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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1853
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic fever followed by pneumonia and pericarditis. Diseased heart and valves. Sudden death
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic fever (Tissues); Pneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); 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: The mother reported that her child's illness ad commenced with an attack of rheumatism a month before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1851
Date of death: 17 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of the areolar tissue about the elbow & arm, proceeding to formation of pus. Absorption of the cartilage of bones forming the elbow joints & purulent matter in the joints. Pleurisy on left side. Grey hepatization of both lungs. Disease of the kidneys. Air in the liver. Softening of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Elbow, arm tissue); Suppuration (Elbow, arm tissue); Pleurisy (Lungs); Hepatization (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys, liver, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Five weeks ago he fell from a ladder 6 feet from the ground & struck the left elbow against the grate of a furnace. On the slough being removed about 10 days from the accident, the whole of the forearm began to swell particularly in the neighbourhood of the wound. Poultices were applied & this was the only treatment adopted before he came to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Elbow joint, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 82
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1851
Date of death: 20 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur, high up. Ankylosis, entire, between the head of the femur & the ilium, evidently the result of ‘diseases’ of the joint. Vomicae in lungs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Ankylosis (Thigh); Disease (Joints); Suppuration (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient, who was very old & feeble, was knocked down by a butcher’s boy while walking. He fell on his back & on being raised found he was unable to walk. He was found to have a simple fracture of the upper part of the left thigh’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joint, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1870
Date of death: 11 Oct 1870
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Caries of superior maxilla. Ulceration of soft palate. Lardaceous disease.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Caries (Skull); Ulcer (Mouth); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Cavafy, John
Medical notes: For the previous four years this man had been occupied in making phosphorous beetle poison. He stated that soon after he got a cough which had become severe over the previous six months. His throat had become very sore and there was much pain on swallowing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bones and fauces. The post mortem was from Dr Cavafy's notes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1854
Date of death: 8 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous caries of bones of foot. Amputation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Foot); Amputation (Foot); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman, whose general health was pretty good, though her complexion was pale & aspect somewhat languid, was admitted in March last on account of a sore on the inner side of the left foot, which had existed according to her account for about a month’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones of the foot (‘there had been amputation of most part of the left foot’), abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1853
Date of death: 1 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Hip joint disease. Caries of the opposed bone forming the joint
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Caries (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted under the physicians for rheumatism and was transferred to the surgeons.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left hip joint, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1852
Date of death: 8 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart and pericardium. Fatty liver. Bed sores causing ulcerative destruction of the coverings of the trochanter of the femur also of the ligamentous tissues producing dislocation
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Ulcer (Leg); Dislocation (Leg)
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 girl was admitted with a fibrile attack which was associated with symptoms of a rheumatic character.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1870
Date of death: 17 Oct 1870
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism.
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic Diseases (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1850
Date of death: 22 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Abscess connected with the right sterno-clavicular articulation. Complete destruction of the joints & caries of contiguous bones. Scrofulous deposits in the ovaries, & on the lining surface of uterus. Tubercle & vomicae in lung. Ulceration of intestines & perforation of rectum
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Chest); Caries (Joints, bones); Tuberculosis (Ovaries, uterus, lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted, under the care of Mr Cutler [Edward Cutler] with an abscess apparently connected with the right sterno-clavicular articulation. There was a small opening over this spot, & a tube having been passed through it, a portion of the sternum & of the clavicle was found to be carious to some extent. She stated that she had noticed some degree of swelling for about six months at the upper part of the sternum’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1856
Date of death: 1 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Acute Rheumatism. Slight congestion of Lungs
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic Diseases (Joints); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with all the symptoms of acute rheumatism. There was perspiration, pain, swelling and redness of the larger joints and some slight uncomfortable feeling in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1856
Date of death: 4 Mar 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased cervical vertebrae
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: His general health had been good but three months before his admission she perceived pain in the cervical region and left shoulder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal column, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1853
Date of death: 19 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic fever followed by hypertrophy of the left ventricle of the heart and adhesion of the pericardium after many years. Recent and old pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic fever (Tissues); Disease (Heart); Adhesions (Heart); Pleurisy (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 experienced a severe attack of rheumatic fever sixteen years before, and had suffered more or less from dyspnoea and palpitation ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1871
Date of death: 30 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Suppuration in right knee joint. Bed sores. Pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Suppuration (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had had pain about the body for some time. They began to be very severe about two weeks ago, giving him much pain on moving in the right knee and ankle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, joints, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1854
Date of death: 13 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Rheumatism (Joints)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Post mortem notes: 'The body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1871
Date of death: 10 Mar 1871
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 8 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis & emphysema of the lungs. Slight hypertrophy of the heart & narrowing of the mitral orifice. Lateral curvature of the vertebral column. Narrowing of the thoracic cavity by the use of ‘stays’
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Scoliosis (Spine); Narrowing (Thorax)
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 had suffered from anasarca 3 months before admission. She had had cough, dyspnoea & palpitation a month or two earlier. She had never had rheumatism, & could assign no cause for her illness. The abdomen latterly had also been swollen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854
Date of death: 26 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Extravasation of blood into lungs. Rheumatism. Recent fibrin granulations on valve flaps. Peculiar redness of stomach
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Lung); Rheumatism (Joints); Thrombosis (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of dyspnea & palpitations from which she had been suffering more or less during the previous 6 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 60
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1853
Date of death: 6 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased shoulder. Senile debility
Disease (standardised): Disease (Shoulder); Old age
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Nov 1851
Date of death: 15 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Morbus coxarius. Excision of head of femur. Ulcerative perforation into the pelvis obviated only by thickened peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Excision (Leg); Ulcer (Pelvis); Perforation (Pelvis); Thickening (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She had met with some injury to the thigh about four years ago. She recovered some motion of the limb, though not completely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joints, abdomen, thorax and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 27 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Gouty with anasarca. Liver very granular, peritoneum thickened. Kidneys somewhat altered. No albumin in urine. Heart flaccid, atheromatous & calcareous deposits. Fibrous tumours of uterus
Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver, peritoneum, kidneys, heart); Tumour (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'An elderly woman who had never borne children, was admitted with great enlargement of the abdomen & swelling of the legs. It appeared that she had suffered from cough for some years, which had become unusually severe since last Xmas, accompanied by much dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1851
Date of death: 18 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Fever. Pericarditis. Enlarged glands of intestines
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Tissues); Fever (Systemic); Pericarditis (Heart); Enlargement (Intestinal glands)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted labouring under an attack of acute rheumatism. She stated that she never had a similar illness previously, that on 24th ult., during the menstrual flux she was seized with pains in her joints which had increased ever since, and on her admission they were inflamed, red swollen & tender. She was perspiring freely, the pulse was frequent & very soft, the joints excessively painful’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Sep 1853
Date of death: 1 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Morbus coxarius. Abscess
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Abscess (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a