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Occupation or role: Pipe maker
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1869
Date of death: 22 Feb 1869
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of pylorus. Secondary cancer of liver and pancreas. ‘Coal mucous’ lung
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Pancreas); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had for some time been in the habit of carrying coals and supplying the kilns with coals, but he had given this employment up three years before admission and had been employed in filling balloons with gas.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1869
Date of death: 27 Feb 1869
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of sigmoid flexure. Secondary cancer of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: A nurse, single, who had been ill for six months before admission with spasms of pain in the belly, dyspepsia and flatulence.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wood cutter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1869
Date of death: 5 Mar 1869
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: He was said to have been ill since May, the first symptom being diarrhoea, which was followed by vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 May 1869
Date of death: 1 Jun 1869
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of uterus and omentum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Five weeks before admission this woman thought that she had caught cold, the urine stopped and she had pain in the belly with vomiting. She had by no means the aspect of cancerous disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1869
Date of death: 10 Dec 1869
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of liver. Plugging of veins of left leg. Gangrene of the foot
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Plugging (Veins); Gangrene (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman had been ill eight weeks with sickness followed by jaundice and diarrhoea with loss of flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1890
Date of death: 23 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): New growth of stomach (carcinoma)
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man had been in foreign parts as a servant, and as such had been in the Crimea. He had a good appetite and no dyspepsia up to six weeks before admission, but during this period he had suffered much from epigastric pain after food, solids more than liquids.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pancreas, spleen, bladder, prostate, testes, mesenteric glands, pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart and aorta
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1890
Date of death: 26 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous ulcer of pylorus. Secondary growths over peritoneum. Double ovarian cysts
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Abdomen); Cysts (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For the last seven months she had lost flesh greatly, and about Christmas 1889 she began to experience pain after food, and vomiting coming on directly after eating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, pelvic organs, pleurae, bronchial glands, thyroid gland, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Chaff cutter
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1892
Date of death: 10 Aug 1892
Disease (transcribed): Round celled sarcoma of stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Evans, Arthur Vernon
Medical notes: For two months before admission his appetite had been failing, and gradually more and more discomfort and then actual and severe pain would be experienced in the region of the stomach after taking food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, oesophagus, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Sep 1892
Date of death: 9 Sep 1892
Disease (transcribed): Acute miliary tuberculosis. Multiple tumours of cerebellum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tumour (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: The child was comparatively well until four months before admission, when he began to suffer from severe frontal headache, and from vomiting, twice or thrice daily.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, heart, oesophagus, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1893
Date of death: 5 Aug 1893
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Perforation
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: Previous to admission this man had been out of sorts for three weeks with anorexia, febrile pains and shivering on two occasions.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1893
Date of death: 20 Sep 1893
Disease (transcribed): Primary carcinoma of the liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man was no doubt a heavy drinker, but was in fair health until September 11th although for six months he had been loosing flesh. He was then seized with colicky pain in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, bronchial glands, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, liver, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, kidneys, bladder and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Accountant
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1893
Date of death: 30 Oct 1893
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: On admission this man was emaciated with an abdomen much enlarged and displaying distended superficial veins. An enlarged liver could be easily felt.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1893
Date of death: 19 Nov 1893
Disease (transcribed): Columnar epithelioma of stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: For three year he had grown weaker with failure of appetite, and for two years with gradually increasing epigastric pain, with aggravation on taking food for the last six weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carver
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1893
Date of death: 10 Dec 1893
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: His wife noticed his manner to be rather excited, and the following day drowsy. He complained of frontal headache, his eyesight became dim and he gradually lost power in the right arm and leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1893
Date of death: 12 Dec 1893
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of oesophagus. Gastrostomy. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Gastrostomy (Stomach); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: The patient was of good health until twelve months ago when she first began to experience pain on swallowing solids, which seemed to stick until she vomited.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and oesophagus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1893
Date of death: 23 Dec 1893
Disease (transcribed): Carrigan’s cirrhosis of lung. Colloid columnar carcinoma of peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Lung); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: This man was admitted with moderate cyanosis, his respiration wheezing with cough and expectoration of large separate masses of green pus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1893
Date of death: 23 Dec 1893
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of supra-renal body etc. Cystic kidney
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Adrenal glands); Cysts (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: This man was an In Patient in January 1890 with a history of having passed lumps of congealed blood in his urine in 1887 and of dropsy of the legs in 1889 when his urine was scanty and brownish.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1894
Date of death: 5 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Columnar epithelioma of colon. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Colon); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'About a year before admission the man had had a 'stoppage of the bowels', lasting several weeks: since then he had been well, and the bowels had acted 2 or 3 times a day until Feb 26th. […] On March 4th the man was admitted [...] Since March 1st his abdominal pain and distension had been increasing, although he had only taken milk since March 1st'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Intestines, colon, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1894
Date of death: 12 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Chronic intestinal obstruction. Carcinoma of peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Carcinoma (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'No serious illness until a year ago. For the last 12 months this woman's abdomen had been getting swollen, with sharpish intermittent pains like colic, but with no habitual vomiting - wasting had been remarked during the last year also. For 4 years the bowels had never acted without purgatives, and there was frequently an interval of a week or a fortnight without action. The patient refused to have any operation, and died on March 12th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, colon, spleen, liver, intestines, lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1894
Date of death: 23 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of ovary with secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'On admission this woman's condition was as follows: Aspect delicate: pupils unequal, the left one large, hardly reacting at all to light, but slightly to accommodation: right pupil normal in size and reactions: fundi of eyes normal. The external recti of eyes both completely paralysed: feebleness of left internal rectus: no diplopia complained of even when object were held to extreme right or left. Arms. Grasp of left hand weak, loss of flexion at elbow'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, nervous system
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1894
Date of death: 14 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis - from perforation. Malignant disease of rectum
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Abdomen); Disease (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Patient was I.P. [In-patient] and colotomy was done 3 years ago. She has since worn a belt. The last 12 mos [months]: There has been a tendency to prolapse of the colotomy. Yesterday she had much pain an abdomen with shivers and some sickness. Patient has a discharge from the rectum and also passes blood'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1894
Date of death: 22 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Growth obstructing left bronchus. Dilation of tubes with pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Growth (Lung); Dilatation (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'The patient, a much emaciated woman, was admitted on the 15th [17th?]. She gave a history of a winter cough extending over four years with progressive loss of weight and night sweats for the last six months. […] When seen in the hospital she was found to be extremely short of breath, somewhat blue; her tongue was coated, but moist, and she had considerable diarrhoea'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1894
Date of death: 26 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): ? Sarcoma. Phthisis (Old)
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Five months before admission patient fell down and bruised his right hip. There was some stiffness for a few days and he then got well. 10 weeks ago the hip became stiff and painful and there was pain in the knee. […] On admission. The R [Right] hip abducted and rotated out wards. Great rigidity'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Legs, thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1894
Date of death: 3 May 1894
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (about trachea and left bronchus - with secondary growth elsewhere)
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Trachea); Carcinoma (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'A woman, without previous illness, admitted for swelling with oedema of left arm and forearm, as high as to within 4 inches of shoulder, without redness or pain. The swelling began on Feb 28th (10 days before admission) and had been preceded, for 10 days, by aching in bend of the elbow [...]. By March 13th the oedema of arm had nearly gone, but the woman's strength did not improve: she was in no distress, but sweated much at night, looked sallow and thin, and there was [...] an enlarged gland on anterior surface of the left sternomastoid'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married/cook
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1894
Date of death: 15 May 1894
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of liver
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'This patient had worked as a cook all her life in a hot kitchen - She admitted to two parts of beer daily protesting over much that she never tasted spirits […] - Her present affection began with loss of appetite morning vomiting and emaciation […] - On admission she appeared to be a somewhat thin woman with earthy conjunctivae [...] - The liver was greatly enlarged. Its margin was found a hand's breadth below the ribs [...] - A diagnosis of cirrhosis was made'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a