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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1849
Date of death: 12 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined'

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: 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

Type of incident: n/a

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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1849
Date of death: 10 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Extravasation of blood in the third & fourth ventricles. Heart hypertrophied. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Extravasation (Heart); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was brought to the hospital in a stated of complete unconsciousness. His friends stated that he had been complaining of headache & giddiness for 3 or 4 days previous, but had been able to continue at work till just before his admission, when he complained that the pain had become much more severe; he then began to scream out, became delirious and struggled a a good deal, after which he soon became insensible, and was immediately brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1877
Date of death: 15 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Bronchitis.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (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 stated that in December he felt chilly and began to cough. The cough increased with dyspnoea and expectoration then diminished. During the first week only he had shivering and night sweats.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
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]
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1854
Date of death: 5 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient presented a remarkable blueness of the lips, nose & cheeks which contrasted strangely with a yellow colour of the eyes & of those parts of the face which were not so congested’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1870
Date of death: 23 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscess of lung. Pericarditis.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The man was reported to have been ill a month before admission, suffering from pain in the chest and cough. On admission he was very drowsy and heavy and did not pass urine for 24 hours. There was slight anasarca of the whole body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1874
Date of death: 30 Mar 1874
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Bronchitis. Cirrhosis of liver. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Leg)
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: She had an umbilical hernia for three years. Six weeks ago she felt heaviness in the abdomen and noticed that it was increasing.
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1851
Date of death: 4 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Tubercle & vomicae in the upper lobe of the right lung & the lower one of the left lung. Recent pleurisy on both sides. Contraction of the mitral orifice of the heart & thickening of the anterior flap of the valve & of the chordae tendineae
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (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 patient was admitted evidently in a pretty far advanced stage of phthisis. She had suffered from cough for many years, but she had caught fresh cold last November, and had been very much worse ever since. The catamenia [menstruation] had then ceased. She was much emaciated, had night sweats, with shortness of breathing, & pretty abundant expectoration. She had never spit blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1850
Date of death: 1 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation with hypertrophy of heart. Thickening of aortic and mitral valves. Diseased and cysted kidneys. General dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (General)
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 person dated the commencement of their illness from Christmas last when she caught cold, and she had been out of health ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1864
Date of death: 1 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This was the case of an anaemic child who had suffered acute rheumatism two years before admission, and been troubled with dyspnoea ever since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1882
Date of death: 27 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney. Weak heart. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: He gave a history of chronic bronchitis which obliged him to give up any active occupation three months before admission. There had been polyuria for four or five years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1849
Date of death: 1 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage

Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of 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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1871
Date of death: 3 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Pleuritic effusion
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Effusion (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman who had for many years been subject to winter cough, had a very severe attack last winter & since that time had much dyspnoea. Her legs swelled four months before her admission’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

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: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1852
Date of death: 16 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs and bronchitis. Slight hypertrophy of heart and rigidity of the mitral valve flaps
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); 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: When admitted this patient presented a very dusky complexion and she had constant cough, great oppression of breathing and some slight oedema of the ankles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1849
Date of death: 29 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied & dilated heart, diseased mitral & aortic valves. Anasarca. Pulmonary apoplexy. Congested liver & kidneys. Fibrous tumours of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Edema (Systemic); Stroke (Lungs); Congestion (Liver, kidneys); Tumour (Uterus)
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 stated that she had been ill 3 months with cold & cough & expectoration of a large quantity of frothy mucus, that the cough was now somewhat relieved, but she suffered much from shortness of breath, being unable to lye down in bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

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: Charwoman
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1870
Date of death: 20 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Emphysema and oedema of lungs.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering from a cough and dyspnoea for three months and latterly her legs had become oedematous. She gave a history of winter cough for many years past.
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: 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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1854
Date of death: 12 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A pale sallow complexioned man who had been in the East Indies, he was originally admitted into the Hospital with slight rheumatism which began in the feet and ankles and twice also in the head. It was ascertained that he had had Rheumatic fever on several occasions and he had suffered from palpitations.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1877
Date of death: 7 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): (Retained placenta): acute rheumatic endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Retained (Placenta); Rheumatic Heart Disease (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 attacked ten weeks before admission with rheumatic fever. A fortnight after getting up she was delivered of a deceased child. From that time she suffered from weakness, severe pains in the abdomen and loins, and constant diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, uterus and intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1851
Date of death: 24 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Double pleuropneumonia. Old & recent pericarditis. Enlarged heart & dilatation of ventricles. Coating of the lining of left auricle by layer of lymph &c. Vegetations of mitral valve. Contraction of the orifice
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)

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 girl presented herself with short hacking cough, difficulty of breathing, face generally pallid but marked with a deep blueish flush on each cheek, stating that she had had a bad cold for 8 weeks with a good deal of pain at the center of the sternum & palpitation of the heart. The catamenia [menstruation] had never appeared’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a