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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1857
Date of death: 21 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Cephalitis. Epilepsy
Disease (standardised): Encephalitis (Brain); Epilepsy (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: She had been ill about a month with vertigo and pain in the back of the head and over the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1855
Date of death: 13 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart and Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
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: Of this man's history nothing very satisfactory could be gleaned. Two years ago he had a fall and broke his arm. Since the accident he had frequently complained of pain in the head. He had vomited at different times, but whether there was any connection between this and the head affections could not be ascertained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1858
Date of death: 25 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Valvular lesion of the heart
Disease (standardised): Lesion (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This young man stated that three weeks ago he overwalked himself & in addition to extreme fatigue began to experience palpitation of the heart. It appeared that for a month he had been suffering from diarrhoea also. He could not lie on the left side, but had been glad to keep his bed for more than a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1856
Date of death: 20 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A waiter at the Oxford and Cambridge Club who had been ill ten or eleven days before coming to the Hospital. It appeared that he got chilled which caused headache, sore throat and stiff neck at first, and then rigor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1857
Date of death: 21 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of thyroid. Death from apnoea
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Thyroid gland); Apnoea (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This woman stated that she had been quite healthy until three weeks ago when she began to suffer from pain in the throat and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thyroid body, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needleworker
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 May 1855
Date of death: 13 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Kidneys. Fibrinous deposit on inner surface of Intestine
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Deposits (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was attacked on the 5th May with pain in the bowels. She was troubled with threadworms and for twelve months had been subject to pain in the epigastrium after eating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1857
Date of death: 20 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
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: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1856
Date of death: 16 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Calculi in Kidneys. Abscess in knee
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Calculi (Kidney); Abscess (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted with acute pain and swelling of the right knee which he said he had suffered from for ten days. There was every appearance of suppuration going on within the joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1855
Date of death: 11 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the ascending aorta. Also pouch in the septum of the ventricle of the Heart.
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Indeterminate (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 man had been in the Hospital during a great part of the winter with Bronchitis, general dropsy and albuminous urine. He then went out for a few weeks somewhat relieved, but returned in March much increased in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 May 1858
Date of death: 24 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of the lung. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman stated that her age was forty-seven, but she appeared to be considerably older. Very little account was given by her or friends of her previous history. For nearly eighteen months she had been feeling languid & out of sorts, but six weeks before admission she caught a violent cold which was followed by sharp pain in the right side, & a fortnight later by spitting of blood which continued more or less for three weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 April 1855
Date of death: 11 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart and Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
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: A man of rather intemperate habits who dated the commencement of his failing health from last November, when he had a cough and shortness of breath followed by swelling of his legs and thighs, and pain in the hypochondrium. Subsequently his belly enlarged.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Furnace repairer
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1856
Date of death: 16 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Kidneys. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was employed in repairing furnaces and was constantly exposed to varying temperatures. By this means he caught cold three weeks before admission. He began to cough, his arms and legs swelled and his water became dark.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1858
Date of death: 22 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A stableman who was attacked eight days before admission with cough, followed in two days by rigors & pain in the left side. When admitted he had an anxious expression of countenance, the face was flushed, skin hot, pulse weak & frequent, tongue dry & almost black’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1857
Date of death: 17 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This man had been suffering from pain in the right side five of six weeks, which gradually become more violent and was accompanied by cough and pain in the left side also.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Toll collector
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1857
Date of death: 16 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis from perforation. Cancer of rectum
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Abdomen); Cancer (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This man was admitted with schirrus of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1856
Date of death: 16 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man stated that six months ago he worked for a long time in the damp and that this produced chilliness, pain in his limbs and dropsical enlargement of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1857
Date of death: 16 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposit in pleura, peritoneum, liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been feeling weaker and getting thinner for six weeks. He complained of pain at the lower part of the abdomen with nausea, occasional vomiting and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1855
Date of death: 10 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart. Old Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart)
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: A shoemaker of weakly constitution, who had suffered from severe rheumatic fever six years ago. For a long time past he had felt pain in his chest whenever he worked unusually hard. It had been almost constant during the three months preceding his admission. His breath was short and he had a slight cough for about three weeks.
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: 14 May 1856
Date of death: 15 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1856
Date of death: 15 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Extensive long standing Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (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: An emaciated girl who have a history of cough and pain in the chest for three or more years. She had been frequently under medical care, and her case was considered by those who had treated her as one of phthisis.
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: 5 May 1855
Date of death: 10 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of Liver and Lumbar Glands
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Liver); Carcinoma (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The account this patient gave of his illness was that it commenced with a severe cold at Christmas which was followed by swelling of the abdomen and legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1857
Date of death: 16 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of right leg. Softening of heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Softening (Heart); Softening (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: He was brought to the hospital with a compound fracture. It appeared from his account that the leg had become jammed between the saddle of a pony his was riding and the wheel of a cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 May 1856
Date of death: 14 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Heptization and gangrene of the lung
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung); Gangrene (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The history this man gave was that some months ago he over exerted himself working an engine at a fire. Ever since that time he had been feeling weak and unable to carry weights. He then took cold two months after the fire. This settled on his chest and he suffered from a short hacking cough.
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: 6 April 1855
Date of death: 10 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscess of Liver
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman had been under the Surgeon’s care on first coming into the Hospital. When placed in the Medical Wards she appeared to be suffering from slight fever. She complained of some pain in the chest, frequent headache and uneasiness across the loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 May 1857
Date of death: 14 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Fatty and dilated heart. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: She was suffering from dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a