Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Nov 1856 Date of death: 16 Dec 1856 Disease (transcribed): Lobular pneumonia. Scrofulous glands generally. Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Glands) 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 child was reported to have been suffering for some weeks from cough and swelling of the glands of the neck. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, neck and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Jun 1853 Date of death: 29 Jul 1853 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy, recent, as well as of older standing. Congestion of the lungs. Compressed lung from pleural effusion Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Compressed (Lung); Effusion (Pleura) 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 man had been suffering from cough for six weeks before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jan 1841 Date of death: 27 May 1841 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles in cerebellum, lungs, kidneys, neck & abdomen Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, kidneys, neck, abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal canal, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1848 Date of death: 14 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Acute pleurisy and pericarditis Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart) 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 stated that he had been seized with shivering and pains over the whole of his limbs about five or six days before his admission, followed by cough and shortness of breath. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and cranium 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
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Mar 1847 Date of death: 08 Apr 1847 Disease (transcribed): Acute pleurisy with pneumonia. Red and grey hepatisation of the lung. Kidneys rather large and granular. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Wilson, James Arthur Medical notes: This patient was taken three days before admission with severe rigors, headache, vertigo, and vomiting, accompanied by general pains in the limbs, and by great muscular depression. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Groom Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Dec 1846 Date of death: 27 Dec 1846 Disease (transcribed): Hydro thorax. Congestion and inflammation of lungs. Considerable hypertrophy and dilatation of heart with extensive disease of the aortic valves. Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Congestion (Lung); Inflammation (Lung); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient stated that he had enjoyed excellent health up to two months ago, when he began to suffer from slight cough, dyspnoea and pain in chest referred to the cardiac region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Groom Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Dec 1848 Date of death: 27 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Congestion and inflammation of lungs. Considerable hypertrophy and dilatation of heart with extensive disease of the aortic valves. Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Congestion (Lung); Inflammation (Lung); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient, stated that two months ago he began to suffer from slight cough, dyspnoea and pain in the chest referred to the cardiac region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Feb 1851 Date of death: 7 Feb 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration & perforation of intestines. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This man dated the commencement of his illness to his having been engaged, in his business of gardener, in pulling up some decayed vegetables, the smell of which was very offensive, ten days before his admission. He was seized with sickness, & found himself unable to return to his work, and two days after was attacked by diarrhoea which continued up to his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 May 1856 Date of death: 31 May 1856 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man enjoyed good health until about eight months ago. He then took a chill which was followed by cough and pain in the chest and muco-purulent expectoration, especially in the morning. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx and trachea Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carrier Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Mar 1844 Date of death: 16 Apr 1844 Disease (transcribed): Extensive meningeal apoplexy. Calcareous deposit in the aortic valves with dilatation of left ventricle. Disease (standardised): Stroke (Meninges); Calculus (Heart); Dilatation (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a state of insensibility and there was some wandering of the mind. He appeared to have little power over the muscles of the right side and of the left leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Apr 1846 Date of death: 4 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions. Phthisis. Ulceration of larynx. Kidneys granular. Other organs, nothing remarkable. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Larynx); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted in the last stage of Phthisis Pulmonalis. It appeared that he had been suffering severely since the beginning of the winter from cough and dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Jun 1847 Date of death: 14 Jul 1847 Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood in texture of lung. Pericarditis. Enlarged heart with hypertrophy and dilatation. Endocarditis with fibrine on the valves of the left side. Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient had suffered from a severe attack of Rheumatic Fever about three years ago, and apparently had it complicated by some cardiac affection. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Sep 1844 Date of death: 6 Jan 1845 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca with mottled degeneration of the kidneys in one of which was a large patch of scrofulous deposit. Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Chronic inflammation of bones of the skull with scrofulous deposits in various parts of these bones Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Inflammation (Skull); Deposit (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'She stated that she had suffered from headache more or less severe above three years, from swelling of the abdomen, feet and legs during the last 3 months, and that the catamenia [menstruation] had been absent during nearly the same period’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Jun 1848 Date of death: 11 Sep 1848 Disease (transcribed): General dropsy. Albuminuria Disease (standardised): Oedema (Universal); Albuminuria (Kidney) 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 stated that her illness began with an ulcerated sore throat. When first able to get about after this illness, the legs and abdomen began to swell and the urine became scanty and dark. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and 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: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Apr 1851 Date of death: 4 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Tubercle & vomicae in the upper lobe of the right lung & the lower one of the left lung. Recent pleurisy on both sides. Contraction of the mitral orifice of the heart & thickening of the anterior flap of the valve & of the chordae tendineae Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); 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 patient was admitted evidently in a pretty far advanced stage of phthisis. She had suffered from cough for many years, but she had caught fresh cold last November, and had been very much worse ever since. The catamenia [menstruation] had then ceased. She was much emaciated, had night sweats, with shortness of breathing, & pretty abundant expectoration. She had never spit blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 19 Date of admission: 8 Sep 1854 Date of death: 27 Sep 1854 Disease (transcribed): Cholera Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This young woman was admitted with what promised to be a mild attack of cholera. She had been out of sorts for a fortnight with what she called a cold. During 2 nights she had been sick & had suffered from cramps’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen (‘the uterus was about the size of a small cocoa nut, impregnated, containing a fetus of about the 4th month’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Apr 1853 Date of death: 27 Apr 1853 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the ileum Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines) 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 patient had been ill only ten days before her admission. He had been attacked by headache, shivering, pain in the abdomen, thirst, loss of appetite and considerable diarrhoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Oct 1843 Date of death: 6 Oct 1843 Disease (transcribed): Malignant ulceration of the caput coli. Disease (standardised): Malignancy (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: Apr 1842 Date of death: 21 Apr 1842 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Slight hypertrophy with dilatation of the heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 70 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Oct 1842 Date of death: 29 Oct 1842 Disease (transcribed): Starvation. Effusion upon Brain and in the Lungs Disease (standardised): Starvation (Systemic); Effusion (Brain); Effusion (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was found by some policeman and brought to the hospital. She died a few hours after her admission. She was insensible when admitted and remained so up to the time of her demise. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 15 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Sep 1853 Date of death: 21 Sep 1853 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Serous effusion in the ventricles, and on the surface of the brain. Ulceration of the ileum and caecum Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Effusion (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines) 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 girl had been taken ill on the 3rd with shivering, pain in the back and head and limbs, felt depressed with loss of appetite and much thirst. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Aug 1853 Date of death: 16 Aug 1853 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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: As the body was not examined the case is not entered. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Aug 1850 Date of death: 24 Aug 1850 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of oesophagus. Foul abscesses in lung. Tubercles in kidney Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Abscess (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of haematemesis which she reported that she had been occasionally subject ever since Christmas last. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a