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Jane Leech, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 46
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1854
Date of death: 16 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'About 5 years ago this patient had a severe attack of rheumatism which she described as ‘rheumatic gout’, but otherwise she had enjoyed good health until 2 years ago, since which time she has suffered from weakness, with pain in chest, and palpitation of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

John Dean, 67, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1855
Date of death: 7 Nov 1855
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac and Pulmonary disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As this man died about three minutes after his admission no previous history could be obtained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Kirk, 51, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1845
Date of death: 31 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Cartilaginification? In patches of pleura. Grey and black deposit throughout both lungs. Red hepatisation of the lower lobe. Hydatids of liver. White patch on heart. Right cavities dilated
Disease (standardised): Cartilaginification (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs); Hepatisation (Lungs); Cyst (Liver); Disease (Heart)
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 during the last two years he had never been free from cough, and at times had suffered greatly from increase in the chest symptoms accompanied by pain in the chest. Has never had haemoptysis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Laws, 16, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1845
Date of death: 3 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis, with a large quantity of bloody fluid and thick false membranes. Recent Pleurisy. Lungs congested. Old adhesions of Liver. White corpuscles in Spleen which was soft and grumous.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen)
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 in the Hospital about the beginning of November suffering from the remains of an attack of acute Rheumatism. On the 11th December she was attacked with rigors, pain in the loins and swelling of the joints.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and knee joints
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Boote, 47, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1854
Date of death: 5 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac disease. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Legs)
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 had formerly been a house keeper. She stated that she had been ailing for the five months past, and during that time had suffered from palpitation of the heart and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Griffiths, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1842
Date of death: 19 Aug 1842
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Heart very soft. Meningeal apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Stroke (Meninges)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
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, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Moore, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1848
Date of death: 19 Feb 1848
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Pericarditis. Diseased heart. Endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
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, who was confined seven weeks ago, was seized with wandering rheumatic pains about three weeks ago, which continued without much aggravation up to the 28th January, when they became so severe that she was obliged to take to her bed where she had remained ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Martha Cheter, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 06 Jan 1847
Date of death: 28 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Recent pneumonia. Enlarged, hypertrophied and dilated heart. Specs of atheroma on mitral valve. Blood fluid. Granular degeneration of and cysts in both kidneys. Calculi in the right one.
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney);Calculi (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 reported that she had enjoyed excellent health up to the beginning of last October at which time, without obvious cause, she began to feel weak and suffer from dyspnoea and palpitation going upstairs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Baldwin, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1854
Date of death: 5 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Suppression of urine. Fibrous deposit in the heart. Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Bladder); Deposit (Heart); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on the morning of the 3rd with alleged retention of urine. A catheter was introduced by the house surgeon’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Sarah Jones, 30-40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30-40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 03 Feb 1847
Date of death: 03 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Heart flabby. Large right ventricle. Blood fluid. Ascites. Enlarged liver. Encephaloid tumour of left ovary.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Enlarged (Liver); Tumour (Ovary)
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 in a moribund state and expired in about half an hour after admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Power, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1853
Date of death: 4 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Hydropericardium. Congested lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Hydropericardium (Pericardium); Congestion (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This woman presented a very anaemic and rather sallow aspect with a florid patch of injected capillaries on each cheek. She reported that she had had ‘dropsy’ more or less during 4 or 5 years. She gave no distinct account of any previous illness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

William Irish, 38, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1855
Date of death: 1 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart and Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: His disease produced no marked symptoms until five weeks before admission when his stomach became distended and he had some headache and giddiness. At the same time his head and face became considerably puffy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Knight, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1854
Date of death: 13 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys. Oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Edema (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man had enjoyed good health until 5 months ago when he had begun to suffer from pain in the chest, which was supposed to be caused by indigestion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

[No name] Sharpe, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: n/a
Date of admission: Feb 1841
Date of death: 24 Feb 1841
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of aorta. Inflammation of lungs
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Inflammation (Lungs)
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

Bridget Collins, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1856
Date of death: 24 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung)
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 woman was in the Hospital a year ago with a severe attack of bronchitis. This had troubled her again in the early part of the winter and a month before her admission dropsical symptoms set in.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Shee, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1854
Date of death: 6 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased Kidneys. Dilated Heart.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
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 woman had been subject to a bad cough at intervals but never had been troubled so much as during the eight weeks previous to her admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Harvey, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1850
Date of death: 5 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dilated kidneys. Copious effusion in ventricles. Heart slightly hypertrophied. Epilepsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Epilepsy (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 man had applied as an outpatient on the previous day for relief of dropsical symptoms of recent date, apparently resulting from disease of the kidneys.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Martha Day , 41, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1844
Date of death: 4 Mar 1844
Disease (transcribed): Meningeal apoplexy. Brain and its membranes very wet. Disease of the kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Meninges); Disease (Brain ); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a very ensanguined state having lately been losing large quantities of blood from some internal piles. Her symptoms were characterised by great debility and giddiness, with frequent and violent palpitations, and occasional fainting fits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Hodgson, 28, [No occupation stated]

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

William Birmingham, 37, Soldier

Occupation or role: Soldier
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 03 Feb 1847
Date of death: 17 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Acute pericarditis with diseased heart. Peritonitis with ascites. Ulcer. Thin coats of stomach. Kidneys diseased
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ascites (Abdomen); Ulcer (Abdomen); Disease (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 man was admitted labouring under symptoms of disease of the heart and kidneys.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Cook , 31, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1846
Date of death: 16 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumonia. Old adhesions. Dilatation and atrophy of heart. Ulcers of larynx laying bare the arytenoid cartilages. Tubercular deposit in right kidney. Left kidney all but destroyed. Ulceration of caecum.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Larynx); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 man reported that at the beginning of the winter he caught cold, and had a severe attack of cough and pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Kent, [No age stated], Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 27 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Old double pleurisy. Recent also on the left side. Scrofulous matter with surrounding hepatization in the middle of both lungs. Emphysema. The bullae having very peculiar character. Dilatation of right side of heart with hypertrophy. Fibrous tumours of the uterus and surrounding peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Cancer (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: She alleged that she had caught cold in going out of the heated room in which she was in the habit of working about eight weeks before her admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, uterus and appendages
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Francis, 50, [No occupation stated]

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

Catherine Mather, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1847
Date of death: 17 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Diseased heart. Ascites. Diseased liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Disease (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 woman, an old nurse of the hospital, was admitted suffering from dropsy with disease of the heart and kidneys.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Capron, 53, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1855
Date of death: 12 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the Arch of the Aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries)
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: About Christmas 1852 he strained himself in throwing a stone and afterwards felt pain in the right side of his chest which extended down the right arm. In June 1853 he came to the Hospital and left relieved until ten weeks before readmission when he stated that breathing was so difficult that he could never lie down.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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