Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Jan 1848 Date of death: 13 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca. Cirrhosis of the liver. Fatty degeneration of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient had first suffered from swelling of the feet & ankles about 6 months before admission. It had only been occasional, and had not caused him much trouble until 3[?] months ago since which it had increased very much, & had never left him. The abdomen also about this time began to swell. He stated that he had for some years been subject to palpitation of heart & shortness of breath, but had never had rheumatism; latterly he had suffered from pain across the loins. He had at one time been of rather dissipated habits’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Jan 1848 Date of death: 27 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Dilated heart, diseased mitral & aortic valves. Inflamed lungs Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart); Inflammation (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was first admitted into the hospital under the care of Dr Page on 30 August 1848 with general dropsy which was said to be of 9 weeks’ duration. The legs were very extensively anasarcous, the abdomen gave very distinct fluctuation and the right arm, & surface of chest on right side were also anasarcous. Compexion was very dusky. She had constant cough with purulent expectoration’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Apr 1848 Date of death: 18 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with abscess in lung. Pleuritis. Ascites. Anasarca. Fluid blood. Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg) 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 stated that she she had enjoyed very good health up to twelve months ago, when the catamenia seemed to decrease in quantity, and finally disappeared entirely in the course of two or three months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 May 1848 Date of death: 21 Jul 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Erysipelas (paracentesis thoracic) Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Erysipelas (Skin); Paracentesis (Thorax) 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: With great difficulty of breathing and excessive pain of the left side of the chest, a constant slight cough, which has the character of emphysema of the lungs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jun 1848 Date of death: 19 Jul 1848 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of intestines. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This patient was seized before admission with shiverings, pains in the limbs, and other ordinary symptoms of continued fever. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Jul 1848 Date of death: 20 Jul 1848 Disease (transcribed): Puerperal peritonitis Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history of this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 22 or 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Jul 1848 Date of death: 6 Oct 1848 Disease (transcribed): Chronic peritonitis. Anasarca Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg) 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: Dates the commencement of the illness from 24th May when she was suddenly seized with pain in the abdomen and cold sweats. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Worker at an Army Furnishers Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Jul 1848 Date of death: 16 Nov 1848 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing sores after fever? Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Back); Sloughing (Buttocks); Fever (Systemic) 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 was in an exceedingly debilitated condition, unable to move herself and with her back extensively ulcerated from bed sores. She had been subject to some sort of fits, probably of a 'hysterical nature'. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and knee joints Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 11 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Aug 1848 Date of death: 17 Aug 1848 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis? Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history of this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Sep 1848 Date of death: 20 Sep 1848 Disease (transcribed): Peritoneal inflammation. Faecal abscess. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Abdomen); Abscess (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient’s illness was said to have commenced in consequence of exposure to cold while menstruating. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Sep 1848 Date of death: 25 Oct 1848 Disease (transcribed): Peritoneal inflammation. Pelvic abscess Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Abdomen); Abscess (Pelvis) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This patient had been seen by Dr Lee or a short time before her admission, and he stated that he had discovered one or two tumours in the lower part 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: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Nov 1848 Date of death: 26 Nov 1848 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: Admitted with ascites said to have commenced about six weeks ago without oedema of the ankles. He had suffered three or four months from cough and spitting. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848 Date of death: 15 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Miliary tubercles. Old adhesions of peritoneum Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient stated on admission that he had been subject to cough for some years, but had not until lately suffered much inconvenience. He caught cold 8 or 9 weeks previously, and has had a good deal of cough & dyspnoea ever since’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Top sawyer Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848 Date of death: 1 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): General dropsy. Peritonitis. Ulcerated encephaloid of oesophagus. Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cancer (Oesophagus) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This man stated that three weeks ago his ankles began to swell without any cause, and later his abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848 Date of death: 2 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Miscarriage. Slight fever. Peritonitis? Disease (standardised): Abortion, spontaneous (Uterus); Fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This patient stated that she had not enjoyed good health since her last confinement twenty months before. She did not think herself to be pregnant again but miscarried twins in the Hospital. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Dec 1848 Date of death: 21 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver. General anasarca Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Liver); Edema (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was originally admitted under Dr Nairne’s [Robert Nairne] care on the 28th June 1848, continuing in the hospital till the 11th December when he was made OP [out-patient]. When he first presented himself for admission he stated that the dropsy had commenced in his ankles a fortnight previously, that his abdomen had been swelled for a longer period but he could not state exactly how long’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Jan 1849 Date of death: 7 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Ascites Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient presented on admission the appearance of jaundice, aggravated by a considerable amount of delirium. He was reported by his friend to have been during 30 years a man of most dissipated habits, drinking regularly for some time past 3 bottles of gin daily and occasionally reaching 5. He had however not suffered under any severe illness, with the exception of having had one or two attacks of delirium tremens’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jan 1849 Date of death: 31 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Blind fistula. Peritoneal inflammation. Ulceration of ileum Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Fistula; Inflammation (Peritoneum); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the care of the surgeon with fistula in ano, for the purpose of operation. He was sent on the 26th to see the physician to enquire into the state of his chest, when he was found to have had cough & shortness of breath for some time [and] to be much emaciated, with night-sweats, and all the ordinary symptoms of phthisis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 52 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Feb 1849 Date of death: 16 Apr 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Cirrhosis of the liver, old pleuritic adhesions. Thickening of the great omentum Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Lungs); Disease (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This person who was rather stout & with a florid complexion was admitted complaining of pain of abdomen, chiefly referred to the right hypochondrium & thence extending into right iliac fossa, with swelling of legs & abdomen. She stated that she had an attack of acute rheumatism 7 years previously, that the menses had now ceased 8 months, but she had enjoyed good [health] till 3 months ago when the legs began to swell. Since then she had suffered from cough, palpitation, shortness of breath, and had observed the abdomen also swelled’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Feb 1849 Date of death: 26 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Large abscess in the thigh. Secondary abscess on the chest. Congested lungs. Blood partly fluid Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Abscess (Thigh, chest); Congestion (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient who presented a pale aspect, with puffy oedematous-looking face & swelled legs, stated that dropsy had commenced in the ankles about 4 or 5 weeks before admission. He had caught cold & suffered from slight cough for 3 or 4 months but had experienced no pain in the loins. His urine had sometimes been scanty but was never dark-coloured. The legs and thighs were on admission very much distended’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Feb 1849 Date of death: 23 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Pulmonary emphysema. Hypertrophied heart. Atheroma deposited in coronary arteries. Congested liver. Granular kidney Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Coronary arteries); 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: 'This patient who was a large muscular man, stated that he had first suffered form swelling of the ankle 2 months ago, but that under treatment this had been relieved, and the dropsy had again returned about 3 or 4 weeks before his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 68 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Mar 1849 Date of death: 21 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Dilated & hypertrophied heart. Extensive pleural adhesions. Congested kidneys Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart, lungs, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with dropsy, which she stated had commenced in the ankles about 6 weeks before admission. Having been ailing for some years, she had latterly suffered form cough & shortness of breath, but had no previous symptoms of dropsy’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Mar 1849 Date of death: 23 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Dilated heart. Ulcerations of small intestines. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This lad when admitted presented […] together with excessive emaciation & scrofulous enlargement of the cervical glands, an aspect somewhat unusual in phthisis of great lividity of the countenance, with blue patches on the cheeks & very blue lips. He stated that he had suffered from cough about 4 months, that he had gradually become weaker, but to his knowledge he never had spit blood. His expectoration was copious, and he had night sweats’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 75 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Mar 1849 Date of death: 23 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Fluid in left pleural cavity. Heart hypertrophied. Nutmeg liver. Cysts in both kidneys Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Lungs, heart, liver); Cyst (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient who was admitted with general dropsy, dusky complexion and considerable dyspnoea, stated that she had suffered occasionally from dropsy in the ankles since September, that the abdomen had been swelled since Xmas, and that she had never been entirely free from it after that time. She gave an indefinite account of previous palpitation and shortness of breath, and stated that she had never had rheumatic fever, nor detailed any other assignable cause’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Mar 1849 Date of death: 23 Jun 1849 Disease (transcribed): Abscess on the right side of the pelvic cavity, behind the uterus Disease (standardised): Abscess (Abdomen) 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 stated that having been confined at a lying-in hospital about 7 weeks before her admission, & having had an easy labour, & no flooding, she was suddenly seized in a few days after with violent pain, chiefly across the lower part of the abdomen, followed by diarrhoea which had continued ever since’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen