Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Mar 1851 Date of death: 10 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Double pleurisy. Miliary tubercles & vomicae on both sides of the chest & slight ulceration of the lining membrane of the caecum & lower part of the ileum. Fatty liver Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Ulcer (Caecum, ileum); Disease (Liver) 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: 'Complained of cough of about 6 weeks’ standing with some hoarseness of voice, and considerable emaciation. He would not allow that he had been previously subject to cough, although he ‘might have had occasional colds’, and had never spit blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Apr 1853 Date of death: 7 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Extensive bronchitis Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung) 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: He was admitted with cough of more than two years standing and spitting yellow phlegm. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Nov 1842 Date of death: 21 Dec 1842 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Old pericarditis. Valves thickened. Endocarditis. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Feb 1850 Date of death: 2 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Emphysema. Paracentesis Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Emphysema (Lung); Paracentesis (Lung) 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 patient had passed through a very severe attack of confluent small pox only seven weeks before admission, and his convalescence was scarcely complete when he began to have cough and severe pain in the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Feb 1849 Date of death: 7 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Pneumothorax. Empyema. Tubercles & vomicae in the left lung. Congested liver. Fibrinous block in the spleen Disease (standardised): Pneumothorax (Lungs); Empyema (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Congestion (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This girl stated that she had been only ill during 3 weeks previous to her admission, that she had enjoyed good health up to the period, and although having a delicate complexion was in pretty good condition. She complained of catching pain under the left breast, which interfered with her coughing or drawing a deep breath, & said she could not lye on that side at night’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 31 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Mar 1852 Date of death: 20 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs. Old and recent pleurisy. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen) 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: This person stated that she had suffered from cough and spitting during the previous twelve months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Mar 1847 Date of death: 08 Apr 1847 Disease (transcribed): Acute pleurisy with pneumonia. Red and grey hepatisation of the lung. Kidneys rather large and granular. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Wilson, James Arthur Medical notes: This patient was taken three days before admission with severe rigors, headache, vertigo, and vomiting, accompanied by general pains in the limbs, and by great muscular depression. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Apr 1851 Date of death: 4 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Tubercle & vomicae in the upper lobe of the right lung & the lower one of the left lung. Recent pleurisy on both sides. Contraction of the mitral orifice of the heart & thickening of the anterior flap of the valve & of the chordae tendineae Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart) 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: 'This patient was admitted evidently in a pretty far advanced stage of phthisis. She had suffered from cough for many years, but she had caught fresh cold last November, and had been very much worse ever since. The catamenia [menstruation] had then ceased. She was much emaciated, had night sweats, with shortness of breathing, & pretty abundant expectoration. She had never spit blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Apr 1844 Date of death: 27 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Bronchitis. Pneumonia. Peculiar growths connected with the intervertebral cartilage and by this projection pressing upon the spinal marrow. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Tumour (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a complete loss of all power over the lower extremities, the sensation remaining perfect. He attributed it to a strain in the back about 30 months previously whilst drawing a heavy carriage out of the coach house. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and spinal cord Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Apr 1845 Date of death: 12 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with old & recent pleurisy. Lungs congested. Heart dilated. Tubercular ulceration of small intestine Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a partial state of collapse, stating that he had suffered from cough for months, and had frequent haemoptysis. He was too weak to undergo a stethoscopic examination’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Oct 1842 Date of death: 16 Dec 1842 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Tubercular deposits in Bronchial glands. Ulceration of large intestine. Calcareous deposit in falx. Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Calculi (Spinal cord) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital for a severe and constant pain in the head. He had not suffered from fits. Some little time after his admission he had fever, of which he ultimately died. The severe pain in the head continued up to the time of his death. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Dec 1847 Date of death: 30 Apr 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis with enormous effusion of purulent fluid into the cavity of the pleura. Amputation of the leg. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Suppuration (Pleural cavity); Amputation (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur. Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Sep 1848 Date of death: 1 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Compressed lung. Old pericarditic adhesions. Old pleuritic adhesions. Anasarca. Nutmeg liver. Granular kidney Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lungs); Disease (Heart, lungs); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'The period of this man’s illness had extended to 6 months before his admission. He stated that it had commenced with sickness & vomiting, followed by swelling of ankles, distention of abdomen, giving in to shortness of breath & a sense of constriction across the chest. There was at his admission some oedema of ankles, the distention of the abdomen consisted chiefly of flatus. His complexion was of a yellowing cast’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Nurse Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Apr 1844 Date of death: 25 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleurisy. Heart enlarged. Left ventricle dilated. Kidneys granular. Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Granular (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood Medical notes: The patient was one of the night nurses at St George’s Hospital, and had previously been suffering from a slight catarrh. On the 7th April she was seized with a rigor accompanied by a severe pain in the head and left with a feeling of great ‘coldness at the chest; when it subsided. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Mar 1845 Date of death: 9 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles, without vomicae, in the lungs. Recent pleurisy. Old adhesions. Red hepatisation of both lungs. Larynx ulcerated Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Lungs); Hepatisation (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient stated that about eight months previous to admission, he caught cold, lost his voice, and began to cough. That up to that time he had enjoyed excellent health, but that since that time, he had constantly been annoyed by a short, hacking cough and sore throat’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 May 1841 Date of death: 21 May 1841 Disease (transcribed): Mottled & granular kidneys. Inflammation of trachea. Bronchi-lungs Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Inflammation (Trachea); Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jan 1841 Date of death: 18 May 1841 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis. Ascites. Haemorrhage in peritoneum after tapping Disease (standardised): Fibrosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Bleeding Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This patient had been twice tapped’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jan 1848 Date of death: 12 Jan 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pleuro pneumonia, with emphysema. Pericarditis and large quantity of pus in cavity. Dilatation of heart. Diseased liver and kidneys Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This man stated that with the exception of an attack of jaundice about fourteen months ago, he had enjoyed excellent health up to about three weeks since when he was seized with rigors and vomiting succeeded by pain in the epigastric and precordial regions. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Mar 1848 Date of death: 24 Apr 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pleuro pneumonia. Granular kidneys with cysts. Caries of dorsal and lumbar vertebrae. Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney); Caries (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This woman reported that she had an attack of influenza in the December last, and since that time had suffered much from cough and debility. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and vertebrae Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 22 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Apr 1848 Date of death: 21 Apr 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pleuro pneumonia with adhesion of the pleura. Extensive ulceration of bowels. Enlarged mesenteric glands. Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Adhesion (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlarged (Mesenteric glands) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was attacked about a fortnight before with rigors, and all the usual symptoms of fever, followed in a short time by cough and pain in the left side of the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 13 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Apr 1853 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic fever followed by pneumonia and pericarditis. Diseased heart and valves. Sudden death Disease (standardised): Rheumatic fever (Tissues); Pneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart) 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: The mother reported that her child's illness ad commenced with an attack of rheumatism a month before. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Feb 1855 Date of death: 16 Mar 1855 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Encephaloid disease of the Liver Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Cancer (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man stated that his illness had come on three months before his admission, with loss of appetite and feeling of ill health subsequently followed by cough and shortness of breath. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Mar 1851 Date of death: 20 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca & ascites. Enlarged & fatty heart. Dilatation of the cavities. Enlargement of auriculo-ventricular orifices, specially the left one but without much valvular affection. Old pericarditis & also old pleurisy on left side. Congested liver Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Liver) 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: 'This patient was admitted with dropsy, the legs having begun to swell about a week previously. He had had frequent attacks during 2 years past from which he had always more or less perfectly recovered; and had begun to suffer much from palpitation and dyspnoea, which had become more severe during the last month or 6 weeks accompanied by cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 03 Mar 1847 Date of death: 26 Mar 1847 Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Compressed lung from thickening of pleura. Specs of atheroma on aorta. Cirrhosis of liver with ascites. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Compressed (Lung); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur. Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient whose whole appearance was indicative of ill-health was admitted with an abscess over the sacrum, the result of an injury received some time previously. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 21 Date of admission: 22 Mar 1854 Date of death: 23 Mar 1854 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis connected with, apparently, rapid & extensive deposition of miliary scrofulous deposit in the lungs Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung) Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of great prostration and exhaustion, and unable to bear the fatigue of careful examination, or to give any detailed history of his case’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen