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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1852
Date of death: 27 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Delirium and coma. Much fluid in the ventricles and under the arachnoid. Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, spleen and bronchial glands. Vomicae in the lung. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Delirium (Brain); Coma (Brain); Fluid (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This patient had been ill a week and was admitted with a hot and dry skin, foul tongue and in a state of stupor and drowsiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1848
Date of death: 9 Aug 1848
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged heart. Slight dropsy.
Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Heart); Oedema (Face)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient was originally admitted on 19th April, suffering from palpitation of the heart and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1850
Date of death: 28 Sep 1850
Disease (transcribed): Ascites – from disease of liver?
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this 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]
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Date of admission: 3 May 1854
Date of death: 2 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the intestines. Bed sores
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This girl had been ill some days before her admission, but no exact date could be assigned, and she had been out of sorts previously. She was in a very depressed state with a remarkable dusky flush on each cheek, and a rapid pulse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1872
Date of death: 18 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the prostate gland. Pyelitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Prostate); Pyelitis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The history given by this man was that about two years ago he first felt pain in the leg which continued ever since. About a year ago he began to have some difficulty in his walking.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: School boy
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1867
Date of death: 21 Jun 1867
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
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]
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 May 1877
Date of death: 6 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma of coronary and of cerebral arteries. Fatty heart. Granular kidney.
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering for many years from symptoms such as headaches, palpitations, drawing of the mouth and inability to speak, temporary loss of sight and giddiness. The day of admission she went out for a walk and was found unconscious by a policeman and brought to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1879
Date of death: 28 May 1879
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular disease. Weak fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: For six years he had had at least one cough a year, lasting a week or so at a time. In the Spring of 1877, during a cough, and after lifting some furniture, he coughed up half a pint of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1850
Date of death: 27 Jan 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 this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Body was removed from the hospital prior to examination’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1848
Date of death: 15 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fever? Congestion of brain. Diseased heart
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Heart)
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 man was said to have been seized about 14 days before admission with shivering, diarrhoea & vomiting: the stools were dark & watery, & on previous evening, having been seized with pain of head & giddiness, he was bled with relief, and a blister applied to the nape of the neck’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1864
Date of death: 13 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient, a well-nourished, healthy-looking girl, was admitted on the 3rd January with symptoms of typhoid fever, having been ill for two weeks. When first seen on that day she was lying low in bed with the legs drawn up, sensible and replying in a dreamy way, but apt to wander in her statements’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1878
Date of death: 9 Jan 1879
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of peritoneum, ovaries, liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was subject to frontal headaches, epistaxis and palpitation. She had a dislike to fat, which she had never eaten.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, peritoneum, ovaries and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman's servant
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1853
Date of death: 26 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Ptosis with peculiar fixedness of both eye balls. Sudden dyspnoea and other peculiar symptoms. Disease of the sphenoid bone
Disease (standardised): Blepharoptosis (Eye); Dyspnoea (Lung); Disease (Skull)
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 patient was admitted suffering from paralysis of certain of the cranial nerves.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Milkmaid
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1877
Date of death: 10 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here, as the body was not examined'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1851
Date of death: 17 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of the large intestine. Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'It did not appear from this patient’s statement that he had been ill more than 3 days. when he had been suddenly seized with diarrhoea & vomiting. He was not aware of any cause for its suppuration, but the looseness had continued with some haemorrhage, he has passed 5 or 6 stools on the morning of his admission, & had been again sick. He was a man of rather full habit’
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: 5 Aug 1848
Date of death: 9 Aug 1848
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac dropsy
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient had suffered an attack of rheumatic fever with pain in the chest in her twelfth year, and ever since had been subject to palpitation of heart and dyspnoea on exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1869
Date of death: 28 May 1869
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Perforation of bowel. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This child had fallen ill with symptoms of fever, hot skin, quick pulse and general pains about the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1875
Date of death: 1 Jul 1875
Disease (transcribed): General cerebritis
Disease (standardised): Cerebritis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man had been exposed to wet six days before admission after which he refused his food and complained of pain in the head and back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1849
Date of death: 24 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied & dilated heart, disease of the mitral & aortic valves. Congested lungs. Pulmonary apoplexy. Nutmeg liver. Congested kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lungs); Stroke (Lungs); Disease (Liver); Congestion (Kidneys)
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 stated that he had been out of health more than 6 months, that his legs & scrotum had been very much swelled, but this symptom had diminished; that he had suffered from palpitation of heart & cough, and on 16th inst he had brought up some blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1852
Date of death: 28 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. The left pleural sac full of offensive purulent fluid pushing over the heart to the right side. Recent pericardial adhesion
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Suppuration (Pleura); Displacement (Heart); Adhesions (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient had had an attack of pain in the left side about twelve months ago when he had spit some blood. The pain recurred with some cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Household servant
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1853
Date of death: 17 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the peritoneum, pylorus of the stomach and pancreas. Dilated heart and emphysema of the lungs. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Pancreas); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
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: The history of this case was that he had suffered for two or three years from indigestion, flatulence and constipation, with pain in the stomach after food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Date of admission: 15 May 1854
Date of death: 2 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This girl stated that her legs had been swelled for 2 months before her admission, and her abdomen had subsequently also become enlarged’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Pugilist
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1871
Date of death: 1 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of the aorta. Atheroma. Hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This patient, a prize-fighter, who had led an intemperate life, had been the subject of acute rheumatism twenty years previously, had been ill for nine months with cough & dyspnoea, & had been told that his heart was affected. Last winter he had a severe attack of bronchitis. He stated that he had not been dropsical for more than a fortnight’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Horsekeeper
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1867
Date of death: 24 Jun 1867
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Viscera transposed
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Transposed (Viscera)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: He had been ill for twelve days with pain around the left side of the thorax. He was cold and had shivered a little, and had a painful cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1874
Date of death: 27 Oct 1874
Disease (transcribed): Tabes mesenterica
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a history of pains in the chest between the shoulders for three weeks, loss of appetite and great feeling of weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, mesenteric glands, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a