Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jan 1855 Date of death: 28 Jan 1855 Disease (transcribed): Pleuro Pneumonia. Jaundice Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung, Pleura); Jaundice (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He dated his illness from the 9th of January when he was seized with pains in the right side of the head followed by shivering. He then had sickness and became yellow all over. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Servant Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Jan 1855 Date of death: 5 Feb 1855 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous meningitis. Phthisis. Peculiar cysts within vertebral canal formed by arachnoid Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, Meningeal (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Cysts (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This girl had a somewhat strumous appearance, but she was said to have been strong and healthy until she came to London four before admission. She had no definite complaint until six weeks ago when she began to suffer from headache and pains in the centre of the spine. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal column, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Jan 1855 Date of death: 2 Feb 1855 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman had long suffered from an asthmatic cough which was always worse during the cold months. About eight weeks ago the cough became unusually increased, and she then experienced, for the first time, palpitations and shortness of breath. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carrier Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Dec 1859 Date of death: 5 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Strumous ulceration & perforation of the bowels. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Bowels); Perforation (Bowels); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man had been a carrier. He had been of sober habits. For the last eight or ten years he suffered from rheumatic gout. Last July, as he supposed in consequence of exposure to the sun, he became ill and depressed, his complaint being merely of weakness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Dec 1859 Date of death: 12 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (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: 'This woman, who had led rather a laborious life, said that excepting occasional fits of rheumatic gout, she had enjoyed good health until a year before admission, when she began to suffer from palpitations of the heart’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Nov 1859 Date of death: 17 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Pleurisy. Lobular pneumonia Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was a carpenter, his was of robust aspect and temperate habits. He had enjoyed vigorous health until within a fortnight of his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Jan 1860 Date of death: 16 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidneys. Sprained ankle Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Sprain (Ankle) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man, who had been a free liver and had had delirium tremens several times, was admitted on the 4th of January into one of the surgical wards with a sprained ankle. Nothing unusual was observed about him until the 14th, when while attempting to get out of bed, he fell down half insensible’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., thorax, abdomen, right ankle
Occupation or role: Domestic servant Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Jan 1860 Date of death: 20 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Softening of fornix Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This young woman, who had been a domestic servant, had been subject to headaches for a long time; for a fortnight she had been out of health, suffering at first from pain in the chest only. Six days before admission she became delirious, talking and laughing continually, and frequently vomiting’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 55 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Nov 1859 Date of death: 30 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Peritonitis. Atrophy of kidneys Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Atrophy (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This old woman began to experience swelling of the legs about Christmas ‘58. The symptom lasted about three weeks and then disappeared until the following August’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860 Date of death: 2 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the arch of the aorta, bursting into the pericardium. Inflammation & gangrene of the lung Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta, pericadium); Inflammation (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on the 16th of Nov 1859. He then said that he had suffered from cough and expectoration for six weeks, for the same time he had been getting thinner and his voice had been becoming hoarse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860 Date of death: 2 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Oedema glottidis Disease (standardised): Edema (Larynx) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A coachman. On the day before his admission, this man returned from his day’s work saying that he felt cold and disposed to shiver. When he had gone to bed he complained of pain in one ear and of stiffness down the neck’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860 Date of death: 13 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Jaundice Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Jaundice (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Dec 1859 Date of death: 12 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man had been a gardener. Last July he had a blow over the left eye, since which it remained partially closed. Six weeks before admission pain came on in the lower part of the dorsal region, of rather an acute character’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Dec 1859 Date of death: 23 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Softening of spinal cord Disease (standardised): Softening (Spinal cord) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'One week before admission this young woman had, during the day, a severe pain at the lower part of the spine. During the following night she had occasion to get out of bed, and on returning to it found that she had suddenly lost the use of the lower extremities so that she was unable to turn round’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine
Occupation or role: Omnibus driver Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Feb 1860 Date of death: 5 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Fibrous blocks in kidneys & spleen Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys, spleen) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'An omnibus driver. 17 years ago he had a rheumatic fever. Of late years he had occasional palpitations but excepting this his health remained good until 6 months before he came in’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Mar 1860 Date of death: 18 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: 'This man had been a patient in January 1859 with delirium tremens, he was a coachman of rather intemperate habits. He left the hospital pretty well and so remained until a fortnight before his present admission, when he was attacked with cough, expectoration and shortness of breath’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Nov 1859 Date of death: 26 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Partial peritonitis. Diseased liver. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: 'This man had been an excessive drinker of spirits, chiefly of rum. He had had spitting of blood some time before. One month previously the belly began to swell, he never had any pain except that due to the distention’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, scrotum
Occupation or role: Servant Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860 Date of death: 31 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Peritonitis. Pleurisy. Abscess in the lung. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Abscess (Lung); Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient had been a servant of all work. She had not been perfectly well for three or four months, but had nothing definite the matter with her, until she was exposed to cold 12 days before admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Mar 1860 Date of death: 2 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man had been a clerk. He followed his occupation as usual until two days before admission, when on returning he found that he was ill and unable to talk without difficulty. Next day his features gradually became drawn to one side’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Brewhouse labourer Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Feb 1860 Date of death: 23 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Gangrene. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Gangrene; Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship and Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A brewhouse labourer. In the habit of drinking freely, according to his own admission 5 pints a day. He was said to have had epileptic fits latterly, but it was not learned how long he had been so affected. He attributed his illness to a lump of coal falling upon the lower part of his back 7 weeks ago’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Apr 1860 Date of death: 26 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Jaundice Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient, who looked older than she was, had suffered for 5 months from pain in the right hypochondrium, especially when lying on either side. Latterly she had lost flesh to a considerable extent’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: Stone mason Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Apr 1860 Date of death: 28 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fever Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man had been a stone mason, he was pretty well excepting an abscess in his hand until 6 days before admission, when he had an attack of shivering. This was followed, in 3 days, by delirium and extreme heat of surface. Next day an eruption was seen on the legs and neck’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 May 1860 Date of death: 4 May 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fever Disease (standardised): Fever (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: 'This patient was said to have been ill for a week or ten days. Latterly she had been delirious’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 63 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Apr 1860 Date of death: 30 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Hypertrophy of cranium. Meningeal apoplexy Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Brain); Stroke (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient came into the house with cough, expectoration and other symptoms of phthisis which she had had for 4 months. She took cascarilla with ipecacuan, and wine, and her case did not attract much attention until the 25th when she suddenly lost her power of distinct speech. She looked intelligent and appeared to understand all that was said to her’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, neck
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Apr 1860 Date of death: 8 May 1860 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Diseased kidneys. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A painter. Except an attack of colic 20 years ago, this man had very good health until 7 weeks before admission. He never had gout, nor any dropsical affection’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen