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Benjamin Cotton, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1881
Date of death: 9 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: He joined the army as a trumpeter and had dysentery and syphilis in India. After leaving the army in 1865 he had much polyuria followed by diminished micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Heath, 58, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1882
Date of death: 1 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: No history of disease previous to a month before admission could be gathered from the patient. He then found defecation very difficulty.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, alimentary canal, stomach, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Edwin Glazier, 34, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1881
Date of death: 3 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney. Hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: He had been in the habit of drinking four or five pints of beer daily with some spirits. About December 1880 he first noticed some oedema and had frequent vomiting. In September 1881 he had a ‘fit’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Beecham, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1881
Date of death: 9 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: She had been subject to frequent coughs with slight night sweating. For many months she had slight oedema of the feet in the evening.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, pelvis, ovaries, uterus, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Saywood, 48, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1919
Date of death: 18 May 1919
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma mammae. Operation. Secondary growths in spine. Paraplegia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Operation (Breast); Tumours (Spine); Paraplegia (Nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow. Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical examination performed by: Bostock, Marian Noel
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: She had been an inpatient in August 1918 for a complete amputation of the right breast by Mr Fisher for carcinoma.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, diaphragm, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, uterus, spine and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

George Bathhurst, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1882
Date of death: 2 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Gunshot wound
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: Brought in dead. Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, brain and skull
Type of incident: n/a

John Sullivan, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1881
Date of death: 1 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: He noticed ascites about four months before admission, his appetite and strength had failed and for the month before he came in there was oedema of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
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

Sarah Maynard, 44, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1881
Date of death: 31 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'There was no history of severe illness or intemperate habits. In 1876 she noticed first some oedema of the legs which subsided almost entirely under treatment as an out-patient, and she was able to continue active employment until about 10 weeks before admission when an enlargement of the abdomen and lumbar aching became very inconvenient'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

William Heathcote, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1882
Date of death: 12 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of larynx. Asphyxia. Laryngotomy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Asphyxia (Systemic); Laryngotomy (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: There had been very distinctive syphilitic ulceration of the face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

William Humphrey, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1882
Date of death: 10 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of larynx. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: Three months before admission he began to feel pain on the flanks and he suffered much from painful cough and mucopurulent sputa.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, larynx and bronchi
Type of incident: n/a