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Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1873
Date of death: 28 Jan 1874
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma. Morbus cordis. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: Eight weeks ago he complained of shortness of breath, orthopnoea and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1872
Date of death: 13 Aug 1872
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidneys. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The history given of this man was that he was quite well up to an attack of small pox then years ago, a year after an attack of dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1853
Date of death: 6 Sep 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous peritonitis. Old cretaceous deposit in the lungs. Fibrin in the pericardium. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Deposits (Lung); Fibrin (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 woman stated that she had menstruated regularly until last May, but since the commencement of this illness they had not reappeared.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1849
Date of death: 23 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Fibrous tumours connected with the pericardium and anterior mediastinum. Hypertrophy of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lungs); Tumour (Pericardium, mediastinum); Disease (Spleen)
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 presented from the first a very pale and anaemic aspect, with somewhat of the sallow hue which generally accompanies malignant disease. He stated his illness to have begun with pain of head and dizziness some 15 weeks previously, and that he had since suffered more or less from pain in the chest, & cough, and generally urgent dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Nov 1874
Date of death: 24 Nov 1874
Disease (transcribed): Chronic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman had had pain in the back and left side, and sickness for three months, cough for three weeks and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brains, pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1871
Date of death: 2 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man, who had drunk freely, had been ill for five weeks with jaundice, abdominal pain & swelling’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Auctioneers clerk
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1853
Date of death: 27 Sep 1853
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of the posterior wall of the bladder. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Bladder); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 man stated that he had been drinking rather freely of port wine with a friend and he supposed to had turned to acid in his stomach.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1877
Date of death: 31 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcerations; perforation; peritonitis etc
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Indeterminate); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Subject to headaches, invariably R [Right] frontal. Diaphoresis scanty. Constitution otherwise sound. In the afternoon of the 4th day before admn [admission], she began to feel chilly: this lasted till she went to bed. Next mom [moment] she was hot, the appetite gone, lumbar pain and occipital headache present: was very weak and had to lay up. She perspired much the first few days. Bowels open on 7th and 9th, with purgatives. She vomited on the 9th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1848
Date of death: 20 Sep 1848
Disease (transcribed): Peritoneal inflammation. Faecal abscess.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Abdomen); Abscess (Intestines)
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’s illness was said to have commenced in consequence of exposure to cold while menstruating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1853
Date of death: 1 Oct 1853
Disease (transcribed): Chronic peritonitis. Deposit of a new organised structure on the peritoneal surface. Ovarian disease
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Deposits (Abdomen); Disease (Ovary)
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 woman was admitted with the report that having been seen in the earlier part of her illness by a physician he had been led to believe that she was labouring under ovarian dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1851
Date of death: 11 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Disease of liver?
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Liver)
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 this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body was removed unexamined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1850
Date of death: 24 Nov 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Intestinal glands ulcerated with sloughs in centre of each. Perforation. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This child was said to have been ill in bed for a week before her admission. She had suffered much pain in the abdomen. She had shivering and great heat of skin, and had an attack of vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1850
Date of death: 24 Nov 1850
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema. Abdominal viscera congested.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Congestion (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: The patient stated that he had been ill about five weeks on the present occasion and that he was generally subject to winter cough and short winded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1865
Date of death: 12 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Oedema. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Indeterminate); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1863
Date of death: 28 Aug 1863
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of sigmoid flexure. Circumscribed peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: On admission she had a pinched face and anxious expression, and her respiration was hurried.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1875
Date of death: 18 Aug 1875
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the omentum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man stated that seven months before his admission he had begun to suffer from pain in the lower part of the abdomen and great constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1850
Date of death: 29 Nov 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Congestion of lungs. Ulceration of small intestine with sloughs. One perforated. Peritonitis. Two ulcers in colon
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Colon) ;
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: The patient was said to have been ill about ten days before admission when she was attacked by sickness, rigors, pains in limbs and relaxation of the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22 or 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1848
Date of death: 6 Oct 1848
Disease (transcribed): Chronic peritonitis. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg)
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: Dates the commencement of the illness from 24th May when she was suddenly seized with pain in the abdomen and cold sweats.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1849
Date of death: 2 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hepatization of the lower lobes of both lungs. Heart healthy. Ascites. Peritoneal adhesions. Congested liver
Disease (standardised): Hepatisation (Lungs); Ascites (Peritoneum); Congestion (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Some four or five weeks after her last confinement this patient had an attack of what she was told was inflammation of the liver, attended with severe pain especially on the right side of the abdomen. She had had an ordinary labour, and had got about again well’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1878
Date of death: 26 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease, chiefly affecting the glands. Ascites etc
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Glands); Ascites (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable diseases in the family. Inflammation of the lungs 20 years before admission: subject to slight coughs since. Otherwise healthy. Diaphoresis habitually profuse. Accustomed to take on an average of 4 pts [pints] of beer and a glass of whiskey daily: frequent excesses. 'Faint feeling' in epigastrium for ½ hr [hour] after food once or twice in last 12 mo [months]. Purpuric maculation on legs from April 1878. About 5 wks [weeks] before admission pain commenced gradually in the abdomen. It continued, increasing steadily in severity, unaffected by period of day, by eating or breathing deeply; - the abdomen at the same time enlarging progressively'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, mesenteric glands, peritoneum, blood
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 19 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Bronchitis. Congestion of the lungs & liver &c. Peritonitis. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the small intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Bronchitis (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs, liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a report of having been out of sorts for 3 weeks & laid up entirely during a fortnight. She complained of headache & pain in the back which was especially accompanied by a feeling of chilliness and great feeling of weakness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1850
Date of death: 3 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Colloid disease of intestines and adjoining parts. Faecal abscess. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Intestines); Abscess (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that she had enjoyed good health until about twelve months before admission. She had then been attacked by diarrhoea and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1853
Date of death: 10 Oct 1853
Disease (transcribed): Mitral disease of the heart. Congested liver. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Liver); Ascites (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 was admitted labouring under general dropsy and severe dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1851
Date of death: 31 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca of lower extremities. Peritonitis. Slightly hypertrophied heart with thickening of the mitral valve flaps
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Lower extremities); Edema (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
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 man reported himself to have been a strong healthy man previous to this attack, accustomed to work hard & to drink somewhat freely. He had been operated upon for cataract some short time previously; and about a month ago his abdomen had first begun to swell’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 6 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Disease of the kidneys. Collection of acephalocyst hydatids between the rectum & the bladder & obstructing the flow of urine along the ureters. Old & suppurated hydatids in the liver
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys); Echinococcosis (Rectum, bladder, 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 man, a brush-maker by trade, stated that he had been ailing for about 4 weeks, and entirely laid up for a week past. He alleged that he had caught a severe cold, of which however the chief symptom seemed to be severe pain in the right side, apparently below the hypochondrium, increased in taking a deep breath or in stooping’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvic cavity, cranium, thorax

Type of incident: n/a