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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1854
Date of death: 26 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery. Extensive ulceration of the cacum, colon and rectum (large intestine)
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient had been suffering from looseness of the bowels for 3 weeks before admission, and during that time he had passed much blood by stool’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Hot water pipe fitter
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1875
Date of death: 29 Jun 1875
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); 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 pain across the epigastrium since Christmas 1874 and about a month before admission the abdomen and begun to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1850
Date of death: 8 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Partial softening of brain. Emphysema and tubercles of lungs. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Emphysema (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of great exhaustion and no accurate history of the commencement of his symptoms was obtained. He complained chiefly of pain in the head and generally in his limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1853
Date of death: 30 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Extravasation of blood into the substance of the lungs. Diseased aorta. Granular liver. Enlarged kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Liver); Enlarged (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 had long suffered from cough, palpitations and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1865
Date of death: 23 Nov 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Hydrothorax. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
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: This man had been ill for seven weeks before admission, the first symptoms being cramps in the legs with flatulence and knotting of the intestines. The abdomen then began to fill with fluid.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ostler
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1852
Date of death: 29 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver and kidneys. Recent lymph in the peritoneal sac
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Lymph (Abdomen)
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 stated that his legs had first begun to swell about June last, and the abdomen soon after.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1854
Date of death: 18 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Effusion on the brain. Diseased liver
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Disease (Liver)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man was brought into the hospital in a completely delirious state, with jaundiced eyes, [?] tongue, moist skin, tremulous movements, and unable to give any account of himself. It was stated that he had formerly been in a warm climate and that he had acquired very dissipated habits, latterly drinking as much as 3 bottles of gin daily. He was ordered to have some bottled stout’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1848
Date of death: 28 Aug 1848
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: Having got thoroughly wet through on duty, he was seized with pains in the bowels and tendency to diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1879
Date of death: 2 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver)
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: He had served in India from 1868 to 1878 and used to drink about three glasses of brandy or arrack daily. He was quite well until about three years back when he began to suffer from an enlarged liver.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, stomach, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1849
Date of death: 7 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient presented on admission the appearance of jaundice, aggravated by a considerable amount of delirium. He was reported by his friend to have been during 30 years a man of most dissipated habits, drinking regularly for some time past 3 bottles of gin daily and occasionally reaching 5. He had however not suffered under any severe illness, with the exception of having had one or two attacks of delirium tremens’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cap blocker
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1879
Date of death: 22 Oct 1879
Disease (transcribed): Chronic pneumonia. Cirrhosis of liver. Cretaceous deposit in the pericardium
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver); Deposit (Heart)
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 the evening of the 10th October when he went out in a thick fog, which seemed to make his breath short. The next day he was suffering from a severe sensation of choking in the throat, shivering and general aching in the limbs
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849
Date of death: 24 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in the right lung. Old pericardial, pleuritic & peritoneal adhesions. Fistula in ano
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Fistula (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was transferred 3 or 4 days after his admission for fistula in ano, presenting all the symptoms of tubercular consumption. He stated that he had enjoyed good health up to the beginning of April, previous to which he had suffered from no chest symptoms at all, since then he had had cough & spitting, with night sweats, and was much emaciated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1853
Date of death: 1 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina followed by diseased kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 child was admitted with general ansarca alleged to be of three days duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1880
Date of death: 8 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophic cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver)
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: On admission the patient was semi-delirious, the abdomen was much swollen and there was marked dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood and arteries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1848
Date of death: 21 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver. General anasarca
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Liver); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was originally admitted under Dr Nairne’s [Robert Nairne] care on the 28th June 1848, continuing in the hospital till the 11th December when he was made OP [out-patient]. When he first presented himself for admission he stated that the dropsy had commenced in his ankles a fortnight previously, that his abdomen had been swelled for a longer period but he could not state exactly how long’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1865
Date of death: 24 Oct 1865
Disease (transcribed): Constriction of bowel from old peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1852
Date of death: 25 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction. Peritonitis?
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Indeterminate); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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 removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1852
Date of death: 28 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Sudden death in the waiting room of the hospital. Diseased kidneys and heart. Ulcerated cavity of the liver with a lump of aggregated gall stones in the cavity. Extensive atheroma of arterial system
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Liver); Gallstones (Liver); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
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 patient was in the waiting room when he had occasion to go to the water closet. Then he was supposed to have had a fainting fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Upholsterer
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1877
Date of death: 16 Nov 1877
Disease (transcribed): Abscess and induration of Pancreas. Biliary retention. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Pancreas); Induration (Pancreas); Retention (Bile ducts); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: His recent history comprised cough, dyspnoea and expectoration, diarrhoea, loss of strength and flesh, scanty perspiration, icterus, anorexis, weakness, giddiness and scanty dark urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestine, omentum, a scar extending through the mesentery, spleen, liver, biliary ducts and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Manservant
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1850
Date of death: 28 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): General dropsy. Adherent pericardium. Diseased valves. Old peritonitis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that his present illness was of six weeks or two months duration, and that it had begun with swelling of the abdomen followed by general dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blind maker
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1870
Date of death: 22 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of stomach. Haematemesis.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Haematemesis (Upper Gastrointestinal Tract)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been in the Hospital one week before readmission with an ulcerated throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpet Beater
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 July 1877
Date of death: 16 Aug 1877
Disease (transcribed): Left pleurisy. Left Pulmonary Apoplexy. Cirrhosed liver
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Haemorrhage (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Wilson, Edward
Medical notes: He had taken for the five years before admission, five or six pints of beer and two glasses of gin daily, with occasional excesses; before that time more than twice as much with frequent excesses. He had lost his appetite, the legs had swelled, there had been increasing dyspnoea with cough and catching pain at the naval.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and intestines
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Oct 1850
Date of death: 29 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Heart enlarged. Nutmeg liver. Kidneys granular, cysted.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was originally admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones on the 7th August last when it appeared that his legs had been swelling for some time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1850
Date of death: 23 May 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dilated and hypertrophied heart. Puckered liver. Coarse and cysted kidneys. Dropsy.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Leg)
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 he had been ill for nine weeks, which began with a cough and dyspnoea, and followed some weeks later by anasarca.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a