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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1845
Date of death: 22 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions. Phthisis. Upper lobe, left lung, converted into one large vomica. Pneumonia. Tubercular ulceration of intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Vomica (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); 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 complained of great debility, which had been gradually coming on during the last six months. The catamenia [menstruation] had been absent during this period, and she attributed her ill health to this circumstance. She was much emaciated, and her countenance was extremely anxious, he complexion pallid.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1844
Date of death: 11 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old and recent pleurisy. Heart thin and dilated. Slight atheroma in aorta. Tubercles in intestine and mesenteric gland etc
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Intestines, mesenteric glands)

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: 'Stated that he had for many years been particularly subject to catch cold on slight exposure, and that during the last year & half had been annoyed by a slight tickling cough, unaccompanied by expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1844
Date of death: 13 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of liver, with colloid deposit in the pylorus. Old pericarditis and pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Encephaloid disease (Liver); Deposit (Stomach); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)

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: 'Stated that the catamenia [menstruation] ceased about 4 months prior to admission, and that just at the first returning period she vomited about a pint of dark-coloured blood, and since that time, the catamenia having re-appeared, her nose has bled considerably at the end of each successive month’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1845
Date of death: 2 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the aorta with an ulcerated opening into the oesophagus, but blocked up by fibrinous coagule. Aorta atheromatous
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Ulcer (Oesophagus); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of inability to swallow, of nine months’ duration, which first began with slight uneasiness, & an occasional sense of choking on attempting to eat quickly. She stated that these symptoms had gradually increased in severity, and during the last month had been accompanied by a constant hacking cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1845
Date of death: 3 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Effusion in the sub-arachnoid tissue. Phthisis with old adhesions. Tubercular ulceration of intestinal canal
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient, an habitual drunkard, stated that he had not enjoyed good health for the last 18 months. That during that time he has had no appetite, and has been gradually getting thinner, but without any very obvious cause’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1844
Date of death: 14 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy. Ulceration of the small and large intestine with enlargement and scrofulous deposits in the mesenteric glands. Liver fatty
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Deposit (Stomach); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'Stated that having always enjoyed very good health, and having always been perfectly regular, the catamenia [menstruation] suddenly ceased about 9 months ago. That she then without any pain, began to get weaker & weaker, and that she had continued gradually wasting up to the present time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1845
Date of death: 12 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Recent pleurisy, left side. Phthisis. Ulceration of larynx, epiglottis etc. Tubercular ulceration of small intestine with tubercular deposit in mesenteric glands. Blood for the greater part fluid
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs, mesenteric glands); Ulcer (Larynx, epiglottis, intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of debility, tightness across the chest, and sore throat. The medical man who had attended her at her home, stated that for months she had been subject to cough, accompanied by some little frothy mucus expectoration. That about six weeks ago, she suffered from a severe attack of pneumonia which left her in an extremely weak state’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx, trachea

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1845
Date of death: 20 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs, with pneumo-thorax (left side). Ulceration of intestine, especially of appendix coeci
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumothorax (Lungs); 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 complaining of dyspnoea, ocugh & pain in the chest. He stated that he had suffered from cough during the last six months, but that the great pain in the chest & dyspnoea had only existed about three weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 May 1845
Date of death: 26 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Large petechial spots on the skin. Old adhesions of lungs & liver. Liver hypertrophied, structure condensed, cellular membrane thickened. Stomach filled with black fluid. No blood in the heart, except a small, fibrinous clot
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Disease (Lungs, liver, stomach)

Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient, an habitual free drinker, was admitted complaining of cough, pain in the region of the liver, some slight ascites, and anasarca of the lower extremities. He stated that during the last two years he had frequently suffered from acute pain in the region of the liver’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Oct 1844
Date of death: 28 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions on both sides of the chest. On the left side circumscribed. Recent inflammation. Phthisis. Tubercles in the mesentery. Hypertrophy of the liver
Disease (standardised): Adhesion (Chest); Inflammation (Chest); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver)
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 complaining of cough & pain in the chest. He stated that he had suffered more or less from cough during the last eight months, but that during the last week, the cough had become much more severe & accompanied by a sharp, cutting pain on the left side of the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1845
Date of death: 30 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions. Phthisis. Extensive tubercular ulceration of the intestines. Mottling degeneration of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Adhesion; Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
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 exhaustion, consequent on protracted cough, diarrhoea and constant vomiting. He stated that during the last nine months he had suffered from cough, which at intervals had become worse & accompanied by severe pain in the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1845
Date of death: 3 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Chronic ulcer of the stomach, in the lesser curvature, 3 inches from the oesophagus. Fatal haemorrhage. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Hemorrhage; Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
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 with swelling of the abdomen, reported to be of only a fortnight’s duration. He stated that a fortnight ago, being in tolerably good health, he flet a great weight in the epigastrium which began to swell’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1845
Date of death: 8 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx. Phthisis and old adhesions. Heart dilated and flaccid. Recent peritonitis. Mottling degeneration of the kidneys. Tubercular ulceration of the small intestines
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Pharynx); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had suffered more or less from cough during the last 12 months, and had frequently had slight haemoptysis. That during the last two months he had suffered from fistula in ano, and about the same time from pain across the loins and general anasarca’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1845
Date of death: 10 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Extensive ulceration of the larynx and destruction of the thyroid cartilage. Tubercular ulceration of the small intestine. Tubercles in kidneys & mesenteric glands. Old & recent adhesions on both sides of the chest
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx); Tuberculosis (Intestines, kidneys, mesenteric glands); Adhesions (Chest)

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 complaining of cough, pain in the chest & hoarseness, diarrhoea and debility. He stated that he had suffered more or less form cough during the last ten months, and once or twice had slight haemoptysis, but had altogether been much less troubled by his cough than by the shortness of breath on making the slightest exertion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1845
Date of death: 17 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Meningeal apoplexy. Fluid on the surface of the brain. Bloody fluid in the ventricles. Heart dilated, walls thin and flaccid. Blood fluid in the cavities of the heart. Kidneys granular. Liver slightly hypertrophied
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Disease (Heart, kidneys, liver)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'It appeared from the friend’s account, that this man who was employed in the Duke of Wellington’s kitchen, had occasionally been subject to fits during the last 20 years. That about two years ago he had a fit of an apoplectic character, which was followed by partial hemiplegia’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1845
Date of death: 22 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice, ascites & anasarca. Scirrhus of the stomach and of the sub-peritoneal cellular tissue, both parietal and visceral and pressing upon the gall ducts in the neighbourhood of the transverse fissure of the liver
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Scirrhus (Stomach, abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'It appeared from this patient’s account that without any obvious reason, he had lost flesh considerably during the last eight months, That he had during this period occasionally suffered slight pain in the region of the liver, and had been greatly trouble with ordinary dyspeptic symptoms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1845
Date of death: 28 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice, without any obstruction of any of the gall ducts. Intense inflammation of the mucous membrane of the large intestine. Spleen large and very hard
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Inflammation (Intestines); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'It appeared from this patient’s statement that she was in perfect health up to five weeks ago, at which time she had slight rigors and headache, throbbing in the epigastrium and some little sickness. In the course of a few days these symptoms subsided, but she became slightly jaundiced, & out of spirits, but not so as to prevent her following her vocation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, lower extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1844
Date of death: 18 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Tumours of a peculiar nature in the liver. Chronic inflammation of mucous membranes of intestines. Kidneys mottled
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tumour (Liver); Inflammation (Intestines); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'Stated that she had been subject to spasmodic cough during the last 7 years, which has become rather worse within the few last months. About eight months ago, she began to be troubled with constant pain at the epigastrium, accompanied by frequent nausea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1845
Date of death: 2 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumonia. Ulceration of larynx and caecum. Pleurisy. Ascites. Cirrhosis of liver. Spleen much congested
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx, caecum); Pleurisy (Lungs); Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
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 under the care of the surgeon’s, labouring under haemorrhoids. After he had been in the house a short time, he was transferred to the physician for cough and haemoptysis. It then appeared that he had been suffering more or less from cough for a period of nine months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1845
Date of death: 30 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Large polypus of the small intestine producing invagination of the gut. Acute peritonitis with old adhesions of the small intestine to various parts. Heart dilated and flaccid
Disease (standardised): Polyps (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had been ailing ever since Easter, with pain in abdomen, which was at first attended by violent constipation of eight days’ duration, but since that time had been accompanied by almost constant diarrhoea. The pain is extremely severe, & has been particularly so during the last few days, attended by rigors’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1845
Date of death: 31 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Mottling degeneration of the kidneys. Erysipelas and inflammation of pharynx & larynx
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart, kidneys, liver); Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Pharynx, 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 who had been attending the hospital at intervals as out-patient for many months, suffering from enlargement of the heart, & diseased kidney with albuminous urine, was admitted in a state of collapse, his extremities cold, his pulse almost imperceptible. It appeared from the friends’ account that during the last three weeks he had been extremely ill’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1845
Date of death: 2 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ascites and anasarca. False membranes with puncta of blood on the free surface of the parietal arachnoid. Opacity & thickening of visceral arachnoid with effusion in the sub-arachnoid tissue. Yellow spot in left corpus striatum. Head dilated & atrophied. Liver slightly contracted etc.
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Brain); Disease (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have suffered greatly from anasarca during the last 7 months. It was also stated that at her delivery, which took place about six weeks before admission, there was considerable flooding and that subsequently the anasarca had entirely disappeared’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1845
Date of death: 4 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Universal jaundice. Chronic and recent peritonitis. Liver compressed by the deposition of large masses of lymph on its surface and slightly affected with cirrhosis. Ducts pervious throughout their course. Heart dilated and atrophied. Lungs loaded with frothy serum
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart, lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under Dr Seymour [Edward Seymour] about the middle of last year labouring under some little ascites, oedema of the lower extremities, & severe palpitation, with irregular pulse & turgid pulsating jugular veins’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a