Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Oct 1842 Date of death: 14 Oct 1842 Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Malignant disease of liver and lung spreading to the glands Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Malignancy (Liver, Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: n/a 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: 27 Sep 1843 Date of death: 5 February 1844 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the Rectum. Phthisis. Disease (standardised): Disease (Rectum); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: At his admission there were several fistulous sinuses passing up by the side of the Rectum and accompanied by a condensed and brawny state of the skin and cellular membrane around the anus. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Mar 1845 Date of death: 19 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Disease of knee joint. Amputation of thigh. Low pneumonia and incipient 2ndary deposit in spleen Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Amputation (Thigh); Pneumonia (Lungs); Deposit (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient stated that 12 months before her admission she struck her knee, and it was then followed by slight swelling of the joint. Six weeks ago she again struck and it became again swollen and painful. It was never sufficiently painful to cause her to discontinue using it’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 May 1845 Date of death: 28 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg, with extensive suppuration. Pleurisy in right side, and 2ndary deposits in both lungs Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to be in the habit of drinking. Whilst in a state of intoxication he fell down stairs, and was brought to the hospital stunned by the fall and with a compound fracture of the right tibia’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right lower extremity, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Jun 1845 Date of death: 8 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied heart. Adherent pericardium. Granular kidneys. Inflamed lung Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys); Inflammation (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient, who for many years had been a very free drinker, was admitted complaining of dyspnoea, orthopnoea, palpitation, cough & pain in the chest. He stated that he had suffered more or less from dyspnoea occurring in paroxysms on the slightest exertion, ever since last Christmas’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Jul 1845 Date of death: 9 Sep 1845 Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca. Lungs congested. Fluid with lymph in peritoneum. Cirrhosis of liver. Ovaries adherent to sides of pelvis Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Congestion (Lungs); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient stated that she had long been suffering from dyspnoea, but with that exception, had enjoyed very tolerable health up to three weeks before admission, when her abdomen began to swell very rapidly, and she experienced very considerable pain, more especially in the region of the liver’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Aug 1845 Date of death: 21 Sep 1845 Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions of the pleurae. Phthisis. Ulceration of small intestine. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Adhesion (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted labouring under cough of nine months’ duration, accompanied by profuse purulent globular expectoration, haemoptysis, diarrhoea, night sweats and extreme emaciation & debility. She was very hoarse & reported that she had been so about three months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Sep 1845 Date of death: 28 Sep 1845 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of lungs and pleura. Deposit of matter in lung. Inflammation of mucous membrane of large intestine. Haemorrhoids. Operation Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Lungs, intestines); Haemorrhoids (Anus); Operation Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient had suffered from the usual symptoms of piles for eight years previous to his admission and latterly they had been accompanied with some degree of prolapsus anii’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Sep 1845 Date of death: 30 Sep 1845 Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of foot. Sloughing of integuments. Inflammation of lung with deposit of matter Disease (standardised): Wound (Foot); Sloughing (Foot); Inflammation (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an extensive lacerated wound over the dorsum of the foot caused by a cart wheel passing over it. There was considerable haemorrhage from some of the small arteries at the time and it was subsequently ascertained that one of the metatarsal bones was fractured and a portion of the base separated from the remainder of the bone’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lower extremity, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 48 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845 Date of death: 29 Sep 1845 Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Dilatation of cavities of heart. Effusion into cavities of pleurae. Ascites. Anasarca. Granular disease of kidney. Thickening of peritoneum Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Effusion (Lungs); Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys, peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of ascites & anasarca, of palpitation & great dyspnoea on taking any exertion. She stated that for two years she had suffered from dropsy of the belly’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845 Date of death: 24 Sep 1845 Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Effused blood into both cavities of pleura. Ruptured kidney. Effused blood behind peritoneum. Rupture of brain with effused blood into its substance. Effusion of blood into arachnoid cavity. Dislocation of hip-joint Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Effusion (Lungs, abdomen); Rupture (Kidneys, brain); Dislocation (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'A roll of lead had fallen upon this patient shortly before his admission, and knocked him through a trap door into a cellar. When admitted he was partially sensible but in a state of great collapse’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845 Date of death: 17 Oct 1845 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation & congestion of right lung. Adhesions of pleura on right side. Petechia on surface of body, on surface of heart, on surface of larynx &c Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs); Adhesions (Lungs); Purpura (Skin, heart, larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of pains & rigors succeeded by perspirations, which occurred every afternoon about five o’clock and lasted two hours. It appeared that in the year 1824 he had had the plague, and had frequently had ‘the fever’ with dysentery, as well as ague’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Oct 1845 Date of death: 12 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation & erysipelas. Circumscribed abscesses in anterior mediastinum and upon lumbar vertebrae. Extensive pleurisy. Chorea. Brain and spinal chord healthy Disease (standardised): Inflammation; Erysipelas (Skin); Abscess (Chest, spine); Pleurisy (Lungs); Chorea (Central nervous system) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with well-marked symptoms of chorea. Her mother gave the following history. At the age of 14, she began to menstruate and had enjoyed very good health up to April last, at which time she experienced a fright, which for about ten minutes rendered her incapable of either moving or speaking. In about a quarter of an hour she entirely regained her speech, but at the same time slight symptoms of chorea began to manifest themselves, both by the twitching of the muscles of the face and by some little involuntary movements in the upper extremities’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spinal chord
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Oct 1845 Date of death: 31 Jan 1846 Disease (transcribed): Bronchial glands scrofulous. One crude tubercle in right lung. Large quantities of scrofulous matter in the pelvic cellular tissue in the neighbourhood of the uterus itself and in the fallopian tubes. Lungs congested and in parts condensed. Old adhesions. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Pelvis); Tuberculosis (Uterus, Fallopian tubes); Disease (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted with an abscess on the foot of nine months standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Oct 1845 Date of death: 26 Nov 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn over the neck &c. Emphysema of both lungs to great extent Disease (standardised): Burn (Neck); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a burn extending over a great portion of the posterior part of the scalp, round the whole of the neck and over a portion of the chest. Some portions of the skin appeared to have perished, & others still retained their vasculatiry and were redder than natural. The accident was caused by the cap of the patient catching fire’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1845 Date of death: 12 Jan 1846 Disease (transcribed): Trismus. Pleuritis. Pericarditis. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Trismus (Jaw); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital complaining of pain in the face, chiefly the right side, inability to open the mouth, some difficulty in swallowing and a sense of stiffness in the back part of the neck. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and spinal chord Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1845 Date of death: 31 Dec 1845 Disease (transcribed): Thickened pleura with large effusion of lymph. Large effusion of fluid in cavity of pleura. Pneumonia. Heart dilated and soft. Specks of atheroma about aorta Disease (standardised): Disease (Lungs); Effusion (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atheroscelerotic (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted almost in a state of collapse. It appeared from his friends’ account that though not usually subject to cough, he had been complaining of cough & pain in the chest for about a fortnight, the pain being confined almost entirely to the right side, and having become much more severe within the last week’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Jan 1846 Date of death: 4 Jan 1846 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of Thigh. Delirium Tremens. Congestive pneumonia of both lungs. Calculi in Kidney. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain ); Pneumonia (Lung); Calculi (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: This patient had been an out patient for two weeks previous to his admission for a crush of the fingers. There was some redness and tumor of the entire left thigh. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and left thigh Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Jan 1846 Date of death: 9 Jan 1846 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Oedema of scalp. Congestion of brain. Effusion of fluid in sub arachnoid tissue. Puriform lymph in the pleurae and in the peritoneum. Lungs loaded with frothy serum. Slight hypertrophy of left ventricle. Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Oedema (Head); Congestion (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Lymph (Pleura); Lymph (Abdomen);Serum (Lungs) ; Disease (Heat) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a contused scalp wound on the upper and back part of the head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Jan 1846 Date of death: 20 Jan 1846 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Diffuse cellular inflammation of scalp and neck. Fracture of ribs. Pleurisy. Pericarditis. Viscera generally healthy in structure Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Inflammation (Head); Inflammation (Neck); Fracture (Ribs); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a state of intoxication, with a lacerated and contused wound about an inch long exposing the frontal bone, and several smaller wounds about the face and forehead. This was caused by a fall from a cab. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Jan 1846 Date of death: 2 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Oedema of lungs. Mottling degeneration of the kidneys. Congestion of liver. Oedema of inferior extremities Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Oedema (Leg) 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 had been suffering more or less during the last six months from general anasarca which at first was confined entirely to the inferior extremities, but as it gradually increased, involved all parts of the body. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Jan 1846 Date of death: 31 Jan 1846 Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed pleurisy. Old adhesions. Left lung compressed. Right lung loaded with frothy serum and much congested. Mucous membrane of a dark red colour. Specks of atheroma about aorta. Spleen soft and grumous Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Spleen) 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 stated that he had been in very indifferent health for four months, suffering almost constantly from pain in the limbs. About two months ago he ‘caught a severe cold’ and pain in the chest ensued. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Jan 1846 Date of death: 11 Mar 1846 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of right leg. Partial ankylosis of knee joints, with absorption of cartilages and softening of the extremities of the bones. Congestive pneumonia. Heart dilated and atrophied. Specks of atheroma in aorta. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg); Ankylosis (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted with rheumatic gout of the knee and elbow joints of ten years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremities Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Mar 1846 Date of death: 21 Dec 1846 Disease (transcribed): Old pleuritic adhesions. Scrofulous deposits in lungs. Diabetes. Foul sloughing cavity in right lung and sloughing pleura. Heart flabby. Kidneys coarse in structure. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Sloughing (Lung); Sloughing (Pleura); Disease (Heart);Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient was admitted presenting all the ordinary symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Apr 1846 Date of death: 23 Apr 1846 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Miliary tubercles. Ulceration of intestines. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient reported that he had been ill about six months, suffering almost constantly from diarrhoea with gradual wasting and extreme debility. His illness began with a fistula in ano. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a