Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Dec 1864 Date of death: 1 Jan 1865 Disease (transcribed): Cellular growth in brain Disease (standardised): Growth (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Lee, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a state of unconsciousness. It was reported that he had received a kick from a horse eight years before and that two years ago he was attacked with epileptic fits. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head and chest Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 64 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Nov 1860 Date of death: 1 Jan 1861 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of uterus Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The mother of 5 children, ceased to menstruate 12 years before her admission and remained free from discharge until within 12 months when fluid and discharge appeared. The patient was suffering from pain in the pelvis and thighs, as well as sickness and nausea and lost flesh rapidly. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the pelvic organs Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 58 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Feb 1866 Date of death: 4 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease. Encephaloid Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient was ill five weeks before admission, the chief symptom being pain referred to the lower part of the abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Mar 1862 Date of death: 15 Apr 1862 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the pylorus Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This woman had been out of health and rapidly emaciating for about three months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Feb 1890 Date of death: 4 Mar 1890 Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of liver Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: The first symptoms of illness were acute pain between her shoulders and down her back, and on three separate occasions she ad acute abdominal pain. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver and pancreas Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Mar 1865 Date of death: 7 Apr 1865 Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis after tapping ovarian cyst Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cysts (Ovary); Tapping (Ovary) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient first observed a general swelling of the abdomen in December of 1863. Paracentesis was performed but the dropsy returned. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Jeweller Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Feb 1890 Date of death: 9 Mar 1890 Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of thoracic glands and lung Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Post mortem examination performed by: Bennett, Lawrence Henry Medical notes: He was in good health until June 1889 when he had an attack of pleurisy. After this illness the patient never felt well and continued to be troubled by cough. At the end of November he noticed a hard lump near the angle of his lower jaw on the left side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Apr 1860 Date of death: 11 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the ovary Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Ovaries) 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 young woman attributed her complaint to sudden cessation of the catamenial discharge [menstruation], caused by fright four years ago. It appeared that an eel was suddenly twisted round her neck during one of the monthly periods, which was followed by a sudden suppression of the discharge, which never reappeared’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Police constable Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Mar 1866 Date of death: 9 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: He had for four years before admission been subject to spasmodic dyspnoea, dollowed at some interval of time by pain on swallowing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Feb 1888 Date of death: 21 Mar 1888 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Vegetations on the mitral valve, with vegetations also on the aortic valves, one of which has ulcerated Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Vegetation (Heart); Ulcer (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient had acute rheumatism when about 14 years of age. She was laid up (in bed) for about 9 weeks. Six months before admission she had oedema of the legs. About nine weeks before she came in she had vomiting and on the following day sharp pain in her left side, and some cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, brain, eyes
Occupation or role: Pensioner Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Apr 1863 Date of death: 25 Apr 1863 Disease (transcribed): Fibro-fatty tumours of dura mater Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: A soldier belonging to the 43rd Regiment, this man had five years before his death a sun stroke while serving in India. From that date he was never free entirely from pain in the head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863 Date of death: 8 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Hydatid cysts in liver Disease (standardised): Echinococcosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This patient, a healthy-looking man, was admitted with the following history. Nine weeks before admission he had a sudden acute pain across the epigastrium which lasted for 3 or 4 days and disappeared as suddenly as it had begun, similar paroxysms of pain, varying in duration, had occurred several times since’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Nov 1865 Date of death: 12 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease (?) of cavity of uterus Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gas-meter inspector Gender: Male Age: 32 Date of admission: 13 Mar 1878 Date of death: 20 Apr 1878 Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of stomach. Haemorrhage. Morbus renum. Old cerebral haemorrhage converted into a cyst Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Haemorrhage (Indeterminate); Disease (Kidney); Haemorrhage (Brain); Cyst (Brain); Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard PM performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: 'History. Father died of consumption. Smallpox 12 yrs [years] before admission. Subject to occipital headaches: experienced pain if he held his water for long. Venereal sore 14 yrs [years] ago: suppurating bubo: no constitutional manifestations. Took about 1 ½ pt [pint] of beer daily. Epistaxis. 15 mo. [months] before admn [admission]; - severe epistaxis for 12 hours: laid up with consequent weakness for five weeks. Hemiplegia. On July 3rd 1877; while carrying a piece of pipe in his L. [Left] hand, he found he kept dropping it without his knowledge: after about ½ hour his legs have way and he fell. He was taken to a medical man and sent home in a cab: paralysis of L. [Left] arm, leg and side of face found to be present: shortly after he became insensible and remained so for an hour or two. Next morning his eyesight was gone' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, peritoneum, kidneys, brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1865 Date of death: 15 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man was admitted with the history of four months of diarrhoea, accompanied by pain and swelling in the right iliac region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Decorator Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Apr 1882 Date of death: 18 Apr 1882 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Pleural effusion. Congestion of liver. Cystic disease of kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Congestion (Liver); Cysts (Kidney); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard Medical notes: Two years before admission he began to notice dyspnoea and occasional oedema. The dyspnoea had increased considerably in the three weeks before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Apr 1866 Date of death: 19 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Epithelial cancer of larynx Disease (standardised): Cancer (Larynx) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: There was the mark of an old chancre on the glans penis. The history that he gave was that he had been ill for ten weeks with spasmodic affection and pain about the larynx. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gun maker Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Sep 1861 Date of death: 6 Jan 1862 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of penis Disease (standardised): Cancer (Penis) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man first applied to the hospital on account of a sore in the groin. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and penis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 51 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Apr 1861 Date of death: 28 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the lung. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lung); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient , who had a pasty complexion and was bloated, stated that she had had good health until six weeks before admission, when she began to experience a cough with expectoration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 May 1863 Date of death: 10 May 1863 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of uterus Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: She had left her friends ten years before and was believed by them to have been on the streets. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 61 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Apr 1862 Date of death: 3 May 1862 Disease (transcribed): Malignant (?) tumour of brain Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This woman stated that four months ago she fell down stairs from a sudden loss of power in the legs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 May 1859 Date of death: 27 May 1859 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Malignant disease of ovaries and peritoneum Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Ovaries); Cancer (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: Eleven months ago she noticed a circumscribed swelling as large as a child’s head in the right iliac region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Apr 1865 Date of death: 23 Apr 1865 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of rectum. Artificial anus Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Artifical (Anal canal) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was seized with sickness. Previous to this she had been quite well, except for bilious attacks and his bowels had not acted for three days. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Belly, chest and abdominal viscera Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: With parents Age: 15 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 May 1863 Date of death: 24 May 1863 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of ovary. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This woman had been ill four months previous to admission. She stated that she took cold from getting wet feet and dropsy shortly ensued. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Brushmaker Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Apr 1889 Date of death: 19 Apr 1889 Disease (transcribed): Laryngeal growth. Asphyxia. Tracheotomy Disease (standardised): Tumour (Larynx); Asphyxia (Systemic); Tracheotomy (Trachea) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a state of extreme dyspnoea, with marked stridor in inspiration which was long and laboured. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Permission to examined the body not being obtained it was only possible to do so in a restricted manner Type of incident: n/a