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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1846
Date of death: 24 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Large sloughs on sacrum and trochanter. Slight recent pericarditis. Slight recent pleurisy. Congested lungs. Pus in wrist and knee joint, and loose pieces of lymph in the left knee joint.
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Spine); Sloughing (Leg); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Suppuration (Wrist);Suppuration (Knee)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient who about ten years ago underwent a severe attack of Acute Rheumatism and had ever since suffered occasionally from wandering rheumatic pains, was admitted suffering from an acute attack of this disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, upper and lower extremities
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1855
Date of death: 28 Sep 1855
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1848
Date of death: 24 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Large sloughs on sacrum and trochanter. Slight recent pericarditis. Slight recent pleurisy. Congested lungs. Pus in wrist and knee joints and loose pieces of lymph in the left knee joint.
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Spine); Sloughing (Leg); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Suppuration (Wrist);Suppuration (Knee) ; Lymph (Knee)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient who about ten years ago underwent a severe attack of Acute Rheumatism, and had ever since suffered occasionally from wandering rheumatic pains, was admitted suffering from an acute attack of this disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, upper and lower extremities
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Distiller’s man
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1857
Date of death: 29 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A distiller’s man living at Brentford. He had been suffering from cold & cough 8 months, but for the past fortnight his chief ailment had been severe diarrhoea. He had been losing flesh, & perspired copiously at night’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1850
Date of death: 31 Jan 1850
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Anasarca. Slight hypertrophy of heart with some disease of aortic and mitral valves. Liver contracted.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Contraction (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man applied for admission with cough and shortness of breath and swollen legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1856
Date of death: 1 Dec 1856
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Pleuro pneumonia. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic Diseases (Joints); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This boy had been ill four days with acute rheumatism which came on after riding a long way in a cart during a keen wind. Six years ago he had a similar attack.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, neck, abdomen and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1853
Date of death: 27 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Epileptic attacks. Peculiar cyst on surface of the brain producing atrophy of convolutions
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Cysts (Brain); Atrophy (Brain)
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: A person of rather diminutive size who stated that she had been suffering five or six months from fits of some sort in which she stated that she was entirely unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Slater
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1861
Date of death: 15 Nov 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Laryngitis. Laryngotomy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Laryngitis (Larynx); Laryngotomy (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering for from Phthisis for some time, and six days previously had become ill with laryngitis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, lungs and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1860
Date of death: 5 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Vegetations on valves of heart. Fibrinous block in spleen. Secondary lobular pneumonia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Vegetations (Heart); Disease (Spleen); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman had had pain and swelling in the left hand, which was believed to be rheumatic, for a week before admission. This could not be traced to any injury but appeared to have been the result of exposure to cold. She admitted indeed, after many leading questions and much cross-examination, that about a fortnight previously she had pricked her hand with a pin but there did not appear to be any reason for connecting this with the present swelling’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1861
Date of death: 15 Nov 1861
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis with suspicion of tubercles
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1859
Date of death: 18 Dec 1859
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: For the last three years she suffered from palpitation on exertion or excitement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1855
Date of death: 5 Oct 1855
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
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 removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Silversmith
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1861
Date of death: 20 Nov 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Dilated air passages
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Dilation (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The man had been gradually getting weaker since the previous winter, suffering the whole time from difficulty breathing and occasionally from a cough and slight expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1854
Date of death: 14 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1857
Date of death: 30 Nov 1857
Disease (transcribed): Chronic (white) softening of brain and spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Softening (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man had been blind for thirteen years and was in a feeble and emaciated condition on admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1860
Date of death: 1 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Croup
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this 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: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1858
Date of death: 30 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'A single woman who had been ill with cold & cough 3 or 4 months during which time she had lost much flesh. She had been worse for the 10 days preceding her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1853
Date of death: 7 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (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: This patient stated that he had for some time suffered from cough with occasional haemoptysis and that during the last four weeks his legs had become anasarcous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1848
Date of death: 17 Feb 1848
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis with scrofulous ulceration of larynx and trachea.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Larynx); Ulcer (Larynx); Tuberculosis (Trachea); Ulcer (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This girls was admitted complaining of sore throat which on examination was found to be ulceration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1850
Date of death: 10 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of uterus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This woman, who was of gipsy origin, was admitted into the hospital under the care of Dr Nairne [Robert Nairne] in May last, when she reported that she had had 13 children, the last having been born only in February, She had a flooding last autumn in her confinement, but since the birth of her child the catamenia [menstruation] had returned regularly till a month before admission when she had missed on one occasion. She was then suffering from constant discharge with pain at lower part of abdomen, which was most severe in making water’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'In this case, the uterus was the only part which was examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1856
Date of death: 15 Dec 1856
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1856
Date of death: 18 Dec 1856
Disease (transcribed): Sore of a finger. Secondary inflammation of lungs
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Hand); Inflammation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a dying condition and quite delirious. A month ago he poisoned his right thumb.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and parotid gland
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1858
Date of death: 1 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the stomach
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1860
Date of death: 29 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease & hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased liver & kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man who had had rheumatic fever in his youth, had been out of health for 18 months before his admission, suffering from dropsy, shortness of breath, and scantiness of urine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a