Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Apr 1851 Date of death: 10 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Gangrene, attended by delirium in the right leg. The artery & veins of the extremity contained considerable semicoagulated blood. The heart was ‘fatty’ & very soft & pliable. Old pleurisy & tubercle of the left lung. Congestion of both lungs Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg); Delirium (Brain); Disease (Blood vessels, heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'The health of this patient had been failing for several years, & two years ago he was severely burnt, his habits were very intemperate, being accustomed to take half a pint of gin & two or three pints of ale daily. Three weeks ago oedema of both legs was present’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, limbs, trachea, pharynx
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Mar 1851 Date of death: 12 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposit in both testicles subsequent to inflammation caused by a blow. Bronchitis. Tubercular deposit in both lungs. Old pleurisy on both sides. Fatty heart & liver & pericarditis. Enlarged mesenteric & lumbar glands Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Testicles, lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, glands); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital in a state of great debility, having suffered from cough & general ill health for many years, for the last 2 years he had been an inmate of a workhouse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Mar 1851 Date of death: 15 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca, Contracted granular & mottled kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart without valvular disease. Recent pericarditis. Inflammation of areolar tissue & under the fasciae of neck about the larynx & oesophagus. Congestion & oedema of the lungs. Effusion into subarachnoid tissue & ventricles of brain Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys, heart); Inflammation (Neck, throat); Congestion (Lungs); Effusion (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur and Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was twice admitted at no very distant intervals into the hospital; first under Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] on the 12th February complaining of pain across the epigastrium & headache with some oedema of the ankles, and a very sallow aspect when it was ascertained that he was labouring under disease of the kidney with albuminous urine; and next under Dr Wilson [James Arthur Wilson] on 26th March with chronic rheuamtism, pain in head, & some confusion of ideas’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, pharynx, larynx, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Apr 1851 Date of death: 20 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Pleurisy on the left side. ‘Low pneumonia’ on the right side Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs)
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 stated that he had been subject to cough for two or three years, but had been decidedly worse during the last 6 months; his legs had only swelled a fortnight, and they had become in the last few days very much inflamed & very painful’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Mar 1851 Date of death: 20 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca & ascites. Enlarged & fatty heart. Dilatation of the cavities. Enlargement of auriculo-ventricular orifices, specially the left one but without much valvular affection. Old pericarditis & also old pleurisy on left side. Congested liver Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with dropsy, the legs having begun to swell about a week previously. He had had frequent attacks during 2 years past from which he had always more or less perfectly recovered; and had begun to suffer much from palpitation and dyspnoea, which had become more severe during the last month or 6 weeks accompanied by cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: n/a Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Apr 1851 Date of death: 21 Apr 1851 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wounds & fracture of the cranium, owing to a fall from a height. Also fracture of the sacrum & ossa innominata. Laceration of the cranial dura mater & extensive effusion of blood under both spinal & cranial arachnoid. Old pleurisy on right side & congestion of the lung Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull, pelvis, hip); Laceration (Brain); Effusion (Brain, spinal cord); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This man was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse & died in the course of half an hour. He had fallen from a great height & struck the back of his head & spine’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, bones of the pelvis & vertebral column, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Apr 1851 Date of death: 6 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys which were greatly enlarged, mottled, smooth & having their cortical part infiltrated by a light yellow deposit. Enlarged heart with ‘granulations’ on the margins of the aortic valves. One of the flaps of this valve was greatly enlarged & broader than the others. Peritonitis. Pleural effusions Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart, lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Effusion (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: 'This man gave no very distinct account of the commencement of his symptoms. He had been ailing 10 months, had felt weak, & perspired very much, and had now been obliged to keep his bed for 2 months. Had had shortness of breath but no beating of the heart’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 May 1851 Date of death: 19 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Granular & atrophied kidneys. Imperfect paraplegia, also partial loss of speech following epileptic fits. Double pleurisy. Death by apnoea. Nothing remarkable in the brain Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Paraplegia (Brain); Epilepsy (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Apnea (Respiratory system) 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: 'The report that was brought with this patient was that since her last confinement which had occurred 3 months previously she had had 3 fits and that in the last which had occurred only a few days before, she had partially lost the use of speech; her mind was evidently confused and it was impossible to obtain from her any distinct account of her own sensations. The child was her third, was a seven-month child, and she had nursed it up to her admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851 Date of death: 27 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Gouty with anasarca. Liver very granular, peritoneum thickened. Kidneys somewhat altered. No albumin in urine. Heart flaccid, atheromatous & calcareous deposits. Fibrous tumours of uterus Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver, peritoneum, kidneys, heart); Tumour (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'An elderly woman who had never borne children, was admitted with great enlargement of the abdomen & swelling of the legs. It appeared that she had suffered from cough for some years, which had become unusually severe since last Xmas, accompanied by much dyspnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 May 1851 Date of death: 29 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Double pleurisy. Pneumonia in lower lobe of right lung. Tubercle in the apex of both lungs. Incipient disease of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This man had been left in charge of a house after the death of its owner, who was his mistress, and it appeared that in consequence of being by himself, he had been much neglected, and his illness had been allowed to go on unheeded. He was reported by the person who accompanied him to have been delirious in the preceding night. His illness was dated so far back as the beginning of March, when it was said that he first suffered from pain in the chest which was followed by diarrhoea, and accompanied by some cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 31 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851 Date of death: 30 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 May 1851 Date of death: 5 Jun 1851 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Lung (right) universally adherent. Fluid over surface, and at base of brain. Spot of lymph, patch of congestion &c Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'A coachman reported to be of very intemperate habits, who was said to have been ill a week, presented much of the ordinary character of delirium a potu [delirium tremens]: a foul, rather creamy tongue, quick pulse, great tremor in his movements & confusion of intellect; he had been very delirious especially during the past night’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 71 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Jun 1851 Date of death: 10 Jun 1851 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing ulcer of the cheek. Diseased & congested kidneys. Sacculated bladder & enlarged prostate. Hypertrophied heart. Thickening of aortic & mitral valves, & contraction of mitral orifice. Old pleurisy on left side Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Cheek); Disease (Kidneys, bladder, prostate, heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was by birth an Italian, by profession a painter, he had lived for some time past in great poverty, not having been able to afford himself sufficient nourishment. He was in a state of emaciation & debility on his admission to the hospital, & there was considerable dyspnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 May 1851 Date of death: 16 Jun 1851 Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Double aortic bruit. Extravasation of blood into the substance of the lung. Heart hypertrophied & dilated, & with fibrinous & calcareous concretions on aortic & mitral valves, these[?] being readily removed. Enlarged & congested liver. Soft ‘block’ in spleen Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lungs); Bruit (Aorta); Extravasation (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, spleen) 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, whose occupation was that of a gardener, said that he had been ill ever since October. His illness had begun with cough & shortness of breath, brought on as he believed, by being wet through on one occasion. Latterly he had been losing flesh & spitting blood, and only a fortnight before admission his legs had begun to swell. He was a man of dissipated habits which he alleged were due to the necessity for drinking beer when employed in the hothouse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 82 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 May 1851 Date of death: 20 Jun 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur, high up. Ankylosis, entire, between the head of the femur & the ilium, evidently the result of ‘diseases’ of the joint. Vomicae in lungs Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Ankylosis (Thigh); Disease (Joints); Suppuration (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient, who was very old & feeble, was knocked down by a butcher’s boy while walking. He fell on his back & on being raised found he was unable to walk. He was found to have a simple fracture of the upper part of the left thigh’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joint, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Pastry-cook’s man Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jun 1851 Date of death: 22 Jun 1851 Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels & glands of arm & axilla. ‘Wet brain’. Distension of the ventricles by fluid. Congestion of the various viscera Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (Brain); Inflammation (Arm, armpit); Disease (Brain); Congestion (Internal organs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was a pastry-cook’s man, had formerly been of very intemperate habits, but had lately lived more regularly, tho’ he had not altogether reformed. Two days before his admission he was cleansing copper saucepans as usual with oil of vitriol, & having an abrasion of the finger, some of the acid irritated it, forming a sore. The next day red lines were observed to lead up the arm from the finger to the axilla’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: n/a Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Jun 1851 Date of death: 26 Jun 1851 Disease (transcribed): Severe burn of the face & arms. Scarlet fever Disease (standardised): Burn (Face, arms); Scarlet fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'The case is not entered as no examination of the body was made’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The friends would not permit the body to be examined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 May 1851 Date of death: 27 Jun 1851 Disease (transcribed): Compound oblique fracture of the right thigh, followed by diffuse areolar inflammation & also an abscess of the integuments in the sacral region. Secondary pleurisy & lobular pneumonia on left side. Disease of the kidneys & extremely enlarged spleen Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Inflammation (Tissue); Abscess (Sacrum); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys, spleen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of the right thigh, caused by his slipping off a scaffold 30 feet from the ground. The femur was broken at the lower part of the middle third, & the wound, which communicated directly with the fracture, & was on the outer side of the thigh, was large enough to admit the end of the finger’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 54 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Mar 1851 Date of death: 28 Jun 1851 Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn of the back & shoulders. Erysipelas of the upper part of the body when the wound was on the point of healing Disease (standardised): Burn (Back, shoulders); Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'The case is not entered as the body was not examined’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was removed without any examination’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Jun 1851 Date of death: 6 Jul 1851 Disease (transcribed): Double pleurisy of somewhat old standing. Low pneumonia on right side. Acute pneumonia in the upper lobe of left lung & hepatization. Cavities with somewhat peculiar contents in lower parts of left lung. Bronchitis. Hypertrophy & dilatation of heart. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Hepatization (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys) 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 stated that he had caught cold about 6 weeks previously from sleeping in a damp bed, and that he had been obliged to keep his bed more or less for a month past, but having been left in charge of a house he was unable to take care of himself & lay up as he ought to have done’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Jul 1851 Date of death: 17 Jul 1851 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposits in both lungs & vomicae in the right one. Old pleurisy on both sides. Tubercle under the peritoneum & ulceration of mucous membrane of the lower part of the ileum, caecum & rectum, with a sinus among the areolar tissue & surrounding the latter Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, peritoneum); Suppuration (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines, caecum, rectum) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under the care of the surgeon, with fistula in ano. Next day he shewed symptoms of diarrhoea also, & was ordered chalk-mixture, and after being a week in the hospital was transferred to the physician in an advanced stage of phthisis with cough & spitting and diarrhoea still continuing’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jul 1851 Date of death: 20 Jul 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Enlarged peyers glands. Flaccid & lacerable heart. Old cretaceous tubercular degeneration at the root of the lung. Enlarged spleen Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Intestines, heart, spleen); Tuberculosis (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: 'This girl stated that having been quite well on the 10th inst., she had been seized with shivering, headache & pain in the limbs & back on the following day. Two days later delirium had set in, & she was on admission very deaf, complaining of sore throat, with a coated tongue & quick pulse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Jun 1851 Date of death: 2 Aug 1851 Disease (transcribed): Amputation at the middle part of the thigh for a large tumour of questionable character situated at the inner & lower part of the thigh & encroaching upon the popliteal space. Secondary lobular pneumonia & inflammation of the femoral vein &c Disease (standardised): Amputation (Thigh); Pneumonia (Lungs); Inflammation (Thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with a large tumour situated, the greated part of it at the lower & inner part of the left thigh, but presenting also on the outer side & encroaching on the popliteal space of the tibia. It had been first noticed in March 1849. It had been punctured & amputation of the thigh had been proposed, & only postponed because she was considered at that time (a fortnight before admission) not in sufficiently good health’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left lower extremity, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 1 ¼ Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Jul 1851 Date of death: 12 Aug 1851 Disease (transcribed): Extensive scald Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Pollock, George Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined at the request of friends’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Jul 1851 Date of death: 17 Aug 1851 Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria and phthisis Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidneys); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined at the request of friends’