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Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861
Date of death: 10 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the stomach and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had, for six months before admission, suffered much from pain about the belly, especially on the right side of the epigastrium. Last December he vomited a large quantity of blood, and immediately noticed that he was jaundiced. In the following month he observed that he had a swelling extending from the ribs to the haunch bone on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 6 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Purulent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman was married, but had no children. Three months before Xmas she miscarried during the third month, and suffered much afterwards from menorrhagia. But she did not become seriously ill until a fortnight before her admission, when vomiting came on’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ladysmaid
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1863
Date of death: 12 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: A French woman who stated that three months before admission she had observed an enlargement in the lower portion of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1859
Date of death: 27 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: About two months before admission she was seized with vomiting and had what was supposed to be a severe cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Teacher
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1863
Date of death: 11 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura)
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: Since Christmas this patient had noticed an enlargement of the abdomen, and for the last month had been under medical treatment without much treatment.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1865
Date of death: 29 Mar 1865
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of stomach (subsequently closed by adhesions). Circumscribed peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Stomach); Adhesions (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Four days ago she was attacked with pain in the left side and had kept to her bed since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1861
Date of death: 30 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Peritonitis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient who had frequently appeared as a patient with attacks of dropsy, had been suffering from an increase of that complaint since the preceding Christmas. She had swelling of the legs and belly, and frequent vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cooper
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1866
Date of death: 28 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a strangulated inguinal hernia on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lath render
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1863
Date of death: 2 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
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: A double inguinal hernia had existed for ten years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1876
Date of death: 24 Mar 1876
Disease (transcribed): Compression of the jejunum from volvulus of the small intestine and ascending colon. Abdominal attachment of the mesentery probably congenital
Disease (standardised): Compression (Intestines); Volvulus (Intestine); Congenital attachment (Mesentery)
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 girl’s bowels was said not to have acted for ten days and recently she had been vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1865
Date of death: 26 Mar 1865
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Artificial anus
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Artificial (Anal canal)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient had been ruptured for thirteen years, for which she had sometimes worn a truss.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hernia, chest and abdominal viscera
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Milkman
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1888
Date of death: 29 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated omental femoral hernia. Peritonitis, blocking of left ureter. Cystic left kidney, sack cyst being full of putty-like material
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
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 history given by the patient’s friend was that her health was good till 14 days before her admission. For 14 days she had suffered much from vomiting. Her bowels were open daily’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, spleen, kidneys, thorax, liver, stomach, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1861
Date of death: 29 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Peritoneal adhesions, after peritonitis. Spontaneous coagulation of the blood
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Coagulation (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had been under the care of Dr Fuller last June for chronic Peritonitis. 5 weeks before his last admission he was again seized with pain in the belly but without shivering and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and blood vessels
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: [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

Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1863
Date of death: 27 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
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: Previous to her admission this patient had had a femoral hernia on her left side for seven years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and chest
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1861
Date of death: 20 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Paracentesis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lung); Paracentesis (Thorax); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 had pretty good health until two months before she came it, when, having as she supposed taken cold, she was attacked with cough, spitting and pains in the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1859
Date of death: 15 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of the lungs. Bronchitis. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This patient had long been subject to cough with some expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1854
Date of death: 11 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the uterus. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Malignancy (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The patient was deaf so it was impossible to get a rational account of her illness. It appeared that she was a widow, and had had four children. She complained of pains across the belly, which was continual and of a burning character.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1886
Date of death: 8 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Ulceration of the bowels
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Six months ago he began to have dyspeptic pains after food, referred to the epigastrium. He stated that he had been unable to take or swallow solid food for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, oesophagus, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1883
Date of death: 10 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of omentum and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Liver)
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 the autumn of 1883 she began to feel rather weak and menstruation stopped. There was rapid abdominal swelling with acute pain down the right flank.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, vessels, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a