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Occupation or role: Married gentlewoman
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1879
Date of death: 5 Jun 1879
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage, old and recent
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Ewart, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient fell down in the street and was brought in dying.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus, and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1860
Date of death: 24 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Interpreter
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1863
Date of death: 17 Jul 1863
Disease (transcribed): Cranial periostitis (syphilitic). Consequent meningitis
Disease (standardised): Periostitis (Skull); Syphilis (Systemic); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient had enjoyed good health except for syphilis which he had contracted some years before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1861
Date of death: 22 Jul 1861
Disease (transcribed): Sanguineous Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had complained of pains in the right side of his head. His speech later became indistinct and he fell down unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1890
Date of death: 12 May 1890
Disease (transcribed): Otitis media. Meningitis of brain and cord
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Meningitis (Brain); Meningitis (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On April 21st he began to suffer from vomiting and from cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, larynx, thyroid, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, omentum, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1861
Date of death: 25 Jul 1861
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed Emphysema. Delirium Tremens
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient reported that he had been feeling very low and unable to sleep at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1866
Date of death: 18 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: A coachman of intemperate habits, a beer drinker, reported to be generally in a fuddled state, refusing his food and supplying its place with beer.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1861
Date of death: 26 Jul 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Delirium Tremens
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient left the hospital where he had been under treatment for Phthisis and dropsy only 3 weeks previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 72
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1865
Date of death: 14 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: No history was obtained in this case owing to the patient not being placed in the physicians wards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Attendant
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1874
Date of death: 15 Jul 1875
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Congestion of the brain
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Medical notes: This woman as first admitted with a history of six months illness, during which time she had had pain in the chest and back, great thirst and had been passing a large amount of water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1886
Date of death: 21 May 1886
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Atheroma of arteries. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was a hard drinker of spirits and had been fairly well, though complained of pains in the head, up to the night of admission when he was found unconscious on the floor of his room.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, vessels, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1874
Date of death: 7 Nov 1874
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of brain, and of spinal meninges
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain ); Congestion (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was brought in moribund, with a quick pulse and a high temperature.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, spinal cord, alimentary canal, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1859
Date of death: 7 Aug 1859
Disease (transcribed): Burn of neck. Scarlatinal albuminuria. Convulsions. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Burn (Neck); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Albuminuria (Kidney); Seizures (Brain); Empyema (Pleura)
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 child was admitted for a slight burn on the neck, and was recovering from the effects when he caught scarlatina.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Compositor
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1865
Date of death: 17 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of frontal bone. Inflammatory tumour in brain in consequence
Disease (standardised): Disease (Skull); Tumour (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The present attack commenced seven weeks ago with melancholy, avoidance of society, violent intermittent pain at the vortex of the head, excessive drowsiness and occasional mental wandering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, chest, abdomen and penis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1864
Date of death: 30 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of brain
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man, who was a plumber by trade, very sober in his habits, had been ill on his admission for two weeks, the main symptoms being headache and obstinate constipation. During this time he had grown very silent and had occasionally rambled in his talk’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen, larynx

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1882
Date of death: 18 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
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: The child had not been laid up before admission except that sometimes he ‘seemed lame’, and two days before admission he was lame in his right foot and his hand had been red and painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1889
Date of death: 17 Jun 1889
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V.
Medical notes: The patient was admitted at night and died almost immediately.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, brain, kidneys, liver, spleen and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1885
Date of death: 17 Jun 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: He said he had sunstroke last year and since then had never been well. He had pains in the head, attacks of giddiness and failure of mental power.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1875
Date of death: 18 Jul 1875
Disease (transcribed): Cancerous (sarcoma ?) growth of dura mater
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain)
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 man said that he had loss of memory and pain in the forehead since early December 1874.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundry maid
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1865
Date of death: 22 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: A week ago she complained of ‘sick headache’ and general malaise. Three days back bitter vomiting commenced and the headache became violent.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1865
Date of death: 24 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of skull. Consequent amyloid degeneration
Disease (standardised): Disease (Skull); Amyloidosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman was a surgical patient who had been under treatment since the 19th April for necrosis of the skull, the result she supposes of a scald.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Printer
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1886
Date of death: 1 Jun 1886
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had a slight cut on the left hand on May 19th but did not complain of it. He was well up to May 21st when he had pain in the dorsal region of the spine followed by spasms
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, pancreas, stomach, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General Servant
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 July 1877
Date of death: 6 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cerebellar abscess from disease of the petrous bone
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Disease (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient, when seen by the Registrar, was in a condition that precluded examination.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, brain and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1881
Date of death: 17 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Embolism of the middle meningeal artery
Disease (standardised): Embolism (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'History [from his wife]: he has not had any disease for the last 8 years. No known history of rheumatism. He drinks 4-5 pints of beer daily, spirits occasionally; no excesses. For some weeks he has complained of headache & want of appetite and has had pyrosis. On Feb 8 at 4pm he seemed in perfect health, at 5pm his wife visited him; he was conscious & walking about, but could answer only yes & no and when asked if he was in pain, rubbed his right leg. He was a butler and when taking up dinner at 7pm he dropped the tray and his right arm & leg were noticed to be weak'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1862
Date of death: 20 Jul 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted having fallen from a window down into the area below, a distance of twelve feet, pitching upon his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident