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Occupation or role: Barman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1847
Date of death: 11 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Pleuritis with ulceration of vomica into the cavity. Enlarged heart with dilatation and hypertrophy. Aneurismal dilatation of aorta and aneurysm pressing on bronchus. Ascites. Granular liver. Enlarged spleen
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ulcer (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Aneurysm (Arteries); Ascites (Abdomen);Disease (Liver) ; Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted on the 8th July 1846 under the care of Dr Page, suffering from palpitation and pain in the region of the heart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1849
Date of death: 1 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
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: 'At the request of the friends, this body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1859
Date of death: 28 Jun 1859
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He had been out of health for a month suffering from slight pain about the loins with gradually increasing swelling of the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1863
Date of death: 20 Jun 1863
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Lee, ?
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He was admitted in consequence of ascites and abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1847
Date of death: 13 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Adhesions of pleura. Pulmonary extravasation and hepatisation of lung. Pericarditis. Enlarged heart with great dilatation. Old peritonitis. Contracted liver. Diseased kidneys. Mucous membrane of stomach very vascular.
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver);Disease (Kidney) ; Disease (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This woman was admitted suffering from palpitation and dyspnoea, accompanied by cough and frequent vomiting, and some little oedema of the lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 09 Jun 1847
Date of death: 17 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Ascites, recent peritonitis. Lining membrane of uterus inflamed with adherent portion of placenta. Malignant tumour in pelvis, partly scirrhus and partly encephaloid.
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Inflammation (Uterus); Adherent (Placenta); Tumour (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This woman reported that about five months ago she perceived a tumour in the left pelvic region, and had been losing flesh and strength ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1849
Date of death: 6 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Pus in the peritoneal cavity. Slight pleurisy. Heart healthy. Cysts in the kidney
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Peritoneum); Pleurisy (Lungs); 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 entered in a cachectic state, not having enjoyed good health for several months past, was admitted complaining of very severe pain across the abdomen, which was tense, distended, rather tympanitic & very tender’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barmaid
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 May 1865
Date of death: 22 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of colon. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: The patient was single, of no occupation, living as a concubine. For two years she had been losing flesh. A month ago she was seized with vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1852
Date of death: 19 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Is a drunkard. Diseased kidneys. Bronchitis. Congested liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung); Congestion (Liver)
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 patient alleged that he had only suffered from dropsy three weeks before his admission and it produced ulceration of the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1862
Date of death: 16 Jun 1862
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient stated that he had always enjoyed good health up to the present year. During the winter his appetite failed, he occasionally vomited and he suffered from abdominal pains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1863
Date of death: 2 Jul 1863
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in back
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Back)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was confined in August of 1862 of a live child and had been ill ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knees, chest, abdomen and gluteal region
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Navigator and well sinker
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1845
Date of death: 15 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Sloughs on back. Slight softening and increased vascularity of the dorsal part of the spinal chord. Fluid in there and in subarachnoid tissue. Exostoses of cranium. Suppuration in front of larynx. Pneumonia. Heart dilated. Aorta atheromatous and calcareous
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Back); Disease (Spinal cord); Effusion (Spinal cord, Brain); Exostoses (Skull); Suppuration (Larynx); Pneumonia (Lung);Disease (Heart) ; Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted labouring under partial paralysis of the lower extremities, which began shortly after he began work as a well sinker and had to stand nearly up to his middle in water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal chord, cranium, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1847
Date of death: 09 Aug 1847
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Old pleurisy and contracted lung. Fluid in pericardium. Fatty heart, dilatation and hypertrophy of left ventricle. Thickening of peritoneum and recent peritonitis. Ascites. Contracted liver and granular kidneys. Cyst containing white cheesy matter.
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Extravasation (Heart); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen);Ascites (Abdomen) ; Disease (Liver) ; Disease (Kidney) ; Cysts (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was first admitted on the 8th July 1846 suffering from slight anasarca with evident symptoms of heart disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1850
Date of death: 3 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Ascites and anasarca. Cirrhosis of liver. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg); Cirrhosis (Liver); Adherent (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man, who stated that he had had no previous illness of any sort, acknowledged himself to have been a hard drinker, and had latterly become liable to what he called bilious attacks with sickness, headaches and an enlarged abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1851
Date of death: 2 Sep 1851
Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of the mucous membrane of the colon & rectum with thickening of the muscular coats. Margination of the caecum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Colon, rectum); Margination (Caecum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'When brought to the hospital this patient presented very much the appearance of one labouring under cholera asiatica. His skin was cold & livid, the face dusky & purple, eyes remarkably sunken. Pulse rather frequent & very feeble, quite rational & collected. His illness was said to have been only of 5 days’ duration, but on further enquiry it was ascertained that he had had two severe attacks of diarrhoea this summer’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1855
Date of death: 9 Jun 1855
Disease (transcribed): Congested lungs. Large soft Heart. Peculiar thinning of abdominal wall
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart); Thinning (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had enjoyed good health until last autumn when an attack of mild cholera considerably reduced him. He had never felt fit for work since that time. Two months before admission he noticed that his ankles swelled much at night. He then grew weak and lost his appetite.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Postman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1862
Date of death: 4 Jul 1862
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis from obstruction and ulceration of vermiform appendix
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Obstruction (Appendix); Ulcer (Appendix)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: A week before admission this man was attended with pain in the abdomen and obstinate constipation followed by diarrhoea and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1852
Date of death: 4 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Bloody fluid in the peritoneal, pleural and pericardial cavities. Cysted and fatty kidneys. Dilated and enlarged heart. Enlarged auricular ventricular opening on right side of heart. Extensive atheromatous deposit in the arteries. Fluid blood
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Abdomen); Extravasation (Pleura); Extravasation (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney); Disease (Heart);Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries) ; Fluid (Blood)
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 man stated that he had been subject to occasional swelling of the legs for years. Two or three weeks ago he suffered from pain across the abdomen and a sense of constriction across the epigastrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1853
Date of death: 20 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Chronic inflammation of the peritoneum. Diseased liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Inflammation (Abdomen); Disease (Liver)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'Admitted with very considerable swelling both of the abdomen & also of the legs. He had been employed all his life in the stables and had drunk pretty freely of gin. He had bent his back by a fall, and to this he attributed the commencement of his illness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1857
Date of death: 18 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Diseased kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The mother of this lad reported him to have been first taken ill three weeks ago with jaundice, of which he got better in a fortnight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1851
Date of death: 17 Sep 1851
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Disintegration of both ovaries. Scrofulous deposit & inflammation of the lining membrane of the right fallopian tube, of the uterus & the vagina
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disintegration (Ovaries); Deposit (Fallopian tube, uterus, vagina); Inflammation (Fallopian tube, uterus, vagina)
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 patient had been married for some years but had never been pregnant. The menses had ceased 5 years ago, & there had been slight leucorrhoea since. Her present illness was alleged to have been of about 12 months’ duration, and began by pain on the left side of the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, genital organs, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1853
Date of death: 1 Sep 1853
Disease (transcribed): Curvature of the spine. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Emphysema of lung. Diseased kidneys. Recent fibrin in peritoneal sac and ascites
Disease (standardised): Curvature (Spine); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Fibrin (Abdomen); Ascites (Abdomen)
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 was much deformed and had suffered from dropsy since the previous November.
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: 04 Aug 1847
Date of death: 07 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Flabby heart. Medullary disease of bronchial glands and lungs. Ascites. Small malignant tubercles under peritoneum. General peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from ascites. She had suckled her child up to two months ago, when gradually increasing debility warned her that it was necessary to give up suckling. About this time her legs began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1866
Date of death: 20 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Granular disease of kidneys. Encephaloid disease of kidney. Renal calculus. Disease of peritoneum. Fat in pleura
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Caluli (Kidney); Disease (Abdomen); Fat (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had never suffered from colic or palsy before two months previous to admission. He was then seized at midnight with a fit of an epileptic form.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, brain and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1849
Date of death: 23 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Fibrous tumours connected with the pericardium and anterior mediastinum. Hypertrophy of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lungs); Tumour (Pericardium, mediastinum); Disease (Spleen)
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 presented from the first a very pale and anaemic aspect, with somewhat of the sallow hue which generally accompanies malignant disease. He stated his illness to have begun with pain of head and dizziness some 15 weeks previously, and that he had since suffered more or less from pain in the chest, & cough, and generally urgent dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a