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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 06 Sep 1847
Date of death: 17 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Congested brain. Scrofulous tubercles in substance of 6” nerve and on medulla. Mucous membrane of kidney inflamed and bladder also. Paralysis. Extensive sloughs on sacrum.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Inflammation (Kidney); Inflammation (Bladder); Paralysis (Central nervous system); Sloughing (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel. Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of almost total insensibility, paraplegia, and paralysed also to a certain extent in his upper extremities. He was reported to have enjoyed excellent health up to seven weeks before admission, when he had a fall from a scaffold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and spinal chord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1854
Date of death: 20 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration & thickened walls of stomach. Symptoms not unlike cholera
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This young woman stated that she had suffered 9 weeks before her admission from pleurisy. Since that time she had not been able to eat or keep any solid food on her stomach. She was much emaciated, had not menstruated for 6 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 01 Sep 1847
Date of death: 23 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of head and neck. Diseased heart, old pleuritis and contraction of effused lymph. Diseased kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Kidney)
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 woman was admitted suffering from excessive dyspnoea, palpitation, and anasarca with sloughing of the toes and great inflammation 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: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1852
Date of death: 1 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, peritoneum, mesenteric glands and intestinal glands
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Intestinal mucosa)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman presented herself with considerable enlargement of the abdomen, stating that it had been increasing in size during the previous five months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1866
Date of death: 27 Jul 1866
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Serous effusion into the lateral ventricles of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had suffered from frequent attacks of rheumatism. Fifteen days before admission he had symptoms of rigors, chill and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Aug 1846
Date of death: 10 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with congestion and hepatisation of lungs. Blood fluid. Atheromatous deposit on aorta. Ulceration of mucous membrane of glottis and trachea. Granular kidneys. Mesenteric glands enlarged and ulceration of bowels.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Ulcer (Glottis); Ulcer (Trachea); Disease (Kidney);Enlarged (Mesenteric gland) ; Ulcer (Intestines)
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 great debility, consequence as he stated on long continued diarrhoea accompanied by loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, trachea and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1850
Date of death: 9 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Tubercles in lungs. Old adhesions. Fatty liver
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Liver)
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 patient stated that she had been ailing for about a year, suffering from general weakness, and had only begun to cough about two months ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1860
Date of death: 3 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Harvey, Edward Robinson
Medical notes: 'This child was under treatment as out-patient at the Children’s Hospital for some weeks before his admission here. His mother had died of consumption and his brother manifested symptoms of the same complaint. Three month before he was admitted he caught hooping [whooping] cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1855
Date of death: 2 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic Fever
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman had been living of late in a house where the kitchen was very damp, and a week before admission she had rheumatic pain and some swelling of the legs and feet. Her hands then became painful, but she did not give up work until the day preceding her admission.
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: 19 Jan 1848
Date of death: 20 Jan 1848
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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 case is not reported in consequence of the removal of the body without examination.
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: Mason
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863
Date of death: 14 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Softening of cord (myelitis). Typhus
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spinal cord); Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient, a healthy-looking man, whose manner was natural and intelligent, entered the hospital suffering from palsy, which was becoming general. He was by trade a mason, had never contracted syphilitic sores’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, cord, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1860
Date of death: 7 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pnemothorax (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The mother of five children, the youngest born ten months ago. The first indications of impaired health occurred two or three years back when she began to suffer from disordered digestion, abdominal and epigastric pain with frequent vomiting and relaxed bowels’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1850
Date of death: 19 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs, miliary tubercles.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: No history of this case was obtained. The patient had been brought into the hospital having fainted in the street.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Jul 1862
Date of death: 13 Aug 1862
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This child had been sent home from school three weeks before admission on account of illness which had been ushered in by rigors.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Vagina, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1853
Date of death: 1 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina followed by diseased kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This child was admitted with general ansarca alleged to be of three days duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1848
Date of death: 29 Oct 1848
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This man was so delirious when admitted that it was necessary to apply the straight waistcoat and fasten also his feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1854
Date of death: 25 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was brought to the hospital by some policemen, who found him in the park where he had passed his nights. He told the police he had been taken with cramps 2 hours & that he had been very sick & purged all night, passing blood in his motions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1854
Date of death: 26 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This patient, who came to the hospital at 6am, said that he had been well the day before, & that when in bed at ½ past 2 he was taken with purging & vomiting of watery fluid. These symptoms were soon followed by cramps which were most violent in the legs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1854
Date of death: 26 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of tibia. Operation. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Leg); Operation (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'The body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Oct 1849
Date of death: 15 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of the left leg and thigh. Pus in left knee. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg, thigh); Suppuration (Knee); Pneumonia (Lungs)
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 was in the first instance admitted with rheumatism of a chronic character affecting chiefly the right knee. She had been ill 7 weeks, and the rheumatic pains had been in her shoulder & hips as well as in the knees: she had had no similar attack previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1860
Date of death: 28 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman had been ill 8 days before admission, she had had frequent vomiting, with gradually increasing lassitude, shivering and diarrhoea. At night she had been slightly delirious. No spots were observed previous to admission. When she was seen, a good many very characteristic rose spots were scattered over the chest and abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Sep 1861
Date of death: 1 Oct 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old and recent Peritonitis. Disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The man had for some years been a confirmed spirit drinker. Prior to admission he had had an epileptic fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Sep 1846
Date of death: 2 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Old pleuritic adhesions. Vomica and tubercles in lung. Dilatation of cavities of heart. Recent peritonitis with purulent effusion into cavity of peritoneum. Large liver. Very large kidneys with large quantities of fat in substance and mottled.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Adhesions (Pleura); Suppuration (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen);Suppuration (Abdomen) ; Disease (Liver) ; Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared that at various times the patient had suffered from dropsy during the last year and a half, and in October last, had a severe attack, particularly of ascites and an operation of tapping was resorted to.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Fauces, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1854
Date of death: 29 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This lad had been an in-patient of the hospital 18 months ago. When admitted this time he stated that he had been ill a fortnight with severe pain in his back. He had felt weak across the loins some time previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1867
Date of death: 22 Sep 1867
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Bright, George Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: She had been a servant until four months ago when she began to suffer from violent pains in the stomach, with great tenderness about the navel.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a