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Occupation or role: Cellarman
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1895
Date of death: 2 Feb 1896
Disease (transcribed): Chronic parenchymatous nephritis
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, stomach, bladder, testis and toe joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1903
Date of death: 16 Dec 1903
Disease (transcribed): Arterio-sclerosis. Arterio-sclerotic kidneys. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Fibrinous myocarditis. Chronic sero-fibrinous pleurisy. Old fracture of ribs. Collapse of right lung. Oedema of left lung.
Disease (standardised): Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Arteriosclerosis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Myocarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Fracture (Ribs);Atelectasis (Lung) ; Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted suffering from cough, dyspnoea and sense of oppression in the epigastrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Carver
Gender: Male
Age: 58
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1899
Date of death: 28 Feb 1899
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys etc
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Powell, Llewellyn
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See medical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No autopsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1903
Date of death: 4 Oct 1903
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the gall bladder. Secondary growths in the liver and left kidney. General suppurative peritonitis. Oedema of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Gall bladder); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Kidney); Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of indigestion, heartburn and pain in the chest and back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, trachea, bronchi, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and genito-urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1878
Date of death: 7 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney. Atheroma. Dilatation of the heart. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Pleural effusion (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Ague for 12 mo [months] at 15: otherwise healthy and temperate. Quite well till 12 mo [months] before admission, when he was attacked suddenly one evening as he was walking home, with dyspnoea and epigastric pain; both of which steadily increased thence forward, the latter being most severe after meals. Swelling of legs for 6 mo [months] before admission. Lungs noticed in epigastrium for three. Anorexia for 3 wks [weeks]. Much increase of dyspnoea for two. Cough for 7 or 10 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 74
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1880
Date of death: 9 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Left pleuritis. Granular & cystic degeneration of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Evans, Arthur Owen and Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No known family diseases. Was never before laid up with illness. Violent attacks of cough began about a month ago, with copious thick greyish expectoration, & sweating'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 17 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous kidneys (large white)
Disease (standardised): Lardaceous disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Her father & some of his family are consumptive. She is one of a family of 11 children, & has never been strong, although never laid up for more than a day or two with definite illness. Much winter hacking cough, spits up a small quantity of grey mucus. For many years she has been subject to attacks of vomiting with diarrhoea coming on after the vomiting has stopped'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shop assistant
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1903
Date of death: 8 Aug 1903
Disease (transcribed): Infective endocarditis. Infarcts in spleen and kidneys. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Infarction (Spleen); Infarction (Kidney); Adherent (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: She had rheumatic fever six years previously, since which time she had palpitation and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Teeth, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and genito-urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1878
Date of death: 28 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis – weak heart. Recent abortion
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Miscarriage (Uterus);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Weakly subject: appetite never good: disgust to fat: 'inflammation of lungs' at 21: coughs every winter as long as she remembered. Nothing else remarkable in the previous history: no previous miscarriages (5 children born alive). 'Weight' at epigastrium after food for some 6 months. Cough commenced in October as usual and continues as usual. 11 ½ weeks before admn [admission], the appetite failed. Three or four days later the cough somewhat suddenly became severe, and was accompanied by pain about the back and shoulders, increased by breathing. From that time she lost flesh, sweated profusely at night, and suffered from headache about three days out of each week. The pain disappeared before admn [admission]. (No haemoptysis)'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Packer
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1901
Date of death: 28 Oct 1901
Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum. Contracting white kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was brought in semicomatose.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, uterus and appendages
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1876
Date of death: 3 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: A week before admission she was roused in the middle of the night by severe epigastric pain, followed by continued bitter vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1898
Date of death: 24 Mar 1898
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of iliac veins. Haemorrhage starting from base of right broad ligament
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Veins); Haemorrhage (Broad ligament)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: Not seen by Medical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, stomach, lungs and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 61
Date of admission: 8 May 1878
Date of death: 8 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of the lungs and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Admission. Admitted, complaining of inability to pass her water properly: pain in loins, waist and right flank of abdomen: epigastric pain after eating. Cough, trifling expectoration, severe dyspnoea referred to R. [Right] flank of abdomen […] History. No very clear history could be obtained: she said that a month before she went out in a cold wind, which 'caught her' in the abdomen. From that time the pains above described had been present, the bowels had acted 3-4 times a day and she had become very weak. There had been difficulty in micturition for a fortnight: she had vomited several times a day for a week or more'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine, ovary
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1877
Date of death: 19 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Heart disease. Tubercular disease of lung. Bronchitis. Granular kidney.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The recent history comprised increasing cough, commencing with a general catarrh, frequent headaches, night sweats, loss of strength, flesh and appetite, and bearing down pains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, skull and contents, and uterus.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1877
Date of death: 20 Apr 1877
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease. Granular kidney. Bronchitis and emphysema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had never been free from cough, which increased, with dyspnoea, every winter. She had also suffered throughout her life from pain in the chest and from frequent slight haemoptysis for fourteen years. Her legs began to swell early in the march. A week later she brought up a quarter of a pint of bright blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach and douglas' pouch.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 71
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1900
Date of death: 28 Dec 1900
Disease (transcribed): Growth involving left kidney. General Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: This patient was admitted to the obstetric ward. She was sent to Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital where she died.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, kidneys, liver, spleen, pancreas, alimentary canal and urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1880
Date of death: 30 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma; scirrhous of uterus and pancreas. Encephaloid of subcutaneous and subserous glands, and of the brain. Melanotic of the brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Pancreas); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Brain); Melanoma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This patient was admitted originally in June 1879 for a small mushroom shaped growth on the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tumours and morbid growths, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, generative organs and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Asphalter
Gender: Female
Age: 32
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1899
Date of death: 12 Jun 1899
Disease (transcribed): Septic mass in uterus
Disease (standardised): Mass (Uterus); Sepsis (Uterus);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Powell, Llewellyn
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'Patient had a miscarriage 4 ½ weeks before admission when about 2 months pregnant. She had had 5 children and no miscarriage before this. No cause for this known. She had had some shivering fits before admission and had been getting weaker. She said that the miscarriage came away in pieces and she continued to bleed for about a week. No haemorrhage or discharge on admission. She had rheumatic fever when a child'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, generative system
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1881
Date of death: 14 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She has always felt in good health up to 7 years ago, when she became a monthly nurse and had heavy work to do. She then had much winter cough & felt short of breath. Profuse menstruation every fortnight up to June last. Her appetite has much diminished. Polyuria noticed for about 6 months, & occasional oedema of the ankles lately. She has taken very little alcohol'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Carman
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1904
Date of death: 10 Jul 1904
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Ulcerative endocarditis. Aortic, mitral and tricuspid reflux. Nephritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart); Aortic valve insufficiency (Heart); Mitral valve insufficiency (Heart); Tricuspid valve insufficiency (Heart); Nephritis (Kidney);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Swete-Evans, William Benjamin
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'He was admitted on June 30 complaining of faintness or loss of flesh. His illness began 5 weeks before with pain in L. [Left] side of abdomen. His legs became swollen and painful, his head ached, he became faint on the least exertion and sweated freely. He was treated by a doctor for rheumatism, but as his symptoms became aggravated, he came up to the hospital. He had had cough and hoarseness for 3 or 4 days but no haemoptysis. He had never had any previous illness save occasional R. [Right] otorrhoea. The last time he had had such discharge was 3 weeks before admittance. He denied syphilis, but confessed to smoking 25 cigarettes daily'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: n/a