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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: 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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1849
Date of death: 17 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Cirrhosis of the liver, with diminished weight of the organs. Fibrous patch on the heart, & on the capsule of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart, spleen)
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 stated that dropsy had appeared in his left ankle about 2 months before admission, his right leg had subsequently swelled & then the abdomen. For ten days past he had cough & spitting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1849
Date of death: 5 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Subacute rheumatism (gout?). Pneumonia. Spotted fever
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints); Gout (Joints); Pneumonia (Lungs); Spotted fever (Systemic)
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 was originally admitted with sub-acute rheumatism affecting chiefly the knee joints, from which he said he had then been suffering nearly a month. His first attack of a rheumatic character which he designated ‘fever’ had occurred about 18 years ago, and he had been in the hospital before with a similar attack to the present’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, knee joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1853
Date of death: 23 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Diseased lungs (tissue of lungs compressed). Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'With a very blue dusky skin, and great oppression of breathin, swelled legs, severe cough & very abundant symptoms, she stated that she had been long subject to cough, but had now been very seriously ill for upwards of 3 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1849
Date of death: 25 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1849
Date of death: 13 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
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 at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1849
Date of death: 2 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the thigh. Sloughing phagedaena. Tetanus. Congested blood vessels of the membranes of the cord. Cord & brain healthy. Increased vascularity of the nerves
Disease (standardised): Wound (Thigh); Phagedena (Tissues); Tetanus (Systemic); Congestion (Spinal cord)
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, in attempting to jump from a bridge over the Paddington Canal into a boat, lacerated his thigh upon an iron spike. He was admitted an hour afterwards, having lost much blood since the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

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: Coachman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Nov 1856
Date of death: 28 Nov 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
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 man had been a week with fever, the origin of which he gave no account beyond attributing it to cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1855
Date of death: 28 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
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 came to the Hospital in an extremely squalid condition, greatly emaciated, with a pallid countenance and a very weak pulse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1853
Date of death: 16 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Pneumonia. Fluid blood. Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Fluid (Blood); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 man was admitted in a very advanced state of fever and was said to have been ill for five weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1854
Date of death: 12 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A pale sallow complexioned man who had been in the East Indies, he was originally admitted into the Hospital with slight rheumatism which began in the feet and ankles and twice also in the head. It was ascertained that he had had Rheumatic fever on several occasions and he had suffered from palpitations.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Watchmaker
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1855
Date of death: 23 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Idiopathic Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: When working he said that he often ran small pieces of glass into his fingers, but had not done so lately. On the evening of the 15th he was out very late in the rain, and the next morning he felt drowsy and noticed an aching pain in his lower jaw.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1857
Date of death: 6 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was sent to Kinnerton Street
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1849
Date of death: 14 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Cholera maligna
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Cholera (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
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 at the request of the friends was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

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: 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: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1856
Date of death: 3 Nov 1856
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning from Laudanum
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
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 woman was alleged to have swallowed a teacupful of laudanum about an hour before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1854
Date of death: 13 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the intestines. Softening of the spinal cord. Cyst at base of brain
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Softening (Spinal cord); Cyst (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This woman who was in the 4th or 5th month of pregnancy, stated that she had been attacked on the 5th inst by sickness which was followed by a general feeling of weakness all over’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax, abdomen (‘the uterus was much enlarged, containing a fetus of about the 5th month’)

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1849
Date of death: 10 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'At the particular request of the friends, this body was not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1857
Date of death: 6 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
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 woman had been quite well up to the time of her confinement three months ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1853
Date of death: 8 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Chronic poisoning by potash. Stricture of the cardiac and pyloric orifices of the stomach

Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic); Constriction (Stomach)
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 was admitted about an hour and a half after swallowing a quantity of american potash.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Date of admission: 3 May 1854
Date of death: 2 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the intestines. Bed sores
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This girl had been ill some days before her admission, but no exact date could be assigned, and she had been out of sorts previously. She was in a very depressed state with a remarkable dusky flush on each cheek, and a rapid pulse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a