Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Dec 1850 Date of death: 24 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Enlarged heart. Granular kidneys. Recent pleurisy, pericarditis and peritonitis Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen) 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 who had some time previously been in the Hospital with a similar illness to her present one, stated that she had been now for some weeks suffering from swelling of the legs followed by distention of the abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Mar 1849 Date of death: 22 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg 1 week’s duration. Pneumonia. Extensive deposit of urate of soda in knee & ankle joints. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Deposit (Joints); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a simple oblique fracture of the tibia & fibula of the right side, situated a short distance above the ankle joint. The limb was put up with a splint on either side, & for the two following days he appeared to be doing well; but on the 19th he complained of slight rheumatism, from which he stated he had been a ‘martyr for years’ and the fingers of both his hands exhibited considerable distortion from his previous attacks’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Apr 1849 Date of death: 4 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ozaena. Extensive syphilitic caries of the nasal topae, & of the bones at the base of the skull Disease (standardised): Rhinitis, atrophic (Nose); Syphilis (Nose); Caries (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This patient stated that in June last he became affected with symptoms of secondary syphilis, the most important of which was pain in the left ear, with loss of hearing, & a scanty discharge from the meatus. During the September & October following he was put on a course of mercury and profusely salivated. Soon afterwards he became subject to epistaxis, sometimes to a large amount’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx, pharynx
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Aug 1849 Date of death: 25 Aug 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Blood in both pleural cavities. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with fracture of nearly all the true ribs of the right side, & fracture of the three upper ribs of the left side. The accident was said to have been caused by the wheels of a waggon having passed over his chest’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Aug 1849 Date of death: 27 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation & abscess of the tibia. Ulcerated cartilage of the right knee. Amputation. Inflammation & pus in femoral vein. Pleurisy. Secondary deposits in the right lung Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg); Abscess (Leg); Ulcer (Knee); Amputation (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This boy struck his right knee against a pitcher which he was carrying in his hand. He felt but little pain at the time but the next day the knee was painful & swollen & he was brought to the hospital. He had then much fever, his pulse very frequent but without power. His mother stated that three weeks before he was laid up with erysipelas and that he was still in bad health at the time of the accident’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right thigh
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Feb 1850 Date of death: 2 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Emphysema. Paracentesis Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Emphysema (Lung); Paracentesis (Lung) 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 had passed through a very severe attack of confluent small pox only seven weeks before admission, and his convalescence was scarcely complete when he began to have cough and severe pain in the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Jun 1850 Date of death: 30 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hereditary gout. Recent pleurisy and pneumonia. Large heart. Lithate of soda on valves. Specks of [lithate of soda] in larynx. Large deposits in joints Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Gout (Joints); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Deposits (Larynx) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient had been in the Hospital about five years previously labouring under gout with albuminous urine. He applied on the present occasion for admission in consequence of epistaxis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen and joints Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Aug 1850 Date of death: 23 Aug 1850 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of the friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Sep 1850 Date of death: 14 Oct 1850 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Albuminuria. Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Albuminuria (Kidney) 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: As the body was not examined this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the request of the friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 59 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Nov 1850 Date of death: 3 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Chronic bronchitis Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849 Date of death: 25 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing ulcers of the leg. Oedema of the mucous membrane of the glottis & epiglottis. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Edema (Larynx); Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a very weak cachectic state of health with a foul, sloughing ulcer of the leg of some weeks’ duration, but which was rapidly improving udner the use of bark internally & a bark of myrrha lotion to the sore, when, on the 21st of July, he complained of feeling chilly & otherways out of health’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849 Date of death: 5 Apr 1850 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and bronchitis. Dilated heart. Crude tubercles and vomicae Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient, who had had a cough and shortness of breath for some years, had latterly suffered so much from this complaint that he was entirely confined to bed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 12 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Apr 1850 Date of death: 21 Apr 1850 Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Recent endo and pericarditis. Old thickening of valves. Fluid in pericardium. Pleurisy and pneumonia Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Endocarditis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This boy had been on several previous occasions the victim of more or less seven attacks of Rheumatic Fever. On the 6th severe pain commenced in one foot which had since moved to other joints. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 May 1850 Date of death: 19 May 1850 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and bronchitis. Slight anasarca. Hypertrophy and dilation of right side of heart. Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart) ; 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 man was admitted with a dusky complexion, a troublesome cough, considerable dyspnoea and palpitation of the heart. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 May 1850 Date of death: 31 May 1850 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of left lung. General congestion. Tolerably recent lymph in pericardium. Kidneys congested and cysted Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Lymph (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man was admitted apparently in an advanced stage of pneumonia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Oct 1850 Date of death: 10 Oct 1850 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of right ventricle of heart Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart) 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 woman was brought to the Hospital almost moribund from inefficient aeration of blood in the lungs, with cheeks of a dark purple and lips almost blue. She complained of cough and shortness of breath. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Nov 1850 Date of death: 8 Nov 1850 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Lungs congested friable. Conglomerate glands of intestines very prominent. No ulceration Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Lung); Disease (Intestines) 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 woman was stated on admission to have attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and cranium Type of incident: Suicide
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Nov 1850 Date of death: 24 Nov 1850 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema. Abdominal viscera congested. Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Congestion (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: The patient stated that he had been ill about five weeks on the present occasion and that he was generally subject to winter cough and short winded. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Nov 1850 Date of death: 4 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Recent pleurisy. Enlarged heart. Liver soft. Kidneys congested, soft, flabby Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver) ; Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: The patient stated that he had had dropsy two or three times, and had for many years been short winded in foggy weather. He had frequently had bilious vomiting during the the previous two years but had never been jaundiced. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carter Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849 Date of death: 9 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Extravasation of blood in spinal canal. Laceration of anterior portion of cord. Fractured sternum. Pneumonia. Semi-purulent fluid in hilus of left kidney Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Extravasation (Spinal canal); Laceration (Spinal cord); Fracture (Sternum); Pneumonia (Lungs); 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: 'This patient, who was a carter, while standing at the tail of his cart with the tail-board down, was thrown backwards into the street by the horse making a sudden start. In the fall he was thrown on his back against the ground, but the chief part of the blow was sustained by the lower cervical & upper dorsal vertebra & left shoulder. The accident occurred at 2pm on the 2nd of April. He was perfectly sober at the time, when picked up was not insensible. He was carried home & attended by a medical man in Westminster who found him palsied in the lower extremities’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Courier Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Feb 1850 Date of death: 15 Mar 1850 Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene. Disease of lungs. Effusion of blood in cavity of pleura Disease (standardised): Senile gangrene (Indeterminate); Disease (Lung); Effusion (Pleura) 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: A native of Italy although born of English parents, this presented an appearance of considerable depression. His right leg was very much swollen, and considerably discoloured. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Feb 1850 Date of death: 21 Mar 1850 Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Tubercles and vomicae in left lung opening into a vein. Ulceration in peritoneum and kidneys Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Abdomen); Ulcer (Kidney) ; 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 patient was admitted with very severe haemoptysis. It had commenced as he said on 7th when he had brought up half a pint, and had continued more or less ever since. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Apr 1850 Date of death: 20 Apr 1850 Disease (transcribed): Dilated and wasted kidneys. Old stricture. Haemoptysis. Convulsions Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Seizures (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man had been suddenly seized by haemoptysis and he brought up about a quarter of a pint of blood before his admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 May 1850 Date of death: 3 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Bronchitis. Low fever Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Bronchitis (Lung); Fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This body was not examined and case therefore is not reported. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined. Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 59 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jun 1850 Date of death: 5 Jul 1850 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Fractured ribs and old bronchitis. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Fracture (Ribs); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man was admitted with a compound fracture of the tibia and fibular of the right leg and two wounds. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident