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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1892
Date of death: 1 Jan 1893
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysmal dilatation of first part of aortic arch. Dilatation of the left ventricle. Mitral reflux. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
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: His health was good until about the end of 1891 when he began to suffer from cough and pain at the front of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, testes and prostate
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1901
Date of death: 1 Jan 1902
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Dilated and hypertrophied heart. Recent endocarditis affecting the aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves. Old endocarditis affecting mitral valve. Pulmonary infarction
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Infarction (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickenson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The mother stated when the child was first brought up that she had rheumatic fever in February 1901 and had suffered with cardiac symptoms ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1893
Date of death: 1 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Dilated & fatty heart. Angina pectoris causing death. (? Influenza just previous to admission)
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Angina pectoris (Chest); Influenza (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'There was a history of, 4 years ago, an attack of inflammation and pleurisy on the left side. Health usually good. A bad headache a fortnight before admission. In bed for 3 days, giddy and weak, then able to go out (?an attack of influenza)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, ureters, bladder, uterus, ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1892
Date of death: 8 Jan 1893
Disease (transcribed): Mitral disease. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical notes: In June 1892 she had what was called an attack of influenza, followed by jaundice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Chair maker
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1891
Date of death: 14 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Mitral reflux. Aortic reflux and obstruction
Disease (standardised): Adherent (Pericardium); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: In the spring of 1890, soon after recovering from his last attack of rheumatic fever, he caught influenza. He began to suffer from palpitation and breathlessness, and he had occasional slight oedema of the legs at the end of a day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, stomach, pancreas, suprarenals, liver, bile ducts, spleen, kidneys, bladder and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Meat porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1891
Date of death: 26 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Abdominal aneurysm, opening into duodenum
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Hale, Geoffrey Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a meat-porter, an occupation which he had followed for 6 years, and in the pursuit of which he was in the habit of carrying loads of 3-4 cwt [hundredweight]. Since the age of adolescence he had suffered from many attacks of rheumatism, some 15 or 16 in all. In 1883 he contracted a chancre which was followed by a rash on the body, but he underwent no medicinal treatment'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1893
Date of death: 1 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Erysipelas. Mitral stenosis. Aortic stenosis. Tricuspid stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: This woman had had rheumatism once about fifteen years before her death. Two years later she consulted a medical man on account of attacks of faintness and was led to suppose that she had heart disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1891
Date of death: 1 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The brother of this child died recently of diphtheria in this hospital. The child itself was said to have had measles when 12 months old, and to have recovered well. About 2 months before admission it began to suffer from cough, and became rapidly worse in the last week'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1892
Date of death: 28 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: In 1880 she was crippled for some weeks by rheumatism in the feet. Subsequently she had occasional slight joint pains. She was later attacked by severe abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial and tracheal glands, thyroid, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cigar maker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1892
Date of death: 8 Jan 1893
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Acute pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical notes: The girl was always short of breath from emphysema of the lungs, and there is no means of judging how long she may have been suffering from the dyspnoea of mitral stenosis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, pleurae, lungs, typhoid gland, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Iron trimmer
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1893
Date of death: 6 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Mitral regurgitation
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Medical notes: This boy had good health till October 1892 when he had rheumatic fever and was laid up ill Christmas. He returned to work, but about February 12th he complained of exhaustion and took to bed again.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneal cavity, liver, pancreas, spleen, intestines and kidney
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1891
Date of death: 4 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Aortic and mitral reflux. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a coachman. It did not appear that he was intemperate in alcohol: his favourite drink had been Scotch whiskey. He stated that at the age of 45-6 he had scarlatina followed by slight rheumatism. Previously to this he had felt occasional ‘touches of rheumatism' to which little regard was paid. No gout'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 28 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Goitre. Dilated right ventricle
Disease (standardised): Goiter (Neck); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: A year before her death she began to suffer from weakness, shortness of breath, palpitation, prominence of the eyes and enlargement of the throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, throat, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, vermiform appendix, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, solar plexus, semilunar ganglia, kidneys, bladder, uterus, ovaries and omentum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General labourer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1891
Date of death: 4 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia (pernicious). Fatty degeneration of heart
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a general labourer. He had at one time been a baker. There was no family history of disease: his grandfather and great-grandfather lived to the ages of 99 and 100. His health was good till Nov 1889 when he began to experience pain in the left side of the chest on exertion, not amounting to angina. About the following Christmas oedema of the legs first appeared. He lost strength gradually, and his skin became darker during the first 6 months of 1890. In the middle of July he became jaundiced, painlessly. He vomited a good deal towards the end of August and hence applied at this hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1891
Date of death: 5 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Vegetative endocarditis. Cerebral embolism and softening. Carcinoma of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Brain); Carcinoma (Pylorus)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of disease: mother living and hale. The woman was a cook, unmarried, and 11 months before her death she bore a healthy child. During her pregnancy she tried to conceal her condition by tight lacing and suffered from much vomiting. After her confinement she worked hard and had ill-health. The catamenia [menstruation] did not reappear, and she was much troubled with dyspeptic symptoms. Nothing more definite was ascertainable'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a n/a

Occupation or role: Wood cutter
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1892
Date of death: 7 Jan 1892
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Dilated right ventricle
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man had been liable for some eight years to bronchitis and asthma. At the end of 1889 he had influenza severely with bronchitis. He was seized by some dyspnoea during the recent thick fog.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Children's nurse
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1891
Date of death: 8 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidney. Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidneys, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman was unmarried. She had formerly been a children's nurse, but for some years had lived in retirement on account of ill-health. In 1869 she had rheumatic fever, severely, and afterwards two milder attacks. Four years before her death she was pronounced by a medical man to have dropsy and heart-disease, and was cautioned against any sudden excitement or exertion. About a week before admission she received a shock from the intelligence of the death of a friend. This was thought to have upset her considerably'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen, big toes

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1892
Date of death: 9 Apr 1892
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Diarrhoea. Thrombosis of Inferior vena cava etc
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Thrombosis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Medical notes: About the middle of December 1891 she was attacked by what was probably venous thrombosis in both legs. Some time later she was attacked by diarrhoea and vomiting and there was also much headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, larynx, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, urinary tract, intestines, right fallopian tube and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1891
Date of death: 9 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis, vegetative. Cerebral embolism and softening
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This girl was a servant. She considered herself to be righthanded. She had scarlatina in childhood, never chorea; and her only attack of rheumatism (with the exception of slight rheumatic pains a few days before admission) occurred in November 1890 and confined her to bed for 6 weeks. She appeared to have recovered fair health and returned to work. On March 2nd at 1pm while eating her dinner she suddenly became paralysed on the right side. There was no pain in the head, no loss of consciousness and no loss of speech'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head
Illustrations: Yes (see case PM/1891/118)
Type of incident: n/a n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1893
Date of death: 13 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Disease of aortic and mitral valves. Grave’s disease. Pigmentation suggesting Addison’s disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Graves disease (Thyroid gland); Addison disease (Adrenal glands)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Medical notes: This patient was admitted here for the first time in January 1892, when the following history was given. For two and a half years she had been suffering from intermittent diarrhoea as well as prominence of the eyes, enlargement of the throat, palpitation and attacks of faintness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, intestines, uterus and appendages
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1892
Date of death: 10 Apr 1892
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Medical notes: In September 1877 she was an inmate of this hospital with acute rheumatism. During the attack a systolic and a distolic cardiac murmur developed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lady's maid
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1887
Date of death: 26 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard and Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The patient, a lady's maid, was of a tubercular family & had always been liable to colds'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Attendant
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1893
Date of death: 13 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Medical notes: This patient was an inmate of this hospital very many times after April 1887, when he was admitted for the first time having well marked heart disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1893
Date of death: 13 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Aortic incompetence. Dilation of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Medical notes: Two months before admission he fainted and fell down, and since then he had kept to his bed. Oedema of the legs came on three weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, testes and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1887
Date of death: 28 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Hydro-pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Stenosis (Heart); Hydropneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard and Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The patient's father suffered from gout and both he & a brother died of heart disease. Six years previous to admission the patient had rheumatic fever'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a