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Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1891
Date of death: 23 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the duodenum (sarcomatous)
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Sarcoma

Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This patient was born in India but came to England in infancy and lived chiefly at Winchester till the age of 20. Then she came to London and worked as a dressmaker, enjoying fair health till Christmas 1889 when she had an attack of the then prevalent influenza accompanied by diarrhoea and much coryza. She did not regain her former health but remained weak and suffered a good deal from vomiting. In August 1890 she was obliged to give up business on account of progressive weakness and frequent expulsions from the mouth of foul gas ‘smelling like rotten eggs', the latter being so noisome that she could not stay in the same room with other people. Since Christmas 1890 she had been confined to bed, a medical man having diagnosed gastric ulcer'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer's labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Sep 1891
Date of death: 27 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Mediastinal sarcoma
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Mediastinum)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The father of this man died of galloping consumption. The patient was a bricklayer's labourer who had been accustomed to robust health. At the age of 24 he contracted syphilis which was followed by secondary symptoms. At the age of 25 he had a sudden attack of hemiplegia on the ?left side without loss of consciousness: from this he recovered gradually in the course of 6 months. Five weeks before admission he noticed a fullness of the head and throat with blueness on stooping, and dyspnoea on exertion'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1891
Date of death: 29 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the middle part of the oesophagus. Gangrenous abscess in the right lung
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Oesophagus); Abscess (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The parents of this man died at an advanced age. The patient had been in the army, and spent twelve years in India and one in China. He had had ague, but none for twenty years before his death. There was no history of syphilis. For about five months before admission he had found difficulty in swallowing solids, and had lived almost entirely upon fluids'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Monthly nurse
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1891
Date of death: 7 Feb 1892
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of gall-bladder. Secondary growths
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Gall bladder); Growths (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This woman had borne six children. Two months before admission she became jaundiced and there was violent retching. She lost much weight and began to suffer from vomiting after food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pleurae, lungs, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachpainter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1892
Date of death: 29 Feb 1892
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma invading left lung
Disease (standardised): Cancer (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: For the last four months he had been out of health and living very poorly, suffering from much cough, frequent slight haemoptysis and night sweats.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, heart, oesophagus, pericardium, stomach, intestines, vermiform appendix, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, lungs, liver, kidneys, bladder, prostate and testis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Monthly nurse
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1890
Date of death: 19 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of peritoneum. Granular kidneys. Extreme ascites
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Davidson, W. Lee
Medical notes: For some six years she had been liable to attacks of gravel and had passed several calculi per urethra, the size varying up to that of small beans.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1891
Date of death: 24 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma (cylindrical celled) of rectum. Stricture and ulceration of colon
Disease (standardised): Epithelioma (Rectum); Stricture (Colon); Ulcer (Colon)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man had been in the army and spent ten years in India. In 1878 he had quotidian ague for a week or two. He never had dysentery, and only had slight diarrhoea upon two occasions. He returned to England in 1880. He was a heavy drinker by constant habit. The history given of the onset of his last illness was imperfect and misleading. For three months he had been subject to some abdominal pains and had passed his motions in small quantities; and eight days before admission the abdominal pains became severe and the motions frequent'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, head

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 year
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1893
Date of death: 2 Oct 1893
Disease (transcribed): Congenital cystic hygroma of pectoral region
Disease (standardised): Congenital lymphangioma, cystic (Lymphatic tissue)

Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: There was a large congenital tumour in the right axilla.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The internal organs were not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Oct 1893
Date of death: 25 Oct 1893
Disease (transcribed): Columnar epithelioma of rectum. Rupture of caecum from distension
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Rupture (Intestines); Distension (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: The patient had passed blood and mucus for some time and was losing flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 75
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1893
Date of death: 29 Oct 1892
Disease (transcribed): Recent gastro-jejunostomy. Pneumonia. Granular kidneys. Columnar epithelioma of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Gastric bypass (Stomach); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: The patient was transferred to the surgeon for operation. Mr Haward performed a laparotomy and malignant disease of the pylorus was found.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ironer
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1894
Date of death: 27 Feb 1894
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of tongue etc.
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Tongue)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Patient was operated upon for malignant disease of the tongue in September 1893. On admission. The growth is rapidly recurring. Patient is losing flesh fast. […] The left half of the tongue, the floor of the mouth and the soft palate are infiltrated with malignant growth. [...] The patient died rather suddenly with out apparent cause'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Intestines, tongue, neck, lungs, heart, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coal porter
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1893
Date of death: 31 Mar 1893
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of oesophagus. Ulceration into trachea
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Ulcer (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: This man had been ailing for some two years, but had suffered from difficulty in swallowing for only five months, during which time he had lived upon fluids. A brother of this patient died in this hospital in November 1886 with epithelioma of the larynx and oesophagus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1893
Date of death: 5 Aug 1893
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Perforation
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: Previous to admission this man had been out of sorts for three weeks with anorexia, febrile pains and shivering on two occasions.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engraver
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1888
Date of death: 23 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Episthelioma of oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'This man was originally an OP [out-patient] with difficulty in swallowing. He was admitted early in ‘88 & it was then found possible to pass a fine bougie into the stomach. At a consultation it was not thought a desirable case for gastrostomy & he went out. He got steadily more emaciated & was readmitted on June 13th’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, oesophagus, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1893
Date of death: 19 Nov 1893
Disease (transcribed): Columnar epithelioma of stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: For three year he had grown weaker with failure of appetite, and for two years with gradually increasing epigastric pain, with aggravation on taking food for the last six weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carver
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1893
Date of death: 10 Dec 1893
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: His wife noticed his manner to be rather excited, and the following day drowsy. He complained of frontal headache, his eyesight became dim and he gradually lost power in the right arm and leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1893
Date of death: 12 Dec 1893
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of oesophagus. Gastrostomy. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Gastrostomy (Stomach); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: The patient was of good health until twelve months ago when she first began to experience pain on swallowing solids, which seemed to stick until she vomited.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and oesophagus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1893
Date of death: 23 Dec 1893
Disease (transcribed): Carrigan’s cirrhosis of lung. Colloid columnar carcinoma of peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Lung); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: This man was admitted with moderate cyanosis, his respiration wheezing with cough and expectoration of large separate masses of green pus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1894
Date of death: 12 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Chronic intestinal obstruction. Carcinoma of peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Carcinoma (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'No serious illness until a year ago. For the last 12 months this woman's abdomen had been getting swollen, with sharpish intermittent pains like colic, but with no habitual vomiting - wasting had been remarked during the last year also. For 4 years the bowels had never acted without purgatives, and there was frequently an interval of a week or a fortnight without action. The patient refused to have any operation, and died on March 12th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, colon, spleen, liver, intestines, lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Pensioner
Gender: Female
Age: 53
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1904
Date of death: 14 Sep 1904
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the stomach involving the gall bladder. Oedema of lungs. 'Food' pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Stomach, gallbladder); Oedema (Lung); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted after an eight month's illness of progressive loss of strength and weight. On admission she was languid and very anaemic. There was a systolic murmur at the apex of the heart (probably the result of relative dilatation)'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1891
Date of death: 6 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of cervix uteri. Secondary growths in liver. Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Uterus); Growth (Liver); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of cancer. The woman's father died of consumption at the age of 36. The woman was married and had had two miscarriages but no children. Her health was fair till about midsummer 1890 when she began to suffer from dyspeptic pains and vomiting. These gastric symptoms abated; the appetite remained fair, and solid food was not always vomited. But constant pain in the upper abdomen became a prominent symptom and she lost flesh & strength rapidly. The catamenia [menstruation] were irregular, sometimes scanty, sometimes profuse; no large menorrhagia had taken place'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1891
Date of death: 30 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of testis. Growth in glands around aorta. Thrombosis of inferior vena cava. Embolism of right pulmonary artery
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Testis); Growth (Aorta); Thrombosis (Blood vessels); Embolism (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a baker but since April 1891 he had not worked, having been laid up at that time by severe illness in some hospital or infirmary. In June he was able to walk away and was lost sight of by his relations. On the day of his death he spent some hours lying upon the grass in Hyde Park in the company of a casual acquaintance. He complained of feeling unwell, and in particular had no appetite. While on the grass he blacked his own and his companions boots and made a slight alteration in his dress. Upon rising to go, having walked a very few years, he fell to the ground with a cry of pain, pressing his hands to the front of the chest. He became ‘black as jet' in the face and died very speedily, before he could be brought to this hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1891
Date of death: 8 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma ventriculi
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a carpenter who had formerly been in the American army. He had ague in 1864-5, but none afterwards. In 1865 he contracted syphilis, and about five years later had severe ulceration of the nose and back of the mouth. With these exceptions his health was good till early in 1890 when he had a severe attack of diarrhoea lasting three weeks. Three months later he began to notice nocturnal polyuria and then loss of flesh'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow / Lodginghouse keeper
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1891
Date of death: 10 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the rectum. Aortic stenosis
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Rectum); Disease (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman, a widow who had borne two children, earned her living by letting lodgings. She was formerly very stout, but for twelve months had been losing weight and out of health. For six or seven months the bowels had been very confined and defecation painful. Later she became unable to sit down through pain in the rectum. In July 1891 blood was passed per anum for the first time; afterwards this often occurred, but for a fortnight before admission there had been no discharge of blood'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Constable
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1891
Date of death: 25 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the common bile duct. Secondary growths in the liver
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Bile ducts); Growth (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The father of this man died of old age, and there was no family history of cancer. The patient was a police constable, whose former health had been very good. He was not a hard drinker. Seven months before admission he became jaundiced, probably gradually, but he being at the time on night duty the onset was not clearly observed. There was no colic and very little distress of any kind, except some itching of the skin at first'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a