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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 74
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1852
Date of death: 7 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the subarachnoid tissues and ventricles of brain. Vessels of the right corpus striatum. Optic thalamus large. Slight contraction of mitral orifice of the heart. Diseased kidneys. Atheromic state of cerebral arteries and the general arterial system
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Brain); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
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 brought to the hospital in a condition of perfect insensibility, with the limbs perfectly flaccid, and apparently paralysed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 15 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercular deposit in both lungs. Double old pleurisy. Flakes of recent lymph in pericardium and old white patches on hearts surface. Hypertrophy of heart and atheromic patches on valves. Stricture of urethra
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Lymph (Heart); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man came under the care of the Surgeons for an old and rather tight stricture.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1852
Date of death: 15 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Hemiplegia. Bed sores
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hemiplegia (Brain); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
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 body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1852
Date of death: 20 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema pulmonum with old cretaceous deposits and bronchitis. White patch on heart. Thick and opaque capsule of liver. Cysts in fallopian tubes and local peritonitis. Fibrous uterine tumours
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Cretaceous deposits (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Cysts (Fallopian tubes);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Cancer (Uterus)
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 woman was admitted with cough and shortness of breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1852
Date of death: 28 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Calcaerous deposits in the lung and emphysema. White patch on heart. Deposits of yellow substance in kidneys and cysts. Fibrous tumours of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Calcareous deposits (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Deposits (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney);Cancer (Uterus)
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 stated that she had long been subject to cough, but that it had become much worse during the last three or four months, and during three weeks her legs had swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pharynx and oesophagus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1852
Date of death: 1 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous carcinoma of the pylorus and part of the parietes of the stomach. Old double pleurisy and patch on the heart. Vomica in the right lung
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Vomicae (Lung)
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 woman applied for admission on account of a lump which she said had been forming in her side since the week before Christmas.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1852
Date of death: 25 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood in the substance of the lung. Fibrous thickening and consolidation of a portion of the hearts parietes
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lung); 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: This woman was admitted in a state of extreme exhaustion. She was alleged to have been spitting blood all the week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1852
Date of death: 4 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Recent lymph in right pleural sac and abdominal cavity and pericardium. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Lymph (Pleura); Lymph (Abdomen); Lymph (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 admitted originally in January stating that his legs had swelled for three or four months and he complained of cough, tightness of the chest and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1852
Date of death: 6 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the upper part of the thigh bone. Old pleural adhesion and soft dilated heart. Kidneys slightly diseased
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted a short time after the occurrence of an accident by which she had broken her thigh. She fell down two stairs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left femur, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1852
Date of death: 6 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Indeterminate); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
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
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1843
Date of death: 17 Aug 1843
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1844
Date of death: 28 Jan 1844
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of right ventricle. Slight cirrhosis of liver. Kidneys congested. Dropsy.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Extremities)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: At her admission she was suffering from extreme dyspnoea with ascites, and anasarcous swelling of the lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1844
Date of death: 30 Jan 1844
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed softening of the left Corpus Striatum. Hypertrophy of the left ventricle of the Heart with thickening and adhesion of two aortic valves and soft fibrinous vegetation on their surface.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain ); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: 'This man was of a full plethoric habit and had a remarkably short neck. He had been much addicted to drinking.’ The patient was admitted into the Hospital four days after an apoplectic seizure with hemiplegia of the right side.
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: 5 Jan 1844
Date of death: 17 February 1844
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic Pericarditis. Hypertrophy of the Heart, with extensive disease of the valves. Mottling degeneration of both kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Hypertrophy (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the hospital with anasarca of the lower extremities, fluid effused into the scrotum and slight swelling and fluctuation of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1844
Date of death: 9 Mar 1844
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the Brain with effusion of limpid serum both in the pia mater and in the ventricles. Heart large and soft with this parietes and dilated cavities. Pulmonary apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain ); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: A short time previous to his admission he had fallen down in a fit of an epileptic character. His companions stated that he was a man of very intemperate habits but had not been intoxicated within the previous two days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 February 1844
Date of death: 15 Mar 1844
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Cirrhosis of the Liver. Slight hypertrophy of left ventricle of the heart. Spleen of enormous size, congested and quite hard. Ascites with flakes of lymph.
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart); Disease (Spleen); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with an accumulation of fluid in the abdomen of two years duration and a solid tumour in the left hypochondrium. She was of intemperate habits and had indulged freely in spirits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1844
Date of death: 25 Apr 1844
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleurisy. Heart enlarged. Left ventricle dilated. Kidneys granular.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Granular (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Medical notes: The patient was one of the night nurses at St George’s Hospital, and had previously been suffering from a slight catarrh. On the 7th April she was seized with a rigor accompanied by a severe pain in the head and left with a feeling of great ‘coldness at the chest; when it subsided.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1844
Date of death: 3 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Pericarditis. Endocarditis.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: At her admission the patient had been under treatment for a severe pain under the left mamma accompanied with cough and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1844
Date of death: 9 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pericarditis. Bicuspid valve thickened. Ascites and dropsy of the extremities. Liver large and puckered, with a peculiar yellow deposit.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Extremities); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted after suffering from palpitations and difficulty breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1844
Date of death: 18 Jun 1844
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy from the left thalamus making its way into the ventricles. Coagulum of blood, of some standing, enveloped in a transparent cyst, in the cavity of the left ventricle. Arteries diseased. Hypertrophy of heart.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain ); Cysts (Brain ); Disease (Arteries); Hypertrophy (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with some loss of power over the right side of the body. She was in a very weak state, and the powers of the mind were very feeble and the memory imperfect.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1844
Date of death: 19 Jul 1844
Disease (transcribed): Abortion. Phlebitis. Diffuse inflammation about Pelvis. Peritonitis. Pleurisy. Secondary abscesses.
Disease (standardised): Abortion (Uterus); Phlebitis (Veins); Inflammation (Pelvis); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Abscess (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with symptoms of acute abdominal inflammation which had commenced about three weeks before after a miscarriage of a child.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax and axilla
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1844
Date of death: 27 Apr 1844
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Effusion of fluid in pleura and pericardium. Heart enlarged by dilatation of its cavities with hypertrophy of its walls. Kidneys mottled and dwindled. Calculi in gall bladder, Old adhesions of liver.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Heart); Enlarged (Heart); Mottled (Kidney); Calculi (Gallbladder)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: The patient had been in the Hospital repeatedly during the previous four years, suffering from general anasarca and Dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Jul 1844
Date of death: 7 Aug 1844
Disease (transcribed): Effusion in brain. Softening of brain. Cerebral arteries atheromatous. Old adhesions of lungs. Pneumonia. Left ventricle hypertrophied. Atheroma in mitral and aortic valves and in aorta. Kidneys granular. Fibrous tumour of uterus.
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain ); Softening (Brain ); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Pneumonia (Lung); Hypertrophy (Heart); Granular (Kidney);Tumour (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient stated that she was frequently attacked with a sensation of great distress in the upper part of the abdomen with spasmodic pain.
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: Female
Date of admission: 7 February 1844
Date of death: 12 Aug 1844
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Disease of heart. Anasarca. Inflammation of pleurae, peritoneum and pericardium, and of the substance of the lung.
Disease (standardised): Granular (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Foot); Inflammation (Pleura, Abdomen, Heart, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient, who had suffered from rheumatic fever, was a woman on remarkably intemperate habits and led a very irregular and dissolute life. On admission she was suffering from a cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1844
Date of death: 4 Sep 1844
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and increased vascularity of bones of skull. Effusion of milky fluid in subarachnoid tissue. Fluid in ventricles with thickened membrane. Disease of hip joint.
Disease (standardised): Hypertrophy (Skull); Vascularity (Skull); Effusion (Brain ); Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: About six years before his admission he appeared to have had a fit which proceeded from mental excitement. Three of four years afterwards his sight had become dim and he had paralysis of one side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and hip joint
Type of incident: n/a