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Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1866
Date of death: 3 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of heart. Oedema of lungs. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
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: He was a hall keeper at the Lyceum Theatre and had suffered from rheumatism for many years. Five weeks before admission the legs began to swell and he was obliged to give up work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880
Date of death: 25 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys, with atrophy of cortex. Hypertrophy of heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (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 the beginning of January he noticed that the sight of the right eye was dim, everything appeared as though enveloped in a fog. For the last three to four months he had passed much water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1889
Date of death: 27 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Brights disease. Uraemia from large white left kidney. Calculus impacted in right ureter. Great dilatation of right ureter with atrophy of kidney
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Uraemia (Kidney); Calculi (Ureter); Dilatation (Ureter); Atrophy (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: A week before Christmas 1888 he had pain and swelling in his left foot and ankle, and two or three days later his right ankle became swollen and painful and he had headache, vomiting and pain in his hands.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, heart, kidneys, stomach, brain, eyes, liver and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1863
Date of death: 10 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had been out of health for three months, suffering from pain across the loins, occasional vomiting, loss of appetite and scanty urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Life guardsman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1862
Date of death: 7 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: One month previous to this man’s admission he first noticed his feet and ankles began to swell and at the same time his abdomen increased in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and bones of leg
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1858
Date of death: 7 Jan 1859
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidneys. Pneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: When this man was admitted he stated that he had been subject to shortness of breath from childhood, and that during the last six months he had had cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1866
Date of death: 24 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Typhoid fever. Scarlatina. Acute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Typhoid fever (Systemic); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted first into the hospital in December with albuminuria and dropsy. Ten days before this admission he was seized with symptoms of typhoid fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1876
Date of death: 7 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidney. Peritonitis. Tubercle of lung.
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Five weeks before admission, his legs began to swell. A fortnight later, came on cough, dyspnoea and pain in the loins, and the abdomen enlarged.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1875
Date of death: 13 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Morbus cordis. Pleurisy. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: For ten or twelve years he had been subject to gout and he had had for some time cough and spitting, dryness of the throat, dyspnoea and pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1888
Date of death: 28 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis of both lungs. Large white kidneys. Mulberry calculus in pelvis of right ureter
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Calculus (Ureter)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was in the army and was invalided from Malta. He was at Netley [Royal Victoria Military Hospital] for a month. His chief symptoms were giddiness and shortness of breath. He left Netley about 2 ½ years before coming to St George’s’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1884
Date of death: 11 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
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: He had had a severe attack of Rheumatic Fever in 1854 and several lesser attacks since then. In several years he had noticed polyuria.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1866
Date of death: 10 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Pulmonary apoplexy. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had suffered from dyspnoea for one month before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1860
Date of death: 21 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'This boy, who looked younger than his stated age, was said to have been dropsical for ten weeks. He never had scarlatina. He was in the hospital but for a very short time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1860
Date of death: 4 Jan 1861
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver and kidneys. Peritonitis. Old burn
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Burn (Skin)

Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The boy was severely burnt about the shoulder and chest three years before his admission, and it was still discharging. He had begun to become enlarged without any other symptom and this was followed by oedema of the legs. The abdomen was swollen, the tongue very red, the pulse 100.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1863
Date of death: 25 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of stomach perforating coronary artery. Disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Arteries); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was attacked some weeks before admission with very acute pain on the left side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1881
Date of death: 9 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pericarditis (Heart)
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: 'He has been in indifferent health for the last 4 or 5 years, having frequent headache, sometimes very severe, preceded by mental irritability and followed by vomiting. His appetite was always small; his bowels constipated; no polyuria. Six months ago he felt too weak & short of breath to go on with his work. Constant pain in the back, cough & headache, oedema noticed a fortnight ago; dyspnoea has slowly increased, no thoracic pain'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1863
Date of death: 24 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Cellular inflammation of leg. Renal disease
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: On the second of March this patient knocked the skin off a small place on the front of the right leg by falling from a ladder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and lower limb
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1859
Date of death: 9 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Pneumonia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He had been much exposed to weather in following his vocation. Three weeks before he became a patient he caught cold and his breathing became much embarrassed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1879
Date of death: 25 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Atheroma of cerebral vessels. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Blood vessels); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: He would give but little information about his present complaint. He said he was attacked suddenly one day in January 1878 with giddiness and inability to stand. He went to bed and remained there for nine weeks, suffering from ‘inflammation of the bowels’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1863
Date of death: 20 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been out of health for seven months, suffering from slight jaundice, loss of appetite and general debility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1859
Date of death: 9 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1889
Date of death: 5 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Gout. Granular contracted kidneys and sequelae. Uraemia with pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Disease (Kidney); Uraemia (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He was disturbed two or three times a night to pass urine. He came up as an outpatient in January 19th. Dr Dickinson found that the apex of his right lung was dull and that there were a few rales.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, pericardium, heart, larynx, trachea, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, brain, eyes, tongue, stomach and small intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farm labourer
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1864
Date of death: 5 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Stone in bladder (vesical calculi)
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Admitted on 17th of February with the following history. As long ago as he can remember he has passed gravel in the urine and at times has suffered much pain on micturition; has never noticed that the water stopped suddenly, but he has been much troubled with irritation of the foreskin and glans penis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1858
Date of death: 7 Jan 1859
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: For the last three days he had suffered from headache, nausea and pains in the loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1881
Date of death: 9 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: He joined the army as a trumpeter and had dysentery and syphilis in India. After leaving the army in 1865 he had much polyuria followed by diminished micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a