Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Nov 1848 Date of death: 26 Nov 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia and pleurisy. Gangrenous abscess of lungs Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Gangrene (Lung); Abscess (Lung) 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: The patient stated that having had what he considered an ordinary cold, with some slight cough, he had been seized with sharp pain below the nipple on the right side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Child Age: 2 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Sep 1867 Date of death: 29 Sep 1867 Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. Congestion of brain Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Congestion (Brain) 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 been in very good health up to the 23rd when cough just came on. 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: Male Date of admission: 23 Nov 1853 Date of death: 24 Nov 1853 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Brain with many puncta on section Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Puncta (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: This patient was admitted complaining of intense pain of the head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Oct 1849 Date of death: 1 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Atrophy of the aortic semilunar valves. Pulmonary apoplexy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Atrophy (Aorta); Stroke (Lungs) 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 man dated his illness as being only of 13 months’ duration, having commenced as he alleged with cold, cough & frothy expectoration. He had formerly led a dissipated life, but not latterly, and had had no serious illness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Oct 1849 Date of death: 1 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the mitral & aortic semilunar valves. Hypertrophy of the heart. Pulmonary apoplexy. Pleurisy. Congested liver, blood in intestinal canal Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, aorta); Stroke (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with dropsy of 3 weeks’ duration. She said she had been ailing 3 or 4 months, chiefly suffering from palpitation and pain in the region of the heart, and though she had had occasional palpitation previously, she considered herself quite well last July with the single exception that she was passing small portions of tapeworm with which she had been troubled for a year & a half previously’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Oct 1851 Date of death: 5 Dec 1851 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was removed unexamined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851 Date of death: 5 Dec 1851 Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the lower lobes of both lungs & surrounding ‘hepatization’. Coagulum in the minute pulmonary arteries. Double pleurisy & bronchitis. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lungs); Hepatization (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining chiefly of palpitation & shortness of breath, to which he alleged he had been more or less subject from boyhood, but from which he had suffered very much more during the last 6 months. He had never had rheumatism’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 10 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jul 1880 Date of death: 22 Jul 1880 Disease (transcribed): Measles. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Measles (Immune system); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Case not entered here Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Nov 1851 Date of death: 6 Dec 1851 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of lower lobe of right lung. Double pleurisy of old standing. Death by purulent infection, the result of ‘phlebitis’ occasioned by venesection Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Infection (Systemic); Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Phlebotomy (Blood vessels) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted on the evening of the 26th complaining of pain on the right side, cough & shortness of breath. It appeared that his illness only dated from the 21st when he was seized with pain in the chest & back, accompanied by headache, pains in the limbs & general lassitude’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Veins &c of arms, blood, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Sailor Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Dec 1849 Date of death: 4 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extensive peritonitis. Pleurisy. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pericarditis (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 lad was brought to the hospital on the evening of the 3rd Dec apparently in the last stage of acute peritonitis, suffering intense pain in the abdomen aggravated on the very lightest touch, with a scarcely perceptible pulse, and in a condition quite beyond the power of any mode of treatmentn to alleviate. No distinct account could be obtained of the cause or commencement of his present illness. He was a sailor having just returned fromm sea, and there was a report of a hurt, accidental or otherwise, on the lower part of the abdomen, the exact nature of which could not be made out’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: General Servant Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Jun 1870 Date of death: 5 Sep 1870 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the uterus, lumbar glands and right lung. Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Lumbar glands); Cancer (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: Since Christmas 1869 this woman had suffered from severe pain in the left hip, thigh and groin. The case was taken partly from Dr Laking's notes. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Nov 1852 Date of death: 18 Dec 1852 Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Fluid in pleural sacs. Consolidated lungs Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Fluid (Pleura); Consolidation (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This girl was admitted suffering from palpitation of the heart, shortness of breath and pain in the left side of about five months standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: PC Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Oct 1871 Date of death: 27 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Brought in dead’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 51 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Dec 1851 Date of death: 8 Dec 1851 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia on the right side of the chest. Pleurisy on the left [& right] of old standing. Bronchitis. Operation of laryngotomy resorted to to relieve dyspnoea depending on supposed disease near or of the larynx. Disease of kidneys Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Laryngotomy (Larynx); Dyspnea (Larynx); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted on the evening of the 6th December, stated to have been ill only two days, with severe cold which was chiefly marked by difficulty in swallowing & in breathing. When seen next day, altho’ she persisted in stating that she had the same difficulty in swallowing, nothing of any sort could be seen in the pharynx. Her face was expressive of anxiety, her breathing was very hurried, she was exceedingly restless, tossing about in every direction in order to breathe with greater facility’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Oct 1871 Date of death: 1 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscesses in hepatized portion. Morbus cordis Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
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: 'This man had been subject to cough for four years, the last year had been much worse than usual. Sixteen days before admission had pain in chest like something ‘burning him’ with much more cough than he previously had had. He had not suffered from any other disease and was a free drinker of beer’ Post mortem notes:
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Oct 1853 Date of death: 28 Nov 1853 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Scrofulous deposit in peritoneum and omentum. Ulceration intestines Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines) 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: She thought she had been quite well and strong three months ago but had lost flesh much during her illness. 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: 21 Nov 1849 Date of death: 6 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus. Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs, & beneath the peritoneum Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs, peritoneum) 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 lad had been an in-patient of the hospital with pain of the head, which it was alleged had existed only a fortnight previously’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Aug 1869 Date of death: 22 Aug 1869 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the oesophagus, lung and capsule of liver Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This man had been ill three months with symptoms of severe dyspepsia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Jun 1880 Date of death: 26 Jul 1880 Disease (transcribed): Cystic and solid malignant disease of the right ovary, the peritoneum, and the pleurae Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: Four months before admission while lifting a heavy marble slab whose weight was rather beyond her strength, she felt a sudden pain in the right iliac region, as if something had given way. A day or two after swelling in this region was for the first time noticed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and generative organs Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 54 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Oct 1849 Date of death: 6 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed abscess in left pleura. Vomica in left lung. Lungs gorged with serum. Extensive ulceration of the mucous membrane of the rectum Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lungs); Ulcer (Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry and Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted under the care of the surgeon complaining of great pain accompanying defecation, with solid excrescences at the verge of the anus. She stated that her illness had commenced about 6 months before with pain, passing blood by stool &c and she had since become much emaciated’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Aug 1869 Date of death: 23 Aug 1869 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This man had suffered from symptoms of phthisis for about one year before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Dec 1852 Date of death: 22 Dec 1852 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Recent lymph in pleural sacs. Atheromatous deposit in arteries Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Lymph (Pleura); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries) 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 man was admitted in a rather advanced stage of dropsy. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Aug 1879 Date of death: 5 Sep 1879 Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Oedema of the glottis. Laryngotomy Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Oedema (Glottis); Laryngotomy (Larynx) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient was quite well until about five weeks ago when an eruption of pimples appeared on the right arm, extending to the left a week later. About three weeks ago, she found on waking one morning the hands still and the skins on the backs of a black colour and beginning to peel off. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, brain and uterus Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Nov 1849 Date of death: 7 Dec 1849 Disease (transcribed): Vomicae in right lung. Pneumonia. Left lung emphysematous. Vegetations on aortic semilunar valves. Phosphatic calculi in the right kidney Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Vegetation (Aorta); Calculus (Kidneys) 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, from whom it was difficult to obtain any history in consequence of deafness and debility, presented an appearance of very considerable emaciation with a very sallow complexion. His chief complaint was of pain across the epigastrium and general debility’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Sep 1867 Date of death: 8 Oct 1867 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema of lungs. Cirrhosis of liver Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Cirrhosis (Lung) 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 man had been admitted into the house several times during the last two years with symptoms of bronchitis and emphysema with much cyanosis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a