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Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1864
Date of death: 13 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient, a well-nourished, healthy-looking girl, was admitted on the 3rd January with symptoms of typhoid fever, having been ill for two weeks. When first seen on that day she was lying low in bed with the legs drawn up, sensible and replying in a dreamy way, but apt to wander in her statements’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1869
Date of death: 28 May 1869
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Perforation of bowel. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This child had fallen ill with symptoms of fever, hot skin, quick pulse and general pains about the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Date of admission: 15 May 1854
Date of death: 2 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This girl stated that her legs had been swelled for 2 months before her admission, and her abdomen had subsequently also become enlarged’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1848
Date of death: 13 Aug 1848
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
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 admitted in a state of collapse, apparently from continued fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and knee joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1870
Date of death: 14 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia.
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for three months and for the last six weeks had been forced to give up work. He stated that his illness commenced with anorexia, debility and epigastric pain and heaviness after food. There was much dyspnoea, more especially on exertion and for the last week his legs had been slightly oedemetous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1848
Date of death: 17 Aug 1848
Disease (transcribed): Petechial fever
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: The friends who accompanied this girl stated that her illness commenced with fever and sore throat, but there had been no eruption of scarlet fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1849
Date of death: 28 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii. Anasarca. Heart healthy. Old pleuritic adhesions. Ulceration of the cartilages of the left elbow
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Lungs); Ulcer (Elbow)
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 had been suffering from pains in the joints which he supposed to be rheumatic for about a month[?]. There had been swelling of the wrists, and the knees had also been painful, but it was now chiefly limited to the left elbow, which he could not move without pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left upper extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1848
Date of death: 18 Aug 1848
Disease (transcribed): Petechial fever with cerebral symptoms
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Disease (Brain); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: Having been only about three weeks discharged from the Hospital, this woman returned complaining of weakness with pain in the forehead and want of sleep.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1849
Date of death: 2 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia & exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Anaemia; Exhaustion
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of 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: Medical Student
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Dead
Date of death: 21 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by Prussic Acid.
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Of this case, being dead on admission, there are no notes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, brain and larynx
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1848
Date of death: 20 Aug 1848
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Emphysema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Emphysema (Lung)
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 on admission presented a condition of considerable emaciation, with the remains of a petechial eruption and loss of power over the voluntary movements.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, knee joints and face
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: School girl
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 May 1865
Date of death: 12 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The child had been ill for four days with the ordinary symptoms of scarlatina.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1848
Date of death: 21 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver. General anasarca
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Liver); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was originally admitted under Dr Nairne’s [Robert Nairne] care on the 28th June 1848, continuing in the hospital till the 11th December when he was made OP [out-patient]. When he first presented himself for admission he stated that the dropsy had commenced in his ankles a fortnight previously, that his abdomen had been swelled for a longer period but he could not state exactly how long’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1854
Date of death: 13 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the intestines. Softening of the spinal cord. Cyst at base of brain
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Softening (Spinal cord); Cyst (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This woman who was in the 4th or 5th month of pregnancy, stated that she had been attacked on the 5th inst by sickness which was followed by a general feeling of weakness all over’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax, abdomen (‘the uterus was much enlarged, containing a fetus of about the 5th month’)

Type of injury: n/a

• Occupation or role: Waterman
  Age: 36
  Gender: Male
  Date of admission: 6 Aug 1872
  Date of death: 6 Aug 1872
  Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Pleuropneumonia. Syphilis
  Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Syphilis (Systemic)
  Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
• Barclay, Andrew Whyte
  Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
  Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
  Medical notes: 'Not seen by me.’
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1854
Date of death: 14 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Hypertrophy & dilatation of heart. Serious effusion in both pleura
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had enjoyed pretty good health until about a month ago. He presented rather a remarkable appearance in consequence of a general enlargement of the neck of 20 years’ growth’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Governess
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1862
Date of death: 9 Jul 1862
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1864
Date of death: 30 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus?
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: '(This and the following case were observed by Dr Steward [George William Steward] in my absence. I copy them from his notes. O.S. [Octavius Sturges]. The patient is a bricklayer, sturdy and well-made. He has been ill five days, sickness and headache with rigors being the chief symptoms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1868
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by prussic acid
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was picked up in the park and was dead when brought in. A bottle containing an ounce measure was found by his side. He had threatened to commit suicide previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1848
Date of death: 3 Sep 1848
Disease (transcribed): Petechial fever
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This girl was reported by her sister to have been seized with headache and shivering, followed by severe cough.
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: 33
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1854
Date of death: 22 Jul 1954
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'Admitted with a report of [?] diarrhoea […] He complained of feeling very low & weak, and was unwilling to give any answers about himself. He said he had been ill about 3 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1851
Date of death: 22 Sep 1851
Disease (transcribed): Spotted fever
Disease (standardised): Spotted fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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: 'The friends objected to any examination of the body’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Aug 1853
Date of death: 3 Sep 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1848
Date of death: 7 Sep 1848
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy after scarlet fever
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Universal); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
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: One of a family of rather a scrofulous tendency who were all attacked with Scarlet Fever about three weeks ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1848
Date of death: 9 Sep 1848
Disease (transcribed): Fever after recovery from dysentery
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This man had been admitted into the hospital on the 28th July last with dysentery of only a few days duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a