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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1853
Date of death: 23 Oct 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phagadaenic ulceration of the superficial structures of the thigh. Stomach distended with dark offensive fluid
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Distention (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been thrown off a horse which he was exercising in Hyde Park.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Laundry worker
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1853
Date of death: 12 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Obliteration of the common choledic duct
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Obliteration (Common bile duct)
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 woman whose occupation was in the laundry and admitted that she had taken beer rather freely, was admitted with very deep coloured jaundice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1856
Date of death: 10 Oct 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the Stomach
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: For a long time this woman had been subject to indigestion which had been worse during the last three months. The bowels had been confined for sixteen days before admission and she had constant vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1855
Date of death: 17 Nov 1855
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman had enjoyed good health until five months ago when she began to experience pain in the left iliac region. She then noticed some lumps in that part, which increased rapidly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1852
Date of death: 16 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Chronic abscess in the right lobe of the liver
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver)
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 woman stated that she had first observed a swelling in the right side of the abdomen three months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1849
Date of death: 29 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the intestine. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): 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 patient, who was considerably emaciated, and appeared much out of health, stated that she had been suffering from diarrhoea for upwards of a month. She was not conscious of passing blood at ay time by the bowels’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 May 1853
Date of death: 21 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Typhus fever. Ulceration of caecum. Ovarian cyst containing brain
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Teratoma (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: She had been taken ill with shivering, headache, much thirst and great feeling of weakness and depression.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1849
Date of death: 8 Jul 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Enlarged bronchial glands. Heart healthy. Extensive ulceration of the small & commencement of the large intestine. Enlarged mesenteric glands
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlargement (Mesenteric glands)
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 girl had been in the hospital 8 or 9 months previously with dropsy consequent on scarlet fever, from which she had completely recovered before leaving, but she had suffered more or less ever since from diarrhoea. The abdomen had been swelled & very tender for several weeks, and she said the legs had also been swelled, but were not so on admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1849
Date of death: 17 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Cirrhosis of the liver, with diminished weight of the organs. Fibrous patch on the heart, & on the capsule of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart, spleen)
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 that dropsy had appeared in his left ankle about 2 months before admission, his right leg had subsequently swelled & then the abdomen. For ten days past he had cough & spitting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Date of admission: 24 May 1854
Date of death: 12 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of the intestinal canal. Disease of the ovaries
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Disease (Ovary)
Admitting doctor: Lee, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Dickinson, William Howship and Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was a widow, the mother of two children. Her illness began about five years ago, when she found a small swelling in the right side of the hypogastric regions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Housepainter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1856
Date of death: 14 Oct 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of Liver. Granulated disease of the Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been ill only ten days. He attributed the pain he first felt in the lower part of his abdomen to cold. It gradually got worse and ended in a dropsical state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1849
Date of death: 15 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the stomach. Circumscribed abscess in peritoneal cavity. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Abscess (Peritoneum); Pleurisy (Lungs)
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 stated that she had been taken suddenly ill on the 3rd inst with pain in the stomach & sickness, the bowels were confined for two or three days but she had been under treatment and they were then relaxed. She complained of acute pain in the left hypochondrium which was aggravated on the slightest pressure’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1853
Date of death: 3 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Followed by sloughing of the intestines and discharge of faecal matter into the peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Sloughing (Intestines); Faecal discharge (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted during the evening with strangulated hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 April 1855
Date of death: 9 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction from band of omentum
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman stated on admission that she was always strong and well until six weeks ago when she caught a bad cold and did not keep within doors long enough, the weather at that time being very severe. She was soon attacked with violent pain in the bowels and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1848
Date of death: 22 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Imperforate anus. Retention of faeces.
Disease (standardised): Imperforate (Anus); Retention of faeces (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The history of this case is not given as the body was not examined.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1853
Date of death: 23 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Disease of the kidneys. Ascites. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (General)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A man of rather full habits, with general dropsy and considerable discolouration of the skin of the face, neck and lips.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Sep 1853
Date of death: 30 Sep 1853
Disease (transcribed): Old ulceration. Cicatrization of the stomach. Pyloric orifices contracted. Dilatation of stomach
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Indeterminate); Cicatrization (Stomach); Contraction (Stomach); Dilatation (Stomach)
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 admitted complaining of constant vomiting with a weak and frequent pulse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1855
Date of death: 2 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Pharyngitis. Laryngitis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Pharyngitis (Pharynx); Laryngitis (Larynx); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted complaining of sore throat, for which he was put under the charge of the surgeon as there was some obscure history of syphilis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1853
Date of death: 16 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Pneumonia. Fluid blood. Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Fluid (Blood); 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: This man was admitted in a very advanced state of fever and was said to have been ill for five weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1852
Date of death: 28 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Ascites (Abdomen); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: An Irish labourer who thought himself a sober man, but acknowledged that he sometimes exceeded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 31 May 1854
Date of death: 17 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Haematemesis
Disease (standardised): Haematemesis (Gastrointestinal tract)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient presented a very anaemic and rather sallow aspect. He stated that he was in the first instance attacked by vomiting of blood 2 years before when he had brought up at successive periods within a few days as much as 8 pints of blood. He had never been well since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1854
Date of death: 25 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man had had some diarrhoea on the 17th, supposed to be in consequence of eating some fruit at dinner, but he had felt pretty well until the afternoon of his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1849
Date of death: 14 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Cholera maligna
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Cholera (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body at the request of the friends was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a