Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Jan 1851 Date of death: 5 Feb 1851 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae in lungs. Old adhesions, including of larynx, & glands of intestines &c Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Adhesions (Larynx, intestines)
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 man when admitted had all the general appearances of being in the last stage of phthisis but the emaciation was not great and he said that he had not been ill more than 3 days. His face was full & florid & his pulse 110 & very feeble’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Jan 1851 Date of death: 12 Jan 1851 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Diarrhoea. Right lung hepatized. Ulceration of mucous membrane of caecum & peritonitis Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Hepatization (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This patient said she had been ailing about a [fortnight] commencing with cough, headache, pains in the limbs &c. 5 days before admission she had a severe shivering followed by great heat of skin, but not perspiration. She complaining of a feeling of general debility with loss of appetite and much thirst, & pain in the abdomen. The bowels have acted 9 times during the last 24 hours’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Mar 1851 Date of death: 29 Mar 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Blood fluid. Enlargement, congestion & ulceration of glands in small & large intestine Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Intestinal glands); Ulcer (Intestinal glands) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'This lad was said to have been taken ill about a fortnight before his admission, with cold, accompanied by shivering, & cough, pains in ‘his bones’, and also in the abdomen followed by diarrhoea. He had been confined to bed a week, had lost his appetite, and felt very weak. He had become rather deaf since his attack, had a hot skin, quick pulse, dry & coated tongue & much thirst’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jul 1851 Date of death: 20 Jul 1851 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Enlarged peyers glands. Flaccid & lacerable heart. Old cretaceous tubercular degeneration at the root of the lung. Enlarged spleen Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Intestines, heart, spleen); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
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 girl stated that having been quite well on the 10th inst., she had been seized with shivering, headache & pain in the limbs & back on the following day. Two days later delirium had set in, & she was on admission very deaf, complaining of sore throat, with a coated tongue & quick pulse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Aug 1851 Date of death: 17 Aug 1851 Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of the large intestine. Dysentery Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Dysentery (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: 'It did not appear from this patient’s statement that he had been ill more than 3 days. when he had been suddenly seized with diarrhoea & vomiting. He was not aware of any cause for its suppuration, but the looseness had continued with some haemorrhage, he has passed 5 or 6 stools on the morning of his admission, & had been again sick. He was a man of rather full habit’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: n/a Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Sep 1851 Date of death: 11 Oct 1851 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Disease of liver? Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body was removed unexamined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Sep 1851 Date of death: 8 Nov 1851 Disease (transcribed): Tumour at the lower part of the abdomen, disappearing greatly before death. Pelvic peritonitis & two collections of purulent fluid with form parietes within the pelvis found in communication with the lower part of colon & rectum Disease (standardised): Tumour (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Pelvis); Suppuration (Pelvis, colon, rectum)
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 woman stated that her illness had begun very suddenly with pain in the abdomen, & especially on the right side, a month before her admission. She had never been free from pain since, and very soon after it had commenced the abdomen had begun to swell. The catamenia [menstruation] had been quite regular up to the last occasion before her illness began’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, cranium, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 13 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Nov 1851 Date of death: 2 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Extensive ulceration of great and small intestines. Vomicae in both lungs. Double pleural adhesions. Scrofulous deposits in the spleen Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Vomicae (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Spleen) 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 boy had been ill for three months with pain in the abdomen and the bowels had been relaxed three or four times a day. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Jan 1852 Date of death: 28 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Extensive tubercular infiltration throughout both lungs and formation of vomicae. Ulceration of the intestines, and peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) 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 in a very peculiar condition, without any condition of active delirium. He seemed to have great difficulty in directing his attention to any subject. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Feb 1852 Date of death: 25 Feb 1852 Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of intestines with contraction of the cavity of the caecum. Deposition of scrofulous matter in the mesenteric glands, also in the ovaries and fallopian tubes. Gritty masses in various parts of the lungs Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Ovaries); Tuberculosis (Fallopian tubes); Disease (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: She was admitted complaining chiefly of pain in the abdomen. She had been ill nearly two ears and described it as having begun with sickness and constipation. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 42 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Mar 1852 Date of death: 20 Mar 1852 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema pulmonum with old cretaceous deposits and bronchitis. White patch on heart. Thick and opaque capsule of liver. Cysts in fallopian tubes and local peritonitis. Fibrous uterine tumours Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Cretaceous deposits (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Cysts (Fallopian tubes);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Cancer (Uterus) 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 woman was admitted with cough and shortness of breathing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 May 1852 Date of death: 28 Jun 1852 Disease (transcribed): Old double pleurisy. Recent also on the right side. Bronchitis. The entire liver of a bright gamboge hue Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Liver) 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 woman stated that her illness had been of four months duration. It had commenced like a fever, with shivering, pains in the loins and severe cold. 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: 9 Jul 1852 Date of death: 30 Jul 1852 Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Hydatids of the liver and omentum. Bile tinged condition of various fluids. Peritoneal inflammation preceded death Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Echinococcosis (Liver); Echinococcosis (Intestines); Inflammation (Abdomen) 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 stated that jaundice had been gradually coming on for seven weeks, but had during the last few days become much more marked. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Apr 1846 Date of death: 1 May 1846 Disease (transcribed): Ascites and anasarca. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Lungs puckered from condensation of the pleura and the interlobular cellular tissue. Emphysema and oedema of these organs. Slight recent peritonitis. Circumscribed cavity between uterus and rectum Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (General); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Oedema (Lung);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Cavity (Uterus, Rectum) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient was admitted in January suffering from general anasarca dependent upon diseased heart. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 54 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Nov 1846 Date of death: 10 Nov 1846 Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the subarachnoid cellular tissue. Serum in ventricles with softening of their walls. Old pleuritic adhesions. Congestion and oedema of lungs. Enlarged heart with atheromatous deposits. Enlarged liver. Congested kidneys. Prolapsus vagina and cuticular condition of the mucous membrane of vagina Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain ); Disease (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries);Disease (Liver) ; Prolapse (Vagina) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a semicomatose state, having been taken with a fit of an epileptico-apoplectic character a short time previously. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Nov 1848 Date of death: 26 Nov 1848 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: Admitted with ascites said to have commenced about six weeks ago without oedema of the ankles. He had suffered three or four months from cough and spitting. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 63 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Jul 1849 Date of death: 17 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood in the arachnoid cavity, adherent to the dura mater. Brain healthy. Cholera maligna Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Cholera (Intestines) 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 woman who was to have been the widow of a physician and to have been at one time in good circumstances, had latterly been almost destitute. She stated that she had been in very bad health and had had much trouble of late, and also mentioned that she had received not very long ago, a severe blow on the head; in consequence of all this, she had been suffering for a month past from almost constant diarrhoea, and also occasional sickness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Oct 1849 Date of death: 20 Nov 1849 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the mitral and tricuspid valves. Lungs, liver & kidneys congested. Oedema of the lower extremities Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lungs, liver, kidneys); Edema (Legs) 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 patient was admitted with considerable oedema of the lower extremities of about 14 days’ or 3 weeks’ duration. She was complaining of cough with considerable amount of dyspnoea & palpitation of the heart. She had had an attack of acute rheumatism when fourteen years of age, which had confined her to bed nearly 3 months, and a recurrence of it January last’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Nov 1849 Date of death: 30 Nov 1849 Disease (transcribed): Lateral curvature of the spine. General anasarca. Lungs healthy. Extravasation of blood on the surface of the heart. Ascites. Congestion of the liver. Cysts in both kidneys Disease (standardised): Spinal curvatures (Spine); Edema (Systemic); Extravasation (Heart); Ascites (Peritoneum); Congestion (Liver); Cyst (Kidneys) 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 patient, who was a good deal deformed by lateral curvature owing, as she stated, to an accident 5 or 6 years before, had suffered from swelled legs more or less for the previous 12 months. After childbirth in August last she also observed that her abdomen was more prominent than natural & she had increased in size up to her admission. She had long suffered from shortness of breath & palpitations of heart’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 May 1850 Date of death: 5 Jul 1850 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Albuminuria. Cirrhosis of liver. Cysts in kidneys Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Albuminuria (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver); Cysts (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: With an enormously large abdomen, he stated that he had first observed a marked increase in its size with considerable inconvenience to himself about Christmas last, and since then there had been gradual wasting of his limbs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Oct 1852 Date of death: 9 Oct 1852 Disease (transcribed): Attack probably of continued fever followed by chest symptoms. Enlarged heart and valves. Emphysema. Deficiency of one of flaps of the aortic valve. Congestion of the stomach and intestines Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Congestion (Stomach); Congestion (Intestines) 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 had an attack of what he called brain fever, which commenced on the 24th of August. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Oct 1852 Date of death: 20 Nov 1852 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys which contained calculi in their pelves. Calculi also impacted in the ureters consisting of uric acid and oxalate of lime. Disease of the mucous membrane of rectum and ileum Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Calculi (Kidney); Calculi (Ureters); Disease (Intestines) 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 girl was admitted with symptoms of continued fever of about a fortnight. Her attack had commenced with shivering, much thirst and loss of appetite. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax 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: 15 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jun 1853 Date of death: 19 Jun 1853 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Ulceration of the intestine Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: An emaciated tubercular looking boy who had been ailing for three months past but had more particularly suffered from pain in the abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jul 1853 Date of death: 16 Jul 1853 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Ulceration of the intestines Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) 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 patient had been ill seven or eight days. He was in a low and depressed state. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a