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Occupation or role: Book maker
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1890
Date of death: 4 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes mellitus. Gangrene of left foot
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Gangrene (Foot)
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 book maker of Irish extraction, who was for the first time admitted to this hospital with diabetes in August 1888. There was then a history of polyuria and increased appetite for two years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, eyes, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate, testes, larynx, trachea, bronchial and thyroid glands, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries and aorta
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1890
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine. Rupture of heart, aorta, liver
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Rupture (Heart); Rupture (Aorta); Rupture (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient had been run over by a railway engine and was brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, thorax, pleurae, larynx, thyroid, bronchial glands, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, urethra and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1890
Date of death: 9 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Mitral and aortic 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: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The woman was a widow who had borne five children. In 1881 she was laid up for six months with rheumatism, and had since experienced two or three mild attacks of the same nature. Three months before admission she began to suffer from shortness of breath, swelling of feet, palpitation and indigestion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, organs of generation, kidneys, intestines and vermiform appendix
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 74
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 May 1890
Date of death: 9 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Six months before admission whilst cutting her big toe nail. she cut the toe. The wound did not heal and caused her great pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, omentum, bladder, ovaries, uterus, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, liver and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1890
Date of death: 9 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured bladder
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On August 16th 1890 she had pain in various joints, which caused her to take to bed where she had been until admission. During this period she had had much sweating and swelling of the ankles and backs of hands. On August 19th it was first noticed that her face was drawn to the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, kidneys, stomach, liver, suprarenals, brain, middle ears and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1890
Date of death: 11 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Lymphadenoma. Oedema glottidis
Disease (standardised): Adenoma (Lymph nodes); Oedema (Glottis)
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: Eighteen months before admission he suffered from pain in the chest of some duration and general malaise, but seemed to recover. For twelve months he had noticed swelling of the neck, not painful but progressive. For three months he had been subject to attacks of pain in the praecordium and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Uvula, fauces, larynx, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys, testes and lymphatic glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1890
Date of death: 12 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Marasmus
Disease (standardised): Protein-energy malnutrition (Systemic)
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: The mother of this child was admitted into this hospital on May 29th (dying soon after), three weeks after its birth, and it was put into the charge of a nurse. It had suffered from diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, glands, pericardium, heart, liver, stomach, pancreas, kidneys and genital organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Horse keeper
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1890
Date of death: 20 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Bronchiectasis. Oedema of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Bronchiectasis (Lung); Oedema (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: This man had suffered from winter cough and shortness of breath for five or six years. Since last winter he had not been free from cough, and recently his feet had swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, bladder, testes, pancreas, prostate, kidneys, spleen, liver, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needle worker
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1890
Date of death: 22 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary apoplexy. Morbus cordis (mitral reflux)
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (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: Her general health was good till five months before admission when she began to get short of breath and the feet swelled. In the last six weeks she had become much worse and had suffered from sleeplessness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, suprarenals, kidneys, liver, spleen, bladder, uterus, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Maker of roads
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1890
Date of death: 22 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Chronic interstitial nephritis
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney)
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: At the beginning of July 1890 he got wet through, and soon afterwards vomited a good deal and felt generally ill, suffering chiefly from pain in the back and progressive weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, bladder, urethra, prostate, testes, kidneys, pancreas, spleen, liver, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1890
Date of death: 23 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The child was said to have been losing flesh for a month, but was still running about the street up to five days before admission. At that time she was suddenly seized with diarrhoea, headache and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Caecum, appendix, duodenum, stomach, mesenteric glands, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, genital organs, spine, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, throat, tongue, spinal cord and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1890
Date of death: 24 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis (cord and brain). Otitis media
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Meningitis (Spinal cord); Otitis media (Ear)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On September 21st some difficulty of breathing was noticed and the child was a little dull, but on the morning of the day of admission it seemed brighter, till suddenly it became drowsy and was found by the mother in a state described as trembling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, ears, tonsils, larynx, oesophagus, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, vermiform appendix, small intestine, mesenteric glands, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, testes, kidneys and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1890
Date of death: 26 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis ulcerative. Aortic and mitral reflux
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart); 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: The man had rheumatic fever five times. In August 1885 he was an inmate of this hospital, complaining of cardiac symptoms of recent date. At that time mitral systolic and double aortic murmurs were heard. Lately he suffered from epigastric pain, and he described some swelling of the feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, spleen, pancreas, liver, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, kidneys, vesicula seminalis, testes, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1890
Date of death: 27 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Six days before admission the patient went to bed quite well, but woke at 2 a.m. with sudden pain referred to the umbilicus. She took some tea and vomited it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, kidneys, vagina, uterus, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1890
Date of death: 27 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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: The man had some haemoptysis in December 1888 and again in October 1889, but his general health was said to have been good up to the time of admission. He coughed up suddenly a large quantity of blood and was soon after brought to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, suprarenals, pancreas, testes, prostate gland, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, middle ears, pleural cavities, lungs, bronchial glands, thymus, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Caretaker
Age: 56 or 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1890
Date of death: 29 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On September 23rd she felt shivering, but worked hard all day at her occupation as a caretaker preparing an empty house for the return of its owner. That night she was seized with great pain in the left side of the chest, and severe feeling of illness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, kidneys, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37 or 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1890
Date of death: 30 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Carcinoma of ovaries
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cancer (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient had always had excellent health but all her life had suffered from constipation. For the past fourteen months she suffered from severe pains in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1890
Date of death: 1 Oct 1890
Disease (transcribed): Lymphadenoma
Disease (standardised): Adenoma (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For many years she had suffered from bad teeth. In November last she noticed some painful lumps in both sides of her neck, which steadily increased in size and lately became very painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, larynx, bronchial glands, thyroid, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, kidneys, liver and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Aug 1890
Date of death: 2 Oct 1890
Disease (transcribed): Mediastinal carcinoma secondary to growth in pancreas
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Mediastinum); Cancer (Pancreas)
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: This man had slight colic eighteen months before admission, but no other symptoms of lead poisoning at any time. For five weeks he had been short of breath on exertion and husky in his voice, and he had lost flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, pericardium, heart, lungs, larynx, thyroid, oesophagus, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, prostate, testes, suprarenals, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, pancreas, mesenteric glands 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: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1890
Date of death: 3 Oct 1890
Disease (transcribed): Chronic nephritis (interstitial)
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For the last four years he suffered from haemorrhoids which had given him a good deal of pain. The night before admission he lost a quantity of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, testes, prostate, bladder, kidneys, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Public house odd job man
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1890
Date of death: 5 Oct 1890
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: One week before admission he lost appetite and became shaky and upon advice he thereupon diminished his alcohol. On September 25th he felt much worse and shivered after drinking one pint of bitter ale. His face became painful, and he took to his bed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, thyroid, bronchial glands, pericardium, aorta, heart, spleen, suprarenals, liver, bladder, prostate, testes, kidneys, head and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Parlour maid
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1890
Date of death: 6 Oct 1890
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Perforation
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: There was a sudden onset of this disease. On the afternoon of September 15th she shivered and felt headache. The same day profuse diarrhoea began and this continued till admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, spleen, liver, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, ovaries, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1890
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage under the arachnoid of the brain
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
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 was dead when brought to the hospital, and it was said that he died suddenly three or four minutes after sexual intercourse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, testes, intestines, vermiform appendix, larynx, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, skull and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Duster
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1890
Date of death: 9 Oct 1890
Disease (transcribed): Fatty degeneration, aortic stenosis and dilated heart. Obstruction at orifices of coronary arteries
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Obstruction (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man was a duster at the Natural History Museum, an occupation which he seems to have choses not on account of ill health but from a natural inclination for a quiet life. About twelve months before his first admission he began to suffer from attacks of pain in the chest, which were usually excited by food, stimulants or exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, testes, penis, kidneys, liver, spleen, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a