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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1891
Date of death: 14 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Bullet wound of skull and brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Skull, brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Died a few minutes after admission. Not seen by surgical registrar'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1893
Date of death: 24 Jun 1893
Disease (transcribed): Degeneration of the posterior columns of spinal cord. Traumatic
Disease (standardised): Degeneration (Spinal cord)

Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient fell off his engine on to his back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, brain, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid body, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1878
Date of death: 19 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis and meningitis “of the convexity”
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: He was quite well until November 8th, when after working hard in the wet, he began towards evening to feel chilly and shiver. After going to bed he grew hot and sweated profusely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestines and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jul 1882
Date of death: 18 Sep 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tumour in brain
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Two months before admission he had sudden syncope without spasm or paralysis and since then had lain in a dull heavy state, able to move, but indifferent to his surroundings.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1880
Date of death: 27 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys and atheroma of cerebral arteries
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
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: This patient was transferred to the physician’s wards in a state of coma and died. No notes were therefore taken by the medical registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stillroom maid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1896
Date of death: 2 Jan 1897
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Ecchymosis in brain and elsewhere. 'Chorea'
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Ecchymosis (Skin); Chorea (Central nervous system) ()
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'Family history nothing of importance. No previous chorea, no scarlet fever, Rheumatic fever twice. 1st when 7 years old, 2nd 5 years ago. Present illness began 3 weeks before admission with pain in back and head went to bed at once and remained there till admission. The choreic movements began 2 or 3 days before admission 'all over her' and gradually became worse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, blood, joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1890
Date of death: 6 Jul 1890
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On the morning of the day of admission, while eating her dinner, she suddenly lost the use of her left hand, and then fell under the table. There was no loss of consciousness, and no abnormal sensation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, abdomen, spleen, liver, suprarenals, bladder, uterus, ovaries, pancreas and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1880
Date of death: 30 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma; scirrhous of uterus and pancreas. Encephaloid of subcutaneous and subserous glands, and of the brain. Melanotic of the brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Pancreas); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Brain); Melanoma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This patient was admitted originally in June 1879 for a small mushroom shaped growth on the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tumours and morbid growths, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, generative organs and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1880
Date of death: 10 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of cerebral vessels from violence
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Two days before admission the patient fell down six wooden stairs, sliding on her back as she fell, and injuring that part and her left side. It appeared probable that she was drunk at the time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1892
Date of death: 4 Dec 1892
Disease (transcribed): Bullet wound of brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient died half an hour after admission and was not seen by the Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, testes and penis
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1900
Date of death: 24 May 1900
Disease (transcribed): Obliterative endarteritis of cerebral vessels. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Endarteritis (Arteries); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: In September last the patient was treated for severe secondary syphilis. On admission he was a fairly healthy looking man with paralysis of the right arm and leg and right side of the face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary and urinary tracts, testes, and cranial cavity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Flower hawker
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1909
Date of death: 5 Feb 1908
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the left middle cerebral artery. Rupture. Haemorrhage into brain. Old tuberculous hip disease. Early lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Rupture (Arteries); Haemorrhage (Brain); Tuberculosis (Hip); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Adrenal glands)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Three days before admission the patient became queer in the head, was put to bed and soon became unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, stomach, mesenteric glands and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1917
Date of death: 3 Sep 1917
Disease (transcribed): Cholesteatoma of cerebellar meninges
Disease (standardised): Cholesteatoma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Ellison, J.
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted under Mr Grimsdale [Harold Barr Grimsdale] & was not seen by SR [surgical registrar] before admission. Examined by Dr Collier [James Stansfield Collier]. Mentally dull. No convulsions, headaches. Optic neuritis in both eyes’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1882
Date of death: 23 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull. Laceration of left-frontal lobe of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This man was stated to have fallen some sixteen feet from some scaffolding on to his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and skull
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1911
Date of death: 24 Sep 1911
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Cerebral laceration. Subdural haemorrhage. Ruptured bladder
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain); Rupture (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: She appeared to have been knocked over by a motor car the day before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, meninges, pleurae, lungs, mediastinal glands, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, alimentary tract, bladder, pelvis and generative organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1865
Date of death: 21 Dec 1865
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of middle cerebral artery. Rupture
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Brain); Rupture (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman stated that her health had been good until nine weeks before admission when while engaged in washing clothes she had a fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1903
Date of death: 4 May 1903
Disease (transcribed): Generalized miliary tuberculosis. Tuberculous abscesses. Tubercles in lungs, viscera, pericardium, pleurae, peritoneum and cerebral meninges. Tuberculous abscesses in brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Heart); Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Brain);Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man had weakness starting rather suddenly in April 1902, then much night sweating and gradual loss of flesh with dyspnoea. There was some pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, testes, alimentary canal and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1889
Date of death: 30 Aug 1889
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Recent invasion of grey tubercle. Hemichorea limited to left arm. White swelling of right knee (surgical)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Chorea (Central nervous system); Inflammation (Knee)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V.
Medical notes: See surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, intestines, kidneys, spleen, liver, urogenital organs, brain, eyes and ears
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundry maid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1874
Date of death: 24 Nov 1874
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Embolism of axillary artery. Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Arteries); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: About a month before admission this girl had an attack of acute Rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, axillary artery, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Jeweller
Gender: Male
Age: 80
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1906
Date of death: 19 Dec 1906
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage and tumour
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Tumour (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'Admitted to hospital in unconscious state. Found unconscious on bedroom floor. On admission – Old man. High coloured complexion. Unconscious[?] P.H. [Previous History] not obtained'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, heart valves, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, scrotum, testis, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestine, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General labourer
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1891
Date of death: 6 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Arteritis obliterans of cerebral vessels. Softening of part of right hemisphere
Disease (standardised): Arteritis (Blood vessels); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'Very little history was obtainable. The man was found in a state of insensibility in the street, and it was conjectured that he had not been in this state for more than half-an-hour. He subsequently stated that he had enjoyed good health and was not a heavy drinker: he could give no account of the present attack. His occupation was that of a general labourer'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head
Illustrations: Yes (see case PM/1891/177)
Type of incident: n/a n/a