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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1851
Date of death: 19 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of intestines. Congestion of lungs &c
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient said he had been ailing about a fortnight before his admission, but had only been confined to bed 3 days. His illness had commenced with headache, rigors &c’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: 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: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1845
Date of death: 15 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of heart with atrophy of its muscular structure. Aorta dilated and atheromatous. Other viscera, nothing remarkable, except slight congestion of the mucous membrane of the stomach
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Congestion (Stomach)
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: This man was admitted complaining of pain in the epigastrium which increased after taking food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1846
Date of death: 4 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Contraction of small intestine. Emphysema of lungs.
Disease (standardised): Contraction (Intestines); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared that the patient had enjoyed good health up to seven or eight weeks before admission, when she was attacked with sickness and diarrhoea which lasted about three days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Sep 1846
Date of death: 2 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Old pleuritic adhesions. Vomica and tubercles in lung. Dilatation of cavities of heart. Recent peritonitis with purulent effusion into cavity of peritoneum. Large liver. Very large kidneys with large quantities of fat in substance and mottled.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Adhesions (Pleura); Suppuration (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen);Suppuration (Abdomen) ; Disease (Liver) ; Disease (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: It appeared that at various times the patient had suffered from dropsy during the last year and a half, and in October last, had a severe attack, particularly of ascites and an operation of tapping was resorted to.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Fauces, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1848
Date of death: 27 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever. Purpura. Haemorrhage from the bowels.
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Purpura (Skin); Haemorrhage (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: It appeared that this person, having been ailing more or less for a fortnight, was seized with shivering and an eruption had appeared with a sore throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, oesophagus and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1849
Date of death: 16 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Cirrhosis of the liver, old pleuritic adhesions. Thickening of the great omentum
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Lungs); Disease (Peritoneum)
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 person who was rather stout & with a florid complexion was admitted complaining of pain of abdomen, chiefly referred to the right hypochondrium & thence extending into right iliac fossa, with swelling of legs & abdomen. She stated that she had an attack of acute rheumatism 7 years previously, that the menses had now ceased 8 months, but she had enjoyed good [health] till 3 months ago when the legs began to swell. Since then she had suffered from cough, palpitation, shortness of breath, and had observed the abdomen also swelled’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1849
Date of death: 1 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Cholera maligna. Peyerian glands in the small intestine congested. Lumbrici found in the contents of the intestinal tube
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Congestion (Intestines); Oligochaeta (worms) (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'No distinct account was obtained of the circumstances under which this poor boy’s illness had begun. It was only reported that 2 persons were lying dead of cholera in the house from which he was brought. He was in a complete state of collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 13 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Chronic peritonitis. Ascites. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'A man of dissipated habits, and reckless character, who reported that his illness had commenced 3 months ago with severe diarrhoea accompanied by munch abdominal pain for which he had been under treatment, and his complaints were supposed to be inflammation. His stomach soon began to swell, and has been enlarged ever since; subsequently the legs also swelled, and are now rather oedematous’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1850
Date of death: 8 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles and vomicae in lungs. Diseased kidneys. Albuminuria. Granular liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Albuminuria (Kidney); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that having been some years subject to winter cough, he had been seized five days before Christmas with a more severe attack than usual accompanied by haemoptysis, and had never been well since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1852
Date of death: 28 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Ascites (Abdomen); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: An Irish labourer who thought himself a sober man, but acknowledged that he sometimes exceeded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
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: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1854
Date of death: 19 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into brain. Diseased liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man was reported to have eaten a hearty dinner on the day of his admission, and to have been found at 5pm in the stable in a state of stupor; he was at first supposed to be in a state of intoxication, but his friends, feeling alarmed, had got a medical man to see him, who had given him some medicine, after which he had been sick & vomited freely, and his bowel had been freely purged, and at night he was brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 58
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1854
Date of death: 12 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & liver. Atheromatous aorta
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Blood vessels)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man stated that he had suffered very much for 2 or 3 years from shortness of breath on any exertion, with palpitation of the heart. He never had rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1847
Date of death: 23 Apr 1847
Disease (transcribed): Purpura of both legs. Extensive pleurisy with considerable purulent effusion. Lung greatly compressed. Dilatation of cavities of heart. Slight hour glass contraction of stomach
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Leg); Pleurisy (Pleura); Compressed (Lung); Disease (Heart); Contraction (Stomach); Suppuration (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared from the meagre account which could be obtained of his symptoms, that he had long been suffering from could and cough, and on one or two occasions had had slight haemoptysis.
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: 10 Aug 1847
Date of death: 11 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary apoplexy. Diseased heart. Ascites. Diseased liver. Fibrous tumour of the uterus.
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Lung); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Tumour (Uterus)
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 complaining of general uneasiness and pain in the right hypochondrium, of oppression at the chest and palpitation on exertion, and of oedema of the legs of about three weeks duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1854
Date of death: 30 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from diarrhoea two or three days, before any formidable symptoms showed themselves. She procured medicine from a chemist, & stated that what he gave her quite stopped the purging. She was attacked at 4am on the 27th with cramps & sickness & was sent to the hospital within 6 hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1854
Date of death: 30 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'All that could be learnt of this woman before she was brought to the hospital was that she had been seized the previous day with sickness & purging. When her sister-in-law (one of the assistant nurses) went to her house at 10pm she found her in bed complaining of violent cramps. She had also sickness & rice water stools. The nurse gave her a mustard emetic, which was repeated on her admission at 2am the next day, and followed up by a scruple of calomel’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1854
Date of death: 6 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Date of admission: 18 Oct 1854
Date of death: 18 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fever after cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Fever (Systemic)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This boy was brought into the hospital in a moribund state, with a report that he had had a severe attack of cholera, from which he was supposed to be recovering’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1850
Date of death: 7 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): Tumour in connexion with liver?
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed by the friends without examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1850
Date of death: 8 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Suppuration in and round joints. Delirium (with tremor). Ventricles of brain full, congested. Liver loaded. Incipient pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Suppuration (Joints); Delirium (Brain ); Disease (Brain); Disease (Liver); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This case presented on admission very much the character of Acute Rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and articulations
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1859
Date of death: 26 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Partial peritonitis. Diseased liver. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'This man had been an excessive drinker of spirits, chiefly of rum. He had had spitting of blood some time before. One month previously the belly began to swell, he never had any pain except that due to the distention’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, scrotum

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1860
Date of death: 8 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the pylorus
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'A painter, of very dissolute habits […] He had been out of health for some time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1860
Date of death: 4 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pyelitis? Malignant disease of oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Pyelitis (Kidney); Malignant disease (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
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 not examined’

Type of incident: n/a