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Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1879
Date of death: 2 Oct 1879
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the rectum and of the ovaries. Widespread cancerous affection of the lymphatic glands
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Cancer (Ovaries); Cancer (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: She was quite well until her confinement on May 10th 1878. On May 12th there was pain and the appetite failed. Pain and anorexia lasted until July. During this period a tumour appeared in the left cervical region, which persisted.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1880
Date of death: 22 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys with hypertrophied heart. Emphysema and bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This patient was too ill to give a succinct account of himself, but it appeared that for about the last ten years he had suffered from cough. All winter he had been kept in bed by the fogs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Whitesmith
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1880
Date of death: 29 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis, with fibrosis and tubercles. Large, white, lardaceous kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For the last three months of life he had been losing his health, getting weaker, cough growing worse, sputum more profuse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880
Date of death: 25 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys, with atrophy of cortex. Hypertrophy of heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: About the beginning of January he noticed that the sight of the right eye was dim, everything appeared as though enveloped in a fog. For the last three to four months he had passed much water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1880
Date of death: 14 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: While at work on the morning of April 8th he fell down suddenly, became unconscious and partially lost the use of his left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1880
Date of death: 20 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: When seventeen years old she was subject to fits accompanied by cessation of the catamenia and she was moved to an asylum for some time. For ‘three months at least’ she had felt out of sorts and complained of rheumatic pains in the legs, headaches, vertigo, slight oedema of the legs and frequent nocturnal micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1881
Date of death: 20 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal septicaemia. Acute peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Postpartum depression (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'There was some tubercular history in the family: as a child she had frequent barking cough & swollen glands in the neck. The catamenia [menstruation] appeared at 13 and have of late years been irregular & painful, occurring as a rule every three weeks, & never absent, she says, more than 2 months. About Christmas 1879 she was laid up with 'overwork'. Since then she has been in good health, & has acted as a servant to a crêche. Six days before admission she described herself as feeling quite well. A day later menstruation began with diarrhoea and uch pain: she had several rigors next day and the diarrhoea increased with many feverish symptoms. She denied having noticed during her life any abdominal tumour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, generative organs, uterus, vagina, ovaries, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1882
Date of death: 7 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of pia mater, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Meninges); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: About a fortnight before admission she began to feel headache, anorexia and thirst. A day or two later she noticed that her breath was very short and the headache increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain and its membranes, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1882
Date of death: 26 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Recent vegetation on aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: In June 1882 she found her breath very short and strength failing. She had much cough and complained of ‘palpitation’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, bronchi, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1882
Date of death: 9 Dec 1882
Disease (transcribed): Left cerebral haemorrhage. Hypertrophy of heart. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: His fellow servants went into his room and found him half out of bed, quite unconscious with paralysis of the right arm and leg. He did not speak but moved his eyes and seemed to understand their actions.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1883
Date of death: 20 Oct 1883
Disease (transcribed): Cystitis. Nephritic abscesses. Aphasia
Disease (standardised): Cystitis (Bladder); Nephritis (Kidney); Abscess (Kidney); Aphasia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He was seen by two policemen to fall in the street. He was aphasic throughout and no clue could be obtained to his name or previous history.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1884
Date of death: 23 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Caries of spine. Peri:nephritic abscess
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: Three weeks prior to admission he had rigor, pain in the right side and cough, with shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Intestines, kidneys, trachea, bronchi, spine, lungs, heart, liver and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Van boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1886
Date of death: 10 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Pyelitis. Dilatation of pelves of kidneys. Calculus in left kidney. Hypospadias
Disease (standardised): Pyelitis (Kidney); Disease (Kidney); Calculi (Kidney); Hypospadias (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: In 1880 he was an in patient here for an operation for the relief of a bad hypospadias. Since then he had frequent stoppages of the water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, ureters, bladder, stomach, intestines and penis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Sword polisher
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1888
Date of death: 7 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bright’s disease, chronic
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had been married for 10 years. She had had two children who were alive and healthy, and 1 miscarriage. Her last child was born seven years before she came to the hospital. She said she had not had either gout or rheumatism. For 2 months before her admission she had been disturbed at night to pass water, at first 2 or 3 times, latterly 5 or 6 times’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No post mortem examination’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1888
Date of death: 17 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of mediastinum and right testicle
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Mediastinum); Cancer (Testis)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Six or seven years before his admission he had a sore throat and was laid up in bed for a week. This was the only illness he remembered.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, testicles, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1889
Date of death: 5 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Gout. Granular contracted kidneys and sequelae. Uraemia with pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Disease (Kidney); Uraemia (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He was disturbed two or three times a night to pass urine. He came up as an outpatient in January 19th. Dr Dickinson found that the apex of his right lung was dull and that there were a few rales.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, pericardium, heart, larynx, trachea, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, brain, eyes, tongue, stomach and small intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1889
Date of death: 27 Jul 1889
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: On Easter day he walked from Chelsea to Epsom and back, and got wet to the skin. On the following day his feet swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, intestines, trachea and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1889
Date of death: 17 Oct 1889
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Collapsed lung. Ovarian tumour and ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Atelectasis (Lung); Cancer (Ovary); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: About three months before she came to St George’s the woman fell down and hurt herself. She was pregnant at the time but her attention was called to the fact that her abdomen was of abnormal size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, ovaries, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus, pleurae, lungs and heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1889
Date of death: 4 Feb 1890
Disease (transcribed): Myxo-sarcoma of stomach and ovary
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The patient came into St George’s Hospital in April 1889. She gave a history of having passed gall stones which she proffered she saw. At the beginning of December she began to have much abdominal pain which was referred chiefly to the epigastric region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, stomach, spleen ovaries and uterus
Type of incident: n/a