Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 82 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Dec 1858 Date of death: 22 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Laryngitis. Diseased kidneys. Prostatic tumours Disease (standardised): Laryngitis (Larynx); Disease (Kidneys); Tumour (Prostate) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This old man was an in-patient three years ago with retention of urine. His present illness began a fortnight since when he passed blood with the urine & had pain during micturition’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: Married Age: 59 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Dec 1858 Date of death: 20 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Malignant & fibrous tumours of the uterus Disease (standardised): Tumour (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard and Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'A healthy-looking woman, married, who never was ill until 3 or 4 months ago when she began to pass blood in the urine & suffered some little pain in doing so. For 18 months she had been troubled with incontinence of urine, but she did not take any notice of it until blood appeared’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvis, thorax
Occupation or role: Wig maker Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Nov 1858 Date of death: 12 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Gallstones. Perforation of the gall bladder. Ulceration of the intestines Disease (standardised): Gallstone (Gallbladder); Perforation (Gallbladder); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man who was a wig maker was admitted in a state of great prostration following an attack of gall stones. He had no pain except when pressure was made over the right hypochondriac region’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Nov 1858 Date of death: 3 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Diseased kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys, heart) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man had been under the care of the surgeon for a wound of the hand from which he had nearly recovered & was within three days of leaving the hospital when cough & expectoration with extreme dyspnoea came on & he sank in a very few days from suffocation’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Sep 1858 Date of death: 8 Nov 1858 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart & kidneys Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This patient when admitted had an anxious & cadaverous appearance. His pulse was very feeble & he was much emaciated. He had been ill five weeks with cough & during that time had passed very little urine’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 35 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Jun 1858 Date of death: 21 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Ovarian tumour and cyst communicating with the peritoneal cavity Disease (standardised): Tumour (Ovaries); Cyst (Ovaries) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with enormous distension of the abdomen, which she stated came on in May without any assignable cause. It had been rapidly increasing for a fortnight. Her appetite was bad & she had lost much flesh. Previously her general health had been very good’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Sep 1858 Date of death: 14 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'There had been nothing to call attention to this man’s case during the first ten days or so of his residence in the house. It was looked upon as one of chronic rheumatism from which according to his own account he had suffered for 12 months & had been incapacitated for his usual daily work for nearly the whole of that time’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Oct 1858 Date of death: 9 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Phthisis. Strumous disease of supra-renal bodies Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with all the symptoms of delirium tremens, but his friends asserted that he had been ‘lightheaded’ for two months. This was all that could be ascertained of his previous history. When first seen he answered rationally though with hesitation. His memory was defective & he had a hurried, fidgety manner with tremors & jerking’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Aug 1858 Date of death: 9 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the kidney. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Abscess (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man who was a waiter had been ill twenty months & gave a history of continuous pain in the loins from a fall. After the accident he passed blood in the urine. His puffy face & general pastiness of complexion led to the supposition at first that it was a case of Bright’s disease’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Sep 1858 Date of death: 5 Oct 1858 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Strumous peritonitis. Strumous disease of liver & uterus Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Liver, uterus) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A cachectic-looking woman who stated that she had been ill since March. She was married & had a family of 8 children. The catamenia [menstruation] had generally been regular. Without any assignable cause her abdomen began to swell & she felt her general health decline. As the swelling increased she began to suffer from pain which was limited to the hepatic region’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Aug 1858 Date of death: 22 Sep 1858 Disease (transcribed): Ovarian dropsy. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Edema (Ovaries); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This woman was in the hospital early in the year. She had then been ill with ovarian dropsy for 9 months. After being in the house a few days she was tapped & 4 gallons of water were removed. In a month she left relieved but returned in August much increased in size with tenderness all over the abdomen & pain on pressure’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 41 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jul 1858 Date of death: 2 Sep 1858 Disease (transcribed): Fibrous tumour of the uterus. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tumour (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard and Hooper, John Henry Medical notes: 'A single woman who had always enjoyed good health & had led a laborious life. A fortnight before admission she first had difficulty in making water, then pain came on in the lower part of the back, but there was no vaginal discharge. However after she had been in the hospital two days yellowish vaginal discharge appeared & was accompanied by lassitude & aching in all her limbs. A hard mass was felt in the left iliac & hypogastric regions which was not tender to the touch & was immovable’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Uterus
Occupation or role: Stoker Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Aug 1858 Date of death: 31 Aug 1858 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased heart & kidneys Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man, who was a stoker, was admitted in a dying state & nothing could be gleaned respecting his history from any friends. He said himself that he had been ill two months with cough & great difficulty of breathing, & that his legs had taken to swelling about three weeks’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 69 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Jun 1858 Date of death: 20 Jul 1858 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the bladder, iliac glands and dura mater Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Bladder, lymph nodes, brain) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A gardener, who had been out of health for two months with some shortness of breath & slight oedema of the legs, but his chief complaint was that his urine was often thick & of the colour of blood, & that he felt extremely giddy’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Sailor Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jun 1858 Date of death: 15 Jul 1858 Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Congested kidneys. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A sailor who came in suffering from anasarca & dyspnoea. He had been out of health for 7 or 8 months with pain in the chest and slight cough, but had never spat any blood. He was in the hospital three years ago for disease of the heart & no account of any rheumatic attack was ever obtained’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 May 1858 Date of death: 4 Jun 1858 Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A stableman who was ill three weeks before admission. He caught cold whilst coming up to town from Yorkshire & had much pain in the limbs followed by oedema of the legs, some swelling of the abdomen & subsequently by the appearance of dark petechial spots on the lower limbs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 May 1858 Date of death: 30 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Renal dropsy. Atrophy of one kidney Disease (standardised): Edema (Kidneys); Atrophy (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A married woman who some months before admission had a very tedious labour & was confined of two dead children. In March she caught a violent cold & three weeks ago her legs became anasarcous. Subsequently the abdomen increased rapidly in size. The catamenia [menstruation] had been absent for two months & it was conjectured she might be pregnant’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 47 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 May 1858 Date of death: 24 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of the lung. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This woman stated that her age was forty-seven, but she appeared to be considerably older. Very little account was given by her or friends of her previous history. For nearly eighteen months she had been feeling languid & out of sorts, but six weeks before admission she caught a violent cold which was followed by sharp pain in the right side, & a fortnight later by spitting of blood which continued more or less for three weeks’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Purveyor of cats’ meat Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858 Date of death: 14 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Anasarca. Angular curvature of the spine Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic); Scoliosis (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A purveyor of cats’ meat who was taken ill nine days before admission with pain in the epigastrium, which was soon followed by swelling of the legs & abdomen. All the winter he had suffered from cold & cough, & he had had numerous scrofulous abscesses, the scars of which were everywhere seen. There was also angular curvature of the spine about the middle of the dorsal region’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Mar 1858 Date of death: 11 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Diseased kidneys. Umbilical hernia Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Disease (Kidneys); Hernia (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted under the surgeon for umbilical hernia from which she had suffered many years. She had also pinging[?tinnitus] & sickness, with violent delirium & she was pulseless at the wrist. This sickness &c came on the day before admission. Her legs & arms were somewhat anasarcous’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Mar 1858 Date of death: 10 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the aorta. Diseased kidneys. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A carpenter who was in the hospital last winter with ascites & what was supposed to be valvular disease of the heart. He was made out-patient after a time & got better; then in February he caught a fresh cold, & the legs became anasarcous’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 12 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858 Date of death: 9 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Strumous disease of the intestines. Diseased kidneys. Ascites Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Disease (Kidneys); Ascites (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This lad had been ill three weeks with swelling of the legs & oedema of the scrotum which came on without any assignable cause. He had always been delicate, ever since five years of age having been subject to scrofulous sores & unhealthy abscesses about the neck & axilla’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, larynx, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Apr 1858 Date of death: 8 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the stomach, bladder & ovaries. Ascites Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Stomach, bladder, ovaries); Ascites (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A cook who was admitted with oedema of the legs, swelling of the belly & pain in the chest. Her complexion was sallow & features sunken. She had been losing flesh lately, & had taken to her about about three weeks [previously]’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: Potman Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858 Date of death: 5 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Epilepsy. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A potman, who was stated to have had ‘fits’ of an epileptic character during the week preceding his admission, but how many of them was not ascertained. He had been ailing for some months whilst down in the country, & was treated by a medical gentleman for ‘languor & debility’. Two days before admission he had a severe seizure, & for a short time lost the power of his right side’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Mar 1858 Date of death: 2 May 1858 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Diseased kidneys. Rheumatic gout Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Kidneys); Gout (Joints) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This man had been ill about a month with rheumatic gout in his feet & ankles & swelling of his left wrist. He complained also of pain in his loins which was relieved by dry cupping’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right knee joint Type of incident: n/a