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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1846
Date of death: 7 Jun 1846
Disease (transcribed): Asphyxia from drowning. Blood fluid. Viscera congested.
Disease (standardised): Asphyxia; Drowning
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared from the account obtained, that this man while bathing in the Serpentine, sank and remained under water about four or five minutes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 09 Jun 1847
Date of death: 18 Jun 1847
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles and vomicae of lungs. Tubercles in subperitoneal cellular tissue. Peritonitis. Extensive ulcers of lower portion of large intestine and abscesses in connection with them. Tubercles in submucous cellular tissue.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Abscess (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in the last stage of Phthisis Pulmonalis, in too weak a state to send away from the Hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1880
Date of death: 17 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1847
Date of death: 19 Jun 1847
Disease (transcribed): Purulent effusion in cavity of pleura with compression of lung. Miliary tubercles in lungs. Partial peritonitis. Scrofulous tubercles in omentum.
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Pleural cavity); Compressed (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (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 man was admitted in an almost moribund state. He had been in perfect health two months ago, when he slept one night in a damp bed, and on the following day was seized with rigors and pain on the right side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 May 1874
Date of death: 21 May 1874
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This patient was coming down stairs with a heavy box on his shoulders when he missed his footing and fell on his face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and joints
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1848
Date of death: 8 Jul 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Enlarged heart. Diseased kidneys. Polypus of uterus.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Polyps (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The patient was brought to the hospital suffering under dropsy and great dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1847
Date of death: 21 Jun 1847
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Bloody fluid in abdomen. Extravasation of blood into coats of small intestine. Obliteration of cystic ducts. Communication between gallbladder and duodenum.
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Extravasation (Abdomen); Extravasation (Intestines); Obliteration (Cystic duct); Communication (Gall bladder, 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 patient was admitted for the first time on the 12th November 1846 under the care of Dr Nairne, suffering from jaundice and severe Bronchitis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1848
Date of death: 9 Jul 1848
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Miliary tubercles in both lungs and emphysema. Slight ulceration of bowels.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The patient was unable to give any account of herself and was lying in a half unconscious state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1865
Date of death: 2 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Inflammation of dura mater and arachnoid, adjacent
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man’s horse ran away with the cart he was driving and in endeavouring to stop it, he was knocked down and the wheel was lodged against his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 May 1847
Date of death: 26 Jun 1847
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions of pleura. Flabby heart and contracted aortic valves. Ascites and peritonitis. Cirrhosis of liver. Large kidneys with numerous cysts.
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney);Cysts (Kidney)

Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient reported that she had enjoyed tolerable health up to three or four months ago, when her abdomen became enlarged, and has gradually increased in size up to the present time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1846
Date of death: 12 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg with extensive diffuse cellular inflammation of the leg and thigh. Viscera, nothing remarkable
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a compound fracture of the left leg a little below the middle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right inferior extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 02 Sep 1846
Date of death: 07 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Lithotrity. Ulceration of urethra with abscess in perineum and secondary abscess of lung.
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Lithotrity (Bladder); Ulcer (Urethra); Abscess (Perineum); Abscess (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient had suffered with symptoms of stone in the bladder from childhood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1847
Date of death: 15 Jan 1848
Disease (transcribed): Abscess at the back of the hand and wrist after an injury. Typhoid fever.
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Hand); Abscess (Wrist); Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The case is not given, as the body was not examined.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Printer’s boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1873
Date of death: 5 Jun 1873
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured coronary artery. Haemorrhage into pericardium
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Arteries); Haemorrhage (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: Not reported
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1847
Date of death: 28 Jun 1847
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of vessels of brain and much serum in its substance. Heart flabby. Atheroma on aorta. Blood fluid.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries)
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 was admitted labouring under Delirium Tremens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1865
Date of death: 6 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of spine. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This boy was admitted with a large fluctuating swelling over the right trochanter extending up into the iliac fossa on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Brought in dead
Date of death: 01 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the base of the skull. Laceration of pons varolii and escape of fluid from oesophagus on to surface of cerebellum
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Oesophagus); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: Admitted dead, a cart wheel having passed over the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1847
Date of death: 03 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Pneumonia with hepatisation. Gangrene and abscesses of lung. Great dilatation of bronchi.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Gangrene (Lung); Abscess (Lung)
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 in an excessively weak state suffering from cough and excessive dyspnoea.
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: 20 Jun 1849
Date of death: 13 Jul 1849
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Ulceration of epiglottis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with sore throat, great hoarseness & inability to swallow. He had been unable to eat anything he said during the last fortnight. Hil illness he alleged to have been only of 3 weeks’ duration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1849
Date of death: 14 Jul 1849
Disease (transcribed): Cholera maligna. Brain healthy, lungs healthy, heart flabby. Mucous membranes of intestinal canal congested, solitary glands of the intestines very prominently marked
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Congestion (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'Although suffering from diarrhoea for two days, this patient had gone to his work as usual on the morning of his admission at 6 o’clock, but was very soon obliged to desist, being seized with vomiting and cramps, with increase of diarrhoea, and he was brought to the hospital about 9am in a state of collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1875
Date of death: 24 May 1875
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Gangrene of fingers and toes
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Gangrene (Hand); Gangrene (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with the history that he went to bed well one night three weeks ago, and she woke up the following morning with pain in the toes of both feet which were also much discoloured.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1847
Date of death: 05 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Ascites and anasarca. Old adhesion of pleura. Great congestion of lungs. Pleuritis with extensive effusion of fluid and compressed lungs. Pericarditis. Flabby heart. Dilatation of aorta.
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg); Adhesion (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Compressed (Lung);Pericarditis (Heart) ; Disease (Heart) ; Dilatation (Arteries)
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 man who reported that he had been a free drinker, and had suffered from Rheumatic Fever, was admitted suffering from ascites and some little anasarca of the lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1849
Date of death: 17 Jul 1849
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood in the arachnoid cavity, adherent to the dura mater. Brain healthy. Cholera maligna
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Cholera (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This woman who was to have been the widow of a physician and to have been at one time in good circumstances, had latterly been almost destitute. She stated that she had been in very bad health and had had much trouble of late, and also mentioned that she had received not very long ago, a severe blow on the head; in consequence of all this, she had been suffering for a month past from almost constant diarrhoea, and also occasional sickness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1845
Date of death: 12 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Trismus. Pleuritis. Pericarditis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Trismus (Jaw); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital complaining of pain in the face, chiefly the right side, inability to open the mouth, some difficulty in swallowing and a sense of stiffness in the back part of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and spinal chord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1846
Date of death: 08 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of glottis. Lungs congested. Peritonitis and ascites. Kidneys enlarged and much diseased. Uterus enlarged and flabby with dark coloured lining membrane.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Larynx); Congestion (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Uterus)
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 suffering from dropsy, reported to be four months duration. She had been confined and gave birth to a healthy child about ten months before, though in the latter months of gestation her legs had swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a