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Occupation or role: Married
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1880
Date of death: 9 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria retentis. Rupture of vagina. Puerpural fever
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidneys); Rupture (Vagina); Postpartum depression (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hunt, Edgar Atlee
Medical notes: 'Has always enjoyed fair health. Has been married 12 months. When admitted she was nearly eight months pregnant. Has felt child but little & not at all during last week or two. Cold dead weight at lower part of abdomen'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, bladder, generative organs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1880
Date of death: 9 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the pia mater and lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Father healthy. Mother delicate. The patient was the 7th child. Four others have died in childhood from chest diseases. The child was weaned at 6 months of age. Since has constantly ailed with cough, screaming fits, diarrhoea, capricious appetite. Could not walk until more than 2 years of age. Has often complained of headache'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1881
Date of death: 23 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of pia mater and lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No family history of tubercular disease. She has herself had excellent health in all respects up to January last. About Jan 10 she felt some chilliness with shivering for a day or two, then a headache wit much cough came on: sputa scanty, colourless, frothy, some night sweats'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Paper stainer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1881
Date of death: 9 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidneys)
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 has been a paper stainer all his life using much lead, arsenic, copper & mercury. He was an in-patient of St George's 24 years ago with colic; he has had none since; no wrist drop. For the last 20 years he has had frequent long attacks of cough and dyspnoea; for the last ten at least much polyuria. He has been a heavy drinker up to 1870 but slightly moderated his excesses since then'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1881
Date of death: 11 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the meninges, lungs, spleen, liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The family history is healthy both on father's & mother's side. The child has been suckled up to admission but has also had lately portions of its parents' food: no habitual cough. Three months ago it began to have whooping cough from which it has only just recovered. About May 1 its appetite completely failed, it became very restless at night and screamed occasionally violently'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jun 1881
Date of death: 1 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral congestion. Endocarditis. Granular kidneys (infarct)
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Kidneys); Infarct (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She had rheumatic fever at 10; no subsequent oedema. In Jan 1880 she had syphilis with marked secondary symptoms in throat & skin. She was for 6 months under treatment. Five weeks ago she felt pains in her legs & left shoulder, with some shivering & loss of appetite; much headache; some palpitation felt. She could walk without difficulty. The next morning she found she could not stand'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1888
Date of death: 28 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Purulent meningitis over the surface of the right hemisphere of the brain following injury
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Injury (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: '[No history] obtainable. He had been drinking. Usually drunk gin. He was not deaf before the accident. He was riding in a [?] & was thrown out. He could not remember the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, ears, spleen, kidneys, liver, lungs, larynx, heart, pericardium (‘inquest case’)

Type of incident: Accident

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1888
Date of death: 16 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Grey granulations of the greater part of the both lungs. Small cavities at both apices
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Disease (Lungs)
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 said to have had fever and ague in India. Two years before admission he said he had ‘congestions of the lungs’. At that time he had pain in the side. He was ill in bed about 6 weeks. He was an habitual drinker of black beer and took some pints daily’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spleen, liver, kidneys, mesenteric glands, stomach, thorax, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1888
Date of death: 10 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of left lower lobe. Effusion of lymph into the membranes of the brain
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was said by his wife to be a ‘free drinker’, but not a drunkard. He was well till about a week before his admission when he began to suffer to aching of the legs, abdominal pain and vomiting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, bladder, liver, intestines, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1888
Date of death: 1 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Compression of left cerebral hemisphere by blood clot under or within the dura mater
Disease (standardised): Compression (Brain)
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 man could give no clear history of himself. He said he had suffered from gout some years before his admission. He was a fairly well-nourished man. When he came into the hospital he was evidently ill, had a fatuous expression of face, was in an apathetic mental state and had a great lack of intellectual power’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1888
Date of death: 24 Oct 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis (Delirium tremens)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man said that he was in good health till four days before his admission when he began to suffer from cough and dyspnoea. He was accustomed to drink alcoholic beverages freely, but the amount he took could not be approximately determined. He told the physician that he did not drink more than he did’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, bladder, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1888
Date of death: 18 Dec 1888
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Thrombosis of cortical veins over right cerebral hemisphere. Hemorrhages into right hemisphere
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Thrombosis (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The woman was a servant. She had generally had good health. She said that about six years before she came to the hospital she had measles, and four years later her tonsils were ‘cut out’. She had always been anaemic, but her catamenia [menstruation] were regular’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Skull, brain, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, uterus, ovaries, stomach, intestines, tongue, oesophagus, teeth, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1888
Date of death: 25 Dec 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of occipital bone. Cerebritis of right frontal lobe
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis, Listeria (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Porter, P.E.
Medical notes: 'Was knocked down by a carriage which passed over the right side of chest and abdomen. Scalp wound over occipital region. [On] admission, house surgeon reports. Smelt a good deal of alcohol’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Skull, brain, abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, thorax
Illustrations or photographs: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Confectioner
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1888
Date of death: 31 Dec 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tumour of right half of pons and of anterior half of floor of fourth ventricle. Old phthisis. Pericarditis. Hobnailed liver
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
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 patient said his father died of ‘drink’; he could give no details. His mother died at the age of 82. There was no family history of neurosis. The man gave no history of syphilis. He had had rheumatism three times. The first attack occurred when he was 25 years of age. He was laid up for 3 months. He had a second attack when he was 32, and was kept in bed then for 2 months. A third attack occurred when he was 40. On the last occasion he was only kept in bed for 3 days, but he had immediately afterwards some illness which he called pneumonia. The symptoms were cough and blood-spitting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Feet, skull, brain, thorax, heart, liver, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jun 1887
Date of death: 28 Jun 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: des Voeux, Harold Antoine
Medical notes: 'The patient was of healthy family & personal history though slightly liable to winter coughs'

Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 57
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1920
Date of death: 13 Dec 1920
Disease (transcribed): Encephalitis lethargica (?)
Disease (standardised): Encephalitis (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: 'History. 3 weeks ago she had a normal confinement. Ten days ago she became dull and quiet and a week later developed weakness of the legs, was semi-comatose and incontinent. No headache or vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, pulmonary vessels, pericardium, heart, aortic and pulmonary valves, coronary vessels, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, uterus, tubes, ovaries, stomach, intestines, appendix, abdominal glands

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1920
Date of death: 26 Dec 1920
Disease (transcribed): Encephalitis lethargica (?)
Disease (standardised): Encephalitis (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: '3 weeks ago she had a normal confinement. Ten days ago she became dull and quiet and a week later developed weakness of the legs, was semi-comatose and incontinent. No headache or vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, pulmonary vessels, pericardium, heart, aortic and pulmonary valves, coronary vessels, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, uterus, tubes, ovaries, stomach, intestines, appendix, abdominal glands

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: Nursemaid
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1877
Date of death: 10 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Spontaneous thrombosis in the cerebral sinuses. Inflammatory disintegration in the right sphenotemporal lobe.
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain); Inflammation (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: The patient was admitted in a delirious condition. She was well nourished but anaemic to a marked degree. She complained of severe pain about the mastoid process, shooting down into the neck and up into the head, thumping sensations in the chest on exertion, and nausea after drinking anything hot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestinal canal, uterus, skull and meninges
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1884
Date of death: 2 Jan 1885
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: This boy had complained of headache and later developed a cough and began to vomit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1879
Date of death: 27 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of brain. Inflammation of mastoid cells. Cirrhosis. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Inflammation (Skull); Cirrhosis (Liver); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Three years before admission a scaly eruption appeared all over the body. Under treatment it disappeared, but was followed by loss of hair, headache and pains in the limbs. Two years later he had ulcerated legs and severe sore throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mastoid region, dura mater, brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary apparatus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1880
Date of death: 14 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: While at work on the morning of April 8th he fell down suddenly, became unconscious and partially lost the use of his left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1879
Date of death: 15 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in November 1879 for incontinence of urine and phimosis. Circumcision was performed. Six weeks later he was readmitted as the incontinence continued. The true nature of the case was not then suspected.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, malignant tumours
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a