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St George’s Hospital Gazette, volume XXIV

'Volume 24, October 1923-February 1925'. Contents:

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.1, 'Contents', List of Contents; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.1-14, 'Practice', Inaugural Address given by E. B. Turner on October 1st 1923; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.15-16, 'School Notes', Start of New Academic year; Over 70 medical students in the school; Retirement of Annetts from the cloakroom;; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.16-17, 'Second Sight', Poem; A. F. M. [A.F. McGlashan]

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.17, 'The Lane Letters', Further extracts from The Lane Letters; Letters between Samuel Lane; Dr J. A. Wilson; Henry Ancell; R MacLeod; Dr William Fitzherbert; Benjamin Brodie: Setting up of the Medical School; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.26-27, 'Epilegomena', Satirical Article in the form of a play; R. C. H.

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.28-29, 'On Suicide', Unsympathetic article on the causes, types and methods of suicide; A. F. M. [A.F. McGlashan]

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.29, 'The Annual Dinner', Report on the Annual Dinner at the Metropole Hotel on 1st October; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.29, 'Ground and Pavilion Appeal', Generous response to appeal for funds; J. W. W. Jepps

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.30-31, 'Rugby Football Club', Report on recent fixtures; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.32, 'Hunterian Society', Report of the first meeting of the season on 18th October 1923; Election of Mr Colledge as President; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.32-33, 'Rifle Club', Report of recent events; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.33, 'Golf Club', Presentation of the Hospital Annual Golf cup to Dr J Ellison; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.33, 'Boxing Club', Programme of meetings of the Boxing club; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.34, 'Correspondence ', The Cambridge Men in London; United Hospitals Winter Sports club; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.35, 'National Union of Students', Forthcoming Winter sports event in Norway organised by the National Union of Students; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.36, 'Scholarships and Exhibitions', Awards of entrance scholarships and exhibitions; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.36, 'Examination Results', Recent Examination results; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.36, 'Births', a son to Patrick Buxton; a daughter to Dr A. J. Jex Blake; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.36, 'Marriages', Clement Kerby to Evelyn Cardew; John Carrington Marklove to Muriel Alice Mary Davies; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.37, 'Deaths', William Harper, post mortem room attendant, aged 67; William Keen; Muriel Kempson; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.37-41, 'Reviews', Reviews of books recently received; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 1. pp.42, 'Editorial Notice', ; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.43, 'Contents', List of Contents; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.43-47, 'Congenital Hypertrophic Stenosis of the Pylorus', Abstract of paper read to the Hunterian Society; C. H. S. Frankau

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.48-49, 'School Notes', Formation of Cricket Club; Medical School Dance, January 17th 1924, at the Hyde Park Hotel; Good response to Appeal fund; R. R. James appointed joint editor of the British Journal of Opthalmology; Knighthood awarded to H. W. R. Bencraft; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.49, 'Fact and Fancy', Poem; A. F. M. [A.F. McGlashan]

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.50-52, 'Diseases and Accidents of the Toilet', Humorous Article about items of worn clothing given pseudo-medical terminology; G. H. R.

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.52-55, 'Mock? Ah No!', Humorous article in the form of an operetta script in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Mikado’ with new words to various famous songs; R. C. H. [R. C. Howard]

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.56, 'What were they Looking so Black at?', Hospital choir performs in ‘Blackface’ at the Outpatients’ Christmas Party; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.57-59, 'Athletic Ground and Pavilion Appeal', List of Subscribers to the appeal; Amount raised £335; J. W. W. Jepps

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.59-60, 'Cricket', Formation of St George’s Hospital Cricket Club; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.60, 'Rugby Notes', Report and results of recent fixtures; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.61, 'Boxing Club', Notice of forthcoming inter-hospital competitions; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.61-2, 'Hunterian Society', Report of recent meetings including a mock trial held at the Christmas meeting; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.62, 'Rifle Club', Report and results of recent matches; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.62, 'Examination Results', Recent Examination results; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.63, 'Births', A Daughter to Dr Reginald Fisher; a son to W. F. Tyndale; a daughter to J. W. Watson; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.63, 'Deaths', Walter Frederick Lovell aged 74; Ernest Rock Streeten aged 57; Charles Robert John Atkin Swan aged 60; Francis Barrallier Thompson on November 28th 1923; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 2. pp.63-66, 'Reviews', Reviews of books recently received; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.67, 'Contents', List of Contents; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.67-68, 'An Appeal for St George’s Hospital in London', Poem recited by Miss Edith Evans at the special Matinee in aid of St George’s Hospital at Daly’s Theatre on Monday 5th May 1924; John Drinkwater

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.68-69, 'School Notes', Reports of various sporting activities; Sanctions for removing books from library without signing for them; Completion of new Outpatients Department; Hunterian dinner in March 2024; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.69-70, 'Poems of Prejudice', Poem about the Post Mortem room; A. F. M. [A.F. McGlashan]

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.70-72, 'Pathology in Vienna', Account of a visit to the Pathological Institute of the University of Vienna; Work of Rokitansky; Post-mortem practice; P.M. diagnosis using gross pathology, frozen sections and bacteriology; Work of Professors Maresch and Erdheim; Garnett Cheney, M.D. (Harvard)

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.72-75, 'Due Warning', Personal account by a new House Physician; T.

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.75-76, 'Cautionary Tales for Students', Poem in the style of Hillaire Belloc; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.76-77, 'Hunterian Society', Reports of recent meetings and the Annual Dinner at the Waldorf Hotel; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.77, 'Boxing Club', Result of recent bout and poor performance in the inter-hospital competition; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.77-78, 'The Rugby Football Club', Report and results of recent fixtures; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.78, 'Cricket Club', Lack of matches due to poor weather; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.79, 'Rifle Club', Report and results of recent matches; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.79, 'Athletic Ground and Pavilion Appeal', Further report on the successful appeal; Closure of fund after amount raised £345.2.0; J. W. W. Jepps

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.80-82, 'Obituary', Obituary of F.W.Higgs: 1881-1924; Student, House Surgeon and Physician, Assistant Curator of the Museum, Medical Registrar at St George’s Hospital; Medical Officer to the Ministry of Health; Obituary of Hetty Ethelberta Claremont 1892-1924 from Typhoid fever; Student at St George’s Hospital, qualified 1916; Master of Surgery 1922; Notice of Death of William Curtis aged 87; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.82, 'Births', A Daughter to John Ellison; a daughter to Beaumont A. Featherston-Dilke; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.82, 'Deaths', Ethelberta Claremont aged 31; Frederick William Higgs aged 42; Thomas Ridge-Jones; Wentworth Raynes-Tyndale aged 80; Walter Gilson Walford aged 86; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.83, 'Examination Results', Recent Examination results; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.83, 'Prizes', Recent prizes awarded; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.83-85, 'Reviews', Reviews of books recently received; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 3. pp.86, 'Editorial Notice', ; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.87, 'Contents', List of Contents; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.87-88, 'School Notes', Sir Isambard Owen to deliver the Inaugural address on 1st October 1924; Annual Dinner at the New Hotel Metropole; Good performance of sports teams in the Inter-Hospitals competitions; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.88, 'Pasquinades', Poems in the style of Georgian verse about A Pathologist, The Dean, A Sister, A Student and the Hospital; R.H.

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.90, 'Auscultation (An Essay in Vers Libres)', Humorous article on the use of the Stethoscope; T.

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.91, 'The Song of the Successful Candidate', Poem; A. F. M. [A.F. McGlashan]

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.91-97, 'Apprentices on the Register of Pupils of St George’s Hospital', Records found during transcription of the Pupils Register of Surgeons trained at St Georges who are also on the Register of the Royal College of Surgeons; Biographies of John Gunning; Michael Underwood; David Bayford; Roger Metcalf; William Walker; Fleming Pinkstan; George Hawkins; Charles Hawkins; Charles Morrall; Pennell Cole; Richard Bouchier; James Wilmot; George Hawkins; John Gittoes; John Broomfield Ferrers; Robert Winch; Julius Griffiths; John May; Edward Henry Gunning; John Gunning Junior; William Walker; Charles Thomas Nicholl; Henry Worth; Robert Keate; William Robert Bayly; M. W. Andrews; Constantine John Laisne; James Cooper; Charles Henry Phillips; Thomas Arthur Stone; James Frederick Palmer; Henry Slaughter; James Demerum; John O. Hall Andrews; Frederick Marsh; James Keene; Charles Harris Hetman; Charles Guthrie; Robert Wilson; George Eleazer Blenkins; Henry Halse; R. R. J. [James. Robert Rutson]

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.98-99, 'Cautionary Tales for Students – No 2', Poem about ‘The Dresser’; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.99-101, 'Cricket Notes', Reports and results of recent matches; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.101-102, 'Rugby Notes', Upcoming fixtures; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.102-105, 'Lawn Tennis Notes', Reports and results of recent matches; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.105, 'October 1, 1924', Sir Isambard Owen to deliver the Inaugural Address;; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.106, 'Examination Results', Recent Examination results; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.106, 'Prizes', Recent prizes and scholarships awarded; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.107, 'Obituary', Richard Emmett, 1857-1924; Sir Sidney Russell-Wells; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 4. pp.107-108, 'Reviews', ; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.109, 'Contents', ; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.109-110, 'School Notes', Start of New Session; Near completion of the new Outpatients Department; Problems with increased student numbers; Talking in the Library; Devitt Pendlebury Scholarship; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.110, 'The Annual Dinner', Annual Dinner held on October 1st, Chairman Isambard Owen; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.111, 'The Opening of the Session, October 1st 1924', Inaugural Address given by Isambard Owen on October 1st 1924; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.111-113, 'Memoir of the Late Sydney Russell Wells', Obituary of Sydney Russell Wells; Dr E. Graham Little

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.113-114, 'London Scenes. 1 St George’s Hospital', Poem and proposed Poetry prize for contemporary work. Poem submitted by Dr Heywood Smith; A. F. M. [A.F. McGlashan]

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.115-116, '“Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend”', Poem; T.

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.116-118, 'St George’s Hospital Pharmacopoeias', History of the early St George’s Hospital Pharmacopoeias dating from 1768; Earliest copies inscribed by R. Keate and W. E. Page; R. R. J. [James. Robert Rutson]

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.118, 'Cautionary Tales for Students – No 3', Poem; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.119-122, 'A Copenhagen Dinner', Account of a dinner in Copenhagen with an unnamed Russian Physiology Professor from Petrograd who was a pupil of Pavlov; Garnett Cheney, M.D. (Harvard)

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.123, 'One of Life’s Tragedies', Poem; E.

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.124, 'Some Notes on the Treatment of Insomnia', Article about the current treatment of Insomnia; C. H.

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.127, 'The Bargee Dethroned', Colourful language of the Bargee compared to medical and scientific terminology; J. H.

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.127-128, 'Pasquinades II', Poems in the style of Georgian verse about A Proctologist, A Medical Registrar, A Knight, A Neurologist; A Bacteriologist and A Dermatologist; C. H.

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.129, 'The Coward', Poem; A. F. M. [A.F. McGlashan]

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.129, 'Rugby Football ', Reports and results of recent matches; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.130, 'United Hospitals Sailing Club', Activities of the recently formed Sailing club; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.130-131, 'The Lanesborough Lodge, No 3029', Report from the Masonic Lodge including list of Officers and request for applications to join; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.130, 'Birth', a daughter to John H. Dancy; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.131, 'Deaths', Reginald James Cope Cottell; John Hammond Morgan aged 77: Mr P Whitehead, from Diphtheria in Battersea; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.131-132, 'Obituary', Obituary of John Hammond Morgan; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 5. pp.132-136, 'Book Reviews', Reviews of books recently received; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.137, 'Contents', List of Contents; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.137-138, 'Editorial', Appointment of Sir Humphry Rolleston as a Baronet; Lack of contributions to School Notes; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.138, 'The Retirement of Sister Outpatients', Retirement of B. C. Newton; Sister of Out-patients for 25 years; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.139-140, 'London Scenes II - Autumn Evening in Hyde Park', Poem; A. F. M. [A.F. McGlashan]

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.140-143, 'The Misapprehension of the Specialist by a Country Doctor', Limitations of the knowledge of specialists in matters of basic patient care; G. R.

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.144, 'John', Poem; T.

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.144-148, 'The Woman of the Pimliki (With Apologies to Edgar Wallace)', Satirical Article using biblical style language; Pax

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.148-149, 'Pasquinades III', Poems in the style of Georgian verse about A Proctologist, A Medical Registrar, A Knight, A Neurologist; A Bacteriologist and A Dermatologist; C. H.

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.149-155, 'Circumcision: Its History , Motives and Methods', History and Practice of Circumcision; Biblical references; Motives in different religious and cultural groups; Techniques and Methods: Ages at Circumcision; C. H.

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.156-157, 'Unrecorded History', Lighthearted article about the opening of the new Out-patients Department; H. B. M.

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.157-158, 'Rugby Football Club', Reports and results of recent matches; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.158, 'Obituaries', Obituaries of Robert James Lee, 1841-1924; James Farquharson Powell , 1828-1924,Accidentally Drowned at Sea: William Brown Holderness, aged 81; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.159-160, 'Deaths', Charles Molesworth Tuke; William Brown Holderness aged 81; Frank W. Humphery; Dr J. M. Lang; Robert James Lee aged 84; James Farquharson Powell; Louis William Swaby aged 68; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.160, 'Examination Results and Prizes', Recent Examination results; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.161, 'Appointments', Recent Appointments to St George's Staff; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.161-163, 'Book Reviews', Reviews of books recently received; Unknown author

Vol XXIV. Issue 6. pp.164, 'Editorial Notice', ; Unknown author

Sophie Perkins, 34, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1845
Date of death: 8 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'As there was no examination, no history of the case is given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined, at the request of the sister’

Type of incident: n/a

Edwin Wooster, 18, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1845
Date of death: 27 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes mellitus. Gangrene of the right lower extremity
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Gangrene (Leg)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This was a case of diabetes mellitus, with the supervention of gangrene of the right lower extremity. The history of the case is not given, in consequence of there being no postmortem examination’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined, at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

Susan Cartwright, 60, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1845
Date of death: 26 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive apoplexy of the left hemisphere and of the pons. Arteries of the brain atheromatous. Concentric hypertrophy of left ventricle
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Plaque, atheroscelerotic (Blood vessels); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of insensibility, having been taken suddenly with a fit of an apoplectic character about half an hour prior to admission. When brought to the hospital she was apparently perfectly insensible, her breathing was slow and oppressed, her pupils dilated, her extremities apparently perfectly paralyzed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Evans, n/a, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1845
Date of death: 3 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Enormous congestion of the various organs which were otherwise healthy. Blood fluid
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Internal organs)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was found dead in his cart at 5am on the morning of admission. He was found dead by the police. No history was brought with him, nor could any be obtained
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Susan Webb, 45, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1845
Date of death: 26 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy right side. Large aneurysm of the ascending aorta, spontaneously cured. Aorta atheromatous. Fluid in left pleura and in the pericardium. Liver much congested. Fibrous tumours in the uterus
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Aneurysm (Aorta); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Disease (Lungs, heart, liver); Tumour (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of dyspnoea & some pain in the right side of the chest. She stated that about the end of August she was seized with rigors, succeeded by acute pain on the right side of the chest, much increased on deep inspiration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Bond, 36, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1845
Date of death: 21 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised):

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'As there was no examination after death, no report is given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined, at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Browning, 28, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1845
Date of death: 19 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca. Cirrhosis. Calculus in kidney with inflammation of mucous membrane of pelves of both these organs. Extensive sloughing of the skin over the abdomen, loins, inside of thighs & parts in neighbourhood of vagina
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Liver cirrhosis (Calculus); Kidneys (Inflammation); Liver, kidneys (Sloughing); Skin
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of great debility, labouring under ascites and general anasarca. She stated that the dropsical swelling first began about six months prior to the date of admission, and had gradually increased ever since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Smith, 60, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1845
Date of death: 9 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Fluid in the various serous cavities. Heart hypertrophied and dilated. Aorta atheromatous. Pulmonary apoplexy. Granular degeneration of the kidneys. White patches on on the heart, liver and spleen. Liver congested
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Stroke (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys, heart, liver, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought to the hospital in a moribund state. His friends stated that he had not enjoyed good health for above a year, as during the period he had suffered from palpitation and dyspnoea, pain in the loins, and great general debility’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Jonathan Edwards, 22, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1845
Date of death: 3 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Heart dilated & soft. Old peritonitis & dropsy. Capsule of liver thickened. Mottling degeneration of kidneys. Hypertrophy of spleen, soft and grumous. Scars of ulcers about root of tongue & tonsils
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver, kidneys, spleen); Ulcer (Tongue, tonsils)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with sloughing ulceration of the throat for which he was put under the care of the surgeon. He was in a very cachectic condition, but no syphilitic history was obtained’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx

Type of incident: n/a

Andrew Wright, 3, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1845
Date of death: 10 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus. Congestion of the pia mater and brain. Softening of the central white parts. Lungs congested. Caries of spine
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Congestion (Brain, lungs); Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'It appeared that this child had been ailing about three weeks, had lost his appetite, become restless, flushed in the face, & had slight convulsive movements in the limbs, with twitchings of the muscles of the face. He was very thirsty, extremely heavy & drowsy, yet unable to obtain any quick sleep, for when dozing, he constantly started, and occasionally screamed violently. His bowels had been much confined’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Watts, 43, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1845
Date of death: 9 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca. Lungs congested. Fluid with lymph in peritoneum. Cirrhosis of liver. Ovaries adherent to sides of pelvis
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Congestion (Lungs); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that she had long been suffering from dyspnoea, but with that exception, had enjoyed very tolerable health up to three weeks before admission, when her abdomen began to swell very rapidly, and she experienced very considerable pain, more especially in the region of the liver’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Palmer, 27, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1845
Date of death: 8 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Slight jaundice. Puriform effusion into joints. Viscera congested, but otherwise healthy. Puriform effusion in sheaths of tendons
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Effusion (Joints); Congestion (Internal organs); Effusion (Tendons)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient, whose father is a victim of rheumatism, was admitted complaining of wandering rheumatic pains, with slight redness & swelling of the hands & wrists. He stated that eighteen months ago he had an attack of acute rheumatism with pain in the chest & palpitation, from which he entirely recovered, and had enjoyed very good health up to a month ago’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, joints

Type of incident: n/a

George Bell, 53, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1845
Date of death: 3 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Adherent pericardium. Heart dilated & atrophied. Laminated coagula in all the cavities resembling the coagula found in aneurysmal sacs. Pulmonary apoplexy. Abdominal viscera congested. Spleen hard and very small
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Stroke (Lungs); Congestion (Abdomen); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of ascites & anasarca, and severe palpitation which symptoms, according to his statement, commenced only three weeks prior to admission. He stated that they began rather suddenly, with palpitation, & that the dropsy shortly afterwards ensued. In answering questions, he admitted that he formerly drank & lived freely, but insisted that latterly he had lived soberly and abtemiously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Okenfull, 33, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1845
Date of death: 14 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Heart dilated, walls thin. Muscular structure soft. Extensive ulceration of large intestine. Kidneys mottled and granular. Liver large, hard and fatty. Spleen soft and grumous
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Kidneys, liver, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that being in good health four months ago, but her bowels having been for some time constipated, she was induced to take a dose of salts, and then for the first time perceived blood in her stools’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Stanmore, 52, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1845
Date of death: 30 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions in left pleura. Cartilagious deposits in sub-pleural pulmonary cellular tissue, right side. Coagula of blood in the pericardium covered over by a delicate membrane. Atheroma in coronary arteries and in aorta. Spleen large, soft and grumous
Disease (standardised): Adhesion (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that for about three months he had been suffering from wandering pains, more particularly affecting the hands & feet, when about two days before admission, the pains became localized in the feet and were very severe’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Ainscombe, 53, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1845
Date of death: 23 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Heart dilated with thin walls and soft muscular structure. Recent pleurisy on both sides. Pulmonary apoplexy and pneumonia. Atheroma in aorta
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Stroke (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Plaque, atheroscelerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'It appeared from this patient’s account that during the two last years she had at times been troubled with palpitation, which for about six months had been almost constant, giving rise to dyspnoea and great general distress, preventing her taking any exertion & rendering her unable during the last three weeks to lie down in bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Rositer, 52, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1845
Date of death: 17 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the peritoneum. Pancreas partly converted into a large cyst containing dark coloured fluid. Old adhesions on both sides of the chest. Pericardium adherent. Heart dilated: walls thin, muscular structure soft
Disease (standardised): Encephaloid disease (Peritoneum); Cyst (Pancreas); Adhesions (Chest); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'It appeared from this patient’s account that though for many years she had been affected with rheumatic gout, and for some years had suffered from palpitation, yet that she was in the enjoyment of her usual health, up to three weeks before admission, at which time she was seized with pain in the loins, & pain, spasms, & a sense of fluttering in the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Turner, 45, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1845
Date of death: 16 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Large abscess in the neighbourhood of the shoulder, communicating with that joint. Viscera healthy
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Shoulder)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of gout principally affecting the feet & knees, and of slight cough, & sore back. He stated that he had suffered from gout during the last eight months, but that during the last three weeks, he had felt so weak & unwell as to be induced to keep to his bed, and that during this period, his back had become quite sore’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Morris, 63, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1845
Date of death: 26 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised):

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'As there was no post mortem examination, no history of the case is given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined, at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Milsom, 26, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1845
Date of death: 17 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Lungs congested with lobular grey hepatisation. Slight pleurisy on both sides. Heart dilated, pale & very thin. Slight peritonitis. Patches of lymph in spleen which was congested. Cyst, containing foul suppuration in cellular tissue of fallopian tube
Disease (standardised): Hepatisation (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Spleen); Cyst (Fallopian tube)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of occasional vomiting, & constant nausea of some months’ duration, of pains in all her limbs, and of pain in the left hypochondriac region, of occasional palpitation, & a slight hacking cough. Her sister stated that these symptoms had existed several months, & her medical man had uniformly told her that they were hysterical’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Edward Saunders, 62, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1845
Date of death: 16 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Universal anasarca. Heart dilated & slightly hypertrophied. Fluid in right pleura. Kidneys granular & coagulated. Spleen congested
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, lungs, kidneys, spleen)

Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of collapse, unable to give a distinct account of himself. He was suffering from urgent dyspnoea, his extremities were perfectly cold’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Rownsley, 40, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1845
Date of death: 7 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Effusion in sub-arachnoid tissue. Recent pleurisy & old adhesions. White patch on heart. Blood fluid. Capsule of liver much thickened. Deposits in cortical structure of kidneys, apparently scrofulous. Pelvis etc inflamed. Pus in urine
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, kidneys); Inflammation (Pelvis); Suppuration (Bladder); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of almost total paralysis of the lower and partial loss of power over the upper extremities, but without loss of sensation, of great pain in the head, attended by much giddiness, of a ringing noise in the head giving rise to some deafness, of pain in the abdomen, & of pains in all his limbs, but more particularly the shin bones […] It was elicited that during the last six months he had lived a very irregular life, and had suffered greatly from syphilis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Ratcliffe, 45, Chaffenter

Occupation or role: Chaffenter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 May 1845
Date of death: 29 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of the larynx with warty exerescences and diffuse cellular inflammation of the pharynx & larynx, spreading to the cellular tissue of the neck. Phthisis & pneumonia. Heart dilated, blood fluid. Tubercles in kidneys. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the arm, with spots of ecchymosis in various parts of the body
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Inflammation (Pharynx, larynx, neck); Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Ecchymosis (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted under the surgeon’s for double hydrocele, which had existed a very considerable period. On the 24th however he was transferred to the physician for cough, shortness of breath, and inability to swallow, when the following history was elicited. It appeared that he was a chaffenter by trade, and about a year ago had coughed up about [6 ounces] of blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, larynx, thorax, abdomen, right superior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

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