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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: Laundress
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1856
Date of death: 10 Oct 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the Stomach
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: For a long time this woman had been subject to indigestion which had been worse during the last three months. The bowels had been confined for sixteen days before admission and she had constant vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1855
Date of death: 17 Nov 1855
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Liver)
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 had enjoyed good health until five months ago when she began to experience pain in the left iliac region. She then noticed some lumps in that part, which increased rapidly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1855
Date of death: 5 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Fractured neck of femur. Sloughs. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sloughing (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted in consequence of an accident. She was thrown down in crossing the street, by a carriage and struck her right hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1849
Date of death: 1 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Effusion of blood into the spinal canal. Fracture of the pelvis. Fracture of the femur
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Spinal canal); Fracture (Pelvis, thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This woman threw herself out of the attic window of a two-sory house and was picked up insensible but on admission shortly after the receipt of the injury she had completely recovered her sense, but she was cold & collapsed, her pulse scarcely perceptible’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, pelvis, right lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1852
Date of death: 16 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Chronic abscess in the right lobe of the liver
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver)
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 first observed a swelling in the right side of the abdomen three months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1849
Date of death: 29 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary apoplexy. Pericarditis. Chronic inflammation of the kidneys, with cysts. Fibrous tumour in the uterus
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Inflammation (Kidneys); Cyst (Kidneys); Tumour (Uterus)
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 [woman] was first admitted into the hospital as an in-patient in September. She then dated the commencement of ther illness from an attack of haematemesis in July ‘48 when she brought up about a quart of blood. She had suffered from pain across the epigastrium ever since, and when the hand was placed across it she cried out as if it caused her great pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, 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

Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1849
Date of death: 24 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the hip
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
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 removed by the friends previous to its being examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1856
Date of death: 16 Apr 1856
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was found in North Row, Park Lane by a policeman. She had been seized with an apoplectic fit and was brought to the Hospital comatose.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 May 1853
Date of death: 21 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Typhus fever. Ulceration of caecum. Ovarian cyst containing brain
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Teratoma (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: She had been taken ill with shivering, headache, much thirst and great feeling of weakness and depression.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 76
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1854
Date of death: 15 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the leg. Sloughing phagadaena of the leg
Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Ulcer (Leg)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old woman, who was said to be much addicted to drinking, was admitted in consequence of an accident in which she had suffered a [?] wound of the left leg from the wheel of a cab passing over it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1856
Date of death: 9 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body at the request of the friends was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1854
Date of death: 13 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Bed sores after smallpox. Secondary abscesses
Disease (standardised): Pressure ulcer (Skin); Abscess
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Post mortem notes: 'The body was not examined’

Type of injury: n/a

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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1849
Date of death: 29 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Meningeal apoplexy. Blood effused beneath the arachnoid & pia mater. Atheromarous deposit in the arteries of the brain & in the aorta
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta, brain)
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, a single woman, who gained her livelihood by needlework, was admitted complaining of headache, dizziness & general debility. She presented a pale, sallow complexion, was somewhat emaciated & confessed that for some time back, she had not had sufficient nourishment’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1849
Date of death: 17 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Cirrhosis of the liver, with diminished weight of the organs. Fibrous patch on the heart, & on the capsule of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart, spleen)
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 that dropsy had appeared in his left ankle about 2 months before admission, his right leg had subsequently swelled & then the abdomen. For ten days past he had cough & spitting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1853
Date of death: 17 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema of lungs. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been suffering from cough since June last, with gradually increasing weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1849
Date of death: 12 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Separation of the epiphyses of the bones. Amputation. Inflamed femoral vein. Secondary deposits in the lungs. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Inflammation (Thigh); Deposit (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
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 a lacerated wound of the integument six inches long just below & nearly parallel to his right groin, the skin in the neighbourhood being extensively bruised; and a compound fracture of the right tibia at the junction of its middle & lower thirds, the upper fragment of which projected through the wound’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Date of admission: 24 May 1854
Date of death: 12 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of the intestinal canal. Disease of the ovaries
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Disease (Ovary)
Admitting doctor: Lee, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Dickinson, William Howship and Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was a widow, the mother of two children. Her illness began about five years ago, when she found a small swelling in the right side of the hypogastric regions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s Servant
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 April 1855
Date of death: 9 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of the Calvaria, Spine, Larynx
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Skull); Tuberculosis (Spine); Tuberculosis (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of caries of the cranium, and he referred to a blow he had received a year before. It appeared however that he had had disease of the left clavicle before the accident.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housepainter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1856
Date of death: 14 Oct 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of Liver. Granulated disease of the Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been ill only ten days. He attributed the pain he first felt in the lower part of his abdomen to cold. It gradually got worse and ended in a dropsical state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1856
Date of death: 12 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'A poor Frenchman’ who was originally admitted as a surgical patient. He complained of pain in the course of the left ureter which had troubled him for nine months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a