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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854
Date of death: 20 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient reported that she had been suffering from headache 9 months, coming in paroxysms, and accompanied with flushing of the face. On the 9th inst she had observed double vision’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Domestic servant
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854
Date of death: 21 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. False membrane in arachnoid sac owing to extravasated blood, the result of a blow on the head. Atheromated cerebral arteries
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); False membrane (Brain); Blow (Head); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had been a domestic servant, & appeared to have been of dissipated habits. He was admitted under the care of Mr Hawkins [Caesar Hawkins], on account of a stricture of the urethra, which had existed for some years & had been ascribed originally to an attack of gonorrhoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1854
Date of death: 14 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the Brain. Softening of the brain.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Some days after admission it was learned that the patient had had a fit about a fortnight before in which he had remained unconscious for three days. He had been ill altogether some five months, but of his symptoms, nothing was accurately known.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1855
Date of death: 15 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Paralysis following a ‘fit’. Extravasation of blood into substance of the brain. Remains of old extravasations
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Central Nervous System); Extravasation (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: Nothing of his previous state could be learnt except that on the preceding day he had been seized with a fit and had subsequently lost the use of his right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, 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: Gardener
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1855
Date of death: 2 Jun 1855
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Softening of spinal chord.
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Central Nervous System); Softening (Spinal Cord)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted into the Hospital on account of incontinence of urine. He had been complaining for about a fortnight of pain in the loins, numbness and loss of power in the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, cranium and spinal column
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1855
Date of death: 1 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): Arachinitis
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Meninges)
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: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1855
Date of death: 23 Sep 1855
Disease (transcribed): Paralysis from lead. Fibrin in Pericardial and Pleural sacs
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Central Nervous System); Thrombosis (Heart); Thrombosis (Pleura)
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 had suffered from more than one attack of colic. Three weeks before his admission he had an attack of acute rheumatism, resulting from exposure to severe cold. He complained when first seen of shortness of breath, pain in the right side, cough and thin watery expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1855
Date of death: 9 Jan 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cysts occupying the left corpus striatum
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had been paralysed ever since he was seven years old and his right arm was deformed. He came in to the Hospital complaining of retention of urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1855
Date of death: 23 Jan 1856
Disease (transcribed): Paralysis of long standing. Large ulcers on both legs.
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Central Nervous System); Ulcer (Leg)
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 woman was admitted in a very bad state of health. She had suffered for about a year and a half with paralysis of the lower extremities, but applied for admission on account of ulcers on each leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Billiard maker
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1856
Date of death: 10 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in Lungs and Brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (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: This man stated that whilst in the room at work he was seized with a fit, apparently of an epileptic character. He remained unconscious for about ten minutes. Six weeks later he had another fit, and another three months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1856
Date of death: 23 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Meningitis (Brain)
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: No history could be obtained from this patient, but according to his friends he had been ill a year with pain in the head. Four days before his admission he had a fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1856
Date of death: 13 Apr 1856
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Ear. Abscess of the Brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ear); Abscess (Brain)
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 had only left the Hospital about seven or eight days after recovering from an acute rheumatism. On going out he caught cold and the pain returned, confining itself to the smaller joints and assuming the character of rheumatic gout.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1856
Date of death: 13 Apr 1856
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Brain. Extensive growth in the Optic Thalamus
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Tumour (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 girl had been ill three or four days with sickness and headache and she complained of thirst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1854
Date of death: 22 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Diseased Brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The particulars of this case are given in Beales Archives Volume 1 page 81 by Dr John W Ogle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Watchmaker
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1856
Date of death: 18 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into Brain
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (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: This man was admitted with ascites, presumed to depend on cirrhosis of the liver. He stated that two months ago, after taking cold he had a troublesome cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1856
Date of death: 1 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Softening of the cord. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Brain); Softening (Spinal cord); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1870
Date of death: 7 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Plugging of both vertebral arteries. Aneurysm like dilatation and plugging of left internal carotid artery with channelling of clot. Plugging of right internal carotid artery. Tumour of Dura Mater.
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Tumour (Meninges)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had a fit a fortnight before admission which was stated to have lasted some hours. He lost sensation completely and on recovering found that he was paralysed on the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, cerebrum, bones and vessels of brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1870
Date of death: 21 Aug 1870
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia.
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1870
Date of death: 14 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Glioma affecting the left lobe of the cerebellum and left half of the Pons Varolii.
Disease (standardised): Glioma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This boy first came under Dr Dickinson's care in the Hospital for sick children on July 10th. He was one of six children of whom one had died in decline, the four others being alive and healthy. He was healthy until Jul 1869 when he had an attack of severe headache and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1871
Date of death: 18 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the dorsal vertebrae. Softening of the spinal cord. Scrofulous disease of the right kidney
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Softening (Spine); Disease (Kidney)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man had an abscess in the back fifteen years ago. Ten years afterwards another formed in the same place. Fourteen weeks before his admission another abscess formed in the same spot & much matter was discharged. Soon afterwards a bedsore formed on the sacrum & his legs swelled. For two months he had entirely lost both motion & sensation in both legs & for six weeks the urine had to be drawn off by catheter’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1875
Date of death: 9 Jun 1875
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in knee. Suppurative arachinitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Knee); Suppuration (Brain); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Medical notes: This woman was said to have been out of health for several weeks after nursing a sick man who died of enteric fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain and generative organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1875
Date of death: 25 Aug 1875
Disease (transcribed): Softening of spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Softening (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman stated that in the October previous to her admission she had had some pain in the loins and down her legs. She had recovered but it recurred.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1875
Date of death: 21 Nov 1875
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Embolism and thrombosis of left middle cerebral
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Embolism (Brain); Thrombosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: Five days before admission he had found his left leg shaking somewhat whilst walking, and presently the arm and leg became powerless.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, kidneys, liver and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1871
Date of death: 22 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Embolism. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Embolism (Brain); Softening (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, cranium

Type of incident: n/a