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Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 28 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Goitre. Dilated right ventricle
Disease (standardised): Goiter (Neck); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: A year before her death she began to suffer from weakness, shortness of breath, palpitation, prominence of the eyes and enlargement of the throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, throat, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, vermiform appendix, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, solar plexus, semilunar ganglia, kidneys, bladder, uterus, ovaries and omentum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1900
Date of death: 2 Apr 1900
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of Pylorus. Secondary growth in Liver. Tubercular Pericarditis and Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach); Carcinoma (Liver); Tuberculosis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: About a year ago he became yellow and began to waste. All the time he had suffered from indigestion and for three or four weeks had vomited every other day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, lungs, and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1871
Date of death: 29 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman who in her youth had been accustomed to drink large quantities of spirits, was seized six weeks before her admission with severe pain in the right hypochondrium. She became jaundiced & at the same time the abdomen began to swell. The jaundice subsided but the abdominal swelling increased & in a fortnight her legs also became dropsical’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1878
Date of death: 23 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the brain and of the lungs etc
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Disease (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Died a few hours after admission: no examination was made of the organs. He was admitted comatose, with dilated pupils, and cold clammy skin: breathing not stertorous'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1872
Date of death: 10 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (encephaloid) of the peritoneum, diaphragm and pericardium. Pleuritic effusion. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Abdomen); Carcinoma (Diaphragm); Carcinoma (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man gave the history that three weeks ago while pushing a cart he strained himself. The same evening he felt pain in the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1870
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Ulcerative Endocarditis.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was not seen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Brass finisher
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1880
Date of death: 4 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart valves (mitral stenosis)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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: In September 1879 the feet began to swell, with the abdomen in a day or two becoming enlarged. Shortly before this the pain in the cardiac region had been very severe and there had been orthopnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1877
Date of death: 3 Apr 1877
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not given as no post mortem was made.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1881
Date of death: 13 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of liver & lungs & peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver, lungs, peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of heritable disease in the family or previous acute illness. For the last year she has been losing flesh considerably, her appetite has been failing, her skin dry & brownish: her constipation habitual, and much pain has been felt at intervals in the right flank, with tenderness over the hard lump which she has noticed in the left hypochondrium'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, peritoneum, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1885
Date of death: 23 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: She began to feel ill in November 1883 when her legs swelled, she had general weakness, and later a swollen abdomen and dyspnoea on exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1872
Date of death: 11 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Not seen by me.’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1895
Date of death: 16 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured appendix. Local burrowing of pus (Laparotomy)
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Appendix); Suppuration (Appendix); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient was not seen by the registrar until she was moribund and it was impossible to examine her.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, uterus, lungs, larynx and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1870
Date of death: 15 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in the last stages of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1871
Date of death: 30 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis. Fatal haemoptysis. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Haemoptysis (Lungs); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Not seen by me’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1889
Date of death: 7 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (red hepatisation) of right lung upper and lower lobes and left lung lower lobe
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: On March 24th he began to have a cold in the head of which the symptoms were sneezing, running of the eyes and nose and some cough.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, bronchial tubes, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1866
Date of death: 19 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Epithelial cancer of larynx
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: There was the mark of an old chancre on the glans penis. The history that he gave was that he had been ill for ten weeks with spasmodic affection and pain about the larynx.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1891
Date of death: 5 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Vegetative endocarditis. Cerebral embolism and softening. Carcinoma of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Brain); Carcinoma (Pylorus)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of disease: mother living and hale. The woman was a cook, unmarried, and 11 months before her death she bore a healthy child. During her pregnancy she tried to conceal her condition by tight lacing and suffered from much vomiting. After her confinement she worked hard and had ill-health. The catamenia [menstruation] did not reappear, and she was much troubled with dyspeptic symptoms. Nothing more definite was ascertainable'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a n/a

Occupation or role: General manager
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1871
Date of death: 30 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Compound dislocation of ankle. Compound fracture of radius & ulna. Fractured femur. Pyaemia (pleurisy). Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Ankle); Fracture (Arm, thigh, skull); Sepsis (Systemic)

Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'He fell 50 feet from a scaffold which gave way’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, joints, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1883
Date of death: 4 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: From 1878 he had begun to be troubled with cough and dyspnoea of which he had never been completely free.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1891
Date of death: 5 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of liver
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See medical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No post mortem examination'
Illustrations: Yes (relating to case PM/1891/124)
Type of incident: n/a n/a

Occupation or role: Coffee maker
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1888
Date of death: 4 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of first part of arch of aorta, bursting into the pulmonary artery. Oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Heart); Edema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said he was in good health till within a few weeks of his admission, when he began to suffer from dyspnoea. Eight days before he came in this symptom was worse, but he gradually became ill’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1895
Date of death: 16 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of liver – implicating the lung
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: This patient had been a soldier and had served in India and Egypt in the campaign of 1882. Five weeks before admission he was seized with sudden sharp pain in the right side and shoulder, with sweating and shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, liver, pancreas, stomach, duodenum, kidneys, suprarenals, spleen, bladder, testes, intestines, heart, larynx, oesophagus and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1877
Date of death: 8 Apr 1877
Disease (transcribed): Read: Syphilitic perihepatitis and gummata (William Ewart) instead of: (Cirrhosis and old abscesses) of the liver. Peritonitis. Ascites; paracentesis.
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Perihepatitis (Liver); Gummata (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Towards the end of December, whilst walking, the patient felt a pain in the right side of the abdomen. A week later a lump, which gradually enlarged, appeared at the naval. The abdomen generally enlarged at the same time as the lump. There was pain after food in the epigastrium and back, slight cough and dyspnoea, and irregularity of the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, peritoneum, intestinal canal and kidneys.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1872
Date of death: 11 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Chronic brights disease. Hypertrophy of heart. Effusion into both pleurae and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man stated that for the last eighteen years he had been subject to cough, always worse in the winter.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1869
Date of death: 7 Apr 1869
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull, ribs and lower jaw. Puncture and collapse of the left lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Jaw); Puncture (Lung); Collapse (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was at work when he got crushed between a wall and a heavy iron girder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident