Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 34 Date of admission: 24 May 1854 Date of death: 12 Sep 1854 Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of the intestinal canal. Disease of the ovaries Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Disease (Ovary) Admitting doctor: Lee, Robert Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Dickinson, William Howship and Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This patient was a widow, the mother of two children. Her illness began about five years ago, when she found a small swelling in the right side of the hypogastric regions’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Aug 1857 Date of death: 13 Aug 1857 Disease (transcribed): Perforating ulcer of the stomach Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach) 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 an out patient under Dr Ogle. He had complained of pain in the epigastrium and left hypochondriac region and the case had been treated as one of dyspepsia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bricklayer Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Dec 1858 Date of death: 16 Jan 1859 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the oesophagus, liver Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Cancer (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: He appeared to have had no symptoms of his complaint until six months before admission when he first observed that his swallowing became difficulty and painful. 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: 20 Oct 1858 Date of death: 25 Jan 1859 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the uterus, vagina, liver, tibia Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Vagina); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: She attributed her complaint to falling down stairs and alighting upon her sacrum eighteen months ago. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and left knee Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Feb 1859 Date of death: 10 Feb 1859 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: For a considerable number of years this woman had suffered occasionally from attacks of acute pains chiefly referred to the right loin. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 69 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Nov 1858 Date of death: 13 Feb 1859 Disease (transcribed): Ovarian disease (malignant) and ascites. Malignant disease of gall bladder Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Gall bladder) 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 suffered from cough for the last ten months, and had been an out patient for some time, being treated for bronchitis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 9 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Feb 1859 Date of death: 13 Feb 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx) 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 child was said to have had a sore throat for a fortnight before she was brought to the hospital. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Feb 1859 Date of death: 23 Feb 1859 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the liver Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver) 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 man came in complaining of pain beneath the ensiform cartilage of a dull character, always made worse by a full meal. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jan 1859 Date of death: 6 Mar 1859 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fistula in ano Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fistula (Anal canal) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: It appeared that for the last twelve years he had been subject to bleeding at the nose. He also had a fistula which occasioned at times intolerable pain. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Feb 1859 Date of death: 26 Mar 1859 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the liver Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: Seven or eight weeks previous to admission his bely began to swell and is breath became short. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 12 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Mar 1859 Date of death: 9 Apr 1859 Disease (transcribed): Croup. Cirrhosed liver. Enlarged spleen Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx); Cirrhosis (Liver); Enlarged (Spleen) 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 child had scarlet fever a month before admission, and it was said that her abdomen had begun to swell a fortnight afterwards. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 8 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Apr 1859 Date of death: 13 Apr 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: It was said that this child had been ill three days previous to admission with sore throat and some external swelling of the neck. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Apr 1859 Date of death: 24 Apr 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx) 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 was a native of Foulness, a low flat island on the coast of Essex at the mouth of the Thames. Diphtheria had been extremely prevalent at this place. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Servant Age: 19 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Mar 1859 Date of death: 26 Apr 1859 Disease (transcribed): Dysentery Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: About Christmas she began to have looseness of the bowels, with pain, passing blood and slime. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Steward on board P and O Steamer Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Apr 1859 Date of death: 19 May 1859 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the pleura, communicating with the lung, liver and kidney Disease (standardised): Abscess (Pleura); Abscess (Lung); Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: Ill health began gradually, commencing with what he called a slight attack of ague. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 14 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 May 1859 Date of death: 11 Jun 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diabetes Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas) 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 girl had good health until fourteen months previous to admission when she began to suffer from continual thirst. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Baker Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jun 1859 Date of death: 21 Jun 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Ascites. Hydrothorax Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Hydrothorax (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: He said that he had been out of health for three or four months, suffering from weakness and cough. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Miller Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jun 1859 Date of death: 6 Jul 1859 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration and perforation of the intestines Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: Three months previous to admission he began to suffer from frequent attacks of diarrhoea, but he was able to keep on with his work until a fortnight ago when he became so weak that he had to discontinue. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Jun 1859 Date of death: 30 Jul 1859 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease 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: 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: Domestic servant Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Sep 1859 Date of death: 1 Oct 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Ulceration of the intestines Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Ulcer (Intestines) 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 patient had suffered from bad health for a long time. She had been seriously ill for a fortnight with sore throat and difficulty of swallowing, with incessant diarrhoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat 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: 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: Servant Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Nov 1859 Date of death: 14 Dec 1859 Disease (transcribed): Ovarian dropsy. Peritonitis. Sinus in umbilicus communicating with the peritoneal cavity. Malignant disease of the liver Disease (standardised): Oedema (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Sinus (Abdomen); 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: This woman had suffered from the complaint of which she died for five years. It commenced in the left iliac regions, as a small defined tumour. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Aug 1859 Date of death: 23 Dec 1859 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the large intestine Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: He had been suffering from vomiting, constipation, heart burn and pain in the belly. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carrier Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Dec 1859 Date of death: 5 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Strumous ulceration & perforation of the bowels. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Bowels); Perforation (Bowels); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man had been a carrier. He had been of sober habits. For the last eight or ten years he suffered from rheumatic gout. Last July, as he supposed in consequence of exposure to the sun, he became ill and depressed, his complaint being merely of weakness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen