Occupation or role: Cook Age: 48 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Feb 1862 Date of death: 4 Mar 1862 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart and general dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (General) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This was a case of disease of the heart and general dropsy. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Valet Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Dec 1861 Date of death: 4 Jan 1862 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the veins of the thigh following rheumatism Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Veins); Rheumatic diseases (Tissues) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This was a case of inflammation of the veins of the thigh following rheumatism. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Reporter Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Feb 1862 Date of death: 20 Feb 1862 Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Recent endocarditis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (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: This man was brought to the hospital in an almost dying state. He was suffering from great dyspnoea, was cold and almost pulseless. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Jan 1862 Date of death: 1 Feb 1862 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Disease of heart Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a 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
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
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
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: Married woman Age: 33 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Oct 1861 Date of death: 8 Nov 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: The patient was taken ill seven months before with pain in the region of the heart, palpitations on exertion, cough, expectoration and dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest 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: [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: Housemaid Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Apr 1861 Date of death: 27 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Lobular pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (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 patient had good health until three months ago she was attacked with acute rheumatism. She has not been suffering from palpitations and gradually increasing dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen 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
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
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
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Jan 1860 Date of death: 31 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia. Pulmonary apoplexy. Hypertrophy of heart Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs); Stroke (Lungs); 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: 'This man had twice had acute rheumatism, but his chest was not known to have been affected in either attack. Until some weeks before admission, his health was pretty good, he then began to suffer from cough and shortness of breath’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 55 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Jul 1860 Date of death: 14 Jul 1860 Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (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: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’
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
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
Occupation or role: Waterman Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Apr 1860 Date of death: 26 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Diseased heart Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); 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 waterman. He first became a patient on the 1st of Feb /60, when it appeared that for two months he had suffered from shortness of breath with cough and expectoration, never of blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Mar 1859 Date of death: 9 Apr 1859 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Pneumonia. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); 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: He had been much exposed to weather in following his vocation. Three weeks before he became a patient he caught cold and his breathing became much embarrassed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 10 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Feb 1859 Date of death: 5 Apr 1859 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the 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: 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: Porter Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Nov 1858 Date of death: 7 Jan 1859 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); 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 days he had suffered from headache, nausea and pains in the loins. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Mar 1859 Date of death: 31 Mar 1859 Disease (transcribed): Disease of 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, Thomas Medical notes: Her health was pretty good until the preceding May when she supposes that she took cold for she began to suffer from attacks of spasmodic dyspnoea, and had some cough with expectoration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and 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: 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