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George William Billingsley, 21, Soldier

Occupation or role: Soldier
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1857
Date of death: 28 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Dilatation and hypertrophy of the heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been invalided home from the Crimea on account of cough, pain in the chest and spitting of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Susan Reese, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1846
Date of death: 31 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Diffuse cellular inflammation of face and neck. Inflamed mucous membrane of fauces and larynx with slight submucous effusion of epiglottis. Partial pleuritic adhesions. Hepatisation of left lung at back of lower part and same of right lung. Atheroma on aorta.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Face, Neck); Inflammation (Larynx); Effusion (Larynx); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Lung);Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted on a semi delirious state, unable to give a distinct account of her illness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, fauces, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Chidleigh, 33, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1849
Date of death: 23 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Heart hypertrophied? Congestion of lungs. Haemoptysis. Albuminurious urine
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lungs); Haemoptysis (Lungs); Albuminuria (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
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’

Type of incident: n/a

William Sparks, 42, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1855
Date of death: 11 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Renal and Cardiac disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man came into the Hospital as a Surgeon's patient with an ulcer of the leg which he had had two years. He came under the Physician's care in late July and complained of great lassitude and inability to sleep. The legs were oedematous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Stephen Arthur Cockerell, 32, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1848
Date of death: 25 Nov 1848
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Enlarged heart.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Arm); Enlarged (Heart)
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 he was first seized with haemoptysis in marching up hill about two years ago, when in South Africa. He had had two or three attacks of Rheumatic Fever previous to this.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Pocock, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1853
Date of death: 24 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Old and recent pericarditis. Hypertrophy of left ventricular walls. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted on the sixth day of an attack of acute rheumatism which had been very severe and was accompanied by pain in the region of the heart and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

William Maggs, 54, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1852
Date of death: 10 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Enlarged heart. Atheromatous arteries. Deposit of bone in the falx cerebri
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Enlarged (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Deposits (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a delirious state and was reported to have had no sleep for five nights and to have been becoming gradually more confused in mind.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Pearman, 37, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1849
Date of death: 1 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the mitral & aortic semilunar valves. Hypertrophy of the heart. Pulmonary apoplexy. Pleurisy. Congested liver, blood in intestinal canal
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, aorta); Stroke (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with dropsy of 3 weeks’ duration. She said she had been ailing 3 or 4 months, chiefly suffering from palpitation and pain in the region of the heart, and though she had had occasional palpitation previously, she considered herself quite well last July with the single exception that she was passing small portions of tapeworm with which she had been troubled for a year & a half previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Emma Branston, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1847
Date of death: 06 Dec 1847
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of head. Great congestion of lungs with patches of extravasation. Large heart and diseased mitral valve. Diseased liver and kidney with peculiar alteration of colour.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Congestion (Lung); Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This girl was admitted complaining of Amenorrhea, slight cough and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Fauces, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Desland, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1841
Date of death: 2 Mar 1842
Disease (transcribed): Malignant soft tubercle under peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
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

Emma Howles, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Sep 1846
Date of death: 24 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions of pleura. Congestion and oedema of lungs. Recent pleuritis and thickening of pleura. Red heptisation of right lung. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Thickening of mitral valve and aortic. Dilatation of right ventricle. Kidneys granular.
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart);Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient reported that she had suffered more of less from palpitation about ten years and that about four years ago it was so severe as to induce her to come into the Hospital for relief.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Noon, 29, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1842
Date of death: 3 Mar 1842
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of the heart. Vegetations on the aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Vegetation (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
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

Edward Caspill, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Nov 1846
Date of death: 25 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Enlarged heart, with ecchymosis on its surface. Dilated cavities. Liver large and granular.
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Disease (Heart); Ecchymosis (Heart); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of palpitation, dyspnoea and slight anasarca.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Stevens, 7, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 03 Jul 1847
Date of death: 10 Dec 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia and hepatisation. Old pericarditis. Ascites and peritonitis. Contracted liver covered with false membranes which also covered the spleen.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver);Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This body was admitted suffering from enormous enlargement of the abdomen, consequent upon the effusion of fluid into the peritoneal cavity.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Warwick, 56, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1849
Date of death: 7 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Vomicae in right lung. Pneumonia. Left lung emphysematous. Vegetations on aortic semilunar valves. Phosphatic calculi in the right kidney
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Vegetation (Aorta); Calculus (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man, from whom it was difficult to obtain any history in consequence of deafness and debility, presented an appearance of very considerable emaciation with a very sallow complexion. His chief complaint was of pain across the epigastrium and general debility’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Turner, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1851
Date of death: 16 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Hypertrophy & dilatation of the heart. Congestion, almost amounting to ecchymosis, of centre of corpora striata & pons variolii
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart); Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was brought to the hospital in a comatose state and nothing of any importance was learned as to his former condition or history’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Holms, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1844
Date of death: 30 Jan 1844
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed softening of the left Corpus Striatum. Hypertrophy of the left ventricle of the Heart with thickening and adhesion of two aortic valves and soft fibrinous vegetation on their surface.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain ); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: 'This man was of a full plethoric habit and had a remarkably short neck. He had been much addicted to drinking.’ The patient was admitted into the Hospital four days after an apoplectic seizure with hemiplegia of the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Dyer, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1846
Date of death: 26 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old and extensive adhesions. Heart dilated and atrophied. Old peritonitis. Ulceration of intestine. Tubercular deposit in cortical structure of left kidney and in pelvis and ureter. Other viscera healthy. Tubercular deposit in omentum.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Kidney, Pelvis, Ureter); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a state of extreme exhaustion. He stated that he had suffered from cough about nine months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Margaret Murray, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1847
Date of death: 20 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Slight emphysema of lung. Diseased heart. Misshapen liver. Kidneys granular and containing cysts. Fibrous tumour in substance of uterus
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney); Tumour (Uterus)
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 history obtained of this patient that she had been ailing for several months, feeling weak and unequal to her work, and suffering occasionally from cough and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Hilditch, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Sep 1847
Date of death: 16 Dec 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro pneumonia and emphysema of lung. Pericarditis. Diseased heart. Enlarged liver.
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry. Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted suffering from an ulcer on the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Smaile, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Sep 1846
Date of death: 29 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis and inflammation of lungs. White patch on heart. Fistula in ano.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Inflammation (Lung); Disease (Heart); Fistula (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry. Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: Admitted under the Surgeons for fistula in ano, this patient was almost immediately transferred to the case of the Physicians in consequence of some old and prominent chest symptoms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Thompson, 35, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1847
Date of death: 22 Dec 1847
Disease (transcribed): Petechiae. Pleuritis. Pneumonia with hepatisation and purulent infiltration. Large heart. Diseased kidney. Cicatrix of ulcer in small intestine. Congestion of caecum.
Disease (standardised): Petechiae (Skin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Disease (Heart);Disease (Kidney) ; Ulcer (Intestines) ; Congestion (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted with slight feverish symptoms accompanied by slight cough, and by unusual tremulousness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Adams, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1848
Date of death: 17 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Endo and pericarditis. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Endocarditis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
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 her illness had commenced with pain and swelling of the right knee and that she had been confined to bed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas E. Page, 32, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848
Date of death: 21 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Disease of mitral valve. Enlarged heart. Gangrene of legs.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Enlarged (Heart); Gangrene (Leg)
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 admitted with anasarca of the legs and some degree of ascites.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

David Clayton, 49, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1853
Date of death: 15 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart. Extravasation of blood into texture of the lung. Extensive atheromatous state of the aorta
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Lung); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted complaining of palpitation of the heart and shortness of breathing for which he had been suffering since June.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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