Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Mar 1846 Date of death: 5 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pleurisy and circumscribed empyema. Pneumonia, and great oedema of the lungs. Slight hypertrophy of left ventricle, with dilatation of right cavities. Blood semi fluid. Pus in anterior mediastinum. Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Empyema (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart);Suppuration (Thorax) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient stated that he had been in good health until he was suddenly seized three days before admission with severe rigors and acute pain in the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Mar 1845 Date of death: 26 Mar 1845 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with congestion of the pulmonary texture Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in an extremely weak and exhausted state, and unable to give any account of herself. There was some little ascites and general anasarca & her face was puffy’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jan 1845 Date of death: 25 Mar 1845 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumonia. Old & recent pleurisy. Tubercles in kidneys. Tubercular ulceration of small intestine Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Kidneys, intestines); Ulcer (Intestines) 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 complained of cough of about four months’ duration, which had been ushered in by rather profuse haemoptysis, and had lately been accompanied by pain and tightness of the chest, with shortness of breath, inability to sleep at night, and profuse nocturnal perspirations’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Mar 1845 Date of death: 25 Mar 1845 Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions. Phthisis. Bronchitis & pneumonia. Dilatation, without hypertrophy, of the heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of collapse, his countenance and lips especially, quite livid, and his extremities cold. Ether and ammonia were administered, reaction took place, and he then began to expectorate large quantities of thick, tenacious, puriform matter’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Mar 1846 Date of death: 1 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of the neck, larynx and anterior mediastinum. Old adhesions of pleurae and pericardium. Pneumonia. Chronic bronchitis. Oedema of lungs. Fibrinous vegetations on valves. Heart enlarged. Kidneys mottled. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Neck, Larynx, Mediastinum); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: It appeared that during the last eight or ten years the patient had been suffering more or less from chronic cough, and that during the last year his legs had occasionally becomes anasarcous. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Fishman Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Mar 1846 Date of death: 29 Mar 1846 Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Pleurisy. Pneumonia of both lungs. Secondary deposits in the right. Bronchitis. Granular liver. Spleen softened and pale. Violent delirium. Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen);Delirium (Nervous system) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: After being intoxicated for many days, this man attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Suicide
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 15 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jan 1845 Date of death: 23 Mar 1845 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with hepatisation of the lung. Old pleurisy & peritonitis. Ulceration of intestines. Mesenteric glands filled with tubercular matter & very much enlarged Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Hepatisation (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis 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 lad stated that for the last two months he had been gradually losing flesh, and during the few last days, had suffered greatly from pain in the abdomen. In answer to questions he stated that his bowels had long been very irregular’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Mar 1845 Date of death: 22 Mar 1845 Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions circumscribing partial empyema. Bronchitis and pneumonia. Chronic pericarditis Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'Stated that having been in the previous enjoyment of good health, he was taken three weeks ago with hoarseness & cough, accompanied by pain across the chest & shortness of breath’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 14 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Jan 1845 Date of death: 20 Mar 1845 Disease (transcribed): Chronic pericarditis. Recent pleurisy and peritonitis. Heart enlarged by hypertrophy. Viscera congested Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Heart); Congestion 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 girl’s account, which has since been verified by her father, who is a perfect martyr to rheumatism, both in its acute and chronic form, was that about three months previous to admission, she was in perfect health, and had never suffered from rheumatism, shortness of breath or pain in the chest’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Mar 1874 Date of death: 7 Mar 1874 Disease (transcribed): Caries of vertebrae. Psoas abscess. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscles); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: Nine weeks ago he was attacked with pain in the right hip extending down to the knee. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and vertebrae Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Feb 1864 Date of death: 5 Mar 1864 Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of leg. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Was admitted on February 22nd with a sloughing ulcer about 5 inches in length over the left tibia. This patient had been confined for about a year in a lunatic asylum, from which place she received her discharge a few days before her admission into this hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Dec 1845 Date of death: 22 Mar 1846 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid deposit of liver, and gastro hepatic omentum, and of large intestine. Peritonitis. Pleurisy. Encephaloid disease of absorbents and of bronchial glands. Lymphatics of lungs filled, apparently with encephaloid deposit. Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver, Omentum, Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Cancer (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of diarrhoea accompanied occasionally by a little blood in the stools. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: House keeper Age: 74 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Mar 1873 Date of death: 14 Mar 1873 Disease (transcribed): Caseous pneumonia. Granular kidneys. Prolapsus ani Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Prolapsed (Anal canal) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: The patient stated that she had suffered from prolapsus ani for the last thirty years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1845 Date of death: 8 Jan 1846 Disease (transcribed): Spleen enormously hypertrophied. Liver hypertrophied. Veins much dilated. Peculiar state of the blood. Heart dilated. Old adhesions. Congestive pneumonia. Thickening and ulceration of mucous membrane of caput coli. Disease (standardised): Disease (Spleen); Disease (Liver); Dilated (Veins); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of a tumour in his belly, which he first perceived about the beginning of last May. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Nov 1843 Date of death: 5 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the pericranium, caries of the cranial bones at some joints. Fatal Laryngitis. Phthisis. Pneumonia. Tubercles in Kidneys. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Skull); Caries (Skull); Laryngitis (Larynx); Tuberculosis (Lung, Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with inflammation of the Pericranium covering the vertex and sides of the skull. The head presented an hydrocephalic appearance. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Mar 1846 Date of death: 18 Mar 1846 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the liver, stomach and omentum. Peritonitis. Congestive pneumonia. Other organs, nothing Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver, Stomach, Omentum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient stated that about nine months ago his health began to fail without any obvious reason. He began to suffer greatly from dyspeptic symptoms, frequently accompanied by considerable pain in the epigastric region, became subject to pyrosis, and occasional vomiting. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Mar 1846 Date of death: 15 Mar 1846 Disease (transcribed): Ulcer on the shin. Pneumonia. Phthisis. Heart atrophied and dilated. Blood fluid. Old and recent peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted with large varicose ulcers of the legs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left inferior extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Mar 1846 Date of death: 15 Mar 1846 Disease (transcribed): Fungoid tumour of the brain, with inflammation and softening of the neighbouring cerebral structure. No other carcinomatous disease found in the body. Lungs soft and congested at back part. Atheroma in aorta. Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain ); Disease (Lung); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted in an unconscious state, paralytic of the left side. It appeared that after having for some time been in a ‘strange forgetful state’, a fit of an apoplectic character occurred, and paralysis of the left side of the body was found to have ensued. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Mar 1846 Date of death: 14 Mar 1846 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy. Inflammation of pulmonary tissue. Brain wet, but healthy in structure. Heart atrophied and dilated. Blood fluid. Liver and kidneys congested. Other organs, nothing Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Inflammation (Lung); Disease (Brain); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver);Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of delirium, unable to give any account of himself. It appeared from the statement of his friends that for about two months he had been suffering from an incessant cough, occasional haemoptysis and profuse puriform expectoration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 9 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Mar 1844 Date of death: 26 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Necrosis of the rami of the Ischium and Pubis. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung); Necrosis (Pelvis); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert. Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a small tumour situated in the labium and apparently connected with the ramus of the pubis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Feb 1846 Date of death: 7 Mar 1846 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Tubercular ulceration of intestines with small abscesses in sub mucous tissue. Liver nutmeg. Spleen studded with innumerable transparent corpuscles. Mottling degeneration of kidneys. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Abscess (Intestines); Disease (Liver);Disease (Spleen) ; Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of diarrhoea of a long time standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Mar 1845 Date of death: 8 Mar 1845 Disease (transcribed): Effusion in the cranium. Arteries of brain atheromatous. Lungs gorged with red, frothy serum and soft in texture. Cavities of head dilated: muscular structure soft; valves slightly diseased, as well as aorta. Blood fluid Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Plaque, atheroscelerotic (Brain); Disease (Lungs); Disease (Head); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'The patient was found to be dead when brought to the hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen (‘the contents of the stomach were carefully examined but no poison was detected’)
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Jul 1845 Date of death: 7 Jan 1846 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Granular Kidney. Thickening of Peritoneum, with a false membrane enveloping and compressing the Liver and Spleen. Fluid in Pleurae with old adhesions. Lungs oedematous and emphysematous. Atheroma in Aorta. Disease (standardised): Oedema (Universal); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Thickening (Abdomen); Disease (Pleura); Disease (Lung);Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient who at times had suffered from Anasarca during the last nine years and had always applied to the Hospital for which, again presented himself for admission suffering from universal anasarca, cough and dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jan 1846 Date of death: 1 Mar 1846 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the thigh (ununited). Diffuse cellular inflammation of the leg and foot, with excoriations. Heart dilated and very much atrophied – soft in structure. Congestive pneumonia. Other organs healthy in structure. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Leg); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This man was admitted with an oblique fracture of the femur caused by a fall down some area steps. The same bone had been fractured about nine years previously a little below the neck. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left inferior extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Dec 1844 Date of death: 7 Mar 1845 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old adhesions of the pleurae. Lymph in pericardium. Atheroma in aorta & mitral valve. Tubercular spots in various parts of the intestines with ulceration of the mucous membrane. Mesenteric glands enlarged Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Disease Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This man stated that he had suffered from slight cough for many months, and that nine weeks before admission it became much worse, accompanied by rigors, pain in the chest, and profuse worthy expectoration’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen