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Occupation or role: Distiller’s man
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1857
Date of death: 29 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A distiller’s man living at Brentford. He had been suffering from cold & cough 8 months, but for the past fortnight his chief ailment had been severe diarrhoea. He had been losing flesh, & perspired copiously at night’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1858
Date of death: 9 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Cirrhosis. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A cab driver who had been ill three weeks. His habits were very intemperate & in May last he had an attack of delirium tremens. He attributed his present illness to cold; having been exposed to the rain for 16 hours. For three weeks he had been troubled with vomiting after meals’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1852
Date of death: 5 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Slight ulceration of the caecum. Pleurisy on the right side. Cretaceous deposits in both lungs and inflammation with abscesses in the right one. Soft and thinned heart
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Pleurisy (Pleura); Deposits (Lung); Abscess (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: An Irishman who had reached London the day before Christmas and had kept to his bed from that time up to his admission. He had been subject to diarrhoea which was attended with pain across the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1851
Date of death: 12 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Diarrhoea. Right lung hepatized. Ulceration of mucous membrane of caecum & peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Hepatization (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient said she had been ailing about a [fortnight] commencing with cough, headache, pains in the limbs &c. 5 days before admission she had a severe shivering followed by great heat of skin, but not perspiration. She complaining of a feeling of general debility with loss of appetite and much thirst, & pain in the abdomen. The bowels have acted 9 times during the last 24 hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1853
Date of death: 30 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Fluid blood. Ulceration of ilium. Enlarged mesentary glands
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Fluid (Blood); Ulcer (Hip); Disease (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'Admitted towards the end of the 2nd week of an attack of fever, the last 3 days of which he had been wholly confined to bed. He had had shivering, headache, & giddiness, but no severe pain. The bowels had been much relaxed. He had no appetite, much thirst, the skin was hot & pungent’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1855
Date of death: 19 Dec 1855
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart and Kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 week before admission her legs began to swell and she suffered from giddiness and tinnitus with occasional numbness of the hands. She also complained of slight cough and fluttering in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Date of admission: 27 Sep 1854
Date of death: 25 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of pylorus & rectum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Stricture (Stomach, rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that she had been ailing since the previous Xmas. She had had much pain across the abdomen and had lost flesh’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1847
Date of death: 03 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of brain. Tubercles in both lungs. Scrofulous matter in subpleural cellular tissue and bronchial glands and also in substance of the liver, spleen, kidneys and subperitoneal cellular tissue. Ulcer of bowels
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Kidney);Tuberculosis (Abdomen) ; Ulcer (Intestines)
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 boy's mother brought him to the hospital complaining that for four months he had been suffering from cough and frequent diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1854
Date of death: 25 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Pyrosis. Sudden abdominal pain. Perforating ulcer of stomach
Disease (standardised): Heartburn (Oesophagus); Pain (Abdomen); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient had been in the hospital under the care of Dr Bence Jones [Henry Bence Jones] just 12 months previously, when his chief complaint was of pyrosis & pain across the abdomen with constipation. Under treatment he quickly got well, but continued to be of the same costive habit’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1850
Date of death: 26 Feb 1850
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles with softening of the brain. Extravasation of blood. Effusion in ventricles. Tubercles in lungs and pleura, in peritoneum and viscera of abdomen
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Effusion (Brain ); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen) ;
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: The child of a nurse at the Hospital, who had not been aware of the severity of the attack until the previous day. She stated that the child had always been delicate and subject to coughs and colds.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1851
Date of death: 2 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Extensive ulceration of great and small intestines. Vomicae in both lungs. Double pleural adhesions. Scrofulous deposits in the spleen
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Vomicae (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Spleen)
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 boy had been ill for three months with pain in the abdomen and the bowels had been relaxed three or four times a day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1852
Date of death: 17 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Recent peritonitis. Diseased kidneys. Old double pleurisy. Cretaceous deposits in right lung. Slight peritonitis and diseased aortic valve
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Deposits (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: A married woman who had borne five children, she was admitted with considerable swelling of the legs, a dusky face and much difficulty of breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Omnibus driver
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1851
Date of death: 22 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Liver enlarged, capsule thickened. Old peritonitis. Fluid in abdomen & pleura &c
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Fluid (Abdomen, 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: 'An omnibus driver who stated that he had never been a man of dissipated habits. He had been ailing for 3 or 4 months, but nearly a month before admission had first found his abdomen enlarging, at first gradually, & then rapidly during a week past. The legs had also swollen latterly. He had no pain in the abdomen at first but now begins to suffer from it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1857
Date of death: 23 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian cyst. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 had been in the hospital twelve different times for ovarian dropsy, and each time paracentesis was performed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1848
Date of death: 9 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro pneumonia and empyema. Peritonitis. Ulceration and perforation of gall bladder apparently from presence of calculi. Ulceration of duodenum.
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Empyema (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Gall bladder); Perforation (Gall bladder); Calculi (Gall bladder);Ulcer (Duodenum)
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 woman was admitted suffering from Pyrosis and other dyspeptic symptoms, and from painful and excessive contraction of the flexor muscles of the extremities rendering her hands and feet perfectly useless.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1848
Date of death: 13 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca. Cirrhosis of the liver. Fatty degeneration of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidneys)
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 had first suffered from swelling of the feet & ankles about 6 months before admission. It had only been occasional, and had not caused him much trouble until 3[?] months ago since which it had increased very much, & had never left him. The abdomen also about this time began to swell. He stated that he had for some years been subject to palpitation of heart & shortness of breath, but had never had rheumatism; latterly he had suffered from pain across the loins. He had at one time been of rather dissipated habits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1851
Date of death: 3 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia and bronchitis. Rheumatic gout of old standing. Physical signs simulating those of a vomica. Old pleurisy on the right and recent pleurisy on the left side. Peritonitis. Deposits of urate of soda within the joints. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Gout (Joints); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); 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: This patient was admitted in a debilitated and cachectic stated alleging that he had cough and spitting for six months, and for the last three months from Rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
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: [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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1851
Date of death: 17 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Adhesions between the various viscera of abdominal cavity. Inflammation, proceeding to extensive ulceration of the ileum & colon. Old pleurisy on the left side & old pneumonia also on both sides. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Adhesion (Abdomen); Inflammation (Ileum, colon); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Bronchitis (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, in whom the catamenia [menstruation] had never appeared, and was of course supposed by her mother to be suffering from this cause, stated that a month before her admission, she had suffered from pain in the abdomen with considerable distention, which had disappeared; during the last fortnight hse had headache, & felt out of sorts, & the pain had recurred in the abdomen at intervals. She had been able to continue at work until the morning of 21st when she had a severe rigor’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1846
Date of death: 26 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Peritonitis with ascites.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ascites (Abdomen)
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 under the care of the Surgeon’s, suffering from cataract of both eyes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1849
Date of death: 7 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum)
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 presented on admission the appearance of jaundice, aggravated by a considerable amount of delirium. He was reported by his friend to have been during 30 years a man of most dissipated habits, drinking regularly for some time past 3 bottles of gin daily and occasionally reaching 5. He had however not suffered under any severe illness, with the exception of having had one or two attacks of delirium tremens’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1851
Date of death: 18 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Colloid carcinoma of the great & small omenta, mesentery & various other parts of the general peritoneum. The various viscera were apparently in a healthy condition as to structure, though congested
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Carcinoma (Peritoneum); Congestion (Internal organs)

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 stated that her illness had commenced with swelling of the abdomen, accompanied by obstinate constipation of the bowels about 4 or 5 weeks prior to her admission. At that period no other part of her body had swelled, and she was not conscious of its having begun at one side more than the other, or of having perceived any unusual hardness. She had been under treatment, and thought herself rather smaller than she had at one time been’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s coachman
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1851
Date of death: 30 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Large heart. Disease of aortic valves. Atheroma & calcerous deposit in aorta. Lungs congested & emphysematous. Commencing pericarditis & peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Emphysema (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'A gentleman’s coachman, who complained of cough & shortness of breath with pain in the chest, from which he had been suffering for about a fortnight. He had not been subject to cough, and generally enjoyed pretty good health. He had been under treatment, & felt better than when first taken ill, but was unable to continue his employment’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1851
Date of death: 20 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied and dilated heart. Emphysema pulmonum. Recent lymph in peritoneal and pericardial sacs. Deposits of yellow substance in kidneys which contained numerous cysts
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Lymph (Abdomen); Lymph (Heart); Deposits (Kidney); Cysts (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: This patient stated that he had suffered more or less from cough and shortness of breath for four years, with occasional swelling of the legs and abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a