Occupation or role: Interpreter Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jul 1863 Date of death: 17 Jul 1863 Disease (transcribed): Cranial periostitis (syphilitic). Consequent meningitis Disease (standardised): Periostitis (Skull); Syphilis (Systemic); Meningitis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient had enjoyed good health except for syphilis which he had contracted some years before. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Sep 1863 Date of death: 17 Oct 1863 Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Freeman, Samuel George Medical notes: His own history of himself could not be understood and no other could be obtained. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and urinary organs Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Nov 1863 Date of death: 13 Nov 1863 Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man on admission was so seriously collapsed as to threaten speedy death. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Piano maker Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jul 1861 Date of death: 27 Aug 1861 Disease (transcribed): Morbus Cordis. Slight albuminuria. Hypertrophy of Heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Albuminuria (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: Pale looking, with his limbs trembling and his strength much exhausted, the patient had a history of having been ill with frequent colds Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Barman Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Jul 1859 Date of death: 23 Jul 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: This man was accustomed to drink largely of raw spirits. For four years he had been troubled with rheumatic gout. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right knee, cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Policeman Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Jan 1864 Date of death: 9 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Degeneration of kidneys. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'The patient was a detective policeman of some note, always sober in his habits, but much exposed to inclement weather. He was admitted with general renal dropsy of six months’ duration. For the last four months of this time he had been unable to follow his occupation’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Nov 1863 Date of death: 11 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Smooth mottled kidney Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This patient, a carpenter, free in his habits of drinking without being drunken, was under treatment in the hospital for more than three months. On his admission he was of a pasty complexion with red eyelids. Moderate doughy oedema was present in the legs. He had been subject to frequent attacks of chronic rheumatism’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Footman Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Oct 1863 Date of death: 19 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This man, sober of late years only, was a patient for more than four months with anasarca and bronchitis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Feb 1864 Date of death: 5 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Granular disease of kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'The patient was a well grown man with a renous complexion, admitted with severe dyspnoea compelling him to lean forward with his head over his knees. He had been ill about four months so as to be forced now and then to lay up for a day or two’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, pericardium & heart, abdomen
Occupation or role: Potman Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Apr 1864 Date of death: 23 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barker, William Levington Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This man, represented as of drunken habits, was admitted complaining of pains in the arms and legs with increasing debility for a month, illness having commenced with an attack of shivering’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, brain, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cooper Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864 Date of death: 6 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Empyema. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Empyema (Pleura); Peritonitis (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This man had been under treatment nine months before for an abscess near the right mamma accompanied by cough and great debility. Of this illness no accurate account could be obtained (the patient was Irish)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jul 1864 Date of death: 27 Jul 1864 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This man was a painter and had some faint indication of a blue hue about his gums. He was of a pasty complexion and remarkably apathetic manner, his faculties somewhat blunted through his answers to questions were ready and consistent’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, head
Occupation or role: Child Age: 5 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Aug 1864 Date of death: 24 Aug 1864 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Lobular pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Lobar pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This child was brought to the hospital moribund, and expired before any observations of its conditions could be made’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 May 1865 Date of death: 3 Jul 1865 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Albuminuria Disease (standardised): Oedema (Indeterminate); Albuminuria (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Not entered Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bootmaker Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Aug 1861 Date of death: 13 Aug 1861 Disease (transcribed): Disease of Kidneys. Uraemic poisoning Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Uraemic poisoning (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: The patient was admitted on account of diarrhoea Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, kidneys, cranium, liver and spleen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Sep 1864 Date of death: 24 Oct 1864 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'Not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Nov 1864 Date of death: 18 Dec 1864 Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney. Lead colic Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Poisoning (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This man, a house painter who had been repeatedly the subject of lead colic, was admitted for that and loss of power in the wrists. He was lean and cachetic in appearance’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Aug 1863 Date of death: 3 Sep 1863 Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Disease of kidneys Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient reported that he had been bathing in the Thames five weeks ago, when next morning he found his legs and feet much swollen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Potman Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Oct 1863 Date of death: 9 Oct 1863 Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man who had been in the hospital two months before under the surgeons with albuminuria was, on this occasion, only under observation for one entire day. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Ironmonger Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Oct 1863 Date of death: 11 Oct 1863 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: On the day of admission he complained of severe pain in the praecordial region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Shoemaker Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Nov 1863 Date of death: 12 Dec 1863 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys (smooth, contracted) Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient had been in the hospital ten months before for swelled testicle. A months later he had tingling and pain in both legs and they became very weak. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Coal porter Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Nov 1863 Date of death: 26 Dec 1863 Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man had suffered pain in the loins and loss of appetite with failing strength for more than two months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864 Date of death: 11 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Disease of kidneys Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with orthopnea and severe distress from difficulty of breathing, the legs being dropsical and some general oedema existing. He had been short of breath for five years’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Jun 1864 Date of death: 16 Jun 1864 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This man, a porter representing himself as of sober habits, was only under observation for one day. He had been ill a month from debility with oedema of the legs, loss of appetite and pain in the chest’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Nov 1865 Date of death: 24 Dec 1865 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This man was first in the hospital in July with dropsy and albuminous urine. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a