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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1851
Date of death: 11 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
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 said by his friends to have been ailing for some days previously, that his attack had been one of some sort of slight fever, & that at 9am on the day of his admission he had been suddenly seized with trismus, which very soon assumed the appearance of general tetanus’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal cord, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1851
Date of death: 16 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The friends objected to examination of this body’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1851
Date of death: 6 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Pelvic abscess communicating with rectum. Abscesses in liver. Effusion in right pleura &c
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Abscess (Pelvis, rectum, liver); Effusion (Lungs)

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, a married woman, but who had never borne children, was stated to have been out of health two months, though able to continue at work until 3 weeks ago. She was first attacked by headache & sickness, & pain in the back, and had not menstruated since, but no further particulars were learned of her history. On the 19th January while at work, she was again seized with sickness & vomiting accompanied by diarrhoea, and she had been confined to bed nearly ever since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax (‘this body was examined earlier & should have been entered as No 25, but was omitted accidentally’)

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1851
Date of death: 8 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular infiltration in both lungs, specially in the right one. Vomicae in both lungs. Pleurisy. Ulceration of the mucous membrane covering one of the chordae vocales. Ulceration of the lining membrane of the rectum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Ulcer (Vocal cords, rectum)
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 dated his illness from severe cold 12 months previously. He had never had cough before, & had scarcely been free from it since. He had slight haemoptysis a short time before admission, and during the last 3 weeks had suffered from pain across the epigastrium and frequent vomiting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 6 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys which were very small, granular & almost entirely devoid of cortical structure. Hypertrophy of the heart, ‘granulations’ on the margins of the mitral valve, slight contraction of the mitral orifice. ‘Pleural adhesion’ on the right side & effusion on the left. General anasarca and ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart, lungs); Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Admitted labouring under a fourth attack of dropsy within the short period of 13 months, this woman who was married & had borne seven children, stated that she had been an in-patient about 8 years ago in this hospital with some cutaneous affection, but beyond this had never suffered any ailment for very many years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 12 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Epileptiform convulsions following the disappearance of an eruption of the skin. The convulsions gradually passed into coma. Scrofulous deposit upon & thickening of the meninges of brain with slight softening of the central parts of brain
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Eruption (Skin); Coma (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Brain); Softening (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 man said that his illness had only been of a 14 nights’ duration, that it had commenced with pains generally in his limbs, and two days before admission an eruption had appeared on his skin’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1851
Date of death: 3 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Chronic peritonitis. Pneumonia in the lower part of the right lung. Double pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'A single woman, who was admitted with considerable swelling of the abdomen, and also some oedema of the legs. She had ceased to menstruate about 5 years before, and had generally enjoyed pretty good health. She stated her illness to have commenced about 4 months ago, when after a severe cold, she suffered from cramps in the legs, & pains in the hips which ultimately settled in the lower part of the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1851
Date of death: 15 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Infiltration of tubercular matter through the greater part of both lungs with vomicae at their apices. Recent pleurisy on left side, older on the right. Enlargement of & slight ulceration of intestinal glands
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestinal glands)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This patient reported that he had enjoyed good health until 4 years ago, and that subsequently he had been subject to winter cough and had spit blood on one or two occasions, but never to any extent. His cough had returned more severely in February, and he had never been free from it since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1851
Date of death: 22 Sep 1851
Disease (transcribed): Spotted fever
Disease (standardised): Spotted fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The friends objected to any examination of the body’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 6 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Disease of the kidneys. Collection of acephalocyst hydatids between the rectum & the bladder & obstructing the flow of urine along the ureters. Old & suppurated hydatids in the liver
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys); Echinococcosis (Rectum, bladder, liver)

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, a brush-maker by trade, stated that he had been ailing for about 4 weeks, and entirely laid up for a week past. He alleged that he had caught a severe cold, of which however the chief symptom seemed to be severe pain in the right side, apparently below the hypochondrium, increased in taking a deep breath or in stooping’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvic cavity, cranium, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Check-taker
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 20 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Slough of the soft parts covering the sacrum with necrosis of subjacent bone. Purulent fluid & soft ‘lymph’ under the spinal arachnoid. Recent lymph also in arachnoid cavity of brain & in the meshes of the pia mater. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Nervous system); Sloughing (Sacrum); Necrosis (Bone); Suppuration (Brain); Disease (Kidneys)
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 check-taker and attributed his illness to the sedentary nature of his employment, stated that he had been suffering from headache for a week or two in the first instance, and then since 8 or 9 weeks before his admission he gradually lost the use of his right leg; about a fortnight ago, the left had become similarly affected’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal column, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1851
Date of death: 1 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with anasarca
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Oedema (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1852
Date of death: 19 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Old pleural adhesion on the right side. Both lungs containing much tubercular matter. Vomica in right lung, the upper part. Peritonitis with ulceration and perforation of the intestine. Scrofulous deposit in the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
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 illness had begun with diarrhoea some six months before admission, but she had more especially suffered from it for the last three months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 16 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extensive scrofulous deposits in the lungs. Vomicae. One of which on the right side had opened into the pleural cavity occasioning pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (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: The patient was admitted with much of the general appearance of phthisis, stating that he had suffered from cough since August or September.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 11 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys and heart. Soft lacerable state of the lungs and old pleural adhesions. Recent lymph in the pericardium. Fluid state of the blood
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Softening (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Lymph (Heart); Fluid (Blood)
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 had been subject to cough and shortness of breathing some two years past, but the symptoms of dropsy had only occurred about a fortnight before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 15 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied heart. Diseased kidneys. Atheroma of aorta. Old double pleural adhesions. Cheese like scrofulous matter in apices of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Adhesions (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He was in the hospital for a short period last August with swelled leg. Despite treatment e was never entirely free from dropsy, but of late the swelling had much increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 14 Jun 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthysis. Scrofulous deposit with vomicae in both lungs. Double pleural adhesions. Ulceration of the trachea and intestinal mucous glands. Scrofulous deposit in the ovary
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Ulcer (Trachea); Ulcer (Intestinal mucosa); Tuberculosis (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: She reported that she had not been well and hearty for two or three years. She had lost strength very rapidly during the last four months, and had severe and constant cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1845
Date of death: 25 Mar 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumonia. Old & recent pleurisy. Tubercles in kidneys. Tubercular ulceration of small intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Kidneys, intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient complained of cough of about four months’ duration, which had been ushered in by rather profuse haemoptysis, and had lately been accompanied by pain and tightness of the chest, with shortness of breath, inability to sleep at night, and profuse nocturnal perspirations’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1845
Date of death: 6 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles, for the greater part, in the lower lobes of the lungs, the upper lobes being comparatively free from this disease. Red hepatisation of the pulmonary structure. Empyema. Left arytenoid-epiglottic ligament containing an abscess, right one thickened
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Hepatisation (Lungs); Empyema (Lungs); Abscess (Larynx)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'Stated that she had for many years been subject to winter cough, which she never got rid of till the succeeding summer. That during the last five years she has occasionally had slight haemoptysis, and that this occurrence has become much more frequent of late’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 May 1845
Date of death: 28 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with old adhesions & circumscribed empyema. Heart dilated. Other organs much congested
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Empyema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Congestion (Internal organs)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with urgent dyspnoea & cough, accompanied by acute pain on the right side of the thorax, particularly the lower part. He was stated to have been subject to cough, to have had frequent haemoptysis, and to have suffered more or less from cough during the last four months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1845
Date of death: 8 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx. Phthisis and old adhesions. Heart dilated and flaccid. Recent peritonitis. Mottling degeneration of the kidneys. Tubercular ulceration of the small intestines
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Pharynx); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had suffered more or less from cough during the last 12 months, and had frequently had slight haemoptysis. That during the last two months he had suffered from fistula in ano, and about the same time from pain across the loins and general anasarca’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1845
Date of death: 30 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised):

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'As there was no examination after death, no report is given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined, at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1845
Date of death: 5 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions of the pleurae. Phthisis. Pneumonia. Heart dilated and thin. A few, thin patches of atheroma in aortic valves and in the root of the aorta. Kidneys granular and with some tubercles and cysts
Disease (standardised): Adhesion (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of pain in the chest & cough. It appeared that he had suffered more or less from cough during the last six months, and had lately become rapidly worse, with pain in the chest, night sweats, occasional diarrhoea and emaciation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1845
Date of death: 22 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Dilatation of heart with slight thinning of its walls. Disease of aortic valves and of aorta. Pulmonary apoplexy, with effusion into the pleura and oedema of the lungs. Slight dropsy
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, aorta); Stroke (Lungs); Effusion (Lungs); Edema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that she was in the enjoyment of tolerable health, up to six weeks previous to admission, at which time she began to experience some shortness of breath & urgent dyspnoea on taking any active exertion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1845
Date of death: 4 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Universal jaundice. Chronic and recent peritonitis. Liver compressed by the deposition of large masses of lymph on its surface and slightly affected with cirrhosis. Ducts pervious throughout their course. Heart dilated and atrophied. Lungs loaded with frothy serum
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart, lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under Dr Seymour [Edward Seymour] about the middle of last year labouring under some little ascites, oedema of the lower extremities, & severe palpitation, with irregular pulse & turgid pulsating jugular veins’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a