Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Oct 1850 Date of death: 15 Nov 1850 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Ulceration of intestines. Large pale kidneys Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man applied for relief suffering from constant diarrhoea during the last three months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Nov 1850 Date of death: 18 Nov 1850 Disease (transcribed): Delirium. Phthisis pulmonalis. Brain wet. Ventricles full. Fornix soft. Lungs congested. Liver pale. Disease (standardised): Delirium (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Brain ); Congestion (Lung); Pale (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man whose face bore the mark of hard drinking and was acknowledged to be a man of dissipated habits, was admitted complaining that he felt nervous, low and weak. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Dec 1850 Date of death: 13 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Disease of liver? Haematemesis. Blood from Bs Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Haematemesis (Upper gastrointestinal tract) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the request of the friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Dec 1850 Date of death: 19 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs, miliary tubercles. Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Tuberculosis (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: No history of this case was obtained. The patient had been brought into the hospital having fainted in the street. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Nov 1850 Date of death: 19 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Lungs emphysematous anteriorly. Congested posteriorly. Heart dilated. Fluid in pericardium. Kidneys small and granular. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Congestion (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: The dropsical symptoms with this patient were only of three weeks date before admission, but he had suffered from palpitation of the heart and shortness of breath during four years past. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Stable helper Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Dec 1850 Date of death: 22 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Congestion of brain and lungs. Enlarged intestinal glands. Mesenteric glands much enlarged, and infiltrated with purulent fluid. Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Enlarged (Lymph nodes) 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 was excessively delirious on his admission and no history of his previous symptoms could be obtained. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Dec 1850 Date of death: 24 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Enlarged heart. Granular kidneys. Recent pleurisy, pericarditis and peritonitis Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); 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 who had some time previously been in the Hospital with a similar illness to her present one, stated that she had been now for some weeks suffering from swelling of the legs followed by distention of the abdomen. 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: 9 Jan 1851 Date of death: 15 Jan 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Fluid in ventricles of brain &c. Intestines healthy Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Fluid (Brain) 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 was admitted in an advanced stage of fever, and no history of the commencement or duration of her symptoms could be obtained from her. The face was dusky, the eyes congested; her intellect rather confused & she was dead’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Jan 1851 Date of death: 19 Jan 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of intestines. Congestion of lungs &c Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This patient said he had been ailing about a fortnight before his admission, but had only been confined to bed 3 days. His illness had commenced with headache, rigors &c’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Jan 1851 Date of death: 21 Jan 1851 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles of brain. Softening Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Softening (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: 'This patient was stated to have been ill only a fortnight before admission, having commenced with vomiting & pain of the head. During the last 3 days she had been constantly delirious, talking incoherently & screaming aloud. It appeared however that she had been long ailing & always complained of pain in the head’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Jan 1851 Date of death: 5 Feb 1851 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae in lungs. Old adhesions, including of larynx, & glands of intestines &c Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Adhesions (Larynx, 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 man when admitted had all the general appearances of being in the last stage of phthisis but the emaciation was not great and he said that he had not been ill more than 3 days. His face was full & florid & his pulse 110 & very feeble’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Feb 1851 Date of death: 7 Feb 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration & perforation of intestines. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This man dated the commencement of his illness to his having been engaged, in his business of gardener, in pulling up some decayed vegetables, the smell of which was very offensive, ten days before his admission. He was seized with sickness, & found himself unable to return to his work, and two days after was attacked by diarrhoea which continued up to his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Jan 1851 Date of death: 12 Jan 1851 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Diarrhoea. Right lung hepatized. Ulceration of mucous membrane of caecum & peritonitis Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Hepatization (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient said she had been ailing about a [fortnight] commencing with cough, headache, pains in the limbs &c. 5 days before admission she had a severe shivering followed by great heat of skin, but not perspiration. She complaining of a feeling of general debility with loss of appetite and much thirst, & pain in the abdomen. The bowels have acted 9 times during the last 24 hours’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Dec 1850 Date of death: 26 Feb 1851 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Albuminuria. Heart hypertrophied. Kidneys granular. Fluid in brain &c Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Albuminuria (Kidneys); Hypertrophy (Heart); Disease (Kidneys); Fluid (Brain) 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 man who had been for many years of his life a gentleman’s servant, and had been accustomed to drink very freely, but who had been out of place of the last 4 years. He stated that he had enjoyed very good health until 4 weeks ago when his legs had swelled, had become very red & painful & had ultimately burst & formed small spots of ulceration, which were numerous around the ankles at the time of his admission, with some superficial redness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 54 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Mar 1851 Date of death: 12 Mar 1851 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Enlarged heart. Bronchitis. Congested & granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This woman, who had suffered for 3 or 4 years from cough and palpitation of heart, stated that she had not had any serious illness previously. She had borne 2 children, and the catamenia [menstruation] had ceased 10 or 12 years ago. Her cough had been very troublesome, and in a paroxysm she had ruptured herself about 12 months previous’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Mar 1851 Date of death: 18 Mar 1851 Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Fever. Pericarditis. Enlarged glands of intestines Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Tissues); Fever (Systemic); Pericarditis (Heart); Enlargement (Intestinal glands) 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 was admitted labouring under an attack of acute rheumatism. She stated that she never had a similar illness previously, that on 24th ult., during the menstrual flux she was seized with pains in her joints which had increased ever since, and on her admission they were inflamed, red swollen & tender. She was perspiring freely, the pulse was frequent & very soft, the joints excessively painful’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Mar 1851 Date of death: 18 Mar 1851 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Colloid carcinoma of the great & small omenta, mesentery & various other parts of the general peritoneum. The various viscera were apparently in a healthy condition as to structure, though congested Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Carcinoma (Peritoneum); Congestion (Internal organs)
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 her illness had commenced with swelling of the abdomen, accompanied by obstinate constipation of the bowels about 4 or 5 weeks prior to her admission. At that period no other part of her body had swelled, and she was not conscious of its having begun at one side more than the other, or of having perceived any unusual hardness. She had been under treatment, and thought herself rather smaller than she had at one time been’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Mar 1851 Date of death: 29 Mar 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Blood fluid. Enlargement, congestion & ulceration of glands in small & large intestine Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Intestinal glands); Ulcer (Intestinal glands) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This lad was said to have been taken ill about a fortnight before his admission, with cold, accompanied by shivering, & cough, pains in ‘his bones’, and also in the abdomen followed by diarrhoea. He had been confined to bed a week, had lost his appetite, and felt very weak. He had become rather deaf since his attack, had a hot skin, quick pulse, dry & coated tongue & much thirst’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
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
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
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
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 May 1851 Date of death: 19 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Granular & atrophied kidneys. Imperfect paraplegia, also partial loss of speech following epileptic fits. Double pleurisy. Death by apnoea. Nothing remarkable in the brain Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Paraplegia (Brain); Epilepsy (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Apnea (Respiratory system) 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: 'The report that was brought with this patient was that since her last confinement which had occurred 3 months previously she had had 3 fits and that in the last which had occurred only a few days before, she had partially lost the use of speech; her mind was evidently confused and it was impossible to obtain from her any distinct account of her own sensations. The child was her third, was a seven-month child, and she had nursed it up to her admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851 Date of death: 27 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Gouty with anasarca. Liver very granular, peritoneum thickened. Kidneys somewhat altered. No albumin in urine. Heart flaccid, atheromatous & calcareous deposits. Fibrous tumours of uterus Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver, peritoneum, kidneys, heart); Tumour (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'An elderly woman who had never borne children, was admitted with great enlargement of the abdomen & swelling of the legs. It appeared that she had suffered from cough for some years, which had become unusually severe since last Xmas, accompanied by much dyspnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 May 1851 Date of death: 5 Jun 1851 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Lung (right) universally adherent. Fluid over surface, and at base of brain. Spot of lymph, patch of congestion &c Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'A coachman reported to be of very intemperate habits, who was said to have been ill a week, presented much of the ordinary character of delirium a potu [delirium tremens]: a foul, rather creamy tongue, quick pulse, great tremor in his movements & confusion of intellect; he had been very delirious especially during the past night’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 May 1851 Date of death: 16 Jun 1851 Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Double aortic bruit. Extravasation of blood into the substance of the lung. Heart hypertrophied & dilated, & with fibrinous & calcareous concretions on aortic & mitral valves, these[?] being readily removed. Enlarged & congested liver. Soft ‘block’ in spleen Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lungs); Bruit (Aorta); Extravasation (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, spleen) 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 man, whose occupation was that of a gardener, said that he had been ill ever since October. His illness had begun with cough & shortness of breath, brought on as he believed, by being wet through on one occasion. Latterly he had been losing flesh & spitting blood, and only a fortnight before admission his legs had begun to swell. He was a man of dissipated habits which he alleged were due to the necessity for drinking beer when employed in the hothouse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen