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Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1856
Date of death: 19 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis, Meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was brought to the Hospital in a partially comatose state. It was ascertained that she had been ill a fortnight and confined to her bed with pain in the head and loins but no sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1856
Date of death: 1 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Arachinitis
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Meninges)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Her mother stated that all her life she had been subject to headaches after the least excitement. One of her brothers was also subject to epileptic fits. For a fortnight she had been low spirited and she later complained of persistent headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1856
Date of death: 12 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic disease of Cranium. Abscess of Brain
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Skull); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Jollye, Edward William, Edward William
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had had syphilis about five years ago. Three years since, he was under treatment in the Hospital for diseased bone of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1856
Date of death: 22 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Hydrocephalus
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This child had always been sickly and his aspect was strumous and anaemic. His head was large and the mother stated that he had been subject to fits furing the first three months of his life.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1856
Date of death: 28 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Melanosis of the Brain, Heart, Pancreas
Disease (standardised): Melanosis (Brain ); Melanosis (Heart); Melanosis (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was originally admitted on account of tumours in various parts of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1856
Date of death: 17 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Delirium Tremens. Fever?
Disease (standardised): Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man stated that four months ago he had been bitten on the hand by a dog supposed to be rabid. During the recent very hot weather he had felt exceedingly languid and indisposed to work, and had suffered from cold sweats at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and spinal column
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1856
Date of death: 11 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Epileptic seizure. Ventricular and sub-arachnoid effusion of fluid.
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A married woman, the mother of fourteen children. She had enjoyed good health until four months ago, when she took to drinking. A week before admission she complained of pain in her left side and spoke of feeling giddy, and in the days before admission she suffered from epileptic seizures.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1856
Date of death: 23 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Hemiplegia. Abscess in Brain. Fibrin of old standing and puriform fluid in the cranial sinuses
Disease (standardised): Hemiplegia (Brain); Abscess (Brain); Thrombosis (Skull); Suppuration (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man came in originally as a Physician's patient with well marked pneumonia of the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1855
Date of death: 18 Jun 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous deposit in Brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: For fifteen months of the time she had been in London she had never menstruated. The catamenia then suddenly appeared and lasted a fortnight, She had no further discharge until a fortnight before admission when she again menstruated. This was accompanied by a headache, feeling of languor and weakness. Her behaviour became more strange and she took dislike to various articles of furniture in the house.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1855
Date of death: 23 Jun 1855
Disease (transcribed): Fatty Heart. Convulsion. Fullness of cerebral veins
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Seizures (Brain); Fullness (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man said that he had been putting something into the fire of the oven early on the morning of the previous day, when he was seized with a fit and fell with his face against the fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, throat and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1855
Date of death: 26 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart. Old cyst in Corpus Striatum
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Cysts (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Jockey
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1870
Date of death: 22 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Enteric Fever. Paraplegia.
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Paraplegia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: About three months before his admission, this patient went to bed in his usual health, and on waking next morning found that he had entirely lost the use of both legs. The case was taken partly from Dr Laking's notes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys , intestines and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1872
Date of death: 2 Mar 1873
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma. Yellow softening of left corpus striatum. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Softening (Brain); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that he had had pain in the head and occipital region for about two weeks. On the day of admission while at work he suddenly lost the power of the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 May 1872
Date of death: 9 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Embolism. Softening of the brain
Disease (standardised): Embolism (Indeterminate); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1872
Date of death: 14 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Sanguineous apoplexy. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The history given by the friends of this girl was that she had been out of health for the last month with loss of appetite and sleeping much.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baronet
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1872
Date of death: 8 Oct 1872
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Died shortly after admission
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1872
Date of death: 29 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Atheroma. Hypertrophied heart. Sanguineous apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was a patient in the hospital in April of this year with cephalalgia. From that date up to his admission he had had two slight fits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1866
Date of death: 13 Jul 1866
Disease (transcribed): Effusion into pleurae. Dilated heart. Granular kidneys. Extravasation of blood into pons varolii
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: He first observed swelling of the legs about Christmas and he then also suffered from orthopnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1866
Date of death: 20 Jul 1866
Disease (transcribed): Large fatty heart. Sanguineous apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had been seized with apoplexy and pitched forward.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1866
Date of death: 18 Oct 1866
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular inflammation of brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The history given in this case was very obscure as it appears she was ill for some time without anyone knowing that she was in the house ill.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1867
Date of death: 1 May 1867
Disease (transcribed): Chorea
Disease (standardised): Chorea (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This girl had been ill with chorea since Christmas 1866. She was quite aware that she was pregnant and was very anxious and communicating the fact to her mother.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, thorax, abdomen and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1867
Date of death: 25 Jul 1867
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the brain and its membranes
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Medical notes: The day before admission he was seized with headache, loss of appetite, followed by vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Jockey
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1867
Date of death: 20 Oct 1867
Disease (transcribed): Softening of brain
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: A groom in the Chantilly Stables. He seemed to have been ill for some time had had been sent over from France a day before admission. On admission he was apparently suffering from aphasia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1867
Date of death: 26 Nov 1867
Disease (transcribed): Chorea
Disease (standardised): Chorea (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This child was admitted with chorea of six weeks date.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1868
Date of death: 2 Feb 1868
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: On the day of admission he was seized with an epileptic fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a