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Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1853
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Haemothorax
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Haemothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was quite dead when brought into the hospital. He was found in a stable in which he was not employed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1847
Date of death: 23 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound and fracture of the skull. Laceration of dura mater. Extravasation of blood. Laceration of brain.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was kicked on the head while shoeing a horse and admitted shortly afterwards partially collapsed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Sep 1846
Date of death: 6 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Ascites and ansarca. Effused fluid into pleuritic cavities. Congestion and oedema of lungs. Dilatation of right cavities of heart. Atheroma on surface of aorta and mitral valve. Cirrhosis of liver. Congestion of kidneys. Soft spleen.
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (General); Effusion (Pleural cavity); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart);Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries) ; Cirrhosis (Liver) ; Congestion (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from ascites and general anasarca. He stated that for the last six or seven months he had been suffering from palpitation and severe paroxysms of dyspnoea on the slightest exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1905
Date of death: 19 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Mitral stenosis and regurgitation. Tricuspid dilatation. Hypertrophy & dilatation of heart. Ascites. General oedema
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted for cough, shortness of breath and pains about the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gold beater
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Oct 1918
Date of death: 9 Oct 1918
Disease (transcribed): Influenzal pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Influenza
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth
Medical notes: Patient admitted from out-patient department. Extremely cyanosed & dyspnoeic. Extensive consolidation of both bases. Patient died shortly after admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Woodcutter
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1917
Date of death: 31 Aug 1917
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Anasarca. Cerebral embolism
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Edema (Systemic); Embolism (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No necropsy’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1853
Date of death: 20 Oct 1853
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism whilst as the gold diggings. Hypertrophy of the heart. Valvular disease. Old pleural adhesions
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Disease (Heart); Adhesions (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 man whose birth and education seemed to have been rather above his present position, stated that dyspnoea had been coming on during the last two months. He had been at the Golu diggings in California.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 2 years 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 July 1877
Date of death: 22 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not reported here.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1887
Date of death: 18 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene of toes. Albuminuria. Amputation of leg. Gangrene of flaps
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Toe); Albuminuria (Kidneys); Amputation (Leg); Gangrene
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'A widow, always abstemious. No history of any serious illness'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1864
Date of death: 7 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic and Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from vesico-vaginal fistula for 11 years & had been operated on 3 times’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1905
Date of death: 23 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of heart. Incompetency of mitral and tricuspid valves. Ascites. Pleurisy (old)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Ascites (Peritoneum); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of shortness of breath & swollen legs. Patient has suffered for the last six months with headache, shortness of breath & palpitations’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1851
Date of death: 4 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1852
Date of death: 1 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, peritoneum, mesenteric glands and intestinal glands
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Intestinal mucosa)
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 woman presented herself with considerable enlargement of the abdomen, stating that it had been increasing in size during the previous five months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1842
Date of death: 14 Jan 1842
Disease (transcribed): Ramollissement of right posterior lobe of brain. Epilepsy
Disease (standardised): Atrophy (Brain); Epilepsy (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1848
Date of death: 17 Oct 1848
Disease (transcribed): Chronic bronchitis. Crude tubercles
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: Four or five months ago he began to suffer from pains in the back and shoulders, cough, pains down the arms, and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: And abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1845
Date of death: 7 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation and necrosis of the lumbar and sacral vertebrae giving rise to psoas abscess on both sides, one of which made its way into the rectum. The matter in the sacs mixed with blood. Peritonitis. Viscera healthy
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Spine, pelvis); Abscess (Abdomen, rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that on the 12th of August, being at the time in good health, he was suddenly seized with rigors, most acute pain in the abdomen and vomiting; that his belly soon became lympanitic and extremely painful on the slightest pressure, and that though he had been bled and his mouth had become sore from the medicine taken, yet that he was in no way relieved. It was elicited, that about two years ago he had a severe fall, but since the subsidence of the immediate consequences, he had in no way suffered from it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1843
Date of death: 27 Oct 1843
Disease (transcribed): General dropsy. Diseased Heart.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, abdomen and the thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1844
Date of death: 6 Oct 1844
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Scirrhous ulceration of the Uterus and Vagina, spreading to the bladder.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Cancer (Uterus, Vagina, Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was labouring under scirrhous disease of the Uterus in an ulcerated state, the first symptoms of which had commenced in Sep previous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1870
Date of death: 5 Aug 1870
Disease (transcribed): Scald.
Disease (standardised): Scald (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case if not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1856
Date of death: 17 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1860
Date of death: 2 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Diseased liver. Gall stones. Diseased ovaries. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Liver); Gallstones (Gallbladder); Disease (Ovaries); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman had long been losing flesh and appetite, but she did not become a complete invalid until about 7 weeks previous to her admission when she began to suffer pain about the belly and both hypochondriac regions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1854
Date of death: 22 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman attributed all her ailments to a cold caught 3 months before her admission, when sitting up all night with a lying in woman’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1847
Date of death: 23 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs with pulmonary apoplexy. Pleuritis and pneumonia with hepatisation and purulent infiltration. Diseased heart and liver. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Suppuration (Lung);Disease (Heart) ; Disease (Liver) ; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted complaining of anasarca and ascites of only six days duration. He had northing definite to complain of until six days ago, when the feet and legs began to swell, and his abdomen also began to increase in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Courier
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1871
Date of death: 20 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): (Malignant???) disease of liver. Haemorrhage into bowels
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Haemorrhage (Bowels)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Foster Palmer, James
Medical notes: 'The history this man gave was that for the last two months he had lost his appetite and that he had got very much thinner with constant hickup, considerable diarrhoea and occasional vomiting, passing more urine than formerly. He had been a great smoker’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a