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Occupation or role: Worker at an Army Furnishers
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1848
Date of death: 16 Nov 1848
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing sores after fever?
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Back); Sloughing (Buttocks); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient was in an exceedingly debilitated condition, unable to move herself and with her back extensively ulcerated from bed sores. She had been subject to some sort of fits, probably of a 'hysterical nature'.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and knee joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ostler
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1852
Date of death: 29 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver and kidneys. Recent lymph in the peritoneal sac
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Lymph (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He stated that his legs had first begun to swell about June last, and the abdomen soon after.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1879
Date of death: 15 Aug 1879
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration and perforation of local appendix from impacted gall stone. Peritoneal abscess. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Appendix); Perforation (Appendix); Gall stone (Gall bladder); Abscess (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Not seen by the Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Road sweeper
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1875
Date of death: 15 Sep 1875
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Medical notes: This man’s abdomen had begun to swell and steadily increased, later extending to the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1852
Date of death: 5 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of bowels? Peritonitis?
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
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: n/a
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 29 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Disease of the stomach. Calcareous matter in mesenteric glands. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Stomach); Calcareous (Mesenteric glands); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
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 was admitted under the care of the surgeon with ulcerated & inflamed leg, but next day transferred to the physician. He then stated that he had had a ‘bad leg’ for 3 months, but that his legs and abdomen had only been swelled about 6 or 7 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1853
Date of death: 13 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Effusion of fluid and fibrin in the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities. Opacity and thickening of capsules of kidneys and spleen. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Heart); Effusion (Abdomen); Thickening (Kidney); Thickening (Spleen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with dropsy of about a week’s duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1849
Date of death: 29 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Extensive ulceration of the intestines with perforation and peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (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: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient had been first taken ill about 6 or 7 months ago with pain in the abdomen, accompanied by diarrhoea & sickness; he had several attacks subsequently, and his present one was of about 3 weeks’ duration, a longer period than any former one’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1853
Date of death: 15 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Peritonitis. Ulceration of intestine with perforation. Consolidation of lungs. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Consolidation (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 child was admitted in an advanced stage of fever and was said to have been ill a fortnight before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1867
Date of death: 27 Sep 1867
Disease (transcribed): Aortic and mitral disease. Anasarca. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Systemic); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: She had had rheumatic fever seven years ago and she had suffered from dyspnoea for twelve months. One month ago her legs began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1848
Date of death: 26 Nov 1848
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: Admitted with ascites said to have commenced about six weeks ago without oedema of the ankles. He had suffered three or four months from cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1849
Date of death: 30 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Lateral curvature of the spine. General anasarca. Lungs healthy. Extravasation of blood on the surface of the heart. Ascites. Congestion of the liver. Cysts in both kidneys
Disease (standardised): Spinal curvatures (Spine); Edema (Systemic); Extravasation (Heart); Ascites (Peritoneum); Congestion (Liver); Cyst (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: 'This patient, who was a good deal deformed by lateral curvature owing, as she stated, to an accident 5 or 6 years before, had suffered from swelled legs more or less for the previous 12 months. After childbirth in August last she also observed that her abdomen was more prominent than natural & she had increased in size up to her admission. She had long suffered from shortness of breath & palpitations of heart’
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: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1851
Date of death: 24 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Peritonitis. Atrophied kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Atrophy (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been ill some six months before his admission. It had commenced as a common cold with catarrh and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1849
Date of death: 31 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Blind fistula. Peritoneal inflammation. Ulceration of ileum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Fistula; Inflammation (Peritoneum); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the care of the surgeon with fistula in ano, for the purpose of operation. He was sent on the 26th to see the physician to enquire into the state of his chest, when he was found to have had cough & shortness of breath for some time [and] to be much emaciated, with night-sweats, and all the ordinary symptoms of phthisis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1852
Date of death: 2 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Chronic peritonitis. Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with considerable enlargement of the abdomen and slight oedema of the legs which he said was only of three or four months duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Piano forte maker
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1878
Date of death: 28 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Aortic valvular disease. Chronic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Aortic valve disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
PM performed by: Ellis, William Ashton
Medical notes: 'History. Three attacks of rheumatic fever since the age of 15. He has been out of health since he was 51 when he had his last attack of rheumatism. Complaining of palpitations, drowsiness, diarrhoea and dyspeptic disturbances. Last summer his ankles began to swell. Last April he thighs and abdomen became dropsical and dyspnoea commenced, and the urine became scanty. He had a trifling cough at the same time'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, intestines, kidneys, liver, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1853
Date of death: 23 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Disease of the kidneys. Ascites. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (General)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A man of rather full habits, with general dropsy and considerable discolouration of the skin of the face, neck and lips.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1852
Date of death: 12 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the anterior portion of the sacrum. Abscess. Peritonitis. Fatty kidneys
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Spine); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission, without assignable cause, the patient's abdomen began to swell with pain in the epigastrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Aug 1869
Date of death: 12 Aug 1869
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This boy had been ill three weeks with pain across the belly in the right iliac fossa.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Top sawyer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848
Date of death: 1 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): General dropsy. Peritonitis. Ulcerated encephaloid of oesophagus.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cancer (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This man stated that three weeks ago his ankles began to swell without any cause, and later his abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1853
Date of death: 25 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the liver, spleen and kidneys. Anasarca. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Scrotum); Oedema (Penis);Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with dropsy of the lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1851
Date of death: 7 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammatory thickening of the submucous areolar tissue at the pyloric end of the stomach. Ulceration of the same. Perforation into the abdominal cavity only obviated by adhesion of the liver. Renal disease
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Stomach); Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Abdomen); 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: 'A married woman who had borne 9 children, with a sallow, emaciated appearance, & a quick & feeble pulse, who stated that during more than 2 years past she had suffered from painful sensations, & sinking at the epigastrium, which were especially severe after her food’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sailor
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1849
Date of death: 4 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Extensive peritonitis. Pleurisy. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart)
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 lad was brought to the hospital on the evening of the 3rd Dec apparently in the last stage of acute peritonitis, suffering intense pain in the abdomen aggravated on the very lightest touch, with a scarcely perceptible pulse, and in a condition quite beyond the power of any mode of treatmentn to alleviate. No distinct account could be obtained of the cause or commencement of his present illness. He was a sailor having just returned fromm sea, and there was a report of a hurt, accidental or otherwise, on the lower part of the abdomen, the exact nature of which could not be made out’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848
Date of death: 2 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Miscarriage. Slight fever. Peritonitis?
Disease (standardised): Abortion, spontaneous (Uterus); Fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient stated that she had not enjoyed good health since her last confinement twenty months before. She did not think herself to be pregnant again but miscarried twins in the Hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Photographer
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1878
Date of death: 31 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the vertebra. Large abscess in the thoracic abdominal and pelvic cavities
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Spine); Abscess (Abdomen); Abscess (Pelvis);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ellis, William Ashton
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, spinal columns, spinal abscess, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, glands
Type of incident: n/a