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Richard Boyland, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1854
Date of death: 13 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Ulceration of the trachea. Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Ulcer (Trachea); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This young man alleged that he had been only ill some 8 or 10 weeks.. His first symptom was of diarrhoea which had continued ever since. This was followed by cough, emaciation & night sweats. He never had spit blood. His face was thin & haggard & very anaemic’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Samuel Witchlow, 32, Potman

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1849
Date of death: 8 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Vessels of the meninges loaded with blood. Brain wet & soft. Kidneys congested & softened
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Disease (Brain, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'It was difficult to obtain any history of the commencement of this man’s illness. It was only ascertained that he was a potman belonging to a public house in the neighbourhood, & had been taken ill on the 4th inst when he was carried to the work house, that they had found him rather unmanageable there, and were sending him to a lunatic asylum, when he was seized with some sort of fit on the way, and was brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Michael Kerkley, 13, Tramp

Occupation or role: Tramp
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1849
Date of death: 10 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposit in the spinal cord, & in the substance of the brain. Cretaceous mass in left lung. Other thoracic & abdominal viscera healthy. Abscess in pelvic cavity communicating with the bladder & rectum
Disease (standardised): Deposit (Spinal cord, brain, lungs); Abscess (Pelvis, bladder, rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Six weeks previous to his admission, this boy, who lived by tramping the country and often slept out in the open air and had always lived badly, experienced gradual loss of power in his arms & legs and in about a week he was unable to stand. At first he felt little or no pain but in about another week he had great pain in the back of his neck which sometimes extended into his arms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

George Rogers, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1854
Date of death: 22 Jul 1954
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'Admitted with a report of [?] diarrhoea […] He complained of feeling very low & weak, and was unwilling to give any answers about himself. He said he had been ill about 3 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Mary Ann Blackman, 7, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1849
Date of death: 12 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Membranes of the brain & sinuses loaded with blood. Old pleuritic and pericardial adhesions. Intestinal canal vascular. Ulceration of mucous membrane near the lower end of the ileum
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain, sinuses); Adhesion (Pleurae, pericardium); Disease (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 child was admitted with considerable ascites, & general anasarca. It did not appear that she had had scarlet fever. It was stated that she had a fever last autumn, but it was not accompanied by any eruption, and that her present illness had commenced last Xmas with diarrhoea which had continued to the time of her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Horatio Smith , 14, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 April 1855
Date of death: 3 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): Large abscess on the outer side of the pelvis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This boy, whose appearance was cachetic and indicative of strumous disease, was admitted on account of a large abscess in the left thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The left thigh, thorax, larynx and trachea, and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Doddrell, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1856
Date of death: 6 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the Liver. Jaundice.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Early in May this man was a patient in the Hospital for what appeared to be congestion of the Liver. He returned with dropsy which was presumed to depend on his liver.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Manson, 53, Sewer worker

Occupation or role: Sewer worker
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1855
Date of death: 2 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): Renal disease. Pericarditis. Oedema of Lungs. Serous Effusion on the Brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart); Oedema (Lung); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A man of intemperate habits who had suffered from acute rheumatism eleven months ago, for which he was under treatment in the Hospital. He dated his illness from five weeks prior to admission when he worked in the sewers at Windsor Castle. He became sick, had shivering fits and pain in all his limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Fost, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1854
Date of death: 21 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'Brought in a very depressed and listless state, with suffused eyes, quick pulse, coated tongue, & general feeling of weakness & chilliness. He stated that he had been taking mercury for syphilis from the week before Xmas, and fancied that his illness was due to this cause’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Louis Cheviot, [Age not stated], [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [Age not stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1849
Date of death: 16 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Gunshot wound in the left hypocondriac region. Wound of the spleen and the vessels of this organ. Extensive haemorrhage into peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Wound (Brain, spleen); Haemorrhage (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a gun shot wound situated in the left hypochondriac region which he was reported to have inflicted upon himself by means of a pistol loaded with slugs. He was brought to the hospital about ½ an hour after the receipt of the injury, cold and collapsed & apparently dying, his pulse scarcely perceptible’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Suicide

John Wheatley, 14, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1849
Date of death: 15 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the leg. Haemorrhage. Prostation. Collapse. Death
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Maria Pearman, 37, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1849
Date of death: 18 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of the skull through tympanic cavity. Blood effused between the bone and dura mater, & in arachnoid cavity. Brain bruised and lacerated
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bruise (Brain); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This woman fell down a flight of 12 or 14 steps & was picked up insensible. She was admitted at 10 1/2pm, about ¾ of an hour after the accident, cold & senseless’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Welch, 44, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1849
Date of death: 19 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the spinal cord. Brain healthy. Bladder distended, and its lining membrane vascular
Disease (standardised): Softening (Spinal cord); Disease (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of loss of power & feeling of numbness of both legs, but it did not appear on closer investigation that there was any loss of sensation. He stated that his symptoms had been coming on gradually for 5 months, that he had had no fit of any sort, and that he had an attack of a similar kind 3 years ago from which he had recovered, but not perfectly. For 5 months past he has been unable to work’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Beardmore, 21, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1853
Date of death: 18 Sep 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the ileum and caecum. Fluid blood
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Fluid (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This girl had only been confined to bed since the third but had been previously out of sorts for three or four days. She suffered from pain all over, especially in the head and back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Hart, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 7
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1854
Date of death: 30 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever. Sloughing of the tonsils
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Sloughing (Throat)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted on the 3rd day of an attack of scarlet fever. Red rash was well out all over his body, his throat was sore, but on examination, nothing beyond dusky lividity & slight swelling was to be seen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, neck, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Henry Chestin , 39, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1855
Date of death: 9 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Amputation. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of a compound fracture of the left leg, from a fall with a horse he was riding.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The stump, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Phebe Frontbeck, 12, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1849
Date of death: 19 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle in the brain. Hydrocephalus. Tubercles in the lungs, kidneys and mesenteric glands
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, mesenteric glands)
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 child, who was said to have been ailing for some time but much worse for a few days past presented on admission much of the character & appearance of common fever’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Allen, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1855
Date of death: 12 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of Urethra. Extravasation of urine
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Extravasation (Urinary Tract)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted in consequence of extravasation of urine the result of stricture of the urethra.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: General appearance, urethra, bladder and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Francis Curley, 53, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1849
Date of death: 21 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Malignant ulceration & stricture of the rectum. Great distension of the intestinal canal above
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Rectum); Constriction (Rectum); Distension (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Admitted with obstinate constipation terminating in complete obstruction of the bowls, which were said not to have acted since the 9th inst at all, and only scantily for some days previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Nalder, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1854
Date of death: 29 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse suppuration of areolar tissue of larynx. Laryngotomy
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Larynx); Operation (Larynx)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient had experienced some difficulty of breathing for a month past, which had gradually been getting worse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Ann Barr, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1853
Date of death: 20 Sep 1853
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart (Valvular on both sides). Disease of the kidneys. General anasarca
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (General)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman who had been suffering from general anasarca and shortness of breath during the whole summer, stated that she had experiences an attack of rheumatic fever at fifteen years of age.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Bovey, 38, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1849
Date of death: 23 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Fibrous tumours connected with the pericardium and anterior mediastinum. Hypertrophy of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lungs); Tumour (Pericardium, mediastinum); Disease (Spleen)
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 presented from the first a very pale and anaemic aspect, with somewhat of the sallow hue which generally accompanies malignant disease. He stated his illness to have begun with pain of head and dizziness some 15 weeks previously, and that he had since suffered more or less from pain in the chest, & cough, and generally urgent dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Taylor, 15, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Sep 1853
Date of death: 21 Sep 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Serous effusion in the ventricles, and on the surface of the brain. Ulceration of the ileum and caecum
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Effusion (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 girl had been taken ill on the 3rd with shivering, pain in the back and head and limbs, felt depressed with loss of appetite and much thirst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Watkins, 28, Hotel servant

Occupation or role: Hotel servant
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1849
Date of death: 24 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Emphysemous & congested lungs. Small intestine vascular, glands distinctly marked. Kidneys congested. Bladder contained a small quantity of urine
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Intestines, kidneys)
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, who was servant at an hotel, was brought to the hospital in a moribund state. The whole surface of his body had a dusky aspect, his face looked congested, with a purplish tinge apparently from mal-aeration of blood; he was almost unconscious of what was going on around, but put out his tongue when desired, which was dry & coated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

H.S. Garman, 50, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: n/a
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1849
Date of death: 25 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the leg. Extensive suppuration, sloughing of post-tibial artery. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body was not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

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