Occupation or role: Carman Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Dec 1904 Date of death: 1 Jan 1905 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Morbus cordis. Lobar pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Pericardium); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Complains of pains in chest and back. Shortness of breath. Three weeks ago patient was taken ill with headache & sickness & had to give up his work […] similar attack 12 months ago, [?] 3 months. Total abstainer’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Jan 1905 Date of death: 4 Jan 1905 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis (mitral & aortic stenosis, recent endocarditis) & ruptured compensation. Tonsillitis. Pulmonary infarction Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, aorta); Endocarditis (Heart); Tonsillitis (Pharynx); Infarction (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Not seen by medical registrar’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 58 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Jan 1905 Date of death: 19 Jan 1905 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of right bronchus, invading lung. Secondary growths in mediastinal glands, liver, kidney & adrenal thyroid Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Lungs); Growth (Tissues, liver, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Longridge, Charles John Nepean Medical notes: 'The patient was a stoutish woman complaining of cough and shortness of breath’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Dairyman Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Jan 1905 Date of death: 20 Jan 1905 Disease (transcribed): Acute or chronic nephritis. Uraemia. Oedema of lungs. Hypertrophy of heart. Arteric sclerosis Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Uraemia (Kidneys); Edema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Sclerosis (Blood vessels) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Pain in stomach. Patient has been worried with flatulent distension for the last 5 or 6 years’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Groom Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Jan 1905 Date of death: 23 Jan 1905 Disease (transcribed): Septic (aspiration) bronchopneumonia. Gangrene of the lung. Empyema. Old duodenal ulcer & gastrojejunostomy. Early carcinoma in adenoma of Brunner’s glands Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs); Empyema (Lungs); Ulcer (Duodenum); Gastrojejunostomy (Stomach); Carcinoma (Duodenum) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Old notes [Register No] 1845 (1904). Complains of pain in stomach. Sickness, Cough & expectoration. Since his operation (old notes). Gastroenterostomy. Patient has complained sickness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Jan 1905 Date of death: 4 Feb 1905 Disease (transcribed): Double pneumonia of the influenzal type. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Influenza (Systemic); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Complains of sharp pains in left chest. Patient states 15 days ago he was suddenly attacked with very severe stabbing pains in his left side, the pains were accompanied by a rigor’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Engine driver Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Dec 1904 Date of death: 7 Feb 1905 Disease (transcribed): Primary epitheliomia of right forearm following a burn. Metastasis in right axilla, left pleura & mediastinal glands. Pleural effusion. Collapse of lung Disease (standardised): Epithelioma (Arm); Burn (Skin); Metastasis (Armpit, lungs, glands); Effusion (Lungs); Collapse (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence Medical notes: 'In February 1904, an epitheliomatous ulcer of the right forearm commenced in the scar of an old burn, was freely excised. In September an epitheliomatous gland was removed from the right axilla’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Jan 1905 Date of death: 14 Feb 1905 Disease (transcribed): Primary carcinoma of the common bile-duct. Chronic cholecystitis, cholangiectasis & cystic cavities in the liver. Hypostatic pneumonia. Tetanus Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Bile duct); Cholecystitis (Gallbladder); Cholangiectasis (Bile duct); Cyst (Liver); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tetanus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Old notes, 1904 Sept 07. Complained of pains in the stomach. Abdomen walls held rigid lines enlarged down to umbilicus. There are three nodules apparent in the region of the operation wound & the abdomen walls’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Railway porter Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Jan 1905 Date of death: 16 Feb 1905 Disease (transcribed): Capillary bronchitis. Bronchopneumonia. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Complains of shortness of breath & cough. History of present illness. Has been ailing for the last 14 days. On Jan 26 he was taken suddenly ill with a feeling of giddiness, this took place in a public house’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Jan 1905 Date of death: 1 Mar 1905 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of mediastinal glands & pancreas. Pneumonia. Bronchiectasis. Adherent pericardium. Growth in heart wall Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Chest, pancreas); Bronchiectasis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Admitted for pain in left side, which had been present for 10 months. In May 1904 he had some ribs fractured. Six weeks ago he contracted a cold which has been getting steadily worse ever since’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Needlewoman Age: 35 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Feb 1905 Date of death: 2 Mar 1905 Disease (transcribed): Chronic inductive mediastino-pleuro-pericarditis. Calcification of the pericardium. Oedema of lungs. Ascites. Chronic peritonitis. Cirrhosis of liver. Anasarca Disease (standardised): Pleuropericarditis (Heart, chest); Calcification (Pericardium); Edema (Lungs); Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Liver cirrhosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted to the hospital in a very bad condition, mildly but quietly delirious, and with marked anasarca of the legs & trunk up to the level of the xiphoid and of the arms to above the elbows. Her family history contained nihil ad rem. She had been an IP [in-patient] in St George’s Hospital for 14 months about 1887-88 under Mr Rouse [James Rouse], but the rest of her previous medical history was singularly indefinite […] Her life had always been sedentary – that of a needlewoman’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Stableman Age: 64 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Feb 1905 Date of death: 6 Mar 1905 Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Arterio-sclerosis. Disease of coronary arteries Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Arteriosclerosis (Heart); Disease (Coronary arteries) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient, a thin, weakly, exhausted-looking woman, the mother of thirteen children, was admitted complaining of loss of weight and strength, and of the diabetes’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, spinal cord
Occupation or role: [Child of] Carriage painter Age: 3 weeks Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Mar 1905 Date of death: 16 Mar 1905 Disease (transcribed): Septic pemphigus. Septic toxaemia Disease (standardised): Pemphigus (Skin); Toxemia (Blood) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The child was born at full time, by an instrumental labour: the foot (right) was in a condition of talipes calcaneovarus at birth. Three days later a red rash appeared about the buttocks, whence it slowly spread over the sacrum & thighs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Omnibus driver Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Mar 1905 Date of death: 16 Apr 1905 Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhages. Atheroma of cerebral vessels. Granular kidneys. Enlarged heart Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Brain); Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'For three months before she was brought to the hospital the patient had been exposed to much worry; for the last 2 months she had given evidence of loss of memory, general weakness, & loss of control over her bladder. She had been stupid & drowsy for 3 or 4 weeks preceding admission, with a good deal of headache [..] Her past medical history shewed that the patient had possibly been infected with syphilis; she had had 2 or 3 pints of ale per diem for years, & had always been a stout woman’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Dressmaker Age: 62 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Apr 1905 Date of death: 16 Apr 1905 Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum. Granular kidneys. Enlarged heart. Suprarenal tumour. Depression of cerebral cortex by tumour of skull Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Tumour (Kidneys); Tumour (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted to the hospital complaining of kidney disease. Her previous history was devoid of important incidents, medically speaking; she had worked hard as a dressmaker in London for the last 25 years of her life’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, brain, spinal cord, joints
Occupation or role: [Child of] Carman Age: 6 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Apr 1905 Date of death: 15 Apr 1905 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy 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’
Occupation or role: Needlewoman Age: 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Apr 1905 Date of death: 18 Apr 1905 Disease (transcribed): Dilated right heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'This patient, a thin delicate needlewoman, was admitted twenty five times to the hospital. As a child she suffered with bronchitis, and had been liable to attacks of bronchitic asthma ever since. She gave no other history of illness, & there was nothing pointing to tuberculosis in her family history’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Mar 1905 Date of death: 21 Apr 1905 Disease (transcribed): Abdominal aneurism, sacculated of aorta and fusiform of superior mesenteric artery Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Blood vessels) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of pain in the stomach and back, increased in exertion. For the last 4 weeks he has been troubled with constipation. During the last few weeks he has been troubled with occasional vomiting, chiefly after drinking’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housekeeper Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Apr 1905 Date of death: 24 Apr 1905 Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Fatty degeneration of the heart. Thyroid tumour Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Tumour (Thyroid gland) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of diarrhoea. Her past medical history was unimportant, as was her family history; she was the youngest in a family of 5’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Apr 1905 Date of death: 1 May 1905 Disease (transcribed): Gastric carcinoma. Perforation. Gastric enterostomy. Local peritonitis. Acute bronchitis. Septic bronchopneumonia Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach); Entorostomy (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Bronchitis (Lungs); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy and English, T. Crisp Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence Medical notes: 'Admitted into the medical wards with a history of pain after food, flatulence and vomiting, for 5 months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Apr 1905 Date of death: 13 May 1905 Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of gall bladder. Suppurative cholangitis. Lobar pneumonia Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Gallbladder); Cholangitis (Bile ducts); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of jaundice. In 1895 & in 1901 the patient had suffered from gastric ulcer & haematemesis, and her liver was found to be enlarged at the latter date: no symptoms or signs pointing to gall-stone colic were found, nor had she ever been jaundiced. The present attack dated vaguely from the middle of January 1905, when the patient had to give up her work as a cook on account of acid watery vomiting & weakness. During March & April she spent a month in a convalescent home, with some benefit’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Horsekeeper Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 May 1905 Date of death: 16 May 1905 Disease (transcribed): Acute glanders Disease (standardised): Glanders (Respiratory system, skin) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J. Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of pains all over his body, especially referred to the knee, elbow & shoulder joints […] A doctor diagnosed pleurisy and treated him with applications of dry heat’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Apr 1905 Date of death: 17 May 1905 Disease (transcribed): Aortic reflux Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: n/a
Occupation or role: Dressmaker Age: 48 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 May 1905 Date of death: 24 May 1905 Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis and regurgitation. Aortic regurgitation. Tricuspid stenosis. Enteroptosis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Enteroptosis (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'At the age of 23 and again at 35, this patient had rheumatic fever; signs of cardiac failure appeared in 1901 and again in 1903, but she recovered from these attacks. One of her sisters suffered with rheumatism, but otherwise her family history was good’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 May 1905 Date of death: 6 Jun 1905 Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Cardiac failure Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy 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’