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Occupation or role: Vocalist
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1859
Date of death: 25 Jun 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He said he had had cough for three months. This became worse six weeks ago, and he began to have night sweats and to get thin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1851
Date of death: 20 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Enlarged peyers glands. Flaccid & lacerable heart. Old cretaceous tubercular degeneration at the root of the lung. Enlarged spleen
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Intestines, heart, spleen); Tuberculosis (Lungs)

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 girl stated that having been quite well on the 10th inst., she had been seized with shivering, headache & pain in the limbs & back on the following day. Two days later delirium had set in, & she was on admission very deaf, complaining of sore throat, with a coated tongue & quick pulse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Manservant
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1850
Date of death: 28 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): General dropsy. Adherent pericardium. Diseased valves. Old peritonitis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
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 patient stated that his present illness was of six weeks or two months duration, and that it had begun with swelling of the abdomen followed by general dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1853
Date of death: 4 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys and liver. Congestion and extravasation of blood into the lung. Hypertrophy of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Congestion (Lung); Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Heart)
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 man was admitted with considerable anasarca especially of the lower extremities, and excessive dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1853
Date of death: 12 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Old pleurisy. Thickening of capsule of liver and spleen. Stiffening of valves of heart. Atheromatous aorta and coronary artery. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Thickening (Liver); Thickening (Spleen); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries);Pneumonia (Lung)
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 woman who was reported to have been of very dissipated habits, admitted with very extensive anasarca and considerable dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Journeyman baker
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1860
Date of death: 20 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Dilated aorta. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta, heart, 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 had been a journeyman baker. He had had more or less cough for years, and was subject to gout. He never had had acute rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

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: 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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849
Date of death: 24 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in the right lung. Old pericardial, pleuritic & peritoneal adhesions. Fistula in ano
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Fistula (Rectum)
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 was transferred 3 or 4 days after his admission for fistula in ano, presenting all the symptoms of tubercular consumption. He stated that he had enjoyed good health up to the beginning of April, previous to which he had suffered from no chest symptoms at all, since then he had had cough & spitting, with night sweats, and was much emaciated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1855
Date of death: 13 Jun 1855
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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 woman stated that she had been ill three months with cough and swelling of the legs and feet. Subsequently the abdomen enlarged and the oedema of the lower extremities disappeared.
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: 2 Oct 1850
Date of death: 10 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Fluid in pleurae, pericardium and peritoneum. Liver large congested. Kidneys large, pale, mottled
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Heart); Effusion (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
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: Having passed through her first confinement only three months ago, this patient had first suffered from dropsy in the latter part of her pregnancy and about six months before admission, having commenced with swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1857
Date of death: 23 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Apoplexy of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man had been ill three months with bronchitis and about a month with anasarca.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1848
Date of death: 19 Aug 1848
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries)
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 man had been formerly a patient in the Hospital for the purpose of having some subcutaneous tumours removed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Date of admission: 10 May 1854
Date of death: 12 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Pericardium); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man had been admitted into the hospital 11 months previously when his whole disorder seemed to be due to a condition of constipation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1853
Date of death: 24 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Healed aneurysm of the innominate artery
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1850
Date of death: 10 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of right ventricle of heart
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
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 woman was brought to the Hospital almost moribund from inefficient aeration of blood in the lungs, with cheeks of a dark purple and lips almost blue. She complained of cough and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1853
Date of death: 24 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Recent lymph in serous cavities
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
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 with general dropsy of about two months standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1847
Date of death: 21 Aug 1847
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Enlarged mesenteric glands. Inflammation of veins.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Enlarged (Mesenteric glands); Inflammation (Veins)
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 was admitted presenting well marked symptoms of Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremities
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1854
Date of death: 13 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Serous effusion on brain. Vascularity of the calvaria
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Vascularity (Skull)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'The present was the second occasion on which this patient had been admitted into the hospital with delirium tremens. He said he had been attacked a fortnight ago with pain in the head. Herpes had come out on the lips last week […] He was reported to have been rambling a good deal the whole time & to have had very little sleep’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 03 Dec 1846
Date of death: 11 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with great congestion. Diseased heart. Enlarged liver. Pus in wrist joint with no ulceration of cartilages.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Enlarged (Liver); Suppuration (Wrist)
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 was reported to be labouring under severe affection of the heart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen and upper extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1847
Date of death: 17 Jan 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Scrofulous cavity in apex of lung. Pericardium adherent. Diseased heart. Diseased kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Adherent (Heart); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1860
Date of death: 28 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys. Purulent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 woman had been in the hospital in September /59 and in March ‘60. At the latter of these periods, she stated that she had never had a rheumatism, but that for the last 4 years, she had occasionally suffered from palpitations, swelling of the legs, especially at night, swelling of the belly and cough’
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: 6 Aug 1852
Date of death: 6 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Granular cysted kidneys. Old pleuritic adhesions. Miliary scrofulous deposits in the lung. Dilatation of the right ventricle of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney); Adhesions (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
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 man had been subject to dropsy three years past. It had commenced in the first instance by an attack of purging and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1852
Date of death: 17 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged heart. Hepatized lungs. Diseased condition of the aortic valve flap. Fibrinous deposits on the mitral valve flaps. Atheromatous state of the aortic and pulmonary arteries
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Fibrin (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient was originally admitted under the care of Dr Nairne on the 30th April when she reported that twelve months before she became conscious of palpitation and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Brass finisher
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1856
Date of death: 1 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Kidneys. Fluid in Pleural and Pericardial Sacs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (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 was admitted in a state of great distress from pain in the chest and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a