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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851
Date of death: 1 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Albuminous urine. Ascites. Dyspnoea. Palpitation. Convulsions. Clot in the ventricles and left optic thalamus of the brain. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Dyspnoea (Lung); Palpitation (Heart); Seizures (Brain); Thrombosis (Brain);Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with considerable anasarca. It appeared that his legs had first begun to swell about twelve months before, and latterly also his abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1855
Date of death: 1 Jan 1856
Disease (transcribed): Extensive deposit of urate of soda in connection with the joints. Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Deposits (Joints); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from gout more or less eighteen years. He was exposed to damp a good deal during the week preceding his admission, and pain came on in his knees, ankles and shoulder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and knee joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1871
Date of death: 30 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Suppuration in right knee joint. Bed sores. Pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Suppuration (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had had pain about the body for some time. They began to be very severe about two weeks ago, giving him much pain on moving in the right knee and ankle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, joints, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1854
Date of death: 8 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of bones of the right wrist. Phthisis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Wrist); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who was extremely pale & thin & had all the aspect of a consumptive patient, was admitted under the surgeon’s care in consequence of strumous disease of the right wrist, which had existed according to his account for more than a year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wrist joint, abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1853
Date of death: 12 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Head symptoms. Diseased kidneys. Enormously dilated ventricle of brain. Enlarged heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was admitted in a state of great confusion of mind with tremulous movements and a large oedematous tongue, having the appearance of salivation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1874
Date of death: 14 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was attacked with pain across his body beginning two months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 22 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Heart enlarged. Dilatation of its cavities & hypertrophy of left ventricle. Calcareous deposits on aortic & mitral valve flaps. Old double pleurisy. Recent pleurisy on right side. Disease of kidneys. Atheroma of aorta
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones [Henry Bence Jones] in November 1850, complaining of cough & ‘stoppage of the breath’ which had then lasted more than a month. His general health continued good, and he had no previous illness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1854
Date of death: 11 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased bladder. Purulent deposits in kidneys. Remains of an old haematocele?
Disease (standardised): Disease (Bladder); Deposit (Kidney); Haematocele (Genitalia)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old man, who was in a state of senile dementia, was admitted on account of a difficulty in making water, which had existed, it was said, about 8 days. He could give no intelligible account of his disease & was in a very weak condition’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, scrotum, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 May 1856
Date of death: 11 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man said that he had been complaining of feeling giddy for three weeks. He was evidently dying of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1852
Date of death: 1 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits and vomicae in both lungs. Hepatized lung on one side. Hypertrophied heart with white patches on its surface. Atheromatous state of the general arterial system. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was admitted reporting himself to have been ill for nine weeks with a bad cough, but having evidently suffered from it for a considerable time previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1852
Date of death: 4 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Severe epistaxis. Coma. Fluid in the ventricles and sub-arachnoidean tissues. Deposit of bone in the arachnoid membrane. Hypertrophied heart. Adherent pericardium. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Epistaxis (Nose); Coma (Brain); Fluid (Brain); Deposits (Brain); Disease (Heart);Disease (Kidney)
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: He was admitted with Rheumatism of rather an acute form which had been coming on for several days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1852
Date of death: 4 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Recent lymph in right pleural sac and abdominal cavity and pericardium. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Lymph (Pleura); Lymph (Abdomen); Lymph (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
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 was admitted originally in January stating that his legs had swelled for three or four months and he complained of cough, tightness of the chest and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1854
Date of death: 20 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'Reported to have been long ailing but only confined to bed 9 or 10 days, with cough & shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 May 1851
Date of death: 29 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Double pleurisy. Pneumonia in lower lobe of right lung. Tubercle in the apex of both lungs. Incipient disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man had been left in charge of a house after the death of its owner, who was his mistress, and it appeared that in consequence of being by himself, he had been much neglected, and his illness had been allowed to go on unheeded. He was reported by the person who accompanied him to have been delirious in the preceding night. His illness was dated so far back as the beginning of March, when it was said that he first suffered from pain in the chest which was followed by diarrhoea, and accompanied by some cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1855
Date of death: 29 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: During the autumn he had been a patient of Dr Nairne for dropsy and albuminuria. After being under treatment a long time, he went out on family business and caught a severe chill which much aggravated all his symptoms. In addition to the anasarca he had a severe cough and the heart's action was found greatly increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1868
Date of death: 27 Apr 1868
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Morbus brightii. Cirrhosis of liver.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been ill for four months, and for three months the legs and scrotum had been oedematous.
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: 26
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1854
Date of death: 30 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae, some containing blood. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with pretty severe haemoptysis, which had been of 3 weeks’ duration before his admission. He said he had had cough from childhood, but had never spit blood before’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1852
Date of death: 23 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs and kidneys. Double pleural adhesions and diseased kidneys. Effusion of purulent fluid and lymph in the sub-arachnoidean tissues of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Kidney); Suppuration (Brain); Lymph (Brain)
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 been ailing about six months, and had certainly been losing flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1870
Date of death: 20 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pleuro-pneumonia. Granular kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a moribund state, cyanosed with great dyspnoea. He was delirious and could give no clear account of himself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1851
Date of death: 10 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing ulcer of the cheek. Diseased & congested kidneys. Sacculated bladder & enlarged prostate. Hypertrophied heart. Thickening of aortic & mitral valves, & contraction of mitral orifice. Old pleurisy on left side
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Cheek); Disease (Kidneys, bladder, prostate, heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was by birth an Italian, by profession a painter, he had lived for some time past in great poverty, not having been able to afford himself sufficient nourishment. He was in a state of emaciation & debility on his admission to the hospital, & there was considerable dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1853
Date of death: 30 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Effusion of blood into the pleural sac to a great extent. Friable lung. Slightly diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Effusion (Pleura); Friable (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He had attended for three days as an out patient on account of a fracture of the ribs on the left side which had been caused by the kick of a horse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Literary man
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1852
Date of death: 26 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fibrinous effusions into peritoneal and pleural cavities. Diseased kidneys and spleen with old pleural adhesions. Fluid blood
Disease (standardised): Fibrin (Abdomen); Fibrin (Pleura); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Spleen); Adhesions (Pleura); Fluid (Blood)
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 complaining of rheumatism of a subacute form.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium and blood
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1854
Date of death: 3 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Albumenous urine. Epileptic convulsions
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidney); Epilepsy (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1853
Date of death: 4 Jun 1853
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of the foot. Atheromatous state of the femoral arteries to a slight extent. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Foot); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Six weeks before his admission he noticed a small sore between the second and third toes of the left foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Blood vessels of the lower extremities, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Date of admission: 6 May 1854
Date of death: 9 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Hypertophy & dilatation of heart, diseased valves. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient presented on admission a remarkable degree of emaciation of the face & upper part of the body, with considerable anasarca of the lower extremities & superficial ulceration of the skin’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a