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John Riddle, 65, Journeyman baker

Occupation or role: Journeyman baker
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1860
Date of death: 20 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Dilated aorta. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta, heart, kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had been a journeyman baker. He had had more or less cough for years, and was subject to gout. He never had had acute rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Anderson, 58, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1860
Date of death: 8 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Diseased kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
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 painter. Except an attack of colic 20 years ago, this man had very good health until 7 weeks before admission. He never had gout, nor any dropsical affection’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Uridge, 40, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1860
Date of death: 28 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys. Purulent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman had been in the hospital in September /59 and in March ‘60. At the latter of these periods, she stated that she had never had a rheumatism, but that for the last 4 years, she had occasionally suffered from palpitations, swelling of the legs, especially at night, swelling of the belly and cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Edward Gayton, 23, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1860
Date of death: 20 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dropsy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 clerk. When 7 years ago he had scarlatina and never was well afterwards, being ‘delicate’ and subject to superficial abscesses, but he never, as far as he knew, had any trace of dropsy until the end of January of the present year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Nehemiah Norton, 50, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1860
Date of death: 29 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease & hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased liver & kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man who had had rheumatic fever in his youth, had been out of health for 18 months before his admission, suffering from dropsy, shortness of breath, and scantiness of urine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Susan Randall, 26, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1860
Date of death: 5 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Vegetations on valves of heart. Fibrinous block in spleen. Secondary lobular pneumonia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Vegetations (Heart); Disease (Spleen); Pneumonia (Lung); 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: 'This young woman had had pain and swelling in the left hand, which was believed to be rheumatic, for a week before admission. This could not be traced to any injury but appeared to have been the result of exposure to cold. She admitted indeed, after many leading questions and much cross-examination, that about a fortnight previously she had pricked her hand with a pin but there did not appear to be any reason for connecting this with the present swelling’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Harvey , 60, Coal-heaver

Occupation or role: Coal-heaver
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1860
Date of death: 19 Feb 1861
Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had had occasional attacks of gout during the last six years, and had been a great drunkard. 8 months before admission dropsy appeared in the ankles, the urine becoming very scanty
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Williams, 52, Bell hanger

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

Mary Burrough , 42, Married woman

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1860
Date of death: 6 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
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 patient stated that she caught cold three months before admission, and since has suffered from pain in the back, hips and thighs, and occasionally in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Clark , 53, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1860
Date of death: 8 Feb 1861
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined, but being unclaimed was used to illustrate the lectures on surgical operations
Type of incident: n/a

James Hester, 15, Nursery Boy

Occupation or role: Nursery Boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1860
Date of death: 1 Jan 1861
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Retained testicle with suppuration in its tunica vaginalis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Retained (Testis); Suppuration (Testis)
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 boy was admitted as a surgical patient. He had been suffering from abdominal pain and vomiting. The mother noticed an inguinal tumour and that the scrotum contained only one testicle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Sampson , 59, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1861
Date of death: 8 Jul 1861
Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of the kidney. Dropsy. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Oedema (General); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Fred Roper, 35, Metal Refiner

Occupation or role: Metal Refiner
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1861
Date of death: 13 Jun 1861
Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of the kidney. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient described himself as a sober man, ‘though according to his own account in the daily habit of drinking spirits as well as beer’. Eight weeks before admission he was attacked with a cough, pain in the chest, and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Thrush, 31, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1861
Date of death: 23 Aug 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Secondary abscesses in Kidneys. Abscess in perineo
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Kidney); Abscess (Perineum)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: The patient was suffering from the usual symptoms of advanced Phthisis
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Sheldon , 41, Bootmaker

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1861
Date of death: 13 Aug 1861
Disease (transcribed): Disease of Kidneys. Uraemic poisoning
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Uraemic poisoning (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: The patient was admitted on account of diarrhoea
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, kidneys, cranium, liver and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Edward O’Brien, 66, Gas Fitter

Occupation or role: Gas Fitter
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1861
Date of death: 27 Sep 1861
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Bronchitis with dropsy
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

John Dickinson, 72, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1861
Date of death: 20 Dec 1861
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis etc. Gouty deposits in kidneys which were granular.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had long been subject to attacks of rheumatic gout. He had also been suffering with chronic pericarditis.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and great toe
Type of incident: n/a

Archibald Jackson, 34, Tailor

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1861
Date of death: 1 Jan 1862
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man was transferred from the Surgeons on account of Albuminuria
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Henry W Francis, 55, Paper hanger

Occupation or role: Paper hanger
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1862
Date of death: 5 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted complaining of debility, dyspnoea and slight cough with expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Butler, 40, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1862
Date of death: 20 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Atrophy of kidneys from stricture. Arsenic poisoning
Disease (standardised): Atrophy (Kidney); Constriction (Kidney); Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: On admission he had anasarca of the lower extremities and complained that for some time he had passed no urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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