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[No name] Sharpe, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: n/a
Date of admission: Feb 1841
Date of death: 24 Feb 1841
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of aorta. Inflammation of lungs
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Inflammation (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, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Bertram Harmer, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1841
Date of death: 27 Mar 1841
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Kidneys mottled and granular
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
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, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Pinchin, 24, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1841
Date of death: 12 Apr 1841
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery. Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Blood vessels); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'In this case the secretion from the salivary glands was of a yellowish colour; a fortnight previous to her death the patient menstruated, the linen that she then made use of was stained of a yellowish colour’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium, knee-joint

Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Ricketts, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1841
Date of death: 6 May 1841
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of larynx. Ossification and necrosis of thyroid cartilage
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Necrosis (Larynx)
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

Type of incident: n/a

George Whitchurch, 52, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1841
Date of death: 31 May 1841
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Effusion of blood in pleura and pericardium. Liver granular. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura, pericardium); Disease (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum)
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, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Butler, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1841
Date of death: 17 Jul 1841
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles in the cerebellum. Softening of the septum lucidum. Tubercles in the lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Tuberculosis (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: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Hudson, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1841
Date of death: 30 Jul 1841
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous affection of antrum. Partial arachnitis
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Skull); Arachnoiditis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Morton, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1841
Date of death: 4 Aug 1841
Disease (transcribed): Ecchymosis of stomach. Mottling degeneration of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ecchymosis (Skin); Disease (Kidneys)
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, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Walker, 64, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1841
Date of death: 12 Oct 1841
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and dilatation of left ventricle. Granular degeneration of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys)
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, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Gadsby, 32, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1841
Date of death: 25 Nov 1841
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy with dilatation of heart. Diseased valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
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, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Hodges, 24, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1841
Date of death: 10 Dec 1841
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular phthisis. Extensive ulceration of intestinal canal
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
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, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Bance, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1842
Date of death: 27 Jan 1842
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of intervertebral substance between the 5th & 6th cervical vertebrae. Fractured sternum
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Spine); Fracture (Sternum)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
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, lungs, heart, spinal column

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Henry C. Benn, 29, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1851
Date of death: 26 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles of lungs. Pleurisy. Heart dilated. Nutmeg liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart, 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 had suffered from cough and spitting for more than 12 months, but had been very much relieved during the summer, and only become worse since winter again set in. He had spit up about ½ a pint of blood 9 weeks ago, and had been very much worse ever since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Gould, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 May 1851
Date of death: 18 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca. Hypertrophy of heart with thickening of the flaps of aortic & mitral valves, & mitral valve constriction. Slight dilatation of the arch & root of aorta. Low double pneumonia. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
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, a married woman who had borne 11 children, alleged that her illness was only of about a month’s duration. Since then she had suffered from cough & palpitation & shortness of breath, & 3 weeks ago first the right & then the left leg had swelled, and subsequently the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Mylam, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1851
Date of death: 27 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Infiltration of tubercular matter in all the lobes of both lungs. Double pleurisy of oldish standing. Bronchitis. ‘White patches’ on the surface of the heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (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 man had been in the hospital about 2 ½ years ago with a slight attack of fever for which he only remained about ten days in the hospital, but he said he had never been well since. He was not subject to cough, and had never suffered from it with the exception of some cough remaining for a short time after leaving the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Dennis Cronan, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1851
Date of death: 28 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca & ascites. Extensive disease of the kidney. Peritonitis. Pleurisy on the left side. Latent tubercle at the apices of the lungs & bronchitis. Considerable disease of the liver
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); 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: 'This patient stated that he had been suffering from cough some 3 or 4 years, though never so badly as now. His legs had for some time back shown a tendency to swell towards night, but he had paid no attention to it; six weeks ago his abdomen had also begun to swell, and the dropsy of the legs had never abated entirely since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Brittan, 58, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 8 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Anasarca. Ascites. Extravasation of blood into the lower lobe of right lung with pleurisy on the same side & coagula in the pulmonary arteries. Hypertrophied heart with some degree of thickening of the flaps of the aortic & mitral valves. Disease of the kidneys & liver
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lungs); Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys, 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 in a very depressed state. She stated that she had been suffering from dropsy since April, the legs having first begun to swell & afterwards the abdomen. Latterly she had experienced great difficulty in breathing, and for the last month had been spitting blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Heywood, 14, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 13 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Albuminous urine. Sarcinae in vomited fluids. Double pleurisy. Chronic pneumonia in the lower lobes of both lungs. Peritonitis. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Albuminuria (Kidneys); Sarcina; Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys)
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 youth had been suffering from general dropsy about 2 months before his admission. He had never suffered from scarlatina and without any previous illness, the swelling had come on after exposure to wet & cold: it had first been observed in the scrotum; he had not experienced pain in the loins’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Parrish, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 5 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the lower lobes of both lungs & surrounding ‘hepatization’. Coagulum in the minute pulmonary arteries. Double pleurisy & bronchitis. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lungs); Hepatization (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
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 complaining chiefly of palpitation & shortness of breath, to which he alleged he had been more or less subject from boyhood, but from which he had suffered very much more during the last 6 months. He had never had rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Frost, 51, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1851
Date of death: 8 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia on the right side of the chest. Pleurisy on the left [& right] of old standing. Bronchitis. Operation of laryngotomy resorted to to relieve dyspnoea depending on supposed disease near or of the larynx. Disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Laryngotomy (Larynx); Dyspnea (Larynx); Disease (Kidneys)
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 on the evening of the 6th December, stated to have been ill only two days, with severe cold which was chiefly marked by difficulty in swallowing & in breathing. When seen next day, altho’ she persisted in stating that she had the same difficulty in swallowing, nothing of any sort could be seen in the pharynx. Her face was expressive of anxiety, her breathing was very hurried, she was exceedingly restless, tossing about in every direction in order to breathe with greater facility’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

William Welsh, 56, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1851
Date of death: 28 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Old double pleural adhesion. Vomicae at apices of both lungs. Cysted kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Adhesion (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Cyst (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted stating that he had been ill only 3 weeks, and complaining of cough & pain in the chest especially of the left side with difficulty of breathing. Pulse was quick & tongue coated, breathing hurried’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Horrigan , 37, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 11 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Double pleurisy of moderately recent date. Scrofulous deposit in both lungs. Bronchitis. Deposit in the glands of intestine. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Deposits (Intestinal mucosa); Disease (Kidneys)
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 had suffered from cough for some time and he gave the ordinary history of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Nicholls, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1852
Date of death: 17 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Spotted fever. Pustules (query secondary deposits)
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Pustules (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Winter, 26, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 May 1852
Date of death: 12 Jun 1852
Disease (transcribed): Giddiness and pain in the head attended by loss of power in the extremities. Dyspnoea and coma came on without convulsions, before death. No sufficient post mortem appearances found
Disease (standardised): Dizziness (General); Pain (Head); Paralysis (Leg); Paralysis (Arm); Dyspnoea (Lung); Coma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: This woman had left her situation two years ago because she was unable to walk well and also felt powerless in her arms which rendered her unfit for service.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal column, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Keys, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1852
Date of death: 13 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Old pleural adhesions on the right side
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Adhesions (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient was admitted under the care of the surgeon complaining that he had had pain at the lower part of the abdomen and inability to pass his urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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