Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Feb 1841 Date of death: 17 Feb 1841 Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of the heart. Apoplexy of lung Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Stroke (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Hope, James 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
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Feb 1841 Date of death: 14 Mar 1841 Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of ascending aorta Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Hope, James 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: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Apr 1841 Date of death: 4 May 1841 Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of left ventricle. Softening of heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Softening (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James 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: [No occupation stated] Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 May 1841 Date of death: 31 May 1841 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Effusion of blood in pleura and pericardium. Liver granular. Ascites Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura, pericardium); Disease (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum) 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
Inscription on flyleaf: ‘[?] Multon[?] by J. Morgan Esq. [?] 27 April 1857’. Manuscript otes on the life of James Hope inside the back cover (unsigned, undated).
Full title: ‘A Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart and Great Vessels, and on the Affections which may be mistaken for them: comprising the author’s view of the physiology of the heart’s action and sounds, as demonstrated by his experiments on the motions and souns in 1830, and on the sounds in 1834-5’ Third edition