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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1851
Date of death: 16 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Hypertrophy & dilatation of the heart. Congestion, almost amounting to ecchymosis, of centre of corpora striata & pons variolii
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart); Congestion (Brain)
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 was brought to the hospital in a comatose state and nothing of any importance was learned as to his former condition or history’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1846
Date of death: 26 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old and extensive adhesions. Heart dilated and atrophied. Old peritonitis. Ulceration of intestine. Tubercular deposit in cortical structure of left kidney and in pelvis and ureter. Other viscera healthy. Tubercular deposit in omentum.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Kidney, Pelvis, Ureter); Tuberculosis (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 man was admitted in a state of extreme exhaustion. He stated that he had suffered from cough about nine months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1847
Date of death: 20 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Slight emphysema of lung. Diseased heart. Misshapen liver. Kidneys granular and containing cysts. Fibrous tumour in substance of uterus
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney); Tumour (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared from the history obtained of this patient that she had been ailing for several months, feeling weak and unequal to her work, and suffering occasionally from cough and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1841
Date of death: 19 Mar 1842
Disease (transcribed): Fungus haematodes affecting right scapular region
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Shoulder)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
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: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1841
Date of death: 22 Mar 1842
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Kidneys)
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: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1847
Date of death: 22 Dec 1847
Disease (transcribed): Miscarriage. Erysipelas of the face and back.
Disease (standardised): Abortion, spontaneous (Uterus); Erysipelas (Skin)
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 woman was removed without examination, the history of the case is not recorded.
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: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1847
Date of death: 22 Dec 1847
Disease (transcribed): Petechiae. Pleuritis. Pneumonia with hepatisation and purulent infiltration. Large heart. Diseased kidney. Cicatrix of ulcer in small intestine. Congestion of caecum.
Disease (standardised): Petechiae (Skin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Disease (Heart);Disease (Kidney) ; Ulcer (Intestines) ; Congestion (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted with slight feverish symptoms accompanied by slight cough, and by unusual tremulousness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1847
Date of death: 24 Dec 1847
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tubercles of lungs. Pneumonia and hepatisation. Scrofulous tubercles in kidneys and subperitoneal cellular tissue. Ulceration of bowels. Perforation of stomach after death.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines);Perforation (Stomach)

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 was admitted suffering from symptoms of fever reported to be of a fortnights duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1853
Date of death: 17 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema of lungs. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
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 had been suffering from cough since June last, with gradually increasing weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1849
Date of death: 28 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous disease of the tibia. Hydrocephalus. Tubercles in the brain, lungs, kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Leg); Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry and Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity

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: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1843
Date of death: 29 Dec 1843
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung)
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 and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1842
Date of death: 17 Apr 1842
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Abdominal dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: McLeod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'The urine during life had been albuminous for some length of time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, 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: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1845
Date of death: 7 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Two chronic perforating ulcers of the stomach. Peritonitis both old and recent, producing circumscribed cavities in the peritoneum. Hypertrophy of the body of the uterus. Diaphragmatic and pulmonary pleurisy with inflammation of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Uterus); Pleurisy (Lungs, diaphragm); Inflammation (Lungs)
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 was admitted in a state almost of collapse, but reaction soon ensued, and her skin became extremely hot & dry & her countenance flushed; she complained of excessive pain in the epigastrium, and in both hypochondriac regions, as also of pain of a less acute nature over the whole abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

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: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1844
Date of death: 25 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Abortion. Peritonitis of a low character with inflammation of the Uterus. Partial pleurisy.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Abortion (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Inflammation (Uterus); Pleurisy (Pleura)
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: [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]
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1854
Date of death: 30 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Pneumonia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man was reported to have enjoyed very good health until a month ago when he found his strength begin to fail him, and was at the same time attacked by cough which because so severe as to oblige him to lay up on the 8th inst’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: 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: [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