Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Dec 1848 Date of death: 1 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Dilated heart. Fatty liver & kidney Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, kidney) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'A gentleman’s servant, who stated that when with the family in the country about a month ago, he had been seized with pain in the region of the heart, commencing gradually & remaining continuously, which was soon followed by palpitations & dyspnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Oct 1848 Date of death: 4 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Ulceration of the epiglottis & chordae vocales Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx) 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 patient, whose occupation caused him to be very much exposed to wet & cold, stated that having been frequently subject to cough on former occasions, he had suffered from it constantly during the last 4 or 5 months, and for the last few weeks he had also had night sweats & become much emaciated. He had never spit blood. His expectoration was abundant & had become thick & yellowish for 2 or 3 weeks. He had given up work a fortnight’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Jan 1849 Date of death: 7 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Ascites Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum) 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 presented on admission the appearance of jaundice, aggravated by a considerable amount of delirium. He was reported by his friend to have been during 30 years a man of most dissipated habits, drinking regularly for some time past 3 bottles of gin daily and occasionally reaching 5. He had however not suffered under any severe illness, with the exception of having had one or two attacks of delirium tremens’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Jan 1849 Date of death: 8 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart. Albuminurious urine Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Albuminuria
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur 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: 'The body was not examined at the request of the friends’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Dec 1848 Date of death: 6 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Erysipelas Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'She had had a reducible femoral hernia of the right side for nearly 4 years, for which she wore a truss. On the 26th of December she felt some tenseness & uneasiness in the bowels & a frequent desire to go to stool, which resulted only in one scanty evacuation. She had been in good health on the preceding day. About 10 o’clock on the evening of the 26th she was suddenly seized with violent sickness & vomiting, which continued through the night, accompanied by griping pains in the bowels’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Nov 1848 Date of death: 12 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidneys. Congestion of liver. Congestion & softening of brain Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Congestion (Liver, brain); Softening (Brain) 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 was admitted with considerable anasarca & ascites. She stated that she had suffered for 2 years past from shortness of breath. Dropsy commenced in the legs 3 months ago, abdomen swelled soon after. [She] had been confined to bed ever since’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848 Date of death: 15 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Miliary tubercles. Old adhesions of peritoneum Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Peritoneum) 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 stated on admission that he had been subject to cough for some years, but had not until lately suffered much inconvenience. He caught cold 8 or 9 weeks previously, and has had a good deal of cough & dyspnoea ever since’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jan 1848 Date of death: 15 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fever? Congestion of brain. Diseased heart Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Heart) 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 man was said to have been seized about 14 days before admission with shivering, diarrhoea & vomiting: the stools were dark & watery, & on previous evening, having been seized with pain of head & giddiness, he was bled with relief, and a blister applied to the nape of the neck’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Dec 1848 Date of death: 21 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver. General anasarca Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Liver); Edema (Systemic) 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 was originally admitted under Dr Nairne’s [Robert Nairne] care on the 28th June 1848, continuing in the hospital till the 11th December when he was made OP [out-patient]. When he first presented himself for admission he stated that the dropsy had commenced in his ankles a fortnight previously, that his abdomen had been swelled for a longer period but he could not state exactly how long’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Dec 1848 Date of death: 24 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Inflammation & ulcer of mucous lining of bladder, cysts in bladder. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Inflammation (Bladder); Ulcer (Bladder); Cyst (Bladder); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'He was a native of Bucks [Buckinghamshire], of spare habit but looked well. For 8 years he had suffered with symptoms of stone in the bladder which during the last 18 months had been more urgent & distressing. On introducing a sound, a calculus of considerable size and rough on the surface was detected. His urine was acid & contained a small quantity of pus, but the bladder was not irritable & the prostate neither enlarged or tender’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Jan 1848 Date of death: 27 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Dilated heart, diseased mitral & aortic valves. Inflamed lungs Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart); Inflammation (Lungs) 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 was first admitted into the hospital under the care of Dr Page on 30 August 1848 with general dropsy which was said to be of 9 weeks’ duration. The legs were very extensively anasarcous, the abdomen gave very distinct fluctuation and the right arm, & surface of chest on right side were also anasarcous. Compexion was very dusky. She had constant cough with purulent expectoration’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
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
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jan 1849 Date of death: 31 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Blind fistula. Peritoneal inflammation. Ulceration of ileum Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Fistula; Inflammation (Peritoneum); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the care of the surgeon with fistula in ano, for the purpose of operation. He was sent on the 26th to see the physician to enquire into the state of his chest, when he was found to have had cough & shortness of breath for some time [and] to be much emaciated, with night-sweats, and all the ordinary symptoms of phthisis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Jan 1849 Date of death: 2 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Ulceration of mucous membrane of caecum & colon. Congested liver & spleen Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Ulcer (Caecum, colon); Congestion (Liver, spleen) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'When admitted this patient presented a most remarkably yellow colour of skin, with a few petechial spots of a haemorrhagic character in the legs which did not disappear on pressure’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Feb 1849 Date of death: 4 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Congestion of membranes & substance of the brain. Pulmonary apoplexy Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Stroke (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'Presenting the quick, agitated manner of delirium a potu, although not very incoherent. Answering questions readily, but when left to himself beginning to mutter, and soon becoming very talkative. His nights were sleepless’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1849 Date of death: 8 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Semipurulent fluid in pleural cavity. Old adhesions. Hypertrophy & dilated heart Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Lungs); Disease (Heart) 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 patient who had suffered from palpitation of heart for five years was admitted complaining of darting pain shooting through the praecordium to the back, with increased palpitation & shortness of breath’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 73 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Jan 1849 Date of death: 10 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Heart hypertrophied & dilated, diseased mitral & aortic valves Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart) 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 he had been suffering 4 months from cough, dropsy & palpitation of the heart, that he caught cold lately in consequence of which his sufferings had become much increased, that previously he had enjoyed remarkably good health, and never had suffered from rheumatism of any sort. Both legs were considerably oedematous on admission and the abdomen was distended’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Feb 1849 Date of death: 13 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Fistula. Abscess. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Fistula; Abscess; Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'Several months prior to his last admission, this patient was in the hospital under the care of Mr Hawkins [Caesar Hawkins] for stricture of the urethra, & subsequent to discharge he was in the habit of paying periodical visits to the hospital for the purpose of having a caheter passed. By this means he went on pretty well until the 10th of January last, when he was seized with shivering, which continued more or less for the three or four succeeding days. This was followed by feverishness with thirst & anorexia, and his bowels, which at first were constipated, afterwards became relaxed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Feb 1849 Date of death: 18 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammation of the stomach, ulceration & hypertrophy. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Stomach); Ulcer (Stomach); Disease (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 stated that he had two years ago suffered a good deal of pain at the pit of the stomach; but his health had been pretty well re-established until 4 months ago when he was again seized with pain of stomach & vomited a quantity of blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Sep 1848 Date of death: 19 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Caries of the mastoid & petrous portions of temporal bone. Inflammation of the dura mater Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Inflammation (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient, at the time of her admission, stated that she had been attacked two months before with inflammation of the right ear, which soon produced partial deafness in that organ; and that the membrana lympani had been twice punctured at the Dean Street Dispensary without affording relief. She has a good deal of pain in the ear & a thin discharge flowed from the internal meatus’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 10 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Feb 1849 Date of death: 20 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fever? Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry 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: 'The body was not examined’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 5 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Feb 1849 Date of death: 25 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Congenital oblique inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); 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: 'This child was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia of several hours’ duration (said to be 24 hours at least). Everything that was given to the child was returned by vomiting; the bowels were constipated & there was pain in the belly’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Feb 1849 Date of death: 23 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Popliteal aneurism. Operation. Gangrene Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Knee); Operation; Gangrene
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient, a healthy-looking man of temperate habits, stated that on the 16th of October last he began to feel some pain at the inner side of his right knee. Two days after, while digging in a field, his foot slipped form the spade, causing him pain in the knee, but it lasted only a minute, & scarcely attracted his attention. He continued to work two days after this occurrence, but on the night of the 21st of October on retiring to bed he found his right foot & leg swelled’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Feb 1849 Date of death: 6 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Mania. Membranes & substance of brain congested. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Mania (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Kidneys) 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 presented on admission the appearance of approaching mania or insanity rather than delirium. She could give very little account of herself, and yet seemed fully to understand the questions put to her, put out her tongue, sat up in bed &c just as she was ordered. She was reported by her friends to be a married woman, having had 3 children, with easy labours, & 4 miscarriages since, the last of which occurring about Xmas was attended with a good deal of flooding, and she had continued to have a red discharge more or less ever since. When at chapel on 25th inst. she created a disturbance by talking incoherently; she has been strange in her manner ever since, and occasionally very noisy & troublesome’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Chimney sweep Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1848 Date of death: 5 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Chimney sweep’s cancer of the scrotum. Sloughing ulceration of glands in groin. Secondary deposits in the lungs Disease (standardised): Cancer (Scrotum); Ulcer (Groin); Deposit (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient, a chimney sweep by trade, was admitted with a cancerous ulcer situated on the right side & lower part of the scrotum. About 3 years before, there first appeared, in the situation now occupied by the ulcer, a small warty excrescence which enlarged very slowly & without pain. This in about two years began to ulcerate, but as it gave him no inconvenience he did not seek medical aid. In the course of another three months a gland in the right groin began to enlarge and finally wen on to ulceration’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, scrotum, penis, inguinal regions