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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1848
Date of death: 30 May 1848
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 May 1848
Date of death: 17 Jun 1848
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history of this case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1848
Date of death: 20 Jun 1848
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Extensive laceration of brain. Apoplectic cyst in brain.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Apoplectic cyst (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was brought to the Hospital by the officers of police, by whom he had been found in a state of insensibility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1848
Date of death: 22 Jun 1848
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Small ulceration of bowel.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The patient stated that he had been suffering chiefly from pain in the stomach and abdomen, which was so severe that he was scarcely able to sit up.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1848
Date of death: 3 Jul 1848
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history of this case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The bpdy was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1848
Date of death: 12 Jul 1848
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of membranes of brain. Consequent on purulent infiltration among orbital muscles.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This man had been taken ill about eleven days before admission with sore throat, which burst on the following day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, orbits, thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1848
Date of death: 17 Jul 1848
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of membranes of brain. Disease of internal ear.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Disease (Ear)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: Her health had generally been good but she had occasionally suffered from earache accompanied by discharge since childhood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 74
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1848
Date of death: 26 July 1848
Disease (transcribed): Petechial fever
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1848
Date of death: 28 Jul 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: This patient having been admitted under the care of the surgeon with simple fracture of the tibia was transferred to Dr Wilson having been attacked with diarrhoea accompanied by some pain in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1848
Date of death: 30 Jul 1848
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient stated that his illness commenced with an occasional sensation of choking after taking food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, neck 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]
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: 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]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 May 1852
Date of death: 28 Jun 1852
Disease (transcribed): Old double pleurisy. Recent also on the right side. Bronchitis. The entire liver of a bright gamboge hue
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Liver)
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 her illness had been of four months duration. It had commenced like a fever, with shivering, pains in the loins and severe cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1852
Date of death: 5 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Large ovarian cysts containing other subsidiary ones along with thick gelatinous matter. Purulent fluid. Peritonitis. Bronchitis. Old pleural adhesions. Recent lymph in pleural sac
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovaries); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Bronchitis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Lymph (Pleura)
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 was first admitted in July 1851 when she stated that she had been more or less swollen ever since her last confinement which had occurred four years previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1852
Date of death: 6 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Indeterminate); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The friends objected to any examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10 years 7 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1852
Date of death: 19 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever with albuminous urine. Diseased kidneys. Old double pleurisy. Wet brain
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Albuminuria (Kidney); Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Brain)
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 sister was also admitted suffering from scarlet fever. The brother died a few hours after admission (number 131 in this volume).
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1852
Date of death: 30 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Hydatids of the liver and omentum. Bile tinged condition of various fluids. Peritoneal inflammation preceded death
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Echinococcosis (Liver); Echinococcosis (Intestines); Inflammation (Abdomen)
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 stated that jaundice had been gradually coming on for seven weeks, but had during the last few days become much more marked.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1852
Date of death: 5 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthysis. Extensive deposit in both lungs. Firm double pleural adhesions. Extensive intestinal ulceration
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A Polish man who could speak no English. He had been suffering for some time from cough, emaciation and latterly had lost his voice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1852
Date of death: 27 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic gout. General tuberculosis. Deposits of scrofulous matter in lungs, kidneys, intestinal glands and spleen. Exceedingly small heart
Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Tuberculosis (General); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Intestinal mucosa); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Small (Heart)
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 girl had been suffering from a severe form of rheumatic gout almost constantly during two years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1852
Date of death: 27 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Delirium and coma. Much fluid in the ventricles and under the arachnoid. Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, spleen and bronchial glands. Vomicae in the lung. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Delirium (Brain); Coma (Brain); Fluid (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This patient had been ill a week and was admitted with a hot and dry skin, foul tongue and in a state of stupor and drowsiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1852
Date of death: 30 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthysis. Both lungs containing scrofulous matter and vomicae. Diseased kidneys. Ulcerated intestinal glands
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Ulcer (Intestinal mucosa)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He stated that he had suffered from cough during three months past and that he was very much emaciated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1852
Date of death: 9 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Attack probably of continued fever followed by chest symptoms. Enlarged heart and valves. Emphysema. Deficiency of one of flaps of the aortic valve. Congestion of the stomach and intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Congestion (Stomach); Congestion (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 patient had an attack of what he called brain fever, which commenced on the 24th of August.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1852
Date of death: 9 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of uterus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus)
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: She was admitted in an advanced stage of carcinoma of the uterus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1852
Date of death: 20 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the texture of the lungs. Diseased heart and valves. Dilated aorta. Slight thickening and opacity of arachnoid at the base of the cerebellum
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Heart); Thickening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: From the fitting state in which this patient was admitted, it was evident that she had been ill for some time and had been much neglected.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a