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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1852
Date of death: 28 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Ascites (Abdomen); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: An Irish labourer who thought himself a sober man, but acknowledged that he sometimes exceeded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1852
Date of death: 22 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dilated and hypertrophied heart. Old double pleural adhesions. Disease of the liver. Fluid state of the blood. Purpuric spots upon the skin
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Liver); Fluid (Blood); Purpura (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: His illness commenced like an ordinary cold with cough and expectoration, and he had then suffered from shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1867
Date of death: 23 Feb 1867
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Cirrhosis (Liver)
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: He referred the illness for which he was admitted to cold and cough at Christmas time.
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: 37
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1854
Date of death: 15 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Abscess in liver communicating through diaphragm with the pleural cavity. Abscess in both lungs
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'Was attacked on the 19th just a week before admission with very severe pain in the right side, from which he had never since been free’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1868
Date of death: 7 Feb 1868
Disease (transcribed): Amyloid degeneration
Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Mesenteric glands); Amyloidosis (Intestines)
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: He had been ill for three years with diarrhoea off and on. On admission he had a marked lardaceous aspect.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1854
Date of death: 14 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulcerated intestines. Large vomicae
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Abscess (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'A married woman who had had 5 miscarriages, the last about 7 or 8 years ago, and had never given birth to a living child. The catamenia [menstruation] had entirely ceased about 6 months before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1871
Date of death: 26 Feb 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous thickening of the bronchi & alveolar walls. Hypertrophy & dilatation of the heart. Bronchitis. Congestion of the viscera
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lungs); Congestion (Internal organs)

Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man who had for many years been subject to severe cough in the winter, had been ill for two months with severe cough & dyspnoea & for the last three weeks his legs had swelled’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1879
Date of death: 9 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Bronchitis and oedema laryngis
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: In September 1978 the catamenia ‘stopped on her, from catching cold’, and since then she had suffered from weakness, polyuria, thirst, increased costiveness and has lost flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, blood, respiratory tract, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1881
Date of death: 31 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'There was no history of severe illness or intemperate habits. In 1876 she noticed first some oedema of the legs which subsided almost entirely under treatment as an out-patient, and she was able to continue active employment until about 10 weeks before admission when an enlargement of the abdomen and lumbar aching became very inconvenient'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1871
Date of death: 20 Feb 1871
Disease (transcribed): Perforating ulcer of the duodenum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man had suffered from slight epigastric pain increased after food for about three weeks. The pain was never very severe, & he was able to work. On the day of his admission after having had cheese for dinner in the middle of the day, he felt slight epigastric pain, of this he took no notice & later in the day went out. About 6 o’clock, while walking in the park, he was suddenly seized with violent pain in the belly, & was at once brought to the hospital’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1852
Date of death: 19 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Passage of a calculus from the rectum. Perforation of the colon found, communicating with the right kidney which was sacculated and contained two or three small calculi
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Rectum); Perforation (Colon); Disease (Kidney); Calculi (Kidney)
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 first admitted into the Hospital in July 1851 having been ill for about four weeks. Her illness commenced with pain in the abdomen and loins with stoppages in the urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: Child
  Age: 2
  Gender: Male
  Date of admission: 7 Jan 1863
  Date of death: 11 Feb 1863
  Disease (transcribed): Diarrhoea. Collapse of lung
  Disease (standardised): Diarrhoea (Intestines); Collapse (Lung)
  Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
• Barclay, Andrew Whyte
  Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
  Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
  Medical notes: This child was in an extremely emaciated condition on her admission at which time she was suffering from diarrhoea and sloughing about the rectum and anus.
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Office keeper
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1881
Date of death: 19 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Chronic nephritis. Pericarditis. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Pericarditis (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He gives no distinct history of previous illness, but for the last 3 or 4 months describes himself living on extremely inadequate food, and failing in all his faculties. Vomiting frequent; oedema noticed for 3 weeks'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

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: Marble polisher
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1868
Date of death: 11 Feb 1869
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man had been admitted before into the Hospital and had suffered from Diabetes for some time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1852
Date of death: 18 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Old and recent pleurisy on both sides. Tubercles in both lungs. Ulceration of laryngeal mucous membrane and of the ileum and caecum
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 case presented all the ordinary characteristics of tubercular phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Silver polisher
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1881
Date of death: 12 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He had indulged for many years in occasional bouts of hard drinking. No history of lead poisoning (he had been a silver polisher for 20 years) or of syphilis. About Sep 1881 he noticed some abdominal swelling followed by oedema of the legs. He was treated at St Bartholomew's Hospital & the abdomen tapped three times, he says, without improvement. He was discharged from St Bartholomew's five days before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1865
Date of death: 10 Feb 1865
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Disease of liver and kidneys (amyloid of kidneys)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She had had cough for two years with wasting. The present illness began with pains in the legs and some oedema.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1851
Date of death: 20 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of intestines. Nutmeg liver
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient, a poor married woman, who had borne 11 children and had been suckling the youngest for 8 months prior to the commencement of her illness, had been attacked about 3 weeks before her admission, with pains in the limbs, cold chills, shivering fits, [?] & loss of appetite, and had been attended from a dispensary but for want of proper comforts at home was sent to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

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: Servant
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1854
Date of death: 6 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro Pneumonia. Ulcerated intestines. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung, Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines); Erysipelas (Skin)
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 woman had been seized on 3rd December with shivering and feeling of cold, followed by a bad headache and a general feeling of discomfort.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1881
Date of death: 30 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of bowel. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Bowel); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He gives a history of much disease of the lungs in the family. He has been himself always 'delicate' & pale: liable to slight colds which did not confine him to bed. No haemoptysis; diaphoresis in excess. Laid up hen a child with smallpox, scarlet fever, measles & whooping cough. On Jan 21, 1881 after exposure in the snow, he had pleurisy. The left side was twice tapped'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cellarman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1866
Date of death: 1 Feb 1866
Disease (transcribed): Purpura. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had been admitted twice before with tumours of sudden appearance and considered to be formed by effused blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, chest, abdomen and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1854
Date of death: 17 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of the large intestine
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This young woman stated that she had been attacked by diarrhoea, accompanied by great pain across the abdomen, & passing of blood by stool, only 9 days before admission. In other respects her health had been perfectly good’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1854
Date of death: 17 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous deposit in intestinal glands. Ulceration of glottis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Larynx)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This poor black, who was a native of Angola, and had been in the West Indies, had been 10 years in England, & was waiter in an eating house. He had not been conscious of illness till during the last 6 months when he had suffered from cough & haemoptysis, followed by hoarseness & sore throat’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx

Type of injury: n/a