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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1848
Date of death: 20 Jul 1848
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Congestion of brain
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain)
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 child, who was in a very reduced state when brought to the Hospital, was stated by her mother to have been ill only since the middle of last week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1845
Date of death: 30 Mar 1845
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca of both legs & left arm. Softening of the brain. Large quantities of fluid in the serous cavities of the chest. Head somewhat dilated with thinnish parietes. Mitral valve slightly thickened. Dilatation of aorta with spots of atheroma
Disease (standardised): Edema (Legs, arm); Softening (Brain); Disease (Chest); Disease (Head); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atheroscelerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that about six months previous to admission, she was suddenly taken with giddiness and partial hemiplegia of the left side, but did not lose her senses, or the use of her limbs so much as to cause her to fall’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 May 1841
Date of death: 27 May 1841
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposit in cerebellum, thorax, abdomen & cavity of uterus
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, thorax, abdomen, uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'In the year 1836 I examined the body of an elderly lady who died of tubercular phthisis; in this case the cavity of the uterus contained about [2 ounces] of purulent scrofulous matter, which was completely enveloped in a kind of cyst’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1855
Date of death: 8 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in lung and various other parts of the body. Effusion into the cerebral ventricles and softening of fornix
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, Lymph Node (Lung); Effusion (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This boy had lived badly, was much emaciated, and had been ailing for a long time. For three months he had been feverish and had complained of pain in the abdomen accompanied by diarrhoea. When admitted his breathing was very hurried.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1842
Date of death: 26 Nov 1842
Disease (transcribed): Old Arachinitis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Ulceration of small and large intestine. Double ureters to one kidney.
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1850
Date of death: 22 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in hemisphere. Purulent fluid in ventricle an in subarachnoid. Hemiplegia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Hemiplegia (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that having been quite well previously he was seized on the 23rd with paralysis of the left side. He was walking at the time and fell down but was not deprived of consciousness, nor was sensation much affected.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1846
Date of death: 17 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy of left hemisphere and of pons. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Slight hypertrophy of left ventricle. Patches of atheroma about aorta. Kidneys granular and dwindled. No dropsy.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain ); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The only history which could be obtained of this man was that he was out walking, and feeling uncomfortable and dizzy, went into a ‘Doctor’s Shop’ and asked for a black draught. Before that could be prepared, the dizziness increased, and he fell down in a fit which was soon followed by paralysis of the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1852
Date of death: 4 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Coma with contracted pupils and stertorous breathing. Paralysis of left arm and leg. Extravasation of blood under the arachnoid membrane at upper part of left cerebral hemisphere and at base of brain also into pons varolii and cerebellum. Atheromatous and fatty cerebral arteries. Fatty heart and kidney
Disease (standardised): Coma (Brain); Paralysis (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
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 was brought in in a fit with no degree of consciousness whatsoever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1847
Date of death: 15 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Congestion, inflammation and softening of brain. Miliary tubercles of both lungs. Scrofulous disease of elbow joint.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Elbow)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur. Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient, a habitual drunkard, was admitted for inflammation of the right elbow joint. On 3rd October, without having complained of headache or vertigo, and whilst appearing to the other patients in his usual state of health, he suddenly fell forward while sitting at the table.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right upper extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1847
Date of death: 26 Dec 1847
Disease (transcribed): Softened septum and fornix with effusion in ventricles of brain. Scrofulous tubercles in subarachnoid cellular tissue. Phthisis pulmonalis. Pneumonia with hepatisation. Inflammation of bladder. Disease of hip joints.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Inflammation (Bladder);Disease (Hip)

Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur. Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted for symptoms of acute inflammation of the hip joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and left hip joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1850
Date of death: 9 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Brain wet. Tubercles in lungs. Liver soft
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man was reported by his Friends to have lived rather intemperately, and to have been labouring under his present attack about three weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1856
Date of death: 22 Mar 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Abscesses in the Brain
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been ill for about a fortnight. The attack came on with shivering, languor and pyrexia which he attributed to a cold. When admitted he was rapidly falling into a typhoid condition and had lost the use of his right arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1850
Date of death: 10 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in hemisphere. Brain soft. Heart small. Kidneys congested. Hemiplegia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Small (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Hemiplegia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: Admitted with much of the cachectic and emaciated appearance of a person suffering from tuberculous disease, with the ends of the fingers clubbed, and stating that he had suffered from a cough for several months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1843
Date of death: 16 Feb 1843
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1849
Date of death: 26 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the sella turcica. Softening of all central parts of the brain
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Softening (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: 'Of this man’s illness it was very difficult to obtain any history as he was only once seen by the physician, and then seemed to be depressed from the exhaustion of being brought to the hospital. There was a considerable degree of anxiety about his face, and with a good deal of hesitation in his manner, there seemed to be some confusion of thought’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1841
Date of death: 22 May 1841
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulceration of small intestines. Kidneys mottled & granular
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1848
Date of death: 15 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fever? Congestion of brain. Diseased heart
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Disease (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: 'This man was said to have been seized about 14 days before admission with shivering, diarrhoea & vomiting: the stools were dark & watery, & on previous evening, having been seized with pain of head & giddiness, he was bled with relief, and a blister applied to the nape of the neck’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1841
Date of death: 30 Jul 1841
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous affection of antrum. Partial arachnitis
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Skull); Arachnoiditis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1841
Date of death: 8 Jul 1841
Disease (transcribed): Pericardium adherent. Congestion of the liver. Mottled & granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Pericardium); Congestion (Liver); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1851
Date of death: 23 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever? Ulceration of peyers glands in the intestine, & about the ileocaecal valve. Thickening of the arachnoid & effusions of opaque fluid underneath
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Brain)

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: 'A police-man who had been on duty at the Crystal Palace and was alleged to have been there much exposed to the sunshine & to have got a coup de soleil. On enquiry it was ascertained that he had been ailing nearly 3 weeks but had only kept his bed since the 14th. He was delirious when admitted, talking in a rambling confused manner, with considerable tremulousness of the hands and tongue also when protruded’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1849
Date of death: 20 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Granular degeneration of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Disease (Kidneys)
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, a shoemaker by trade, was admitted complaining of loss of power both in his arms and legs, which appeared however to affect chiefly the left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1850
Date of death: 8 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Partial softening of brain. Emphysema and tubercles of lungs. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Emphysema (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of great exhaustion and no accurate history of the commencement of his symptoms was obtained. He complained chiefly of pain in the head and generally in his limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1841
Date of death: 14 Jun 1841
Disease (transcribed): Stricture disease of the bladder and kidneys. Effusion upon the brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Bladder, Kidneys); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Walker, Robert Benjamin
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, cranium, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1853
Date of death: 31 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Effusion on brain. Purulent effusion in pleura & peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Effusion (Brain); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'Admitted on the evening of the 30th with much cough, laboured breathing, flushed face, & quick pulse, but not much pain in the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a