Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851 Date of death: 1 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Albuminous urine. Ascites. Dyspnoea. Palpitation. Convulsions. Clot in the ventricles and left optic thalamus of the brain. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Dyspnoea (Lung); Palpitation (Heart); Seizures (Brain); Thrombosis (Brain);Disease (Kidneys) 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 considerable anasarca. It appeared that his legs had first begun to swell about twelve months before, and latterly also his abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Oct 1852 Date of death: 4 Jan 1853 Disease (transcribed): Imperfect paraplegia. Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, bronchial glands, peritoneal cavity and spleen. Ulcerated intestines Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Bronchial glands); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Ulcer (Intestines) 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 was admitted in a condition of imperfect paraplegia which commenced after severe exposure. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and spinal cord Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Nov 1881 Date of death: 1 Jan 1882 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis. Ascites Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles Medical notes: He noticed ascites about four months before admission, his appetite and strength had failed and for the month before he came in there was oedema of the legs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Dec 1854 Date of death: 3 Jan 1855 Disease (transcribed): Pleuro Pneumonia. Stricture of the Urethra Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung, Pleura); Constriction (Urethra) 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 man stated that he had been ill only about a week with cough and cold and pain in the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1863 Date of death: 1 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of cricoid cartilage Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Trachea) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Admitted, as a patient under the care of the physician, on the evening of December 31, with great dyspnoea; he was seen at 11pm by the house surgeon who found the difficulty of breathing rather diminished. […] He suffered from primary syphilis in 1837, but the sore does not appear to have been followed by any secondary symptoms till the end of 1862 when he had sore throat’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851 Date of death: 6 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of intestines. Congestion of the lungs. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung) 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 the ordinary history and symptoms of fever. He had been ill a week and confined to bed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 74 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Dec 1880 Date of death: 9 Jan 1881 Disease (transcribed): Left pleuritis. Granular & cystic degeneration of kidneys Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Evans, Arthur Owen and Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel and Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'No known family diseases. Was never before laid up with illness. Violent attacks of cough began about a month ago, with copious thick greyish expectoration, & sweating' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Jan 1853 Date of death: 16 Jan 1853 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulcerated intestines. Diseased heart. Aortic valve with four flaps Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Heart) 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 patient was admitted labouring under fever of rather severe type. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 58 Date of admission: 7 Sep 1853 Date of death: 7 Jan 1844 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Infiltration of deposit with softening in the apices of the medullary canal Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Deposit (Bones); Softening (Bones) Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This man experienced his first attack of dropsy 5 years ago from which he had entirely recovered, and had not suffered from it again until 8 months before his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jan 1863 Date of death: 11 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diarrhoea Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Diarrhoea (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 22 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Apr 1852 Date of death: 25 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood in the substance of the lung. Fibrous thickening and consolidation of a portion of the hearts parietes Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Heart) 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 woman was admitted in a state of extreme exhaustion. She was alleged to have been spitting blood all the week. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851 Date of death: 12 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Epileptiform convulsions following the disappearance of an eruption of the skin. The convulsions gradually passed into coma. Scrofulous deposit upon & thickening of the meninges of brain with slight softening of the central parts of brain Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Eruption (Skin); Coma (Systemic); 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: 'This man said that his illness had only been of a 14 nights’ duration, that it had commenced with pains generally in his limbs, and two days before admission an eruption had appeared on his skin’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 30 Date of admission: 2 Feb 1854 Date of death: 25 Mar 1854 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulcerated intestines Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert Surgeon: n/a Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’ Post mortem notes: 'This body was removed unexamined’
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1877 Date of death: 19 Mar 1877 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular and caseous pneumonia; ulcers of large bowel. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: Since early in 1875 he had not been free from cough. He spat a little, but there was no unusual dyspnoea, nor did the sputa even contain blood. About the same time began a looseness of the bowels. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and intestine Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 May 1848 Date of death: 18 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of brain and membranes. Pneumonia and hepatisation of lung. Scrofulous bronchial glands. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was said to have been taken ill with severe pain in the head, delirium, and occasionally very noisy and troublesome. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 5 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 May 1850 Date of death: 3 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous tubercle in medulla oblong: lymph at base of brain. Miliary tubercles in lung. Facial paralysis. Strabismus Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Lymph (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Paralysis (Face); Strabismus (Eyes) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This child was brought by its mother to the Hospital for the purpose of having an operation for the cure of strabismus performed and admitted under the care of the surgeon. It was soon evident that it was a consequence of deep seated mischief, and she was transferred. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 May 1849 Date of death: 14 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Atrophied & granular degeneration of the kidneys. Wet brain. Cysts in both ovaries Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, brain); Cyst (Ovaries) 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 had been under the care of Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] about 2 months previously, when she appeared to be in a cachectic state, with sallow complexion, confined bowels, bilious vomiting & headache. She complained of continual noise in her head, and always said that she felt she should go out of her mind. She left the hospital considerably relieved, but was unable to return to her work. She was brought to the hospital with a report that she had had a fit on the previous day, in which she had become quite unconscious, and since that had been violently delirious’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 May 1849 Date of death: 16 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Pulmonary haemorrhage. Tubercular deposit in the intestines with ulceration of the small & large intestines Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Haemorrhage (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man applied for relief in consequence of diarrhoea, & pain in the stomach from which he had been suffering more than a month. On further enquiry it appeared that he was also subject to cough, had suffered from it more particularly since Xmas, & had spit blood only about a fortnight before his admission. But the cough was not particularly troublesome, & he had no night sweats’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852 Date of death: 25 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart and valves. Extravasated blood in the substance of the lungs. Fibrinous deposits in the spleen. Softening of the structure of the uterus with gangrenous state of its mucous membrane Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Lung); Fibrin (Spleen); Softening (Uterus); Gangrene (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The patient stated that she had been occasionally dropsical in the legs for several years. Two months before her last confinement, which occurred five weeks before admission, her legs had again begun to swell. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Apr 1848 Date of death: 18 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with abscess in lung. Pleuritis. Ascites. Anasarca. Fluid blood. Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient stated that she she had enjoyed very good health up to twelve months ago, when the catamenia seemed to decrease in quantity, and finally disappeared entirely in the course of two or three months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Lath Render Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Mar 1877 Date of death: 20 Mar 1877 Disease (transcribed): Abscesses in the brain Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: This patient was admitted, complaining of severe headache in the right occipital region with dimness of vision, slight cough, and occasional giddiness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, meninges, brain and spinal cord Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 May 1853 Date of death: 8 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous state of cervical glands. Deposits in the lungs and spleen. Adherent pericardium Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Deposits (Lung); Deposits (Spleen); Adherent (Heart) 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 patient presented himself for admission on account of a tumour which had been growing at the back of his neck for about two months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 9 years 6 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Mar 1879 Date of death: 17 Mar 1879 Disease (transcribed): Caries of left orbital plate. Inflammatory softening of brain and suppuration. Tubercular meningitis Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William. Wadham, William Medical notes: There was nothing remarkable in the history until eighteen months before admission when he entered Belgrave Hospital for diseased bone on the forehead, the result of a blow. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, cranium, meninges and brain Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Piano forte tuner Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Nov 1875 Date of death: 2 Apr 1876 Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs. Embolism from atheroma Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Embolism (Arteries); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This man said that twelve months before his admission he had vomited three pints of dark clotted blood, and that ever since then he had had dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, kidneys and heart Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Mar 1877 Date of death: 21 Mar 1877 Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Pleurisy. Emphysema Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Emphysema (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: This case was not seen by the Registrar. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and douglas' pouch Type of incident: n/a