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Agnes Allen, 21, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1880
Date of death: 25 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of the heart, and dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For twelve months she had been feeling unwell and her legs used to swell towards night, going down after a night’s rest. On the 15th March she began to vomit and had several fits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Alice Allwright, 18, Still room maid

Occupation or role: Still room maid
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1880
Date of death: 28 Nov 1880
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Old and recent perinephritis
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Perinephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had her first attack of rheumatism in 1874 and was admitted in 1878. In November 1880 she awoke with a violent headache and in the course of the day, rheumatic pains appeared.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Alice Byford, 21, [No occupation stated]

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

Ann Whiting, 46, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1880
Date of death: 2 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of heart, with slight valve lesion. Effects of chronic congestion on the liver, spleen, and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Liver); Congestion (Spleen); Congestion (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: One night in July 1879 she went to bed in usual health, and awoke the next morning feeling ‘giddy and queer’. She was soon seized with convulsions and when she recovered she found that her right leg was helpless. She suffered from a further fit about Christmas 1879 and in March lost power of the left arm and hand.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Wilkes, 63, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1879
Date of death: 17 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of breast and pleura. Cirrhosis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Cancer (Pleura); Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This woman was admitted to the surgical wards for a tumour of the left breast, the cough was very troublesome and on the 24th December she was transferred to the medical ward.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Breasts, pleurae, lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Arthur John Rickards, 26, Bargeman

Occupation or role: Bargeman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1880
Date of death: 6 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For two years or so he had noticed swelling round the ankles after heavy work and the lower eyelids also sometimes became puffy. He was often subject to fits of giddiness and was often in low spirits. For the last three or four months he was in the habit of passing much water at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Arthur Kirkpatrick, 11, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1880
Date of death: 17 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Acute nephritis (scarlatinal). Catarrhal pneumonia and pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: His mother noticed a scarlatinal rash all over his body, he had a sore throat and was feverish.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Catharine Church, 48, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1880
Date of death: 18 Nov 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Six weeks before admission she was attacked with acute pain in the left hypochondium, followed by jaundice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Hesketh, 37, Farrier

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1880
Date of death: 26 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of ilium. Caries of vertebrae. Psoas abscess. ‘Scrofulous’ disease of kidneys. Tubercle of lungs. Lardaceous infiltration
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Pelvis); Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Abdomen) ;
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This man had previously been a surgical patient. He was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Urinary tract, larynx and trachea, lungs and pleurae, brain, liver, spleen, intestines, heart and aorta
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Stevens, 14, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1880
Date of death: 13 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Acute nephritis. Great oedema and congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Oedema (Lung); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Robinson, G L
Medical notes: His illness commenced about a fortnight before admission with sore throat, pains in the head, stomach, joints and limbs, and some sickness. About a week later he noticed ‘dark freckles’ on the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Watts, 75, Baker

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1880
Date of death: 26 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pericarditis and pleurisy. Hypertrophy of heart and oedema of the lung. Osteo-arthritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Lung); Osteoarthritis (Joints)
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: He had lived very poorly of late, often without the necessities of life. For six weeks he had been suffering with his eyes; for a month from violent sickness, scarce able to keep anything on the stomach.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Edwin Harris, 37, Policeman

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1880
Date of death: 10 Nov 1880
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of the left kidney. Thrombosis of veins
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Kidney); Thrombosis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: He was admitted in 1879 with an attack of enteric fever. On the day of admission a tumour was discovered in the splenic region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, veins and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Gaylor, 37, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1880
Date of death: 1 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of kidneys, urinary tract and lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Urinary tract); Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: For about four months before admission she suffered from ‘cold chills’, profuse night sweats for two to three months and emaciation for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and urinary apparatus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Firth, 39, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1879
Date of death: 3 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart and dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
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: The patient was first admitted on 18th October 1875. She was admitted this time in great prostration, complaining of pain in the left side, palpitation, great shortness of breath and constant nausea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and generative organs
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Gaze, 43, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1880
Date of death: 7 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid of the left ovary and the great omentum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For about one month she noticed the abdomen gradually getting larger and she frequently experienced gripping pains, relieved by pressure.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and generative organs
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Heath, 43, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1879
Date of death: 17 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary phthisis. Cavities. Pleurisy. Tubercle. Fatty degeneration. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Cavities (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
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: For thirty years she was subject to winter cough and had lost flesh permanently for two years. The present cough commenced nine weeks ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Heritage, 36, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1880
Date of death: 24 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Sequela of scarlatina. Cervical abscesses. Nephritis
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Abscess (Neck); Nephritis (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: The patient went to a house in which the family was laid up with scarlatina exactly five weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Kent, 43, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1879
Date of death: 20 Sep 1879
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma of cerebral arteries. Hypertrophy of heart. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Tidswell, Herbert Henry
Medical notes: Up to last winter she had good health. She experienced at this period some mental anxiety. Since February she had been losing flesh to a great degree, and during the last three months had been worse in all respects.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Emma Tibbs, 33, Charwoman

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1880
Date of death: 20 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): 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: When seventeen years old she was subject to fits accompanied by cessation of the catamenia and she was moved to an asylum for some time. For ‘three months at least’ she had felt out of sorts and complained of rheumatic pains in the legs, headaches, vertigo, slight oedema of the legs and frequent nocturnal micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Florence Davis, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1880
Date of death: 27 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
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 lived only ten or eleven minutes after admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Frances Mabb, 30, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1879
Date of death: 5 Sep 1879
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Oedema of the glottis. Laryngotomy
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Oedema (Glottis); Laryngotomy (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was quite well until about five weeks ago when an eruption of pimples appeared on the right arm, extending to the left a week later. About three weeks ago, she found on waking one morning the hands still and the skins on the backs of a black colour and beginning to peel off.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, brain and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Lidyard, 43, Gilder

Occupation or role: Gilder
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1880
Date of death: 4 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Calculi, blocking the urinary passages. Cystic kidney. Lardaceous infiltration
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Cysts (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: His friend admitted that he was of a ‘broken down constitution’, having lived freely. For two years he had been in failing health.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Respiratory tract, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys and urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Tisner, 20, Packer

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880
Date of death: 25 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys, with atrophy of cortex. Hypertrophy of heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
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: About the beginning of January he noticed that the sight of the right eye was dim, everything appeared as though enveloped in a fog. For the last three to four months he had passed much water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

George Baker, 46, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880
Date of death: 25 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of liver. Encephaloid of kidneys. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung)
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: It was only about the beginning of the year that he noticed anything wrong with himself. Jaundice and gradual enlargement of the abdomen were the symptoms that attracted attention.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

George Barlow, 53, Baker

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1880
Date of death: 4 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
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 man was taken ill with shivering, vertigo, vomiting, a dull pain in the right side of the chest and right shoulder, and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

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