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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1859
Date of death: 6 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Ten years ago she was under the care of King’s College Hospital, and was told that the mouth of the womb was much diseased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1859
Date of death: 6 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Seven weeks before her admission ascites began to appear, and the urine became extremely scanty.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1859
Date of death: 7 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Serous apoplexy (?)
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Her daughter stated that she had had good health, excepting an occasional attack of rheumatic gout, until four months ago when she began to complain of pains in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1859
Date of death: 9 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
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: Tailor
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Sep 1859
Date of death: 10 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Except that he spat blood on one occasion four years ago he had pretty good health until a second attack of haemoptysis six months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1859
Date of death: 20 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Empyema (old). Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Empyema (Pleura); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He had suffered for a fortnight from cough and pain in the right side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1859
Date of death: 23 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This patient had been out of health for four months with a slight cough and debility but without any very definite complaint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needleworker
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1859
Date of death: 25 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Hypertrophy. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This woman had a severe attack of rheumatic fever eight years ago. From that time her health remained pretty good until about six months ago when she began to have frequent pain in the praecordial region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1859
Date of death: 30 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man was admitted a broken arm and was transferred on account of a cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1859
Date of death: 30 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: His health was good until seven or eight weeks before admission when he observed that his legs were at times rather oedematous and he had a little pain in the loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1859
Date of death: 31 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Bright’s disease
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: For the last ten years he was subject to frequent nocturnal micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1859
Date of death: 1 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1859
Date of death: 3 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Croup. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
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 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: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1859
Date of death: 4 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the spinal cord (? Chronic inflammation)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Inflammation (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: It appeared that she had had disease of the spinal cord gradually progressing for two years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal cord, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sailor
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1859
Date of death: 4 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Tumour of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He gradually became ill four months ago and no cause was ascribed. He suffered from continual pain in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1859
Date of death: 13 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (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: In her profession as cook she had been exposed to alternations of heat and cold, and had been suffering from more or less constant short cough with some degree of emaciation and gradually increasing shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1859
Date of death: 13 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Seven days before admission he suffered severely from exposure to cold while at work, and this was shortly followed by shivering and then by the pain and swelling of acute rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1859
Date of death: 17 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This woman had been ill seven days before admission. She was first attacked with shivering shortly followed by headache and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1859
Date of death: 17 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Chronic bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
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: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1859
Date of death: 21 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of the kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 had measles five years ago. Some time after this he fell down stairs and was supposed to have injured his spine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bakery worker
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1859
Date of death: 26 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Oedema glottidis
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: On the evening before admission he said he had gone to bed perfectly well. He awoke with pain in his throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1859
Date of death: 1 Dec 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Bronchitis. Aneurism of innominate artery
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Aneurysm (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man had been out of health for eight months, suffering from shortness of breath and a sensitive feeling referred to the trachea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Toll-collector
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1859
Date of death: 3 Dec 1859
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage into the subperitoneal tissue. ? Aneurism
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Abdomen); Aneurysm (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: n/a
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man was brought into the hospital at the point of death. He had complained of excruciating pain in the bowels with great tenderness on pressure.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Sep 1859
Date of death: 4 Dec 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
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: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1859
Date of death: 4 Dec 1859
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism (?) Abscess in hip joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Abscess (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: A month before admission he suffered a good deal from boils. A fortnight after this the right knee, and the corresponding groin, became painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen and joints
Type of incident: n/a