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Occupation or role: Guitar teacher
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1891
Date of death: 11 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Aortic regurgitation. Cardiac aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Aneurysm (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: 'The mother of this woman was Italian, the father French, but the patient herself had lived always in England. She was unmarried and supported herself by teaching the guitar. In her youth she had ‘inflammation of the lungs' more than once, and afterwards her throat was delicate and she was subject to cough since the age of 14. She lost her voice for a twelvemonth within two years of her death. For 10 or 12 years she had suffered from dyspeptic pains, and during the last three months these pains had been much worse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1891
Date of death: 20 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Dilated right ventricle
Disease (standardised): 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: 'This man was a bricklayer who lived in Derbyshire and who came thence to this hospital. His former health was good on the whole except that about 1879 he had an attack of pleurisy, and he had often suffered from slight pains in the legs after a wetting. For eight months he had been under medical treatment for bronchitis. Oedema of the legs first appeared one month before admission, but he was not confined to bed. He had no cardiac pain or palpitation'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1891
Date of death: 9 Aug 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pulmonary aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Aneurysm (Lungs)
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 man was an engineer who had enjoyed excellent health, and who stated that he was not in the habit of drinking more than 3 or 4 pints of beer per diem. No history of influenza. During the winter of 1890-1 he had a slight attack of rheumatism or gout in the right wrist, but he recovered perfectly and remained quite free from cough or any other symptoms of phthisis till 3 weeks before admission when slight haemoptysis began. On the morning of June 25th he coughed up a considerable quantity of blood, but did not feel the worse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Sep 1891
Date of death: 24 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Newton, Reginald Frederick Henry and Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This patient had slight rheumatism in boyhood. He had been a soldier, and was in India from 1862 to 1868. There he had dysentery but no ague. In 1867 he had rheumatic fever. At one time he was employed as a professional bowler in third class cricket, and during the later years of his life he was a general labourer. He admitted that he was a great beer-drinker, but denied much indulgence in spirits. For some years he had been liable to palpitation of the heart, but not of a serious character till three weeks before his first admission into this hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1891
Date of death: 1 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Fatty degeneration and dilatation of heart
Disease (standardised): 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: 'This woman, a servant, was brought to the hospital by her mistress who stated that she had been found in an almost insensible state and unable to stand some four hours previously. Of her former history no information was obtainable'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1891
Date of death: 2 Nov 1891
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (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 man had been in the navy and contracted syphilis about 1875. Shortly afterwards he had some affection of the liver on the West Coast of Africa. In 1880, having left the navy, he was attacked by rheumatic fever, this being the only occasion upon which he suffered from rheumatism. Early in November 1890 he began to suffer from shortness of breath and palpitation, by which he was almost invalided in the spring of 1891. Oedema of the legs and ascites were first noticed one month before his admission into this hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1891
Date of death: 16 Dec 1891
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis with effusion. Left pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'So far as could be ascertained there had been no previous illness of severe nature except an attack of bronchitis in infancy. The boy was thought to be far from robust and often complained of headache. It was denied that he had ever had anything resembling rheumatism or chorea'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1891
Date of death: 24 Dec 1891
Disease (transcribed): Disease of aortic valves. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): 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: 'This man, a native of Ewell, had worked had out of doors and enjoyed good health. There was no history of rheumatism, gout or syphilis. In the winter of 1890-1 he had a short attack of bronchitis which confined him to bed for one day. Three weeks before admission he left off work on account of shortness of breath'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1891
Date of death: 25 Dec 1891
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis, mitral
Disease (standardised): 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: 'No accurate information was obtainable with regard to this patient. The parents stated that he was strong and healthy till he reached the age of about twelve, and that since that time he had been unfit for the work of an errand-boy and used to do light jobs in an oil-shop. During the last five years of his life he had three or four separate attacks of rheumatism, the dates and characters of which could not be ascertained'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1891
Date of death: 5 Jan 1892
Disease (transcribed): Fatty degeneration of the heart, liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The only history obtainable in this case was that the child had measles severely twelve months before admission and that she had been pale since then.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, pancreas, suparenals, kidneys, liver, spleen, bladder and genitals
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1892
Date of death: 22 Jan 1892
Disease (transcribed): Fatty degeneration and dilatation of left ventricle
Disease (standardised): 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: This girl was said to have been always pale, but for the last six months or more she had been paler and the catamenia had been very irregular and scanty.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchial glands, trachea, pericardium, heart, aorta, suprarenals, spleen, kidneys, liver, bladder and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1891
Date of death: 9 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: During the winter of 1890-1892 he was in Monte Carlo. There he caught a bad cold which lingered on, or at any rate he began to fail in health and to suffer from chronic dyspnoea at that time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head ,pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid gland, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
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: Drayman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1892
Date of death: 7 May 1892
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of an aortic aneurysm into the left pleura
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Pleura)
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: Seven weeks before his admission a pain in the back began suddenly while he was stooping, and continued afterwards consistently, increasing in severity.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, prostate and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1892
Date of death: 9 May 1892
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary thrombosis
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: She was said never to have known a day’s illness until April 27th when she was attacked by pain in the side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, pulmonary artery, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, right suprarenal, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, bladder, uterus and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Brought in dead
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, pleurae, lungs, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder and prostate
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 21 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of descending part of arch. Rupture into left bronchus
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Bronchi)
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: The man was a valet who for twenty years had been addicted to excessive spirit drinking. He spent fifteen years of his youth in the army in India, and there suffered from severe chancre, not known to be followed by secondary symptoms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchus, aorta, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, duodenum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, kidneys, testes, skull and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1890
Date of death: 3 Oct 1890
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis (mitral)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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: The man walked up to the hospital from Victoria Station and presented himself for advice in the surgery. He was there noticed to be short of breath and slightly cyanosed, and reluctantly consented to become an in-patient.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, omentum, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, testes and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1890
Date of death: 9 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Cystitis. Abscess bursting into bladder. Fatty degeneration of the heart
Disease (standardised): Cystitis (Bladder); Abscess (Bladder); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient could not pass his urine and came up to have it drawn off. On admission the bladder was distended up to the umbilicus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, testes, brain, ears, eyes and right knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1890
Date of death: 3 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Four years before admission she had a severe attack of bronchitis and pleurisy on the right side, and after this her breath had been short. On November 20th she was suddenly seized with stitch on the left side, and shivered and sweated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, ovaries, liver, pleurae, bronchial tubes, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1890
Date of death: 31 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Interstitial nephritis. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: A month before admission she began to suffer from diarrhoea which varied a little but was mostly profuse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, ovaries, pleurae, lungs, larynx, bronchial glands, thyroid, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Chaff-cutter
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1891
Date of death: 19 Jan 1891
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs)
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 chaff-cutter. When admitted he was perfectly clear-headed and he was very sure that no previous illness had occurred to him, and he had suffered from no minor ailments except a few slight coughs and colds which he attributed to the irritation of the chaff. He was a free drinker. On Jan 2nd he had an attack of shivering and stitch on the left side. He took to bed at one, but had no medical attendance, and, as he thought, gradually improved'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, joints

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: Gas fitter
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1891
Date of death: 18 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Chronic interstitial nephritis. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Pericarditis (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: 'This man was a gas-fitter, to which occupation he was apprenticed at the age of 14; and since that time he had worked much with red and white lead. At the age of 20 he contracted syphilis and had secondary eruptions on the skin. When he was about 30 he began to be troubled with pains in the joints, but he was never laid up on this account except for a month in the spring of 1882 when he was an in-patient of this hospital. At that time he had effusion into several joints, probably gouty for it subsided under colchicum'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Debt collector
Age: 80
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1891
Date of death: 5 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Thrombosis of portal vein
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Thrombosis (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No more than a scanty history could be obtained. It was stated that the man had been a sailor in early life, and that 15 years before his death he had been an inmate of some asylum. He had been for long a hard and steady drinker of rum, and in poor circumstances. On April 25th 1891 he came home in a state of intoxication and was heard to fall down heavily. He was afterwards unable to leave his bed without assistance'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a