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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1866
Date of death: 11 Dec 1866
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The patient stated that his throat had been sore for a month, and the left side of the soft palate was in a state of foul ulceration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Metal turner
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1866
Date of death: 10 Dec 1866
Disease (transcribed): Disease of spine. Psoas and lumbar abscess. Phthsis. Amyloid degeneration
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Abscess (Lumbar); Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Two and a half years ago he was quite well, but shortly after an abscess formed in the back, since which his health had been deteriorating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Nov 1864
Date of death: 20 Dec 1864
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of breast. Enteritis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Breast); Enteritis (Intestines); Pleurisy (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with the history that she was confined a month ago, she suckled her child for a ten days. Ten days after her confinement, from the nipple having been sore, she gave up suckling & the breasts became enlarged & painful. They afterwards burst’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1845
Date of death: 1 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the sigmoid flexure of the colon and of the upper part of the rectum, spreading to the pelvic cellular tissue and to the bladder. Encephaloid disease of the prostate, liver and mesenteric glands. Abscesses in kidneys. Lungs spumous with partial red heptisation.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Cancer (Pelvis); Cancer (Bladder); Cancer (Prostate, Liver, Mesenteric glands); Abscess (Kidney); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of frequent micturition of small quantities of water, haemorrhage from the urethra and pain referred to the prostate. Also occasional pain in the loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1852
Date of death: 6 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous caries of the dorsal vertebrae with softening of the cervical bones. Abscesses in connection with the spinal column at posterior part of thorax. Urgent dyspnoea and dysphagia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Spine); Abscess (Spine); Dyspnoea (Lung); Deglutition disorders (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He had been subject for many years to a scrofulous affection and there were marks of old ulceration in the neck and under the angle of the jaw.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, interior surfaces of cervical vertebrae and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1845
Date of death: 28 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fungoid tumour in brain with effusion in the lateral ventricles. Partial hepatisation of left lung. Old pleurisy. Fibrous tumour in uterus
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain); Hepatisation (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tumour (Uterus)

Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'Was reported by her husband to have complained during the last year & a half of pain in the head, accompanied by partial loss of power & numbness on the lower extremities, by some loss of memory and a sense of stupidity. This had gone on from bad to worse, and about two months ago, she became so listless and forgetful as to be utterly unable to conduct her household affairs, & she was obliged to be fed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1867
Date of death: 3 Dec 1867
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: His legs had been swelling for about twelve months and for the last three months an eczematous eruption had come out on them.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and scrotum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1865
Date of death: 13 Nov 1865
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Slight ‘amyloid’ affection of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in August with old standing disease of the knee which had commenced nine months previous with pain and swelling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1851
Date of death: 12 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Diarrhoea. Right lung hepatized. Ulceration of mucous membrane of caecum & peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Hepatization (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient said she had been ailing about a [fortnight] commencing with cough, headache, pains in the limbs &c. 5 days before admission she had a severe shivering followed by great heat of skin, but not perspiration. She complaining of a feeling of general debility with loss of appetite and much thirst, & pain in the abdomen. The bowels have acted 9 times during the last 24 hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1846
Date of death: 1 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae, with very few tubercles, in apices of both lungs, the structure of which was compressed and very oedematous. Old adhesions. Scirrhus of the pylorus, with encephaloid glands. Other viscera, nothing remarkable
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: It appeared from the man’s account, that he was in the Hospital about two years before with slight cough and haemoptysis, and that since that time his cough had never entirely left him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1845
Date of death: 28 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia, left side. Operation. Fatal peritonitis. Lungs emphysematous and congested
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Emphysema (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Mary Sears at 44 [?48] having previously enjoyed sufficiently good health with the exception of some affection of the lungs, was rather suddenly seized with a pain in the abdomen on the 21st of January’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, hernial sac, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1865
Date of death: 1 Feb 1865
Disease (transcribed): Condylomata. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Condylomata (Genitalia); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1868
Date of death: 12 Oct 1868
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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 had amputation of the right leg performed about two years before for abscess of the bones of the tarsus, but it had never healed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and hip
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1864
Date of death: 16 Nov 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scald. Capillary bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1851
Date of death: 11 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Emphysema of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'An exceedingly pale-faced man who applied first for relief as an out-patient on 14th January, complaining of pain across the loins, and headache, with white tongue & confined bowels. He said his health had been failing for a year past, but no cause could be discerned for his ex-sanguine condition’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1843
Date of death: 11 February 1844
Disease (transcribed): Partial pleurisy. Phthisis. Stricture of the ureter producing dilatation of the pelvis of the kidney.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Constriction (Ureter); Dilatation (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 had on the 16th September been discharged, convalescent of an attack of acute double pleurisy with considerable effusion into both cavities. The day following his return home had had a relapse of all his symptoms with cough and extreme Dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1842
Date of death: 8 Jun 1842
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Phthisis. Pneumonia. Carcinoma of Uterus, Vagina, Bladder and neighbouring parts
Disease (standardised): Pleuritis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung) Pneumonia (Lung); Carcinoma (Uterus, Vagina, Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1843
Date of death: 30 Dec 1843
Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn producing inflammation of the mucous membrane of the Larynx and Trachea.
Disease (standardised): Burns (Skin); Inflammation (Larynx, Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with an extensive but superficial burn over the upper part of the trunk, the head and face and upper extremities. The accident was caused by the child’s dress taking fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx and trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1845
Date of death: 30 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Petechia. Pleurisy. Lungs congested. Heart dilated and atrophied with soft muscular structure. Atheroma in valves and aorta. Ossification of coronary arteries. Peritoneum enormously thickened throughout. Ascites. Spleen very large
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs); Disease (Heart, aorta); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Spleen)
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 for many years he had been in the habit of drinking freely, taking generally above a gallon of strong ale & several glasses of spirits & water daily. Within the last four years his health had begun to fail, his appetite has been capricious, at times ravenous, at other times very indifferent; he has been greatly troubled with flatus; and his belly has gradually but steadily increased in size’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1845
Date of death: 29 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Remarkable and general emphysema of the lungs. Dilated bronchi. White patch on heart which was otherwise healthy. Abdominal viscera congested, but otherwise healthy
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Lungs, heart); Congestion (Internal organs)
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 well-formed, healthy-looking man, was admitted labouring under cough & distressing dyspnoea. He stated that for some years he had been subject to asthmatic cough, which had continued as usual up to about 8 days before admission, when some rigors occurred’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1844
Date of death: 25 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Abortion. Peritonitis of a low character with inflammation of the Uterus. Partial pleurisy.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Abortion (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Inflammation (Uterus); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1845
Date of death: 29 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): A few scattered tubercles in the lungs, partial pneumonia. Serous effusion in right pleura; old adhesions in left. Extensive peritonitis. Ulceration of small intestines. Other abdominal viscera healthy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Effusion (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
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 collapse, his extremities cold & livid, his lips purple, the pulse imperceptible. He appeared greatly confused in his manner, and was evidently unable to answer any question collectedly. He was immediately sent to bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a