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: [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: 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: 22 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Mar 1851 Date of death: 22 Mar 1851 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs) 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’
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: 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: 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: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jul 1851 Date of death: 20 Jul 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Enlarged peyers glands. Flaccid & lacerable heart. Old cretaceous tubercular degeneration at the root of the lung. Enlarged spleen Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Intestines, heart, spleen); Tuberculosis (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 girl stated that having been quite well on the 10th inst., she had been seized with shivering, headache & pain in the limbs & back on the following day. Two days later delirium had set in, & she was on admission very deaf, complaining of sore throat, with a coated tongue & quick pulse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Aug 1851 Date of death: 17 Aug 1851 Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of the large intestine. Dysentery Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Dysentery (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: 'It did not appear from this patient’s statement that he had been ill more than 3 days. when he had been suddenly seized with diarrhoea & vomiting. He was not aware of any cause for its suppuration, but the looseness had continued with some haemorrhage, he has passed 5 or 6 stools on the morning of his admission, & had been again sick. He was a man of rather full habit’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: n/a Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Sep 1851 Date of death: 11 Oct 1851 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Disease of liver? Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Liver) 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: 'This body was removed unexamined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Sep 1851 Date of death: 8 Nov 1851 Disease (transcribed): Tumour at the lower part of the abdomen, disappearing greatly before death. Pelvic peritonitis & two collections of purulent fluid with form parietes within the pelvis found in communication with the lower part of colon & rectum Disease (standardised): Tumour (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Pelvis); Suppuration (Pelvis, colon, rectum)
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 begun very suddenly with pain in the abdomen, & especially on the right side, a month before her admission. She had never been free from pain since, and very soon after it had commenced the abdomen had begun to swell. The catamenia [menstruation] had been quite regular up to the last occasion before her illness began’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, cranium, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 64 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Nov 1851 Date of death: 15 Nov 1851 Disease (transcribed): Ascites Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum) 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’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851 Date of death: 1 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Albuminous urine. Ascites. Dyspnoea. Palpitation. Convulsions. Clot in the ventricles and left optic thalamus of the brain. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Dyspnoea (Lung); Palpitation (Heart); Seizures (Brain); Thrombosis (Brain);Disease (Kidneys) 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 admitted with considerable anasarca. It appeared that his legs had first begun to swell about twelve months before, and latterly also his abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 13 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Nov 1851 Date of death: 2 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Extensive ulceration of great and small intestines. Vomicae in both lungs. Double pleural adhesions. Scrofulous deposits in the spleen Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Vomicae (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Spleen) 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 boy had been ill for three months with pain in the abdomen and the bowels had been relaxed three or four times a day. 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: 21 Jan 1852 Date of death: 28 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Extensive tubercular infiltration throughout both lungs and formation of vomicae. Ulceration of the intestines, and peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (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 was admitted in a very peculiar condition, without any condition of active delirium. He seemed to have great difficulty in directing his attention to any subject. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 8 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Jan 1852 Date of death: 18 Feb 1852 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles? And fetid abscess in lungs? Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (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: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Feb 1852 Date of death: 25 Feb 1852 Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of intestines with contraction of the cavity of the caecum. Deposition of scrofulous matter in the mesenteric glands, also in the ovaries and fallopian tubes. Gritty masses in various parts of the lungs Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Ovaries); Tuberculosis (Fallopian tubes); Disease (Lung) 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 was admitted complaining chiefly of pain in the abdomen. She had been ill nearly two ears and described it as having begun with sickness and constipation. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 42 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Mar 1852 Date of death: 20 Mar 1852 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema pulmonum with old cretaceous deposits and bronchitis. White patch on heart. Thick and opaque capsule of liver. Cysts in fallopian tubes and local peritonitis. Fibrous uterine tumours Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Cretaceous deposits (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Cysts (Fallopian tubes);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Cancer (Uterus) 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 admitted with cough and shortness of breathing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen 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: [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: 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: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Apr 1846 Date of death: 1 May 1846 Disease (transcribed): Ascites and anasarca. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Lungs puckered from condensation of the pleura and the interlobular cellular tissue. Emphysema and oedema of these organs. Slight recent peritonitis. Circumscribed cavity between uterus and rectum Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (General); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Oedema (Lung);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Cavity (Uterus, Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted in January suffering from general anasarca dependent upon diseased heart. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a