Showing 19 results

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861
Date of death: 8 May 1861
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); 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 was taken ill five days before her admission with stiffness in the joints soon followed by severe pain, redness and swelling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 May 1862
Date of death: 17 May 1862
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 May 1862
Date of death: 17 May 1862
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1858
Date of death: 21 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Albuminuria (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1857
Date of death: 4 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Deposit (? malignant) beneath the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestine. Diseased ovaries
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Intestines); Disease (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: This woman had been ailing for some three years with pain in the abdomen, frequent constipation and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1863
Date of death: 29 Jun 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart. Pneumonia. Disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); 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 patient stated that she had never suffered from rheumatism or any other ailment before last Christmas when after an unusually severe cold, she began to cough and suffer from dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1863
Date of death: 9 Oct 1863
Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman was first admitted on the 10th June with a history of general debility accompanied by an abiding sense of nausea, anorexia and confined bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1862
Date of death: 14 Sep 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Albuminous urine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: A case of phthisis, with albuminous urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This case was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1863
Date of death: 12 Oct 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had violent and incessant bilious vomiting with frequent evacuation of blood from the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 77
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1860
Date of death: 19 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of liver & kidneys. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Kidneys); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'A charwoman. For a month before she came in she had suffered from swelling of the legs and belly, and pain in the right shoulder supposed to be rheumatic. When she came in the belly was distended with flatus’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1858
Date of death: 7 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Abdominal tumour
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Tumour (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
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: Cook
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Sep 1864
Date of death: 3 Nov 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Disease of spleen and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient, a girl of strumous aspect not greatly wasted, was admitted with the following history. She had been a cook. The first sign of impaired health recurred two months ago in failure of strength and cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1865
Date of death: 29 Nov 1865
Disease (transcribed): Small, smooth kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman had been ill for eighteen months with loss of appetite and failing strength, and for twelve months had had cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, brain, abdomen and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1864
Date of death: 23 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Renal calculi
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This woman of healthy appearance and well-nourished, had been suffering a week from abdominal pain and tenderness with relaxed bowels and scanty flow of thick, high-coloured urine. The pain was paroxysmal with short intervals of comparative ease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1858
Date of death: 8 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart (tricuspid & mitral valves) & kidneys. Low pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, kidneys); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A delicate woman who had been in a poor state of health for some time, and had suffered from cough & emaciation six months. Ten weeks ago she was attacked with severe dyspnoea & pain in the chest, & the legs & abdomen began to swell’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1858
Date of death: 20 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Diseased 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 pale & depressed-looking young woman engaged as a dressmaker. She had been ailing a month, & was first troubled with dyspnoea, cough & pain in the head. The bowels had also been relaxed, she had perspired copiously at night & had lost flesh’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 1 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of mamma (cancer of the breast). Miscarriage
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Miscarriage
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, who had been much addicted to drinking, was admitted complaining of pain resembling rheumatism in the back and [?]. from which she had suffered for three months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1857
Date of death: 21 Mar 1857
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Indeterminate); Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: As the body was not examined no report of the case is given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
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