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Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1874
Date of death: 21 Dec 1874
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1880
Date of death: 2 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had been drinking to excess for some time before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman's Servant
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1850
Date of death: 30 Jul 1850
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Jaundice. Brain rather wet. Liver soft-bile stained
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Jaundice (Skin); Wet (Brain ); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was brought to the Hospital in a state of Delirium, and unable to give any account of himself. It was at first reported that he had had several attacks of Delirium Tremens, but this was afterwards denied.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1848
Date of death: 31 Jul 1848
Disease (transcribed): Petechial fever (previous delirium tremens)
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain ); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: In the early part of the same month this man became a patient under the care of Dr Page with symptoms resembling delirium tremens. He was readmitted with very much the same aspect as before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1849
Date of death: 4 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Congestion of membranes & substance of the brain. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Stroke (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Presenting the quick, agitated manner of delirium a potu, although not very incoherent. Answering questions readily, but when left to himself beginning to mutter, and soon becoming very talkative. His nights were sleepless’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1849
Date of death: 31 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body was not examined at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1853
Date of death: 8 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Chronic poisoning by potash. Stricture of the cardiac and pyloric orifices of the stomach

Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic); Constriction (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted about an hour and a half after swallowing a quantity of american potash.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1862
Date of death: 29 Aug 1862
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (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: He had been out of place two months having left his situation of his own accord. On the day before admission he rose with a slight
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1852
Date of death: 17 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Death after a kind of fit. Much effusion of clear fluid in the ventricles and sub arachnoid tissue found. Dilated heart and old left pleural adhesions. Fluid blood
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Seizures (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Disease (Heart); Adhesions (Pleura); Fluid (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A man of very dissipated habits who had been drinking hard during the previous week, was seized with symptoms of nervous derangement, sleeplessness, restlessness, excitement and tremulous movements.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1854
Date of death: 15 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Serous effusion on the surface & in the ventricles of the brain. Cholera?
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was believed to have had an attack of cholera before admission. He was a man of intemperate habits, and was in a tremulous, agitated state when admitted with a red & dry tongue, and having had no sleep for one or two nights’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1854
Date of death: 13 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Serous effusion on brain. Vascularity of the calvaria
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Vascularity (Skull)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'The present was the second occasion on which this patient had been admitted into the hospital with delirium tremens. He said he had been attacked a fortnight ago with pain in the head. Herpes had come out on the lips last week […] He was reported to have been rambling a good deal the whole time & to have had very little sleep’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jul 1872
Date of death: 2 Aug 1872
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Erysipelas faciei
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had been drinking very hard for the last four weeks. About a week before admission he fell from his cab in a fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman's Servant
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1850
Date of death: 16 Sep 1850
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man was said to have been first seized with a fit of an epileptic character, in which he had bitten his tongue severely, and that he had subsequently become violently delirious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hair dresser
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1866
Date of death: 3 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning of oil of bitter almonds
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man took (it was supposed purposely) oil of almonds one hour after breakfast.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen, fauces and blood
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1868
Date of death: 8 Jul 1869
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: He said that he had been ill two or three times before and from the appearance of the tongue it was supposed that he had had an epileptic fit before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1873
Date of death: 13 Feb 1873
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning of carbolic acid
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with a slight attack of bronchitis and was given a dose of carbolic acid.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, larynx, alimentary canal, abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1852
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning from oil of bitter almonds. Fluid state of the blood. Congestion of lungs, kidneys. Old double pleural adhesions. Slight hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic); Fluid (Blood); Congestion (Lung); Congestion (Kidney); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was brought in from the park having been observed to drop down suddenly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and cranium
Type of incident: Suicide?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1850
Date of death: 22 Nov 1850
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by aconite
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, this case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not permitted to be examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hackney coach driver
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1868
Date of death: 8 Aug 1868
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was of very drunken habits and he was brought in having been ill with delirium tremens for one week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Gender: Male
Age: 72
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1854
Date of death: 23 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Apoplexy. Disease of the arteries of the brain
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Stroke (Brain); Disease (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man who was a stable helper, had been found in the stable on the morning of his admission in a state of complete unconsciousness, but nothing was known of how this had occurred’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1849
Date of death: 26 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Wet brain & extravasation of blood in pia mater covering cerebellum. Fatty liver. Oblique inguinal hernia
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Liver); Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man, who was an old offender, was stated to have been drinking hard for a fortnight previous to the appearance of his present symptoms, which had only begun to shew themselves 3 or 4 days before admission. He had been in the hospital 3 or 4 times with similar attacks. On the last occasion just after Xmas he had been ill 7 days before his admission, and continued delirious 6 days in the house. His former attack had only been 6 weeks before that one’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1880
Date of death: 13 Aug 1880
Disease (transcribed): Carbolic acid poisoning
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient was brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, alimentary tract, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and urethra
Type of incident: Suicide?

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1862
Date of death: 5 Sep 1862
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
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: Potman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1849
Date of death: 8 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Vessels of the meninges loaded with blood. Brain wet & soft. Kidneys congested & softened
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Disease (Brain, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'It was difficult to obtain any history of the commencement of this man’s illness. It was only ascertained that he was a potman belonging to a public house in the neighbourhood, & had been taken ill on the 4th inst when he was carried to the work house, that they had found him rather unmanageable there, and were sending him to a lunatic asylum, when he was seized with some sort of fit on the way, and was brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1868
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by prussic acid
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was picked up in the park and was dead when brought in. A bottle containing an ounce measure was found by his side. He had threatened to commit suicide previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: Suicide