Print preview Close

Showing 270 results

Archival description
Dickinson, William Howship Neoplasms
Print preview View:

269 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects

Richard Stevenson, 29, Labourer

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

Frances Millwater, 64, [No occupation stated]

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

Sarah Crouch, 58, Married

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

Harriett Wotton, 43, Married

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

Harriet Peacock, 49, [No occupation stated]

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

Georgina Galloway, 20, General servant

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

George Trappitt, 24, Jeweller

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

Eliza Joy, 28, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

Jesse Roberts, 52, Police constable

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

Harriet Young, 34, General servant

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

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Drew, 42, Pensioner

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

William Scott, 39, Labourer

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

Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Duke, 46, Housemaid

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

George Hall, 32, Gas-meter inspector

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

James Price, 31, Tailor

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

Thomas Firth, 64, Decorator

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

Edward Burdett, 46, Labourer

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

William Knapp, 36, Gun maker

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

Angelica Stephen , 51, [No occupation stated]

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

Ann Green, 45, Widow

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

Mary White, 61, Married

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

Sarah Betts, 38, [No occupation stated]

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

Lucy Grintin, 49, Married

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

Margaret Mumford, 15, With parents

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

John Postlethwaite, 66, Brushmaker

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

Results 1 to 25 of 270