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Agnes Way, 40, Cook

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

Alfred Davis, 31, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1866
Date of death: 17 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man’s illness began with swelling of the feet accompanied by pain in the loins, vomiting and shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Alice Davey, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1889
Date of death: 17 Oct 1889
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Collapsed lung. Ovarian tumour and ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Atelectasis (Lung); Cancer (Ovary); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: About three months before she came to St George’s the woman fell down and hurt herself. She was pregnant at the time but her attention was called to the fact that her abdomen was of abnormal size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, ovaries, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus, pleurae, lungs and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Amelia Burr, 60, Needlewoman

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1890
Date of death: 6 Jul 1890
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On the morning of the day of admission, while eating her dinner, she suddenly lost the use of her left hand, and then fell under the table. There was no loss of consciousness, and no abnormal sensation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, abdomen, spleen, liver, suprarenals, bladder, uterus, ovaries, pancreas and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Phillips, 40, Milliner

Occupation or role: Milliner
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1866
Date of death: 20 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease. Encephaloid
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She had been ill for eight months before admission. At this date she suffered from vaginal discharge followed in a very short time by pain and swelling in the left iliac fossa.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Smith, 33, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1878
Date of death: 26 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Limited peritonitis with ulceration of the bowel into a limited peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Erysipelas of L. [Left] leg at 15: frequent ulceration from that time: scarlatina in childhood: rheumatic fever at 17. Never robust: bad living till marriage: appetite always small: winter coughs for 8 or 9 years: catamenia scanty. Severe confinement on Dec. [December] 2nd 1876: very weak from that time: lactation scanty. In Novr [November] 1877 severe pain commenced gradually in the R. [Right] side of the abdomen; and increased steadily, being unaffected by period of day, by food or respiration. About the middle of Jan. [January] 1878 on severe paroxysms attacked him suddenly and lasted several hours until relieved by turpentine fomentations. The pain from the first was accompanied by constipation, and by vomiting, which was hardly ever absent for a whole day, and sometimes severe and constant for several. From Xmas she laid up'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Bertie Lorcombe, 8, [Child of] footman

Occupation or role: [Child of] footman
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1878
Date of death: 30 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Psoas abscess; bronchopneumonia; cerebral congestion
Disease (standardised): Psoas abscess (Psoas muscles); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Congestion (Brain);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Symptoms. This child was admitted complaining of frontal headache, which was the only definite symptom during the progress of the case. (No history was obtainable). The headache persisted without variation: the temperature was an shown on the chart: the bowels acted regularly. About the 27th he began to wander in mind, and gradually sank into a state of stupor with occasional intervals of consciousness: the pupils being dilated'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, psoas abscess, spine, spinal cord, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Parker, 42, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1865
Date of death: 21 Dec 1865
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of middle cerebral artery. Rupture
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Brain); Rupture (Brain)
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 woman stated that her health had been good until nine weeks before admission when while engaged in washing clothes she had a fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Lower, 40, Wife

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1882
Date of death: 1 Jul 1882
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of peritoneum, liver and ovaries. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Ovary); Ascites (Abdomen)
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: Two months before admission she felt too weak to do her ordinary work, and three weeks later she noticed abdominal swelling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and ovaries
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Michel, 48, Butler

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

Edith Byrnand, 32, Lady’s maid

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

Edward Davies, 33, Joiner

Occupation or role: Joiner
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1878
Date of death: 11 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular disease (fibrosis)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Two brothers died of consumption. Disgust to fat: headache and 'rising' after eggs: sick headaches. Coughs in winter from early years: otherwise healthy. Had drunk great quantities of beer, often a gallon a day: spirits seldom. Anorexia and disgust at the sight of food, about 2 yrs [years] (dates all vague). Epigastric pain after food, nearly as long: severe from the summer of 1877. Wasting for about 12 mo [months] (6 stone weight lost). Pain and swelling of knee; frequent micturition, scanty dark urine, from about Feb [February] 1878. Severe pains in the chest, about 'ten weeks'. Cough for 'eight or nine weeks' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Royffe, 52, Messenger

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

Edward Wolffe, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1890
Date of death: 6 Jul 1890
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man had had rheumatic fever four or five times. He had been losing flesh for a year and the bowels had been rather confined for six months. The legs had been swelling for two months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, abdomen, stomach, pancreas, liver, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, testes, spleen, kidneys and glands
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Gaylor, 37, Married

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

Eliza King, 60, House keeper

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

Eliza Lawler, 41, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1877
Date of death: 14 Aug 1877
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of stomach. Encephaloid of spleen and left lung
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Spleen); Cancer (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Wilson, Edward
Medical notes: For nine months the patient had suffered from severe and increasing pain in the left hypochondrium and left flank of the abdomen, aggravated after food, with flatulence. Also a slight hacking cough, deficient appetite, weakness and loss of flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and stomach.
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Joyce, 41, Married

  • 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

Elizabeth Stark, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1890
Date of death: 25 Oct 1890
Disease (transcribed): Leucocythaemia
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood, bone marrow)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The woman had rheumatism in 1884, but had no other serious illness. She was married nine months before her first admission, but was never pregnant, and the catamenia were regular till six weeks before she came to the hospital, when they ceased. She seems to have been ailing somewhat for about two years, when at Christmas 1889 she first noticed swelling of the left side of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, ovaries, intestines, vermiform appendix, kidneys, brain and ears
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Utting, 55, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1879
Date of death: 16 Dec 1879
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid tubercle of the lung. Old aneurysm of the aorta filled with consolidated fibrin
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About seven months before admission she had to give up work on account of weakness, emaciation and dyspnoea. This was referred to as bronchitis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus and spinal column
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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