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Alexander Thomas, 18, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 6 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus. Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs, & beneath the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs, peritoneum)
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 lad had been an in-patient of the hospital with pain of the head, which it was alleged had existed only a fortnight previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Bright, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1854
Date of death: 1 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'No history of this patient could be obtained from herself. She was reported to have suffered from headache & giddiness for some time, and to have had a fit about a fortnight previously in the street […] She was stated to be a woman of drunken, dissipated habits, and had evidently been much neglected, for her back was in a very bad state on admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Ann Mell, 43, [Occupation not stated]

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

Ann Sergeant, 64, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1856
Date of death: 16 Apr 1856
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
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 found in North Row, Park Lane by a policeman. She had been seized with an apoplectic fit and was brought to the Hospital comatose.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Bishop, 44, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1849
Date of death: 29 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Meningeal apoplexy. Blood effused beneath the arachnoid & pia mater. Atheromarous deposit in the arteries of the brain & in the aorta
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta, brain)
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, a single woman, who gained her livelihood by needlework, was admitted complaining of headache, dizziness & general debility. She presented a pale, sallow complexion, was somewhat emaciated & confessed that for some time back, she had not had sufficient nourishment’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Edward King, 10, [Occupation not stated]

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

Charles Hine, 48, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1849
Date of death: 29 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Extravasation of blood in the right lateral ventricle. Optic thalamus broken up, & the corpus striatum displaced
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Injury (Brain)
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 brought to the hospital having fallen down in a fit, in which he had been quite unconscious, but was not convulsed, and was found to have lost the use of his left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Simons, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1855
Date of death: 9 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Effusion of blood in the arachnoid cavity and in the meshes of the pia mater. Fracture of the rib. Wound of the Lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Effusion (Meninges); Fracture (Rib); Wound (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was brought in to the Hospital in a dying state, having suffered extensive injuries from a fall which crushed his body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Warby, 43, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1849
Date of death: 4 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Congestion of membranes & substance of the brain. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Stroke (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Presenting the quick, agitated manner of delirium a potu, although not very incoherent. Answering questions readily, but when left to himself beginning to mutter, and soon becoming very talkative. His nights were sleepless’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Young, 28, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1849
Date of death: 31 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
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: 'This body was not examined at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Ashwell, 26, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 16 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the right temporal bone. Meningitis. Circumscribed abscess in the middle lobe of the right hemisphere
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Meningitis (Brain); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'The history of this case which was afterwards obtained from her father was to the effect that some 6 weeks since, on returning form the country she had boils all over her body, and on exposure to cold they had been repressed, after which she was seized (about a fortnight ago) with pain and discharge from the right ear; three days before her admission she had become delirious’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Edward Ford, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1853
Date of death: 25 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Ruptured membrane tympanic. Blood between bone and dura mater. Bruising of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Rupture (Ear); Extravasation (Skull); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had fallen from a height it was said of about forty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Eliza Taylor, 15, [No occupation stated]

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

Elizabeth Aubert, [Occupation not stated]

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

Elizabeth Cain, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1853
Date of death: 15 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Epilepsy. Extravasation of blood on the surface of the brain
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
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 seized on the morning of her admission with epileptic fits, which continued at intervals throughout the day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Page, 24, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Sep 1853
Date of death: 5 Oct 1853
Disease (transcribed): Effusion of fluid in the ventricles. Extravasation of blood in the pons. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
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 when first seen was in a curious half conscious condition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Purdy, 34, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1849
Date of death: 6 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Mania. Membranes & substance of brain congested. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Mania (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Disease (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 presented on admission the appearance of approaching mania or insanity rather than delirium. She could give very little account of herself, and yet seemed fully to understand the questions put to her, put out her tongue, sat up in bed &c just as she was ordered. She was reported by her friends to be a married woman, having had 3 children, with easy labours, & 4 miscarriages since, the last of which occurring about Xmas was attended with a good deal of flooding, and she had continued to have a red discharge more or less ever since. When at chapel on 25th inst. she created a disturbance by talking incoherently; she has been strange in her manner ever since, and occasionally very noisy & troublesome’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Conelly, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1853
Date of death: 16 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Brought in dead. Cyst in the brain. Fatty heart containing large clots
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Brain); Disease (Heart)
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 had been found by the police on the previous night or rather early morning in the streets in a state of unconsciousness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Fanny Barker, 4, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1853
Date of death: 14 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous tubercles in the brain. Caries of the atlas and axis. Post pharyngeal abscess
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The account which this child's friends gave of her illness was that she had received a blow on the head three months previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Fanny Cordery, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1854
Date of death: 24 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Serous effusion on the brain
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Post mortem notes: 'This body at the particular request of the friends was not examined’

Type of injury: n/a

Felix Smith, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1854
Date of death: 6 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Tumor in the right hemisphere of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man had been ill about 8 or 9 months before his admission. He stated that the first feeling of illness was a peculiar numbness & tingling of the left arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Frances Chandler, 11, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1853
Date of death: 27 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn. Congested cerebral veins. Intestinal canal healthy
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This child was admitted after being injured by the flame of a fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Frederick Henry Miles, 29, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1857
Date of death: 28 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Lacerated brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
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 had been drinking in a public house and making a disturbance when he was ejected by the landlord and fell down on the pavement striking his head violently against it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Frederick Pendray, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1854
Date of death: 15 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Serous effusion on the surface & in the ventricles of the brain. Cholera?
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was believed to have had an attack of cholera before admission. He was a man of intemperate habits, and was in a tremulous, agitated state when admitted with a red & dry tongue, and having had no sleep for one or two nights’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Frederick Phillips, 22, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1848
Date of death: 28 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain)
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 had been suffering from headache with rigors for a fortnight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

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