Occupation or role: Policeman Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Mar 1881 Date of death: 16 Mar 1881 Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. (Stricture) Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson Medical notes: 'Gonorrhoea in 1872. Has been suffering from symptoms of stricture and occasional attacks of retention for the last 2 ½ years. He was admitted with his bladder distended nearly to the umbilicus' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, urinary tract, kidneys
Occupation or role: Bootmaker Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Dec 1881 Date of death: 16 Dec 1881 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated umbilical hernia. Operation. Weak heart Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation; Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson Medical notes: 'Not seen by the surgical registrar. Died some 5 hours after his admission. The house surgeon reports. The hernia descended 3 days before admission, and he could not reduce it. Taxis was attempted by a surgeon without success. Had never worn a truss. There had been frequent vomiting before admission' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 May 1888 Date of death: 18 May 1888 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum & peritoneum. Vegetations on mitral valve. Cerebral embolism & softening. Old tubercular deposits in lungs Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum, peritoneum); Vegetation (Heart); Embolism (Blood vessels); Softening (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C. Medical notes: 'For 6 months he has been troubled with pain on defoecations & inability to pass motions. Formerly he had diarrhoea. He passes blood in considerable quantity’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, rectum, kidneys, spleen, liver
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Dec 1886 Date of death: 8 Mar 1887 Disease (transcribed): Popliteal aneurysm. Ligature of femoral artery. Septicaemia. Thrombosis of femoral vein Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Leg); Ligation Sepsis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Blood vessels) Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'Had always been abstemious & had good health till 1886 when he was laid up with bronchitis. Five weeks before admission he noticed some pain in left calf; afterwards this passed down to the ankle' Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, popliteal artery, femoral artery, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, knee Illustrations: No Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Oct 1864 Date of death: 24 Oct 1864 Disease (transcribed): Wound of hand. Phlebitis. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'Case not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Charwoman Age: 62 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Nov 1864 Date of death: 3 Nov 1864 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'The history of the case is very obscure, no accurate report being forthcoming. From the policeman’s report it appears she had been drinking the day before, & that she had fallen down insensible in the house where she was working as charwoman. She was allowed to lay where she fell for some time & was then conveyed to the station, where she was locked up all night. The following morning as she was still unconscious she was brought to the hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Oct 1891 Date of death: 12 Oct 1891 Disease (transcribed): Aortic stenosis Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This man was walking in the street when he fell down and died suddenly' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Pensioner Age: 72 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Nov 1891 Date of death: 22 Nov 1891 Disease (transcribed): Ulcer on leg. Morbus cordis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'See surgical register' Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No post mortem examination'
Occupation or role: Traveller Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Dec 1880 Date of death: 21 Jan 1881 Disease (transcribed): Operation. Extirpation of larynx. Pleurisy. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Extirpation (Larynx); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson Medical notes: 'This case was read before the Clinical Society, and the accompanying [cutting] is the account that appeared in the Lancet of April 2nd 1881' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Aug 1897 Date of death: 4 Aug 1897 Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg. Cardiac failure Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Heart failure (Heart) () Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle Medical notes: 'This man whilst helping to load one of the London General Omnibus Cos forage vans fell off the top and broke his right leg; the distance was about 4 feet. He was admitted in Aug 3rd. He admitted he had a fair amount of alcohol lately' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Oct 1885 Date of death: 24 Nov 1885 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pleurisy. Carbuncle? Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Carbuncle (Tissue) Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: Three months before admission the man was seized with a sharp pain in the right side of his chest and was laid up in bed for fourteen days. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, bladder and joint Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 May 1862 Date of death: 1 Jul 1862 Disease (transcribed): Disease of aorta. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Disease (Arteries); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The history that this patient gave of himself was that eighteen months ago, after a severe illness of inflammation of the heart, she noticed a beating in the right clavicular region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Child Age: 2 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jul 1862 Date of death: 24 Aug 1862 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Old clot in sub arachnoid space of cerebellum Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Thrombosis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This little child was admitted with a most extensive scalp wound, the whole of one side of the head being entirely scalped. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: No occupation Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Sep 1862 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Fatty degeneration of the heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: Tis woman was brought dead to the hospital having fallen down in the street a short time before. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Armourer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Sep 1862 Date of death: 25 Sep 1862 Disease (transcribed): Fatty degeneration of heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: He was brought from the park by a policeman who found him lying apparently asleep on one of the seats. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Sep 1862 Date of death: 27 Sep 1862 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Disease of heart and the lungs Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: She had been suffering with ulcers of her legs and some swelling of them for three years. The present illness commenced one months ago with diarrhoea followed by palpitation, shortness of breath and sleepless nights. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Upholsterer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Sep 1862 Date of death: 26 Sep 1862 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Disease of heart Disease (standardised): Oedema (Indeterminate); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: Four months ago he was attacked with pains in the praecordial region, followed by difficulty in breathing and slight cough. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Stone mason Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Aug 1862 Date of death: 28 Sep 1862 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Disease of heart Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: Three months ago, when carrying a load this man was seized with want of breath which obliged him to stand still. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Sep 1862 Date of death: 1 Oct 1862 Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Aneurism Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Aneurysm (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: He had had cough for two or three years in the winter. Eight or nine weeks ago he had cold and cough with much difficulty in breathing and palpitation. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Child Age: 4 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Sep 1862 Date of death: 6 Oct 1862 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposit. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This child was reported by its mother to have had a fit of convulsions a month previous to admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Oct 1862 Date of death: 31 Oct 1862 Disease (transcribed): Rupture of aneurism Disease (standardised): Rupture (Arteries); Aneurysm (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This man was admitted for fistula in ano which he said he existed for nine months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Footman Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 May 1866 Date of death: 24 May 1866 Disease (transcribed): Gout. Clot in pulmonary artery. Valvular disease of heart. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Thrombosis (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: He was first attacked with gout when twenty five years of age and had suffered repeatedly from subsequent attacks. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 May 1866 Date of death: 7 Jun 1866 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Scrofulous disease of kidneys, bladder and prostate Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Bladder); Tuberculosis (Prostate) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This man was admitted complaining of intense pain down the left arm as far as the elbow. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 56 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Jun 1866 Date of death: 7 Jun 1866 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: She had been out walking in Battersea Park and fell down in a fit. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Smith Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jun 1866 Date of death: 10 Jun 1866 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Cirrhosis of liver. Large smooth kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: He had suffered from Rheumatism, first when twenty seven years of age. Last winter he suffered from cough and this recurred four months before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a