death: 12 Aug 1879
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of thigh. Fracture of ulna and other injuries. Pyaemic deposits in brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Fracture (Arm); Sepsis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was stated to have fallen from a third floor window. In her fall she first alighted on the iron railing and then fell into the area.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen, brain and uterus
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Amelia Rolph, 43, Wife

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1884
Date of death: 28 Feb 1884
Disease (transcribed): Death by arrest of the movements of respiration during the inhalation of ether. Fibroma uteri
Disease (standardised): Apnoea (Lung); Fibroma (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This woman was admitted into the hospital suffering from what was believed to be a uterine cancer.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Amelia Teal, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1857
Date of death: 26 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dropsy. Placenta adherent to uterus. Cyst of ovary
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Systemic); Adherent (Placenta); Cysts (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A German woman who was in the house during part of November and December last year with anasarca and Bright’s disease. She applied again when nearly three months advanced in pregnancy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Amelia Turner, 67, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 April 1855
Date of death: 17 April 1855
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical Hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman, in a state of senile dementia, was admitted on account on an umbilical hernia which was said to be strangulated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Bevan, 49, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1859
Date of death: 12 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman, who had led rather a laborious life, said that excepting occasional fits of rheumatic gout, she had enjoyed good health until a year before admission, when she began to suffer from palpitations of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Brian, 50, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1885
Date of death: 24 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction. Cancerous tumour pressing on the rectum. Colotomy. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Cancer (Rectum); Colotomy (Intestines); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The woman was first admitted under the care of Dr Wadham suffering from obstruction of the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Rectum and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Bright, 76, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1886
Date of death: 13 Jun 1886
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard. Ewart, Charles
Medical notes: She had borne nine children. No very exact history was obtained as she was a feeble old woman and contradicted herself. She had been ruptured some years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus, ovaries, pericardium, heart, pleurae, lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Burt, 8, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1859
Date of death: 6 Feb 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip. Fever (?scarlatina)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital in September 1859 with a strumous hip joint. She had been out of health for nearly a year, & six months before symptoms of hip disease began to shew themselves’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joint, throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Cole, 23, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1857
Date of death: 2 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Medullary cancer of the scapula. Detached tubercles in the skin. Deposits below the skull
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Scapula); Deposits (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: On her admission she was sallow, with a peculiar anxiety of countenance and suffering from a tumour over the right scapula.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scapula and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Fry, 54, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1855
Date of death: 23 Jan 1856
Disease (transcribed): Paralysis of long standing. Large ulcers on both legs.
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Central Nervous System); Ulcer (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted in a very bad state of health. She had suffered for about a year and a half with paralysis of the lower extremities, but applied for admission on account of ulcers on each leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Jones, 78, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1855
Date of death: 5 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Fractured neck of femur. Sloughs. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sloughing (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted in consequence of an accident. She was thrown down in crossing the street, by a carriage and struck her right hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Ann Maybank, 61, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1876
Date of death: 2 Nov 1876
Disease (transcribed): Peritoneal inflammation. Hernia operation
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman had suffered from an inguinal hernia on the right side for some years. Four days previously the hernia came down and she was unable to return it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pleurae, lungs ,heart, kidneys and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Miller, 35, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 May 1858
Date of death: 17 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Stricture of the rectum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Constriction (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Stanbridge, 36, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1869
Date of death: 2 Aug 1869
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of left foot. Pyaemia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Foot); Sepsis (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient some twenty years ago had had frostbite of the toes of the left foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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