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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1850
Date of death: 1 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Medullary carcinoma of the liver, gall bladder, pancreas &c., also of the cystic duct, with occlusion at the entrance of the gall bladder
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Liver, gallbladder, pancreas, cystic duct)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1851
Date of death: 13 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat in the person of a drunkard. Death from coma, following delirium & ‘furor’, the result partly of loss of blood & sleeplessness & partly doubtless combined with habitual delirium tremens. Low pneumonia & quiescent tubercle in the apices of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Brain); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
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 by trade a shoemaker, & was a habitual drunkard & during a fit of intoxication shortly before his admission he inflicted a wound on his throat with a razor. When he was brought to the hospital there was free haemorrhage’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide?

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: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1851
Date of death: 28 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tubercles throughout lungs. Extensive old adhesions of pleura on both sides. Atheroma on aortic valves & ascending aorta. Kidneys congested. Intestines ulcerated
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Congestion (Kidneys); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had suffered from cough for some years past, but that he had felt himself decidedly worse during the last 6 weeks. He was somewhat emaciated, but had never spit blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer’s labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1851
Date of death: 20 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of the liver, left kidney & spleen. Also extravasation of much blood into peritoneal cavity & subperitoneal tissues. Fracture of ribs on both side. Pneumonia on right side. Fracture of sacrum & separation of sacro-iliac articulation on either side
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver, kidney, spleen); Extravasation (Abdomen); Fracture (Ribs, pelvis); Pneumonia (Lungs)
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, who was a bricklayer’s labourer, was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse, having just been precipitated from the scaffold near the Chinese Exhibition, a height of between 20 and 30 feet. The ribs on the left side were found to be extensively fractured though the exact seat of the injury could not be determined, as there was much emphysema all over the sides & front of the chest, & when he somewhat recovered from the collapse, he was in too great a state of depression to bear much manual examination’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1851
Date of death: 16 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Double aortic bruit. Extravasation of blood into the substance of the lung. Heart hypertrophied & dilated, & with fibrinous & calcareous concretions on aortic & mitral valves, these[?] being readily removed. Enlarged & congested liver. Soft ‘block’ in spleen
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lungs); Bruit (Aorta); Extravasation (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, spleen)
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, whose occupation was that of a gardener, said that he had been ill ever since October. His illness had begun with cough & shortness of breath, brought on as he believed, by being wet through on one occasion. Latterly he had been losing flesh & spitting blood, and only a fortnight before admission his legs had begun to swell. He was a man of dissipated habits which he alleged were due to the necessity for drinking beer when employed in the hothouse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pastry-cook’s man
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1851
Date of death: 22 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels & glands of arm & axilla. ‘Wet brain’. Distension of the ventricles by fluid. Congestion of the various viscera
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (Brain); Inflammation (Arm, armpit); Disease (Brain); Congestion (Internal organs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was a pastry-cook’s man, had formerly been of very intemperate habits, but had lately lived more regularly, tho’ he had not altogether reformed. Two days before his admission he was cleansing copper saucepans as usual with oil of vitriol, & having an abrasion of the finger, some of the acid irritated it, forming a sore. The next day red lines were observed to lead up the arm from the finger to the axilla’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1851
Date of death: 23 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of right groin leading into the abdomen. Wound of small intestine, escape of faecal matter. Peritonitis. Laceration of deep epigastric artery
Disease (standardised): Wound (Groin, abdomen, intestine); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laceration (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Blagden, Robert and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought into the hospital with a lacerated wound of the right groin caused in the following way. While riding round Dean Street as it enters Park Lane, two cabs were coming towards him, & he endeavouring to guide his horse between them, was struck with great violence by the shaft of one of the cabs which broke in consequence & he was borne to the ground’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

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: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1851
Date of death: 28 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca & ascites. Extensive disease of the kidney. Peritonitis. Pleurisy on the left side. Latent tubercle at the apices of the lungs & bronchitis. Considerable disease of the liver
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Liver)
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 stated that he had been suffering from cough some 3 or 4 years, though never so badly as now. His legs had for some time back shown a tendency to swell towards night, but he had paid no attention to it; six weeks ago his abdomen had also begun to swell, and the dropsy of the legs had never abated entirely since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1851
Date of death: 17 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposits in both lungs & vomicae in the right one. Old pleurisy on both sides. Tubercle under the peritoneum & ulceration of mucous membrane of the lower part of the ileum, caecum & rectum, with a sinus among the areolar tissue & surrounding the latter
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, peritoneum); Suppuration (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines, caecum, rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under the care of the surgeon, with fistula in ano. Next day he shewed symptoms of diarrhoea also, & was ordered chalk-mixture, and after being a week in the hospital was transferred to the physician in an advanced stage of phthisis with cough & spitting and diarrhoea still continuing’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1851
Date of death: 23 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever? Ulceration of peyers glands in the intestine, & about the ileocaecal valve. Thickening of the arachnoid & effusions of opaque fluid underneath
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (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 police-man who had been on duty at the Crystal Palace and was alleged to have been there much exposed to the sunshine & to have got a coup de soleil. On enquiry it was ascertained that he had been ailing nearly 3 weeks but had only kept his bed since the 14th. He was delirious when admitted, talking in a rambling confused manner, with considerable tremulousness of the hands and tongue also when protruded’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1851
Date of death: 23 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the bones of the left leg, followed by erysipelatous inflammation, & [?] of the divided muscles, so exposing the bone. Amputation. Secondary pleurisy on both sides. Softening of the various abdominal viscera
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Softening (Internal organs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'He was admitted with compound comminuted fracture of the left leg caused by a fall of about 10 feet. The tibia protruded from a wound about an inch above the ankle, to the extent of about 2 inches & there was fracture of the fibula 2 inches higher up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump after amputation, thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1851
Date of death: 25 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Death by coma, in connection with scrofulous inflammation of the membranes of the brain. Tubercular deposit in the right lobe of the cerebellum. Softening of the central white parts of the brain. Tubercular deposits in the lungs & kidneys. Acephalo-cyst hydatids in the liver
Disease (standardised): Coma (Systemic); Inflammation (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, kidneys); Softening (Brain); Echinococcosis (Liver)
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 said to have been ailing about 6 weeks, but had not been seriously ill, until about a week ago, when he was brought home from his work in a state of insensibility. He had been more or less excited and delirious, but quite unconscious ever since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1851
Date of death: 26 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles of lungs. Pleurisy. Heart dilated. Nutmeg liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver)

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 cough and spitting for more than 12 months, but had been very much relieved during the summer, and only become worse since winter again set in. He had spit up about ½ a pint of blood 9 weeks ago, and had been very much worse ever since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1851
Date of death: 20 Sep 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Scrofulous deposits in most of the lymphatic glands of the abdomen & thorax, also under the mucous membrane of the ileum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Deposit (Abdomen, thorax, 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: 'A very cachectic & rather emaciated child, with swollen cheeks, rather brilliant eyes, & long eye lashes, but of a very dark complexion & black hair, was brought to the hospital with the report that she had been out of health more or less for 3 months, with irregularity of bowels, & want of appetite, with loss of strength, but that 3 weeks ago her abdomen had begun to swell, and she had complained of almost constantly of pain in the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1851
Date of death: 27 Sep 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever, accompanied by inflammation of the mucous membrane of the ileum & caecum
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Inflammation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'One of three children brought from the ‘Hans Town School’ on the same day to the hospital labouring under continued fever. They had been all taken ill about the same time, and had kept their beds from 6 to 8 days before admission. The illness had commenced in the usual way with shivering & headache’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1851
Date of death: 3 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Hypertrophy of the heart. Aortic valves consisting of but two flaps which were rigid, & unpliable. Congestion of the liver. Old double pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (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 patient was admitted with a very dusky complexion & remarkably blue lips, suffering from cough and shortness of breath. He was stated to have been ailing since Xmas, complaining of pains down both arms, equally affecting both; it was believed to be a slight cold with rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1851
Date of death: 6 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound followed by sloughing. Symptoms of compression of brain [?], attributable to the formation of pus within the cranium. Trephining resorted to. Pus & ‘lymphy gradation’, fluid between the dura mater & bone, also in arachnoid cavity, & among the meshes of pia mater. Also in cavity & of orbit & frontal sinuses. Secondary lobular pneumonia & hepatitis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Suppuration (Scalp, brain); Trephining (Skull); Pneumonia (Lungs); Hepatitis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was first seen as an out-patient. He had had a glass thrown at him in some drunken quarrel which had inflicted a pretty severe wound on the fore part of his scalp. There was a good deal of bleeding’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / violence

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1851
Date of death: 8 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the lungs, liver, stomach & intestines. Heart hypertrophied on the left side & dilated on the right. Disease of the kidneys. ‘White patches’ on the heart’s surface
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Lungs, liver, stomach, intestines); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
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, a short-winded bloated-looking individual was admitted suffering from dropsy, which he said had commenced in the right leg about 2 months before, the other leg had swelled soon after, and subsequently the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1851
Date of death: 10 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever with ulceration of the mucous membrane of the ileum. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: 'It was difficult to obtain any distinct account of his symptoms from this patient. His manner was hesitating and his speech slow, his face flushed, expression of countenance dull & heavy, pulse 136, skin inclined to be cold. It appeared that he had come up from the country about 3 months before, had been ailing ever since, & had some sort of illness 3 or 4 weeks ago by which he had been confined to bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1851
Date of death: 12 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Death by coma & delirium. Jaundice. Almost universal destruction of the true texture of the liver accompanied by the deposition of much fat
Disease (standardised): Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Nervous system); Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Bence Jones, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad stated that his illness was only of a week’s duration, during which he had suffered from sickness & pain at the pit of the stomach and his skin had been of a yellow hue, his water had been of a darker colour than usual, he believed as long as a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1851
Date of death: 15 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the duodenum & of the liver. Pericarditis. Slight hypertrophy of the heart which contained ‘white patches’ on its surface. Old pleurisy on the right side
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Duodenum, liver); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted at about 11 o’clock in the morning having been knocked down & run over by a cab. He was in a state of extreme prostration, his face pale, extremities cold’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 19 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Bronchitis. Congestion of the lungs & liver &c. Peritonitis. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the small intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Bronchitis (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs, liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a report of having been out of sorts for 3 weeks & laid up entirely during a fortnight. She complained of headache & pain in the back which was especially accompanied by a feeling of chilliness and great feeling of weakness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a