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Dickinson, William Howship Female urogenital diseases and pregnancy complications
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Arabella Irving, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Date of admission: 24 May 1854
Date of death: 12 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of the intestinal canal. Disease of the ovaries
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Disease (Ovary)
Admitting doctor: Lee, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Dickinson, William Howship and Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was a widow, the mother of two children. Her illness began about five years ago, when she found a small swelling in the right side of the hypogastric regions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Hannah Hunt, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1855
Date of death: 27 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Lobular Pneumonia. Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was said to have been ill only three days before admission. She complained of the left hip and underwent leeching and blistering; then giddiness, loss of power in the legs and imperfection in articulation came on.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip joint and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Miller, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1855
Date of death: 7 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Pneumonia. Diseased Kidneys and Heart following Rheumatism
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman had been out of health for the last two years since having an attack of Acute Rheumatism. When she was admitted she had a cough with bronchial expectorations and some little dyspnoea, noisy breathing and slight rheumatic pains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Purches, 56, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1858
Date of death: 7 Jan 1859
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (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: When this woman was admitted her chief complaint was of pain in the left hypochondriac region which was attributed to dyspepsia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Tatam, 54, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1858
Date of death: 27 Mar 1859
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart. Dropsy. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (General); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This woman said that she had had a cough for many years, but it never was troublesome until lately.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Rebecca Humphries, 12, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1859
Date of death: 23 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria, after scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This child was said to have had a slight attack of scarlatina twelve weeks before admission. A fortnight afterwards when she was apparently well her legs began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Sherwood, 41, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1859
Date of death: 24 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
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

Mary Saker, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jul 1859
Date of death: 24 Jul 1859
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Oedema (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
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

Catherine Sinnott, 47, [No occupation stated]

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

Mary Burrough , 42, Married woman

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1860
Date of death: 6 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
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 stated that she caught cold three months before admission, and since has suffered from pain in the back, hips and thighs, and occasionally in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Bevan, 49, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1859
Date of death: 12 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
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 woman, who had led rather a laborious life, said that excepting occasional fits of rheumatic gout, she had enjoyed good health until a year before admission, when she began to suffer from palpitations of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Birkhamshaw, 53, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1860
Date of death: 21 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Renal disease
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had, it appeared, been suffering from cold and cough ever since November. Three days before admission this became suddenly worse, and became accompanied withmuch dyspnoea, pain in the chest and sore throat’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Maria Cooper, 27, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1860
Date of death: 25 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman, who had been married at the age of 15 and borne 9 children, had been out of health for some months, since Christmas she had been confined to her bed. This illness she attributed to having been delivered of a child some short time before’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Margaret Tomkyns, 58, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1860
Date of death: 15 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
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 old woman had been out of health for eighteen months, suffering from cough and much duspnoea in fits. The legs became oedematous three weeks before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Vogelsang, 46, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1860
Date of death: 23 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian tumour. Abortion. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Ovaries); Miscarriage Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 woman had had swelling of the abdomen for 12 months, it appeared first on the right side. The week before she applied for admission she complained of nausea, vomiting and general discomfort’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Margaret Avis, 34, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 1 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of mamma (cancer of the breast). Miscarriage
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Miscarriage
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman, who had been much addicted to drinking, was admitted complaining of pain resembling rheumatism in the back and [?]. from which she had suffered for three months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Lock, 43, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1860
Date of death: 11 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward and Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James and Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted into the Wellington ward March 31st with a small scalp wound situated about an inch above the nose, & erysipelas of the head & face. It appeared that the woman was of drunken habits & was a week before her admission knocked down by her husband, who was also drunk’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Brennan, 41, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1860
Date of death: 16 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys)
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 had been an in-patient 12 years before, suffering from the same affective of the skin that she had when admitted. She had long suffered form palpitations of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Uridge, 40, [Occupation not stated]

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

Type of incident: n/a

Kate Stevens, 27, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1860
Date of death: 9 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Pulmonary apoplexy. Pneumonia. Pleurisy. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Stroke (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A servant of all work. A month before the previous Christmas, up to which time she had enjoyed good health, she began to suffer from cough, scanty expectoration and shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Guthrie / Catherine Gosby, 38, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1860
Date of death: 16 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Miscarriage. Clot in uterine vein. Deposit (?secondary) in brain
Disease (standardised): Miscarriage (Uterus); Clot (Blood vessels); Deposit (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rouse, James
Medical notes: 'This woman, whose name was not Guthrie but Catharine, was the mother of 8 children. A fortnight before her admission she miscarried of a 2 months foetus, having up to that time enjoyed, as far as could be ascertained, perfectly good health. The abortion was attended with much haemorrhage, but she went on pretty well until 2 days before her admission, when she became delirious. She had been much neglected during her illness, and the precise manner of her seizure could not be ascertained’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Grant, 22, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1860
Date of death: 20 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Exhaustion after puerperal mania
Disease (standardised): Postpartum depression (Brain); Exhaustion
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 girl, who was unmarried, was delivered of a dead child in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, 11 days previous to her admission here. She soon afterwards became delirious and attempted to destroy herself by cutting her throat with a common dinner knife’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Suicide

Catherine Slater, 58, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1860
Date of death: 2 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Diseased liver. Gall stones. Diseased ovaries. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Liver); Gallstones (Gallbladder); Disease (Ovaries); Pneumonia (Lung)
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 woman had long been losing flesh and appetite, but she did not become a complete invalid until about 7 weeks previous to her admission when she began to suffer pain about the belly and both hypochondriac regions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Viney, 46, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1860
Date of death: 10 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Albuminuria (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'This woman became a patient in April last, she had then suffered for 5 months from precordial pain and palpitation; a month afterwards cough came in, with scanty expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Vickery, 77, Charwoman

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 77
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1860
Date of death: 19 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of liver & kidneys. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Kidneys); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'A charwoman. For a month before she came in she had suffered from swelling of the legs and belly, and pain in the right shoulder supposed to be rheumatic. When she came in the belly was distended with flatus’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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