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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1844
Date of death: 22 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumonia (red and grey hepatisation). Old pleurisy. Ulceration in larynx and large intestine. Atheromatous specks in mitral valve and aorta
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx, intestines); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had never been subject to winter cough, and believed that he had not the slightest cough or shortness of breath before the beginning of last October’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, neck, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1844
Date of death: 2 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca of inferior extremities. Blood fluid. Effusions into pleurae. Compression of right lung, which contained tubercular deposits. Dilatation and atrophy of heart. Disease of valves. Kidneys granular. Disease of suprarenal capsules.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Effusion (Pleura); Compression (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Granular (Kidney);Disease (Adrenal glands)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient was described as a woman of intemperate habits, and accustomed to drink large quantities of porter and gin. She was admitted with oedema of the lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stable man
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Nov 1844
Date of death: 7 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy and anasarca. Phthisis with extensive inflammation of both lungs. Left ventricle hypertrophied. Kidneys granular.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Abdomen, Leg); Tuberculosis (Lung); Hypertrophy (Heart); Granular (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: About six years before, the patient had broken a blood vessel and had been subject to coughing and shortness of breath, and occasional spitting of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1846
Date of death: 28 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Chronic bronchitis. Partial hepatisation of both inferior lobes. Old adhesions. Heart dilated and soft. Specks of atheroma in aorta. Old peritonitis. Abdominal viscera congested, but otherwise healthy
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient stated that he had long been subject to cough accompanied by expectoration, but as this had been the case for several years he had taken no notice of it. About six weeks ago however, he caught cold which increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1844
Date of death: 14 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Cavities of heart dilated and very thin. Vegetations in mitral and aortic valves of which their were only two. Calcareous deposit in the valves. Atheroma in root of aorta with a small aneurysm. Dropsy.
Disease (standardised): Dilatation (Heart); Vegetations (Heart); Calculus (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Aneurysm (Arteries); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1842
Date of death: 2 May 1842
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of thyroid gland
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Thyroid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1845
Date of death: 17 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions. Lungs soft and congested at the back part. Pericardium firmly adherent. Heart dilated and hypertrophied. Recent endocarditis. Mottling degeneration of the kidneys. Spleen large, soft and grumous. Liver hypertrophical
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Kidneys, spleen, liver)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient, a thin, cachectic-looking person, of a pale, sallow complexion, was admitted in the spring of this year with acute rheumatism and bronchitis. Pericarditis and pleurisy supervened, but gradually subsided under active treatment’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, trachea, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 May 1842
Date of death: 12 May 1842
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Disease of heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1845
Date of death: 31 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Thickened pleura with large effusion of lymph. Large effusion of fluid in cavity of pleura. Pneumonia. Heart dilated and soft. Specks of atheroma about aorta
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lungs); Effusion (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atheroscelerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted almost in a state of collapse. It appeared from his friends’ account that though not usually subject to cough, he had been complaining of cough & pain in the chest for about a fortnight, the pain being confined almost entirely to the right side, and having become much more severe within the last week’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1846
Date of death: 31 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed pleurisy. Old adhesions. Left lung compressed. Right lung loaded with frothy serum and much congested. Mucous membrane of a dark red colour. Specks of atheroma about aorta. Spleen soft and grumous
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient stated that he had been in very indifferent health for four months, suffering almost constantly from pain in the limbs. About two months ago he ‘caught a severe cold’ and pain in the chest ensued.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Soldier
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1853
Date of death: 10 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the texture of the lung. Diseased heart. Extensive atheromatous state of the aorta. Diseased liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A soldier who had been discharged two months before in consequence of shortness of breath. He had been subject to colds for four years past.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854
Date of death: 24 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidney & heart
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with dropsy of 6 weeks’ standing. Three weeks before his admission he had applied a blister’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1855
Date of death: 19 Dec 1855
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Fibroid deposits in muscular structure of Heart
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Leiomyoma (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man stated that his health had always been excellent until last summer when he suffered much from haemorrhoids and lost a good deal of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854
Date of death: 28 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Diseased heart. Aortic valves of only 2 segments. Partial pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man reported that he had been ill 3 months with cough & shortage of breath. He was emaciated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854
Date of death: 31 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Old pericardial adhesions. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Adhesion (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of pains of a rheumatic character, affecting all his joints but especially to ankles for a month past’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, larynx

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1854
Date of death: 1 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart and kidneys. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Edema (Systemic)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This old man was admitted with considerable anasarca of the lower extremities which had existed some 4 or 5 days before his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 53
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1854
Date of death: 31 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys. Extravasated blood in kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient had been first in hospital in October 1850. She then stated that she had been suffering more or less for 3 years from cough, swelling of legs & palpitation of the heart. She had never had rheumatism, except that she had slight pains which she called rheumatic during the last month. She had been confined to bed 3 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1842
Date of death: 29 Aug 1842
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the Brain. Hypertrophy of the Left Ventricle with atheromatous deposit in the arteries.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
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: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1843
Date of death: 20 Feb 1843
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Aneurism of aorta.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Aneurysm (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
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
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1847
Date of death: 04 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Old and acute pericarditis with universal adhesions of opposed surfaces. Hydrothorax. Great congestion of lungs with patches of extravasation. Cartilaginous deposits in sub pleural cellular tissue
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Adhesions (Heart); Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appears that after sleeping in a damp bed about two months ago, he began to suffer from cold and cough, which had continued up to the present time accompanied by dyspnoea and swelling of the legs and feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854
Date of death: 26 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Extravasation of blood into lungs. Rheumatism. Recent fibrin granulations on valve flaps. Peculiar redness of stomach
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Lung); Rheumatism (Joints); Thrombosis (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of dyspnea & palpitations from which she had been suffering more or less during the previous 6 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1842
Date of death: 2 Sep 1842
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Hypertrophy of Left Ventricle. Two semilunar aortic valves – soft vegetation of their surface and on the mitral. Liver and kidneys granular.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Granular (Liver); Granular (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
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: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1851
Date of death: 17 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis with some emphysema. Heart large. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Enlargement (Heart); Edema (Systemic)
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 dated her present attack from the middle of December, since when she had been suffering from cough & shortness of breathing; but she had for many years been subject to cough & shortness of breathing. On the presenting occasion she was worse than usual, & the legs had begun to swell about a week ago which led her to apply for admission. She was married but had no children’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1844
Date of death: 17 February 1844
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic Pericarditis. Hypertrophy of the Heart, with extensive disease of the valves. Mottling degeneration of both kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Hypertrophy (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the hospital with anasarca of the lower extremities, fluid effused into the scrotum and slight swelling and fluctuation of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1847
Date of death: 08 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Pleurisy. Diseased heart.
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: As the body of this patient was not examined, the history of the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the urgent request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a