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Henry Hunt, Sawyer

Occupation or role: Sawyer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1871
Date of death: 5 Oct 1871
Disease (transcribed): Nephritis. Pericarditis. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Pericarditis (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Canton, Frederick
Medical notes: 'This man stated that three weeks ago on awaking in the morning he found considerable swelling of the feet. A short time previously had hurt his chest against a stone, which produced a cough with which he could occasionally bring up blood. Four years ago fell on his side on a plank after which he passed blood by the urine for about a month’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Tibbett, Horsekeeper

Occupation or role: Horsekeeper
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1871
Date of death: 29 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Canton, Frederick
Medical notes: 'The history this man gave was that he had been ill for six weeks with swelling of the legs and belly. He had had a similar attack seven months ago. He had been in the army seven and a half years mostly on foreign service, and was a very free drinker of all stimulants’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Price, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1871
Date of death: 1 Oct 1871
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscess in the lung
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Canton, Frederick
Medical notes: 'This man said that four days ago he fell, a sharp pain in right side giving him much shortage of breath, with short cough and expectoriation. He had had three attacks like present before, but no so severe, one attack two years ago when he was in the hospital. He had had a tube put in his windpipe eight years ago by Mr Pick [Thomas Pickering Pick] for a sore throat’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John W. Chandler, Broker

Occupation or role: Broker
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1871
Date of death: 30 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia. Reduction. Gangrene of portion of gut. Operation
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Reduction of hernia; Gangrene (Gut); Operation

Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Vasey, Charles Lyon and Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Canton, Frederick
Medical notes: 'This patient had right inguinal hernia for 10 years and was always able to return it himself. Four days before admission the hernia which had come down became very painful. He returned it without much difficulty but began to vomit immediately and continued to do so until he was admitted into the hospital’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Post Mortem Examinations and Case Books

  • 406 PM
  • Collection
  • 1840-1946

The post mortem records contain manuscript case notes, with medical notes both pre and post mortem. These include details on patients’ admission to the hospital, treatments and medication administered to patients and the medical history of patients; the medical histories were copied into the volumes from hospital registers, which are no longer extant. The post mortem cases include detailed pathological findings made during the detailed examination of the body after death. From the 1880s onwards the case books contain original anatomical drawings and photographs.

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The following information is recorded for each case. The information is transcribed from the case notes and/or the relevant index and, where relevant, additionally standardised using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

• Name of the patient. If a name is not entered in the volume, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No name stated]’

• Gender of the patient (female / male / unknown)

• Age of the patient. Usually in numbers, following the original, with the following exceptions: 4/12 = 4 months, 4/52 = 4 weeks, 4/365 = 4 days. If no age is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No age stated]’

• Occupation of the patient. Where no occupation is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No occupation stated]’. Children are often designated according to their father’s or mother’s occupation and women by their husband’s occupation (e.g. ‘F / Horsekeeper’, ‘M. Charwoman’, ‘Hd Grocer’); these have been rendered in the catalogue as ‘[Child of] Horsekeeper’, ‘[Wife of] Grocer’

• Date of admission and date of death

• The names of the doctors treating or examining the patient. ‘Admitted under the care of’ denotes the senior doctor in charge of the case (usually entered at the top of the page and in the index); ‘Post mortem performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the post mortem examination (usually signed at the bottom of the page) and ‘Medical examination performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the medical examination prior to death (usually signed at the bottom of the page). The earliest records usually contain only one name, and some of the later ones may contain multiple names in each category. An authority record (name access point) with basic biographical details has been created for each doctor mentioned in the records; these can be used to explore all the cases related to a particular individual

• Disease(s) or cause of death of the patient. Transcribed from the medical case and/or the index and standardised, e.g. ‘Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fractured base. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (lungs). Fracture (skull)’

• Medical and post mortem notes. Brief summary description or transcription of the case notes relating to previous medical history (not a full transcription of the case notes)

• Note on whether the case includes illustrations or photographs; these can also be browsed via genre access points

• Note on whether the death was caused by trauma, accident or suicide

• Subject access points, using standardised terms from MeSH, with disease type (e.g. respiratory tract diseases, cardiovascular diseases) and anatomy type (e.g. cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system), which can be used for browsing all relevant cases

Note on transcriptions and abbreviations

Names have been silently expanded, e.g. Jas = James, Wm = William

Some common abbreviations and acronyms

AMCH = Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital, Wimbledon
BID = Brought in dead
COA = Condition on admission
F = Father
H or Hd = Husband
HP = House physician
HS = House surgeon
IP = In-patient
L = Left
M = Mother
MR or Med reg or Med r = Medical register or Medical registrar
MS = Museum specimen
OP = Out-patient
OPD = Out-patient department
OR = Obstetric register
PMH = Previous medical history
PH = Previous history
Pt or Pat = Patient
PM = Post mortem
R = Right
RF = Rheumatic fever
Ry = Railway
SR or Surg reg = Surgical register or Surgical registrar
TB = Tuberculosis
VD = Venereal disease

St George's Hospital, London

Thomas Wakeman, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1871
Date of death: 29 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Canton, Frederick
Medical notes: 'In June last he found his ‘breath get very short’. He continued his work as a coalbacker for three weeks afterwards, when he was obliged to give up, and had not been able to do any since. Had had no previous attack like the present. Had occasional swelling of the feet from ‘rheumatism’ and was a very free drinker’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Watkins, Cabmaker

Occupation or role: Cabmaker
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1871
Date of death: 30 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Canton, Frederick
Medical notes: 'The night before admission taken suddenly with much pain in right side under blade bone, much shivering all during the day of admission. Had had no previous illness. The night he was taken ill had partaken of a supper of muscles [mussels]. At 2am was very sick, pain in side commenced from that time’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a