Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848 Date of death: 2 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Miscarriage. Slight fever. Peritonitis? Disease (standardised): Abortion, spontaneous (Uterus); Fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen) 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 she had not enjoyed good health since her last confinement twenty months before. She did not think herself to be pregnant again but miscarried twins in the Hospital. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Nov 1848 Date of death: 4 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Fever (Disease of heart not observed during life) Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Heart) 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 patient reported that she had been ill about a fortnight, having suffered from headache, pain in the back and shiverings. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Night nurse Age: 54 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Aug 1848 Date of death: 5 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Ovarian tumour. Encephaloid? Disease (standardised): Tumour (Ovary) 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 patient had been a night nurse in the Hospital. 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: 30 Aug 1848 Date of death: 6 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Dilated heart. Disease of mitral and tricuspid valves. Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart) 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 patient was admitted with dropsy of about eight months standing, and stating she had had several attacks of Rheumatic Fever as a young person. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Dec 1848 Date of death: 5 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): n/a Disease (standardised): n/a Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history of this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Nov 1848 Date of death: 12 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Asthma (sequel of fever?). Suprarenal disease. Disease (standardised): Asthma (Lung); Fever (Systemic); Disease (Adrenal glands) 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 presented on first admission all the appearance of one who had been labouring under some severe illness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1848 Date of death: 14 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Acute pleurisy and pericarditis Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This patient stated that he had been seized with shivering and pains over the whole of his limbs about five or six days before his admission, followed by cough and shortness of breath. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Dec 1848 Date of death: 15 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Syncope. Debility after delirium. Disease (standardised): Syncope (Brain); Delirium (Brain) 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 was reported never to have recovered strength since her last confinement about a month ago. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, larynx, thorax, abdomen and right lower limb Type of incident: n/a
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
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Dec 1848 Date of death: 19 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Delirium. Pneumonia. Miliary tubercles. Disease (standardised): Delirium (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: It was only known that his illness was of about five days duration and that he had complained of headache and vertigo. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
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
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Oct 1848 Date of death: 21 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fatal haemorrhage. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung) 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 stated that he had got wet through on the 24th September after which he was seized with cold shivers and pain in both sides of chest followed by cough. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Dec 1848 Date of death: 22 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pain of head and deafness. Delirium. Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pain (Head); Deafness (Ear); Delirium (Brain) 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 presented on admission all the appearance of an ordinary case of fever. He was exceedingly deaf, which he said dated only from the commencement of his present illness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 47 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Oct 1848 Date of death: 26 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of uterus Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus) 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, a married woman who had had three children, the last about fourteen years ago, stated that she had always had bad confinements. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Dec 1848 Date of death: 27 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever. Purpura. Haemorrhage from the bowels. Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Purpura (Skin); Haemorrhage (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: It appeared that this person, having been ailing more or less for a fortnight, was seized with shivering and an eruption had appeared with a sore throat. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, oesophagus and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1848 Date of death: 27 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Enlarged heart. Atheroma of mitral and tricuspid valves. Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Enlarged (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: His present illness was stated to have been of about seven months duration but he had long been subject to palpitation of heart and shortness of breath. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Dec 1848 Date of death: 28 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Meningitis Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain) 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 had been suffering from headache with rigors for a fortnight. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 May 1848 Date of death: 12 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 5 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Apr 1848 Date of death: 12 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Hooping cough. Purulent bronchitis. Disease (standardised): Whooping cough (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 May 1848 Date of death: 18 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Large ovarian cyst with numerous growths from its lining membrane. Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary) 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 patient was brought to the Hospital with the abdomen excessively distended with fluid, and the respiration impeded. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Dec 1848 Date of death: 30 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): No apparent disease could be detected Disease (standardised):
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 man was lifted from the roof of a stage coach upon which he had mounted in Piccadilly only a few minutes before, apparently in his ordinary state of health. It was stated that attention was called to his condition by his hat dropping off, when he was discovered to be dead. When brought to the hospital life was quite extinct. He was stated to have been a temperate man of rather abstemious habits, and generally indifferent health, but with no special ailment’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 May 1849 Date of death: 14 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Atrophied & granular degeneration of the kidneys. Wet brain. Cysts in both ovaries Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, brain); Cyst (Ovaries) 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 had been under the care of Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] about 2 months previously, when she appeared to be in a cachectic state, with sallow complexion, confined bowels, bilious vomiting & headache. She complained of continual noise in her head, and always said that she felt she should go out of her mind. She left the hospital considerably relieved, but was unable to return to her work. She was brought to the hospital with a report that she had had a fit on the previous day, in which she had become quite unconscious, and since that had been violently delirious’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 May 1849 Date of death: 16 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Pulmonary haemorrhage. Tubercular deposit in the intestines with ulceration of the small & large intestines Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Haemorrhage (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Intestines); 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 man applied for relief in consequence of diarrhoea, & pain in the stomach from which he had been suffering more than a month. On further enquiry it appeared that he was also subject to cough, had suffered from it more particularly since Xmas, & had spit blood only about a fortnight before his admission. But the cough was not particularly troublesome, & he had no night sweats’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 May 1849 Date of death: 22 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Congenital malformation of the heart. Calcarous deposit in aortic semilunar valves. Atrophied muscular walls. Pulmonary apoplexy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Stroke (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of pain of abdomen, referred chiefly to right side, which had existed during 5 months, generally acoompanied by pain of head, & constipation of bowels. Appeared a good deal depressed, said he felt very languid: complexion sallow, conjunctive yellowish’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 May 1849 Date of death: 22 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Brain congested, serous effusion in the ventricles. Tubercles in the cerebellum, the lungs, liver & kidneys Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, liver, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This man, who have a very obscure account of his symptoms, stated that he had been constantly exposed to cold in his work while perspiring and that without any particular cause of illness he had been so weak as to be unable to return to work after the 3rd inst. He had been OP [out-patient for some time under Dr Pitman [Henry Pitman], and had been confined to bed for 3 or 4 days before his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen