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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 21 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Peritonitis. Pleurisy. Bronchitis. White patch upon the heart. Gangrenous state of inside of the cheek with thickening of the tonsils from the use of mercury apparently
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Gangrene (Cheek);Thickening (Palatine tonsil)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The mother said he had been ailing ever since Christmas but did not know what was the matter with him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, pharynx and mouth
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1851
Date of death: 6 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys which were greatly enlarged, mottled, smooth & having their cortical part infiltrated by a light yellow deposit. Enlarged heart with ‘granulations’ on the margins of the aortic valves. One of the flaps of this valve was greatly enlarged & broader than the others. Peritonitis. Pleural effusions
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart, lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Effusion (Lungs)

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 man gave no very distinct account of the commencement of his symptoms. He had been ailing 10 months, had felt weak, & perspired very much, and had now been obliged to keep his bed for 2 months. Had had shortness of breath but no beating of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1852
Date of death: 21 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Tubercles of lungs?
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
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: 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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1853
Date of death: 4 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Chronic inflammation of the caecum and ascending colon with ulceration. Peritonitis

Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Inflammation (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been in a state of great destitution and for many night had not had a bed to sleep on before his admission into the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1852
Date of death: 20 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs. Old and recent pleurisy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 person stated that she had suffered from cough and spitting during the previous twelve months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 6 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys which were very small, granular & almost entirely devoid of cortical structure. Hypertrophy of the heart, ‘granulations’ on the margins of the mitral valve, slight contraction of the mitral orifice. ‘Pleural adhesion’ on the right side & effusion on the left. General anasarca and ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart, lungs); Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Admitted labouring under a fourth attack of dropsy within the short period of 13 months, this woman who was married & had borne seven children, stated that she had been an in-patient about 8 years ago in this hospital with some cutaneous affection, but beyond this had never suffered any ailment for very many years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1875
Date of death: 22 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Ascites. Anasarca. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Three weeks before Christmas she was attacked with cough and spitting and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1851
Date of death: 4 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous alterations of the uterus. No other part being affected thereby. Disease of the kidneys which were greatly enlarged, smooth & lobulated, their cortical portions being occupied by a light yellow-coloured deposit. Recent peritonitis & dilatation of bladder & ureter
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Uterus); Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Bladder, ureter)
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 young woman, a housemaid, & having lived in a very hard place, was admitted with vaginal discharge, & pain in the region of the uterus, which had led to the suspicion of commencing cancer. She stated that the catamenia [menstruation] had first appeared when she was only 12 years of age, and had been irregular & excessive since she had reached the age of 17. For a very long period she had scarcely been free from a slightly red-coloured discharge, but she had a severe flooding at times’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1852
Date of death: 18 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Yellow deposits in kidney. Effusion of bloody fluid into the peritoneal, pleural and pericardial sacs. Bronchitis. Engorgement of the lungs. Fluid blood. Purpuric spots
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Deposits (Kidney); Effusion (Abdomen); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Engorgement (Lung) ; Fluid (Blood) ; Purpura (Skin)
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 stated that he had been ailing ten or twelve years, chiefly suffering from what he termed nervous debility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1872
Date of death: 16 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma. Hypertrophy of heart. Effusion into pleurae and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (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 was in the hospital in December of last year with an acute attack of bronchitis and albuminuria.
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1853
Date of death: 24 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Albuminous urine. Diseased kidney. Peculiar arterial distribution to the kidney. Fibrin in the peritoneal and pleural sacs. Hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Face); Oedema (Leg); Albuminuria (Kidney); Disease (Kidney); Fibrin (Abdomen); Fibrin (Pleura);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: A very pallid, deaf, elderly person who stated that her face first began to swell about five weeks before admission and subsequently her legs also became dropsical.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1851
Date of death: 21 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by hydrocyanic acid. Great congestion of the various viscera & effusion of yellow fluid into peritoneal cavity. Also effusion into the subarachnoid tissue & congestion of the cerebral membranes. Old peritonitis & pleurisy on the right side. Enlarged tricuspid orifice at right side of the heart
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic); Congestion (Internal organs); Effusion (Peritoneum, brain); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); 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: 'This patient was brought to the hospital dead, reported to have committed suicide, a bottle which had contained hydrocyanic acid having been found in his room. It came out in evidence on the inquest that he had got into difficulties, and had appropriated money of his employer’s’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1849
Date of death: 26 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Wet brain & extravasation of blood in pia mater covering cerebellum. Fatty liver. Oblique inguinal hernia
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Liver); Hernia (Abdomen)
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 man, who was an old offender, was stated to have been drinking hard for a fortnight previous to the appearance of his present symptoms, which had only begun to shew themselves 3 or 4 days before admission. He had been in the hospital 3 or 4 times with similar attacks. On the last occasion just after Xmas he had been ill 7 days before his admission, and continued delirious 6 days in the house. His former attack had only been 6 weeks before that one’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1853
Date of death: 21 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the large intestine showing itself at first as colic. Carcinoma of the mesenteric glands
Disease (standardised): Disease (Intestines); Colic (Abdomen); Cancer (Lymph nodes)
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 woman had been under treatment at a Dispensary suffering from great pain in the abdomen and constant diarrhoea.
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: 6 Apr 1852
Date of death: 12 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in lungs, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum. Effusion into the ventricle of the brain and sub arachnoid tissue. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Effusion (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 girl was admitted in a very depressed state, complaining of pain in the head. She stated that she had been ill about a fortnight with shivering, pains in her limbs, with thirst and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1854
Date of death: 24 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Tumour in abdomen caused by pressure of pregnant uterus. Ulceration of bladder. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Abdomen); Pregnancy (Uterus); Ulcer (Bladder); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'A married woman whose last child had been born 9 years ago, and who it appears had never suspected herself to be pregnant. [She] stated that she had been ailing since Xmas’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1851
Date of death: 20 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca & ascites. Enlarged & fatty heart. Dilatation of the cavities. Enlargement of auriculo-ventricular orifices, specially the left one but without much valvular affection. Old pericarditis & also old pleurisy on left side. Congested liver
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Liver)
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 was admitted with dropsy, the legs having begun to swell about a week previously. He had had frequent attacks during 2 years past from which he had always more or less perfectly recovered; and had begun to suffer much from palpitation and dyspnoea, which had become more severe during the last month or 6 weeks accompanied by cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1852
Date of death: 8 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs. Old pleural adhesions. Peritonitis. Sinuses leading from the sub peritoneal tissues in the pelvis thought the femoral sheath into the deep crural muscles
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Sinuses (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: She had been confined to bed nearly four weeks with a fever, said to be rheumatic and accompanied by pains in her back and lower limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right thigh
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1853
Date of death: 15 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Peritonitis. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); 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 girl reported that her illness had commenced with shivering, pain in the back and severe headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1853
Date of death: 17 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Encephalous deposits in liver, in the lesser omental & lumbar glands. Fibrous tumor of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Deposit (Abdomen); Tumour (Uterus)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This poor creature who was considerably emaciated on her admission, stated that she had been ill about 6 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1851
Date of death: 15 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca, Contracted granular & mottled kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart without valvular disease. Recent pericarditis. Inflammation of areolar tissue & under the fasciae of neck about the larynx & oesophagus. Congestion & oedema of the lungs. Effusion into subarachnoid tissue & ventricles of brain
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys, heart); Inflammation (Neck, throat); Congestion (Lungs); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur and Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was twice admitted at no very distant intervals into the hospital; first under Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] on the 12th February complaining of pain across the epigastrium & headache with some oedema of the ankles, and a very sallow aspect when it was ascertained that he was labouring under disease of the kidney with albuminous urine; and next under Dr Wilson [James Arthur Wilson] on 26th March with chronic rheuamtism, pain in head, & some confusion of ideas’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, pharynx, larynx, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1852
Date of death: 28 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extensive pleurisy on left side. Slight on the right. Consolidated lung from pressure and displacement of the heart. The operation of the paracentesis thoracis had been resorted to
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Consolidated (Lung); Displacement (Heart); Paracentesis (Thorax)
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 said she had been suffering from cough three years, which had been much worse lately and was accompanied by weakness and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1851
Date of death: 14 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles in lungs & in pleura costatis, under peritoneum, in spleen, kidney & intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, chest, spleen, kidneys, intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'A pale cachectic-looking child, was stated by its mother to have enjoyed good health up to 6 weeks ago, since which it has suffered from cough supposed by her to be whooping cough, and had latterly lost flesh very much. Bowels said to be relaxed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1852
Date of death: 28 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Calcaerous deposits in the lung and emphysema. White patch on heart. Deposits of yellow substance in kidneys and cysts. Fibrous tumours of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Calcareous deposits (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Deposits (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney);Cancer (Uterus)
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 woman stated that she had long been subject to cough, but that it had become much worse during the last three or four months, and during three weeks her legs had swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pharynx and oesophagus
Type of incident: n/a