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Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1852
Date of death: 3 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Old pleurisy on right side. Recent pleurisy on left and pneumonia. Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of the heart and atheroma of the aorta. Fluid state of the blood
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Fluid (Blood)
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: He had observed his urine to be more scanty than usual about a month ago, a symptom which was soon followed by swelling of the ankles and scrotum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 11 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Double pleurisy of moderately recent date. Scrofulous deposit in both lungs. Bronchitis. Deposit in the glands of intestine. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Deposits (Intestinal mucosa); Disease (Kidneys)
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: This patient had suffered from cough for some time and he gave the ordinary history of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1847
Date of death: 25 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Diseased heart. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); 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 patient was admitted in a moribund state. It was reported that she had been greatly addicted to drinking.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1841
Date of death: 28 Mar 1841
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Kidneys mottled and granular
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1844
Date of death: 7 Mar 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old adhesions of the pleurae. Lymph in pericardium. Atheroma in aorta & mitral valve. Tubercular spots in various parts of the intestines with ulceration of the mucous membrane. Mesenteric glands enlarged
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Disease
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 man stated that he had suffered from slight cough for many months, and that nine weeks before admission it became much worse, accompanied by rigors, pain in the chest, and profuse worthy expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1840
Date of death: 27 Mar 1841
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Kidneys mottled and granular. Malignant disease of bones
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Malignant disease (Bone)
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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1845
Date of death: 7 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Granular Kidney. Thickening of Peritoneum, with a false membrane enveloping and compressing the Liver and Spleen. Fluid in Pleurae with old adhesions. Lungs oedematous and emphysematous. Atheroma in Aorta.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Universal); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Thickening (Abdomen); Disease (Pleura); Disease (Lung);Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries)
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 who at times had suffered from Anasarca during the last nine years and had always applied to the Hospital for which, again presented himself for admission suffering from universal anasarca, cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 14 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Pneumo-thorax. Pleurisy. Following upon phthisis
Disease (standardised): Pneumothorax (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1853
Date of death: 25 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
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: This patient was admitted with cough and shortness of breathing in a very depressed state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1847
Date of death: 01 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Grey hepatisation of lung. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Peritonitis from perforating ulcer of duodenum. Granular kidney.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); 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 patient was admitted in an almost moribund state, anasarcous, and suffering greatly from 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: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1855
Date of death: 24 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Hepatization of lungs. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 young woman had been suffering from fever for ten days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1853
Date of death: 31 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Debility and haemoptysis. Peculiar and excessive anaemic look. Consolidated lung with oedema. Albuminous urine, but kidneys natural
Disease (standardised): Fraility (Systemic); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Anaemia (Blood); Oedema (Lung); Albuminuria (Urine)
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: This lad stated that he had been ailing since October 1851 when he had some slight illness and had never recovered his health since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1856
Date of death: 19 Mar 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac disease. Pneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This boy was admitted in a dying state. He had been out of health for eighteen months. An attack of acute rheumatism seized him and left him anasarcous and a great sufferer from dyspnoea and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1848
Date of death: 29 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Diseased aortic valves. Ascites. Diseased liver, spleen and granular kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen); 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 brought to the Hospital in a moribund state. He had been suffering for a long time from Dropsy, cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1846
Date of death: 18 Mar 1846
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the liver, stomach and omentum. Peritonitis. Congestive pneumonia. Other organs, nothing
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver, Stomach, Omentum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung)
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 patient stated that about nine months ago his health began to fail without any obvious reason. He began to suffer greatly from dyspeptic symptoms, frequently accompanied by considerable pain in the epigastric region, became subject to pyrosis, and occasional vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gate keeper
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1855
Date of death: 8 Jan 1856
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Purulent deposit in Parotid Gland
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Mouth)
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 man was exposed to all weather for ten hours a day. Five weeks before his admission he experienced pain in the left shoulder and left side of his neck, his legs swelled and he felt generally ill.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1856
Date of death: 22 Mar 1856
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia after parturition. Old clots in iliac veins.
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung, Pleura); Thrombosis (Veins)
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: An unmarried woman who had been confined three weeks before admission. On beginning to move about following labour, she found her legs swell and experienced severe pain in her chest and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1854
Date of death: 14 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Icrofulous pneumonia. Recent fibrin in the peritoneal sac
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Thrombosis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This girl said that she had been ill 3 weeks, with cough & pain in the head. She also complained of pain across the chest in coughing’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1845
Date of death: 22 Mar 1845
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions circumscribing partial empyema. Bronchitis and pneumonia. Chronic pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (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: 'Stated that having been in the previous enjoyment of good health, he was taken three weeks ago with hoarseness & cough, accompanied by pain across the chest & shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1853
Date of death: 4 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: He was admitted complaining of pains chiefly in the shoulders and hands for four days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1846
Date of death: 1 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of the neck, larynx and anterior mediastinum. Old adhesions of pleurae and pericardium. Pneumonia. Chronic bronchitis. Oedema of lungs. Fibrinous vegetations on valves. Heart enlarged. Kidneys mottled.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Neck, Larynx, Mediastinum); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart); 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: It appeared that during the last eight or ten years the patient had been suffering more or less from chronic cough, and that during the last year his legs had occasionally becomes anasarcous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1855
Date of death: 6 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Red and grey hepatization of lungs. Diseased Heart and Kidneys. Growth from the Dura Mater
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Tumour (Meninges)
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 the mother of thirteen children, and had been exposed to cold and damp in the low parts of Rotherhithe. Three weeks before Christmas her breathing became very short, accompanied with violent cough. She had been subject for six years to palpitations, but had never suffered from any difficulty of breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Feb 1851
Date of death: 13 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of bursa patella. Pleurisy & pneumonia on left side. Bronchial tubes generally dilated. Hypertrophy of the heart
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Knee); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert and Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient, who was very thin & unhealthy in appearance, was admitted in the first instance under the care of Mr Keate [Robert Keate] with an abscess connected with the bursa patella. This was immediately opened & 3 or 4 ounces of pus evacuated. Erysipelas extended from the knee up as far as the bend of the thigh’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1844
Date of death: 6 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca with mottled degeneration of the kidneys in one of which was a large patch of scrofulous deposit. Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Chronic inflammation of bones of the skull with scrofulous deposits in various parts of these bones
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Inflammation (Skull); Deposit (Skull)
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: 'She stated that she had suffered from headache more or less severe above three years, from swelling of the abdomen, feet and legs during the last 3 months, and that the catamenia [menstruation] had been absent during nearly the same period’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1849
Date of death: 19 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia & abscess in both lungs. Old pericardial adhesions. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Keate, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was originally admitted under the care of Mr Keate [Robert Keate] with fracture of 2 or 3 ribs on the right side from accident (probably the 3rd, 4th & 5th). He had some cough, and complained of pain on the right side for two or three days, in consequence of which it was thought necessary, after applying a few leeches, to take blood from the arm, by which his more urgent symptoms were greatly relieved’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a