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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1858
Date of death: 20 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Phthisis. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This lad was brought to the hospital in a state which showed that he had been very much neglected. He was then in a dying state, quite delirious, & unable to give any account of his feelings. It appeared that before Christmas he had been in University College Hospital with remittent(?) fever. After leaving the hospital in January he came home & never seemed to rally thoroughly, creeping about the house & existing rather than living. He had no nurse to attend upon him & was consequently in an extremely filthy condition’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1854
Date of death: 23 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver with peculiar deposit of fat
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man stated that he had suffered from an attack of cold with pain in chest and in right side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1851
Date of death: 12 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Death by coma & delirium. Jaundice. Almost universal destruction of the true texture of the liver accompanied by the deposition of much fat
Disease (standardised): Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Nervous system); Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Bence Jones, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad stated that his illness was only of a week’s duration, during which he had suffered from sickness & pain at the pit of the stomach and his skin had been of a yellow hue, his water had been of a darker colour than usual, he believed as long as a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1857
Date of death: 17 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This man had been suffering from pain in the right side five of six weeks, which gradually become more violent and was accompanied by cough and pain in the left side also.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1861
Date of death: 17 Jul 1861
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration and perforation of intestines. Malignant disease of Uterus
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient when admitted was constantly vomiting and her abdomen was distended.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundry worker
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1853
Date of death: 12 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Obliteration of the common choledic duct
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Obliteration (Common bile duct)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman whose occupation was in the laundry and admitted that she had taken beer rather freely, was admitted with very deep coloured jaundice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1866
Date of death: 24 Aug 1866
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman admitted in a very cachectic and low condition, and gave a history of rheumatism six months back, followed by diarrhoea and swelling in the right iliac fossa.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1856
Date of death: 10 Oct 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the Stomach
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: For a long time this woman had been subject to indigestion which had been worse during the last three months. The bowels had been confined for sixteen days before admission and she had constant vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1855
Date of death: 17 Nov 1855
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman had enjoyed good health until five months ago when she began to experience pain in the left iliac region. She then noticed some lumps in that part, which increased rapidly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1849
Date of death: 8 Jul 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Enlarged bronchial glands. Heart healthy. Extensive ulceration of the small & commencement of the large intestine. Enlarged mesenteric glands
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlargement (Mesenteric glands)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This girl had been in the hospital 8 or 9 months previously with dropsy consequent on scarlet fever, from which she had completely recovered before leaving, but she had suffered more or less ever since from diarrhoea. The abdomen had been swelled & very tender for several weeks, and she said the legs had also been swelled, but were not so on admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1863
Date of death: 18 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of peritoneum. Perforation of intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had had good health until five months before her admission, when during menstruation the catamenia suddenly ceased, and had never reappeared.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1847
Date of death: 13 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Adhesions of pleura. Pulmonary extravasation and hepatisation of lung. Pericarditis. Enlarged heart with great dilatation. Old peritonitis. Contracted liver. Diseased kidneys. Mucous membrane of stomach very vascular.
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver);Disease (Kidney) ; Disease (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This woman was admitted suffering from palpitation and dyspnoea, accompanied by cough and frequent vomiting, and some little oedema of the lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 May 1847
Date of death: 26 Jun 1847
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions of pleura. Flabby heart and contracted aortic valves. Ascites and peritonitis. Cirrhosis of liver. Large kidneys with numerous cysts.
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney);Cysts (Kidney)

Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient reported that she had enjoyed tolerable health up to three or four months ago, when her abdomen became enlarged, and has gradually increased in size up to the present time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1854
Date of death: 20 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration & thickened walls of stomach. Symptoms not unlike cholera
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This young woman stated that she had suffered 9 weeks before her admission from pleurisy. Since that time she had not been able to eat or keep any solid food on her stomach. She was much emaciated, had not menstruated for 6 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1852
Date of death: 1 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous carcinoma of the pylorus and part of the parietes of the stomach. Old double pleurisy and patch on the heart. Vomica in the right lung
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Vomicae (Lung)
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 woman applied for admission on account of a lump which she said had been forming in her side since the week before Christmas.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1847
Date of death: 27 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Old pleuritic adhesions. Tubercles chiefly in lower lobes of lung and abscess. Peritonitis giving rise to a band of lymph passing in front of small intestine and causing constriction of bowel. Abscess in connection with ulceration of large intestine.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Constriction (Intestines); Abscess (Intestines);Ulcer (Intestines)

Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This woman was admitted in a cachectic condition. It appeared that about two weeks ago she was suddenly seized with most acute pain at the lower part of the abdomen on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1855
Date of death: 7 Oct 1855
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma and ulceration of stomach. Fibrin in abdominal veins
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach); Ulcer (Stomach); Thrombosis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: For eight or nine weeks previous to her admission her legs had swollen a great deal which she attributed to constant standing at her work. Her bowels were very costive and she began to feel pain in the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stationer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1865
Date of death: 20 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Primary abscess of liver
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Nine days ago a rigor occurred leaving him weakened and unequal to his work. To days after this he had some abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Oct 1867
Date of death: 18 Oct 1867
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: A married woman, mother of fourteen children. She had suffered from asthma for several winters and had had an attack of rheumatism eighteen months before admission. For twelve months she had had dropsy and since that time had one or two attacks of pneumonia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Postman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1862
Date of death: 4 Jul 1862
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis from obstruction and ulceration of vermiform appendix
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Obstruction (Appendix); Ulcer (Appendix)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: A week before admission this man was attended with pain in the abdomen and obstinate constipation followed by diarrhoea and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1864
Date of death: 25 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'A large-framed man, deeply jaundiced, a cabdriver representing himself as of very sober habits. He had noticed the yellow colour of his skin for two weeks and had formerly had an attack of jaundice lasting for two months at the beginning of the year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pot boy
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1845
Date of death: 1 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Delirium Tremens. Brain wet. Slight extravasation of blood in arachnoid. Heart dilated and atrophied with flaccid muscular structure. Patches of atheroma about valves and aorta. Blood fluid. Lungs congested. Liver fatty.
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain ); Disease (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Lung); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient had lost his appetite, unable to sleep well and had become extensively nervous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1854
Date of death: 26 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys & liver. Blood extravasation in lungs & under the scalp. Wet brain. Fluid in the cerebral ventricles
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient alleged that he had been in perfectly good health till 3 days before, when his legs began to swell, and a red rash had come out on the following day’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1857
Date of death: 16 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposit in pleura, peritoneum, liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been feeling weaker and getting thinner for six weeks. He complained of pain at the lower part of the abdomen with nausea, occasional vomiting and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 46
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1854
Date of death: 27 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’
Post mortem notes: 'The body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a