Occupation or role: [Wife of] Paper stainer Age: 54 or 57 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Mar 1886 Date of death: 24 Mar 1886 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: The case was that of a married woman who had no heritable history of phthisis. She had haemoptysis late in life, being under the care of Dr Dickinson in October 1885, when she exhibited the early symptoms of the secondary stage of phthisis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary tract Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Gender: Female Age: 41 Date of admission: 13 Feb 1878 Date of death: 12 Apr 1878 Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis: pulmonary oedema Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Oedema (Lung); Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard PM performed by: Ewart, William
Byam, W. Medical notes: 'History. Rheumatic fever 16 yrs. [years] before admission: four attacks in the following 12 years, all following parturitn [Parturition]. Subject to diarrhoea: very subject to sick headaches: had lived badly from 23 to 36: had a strong disgust to fat: diaphoresis habitually profuse. The last attacks of rheumatic fever began about Xmas 1873: she was in bed till the middle of March 1874: From that time she suffered from palpitation on the least exertion. The pains lasted till Mar. [March] 1875, and returned every time she tried to work. At the end of Oct. [October] 1877 she was suddenly ceased [sic] with cardiac pain, increased on movement: hepatic and epigastric pains occurring at irregular intervals and persistent vomiting. The skin became yellow, the bowels costive. A week later the legs swelled and the perspiration[?] increased. Vomiting continued every five minutes for five weeks: after that about twice or thrice a day after meals, pain being increased by the ingestion of food' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, ascites Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Apr 1861 Date of death: 20 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Tetanus Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: Two months before he was admitted he grazed his right elbow and the back of his thumb, but both places were quite healed in less than a week, and presented no symptoms afterwards. About a month afterwards he thought he caught cold, followed by shivering, sore throat and difficulty swallowing Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and spine, thorax and abdomen Illustrations: yes Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Dec 1889 Date of death: 4 Jan 1890 Disease (transcribed): Double empyema. Pneumonia. Purulent bronchitis and tracheitis Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Tracheitis (Trachea) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan Medical notes: He complained of severe pain in his inframammary regions on both sides. His tongue was dry and of a brownish colour. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pupils, pleurae, trachea, bronchi, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and intestines Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
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
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Mar 1886 Date of death: 4 Apr 1886 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: See Notes No. 425 Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: House keeper Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Feb 1879 Date of death: 10 Apr 1879 Disease (transcribed): n/a Disease (standardised): n/a Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient was quite well until the autumn of 1878. She was weak and low from then. Early in December the bowels began to act loosely six or seven times a day. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, pancreas, duodenum, suprarenal capsules, kidneys and lungs Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 68 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1880 Date of death: 14 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); 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: While at work on the morning of April 8th he fell down suddenly, became unconscious and partially lost the use of his left side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Dec 1865 Date of death: 12 Jan 1866 Disease (transcribed): Lumbar abscess. Cirrhosis of liver Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lumbar); Cirrhosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The history of this case was obscure. Except for an attack of bronchitis she appeared to have had no illness up to four months before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Feb 1880 Date of death: 24 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the alimentary canal and peritoneum Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen) 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 symptoms for which she was admitted commenced four years back with great pain in the pit of the stomach. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, alimentary canal, liver, spleen and kidneys Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 5 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Jan 1884 Date of death: 26 Apr 1884 Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of left kidney Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure Medical notes: In 1881 she had ‘an attack of swelling of the left side of the stomach’ for which she stayed in bed for a month. The swelling was said to have gradually disappeared and no further morbid symptoms were noticed until the day before admission when an abdominal tumour became evident. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Apr 1877 Date of death: 15 May 1877 Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation. Dilatation of aorta. Granular kidney Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Dilatation (Arteries); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: On admission he was seen to be emaciated, but healthy of aspect. The abdomen was greatly distended, and dull through nearly all its extent. The legs were highly oedematous. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen. Illustration or photograph: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 72 Gender: Female Date of admission: May 1881 Date of death: May 1881 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the rectum. Stricture Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Constriction (Rectum) 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: 'No history of heritable disease. When living (at 25) in 1834 when living near Richmond, Yorkshire on high ground near no malarious district, she had 'cholera', severe fever with deliriusm and diarrhoea. Ever since then she has been liable to frequent attacks of diarrhoea with much abdominal pain. For the last two years the diarrhoea has been less constant but more severe, and during the year before last has been accompanied by vomiting & severe abdominal pain with flatus' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Farm bailiff Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Apr 1880 Date of death: 4 May 1880 Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma. Scirrhus of the stomach, gastro-hepatic omentum, right suprarenal capsule and glands. Encephaloid of the liver (abscess of lung? From scirrhus) Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Adrenal glands); Cancer (Liver); Abscess (Lung); Cancer (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 February 1880 he began to feel weak and languid, his appetite began to fail, and he experienced a peculiar ‘fluttering pain’ in the left side of the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, oesophagus, intestines, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and suprarenal capsules Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Draper Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Jan 1875 Date of death: 21 Jun 1875 Disease (transcribed): Tumour of anterior part of right hemisphere Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This man had been subject to what he called epilepsy from four years until five months before his admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and brain Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Nov 1874 Date of death: 17 Jan 1875 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of kidney, spine and lumbar glands. Pleuro pneumonia. Pelvic abscess. Ulceration of rectum Disease (standardised): Cancer (Kidney); Cancer (Spine); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Abscess (Pelvis); Ulcer (Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This man had pains across the loins for six months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, spine and cord Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Butcher Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jun 1876 Date of death: 29 Jun 1876 Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy. Mitral contraction. Pulmonary congestion Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This man was first admitted in December 17th 1873 with acute rheumatism. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Messenger Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 May 1886 Date of death: 21 May 1886 Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Atheroma of arteries. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: The patient was a hard drinker of spirits and had been fairly well, though complained of pains in the head, up to the night of admission when he was found unconscious on the floor of his room. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, vessels, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach and intestines Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Lady’s maid Age: 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Apr 1888 Date of death: 21 May 1888 Disease (transcribed): Leucocythemia Disease (standardised): Leukemia Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'There was no history of ague. Twelve years before her admission the woman had typhoid fever and was ill for 2 months. She had no other illness of any kind till November 1886 when she vomited dark-coloured fluid ‘like [?] port wine’. At that time she had no pain after food, nor any other symptom pointing to gastric ulcer’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal Illustrations or photographs: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Butler Gender: Male Age: 48 Date of admission: 6 Jun 1878 Date of death: 30 Jun 1878 Disease (transcribed): n/a Disease (standardised): n/a Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard PM performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Previous history of good health and temperance: he was not fond of fat: his daily amount of beer varied from 2 to 4 pints: spirits seldom. During January 1875 he suffered from epigastric pain and anorexia, without vomiting or intestinal derangement: pain unaffected by eating. He remained well till Oct. [October] following, when the same symptoms returned. Though at times revived by treatment, they never left him again. From Oct. [October] 1877 the pain was more severe: the bowels were constipated and he vomited after food with increasing frequency. He took much purgative medicine to relieve the symptoms. He wasted greatly for 4 mo [months] before admn [admission]. Three mo [months] before admn [admission], pain shifted to L. [Left] flank. For 9 wks [weeks] before admission, appetite was quite absent and the ejecta brown in colour' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stomach Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Lodging house keeper Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jul 1875 Date of death: 17 Jul 1875 Disease (transcribed): Papilloma of bladder Disease (standardised): Papilloma (Bladder) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: For two months before admission he had been passing blood with his urine and had suffered from pain during and after micturition. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and bladder Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Nurse Gender: Female Age: 61 Date of admission: 8 May 1878 Date of death: 14 Jul 1878 Disease (transcribed): Perforating ulcer of the stomach. Limited superficial abscess in the peritoneal cavity and left lobe of liver Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Abscess (Abdomen); Abscess (Liver); Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard PM performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Scarlatina at 16: 'gastric fever' at 40: diphtheria at 43: smallpox at 57. Always intolerant of fat; - subject to pain after food in the epigastrium and to sick headaches as long as she remembered: bowels habitually costive and diaphoresis profuse: subject also to palpitation and to glandular swellings in the neck. For two years she had noticed a fulness in the epigastrium. From Dec [December] 1st to 31st she suffered from a dry 'spasmodic' cough, which began suddenly without rigor or nasal catarrh. On Dec [December] 31st it left her suddenly, and she was as suddenly attack with severe vomiting and epigastric pain, which lasted an hour. From that time there was a constant dull pain in the epigastrium, increased after food' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Dec 1876 Date of death: 31 Dec 1876 Disease (transcribed): Intestinal Obstruction Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: This patient had been already three times in the hospital within three of four years with similar symptoms. Three days before admission he got wet through. The next day he was suddenly attacked by vomiting and severe abdominal pain. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines Illustration or photograph: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 59 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Jun 1880 Date of death: 11 Jun 1880 Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Haemorrhage also into lung and kidney. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Haemorrhage (Lung); Haemorrhage (Kidney); 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: A friend had gone to visit the patient at her house and found her ‘making a noise like crying’. She was unable to speak and could only walk about two steps. Her right arm and leg was found to be useless. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: n/a Date of death: 27 Jun 1882 Disease (transcribed): n/a Disease (standardised): n/a Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Brought in dead Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a