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William Wickson, Schoolboy

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1871
Date of death: 23 Oct 1871
Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae & sacrum. Lardaceous disease. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine, pelvis); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This boy was first admitted in March 1870, when he had had pain in left hip for six months. No injury was known. Father dead, several children died young. There was pain and stiffness about left hip, and a sinus discharging at outer side of hip, which had been open a month’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, bones, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Browning, 28, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1845
Date of death: 19 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca. Cirrhosis. Calculus in kidney with inflammation of mucous membrane of pelves of both these organs. Extensive sloughing of the skin over the abdomen, loins, inside of thighs & parts in neighbourhood of vagina
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Liver cirrhosis (Calculus); Kidneys (Inflammation); Liver, kidneys (Sloughing); Skin
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of great debility, labouring under ascites and general anasarca. She stated that the dropsical swelling first began about six months prior to the date of admission, and had gradually increased ever since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Beverton, 3 years 6 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1844
Date of death: 7 Nov 1844
Disease (transcribed): Croup extending to the bifurcation of the Trachea. Mottling degeneration of the Kidneys. Incipient disease of the Hip.
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx, Trachea); Mottling degeneration (Kidney); Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry. 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: Larynx and thorax, abdomen and right hip joint
Type of incident: n/a

George Whitty, 54, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1873
Date of death: 1 Oct 1873
Disease (transcribed): Tumour of arm. Removal. Cellulitis. Pleurisy. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Arm); Removal (Arm); Cellulitis (Arm); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: Eight months ago this man noticed a small swelling on the front of the arm about the size of a walnut.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Shearer, 35, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1872
Date of death: 10 Oct 1872
Disease (transcribed): Circumcision. Erysipelas. Sloughing of the penis and scrotum
Disease (standardised): Circumcision (Penis); Erysipelas (Skin); Sloughing (Penis); Sloughing (Scrotum)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner. Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a congenital phimosis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Townsend, 48, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845
Date of death: 20 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca. Heart dilated. Aorta extensively atheromatous. Large aneurysm of thoracic aorta. Kidneys granular
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys)
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 who had spent the greater part of his life in India, was admitted labouring under ascites & general anasarca, with dyspnoea and constant cough. He had been in the hospital for slight anasarca of the lower extremities about six months ago, but under the use of diuretics it had entirely disappeared in the course of three weeks, and he left the house’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Bramwhite, 35, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845
Date of death: 21 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Disease of the bladder and kidneys. Extensive red hepatisation of both lungs with slight pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Stricture (Urethra); Disease (Bladder, kidneys); Hepatisation (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was sent into the hospital upon the supposition that he had a stricture through which no instrument could be passed. He remained in bed until the 17th when no 7 catheter was passed with very little difficulty and upwards of a pint of pale urine containing some mucous flocculi was drawn off’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

John Dyer, 40, [No occupation stated]

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

Susan Webb, 45, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1845
Date of death: 26 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy right side. Large aneurysm of the ascending aorta, spontaneously cured. Aorta atheromatous. Fluid in left pleura and in the pericardium. Liver much congested. Fibrous tumours in the uterus
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Aneurysm (Aorta); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Disease (Lungs, heart, liver); Tumour (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of dyspnoea & some pain in the right side of the chest. She stated that about the end of August she was seized with rigors, succeeded by acute pain on the right side of the chest, much increased on deep inspiration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Hill, 20, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1845
Date of death: 31 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposits in lungs, in sub-pleural cellular tissue, in intestines, kidneys & mesenteric glands. Extensive inflammation of the sub-arachnoid cellular tissue with white softening of the central part of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, tissue, intestines, kidneys, mesenteric glands); Inflammation (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had ‘caught cold’ in the December before his admission and shortly after an abscess made its appearance without any very evident cause upon the back of the hand. Three months after this some abscesses made their appearance near the right shoulder and a few weeks after the left shoulder became similarly affected’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Watson, 63, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1845
Date of death: 6 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Large ovarian cyst, with growths, apparently of an encephaloid nature, springing form its internal surface. Lungs emphysematous anteriorly and loaded posteriorly with red frothy serum. Slight hypertrophy of heart. Atheroma in aorta
Disease (standardised): Cyst (Ovaries); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)

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 who was suffering from dropsy, apparently ovarian, of two years’ duration, was admitted at the latter end of August under the care of Dr Macleod [Roderick Macleod], in a state of considerable exhaustion, with dyspnoea & some little orthopnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Timothy Smith, 78, Cordwainer

Occupation or role: Cordwainer
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1872
Date of death: 21 Jan 1872
Disease (transcribed): Calculous pyelitis. Abscess surrounding left kidney. Partial of obstruction of the ureter. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Pyelitis (Kidney); Calculi (Kidney); Abscess (Kidney); Obstruction (Ureter); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was admitted for retention of urine from enlarged prostate gland.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Jones, 52, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845
Date of death: 6 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca. Simple dilatation of heart. Blood for the greater part fluid. Kidneys granular
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys)

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, a stout, florid person, was admitted labouring under some little anasarca, and a distressing state of dyspepsia. He stated that he had always enjoyed very excellent health up to about two months before admission, when after eating he began to be greatly troubled with flatus, and found towards evening that his feet & ankles swelled’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Laura Halliday , 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1844
Date of death: 27 Nov 1844
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Effusions into thoracic serous cavities. Pulmonary apoplexy. Dilatation and atrophy of Heart, with disease of mitral and aortic valves. Depositions of fibrine in kidneys, which were otherwise healthy.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Hand, Foot); Effusion (Thorax); Haemorrhage (Lung); Disease (Heart); Deposits (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted suffering from severe palpitations of the heart which beat over a widely extended surface. There was great distress of respiration with orthopnea, severe constriction of the chest and copious expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Harrison, 72, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1844
Date of death: 28 Nov 1844
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca and ascites. Thickening and contraction of mitral and aortic valves. Liver and Kidneys granular.
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg); Thickening, Contraction (Heart); Granular (Liver); Granular (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: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Smith , 41, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1844
Date of death: 29 Nov 1844
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice and secondary deposits following amputation of the leg for a compound fracture, with simple fracture of the opposite tibia. Liver, heart and kidneys congested and riddled with holes. Scrotum enormously distended with air.
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Congestion (Liver, Heart, Kidney); Distended (Scrotum)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
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 inferior extremities
Type of incident: n/a

Francis Gaziewski, 33, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845
Date of death: 15 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old adhesions. Serum & lymph in pericardium. Dilatation & hypertrophy of heart. Specks of atheroma about aorta. Ulceration of larynx & trachea. Tubercular spots in kidney & intestines with ulceration of the latter
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Ulcer (Larynx, trachea); Tuberculosis (Kidneys, intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
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, a Pole, was admitted complaining of cough & dyspnoea of four months’ duration. He stated that about the latter end of May he caught cold, and at that time suffered considerably from pain in the chest & cough with profuse expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Barker, 45, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1845
Date of death: 21 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Scirrhous ulceration of uterus & vagina encroaching upon the bladder
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Scirrhus (Uterus, vagina); Ulcer (Uterus, vagina)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of much debility, with incontinence of urine and frequent vomiting. She stated that she was married and had five children and that the present symptoms accompanied by pain in the back and loins and occasional fits had existed for two months previous to her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

George Cooper, 80, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 80
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1870
Date of death: 26 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged Prostate. Retention of urine.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Prostate)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case if not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Rachel Pease, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1846
Date of death: 28 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercular deposits in supra-renal capsule and in pyramids of both kidneys. Ulceration of large intestine. Tubercular deposit in mesenteric glands. Other viscera, nothing remarkable.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidneys); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Mesenteric gland)
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. She stated that she had suffered from cough above eight months, and about six months ago coughed up a considerable quantity of florid blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Govier, 52, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1867
Date of death: 25 Oct 1867
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of sacrum. Amyloid disease
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Spine); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient had been in the physicians wards with sciatica. Last November he slipped down and fell on to the nates. Ten days after a slight swelling came on.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Diston, 40, Stable man

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

James Hall, 51, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1844
Date of death: 6 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Effusion of fluid in both pleurae. Right bronchi inflamed. Dilatation with hypertrophy of left ventricle. Atheromatous deposit in aortic and mitral valves. Purulent fluid in peritoneum. Kidneys dwindled and granular.
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Pleura); Inflammation (Lung); Dilatation, Hypertrophy (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Heart); Suppuration (Abdomen); Dwindled, Granular (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with general anasarca and some orthopnea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Meads, 55, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1845
Date of death: 30 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Low peritonitis. Cirrhosis of liver. Kidneys dwindled. Low pericarditis. Lungs congested & soft. Old ulcers
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart); Congestion (Lungs); Ulcer
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry and Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an ulcer on each side of the left ankle and two smaller ulcers in the same situation upon the right side. The first appearance of the ulcers was seven years previous to admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

James Filby, 68, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Sep 1844
Date of death: 11 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Peritonitis. Kidneys mottled and granular.
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Mottled, Granular (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with slight ascites and anasarca of the lower extremities, the scrotum and integuments of the penis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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