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Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1877
Date of death: 19 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular phthisis; granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was not examined by the Registrar, as her extreme weakness precluded it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1879
Date of death: 8 Oct 1879
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Pneumonia. Tubal nephritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About the end of November cough commenced gradually and increased steadily, being accompanied from the first by pain in the epigastrium and cardiac region. Her child was born February 28th 1879.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, liver and uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1880
Date of death: 11 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Haemorrhage also into lung and kidney. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Haemorrhage (Lung); Haemorrhage (Kidney); 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: A friend had gone to visit the patient at her house and found her ‘making a noise like crying’. She was unable to speak and could only walk about two steps. Her right arm and leg was found to be useless.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1880
Date of death: 11 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys. Colles’ fracture
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Fracture (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: On the day of admission she fell down a slight of some twelve stairs, striking the left side of her head against the edge of one of the steps.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left forearm, cranium, brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1880
Date of death: 10 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fractured pelvis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This patient was run over by a van, the wheel passing over the lower part of the spine as she was lying on her face in the road.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, kidneys, liver, spleen, heart and lungs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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: [Wife of] Bricklayer
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1886
Date of death: 13 Apr 1886
Disease (transcribed): Renal disease. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Reported in Medical Cases No. 357
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1886
Date of death: 18 Aug 1886
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured tubal gestation
Disease (standardised): Pregnancy, ectopic (Fallopian tubes)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis, Weston Peel
Medical notes: The patient had had twelve children, the last confinement being in 1883. Of late menstruation had been irregular. She was seized with acute abdominal pain and was vomiting occasionally.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, peritoneum, liver, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1889
Date of death: 19 Aug 1889
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic endarteritis of right middle cerebral artery. Softening. Gummata of brain
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Brain); Endarteritis (Arteries); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V.
Medical notes: She had suffered at intervals from all the symptoms of syphilis. During the last year she had suffered almost continuously from sore on her tongue.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, heart, lungs, liver and spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1895
Date of death: 17 Jan 1895
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Suppurative nephritis. Atrophy of pancreas
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Suppuration (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney); Atrophy (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, uterus, stomach, pancreas, brain and eyes
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1897
Date of death: 24 May 1897
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys: peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen) ()
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'Patient was subject to oedema[?] as long as she could remember – Three months before admission she began to get short of breath, 8 weeks before she noticed swelling of the legs and belly, and passed bloody water since'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1899
Date of death: 13 Jan 1899
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic stenosis of bronchi. Hepatic syphilis
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Lung, liver); Constriction, pathologic (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'This patient was too ill on admission for elaborate history or very detailed examination, the following however are the salient features of the case in so far as it was possible to obtain them, she was quite well up to 3 months before admission here when dyspnoea with paroxysms of coughing came on and became steadily worse. The sputum, at first scanty, became gradually profuse. No pain was complained of and no haemoptysis occurred. She had lost flesh. There was no definite 'specific' history. She had been I.P. [In-patient] here in '96 and '97 [1896 and 1897] for a 'bad leg'. There was nothing of importance in his family history'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Messenger
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1900
Date of death: 14 Nov 1900
Disease (transcribed): Enormous dilatation of left auricle. Hydrosalpinx
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrosalpinx (Fallopian tubes)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from difficulty in breathing and cough. Expectoration was yellow and she complained of acute pain in the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and fallopian tubes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1901
Date of death: 17 Dec 1901
Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum (large white kidney). Lobar pneumonia and hypostatic congestion and oedema of lungs. Adherent pericardium. Old endocarditis (mitral stenosis). Recent endocarditis. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for anasarca, rheumatic pains and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, bladder, uterus and appendages
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation listed]
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1903
Date of death: 20 Oct 1903
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic disease of uterus ?
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Disease (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Stabb, Arthur Francis
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 36
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1904
Date of death: 14 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Suppurative metritis and parametritis, salpingitis and oophoritis. Perimetritis. Laparotomy. Removal of R. [Right] fallopian tube: general peritonitis. Hysterectomy
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Uterus); Parametritis (Uterus); Salpingitis (Fallopian tubes); Laparotomy (Abdomen); Operation (Fallopian tubes); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Hysterectomy (Uterus);
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'History. Dec [December] 26th, patient took a chill and had sever attack of shivering: during the following week, she felt ill and had 'pains all over'. On Jan [January] 1 a second attack of severe shivering occurred followed by acute pain in the back; vomiting occurred once: lower part of abdomen became very sore. Since then, has been in bed with abdominal pain and dysuria: no further vomiting. Tendency to constipation. No similar attacks before: menstruat. [menstruation] irregular, small quantity'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1906
Date of death: 25 Apr 1906
Disease (transcribed): Hypernephroma
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma, renal cell (Kidney);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'Patient was seized with a sudden pain in the Rt [Right] side in Mar [March] 1905 which did not go away for days. She was treated for Rheumatism but the pain got worse. About a week before admission the pain got worse and she vomited. Had never been jaundiced'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, aorta, tonsils, diaphragm, abdomen, liver, portal vein, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, stomach, pylorus, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Painter
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1907
Date of death: 6 May 1907
Disease (transcribed): ? Appendicitis. Right ovarian cyst. [Laparotomy. Appendicectomy]. Atrophied right kidney due to impaction of calculus in right ureter. Calculous pyonephrosis on left side. Calculous ‘anuria’. Old rheumatic endocarditis of mitral valve, without stenosis or obvious reflux
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Cysts (Ovary); Laparotomy (Abdomen); Appendicectomy (Appendix); Atrophy (Kidney); Calculi (Ureter);Nephrosis (Kidney) ; Anuria (Urinary tract) ; Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffray, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: The patient had pain in the lower stomach on both sides, especially the left on an off since last August.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, pericardium, heart, larynx, thyroid, liver, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, ureters, bladder and genital organs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow. Ironer
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1906
Date of death: 7 Feb 1907
Disease (transcribed): Chronic interstitial nephritis. Atheroma of aorta. Fatty heart. Left cerebral haemorrhage. Inhalation broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Brain); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: On the day of admission the patient suddenly became unconscious while sitting in a chair.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, pericardium, larynx, thyroid, trachea, peritoneum, gastro-intestinal tract, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, urino-genital tract, abdominal aorta and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1908
Date of death: 17 Feb 1908
Disease (transcribed): Caecal faecal fistula. Suture of caecal opening. Double calculus pyelitis. Cystitis
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Intestines); Suture (Intestines); Calculi (Kidney); Pyelitis (Kidney); Cystitis (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was operated on at Leicester on January 3rd 1906 for appendix abscess.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dining room attendant
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1918
Date of death: 30 Jun 1918
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of kidneys, ureters & bladder. Nephrectomy. Anuria
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidneys, ureters, bladder); Nephrectomy (Kidneys); Anuria (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: 'Pain on micturition, frequency and intermittent haematuria for 13 years. Pain in both loins for 10 years. Bowels very loose. Occasional diarrhoea. Never constipation. Appetite poor. No sweating. Cough all the winter. No vomiting. No history of TB in the family’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations or photographs: Yes
Type of incident: n/a