Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849 Date of death: 6 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus. Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs, & beneath the peritoneum Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs, peritoneum) 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 lad had been an in-patient of the hospital with pain of the head, which it was alleged had existed only a fortnight previously’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 67 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 April 1855 Date of death: 17 April 1855 Disease (transcribed): Umbilical Hernia Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman, in a state of senile dementia, was admitted on account on an umbilical hernia which was said to be strangulated. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 66 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Feb 1857 Date of death: 23 Feb 1857 Disease (transcribed): Ovarian cyst. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman had been in the hospital twelve different times for ovarian dropsy, and each time paracentesis was performed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Aug 1855 Date of death: 23 Aug 1855 Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman stated that she had not felt in good health for three weeks. Six days before admission she was seized with sickness and swelling of abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Oct 1849 Date of death: 29 Oct 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the intestine. Perforation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): 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 patient, who was considerably emaciated, and appeared much out of health, stated that she had been suffering from diarrhoea for upwards of a month. She was not conscious of passing blood at ay time by the bowels’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Mar 1849 Date of death: 14 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia of 4 days’ duration. A femoral hernia of the right side had existed for more than two years, but she had never worn a truss or experienced any inconvenience from it until the 8th of March. She was then seized with vomiting, & griping pains in the belly’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 13 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Jun 1849 Date of death: 8 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Enlarged bronchial glands. Heart healthy. Extensive ulceration of the small & commencement of the large intestine. Enlarged mesenteric glands Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlargement (Mesenteric glands) 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 girl had been in the hospital 8 or 9 months previously with dropsy consequent on scarlet fever, from which she had completely recovered before leaving, but she had suffered more or less ever since from diarrhoea. The abdomen had been swelled & very tender for several weeks, and she said the legs had also been swelled, but were not so on admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Dec 1855 Date of death: 14 Jun 1856 Disease (transcribed): Large tumour of the mamma and chest Disease (standardised): Tumour (Mammary Glands); Tumour (Thorax) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: Two years before she had noticed a small tumour in the right breast. By the month of June before her admission it had grown rapidly. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 45 Date of admission: 23 Nov 1853 Date of death: 23 Jan 1854 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Diseased lungs (tissue of lungs compressed). Dilated heart Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart) Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'With a very blue dusky skin, and great oppression of breathin, swelled legs, severe cough & very abundant symptoms, she stated that she had been long subject to cough, but had now been very seriously ill for upwards of 3 weeks’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Nov 1853 Date of death: 12 Dec 1853 Disease (transcribed): Caries of the lower end of the fibula. Scrofulous deposit on the peritoneum Disease (standardised): Caries (Leg); Tuberculosis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman had been in the hospital several times before on account of disease of the lower end of the fibula. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Apr 1849 Date of death: 15 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the stomach. Circumscribed abscess in peritoneal cavity. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Abscess (Peritoneum); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This girl stated that she had been taken suddenly ill on the 3rd inst with pain in the stomach & sickness, the bowels were confined for two or three days but she had been under treatment and they were then relaxed. She complained of acute pain in the left hypochondrium which was aggravated on the slightest pressure’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Apr 1853 Date of death: 3 Apr 1853 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Followed by sloughing of the intestines and discharge of faecal matter into the peritoneal cavity Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Sloughing (Intestines); Faecal discharge (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman was admitted during the evening with strangulated hernia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Nov 1853 Date of death: 23 Nov 1853 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Disease of the kidneys. Ascites. Anasarca Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (General) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: A man of rather full habits, with general dropsy and considerable discolouration of the skin of the face, neck and lips. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 75 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Mar 1849 Date of death: 23 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Fluid in left pleural cavity. Heart hypertrophied. Nutmeg liver. Cysts in both kidneys Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Lungs, heart, liver); Cyst (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 patient who was admitted with general dropsy, dusky complexion and considerable dyspnoea, stated that she had suffered occasionally from dropsy in the ankles since September, that the abdomen had been swelled since Xmas, and that she had never been entirely free from it after that time. She gave an indefinite account of previous palpitation and shortness of breath, and stated that she had never had rheumatic fever, nor detailed any other assignable cause’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 27 Date of admission: 19 Jun 1854 Date of death: 23 Jun 1854 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen) Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'A woman apparently in perfect health, who could assign no cause whatever for her attack. The catamenia [menstruation] had occurred in regular time & manner about a fortnight ago. She was attacked about midnight of the 14th with severe pain in the abdomen, beginning at the lower part & spreading all over it. Towards morning sickness set in’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Oct 1856 Date of death: 7 Jan 1857 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the bladder, opening into the peritoneal cavity Disease (standardised): Cancer (Bladder); Cancer (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W. Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man came up to the hospital with incontinence of urine. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Oct 1852 Date of death: 28 Feb 1853 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Cirrhosis of the liver Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Ascites (Abdomen); Cirrhosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: An Irish labourer who thought himself a sober man, but acknowledged that he sometimes exceeded. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Mar 1849 Date of death: 23 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Dilated heart. Ulcerations of small intestines. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Heart); 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 lad when admitted presented […] together with excessive emaciation & scrofulous enlargement of the cervical glands, an aspect somewhat unusual in phthisis of great lividity of the countenance, with blue patches on the cheeks & very blue lips. He stated that he had suffered from cough about 4 months, that he had gradually become weaker, but to his knowledge he never had spit blood. His expectoration was copious, and he had night sweats’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Nov 1855 Date of death: 22 Nov 1855 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Faecal extravasation. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of a strangulated femoral hernia which he first noticed five days before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Apr 1849 Date of death: 26 Jun 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extensive peritoneal tuberculosis. Tubercles in the lungs, in the subpleural areolar tissue & in the kidneys Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Peritoneum, lungs, kidneys) 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 lad, who presented a very cachectic appearance, stated that he had suffered form diarrhoea for about a month, it having latterly become so urgent, that every thing he ate passed t hrough him, in about ¼ hour. He had never passed any blood. Latterly he had become considerably emaciated, but complained of no cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 57 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 May 1855 Date of death: 16 May 1855 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Artificial anus. Inguinal hernia. Omental Sac Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman had had a hernia for about a year. It had been strangulated five days before admission and had remained so, although she had been under the care of a medical man. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Dec 1856 Date of death: 10 Dec 1856 Disease (transcribed): Cyst of the Thyroid. Operation. Superficial gangrene of chest. Disease (standardised): Cysts (Thyroid Gland); Operation (Thyroid Gland); Gangrene (Thorax) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman had been under treatment as an outpatient for a cyst supposed to be connected with the thyroid body. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Sep 1856 Date of death: 7 Oct 1856 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease beneath Peritoneum and in Ovaries Disease (standardised): Malignancy (Abdomen); Malignancy (Ovaries) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman stated that she had never enjoyed good health, and during the past month she had been much worse, suffering violent pain at the pit of the stomach and noticing that the right side of the abdomen began to enlarge. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 33 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Jan 1856 Date of death: 7 Jan 1856 Disease (transcribed): Femoral Hernia. Operation Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia, which had existed for four days. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 56 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Jan 1848 Date of death: 24 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Intestines sloughy. Operation. Low peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Sloughing (Intestines); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'For 4 years she had had a femoral hernia of the right side. At first she wore a truss, but discontinued it at the end of 12 months on account of the pain & distress in the part, and the numbness in the leg which it occasioned. After she discontinued wearing the truss, the hernia became incarcerated, but there is no history of it ever having been strangulated until the 14th of January, when she was seized with pain in the abdomen and vomited several times, the bowels acting only once’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax