Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Mar 1845 Date of death: 18 Apr 1845 Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed empyema, left side. Old adhesions, right side. Bronchitis & pneumonia. Slight thickening of the valves on the left side. Heart with atheromatous deposit in the aorta. Old peritonitis. Tubercular matter in kidneys etc Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Medical notes: 'Stated that during the last eight months he had suffered from constant and violent cough, attended by profuse expectoration, and night sweats. That he had lately become extremely shortbreathed and unable to take any exercise, or make the slightest exertion, and that he was in consequence very weak & languid’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 May 1849 Date of death: 14 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Atrophied & granular degeneration of the kidneys. Wet brain. Cysts in both ovaries Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, brain); Cyst (Ovaries) 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 had been under the care of Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] about 2 months previously, when she appeared to be in a cachectic state, with sallow complexion, confined bowels, bilious vomiting & headache. She complained of continual noise in her head, and always said that she felt she should go out of her mind. She left the hospital considerably relieved, but was unable to return to her work. She was brought to the hospital with a report that she had had a fit on the previous day, in which she had become quite unconscious, and since that had been violently delirious’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852 Date of death: 25 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart and valves. Extravasated blood in the substance of the lungs. Fibrinous deposits in the spleen. Softening of the structure of the uterus with gangrenous state of its mucous membrane Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Lung); Fibrin (Spleen); Softening (Uterus); Gangrene (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The patient stated that she had been occasionally dropsical in the legs for several years. Two months before her last confinement, which occurred five weeks before admission, her legs had again begun to swell. 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: 28 February 1844 Date of death: 2 May 1844 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy and ascites. Subperitoneal cellular tissue of the liver very much thickened; liver compressed but not otherwise diseased. Mottled Kidneys. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Compressed (Liver); Mottled (Kidney); Hypertrophy (Heart) 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 with ascites and anasarca of two months standing apparently dependent upon a diseased state of the kidneys. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 May 1849 Date of death: 19 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Abscess in right kidney. Circumscribed abscess in peritoneal cavity. Left kidney enormously hypertrophied. Tuberculosis of the peritoneum. Extensive peritonitis. Scrotal hernia Disease (standardised): Abscess (Kidneys, peritoneum); Disease (Kidneys); Tuberculosis (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Hernia (Scrotum) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert and Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a scrotal hernia of the left side of 17 years’ duration, never wholly reducible. He had always worn a truss which had prevented the hernia increasing in size until the 3rd of May, when he observed it rather larger than usual, but free form pain. In the evening of the 3rd he had vomiting once, & the bowels acted scantily on the following morning; & then, not again till the evening of the 7th, by injection’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 71 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 May 1850 Date of death: 18 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Large heart. Right kidney hypertrophied and congested. Left kidney atrophied. Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Kidney) 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 patient had considerable congestion of the face and difficulty of breathing. He stated that his present illness had began at Christmas last, with cough, shortness of breath and his legs had begun to swell. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851 Date of death: 22 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Heart enlarged. Dilatation of its cavities & hypertrophy of left ventricle. Calcareous deposits on aortic & mitral valve flaps. Old double pleurisy. Recent pleurisy on right side. Disease of kidneys. Atheroma of aorta Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones [Henry Bence Jones] in November 1850, complaining of cough & ‘stoppage of the breath’ which had then lasted more than a month. His general health continued good, and he had no previous illness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851 Date of death: 27 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Gouty with anasarca. Liver very granular, peritoneum thickened. Kidneys somewhat altered. No albumin in urine. Heart flaccid, atheromatous & calcareous deposits. Fibrous tumours of uterus Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver, peritoneum, kidneys, heart); Tumour (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'An elderly woman who had never borne children, was admitted with great enlargement of the abdomen & swelling of the legs. It appeared that she had suffered from cough for some years, which had become unusually severe since last Xmas, accompanied by much dyspnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Mar 1841 Date of death: 10 Jun 1841 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles and emphysema of the lung. Tubercles in the kidneys Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Kidneys) 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, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 May 1849 Date of death: 24 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Tubercular deposit, & ulceration of the intestines. Liver large. Kidneys granular Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Deposit (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Liver, kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'Appearing much out of health, with an expression of considerable anxiety, the surface was marked especially the arms with small brownish spots, where she said small sores had been. She was considerably emaciated, but stated that she had no night sweats. She reported that she had been travelling in a 3rd class carriage on 24th December, and during the journey caught so severe a cold that she was unable to articulate when she reached her destination’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
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: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Apr 1841 Date of death: 14 Jun 1841 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Cicatrices in the lung. Granular degeneration of the kidney Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Cicatrix (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) 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: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Jun 1850 Date of death: 30 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hereditary gout. Recent pleurisy and pneumonia. Large heart. Lithate of soda on valves. Specks of [lithate of soda] in larynx. Large deposits in joints Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Gout (Joints); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Deposits (Larynx) 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 patient had been in the Hospital about five years previously labouring under gout with albuminous urine. He applied on the present occasion for admission in consequence of epistaxis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen and joints Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 May 1841 Date of death: 16 Jun 1841 Disease (transcribed): Mottled and granular degeneration of the kidneys. Left lung gorged with blood at its posterior part Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Effusion (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'This patient previous to her death had well marked symptoms of apoplexy, stertorous breathing etc’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Apr 1853 Date of death: 18 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous tubercles in brain, lungs, kidney, uterus, spine Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Uterus); Tuberculosis (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This girl dated her illness from suppression of menstruation four months previously during the whole of which period she had suffered more or less from pain in the abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 64 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Jun 1850 Date of death: 3 Jul 1850 Disease (transcribed): Purulent pneumonia of upper lobe of right lung. Emphysema. Coarse kidneys Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
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 woman was reported to have been met with some ill usage. On the 17th she had been been brought down in the in the street, had her hand cut, and still bore the remains if a black eye on her admission. She said that she had been out of sorts ever since. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Dec 1855 Date of death: 29 May 1856 Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Diseased Kidneys Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: During the autumn he had been a patient of Dr Nairne for dropsy and albuminuria. After being under treatment a long time, he went out on family business and caught a severe chill which much aggravated all his symptoms. In addition to the anasarca he had a severe cough and the heart's action was found greatly increased. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852 Date of death: 11 May 1852 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys and heart. Soft lacerable state of the lungs and old pleural adhesions. Recent lymph in the pericardium. Fluid state of the blood Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Softening (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Lymph (Heart); Fluid (Blood) 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 had been subject to cough and shortness of breathing some two years past, but the symptoms of dropsy had only occurred about a fortnight before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852 Date of death: 15 May 1852 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied heart. Diseased kidneys. Atheroma of aorta. Old double pleural adhesions. Cheese like scrofulous matter in apices of both lungs Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Adhesions (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: He was in the hospital for a short period last August with swelled leg. Despite treatment e was never entirely free from dropsy, but of late the swelling had much increased. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 May 1846 Date of death: 23 May 1846 Disease (transcribed): Universal anasarca. Great dilatation of heart. Valves healthy. Kidneys granular. Disease (standardised): Oedema (Universal); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: It appeared that in November the patient began to suffer from palpitation and dyspnoea, increased by exercise, but not accompanied by pain , when taking a deep inspiration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 67 Date of admission: 29 Mar 1854 Date of death: 5 May 1854 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Hydrothorax. Cardiac & renal disease. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Hydrothorax (Pleura); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This old man stated that he had been subject to cough for 20 years, but had not had a worse attack for 3 months than he ever remembered before’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 May 1843 Date of death: 15 Jun 1843 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of both ovaries. Disease (standardised): Abscess (Ovary) 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: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Mar 1852 Date of death: 17 May 1852 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the brain, kidneys and lungs with vomicae, also in the absorbent glands. Double pleuritic adhesions Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He stated that his illness had commenced about five months previously with cold in the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Mar 1845 Date of death: 21 May 1845 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of the head & neck, with suppuration in the neighbourhood of the parotid gland. Inflammation & gangrene of a portion of the right lung. Mottling degeneration of the kidneys. General dropsy Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Suppuration (Salivary glands); Inflammation (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic) 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 stated that seven years ago while in the enjoyment of good health, and never having suffered from headache, she was suddenly taken with great pain in the head, and loss of power over the right side, but that at no time did she lose her senses, and the sensation in the parts affected remained unimpaired’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, left ear, neck, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 May 1843 Date of death: 17 Jun 1843 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Inflammation of the Pelvis of both Kidneys. Disease (standardised): Oedema (Indeterminate); Inflammation (Kidney) 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: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a