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James Haynes, 28, Waterman

Occupation or role: Waterman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1844
Date of death: 29 Apr 1844
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy of the Pons with considerable effusion into the ventricles and in the subarachnoid cellular tissue. Left ventricle hypertrophied. Kidneys mottled and granular.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain ); Hypertrophy (Brain ); Mottled, Granular (Kidney)
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 was a man of very intemperate habits and had been drinking freely. He fell down suddenly in a fit of insensibility and was brought to the Hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Goodwin, 25, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1845
Date of death: 13 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Kidneys mottled and granular. Brain wet. Fluid in pleurae. Pneumonia. Pericarditis. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. No anasarca
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Brain, Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
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 could give but an imperfect account of his case. It appeared however from the evidence of the friends that he had been under treatment during the last two or three months for pain in the loins, for which he had been cupped. That he had never had dropsy. That the day before, and on the morning of admission, he had had fits, during which he was violently convulsed, foamed at the mouth, and bit his tongue severely’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Edward Atfield, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1854
Date of death: 2 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumonia. Epileptic attacks & semicoma. Vomicae. Subarachnoid & ventricular fluid
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Epilepsy (Brain); Abscess (Lung); Disease (Brain);
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient who was a groom, had been exposed to cold in crossing to France in the early part of December and had suffered for some 5 weeks from cough & shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Mary Lane, 20, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1845
Date of death: 9 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Slight congestion of brain. Miliary tubercles in lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys & small intestines. Scrofulous deposit in the sub-peritoneal cellular tissue of the broad ligament. Old and extensive adhesions in the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines); Deposit (Pelvis); Adhesions (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'On applying for admission, this girl appeared to be half stupid & obstinate, refused for some time to answer questions, and looked about her with a vacant gaze. Her friends stated that she had been subject to fits for many years, and three weeks ago, had one accompanied by screaming and convulsions, and since that time had been in her present mood. That these fits used frequently to occur three or four times a week. That the reason which induced them to bring her to the hospital, was the annoyance she experienced from an incessant cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Wakely, 22, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1852
Date of death: 12 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in lungs, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum. Effusion into the ventricle of the brain and sub arachnoid tissue. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Effusion (Brain); Ulcer (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: This girl was admitted in a very depressed state, complaining of pain in the head. She stated that she had been ill about a fortnight with shivering, pains in her limbs, with thirst and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Shaw, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1853
Date of death: 14 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Intense headache and head symptoms. Scrofulous deposits in the lungs. Scrofulous deposits in the mediastinal glands. Disease of corto-vertebral articulation. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Headache (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Disease (Spine); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: She was admitted with a quick pulse, foul tongue, considerable heat of surface and complaining of intense headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and muscles of the back
Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Ashwell, 26, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 16 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the right temporal bone. Meningitis. Circumscribed abscess in the middle lobe of the right hemisphere
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Meningitis (Brain); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'The history of this case which was afterwards obtained from her father was to the effect that some 6 weeks since, on returning form the country she had boils all over her body, and on exposure to cold they had been repressed, after which she was seized (about a fortnight ago) with pain and discharge from the right ear; three days before her admission she had become delirious’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Emma Lidgel, 17, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1842
Date of death: 19 Nov 1842
Disease (transcribed): Chorea
Disease (standardised): Chorea (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Baker, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1854
Date of death: 16 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Large cavities in the lungs. Fibrin deposits in heart’s structure. Cysts under arachnoid membrane of brain &c. Softening of brain
Disease (standardised): Cavity (Lung); Thrombosis (Heart); Cyst (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient had had cough more or less for 6 months, but had only been seriously ill 3 weeks & laid up 1 week’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Catherine Gray, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1844
Date of death: 5 Apr 1844
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy of right corpus striatum. Heart thin and dilated. Fibrous tumours of the Uterus.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain ); Dilatation (Heart); Tumours (Uterus)
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 was a stout plethoric woman of very intemperate habits; chiefly addicted to spirit drinking. Whilst standing over the wash tub she complained of giddiness and soon fell down in a state of insensibility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Hannah Giles, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1851
Date of death: 6 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular inflammation of the pia mater. Slight ecchymosis into the substance of the right hemisphere of the brain. Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs. Scrofulous deposit in the tubular portion of the left kidney. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the caecum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, kidneys); Ecchymosis (Brain); Suppuration (Lungs); Ulcer (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: 'This patient presented herself as out-patient on Mar 29th ult when she complained of pain in head & in hips, especially on right side, with absence of the menstrual discharge during 3 months past. She had a very foul tongue & a quick pulse. Nothing else was complained of’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Marsh, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1851
Date of death: 15 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Fluid in ventricles of brain &c. Intestines healthy
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Fluid (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in an advanced stage of fever, and no history of the commencement or duration of her symptoms could be obtained from her. The face was dusky, the eyes congested; her intellect rather confused & she was dead’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Hassett, 18, [No occupation stated]

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

Robert Kelly, 28, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1845
Date of death: 4 Mar 1845
Disease (transcribed): Recent pleuritis. Red & grey hepatisation of a large portion of lung. Patch of tubercles in lung. Slight congestion of brain
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Hepatisation (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Congestion (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'It was reported that this patient had for some years been a very free drinker, but that having been our of place for about 9 months, he had, up to the last fortnight when he again obtained a situation, been unable to obtain his usual quantity of stimulus […] the night previous to admission, he was violently delirious. That on the day of admission, he was quite sensible, said that he felt ill all over, and complained as much as ever of pain in the chest. He nevertheless drove his master out in the morning, but felt so ill that he was soon obliged to return. It was said that he had not been drinking since he regained his situation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Jemima Shayler, 22, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1850
Date of death: 31 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Fits
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Seizure (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: A person of pale unhealthy looking aspect, who stated that she had been ill about a month before her admission, suffering chiefly with sickness after food, so that almost every thing she ate was brought up immediately.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Sophia Robinson, 32, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1850
Date of death: 29 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Gradual coma – pressure from cyst in right hemisphere
Disease (standardised): Coma (Brain); Cysts (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This person stated that she had been suffering from fits for a month past, accompanied with pain and great heat of head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Smith , 78, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec1843
Date of death: 20 Mar 1844
Disease (transcribed): Thickening of the arachnoid and pia mater. Dilatation of the ventricles of the brain. Condensation of a portion of lung. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Mottling and granular degeneration of one kidney.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain ); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Mottled, Granular (Kidney)
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 was admitted into the Hospital with fever and in a state of great debility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Maryon, 42, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1846
Date of death: 21 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy of the right hemisphere and of the pons. Arteries of brain atheromatous. Heart hypertrophied. Slight atheroma about aorta. Lungs congested and soft at back part. Liver fatty. Other organs healthy.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain ); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a moribund state. It appeared that just before admission he had been found lying on his back in an insensible state, in a street adjoining Belgrave Square.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Masters, 54, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1855
Date of death: 15 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Paralysis following a ‘fit’. Extravasation of blood into substance of the brain. Remains of old extravasations
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Central Nervous System); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Nothing of his previous state could be learnt except that on the preceding day he had been seized with a fit and had subsequently lost the use of his right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Dealtry, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1847
Date of death: 18 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous deposit round pylorus, in subperitoneal cellular tissues and uterus. Wet brain. Inflammation of lungs and tubercles with calcareous deposits.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Uterus); Disease (Brain); Inflammation (Lung); Calcareous deposits (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was unable to give a very collected account of herself but it appeared that since June or July last she had been suffering from symptoms of disease of the stomach.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Terry , 12, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1846
Date of death: 20 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Brain congested. Softening of the central white parts. Ventricles much distended with fluid. Extensive red hepatisation of both lungs, with a small quantity of tubercular deposit in the left, and in the bronchial glands. Heart dilated. Fibrine on valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain ); Disease (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The mother of this boy stated that he had been ill about five weeks, suffering from rheumatic pains in the limbs, but there was no redness or swelling of the joints.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Samuel George, 61, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1851
Date of death: 11 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disorganisation of the kidneys. Infiltration of their substance by a yellow deposit. Congestion & emphysema of the lungs. Old pleurisy. Enlargement of the heart with hypertrophy on the left side & dilatation on the right. Congestion of the liver & of the membranes of the brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Emphysema (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lungs, liver, 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 old man said that he had not been well scarcely since Xmas. He had had cough, and pains all over him which had been very much worse of late; he had not been free from them for 6 weeks. The pain was described as being worse at night when warm in bed, & being most severe in the right shoulder’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

William Bullbrook, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1848
Date of death: 13 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Effused blood in pons varolii and cerebri and cerebelli. Hypertrophy of left ventricle of heart. Granular and contracting kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The patient was admitted having been seized with a fit of an apoplectic nature while sitting on the box of his cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Masters, 34, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1856
Date of death: 29 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Softening of the spinal chord
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Central Nervous System); Softening (Spinal Cord)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Five years ago he was in the Hospital on account of paralysis of the left arm, lasting sixteen weeks. His feet became gradually weak and dragged when walking, and on the 28th January he found he was unable to move either of the lower limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen and spinal column
Type of incident: n/a

Mary R. Damon, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 5
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1854
Date of death: 12 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever. Sloughing of the tonsils. Congested cerebral vessels
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Sloughing (Tonsils); Congestion (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This child was brought to the hospital because she had attained the age of 5 years without ever having been able to walk. She was very diminutive, but had not otherwise the aspect of disease. Her teeth it was remarked were small & ill-developed, and her manner indicated some degree of imbecility’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium & spine, pharynx & larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

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