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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1852
Date of death: 23 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs and kidneys. Double pleural adhesions and diseased kidneys. Effusion of purulent fluid and lymph in the sub-arachnoidean tissues of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Kidney); Suppuration (Brain); Lymph (Brain)
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 been ailing about six months, and had certainly been losing flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1852
Date of death: 17 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the brain, kidneys and lungs with vomicae, also in the absorbent glands. Double pleuritic adhesions
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He stated that his illness had commenced about five months previously with cold in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1852
Date of death: 1 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fracture with extensive displacement of the last dorsal vertebra, with immediate and permanent loss of sensation and the power of motion. Ulceration of the bladder and perforation owing to retention of urine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Displacement (Spine); Paralysis (Spinal cord); Ulcer (Bladder); Perforation (Bladder); Retention of urine (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had fallen on the day of his admission a height of about twenty feet from a scaffold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and spinal column
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1852
Date of death: 19 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fall out of a window. Extensive fracture of the cranium with bruising of the brain at both its upper and lower surface
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: An hour before admission this child fell out of a window.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10 years 7 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1852
Date of death: 19 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever with albuminous urine. Diseased kidneys. Old double pleurisy. Wet brain
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Albuminuria (Kidney); Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A sister was also admitted suffering from scarlet fever. The brother died a few hours after admission (number 131 in this volume).
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: 14 Aug 1852
Date of death: 17 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Death after a kind of fit. Much effusion of clear fluid in the ventricles and sub arachnoid tissue found. Dilated heart and old left pleural adhesions. Fluid blood
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Seizures (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Disease (Heart); Adhesions (Pleura); Fluid (Blood)
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: A man of very dissipated habits who had been drinking hard during the previous week, was seized with symptoms of nervous derangement, sleeplessness, restlessness, excitement and tremulous movements.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1852
Date of death: 21 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Epileptiform attacks and coma. Diseased kidneys. Much clear fluid in ventricles of brain and sub arachnoid tissue. Old double pleural and peritoneal adhesions
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Coma (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Fluid (Brain); Adhesions (Pleura); Adhesions (Abdomen)
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: He was brought in in a fit of an epileptic character, of the history of which nothing was known.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1852
Date of death: 1 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus following a lacerated wound of the hand. Post mortem effects found were softening of the fornix of the brain and of entire spinal chord to some extent (PM results?)
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic); Laceration (Hand); Softening (Brain); Softening (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Six days before his admission he applied as an out patient on account of a lacerated wound of the hand caused by chaff cutting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal column, cranium, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1852
Date of death: 2 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Injuries from a fall the result of a blow. Extensive fracture of the cranium with extravasation of blood and laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: It appeared that on the evening of admission this man, who was at the time very drunk, was quarrelling with a person who struck him a heavy blow on the left side of the mouth.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1852
Date of death: 21 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Hemiplegia. Softening of and extravasation of blood into the brain
Disease (standardised): Hemiplegia (Brain); Softening (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She was admitted in a hemiplegic condition with no sensation or motion existing on the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1852
Date of death: 20 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the texture of the lungs. Diseased heart and valves. Dilated aorta. Slight thickening and opacity of arachnoid at the base of the cerebellum
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Heart); Thickening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: From the fitting state in which this patient was admitted, it was evident that she had been ill for some time and had been much neglected.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1852
Date of death: 4 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Coma with contracted pupils and stertorous breathing. Paralysis of left arm and leg. Extravasation of blood under the arachnoid membrane at upper part of left cerebral hemisphere and at base of brain also into pons varolii and cerebellum. Atheromatous and fatty cerebral arteries. Fatty heart and kidney
Disease (standardised): Coma (Brain); Paralysis (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
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 was brought in in a fit with no degree of consciousness whatsoever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1852
Date of death: 3 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): General paralysis. Extreme dilatation of ventricles with clear fluid. Softening of white central parts of the brain. Solidification of the lung
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Brain); Disease (Brain); Solidification (Lung)
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 been under treatment for some little time on account of stiffness and feeling of weakness and numbness in both legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 10 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in lungs and kidneys and under the pleural membrane and arachnoid membrane
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Brain)
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: A Welsh girl who had not long been in service in London, she was admitted in such a wandering state of mind that she was unable to give any distinct amount of herself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 13 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, in the membranes of the brain and cerebellum and of the spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Spinal cord)
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 history of this case was extremely obscure. He had some illness last summer for which he had been treated at the Westminster Hospital but the nature of it was not known.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1852
Date of death: 10 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Enlarged heart. Atheromatous arteries. Deposit of bone in the falx cerebri
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Enlarged (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Deposits (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a delirious state and was reported to have had no sleep for five nights and to have been becoming gradually more confused in mind.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Under butler
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1853
Date of death: 16 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Low pneumonia. Enlarged heart
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung); Enlarged (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had been ailing and out of sorts for some days. On the day before admission he had shown symptoms of excitement and wandering of the mind.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1853
Date of death: 13 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the sub-arachnoidean tissue covering brain and cerebellum. Ventricles full of clotted blood. Breaking up of the left corpus striatum and of the walls of the left ventricle
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was found by the police in a state of insensibility on his way to work on the morning of the twelfth and had been taken to a medical man who observed a smell of spirits about his breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1853
Date of death: 1 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Congested kidneys. Ulcerated intestine. Epileptic fit had occurred
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Congestion (Kidney); Ulcer (Intestines); Epilepsy (Brain)
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 been ill three weeks and confined to bed a week. His illness had commenced with headache and shivering, loss of appetite and thirst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman's servant
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1853
Date of death: 1 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Cut throat. Epileptic fit. Slight disease of the kidneys. Softening of central parts of the brain
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Wound (Throat); Epilepsy (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had been in the habit of drinking to excess, and being discharged by his master, he cut his throat with a razor while in a fit of delirium tremens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1853
Date of death: 8 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Facial paralysis and hemiplegia produced by a tumour of the pons varolii the result of softened scrofulous matter
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Face); Hemiplegia (Brain); Tumour (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain)
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 her illness began with slight numbness of the face on the right side, and since that she had had numbness down the left side of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pharynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1853
Date of death: 12 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Head symptoms. Diseased kidneys. Enormously dilated ventricle of brain. Enlarged heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
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: He was admitted in a state of great confusion of mind with tremulous movements and a large oedematous tongue, having the appearance of salivation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1853
Date of death: 24 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral symptoms. Extensive serous effusion in the cerebral ventricles. Slight consolidation of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Consolidation (Lung)
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 patient was originally admitted under the care of Dr Wilson in the early part of September 1851 labouring under a recent cerebral affection.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1853
Date of death: 24 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Old pleuritic and peritoneal adhesions. Congested lungs. Hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart. Increased fluid in the cerebral ventricles.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Adhesions (Pleura); Adhesions (Abdomen); Congestion (Lung); Disease (Heart); Fluid (Brain)
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 patient was admitted after the hour of visit on the 20th with all the ordinary symptoms of fever, and a good deal of accompanying cerebral excitement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1853
Date of death: 24 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Increased amount of fluid in the ventricles of the brain. Enlarged glands of the small intestines. Enlarged mesenteric glands. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Fluid (Brain); Enlarged (Intestines); Enlarged (Lymph nodes); Congestion (Lung)
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 man was reported to have been ill only two days. He had been attacked by shivering with hot skin, much thirst, and other symptoms of fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a