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Victor Ambrozewietz, 51, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1849
Date of death: 1 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Tubercles & vomicae in left lung. Heart healthy. Ulceration of intestines. Mesenteric glands enlarged
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Mesenteric glands)
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, who presented a certain amount of emaciation on his admission, stated that he had suffered severely from cough & shortness of breath during the last 4 months, and that 2 months ago he had spit blood. He had suffered no great amount of pain, but complained of pain generally throughout the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Body, 55, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1849
Date of death: 6 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Compound fractured left leg. Purulent blood in femoral vein. Secondary deposits in the right lung, and corresponding pleura
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Thigh); Deposit (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of the left tibia & fibula about 4 inches above the ankle, caused by a fall from a cart which he was driving whilst drunk, the wheel of which passed over his leg’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Eliza Riley, 32, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Oct 1849
Date of death: 15 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of the left leg and thigh. Pus in left knee. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg, thigh); Suppuration (Knee); Pneumonia (Lungs)
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 was in the first instance admitted with rheumatism of a chronic character affecting chiefly the right knee. She had been ill 7 weeks, and the rheumatic pains had been in her shoulder & hips as well as in the knees: she had had no similar attack previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Kate Lyells, 5, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1849
Date of death: 23 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever. Diffuse inflammation of the cellular tissue of the neck. Pneumonia. Congested & ecchymosed spots in both kidneys
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Inflammation (Neck); Pneumonia (Lungs); Congestion (Kidneys); Ecchymosis (Kidneys)
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 child was reported to have had scarlet fever 3 weeks before her admission. The throat had been sore and about ten days after the eruption appeared, swelling was observed of the throat externally, for which poultices had been applied. There had been no general anasarca observed, although there was slight puffiness of the hands on admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Newman, 47, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 29 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Disease of the stomach. Calcareous matter in mesenteric glands. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Stomach); Calcareous (Mesenteric glands); Liver 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: 'This patient was admitted under the care of the surgeon with ulcerated & inflamed leg, but next day transferred to the physician. He then stated that he had had a ‘bad leg’ for 3 months, but that his legs and abdomen had only been swelled about 6 or 7 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

George Stych, 22, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1849
Date of death: 29 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Extensive ulceration of the intestines with perforation and peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (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: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient had been first taken ill about 6 or 7 months ago with pain in the abdomen, accompanied by diarrhoea & sickness; he had several attacks subsequently, and his present one was of about 3 weeks’ duration, a longer period than any former one’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Michael Collins, 16, Sailor

Occupation or role: Sailor
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1849
Date of death: 4 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Extensive peritonitis. Pleurisy. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart)
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 lad was brought to the hospital on the evening of the 3rd Dec apparently in the last stage of acute peritonitis, suffering intense pain in the abdomen aggravated on the very lightest touch, with a scarcely perceptible pulse, and in a condition quite beyond the power of any mode of treatmentn to alleviate. No distinct account could be obtained of the cause or commencement of his present illness. He was a sailor having just returned fromm sea, and there was a report of a hurt, accidental or otherwise, on the lower part of the abdomen, the exact nature of which could not be made out’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Quinn, 18, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1849
Date of death: 4 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Spotted fever. Anaemia & exhaustion. Brain healthy, lungs & heart healthy
Disease (standardised): Spotted fever (Systemic); Anaemia (Systemic); 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: 'This patient was unable to answer any questions put to her or even to put out her tongue. She seemed to hear but not to comprehend what was said to her. She occasionally nodded her head in assent when offered anything to drink, but she had generally a very vacant expression of countenance & lay quite mute with considerable tetanic spasm of the muscles of the arms & trunk’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sophia Ridley, 20, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1849
Date of death: 4 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the cartilages and abscess of both hips. Sloughs on both hips
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Hips); Abscess (Hips); Sloughing (Hips)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with disease of the right hip joint. There was considerable fulness in the neighbourhood of the joint & exquisite pain on the slightest motion of the limb, without any alteration in its length as compared with its fellow’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, lower extremities

Type of incident: n/a

George Davey, 25, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 5 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the scalp. Separation of pericranium from bone. Suppuration between bone & dura mater. Trephining. Pus in arachnoid. Abscess in brain. Secondary deposits in both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Suppuration (Skull, brain); Trephining Suppuration (Brain); Abscess (Brain); Deposit (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a scalp wound a little to the right side of the middle of the forehead and another at the vertex of the head, the latter exposing the bone. He was stunned at the time of the accident but on admission he had nearly recovered himself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Martha Hopman, 54, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1849
Date of death: 6 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed abscess in left pleura. Vomica in left lung. Lungs gorged with serum. Extensive ulceration of the mucous membrane of the rectum
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lungs); Ulcer (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry and Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted under the care of the surgeon complaining of great pain accompanying defecation, with solid excrescences at the verge of the anus. She stated that her illness had commenced about 6 months before with pain, passing blood by stool &c and she had since become much emaciated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Thomas, 18, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 6 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus. Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs, & beneath the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs, peritoneum)
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 lad had been an in-patient of the hospital with pain of the head, which it was alleged had existed only a fortnight previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, 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

William Kent, 18, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1849
Date of death: 10 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous disease of the hip. Abscess of [the hip]
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Hip); Abscess (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
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 at the particular desire of the friends was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

John Chambers, 49, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 13 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Chronic peritonitis. Ascites. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'A man of dissipated habits, and reckless character, who reported that his illness had commenced 3 months ago with severe diarrhoea accompanied by munch abdominal pain for which he had been under treatment, and his complaints were supposed to be inflammation. His stomach soon began to swell, and has been enlarged ever since; subsequently the legs also swelled, and are now rather oedematous’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Nixon, 34, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1849
Date of death: 22 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles in the lungs & a large vomica on the right side. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the epiglottis. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the ilium
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx, hip)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man, who could only articulate in a sort of hoarse whisper, stated that he had caught cold about 12 months before, that he had lost his voice nearly 8 months and had been obliged to leave work 3 months. He had suffered from cough and spitting nearly the whole time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Saunders, 40, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1849
Date of death: 27 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Lung condensed. Old pleuritic aches on opposite side
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
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 stated that his illness had commenced between 5 & 6 weeks previously, on the evening of a Sundau with pain in the right side & cough. He had enjoyed good health previously. The pain in the side had not latterly been so severe but the cough had continued with expectoration scanty at first but gradually increasing in quantity and latterly becoming very foul and offensive’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Leat, 9, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1849
Date of death: 28 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous disease of the tibia. Hydrocephalus. Tubercles in the brain, lungs, kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Leg); Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry and Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Mary King, 24, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1852
Date of death: 7 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Ulceration of the ileum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 suffered from cough and spitting for nine or ten months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Brewer, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1853
Date of death: 2 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Ulceration of the epiglottis. Fatty liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Epiglottis); Disease (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 man applied for relief in consequence of difficulty of swallowing, pain in the throat and brining up of frothy fluid, as he said from his stomach.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Watkins, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1853
Date of death: 7 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
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 stated that he had for some time suffered from cough with occasional haemoptysis and that during the last four weeks his legs had become anasarcous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Margaret Cooper, 42, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1853
Date of death: 9 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous tubercle in the brain. Vomica in apex of left lung. Ulceration of intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Vomica (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: She professed to have been tolerably well until a fortnight ago, and that since then she had only suffered from pain in the right side below the diaphragm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Webb, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1853
Date of death: 14 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Ulceration of the larynx and trachea. Ulceration of the ileum, colon and rectum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Trachea); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 applied for relief from severe diarrhoea which had existed during the previous fortnight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Drake, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1853
Date of death: 3 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae and tubercules in both lungs. Ulceration of the large intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 evidently in an advanced stage of phthisis, but it appeared that he had been in a state of great destitution for a long period.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Wild, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1853
Date of death: 5 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Fatty disease of the liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in apparently the last stage of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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