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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1852
Date of death: 17 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of liver? Ascites
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen)
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 this case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Top sawyer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848
Date of death: 1 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): General dropsy. Peritonitis. Ulcerated encephaloid of oesophagus.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cancer (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This man stated that three weeks ago his ankles began to swell without any cause, and later his abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848
Date of death: 2 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Miscarriage. Slight fever. Peritonitis?
Disease (standardised): Abortion, spontaneous (Uterus); Fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient stated that she had not enjoyed good health since her last confinement twenty months before. She did not think herself to be pregnant again but miscarried twins in the Hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1848
Date of death: 27 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Dilated heart, diseased mitral & aortic valves. Inflamed lungs
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart); Inflammation (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 patient was first admitted into the hospital under the care of Dr Page on 30 August 1848 with general dropsy which was said to be of 9 weeks’ duration. The legs were very extensively anasarcous, the abdomen gave very distinct fluctuation and the right arm, & surface of chest on right side were also anasarcous. Compexion was very dusky. She had constant cough with purulent expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1849
Date of death: 23 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Pulmonary emphysema. Hypertrophied heart. Atheroma deposited in coronary arteries. Congested liver. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Coronary arteries); Disease (Liver, 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 who was a large muscular man, stated that he had first suffered form swelling of the ankle 2 months ago, but that under treatment this had been relieved, and the dropsy had again returned about 3 or 4 weeks before his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1849
Date of death: 26 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Large abscess in the thigh. Secondary abscess on the chest. Congested lungs. Blood partly fluid
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Abscess (Thigh, chest); Congestion (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 patient who presented a pale aspect, with puffy oedematous-looking face & swelled legs, stated that dropsy had commenced in the ankles about 4 or 5 weeks before admission. He had caught cold & suffered from slight cough for 3 or 4 months but had experienced no pain in the loins. His urine had sometimes been scanty but was never dark-coloured. The legs and thighs were on admission very much distended’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1849
Date of death: 11 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of the skull. Extensive laceration of the liver. Blood in peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'The patient was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse having been thrown with violence out of a chaise in Piccadilly. He was cold & bewildered, & unable to answer questions, but he tossed himself about on the bed & complained of violent pain in the abdomen. There was a small wound over the outer angle of the right orbit’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1849
Date of death: 15 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the stomach. Circumscribed abscess in peritoneal cavity. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Abscess (Peritoneum); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This girl stated that she had been taken suddenly ill on the 3rd inst with pain in the stomach & sickness, the bowels were confined for two or three days but she had been under treatment and they were then relaxed. She complained of acute pain in the left hypochondrium which was aggravated on the slightest pressure’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 8 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1849
Date of death: 31 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Congenital oblique inguinal hernia. Strangulated, operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This little patient, at 8 months, was admitted with oblique inguinal hernia of the left side which had come down at 8 o’clock on the preceding evening during a violent fit of hooping cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1849
Date of death: 25 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Old adhesions on the left side of the chest. Fractured intercostal cartilage corresponding side. Enlarged liver. Kidneys congested & flabby. Serous effusion beneath the arachnoid &c
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Chest); Fracture (Ribs); Disease (Liver, kidneys, brain)
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 was on his first admission placed under the care of the surgeon as he attributed his illness to a kick he had received from a horse on the left side. On examination however it was soon ascertained that although there had been some displacement of one rib from former accident, several years ago, that there were no symptoms referrible to a recent injury, but that he was labouring under some febrile affection’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1849
Date of death: 23 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs. Mesenteric glands enlarged. Scrofulous disease of the hip
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Mesenteric glands); Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with scrofulous disease of both hips but from the mother’s account it appeared that the right hip was first affected about 2 months before. Both legs were drawn up and any attempt to straighten or move them caused pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [Age not stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1849
Date of death: 16 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Gunshot wound in the left hypocondriac region. Wound of the spleen and the vessels of this organ. Extensive haemorrhage into peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Wound (Brain, spleen); Haemorrhage (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a gun shot wound situated in the left hypochondriac region which he was reported to have inflicted upon himself by means of a pistol loaded with slugs. He was brought to the hospital about ½ an hour after the receipt of the injury, cold and collapsed & apparently dying, his pulse scarcely perceptible’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1849
Date of death: 23 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Fibrous tumours connected with the pericardium and anterior mediastinum. Hypertrophy of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lungs); Tumour (Pericardium, mediastinum); Disease (Spleen)
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 patient presented from the first a very pale and anaemic aspect, with somewhat of the sallow hue which generally accompanies malignant disease. He stated his illness to have begun with pain of head and dizziness some 15 weeks previously, and that he had since suffered more or less from pain in the chest, & cough, and generally urgent dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1849
Date of death: 2 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hepatization of the lower lobes of both lungs. Heart healthy. Ascites. Peritoneal adhesions. Congested liver
Disease (standardised): Hepatisation (Lungs); Ascites (Peritoneum); Congestion (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Some four or five weeks after her last confinement this patient had an attack of what she was told was inflammation of the liver, attended with severe pain especially on the right side of the abdomen. She had had an ordinary labour, and had got about again well’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1849
Date of death: 19 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Intestine sloughy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation Sloughing (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted at 12 1/2pm with a small, tense & excessively tender tumour, about the size of a pidgeon’s egg, situated in the right groin below poupart’s ligament. He stated that having felt indisposed for a day or two, he took on the evening of the 13th a dose of medicine which on the following morning acted on the bowels, and that while straining at stool the swelling made its appearance’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1850
Date of death: 21 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Tubercles and vomicae in left lung opening into a vein. Ulceration in peritoneum and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Abdomen); Ulcer (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 was admitted with very severe haemoptysis. It had commenced as he said on 7th when he had brought up half a pint, and had continued more or less ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1850
Date of death: 8 Apr 1850
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis after fever?
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
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 at the request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1850
Date of death: 8 Jul 1850
Disease (transcribed): Lumbar abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Back)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was originally admitted with reported Rheumatism which had been supposed to have affected the heart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1850
Date of death: 16 Jul 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a fracture of the femur through the great trochanter. He later complained of pain in his abdomen, which was distended.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1850
Date of death: 25 Sep 1850
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the rectum. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Rectum); Perforation (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted, under Dr Wilson and transferred to the surgeon and condyloma of the vagina and anus and ulceration of the mucous membrane of the lower part of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined:thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1850
Date of death: 3 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Ascites and anasarca. Cirrhosis of liver. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg); Cirrhosis (Liver); Adherent (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man, who stated that he had had no previous illness of any sort, acknowledged himself to have been a hard drinker, and had latterly become liable to what he called bilious attacks with sickness, headaches and an enlarged abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1852
Date of death: 4 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Bloody fluid in the peritoneal, pleural and pericardial cavities. Cysted and fatty kidneys. Dilated and enlarged heart. Enlarged auricular ventricular opening on right side of heart. Extensive atheromatous deposit in the arteries. Fluid blood
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Abdomen); Extravasation (Pleura); Extravasation (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney); Disease (Heart);Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries) ; Fluid (Blood)
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: This man stated that he had been subject to occasional swelling of the legs for years. Two or three weeks ago he suffered from pain across the abdomen and a sense of constriction across the epigastrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1852
Date of death: 13 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Wound from a stab in the abdomen with a knife. Perforation of the lower part of the ileum in two places also of the bladder in two places. Recent lymph in the peritoneal cavity.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Perforation (Bladder); Lymph (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was in a quarrel with one of his fellow workmen and was stabbed in the lower part of the abdomen with a sharp pointed knife.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen. No other part of the body was examined by desire of friends
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1852
Date of death: 29 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation ten days before death. Bronchitis (of the effect of which latter he died)
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar 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 reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1852
Date of death: 29 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extensive peritonitis with ulceration of intestines. Sloughy perforation of abdominal parietes
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Abdomen)
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: This woman had been attacked three weeks before, without assignable cause, by severe pain in the abdomen followed by sickness and diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a