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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1844
Date of death: 13 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with inflammation of the intervening structure of one lung. Other organs healthy.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
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: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1848
Date of death: 29 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Diseased aortic valves. Ascites. Diseased liver, spleen and granular kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was brought to the Hospital in a moribund state. He had been suffering for a long time from Dropsy, cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1855
Date of death: 14 Jun 1855
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged Lymphatic Glands. Lobular Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Lymph Nodes); Pneumonia (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: No history was obtained of this patient. He came to the Hospital after the time for visiting the wards and died that night. It appeared that he had frequently complained of pain in all this limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1856
Date of death: 16 Dec 1856
Disease (transcribed): Lobular pneumonia. Scrofulous glands generally.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Glands)
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: This child was reported to have been suffering for some weeks from cough and swelling of the glands of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, neck and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1853
Date of death: 29 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy, recent, as well as of older standing. Congestion of the lungs. Compressed lung from pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Compressed (Lung); Effusion (Pleura)
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 man had been suffering from cough for six weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1841
Date of death: 27 May 1841
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles in cerebellum, lungs, kidneys, neck & abdomen
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, kidneys, neck, abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal canal, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1848
Date of death: 14 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Acute pleurisy and pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient stated that he had been seized with shivering and pains over the whole of his limbs about five or six days before his admission, followed by cough and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1849
Date of death: 26 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Extensive peritoneal tuberculosis. Tubercles in the lungs, in the subpleural areolar tissue & in the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Peritoneum, lungs, 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 lad, who presented a very cachectic appearance, stated that he had suffered form diarrhoea for about a month, it having latterly become so urgent, that every thing he ate passed t hrough him, in about ¼ hour. He had never passed any blood. Latterly he had become considerably emaciated, but complained of no cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1847
Date of death: 08 Apr 1847
Disease (transcribed): Acute pleurisy with pneumonia. Red and grey hepatisation of the lung. Kidneys rather large and granular.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical notes: This patient was taken three days before admission with severe rigors, headache, vertigo, and vomiting, accompanied by general pains in the limbs, and by great muscular depression.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1846
Date of death: 27 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Hydro thorax. Congestion and inflammation of lungs. Considerable hypertrophy and dilatation of heart with extensive disease of the aortic valves.
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Congestion (Lung); Inflammation (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient stated that he had enjoyed excellent health up to two months ago, when he began to suffer from slight cough, dyspnoea and pain in chest referred to the cardiac region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1848
Date of death: 27 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Congestion and inflammation of lungs. Considerable hypertrophy and dilatation of heart with extensive disease of the aortic valves.
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Congestion (Lung); Inflammation (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient, stated that two months ago he began to suffer from slight cough, dyspnoea and pain in the chest referred to the cardiac region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 May 1856
Date of death: 31 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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 enjoyed good health until about eight months ago. He then took a chill which was followed by cough and pain in the chest and muco-purulent expectoration, especially in the morning.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx and trachea
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1846
Date of death: 4 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions. Phthisis. Ulceration of larynx. Kidneys granular. Other organs, nothing remarkable.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Larynx); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in the last stage of Phthisis Pulmonalis. It appeared that he had been suffering severely since the beginning of the winter from cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1847
Date of death: 14 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood in texture of lung. Pericarditis. Enlarged heart with hypertrophy and dilatation. Endocarditis with fibrine on the valves of the left side.
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from a severe attack of Rheumatic Fever about three years ago, and apparently had it complicated by some cardiac affection.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1844
Date of death: 6 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca with mottled degeneration of the kidneys in one of which was a large patch of scrofulous deposit. Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Chronic inflammation of bones of the skull with scrofulous deposits in various parts of these bones
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Inflammation (Skull); Deposit (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'She stated that she had suffered from headache more or less severe above three years, from swelling of the abdomen, feet and legs during the last 3 months, and that the catamenia [menstruation] had been absent during nearly the same period’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1853
Date of death: 15 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Peritonitis. Ulceration of intestine with perforation. Consolidation of lungs. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Consolidation (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
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 child was admitted in an advanced stage of fever and was said to have been ill a fortnight before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1851
Date of death: 4 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Tubercle & vomicae in the upper lobe of the right lung & the lower one of the left lung. Recent pleurisy on both sides. Contraction of the mitral orifice of the heart & thickening of the anterior flap of the valve & of the chordae tendineae
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
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 evidently in a pretty far advanced stage of phthisis. She had suffered from cough for many years, but she had caught fresh cold last November, and had been very much worse ever since. The catamenia [menstruation] had then ceased. She was much emaciated, had night sweats, with shortness of breathing, & pretty abundant expectoration. She had never spit blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: Apr 1842
Date of death: 21 Apr 1842
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Slight hypertrophy with dilatation of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1842
Date of death: 29 Oct 1842
Disease (transcribed): Starvation. Effusion upon Brain and in the Lungs
Disease (standardised): Starvation (Systemic); Effusion (Brain); Effusion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was found by some policeman and brought to the hospital. She died a few hours after her admission. She was insensible when admitted and remained so up to the time of her demise.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1853
Date of death: 16 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: As the body was not examined the case is not entered.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1850
Date of death: 24 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of oesophagus. Foul abscesses in lung. Tubercles in kidney
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Abscess (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
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: This patient was admitted complaining of haematemesis which she reported that she had been occasionally subject ever since Christmas last.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1846
Date of death: 18 Jun 1846
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions of right lung. Pleurisy and pneumonia on left side. Scirrhous ulceration of uterus and vagina spreading to bladder. Circumscribed abscess in pelvis communicating with rectum. Left ovary converted into a cyst.
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Cancer (Uterus, Vagina, Bladder); Ulcer (Uterus, Vagina, Bladder); Abscess (Pelvis, Rectum);Cysts (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with symptoms of uterine disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1842
Date of death: 8 Jun 1842
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Emphysema of lung. Effusion into the left pleura. Pericardium adherent. Mottled Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Effusion (Pleura); Adherent (Pericardium); Mottled (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
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: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1855
Date of death: 5 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the Kidneys. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung)
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 pale emaciated woman, who had suffered for years with a bad winter cough. Seven weeks before her admission she was laid up with an attack of influenza, which was followed by swelling of the legs, constant sickness and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1855
Date of death: 6 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Red and grey hepatization of lungs. Diseased Heart and Kidneys. Growth from the Dura Mater
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Tumour (Meninges)
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: This woman was the mother of thirteen children, and had been exposed to cold and damp in the low parts of Rotherhithe. Three weeks before Christmas her breathing became very short, accompanied with violent cough. She had been subject for six years to palpitations, but had never suffered from any difficulty of breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a