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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1850
Date of death: 1 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation with hypertrophy of heart. Thickening of aortic and mitral valves. Diseased and cysted kidneys. General dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (General)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This person dated the commencement of their illness from Christmas last when she caught cold, and she had been out of health ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Manservant
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1850
Date of death: 28 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): General dropsy. Adherent pericardium. Diseased valves. Old peritonitis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that his present illness was of six weeks or two months duration, and that it had begun with swelling of the abdomen followed by general dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1848
Date of death: 6 Nov 1848
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart. General dropsy.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (General)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient was originally admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones on 9th August 1848 stating that dropsy had been gradually increasing during the three months previous, having commenced in the ankles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1848
Date of death: 8 Nov 1848
Disease (transcribed): Very large heart. Dropsy. Haemoptysis
Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Heart); Oedema (Indeterminate); Haemoptysis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with some symptoms of dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1848
Date of death: 24 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Large sloughs on sacrum and trochanter. Slight recent pericarditis. Slight recent pleurisy. Congested lungs. Pus in wrist and knee joints and loose pieces of lymph in the left knee joint.
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Spine); Sloughing (Leg); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Suppuration (Wrist);Suppuration (Knee) ; Lymph (Knee)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient who about ten years ago underwent a severe attack of Acute Rheumatism, and had ever since suffered occasionally from wandering rheumatic pains, was admitted suffering from an acute attack of this disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, upper and lower extremities
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1848
Date of death: 1 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Dilated heart. Fatty liver & kidney
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'A gentleman’s servant, who stated that when with the family in the country about a month ago, he had been seized with pain in the region of the heart, commencing gradually & remaining continuously, which was soon followed by palpitations & dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1849
Date of death: 29 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied & dilated heart, diseased mitral & aortic valves. Anasarca. Pulmonary apoplexy. Congested liver & kidneys. Fibrous tumours of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Edema (Systemic); Stroke (Lungs); Congestion (Liver, kidneys); Tumour (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that she had been ill 3 months with cold & cough & expectoration of a large quantity of frothy mucus, that the cough was now somewhat relieved, but she suffered much from shortness of breath, being unable to lye down in bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1849
Date of death: 22 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Brain congested, serous effusion in the ventricles. Tubercles in the cerebellum, the lungs, liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man, who have a very obscure account of his symptoms, stated that he had been constantly exposed to cold in his work while perspiring and that without any particular cause of illness he had been so weak as to be unable to return to work after the 3rd inst. He had been OP [out-patient for some time under Dr Pitman [Henry Pitman], and had been confined to bed for 3 or 4 days before his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1858
Date of death: 8 Nov 1858
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This patient when admitted had an anxious & cadaverous appearance. His pulse was very feeble & he was much emaciated. He had been ill five weeks with cough & during that time had passed very little urine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Brickmaker
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1859
Date of death: 21 Feb 1859
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); 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: His illness, dropsy and palpitation, commenced about the 1st of March and was attributed to having caught cold by falling into a brook two or three weeks before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1859
Date of death: 22 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (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: This man was brought into the hospital insensible. For the last year and a half it was observed that he clipped his words and spoke inarticulately.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 May 1859
Date of death: 23 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the archive of the aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
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 patient observed a swelling on the left side of the sternum last Christmas and felt some degree of pain in the same place.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Illustrations: Yes
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1859
Date of death: 18 Dec 1859
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: For the last three years she suffered from palpitation on exertion or excitement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Governess
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Sep 1857
Date of death: 14 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Contraction of the mitral valve. Apoplexy of the lung
Disease (standardised): Contraction (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Newton, ?
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient’s health was good until ten or twelve weeks ago when she began to experience shortness of breath and pain in the hepatic region and between the scapulae.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1857
Date of death: 24 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Bronchitis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A labourer living in Cheshire, who had enjoyed good health until 5 weeks before admission. He then began to feel dizzy & was much troubled with cough & dyspnoea. His habits were intemperate & he drank spirits in very large quantities’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1858
Date of death: 25 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
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: Bell hanger
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1860
Date of death: 1 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease & dilatation of the heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A bell hanger. He had pretty good health until within between 4 and 5 years of his death, when he caught cold by sleeping in a damp bed and had much shortness of breath with cough and palpitations’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1861
Date of death: 21 May 1861
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The woman, who was unmarried, had for several years suffered from a rheumatism in a chronic form. A week before she came in, after much hard work and bad living, she was attacked with pain, redness and swelling of the joints.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 May 1861
Date of death: 21 May 1861
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A married woman, the mother of 12 children. For three years before her admission she was said to have suffered from shortness of breath, weakness, cough, and occasional bloody expectoration.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and neck
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1861
Date of death: 30 Oct 1861
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: One month before admission, the patient began to suffer from shortness of breath following any exertion. Her feet also began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coach Trimmer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1861
Date of death: 8 Dec 1861
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of Heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes:
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a