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Anne Yates, 44, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1840
Date of death: 26 Feb 1841
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
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, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Henry C. Benn, 29, [No occupation stated]

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

Elizabeth Gould, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 May 1851
Date of death: 18 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca. Hypertrophy of heart with thickening of the flaps of aortic & mitral valves, & mitral valve constriction. Slight dilatation of the arch & root of aorta. Low double pneumonia. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (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 patient, a married woman who had borne 11 children, alleged that her illness was only of about a month’s duration. Since then she had suffered from cough & palpitation & shortness of breath, & 3 weeks ago first the right & then the left leg had swelled, and subsequently the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Mylam, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1851
Date of death: 27 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Infiltration of tubercular matter in all the lobes of both lungs. Double pleurisy of oldish standing. Bronchitis. ‘White patches’ on the surface of the heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); 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 man had been in the hospital about 2 ½ years ago with a slight attack of fever for which he only remained about ten days in the hospital, but he said he had never been well since. He was not subject to cough, and had never suffered from it with the exception of some cough remaining for a short time after leaving the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Dennis Cronan, 33, [No occupation stated]

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

Mary Brittan, 58, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 8 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Anasarca. Ascites. Extravasation of blood into the lower lobe of right lung with pleurisy on the same side & coagula in the pulmonary arteries. Hypertrophied heart with some degree of thickening of the flaps of the aortic & mitral valves. Disease of the kidneys & liver
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lungs); Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys, 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 was admitted in a very depressed state. She stated that she had been suffering from dropsy since April, the legs having first begun to swell & afterwards the abdomen. Latterly she had experienced great difficulty in breathing, and for the last month had been spitting blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Heywood, 14, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 13 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Albuminous urine. Sarcinae in vomited fluids. Double pleurisy. Chronic pneumonia in the lower lobes of both lungs. Peritonitis. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Albuminuria (Kidneys); Sarcina; Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (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 youth had been suffering from general dropsy about 2 months before his admission. He had never suffered from scarlatina and without any previous illness, the swelling had come on after exposure to wet & cold: it had first been observed in the scrotum; he had not experienced pain in the loins’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Parrish, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 5 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the lower lobes of both lungs & surrounding ‘hepatization’. Coagulum in the minute pulmonary arteries. Double pleurisy & bronchitis. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lungs); Hepatization (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); 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 patient was admitted complaining chiefly of palpitation & shortness of breath, to which he alleged he had been more or less subject from boyhood, but from which he had suffered very much more during the last 6 months. He had never had rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Frost, 51, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1851
Date of death: 8 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia on the right side of the chest. Pleurisy on the left [& right] of old standing. Bronchitis. Operation of laryngotomy resorted to to relieve dyspnoea depending on supposed disease near or of the larynx. Disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Laryngotomy (Larynx); Dyspnea (Larynx); Disease (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 patient was admitted on the evening of the 6th December, stated to have been ill only two days, with severe cold which was chiefly marked by difficulty in swallowing & in breathing. When seen next day, altho’ she persisted in stating that she had the same difficulty in swallowing, nothing of any sort could be seen in the pharynx. Her face was expressive of anxiety, her breathing was very hurried, she was exceedingly restless, tossing about in every direction in order to breathe with greater facility’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

John Horrigan , 37, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1852
Date of death: 11 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Double pleurisy of moderately recent date. Scrofulous deposit in both lungs. Bronchitis. Deposit in the glands of intestine. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Deposits (Intestinal mucosa); Disease (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 patient had suffered from cough for some time and he gave the ordinary history of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Winter, 26, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 May 1852
Date of death: 12 Jun 1852
Disease (transcribed): Giddiness and pain in the head attended by loss of power in the extremities. Dyspnoea and coma came on without convulsions, before death. No sufficient post mortem appearances found
Disease (standardised): Dizziness (General); Pain (Head); Paralysis (Leg); Paralysis (Arm); Dyspnoea (Lung); Coma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: This woman had left her situation two years ago because she was unable to walk well and also felt powerless in her arms which rendered her unfit for service.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal column, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Welch, 16, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1848
Date of death: 23 Nov 1848
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis (rapidly fatal) with acute pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient has left Ireland only a few months previously. Her illness was of four weeks duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Sharp, 42, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1849
Date of death: 8 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Semipurulent fluid in pleural cavity. Old adhesions. Hypertrophy & dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient who had suffered from palpitation of heart for five years was admitted complaining of darting pain shooting through the praecordium to the back, with increased palpitation & shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Ayres, 46, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1848
Date of death: 1 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Compressed lung. Old pericarditic adhesions. Old pleuritic adhesions. Anasarca. Nutmeg liver. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lungs); Disease (Heart, lungs); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'The period of this man’s illness had extended to 6 months before his admission. He stated that it had commenced with sickness & vomiting, followed by swelling of ankles, distention of abdomen, giving in to shortness of breath & a sense of constriction across the chest. There was at his admission some oedema of ankles, the distention of the abdomen consisted chiefly of flatus. His complexion was of a yellowing cast’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Pearcy, 62, Courier

Occupation or role: Courier
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1850
Date of death: 15 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene. Disease of lungs. Effusion of blood in cavity of pleura
Disease (standardised): Senile gangrene (Indeterminate); Disease (Lung); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: A native of Italy although born of English parents, this presented an appearance of considerable depression. His right leg was very much swollen, and considerably discoloured.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

William T Powell, 13, [No occupation stated]

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

Edward Clifford, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1853
Date of death: 29 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy, recent, as well as of older standing. Congestion of the lungs. Compressed lung from pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Compressed (Lung); Effusion (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 been suffering from cough for six weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Power, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1853
Date of death: 4 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Hydropericardium. Congested lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Hydropericardium (Pericardium); Congestion (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This woman presented a very anaemic and rather sallow aspect with a florid patch of injected capillaries on each cheek. She reported that she had had ‘dropsy’ more or less during 4 or 5 years. She gave no distinct account of any previous illness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

George Lowell, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1854
Date of death: 15 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Abscess in liver communicating through diaphragm with the pleural cavity. Abscess in both lungs
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'Was attacked on the 19th just a week before admission with very severe pain in the right side, from which he had never since been free’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Mary A. Reynolds, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1854
Date of death: 14 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Icrofulous pneumonia. Recent fibrin in the peritoneal sac
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Thrombosis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This girl said that she had been ill 3 weeks, with cough & pain in the head. She also complained of pain across the chest in coughing’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

William Rouse, 34, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1845
Date of death: 12 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with old & recent pleurisy. Lungs congested. Heart dilated. Tubercular ulceration of small intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a partial state of collapse, stating that he had suffered from cough for months, and had frequent haemoptysis. He was too weak to undergo a stethoscopic examination’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Gardiner, 15, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 May 1845
Date of death: 11 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Dilated bronchial tubes with extensive effusion of lymph upon the free surface of the mucous membrane of these tubes. Mucous membrane of the trachea of a dark red colour, but without lymph. Larynx healthy
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Lungs); Disease (Throat)

Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in an extremely weak state, exhibiting great anxiety of countenance, and suffering from urgent dyspnoea, and frequent cough accompanied by profuse purulent expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Harling, 40, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1845
Date of death: 30 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Petechia. Pleurisy. Lungs congested. Heart dilated and atrophied with soft muscular structure. Atheroma in valves and aorta. Ossification of coronary arteries. Peritoneum enormously thickened throughout. Ascites. Spleen very large
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs); Disease (Heart, aorta); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that for many years he had been in the habit of drinking freely, taking generally above a gallon of strong ale & several glasses of spirits & water daily. Within the last four years his health had begun to fail, his appetite has been capricious, at times ravenous, at other times very indifferent; he has been greatly troubled with flatus; and his belly has gradually but steadily increased in size’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

George Cook , 31, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1846
Date of death: 16 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumonia. Old adhesions. Dilatation and atrophy of heart. Ulcers of larynx laying bare the arytenoid cartilages. Tubercular deposit in right kidney. Left kidney all but destroyed. Ulceration of caecum.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Larynx); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This man reported that at the beginning of the winter he caught cold, and had a severe attack of cough and pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Drewett, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1846
Date of death: 1 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of the neck, larynx and anterior mediastinum. Old adhesions of pleurae and pericardium. Pneumonia. Chronic bronchitis. Oedema of lungs. Fibrinous vegetations on valves. Heart enlarged. Kidneys mottled.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Neck, Larynx, Mediastinum); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: It appeared that during the last eight or ten years the patient had been suffering more or less from chronic cough, and that during the last year his legs had occasionally becomes anasarcous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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