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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: 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
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
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
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
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
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