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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1856
Date of death: 28 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of urine
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Urinary Tract)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was sent to kinnerton street
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1855
Date of death: 27 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): Renal disease. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman attributed her illness to a severe cold caught three months ago which brought on dyspnoea and a sense of oppression at the epigastrium. Her legs and abdomen then enlarged.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1857
Date of death: 23 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian cyst. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman had been in the hospital twelve different times for ovarian dropsy, and each time paracentesis was performed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1853
Date of death: 20 Sep 1853
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart (Valvular on both sides). Disease of the kidneys. General anasarca
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (General)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman who had been suffering from general anasarca and shortness of breath during the whole summer, stated that she had experiences an attack of rheumatic fever at fifteen years of age.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Date of admission: 15 May 1854
Date of death: 2 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This girl stated that her legs had been swelled for 2 months before her admission, and her abdomen had subsequently also become enlarged’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1853
Date of death: 6 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Vegetations on the aortic semilunar valves. Fibrinous deposit in the spleen and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Fibrin (Spleen); Fibrin (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman stated that she had been ill five weeks. She was then seized by pain in the left side passing across the epigastrium and up the sternum with shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1849
Date of death: 29 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary apoplexy. Pericarditis. Chronic inflammation of the kidneys, with cysts. Fibrous tumour in the uterus
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Inflammation (Kidneys); Cyst (Kidneys); Tumour (Uterus)
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 [woman] was first admitted into the hospital as an in-patient in September. She then dated the commencement of ther illness from an attack of haematemesis in July ‘48 when she brought up about a quart of blood. She had suffered from pain across the epigastrium ever since, and when the hand was placed across it she cried out as if it caused her great pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 May 1853
Date of death: 21 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Typhus fever. Ulceration of caecum. Ovarian cyst containing brain
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Teratoma (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: She had been taken ill with shivering, headache, much thirst and great feeling of weakness and depression.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1853
Date of death: 17 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema of lungs. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
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 had been suffering from cough since June last, with gradually increasing weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Date of admission: 24 May 1854
Date of death: 12 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of the intestinal canal. Disease of the ovaries
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Disease (Ovary)
Admitting doctor: Lee, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Dickinson, William Howship and Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was a widow, the mother of two children. Her illness began about five years ago, when she found a small swelling in the right side of the hypogastric regions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Housepainter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1856
Date of death: 14 Oct 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of Liver. Granulated disease of the Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been ill only ten days. He attributed the pain he first felt in the lower part of his abdomen to cold. It gradually got worse and ended in a dropsical state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Feb 1849
Date of death: 13 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Fistula. Abscess. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Fistula; Abscess; Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Several months prior to his last admission, this patient was in the hospital under the care of Mr Hawkins [Caesar Hawkins] for stricture of the urethra, & subsequent to discharge he was in the habit of paying periodical visits to the hospital for the purpose of having a caheter passed. By this means he went on pretty well until the 10th of January last, when he was seized with shivering, which continued more or less for the three or four succeeding days. This was followed by feverishness with thirst & anorexia, and his bowels, which at first were constipated, afterwards became relaxed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1855
Date of death: 4 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Renal and Cardiac disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This patient had been subject to rheumatic attacks for years, having had severe rheumatic fever about fourteen years ago. Six months before his admission he began to feel weak. He lost flesh and then rheumatic pain came on in all his limbs and he had a cough and much expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1855
Date of death: 23 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart. Emphysema of the lungs. Encephaloid disease of the Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Cancer (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: When admitted, this woman was anxious and distressed, and far too ill to allow any history of her case being obtained. All that could be learnt was that she had been out of health for eight weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Date of admission: 24 May 1854
Date of death: 31 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Disease of the kidneys. Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This woman reported that her illness had begun with cough & shortness of breath 4 or 5 months before, her legs had been swelled about a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1855
Date of death: 17 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the Bladder and Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Bladder); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted with the symptoms usually connected with enlargement of the prostate gland.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
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: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1857
Date of death: 16 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Granular kidneys. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Gray, Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A labourer who had been suffering from cough & shortness of breath for two months, however he kept on with his daily work until a week before admission when owing to the great increase of dyspnoea he was compelled to lay up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1849
Date of death: 6 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the pelvis. Rupture of the anterior wall of the bladder. Extravasation of urine in both thighs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Rupture (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted in collapse at 11 1/2am having early in the morning of the preceding day received a severe contusion across the hypogastrium & left groin. It appeared that in climbing some iron railings they gave way & caused him to fall with the railings’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1849
Date of death: 23 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Fluid in left pleural cavity. Heart hypertrophied. Nutmeg liver. Cysts in both kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Lungs, heart, liver); Cyst (Kidneys)
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 who was admitted with general dropsy, dusky complexion and considerable dyspnoea, stated that she had suffered occasionally from dropsy in the ankles since September, that the abdomen had been swelled since Xmas, and that she had never been entirely free from it after that time. She gave an indefinite account of previous palpitation and shortness of breath, and stated that she had never had rheumatic fever, nor detailed any other assignable cause’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1854
Date of death: 15 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the prostate. Pleurisy. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Prostate); Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had been a gentleman’s servant & had lived a luxurious & dissipated life. On admission into the hospital he was extremely weak, & in fact evidently in a dying state’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1854
Date of death: 24 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the prostrate opening into bladder
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Prostate)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was very cachetic[?] & aged, was admitted in consequence of difficulty in making water, which had increased during the preceding fortnight, almost to the extent of retention’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1856
Date of death: 7 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the bladder, opening into the peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Bladder); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man came up to the hospital with incontinence of urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1849
Date of death: 26 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Extensive peritoneal tuberculosis. Tubercles in the lungs, in the subpleural areolar tissue & in the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Peritoneum, lungs, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad, who presented a very cachectic appearance, stated that he had suffered form diarrhoea for about a month, it having latterly become so urgent, that every thing he ate passed t hrough him, in about ¼ hour. He had never passed any blood. Latterly he had become considerably emaciated, but complained of no cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a