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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1848
Date of death: 13 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Effused blood in pons varolii and cerebri and cerebelli. Hypertrophy of left ventricle of heart. Granular and contracting kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The patient was admitted having been seized with a fit of an apoplectic nature while sitting on the box of his cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1864
Date of death: 9 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Degeneration of kidneys. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient was a detective policeman of some note, always sober in his habits, but much exposed to inclement weather. He was admitted with general renal dropsy of six months’ duration. For the last four months of this time he had been unable to follow his occupation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1848
Date of death: 10 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Laryngitis with effusion of lymph on surface of mucous membrane. Pneumonia and purulent infiltration.
Disease (standardised): Laryngitis (Larynx); Effusion (Larynx); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: From the mother’s account it appeared that this child had been ill about fourteen days suffering from symptoms of fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sailor
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1873
Date of death: 23 Feb 1873
Disease (transcribed): Localised empyema. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that he had had a severe cough for five weeks. Three weeks back the cough became more urgent with shivering, shortness of breath and pain about the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1858
Date of death: 22 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian cyst. Diseased kidneys. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Cyst (Ovaries); Disease (Kidneys, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A cachectic-looking woman who had had very poor living for some time, & had been maltreated by her husband. Nearly four years ago she became the subject of ovarian dropsy. A medical man in Lissen Grove attended her, performed paracentesis, & drew off 4.2 pints of clear limpid fluid. The cyst apparently arose from the left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 09 Feb 1847
Date of death: 14 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Meningeal inflammation at base of brain and softening of fornix and septum. Miliary tubercles in lungs, spleen and kidneys. Scrofulous matter in bronchial glands.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Disease (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of severe pain in the head, oppression at the chest, and constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1861
Date of death: 15 Feb 1861
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of stomach. Lobular pneumonia. Gallstone
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Pneumonia (Lung); Gallstone (Gall bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was first become a patient at the hospital in February 1860 when she was receiving a treatment largely administered for secondary Syphilis. She had recently took cold and suffered shortness of breath and pains in the limbs. She had a slight cough with grey expectoration. In the vagina were doubtful traces of an old sore
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1848
Date of death: 9 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro pneumonia and empyema. Peritonitis. Ulceration and perforation of gall bladder apparently from presence of calculi. Ulceration of duodenum.
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Empyema (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Gall bladder); Perforation (Gall bladder); Calculi (Gall bladder);Ulcer (Duodenum)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This woman was admitted suffering from Pyrosis and other dyspeptic symptoms, and from painful and excessive contraction of the flexor muscles of the extremities rendering her hands and feet perfectly useless.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1867
Date of death: 25 Feb 1867
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Purulent peritonitis. Fatty kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been ill for eighteen months, the first symptoms being attributed to gastric fever. He recovered from this but since that time he had suffered from swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1847
Date of death: 14 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Extensive congestion of lungs. Extensive ulceration of bowels. Mesenteric glands enlarged.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlarged (Mesenteric glands)
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 presenting the ordinary symptoms of fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1848
Date of death: 6 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Brain congested. Oedema of lungs. Fluid blood. Extensive ulceration of bowels. Enlarged mesenteric glands. Fever.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Oedema (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlarged (Mesenteric glands); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This girl was admitted suffering apparently from continued fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1866
Date of death: 6 Feb 1866
Disease (transcribed): Deposit of lymph or fibrine behind peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Deposit (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She had an attack of rheumatic fever fourteen months before admission, since which time she had been weak and low.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1846
Date of death: 13 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old adhesions. Pneumonia. Shreds of lymph in pericardium. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Ulceration of caecum. Liver congested. Other organs not affected, with exception of slight enlargement of aggregate and mesenteric glands.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Liver)
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: This patient was admitted in the last stage of Phthisis Pulmonalis, suffering from dyspnoea almost amounting to suffocation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1859
Date of death: 19 Feb 1859
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of pelvis and kidney
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Pelvis); Inflammation (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1846
Date of death: 14 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Empyema. Scrofulous peritonitis. Miliary tubercles in subperitoneal cellular tissue
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Empyema (Thorax); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient reported that he enjoyed good health up to five months ago when after exposure to cold, rigors occurred with headache, nausea, occasional vomiting and total loss of appetite. Cough later commenced accompanied by dyspnoea and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 03 Feb 1847
Date of death: 13 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the vessels of dura mater and brain
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of intense pain in the head, and of severe and constant cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lady’s maid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1866
Date of death: 6 Feb 1866
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of liver opening into peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: A lady’s maid who was admitted with a somewhat strange feverish manner, declaring that she was quite well and that she did not understand why she should be sent in.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1848
Date of death: 5 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of larynx. Phthisis pulmonalis. Pleuritis with empyema
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Empyema (Pleura)
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 that this man had been ailing three or four months, suffering from languor and debility with slight cough and hoarseness and aggravated symptoms of dyspepsia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1844
Date of death: 15 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the pylorus region of the stomach. Effusion of puriform fluid in the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Stomach); Effusion (Abdomen)

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 was admitted into the hospital in November 1843, complaining of a tumour in the abdomen accompanied by a sense of tension and by pyrosis. The tumour had existed for some time previous to admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1847
Date of death: 12 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid tubercles in anterior mediastinum, liver, pancreas, subperitoneal cellular tissue. Ascites.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Thoracic cavity); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Pancreas); Cancer (Abdomen); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of dropsy, dyspnoea and orthopnoea.
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: 1 Oct 1845
Date of death: 11 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pulmonary apoplexy. Dilatation of heart with hypertrophy of its walls. Serum and lymph in pericardium. Coagula of long standing in left ventricle. Hypertrophy of liver. Kidneys granular and atrophied. Atheroma in aorta.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Haemorrhage (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries)
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, who for about three months had been attending the hospital as an outpatient, reported that she had been suffering from dyspepsia and general weakness along with oedema of the lower extremities.
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: 28 Feb 1848
Date of death: 4 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Aneurismal dilatation of the left ventricle. Pericarditis. Old false membrane contracting lung.
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); False membrane (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted under the care of Dr Page on the 14th April 1847. He was then suffering from bronchitis of some weeks duration, together with dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1865
Date of death: 20 Feb 1865
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of colon. ‘Amyloid’ disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The present illness began a week before Christmas with a return of pain which was removed by purging. Three weeks ago oedema began in the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 04 Feb 1847
Date of death: 12 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Purulent discharge from ear with ulceration of membrane tympanic. Secondary abscess in muscles of forearm
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Ear); Ulcer (Ear); Abscess (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a feverish state complaining of sore throat, headache and purulent discharge from the left ear.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, internal ear, thorax, abdomen, left upper extremity and right upper extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1848
Date of death: 1 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Perforating ulcer of ilium forming abscess. Peritonitis. Abscesses in liver and spleen. Pus in sub serous cellular tissue and mesenteric glands. Inflamed rectum.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Pelvic bones); Abscess (Pelvic bones); Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Spleen); Suppuration (Mesenteric glands); Inflammation (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 patient was admitted giving an imperfect history of fever of about three weeks duration, commencing with pain in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a