Occupation or role: Messenger Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Apr 1872 Date of death: 23 Apr 1872 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas faciei. Fatty heart. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This man stated that for the last six months he had had pain in the chest which always became much worse after food, and of late he was subject to cough and spitting. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Mar 1872 Date of death: 15 Mar 1872 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Pleuropneumonia. Endocarditis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Endocarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This man who could give scarcely any history of himself being somewhat delirious, said that for about a year he had had swelling about the body which of late had much increased with cough and some spitting. 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: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Aug 1852 Date of death: 4 Sep 1852 Disease (transcribed): Bloody fluid in the peritoneal, pleural and pericardial cavities. Cysted and fatty kidneys. Dilated and enlarged heart. Enlarged auricular ventricular opening on right side of heart. Extensive atheromatous deposit in the arteries. Fluid blood Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Abdomen); Extravasation (Pleura); Extravasation (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney); Disease (Heart);Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries) ; Fluid (Blood) 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 man stated that he had been subject to occasional swelling of the legs for years. Two or three weeks ago he suffered from pain across the abdomen and a sense of constriction across the epigastrium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Aug 1853 Date of death: 20 Aug 1853 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Fatty heart and kidneys. Intestines ulcerated Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Ulcer (Intestines) 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 in an advanced stage of phthisis, stating that he had never suffered from cough up to six months before, when it had commenced in consequence of exposure to cold and wet. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Butler Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Oct 1872 Date of death: 4 Nov 1872 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Pericarditis. Effusion into both chests. Gout Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Effusion (Thorax); Gout (Joints) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This man stated that a week before admission pain commenced in the knee and ankle, and the pain had gradually increased up to admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Joints, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Broker Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Nov 1875 Date of death: 3 Jan 1876 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This man said he had had dyspnoea for the last ten months, gradually increasing, with slight and occasional cough and spitting for three weeks. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys and liver Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Mar 1881 Date of death: 25 Mar 1881 Disease (transcribed): Continued fever. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'Nothing could be gathered from his friends & relations beyond that he had been severely ill for 7 or 8 days & delirious for the last 48 hours' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Aug 1871 Date of death: 13 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Ulcerative endocarditis. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Syphilis; Endocarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This history taken form notes taken by Mr Noad [Henry Carden Noad] in the absence of the medical registrar. This man had been ill for three months with pain in the praecordial region, with much expectoration of thick mucus but never blood or in anyway at all tinged. There was a family history of phthisis, and syphilis of his own acquiring’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, tonsils
Occupation or role: Still room maid Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Nov 1880 Date of death: 28 Nov 1880 Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Old and recent perinephritis Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Perinephritis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: The patient had her first attack of rheumatism in 1874 and was admitted in 1878. In November 1880 she awoke with a violent headache and in the course of the day, rheumatic pains appeared. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Servant Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Mar 1879 Date of death: 7 Apr 1879 Disease (transcribed): Thrombus in left auricle. Embolism in various organs. Extensive cerebral softening from thrombosis of left internal carotid Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Heart); Embolism (Viscera); Softening (Brain); Thrombosis (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient was admitted aphasic, and pralysed in the right arm, leg and cheek. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, uterus and brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Groom Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Jul 1879 Date of death: 27 Jul 1879 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart (recent and old). Early pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient was quite well until May 28th or 29th when his appetite failed. On the 31st dyspnoea appeared, which steadily increased till admission. There was cough from three or four days later. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and stomach Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 May 1850 Date of death: 22 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidneys. Dilated heart. Emphysema of lungs. Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung) 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 had begun to suffer from swelling of the legs about Christmas. The abdomen had subsequently swollen and latterly sometimes her face and hands. She suffered from dyspnoea and complained of palpitation of the heart. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Sep 1853 Date of death: 20 Sep 1853 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart (Valvular on both sides). Disease of the kidneys. General anasarca Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (General) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman who had been suffering from general anasarca and shortness of breath during the whole summer, stated that she had experiences an attack of rheumatic fever at fifteen years of age. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Aug 1848 Date of death: 24 Sep 1848 Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart and dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: Admitted with a dusky complexion, wheezing respiration, and asthmatic cough, and suffering a good deal from dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Needle woman Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Mar 1868 Date of death: 22 Mar 1868 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Morbus brightii Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Glomerulonephritis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This woman had been ill three months with symptoms of dropsy and swelling of the legs attributed to cold. 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: 20 Apr 1853 Date of death: 6 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Vegetations on the aortic semilunar valves. Fibrinous deposit in the spleen and kidneys Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Fibrin (Spleen); Fibrin (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman stated that she had been ill five weeks. She was then seized by pain in the left side passing across the epigastrium and up the sternum with shortness of breath. 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: 11 Jan 1875 Date of death: 12 Jan 1875 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This woman was admitted with a history that she had had a fall a month previously and hurt her knee and since then the leg had gradually swollen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 65 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Jan 1866 Date of death: 4 Jan 1866 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: Very incomplete notes were taken of this case as she died on the day after admission before she had been examined. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Jun 1849 Date of death: 29 Jun 1849 Disease (transcribed): Meningeal apoplexy. Blood effused beneath the arachnoid & pia mater. Atheromarous deposit in the arteries of the brain & in the aorta Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta, brain) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient, a single woman, who gained her livelihood by needlework, was admitted complaining of headache, dizziness & general debility. She presented a pale, sallow complexion, was somewhat emaciated & confessed that for some time back, she had not had sufficient nourishment’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Aug 1853 Date of death: 6 Sep 1853 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous peritonitis. Old cretaceous deposit in the lungs. Fibrin in the pericardium. Ulcerated intestines Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Deposits (Lung); Fibrin (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines) 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 woman stated that she had menstruated regularly until last May, but since the commencement of this illness they had not reappeared. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Feb 1851 Date of death: 17 Feb 1851 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis with some emphysema. Heart large. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Enlargement (Heart); Edema (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient dated her present attack from the middle of December, since when she had been suffering from cough & shortness of breathing; but she had for many years been subject to cough & shortness of breathing. On the presenting occasion she was worse than usual, & the legs had begun to swell about a week ago which led her to apply for admission. She was married but had no children’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Jan 1851 Date of death: 1 Mar 1851 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Disease of aortic & mitral valves. Diseased kidneys &c Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, kidneys) 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: 'A woman of rather cachectic appearance, with pale sallow complexion, complaining of general feeling of illness, with pain at the epigastrium, especially after eating, and extending under the ribs on the right side. She had been ill since Michaelmas, but could give no account of the origin of her symptoms’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 63 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 May 1852 Date of death: 26 May 1852 Disease (transcribed): Effusion of fibrin into left pleural sac with white patches on surface of heart, liver and spleen. Hepatization of left lung. Diseased kidneys and liver. Atheroma of aorta Disease (standardised): Fibrin (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen); Disease (Lung); Disease (Kidney);Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: She was admitted suffering from cough and dyspnoea with swelling of the legs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen 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] Gender: Female Age: 25 Date of admission: 18 Feb 1854 Date of death: 25 Feb 1854 Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Fibrin in pleural sacs. Coagulated fibrin in pelvic veins Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Thrombosis (Pleura); Thrombosis (Pelvis) Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This patient was originally admitted on the 28th Sept 1853 with anasarca of the lower extremities and considerable enlargement of the abdominal cavity. She stated that in the beginning of May when in the 3rd month of pregnancy, she had got a fright, & was seized with hysterical paroxysm, which was followed by a cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium