Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Apr 1848 Date of death: 23 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the liver. Pneumonia. Cartilaginous deposits under pleura. Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Pneumonia (Lung); Cartilaginous deposits (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The cornea had a yellow tinge and he complained of sickness and pain in the right hypochondrium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 May 1848 Date of death: 8 Jun 1848 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of face. Sloughing of sub mucous cellular tissue of tongue. Fracture of leg and union Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Sloughing (Tongue); Fracture (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient having been admitted under the care of Mr Cutler with simple fracture of right leg, was transferred to Dr Page. He had complained of soreness of throat, with difficulty of swallowing and tenderness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, fauces, thorax, abdomen and lower extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 57 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 May 1848 Date of death: 17 Jun 1848 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the stomach Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history of this case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Jun 1848 Date of death: 22 Jun 1848 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Small ulceration of bowel. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The patient stated that he had been suffering chiefly from pain in the stomach and abdomen, which was so severe that he was scarcely able to sit up. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Jul 1848 Date of death: 9 Jul 1848 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Miliary tubercles in both lungs and emphysema. Slight ulceration of bowels. Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: The patient was unable to give any account of herself and was lying in a half unconscious state. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jun 1848 Date of death: 19 Jul 1848 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of intestines. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This patient was seized before admission with shiverings, pains in the limbs, and other ordinary symptoms of continued fever. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Jun 1848 Date of death: 28 Jul 1848 Disease (transcribed): Dysentery Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This patient having been admitted under the care of the surgeon with simple fracture of the tibia was transferred to Dr Wilson having been attacked with diarrhoea accompanied by some pain in the abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 69 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jun 1848 Date of death: 30 Jul 1848 Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of oesophagus Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Oesophagus) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This patient stated that his illness commenced with an occasional sensation of choking after taking food. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, neck and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Policeman Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Aug 1848 Date of death: 28 Aug 1848 Disease (transcribed): Dysentery Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: Having got thoroughly wet through on duty, he was seized with pains in the bowels and tendency to diarrhoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 59 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Sep 1848 Date of death: 9 Sep 1848 Disease (transcribed): Fever after recovery from dysentery Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Dysentery (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This man had been admitted into the hospital on the 28th July last with dysentery of only a few days duration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Aug 1848 Date of death: 17 Sep 1848 Disease (transcribed): Enlarged liver Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This woman applied for admission because of a tumour which she had observed during the last two months, occupying some portion of the right hypochondrium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Sep 1848 Date of death: 20 Sep 1848 Disease (transcribed): Peritoneal inflammation. Faecal abscess. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Abdomen); Abscess (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient’s illness was said to have commenced in consequence of exposure to cold while menstruating. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Nov 1848 Date of death: 26 Nov 1848 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: Admitted with ascites said to have commenced about six weeks ago without oedema of the ankles. He had suffered three or four months from cough and spitting. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Top sawyer Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Nov 1848 Date of death: 1 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): General dropsy. Peritonitis. Ulcerated encephaloid of oesophagus. Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cancer (Oesophagus) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles Medical notes: This man stated that three weeks ago his ankles began to swell without any cause, and later his abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Dec 1848 Date of death: 27 Dec 1848 Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever. Purpura. Haemorrhage from the bowels. Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Purpura (Skin); Haemorrhage (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: It appeared that this person, having been ailing more or less for a fortnight, was seized with shivering and an eruption had appeared with a sore throat. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, oesophagus and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Jan 1849 Date of death: 7 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Ascites Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum) 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 presented on admission the appearance of jaundice, aggravated by a considerable amount of delirium. He was reported by his friend to have been during 30 years a man of most dissipated habits, drinking regularly for some time past 3 bottles of gin daily and occasionally reaching 5. He had however not suffered under any severe illness, with the exception of having had one or two attacks of delirium tremens’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Nov 1848 Date of death: 12 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidneys. Congestion of liver. Congestion & softening of brain Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Congestion (Liver, brain); Softening (Brain) 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 was admitted with considerable anasarca & ascites. She stated that she had suffered for 2 years past from shortness of breath. Dropsy commenced in the legs 3 months ago, abdomen swelled soon after. [She] had been confined to bed ever since’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jul 1848 Date of death: 12 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the pyloric end of the stomach Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach) 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 patient presented on admission a most unusual condition of anaemia, having been twice in the hospital previously, when no evidence of organic disease was obtained. He stated that he had never lost blood either by vomiting or stool. His appetite has occasionally been very capricious. His chief complaint has always been of weakness, and he gained both flesh & strength each time that he was under treatment, continuing however nearly as sallow as before’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Dec 1848 Date of death: 21 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver. General anasarca Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Liver); Edema (Systemic) 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 was originally admitted under Dr Nairne’s [Robert Nairne] care on the 28th June 1848, continuing in the hospital till the 11th December when he was made OP [out-patient]. When he first presented himself for admission he stated that the dropsy had commenced in his ankles a fortnight previously, that his abdomen had been swelled for a longer period but he could not state exactly how long’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jan 1849 Date of death: 31 Jan 1849 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Blind fistula. Peritoneal inflammation. Ulceration of ileum Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Fistula; Inflammation (Peritoneum); 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: 'Was admitted under the care of the surgeon with fistula in ano, for the purpose of operation. He was sent on the 26th to see the physician to enquire into the state of his chest, when he was found to have had cough & shortness of breath for some time [and] to be much emaciated, with night-sweats, and all the ordinary symptoms of phthisis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Jan 1849 Date of death: 2 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Ulceration of mucous membrane of caecum & colon. Congested liver & spleen Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Ulcer (Caecum, colon); Congestion (Liver, spleen) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'When admitted this patient presented a most remarkably yellow colour of skin, with a few petechial spots of a haemorrhagic character in the legs which did not disappear on pressure’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Feb 1849 Date of death: 18 Feb 1849 Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammation of the stomach, ulceration & hypertrophy. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Stomach); Ulcer (Stomach); Disease (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 stated that he had two years ago suffered a good deal of pain at the pit of the stomach; but his health had been pretty well re-established until 4 months ago when he was again seized with pain of stomach & vomited a quantity of blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Jan 1848 Date of death: 13 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca. Cirrhosis of the liver. Fatty degeneration of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidneys) 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 had first suffered from swelling of the feet & ankles about 6 months before admission. It had only been occasional, and had not caused him much trouble until 3[?] months ago since which it had increased very much, & had never left him. The abdomen also about this time began to swell. He stated that he had for some years been subject to palpitation of heart & shortness of breath, but had never had rheumatism; latterly he had suffered from pain across the loins. He had at one time been of rather dissipated habits’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
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
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Feb 1849 Date of death: 23 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Pulmonary emphysema. Hypertrophied heart. Atheroma deposited in coronary arteries. Congested liver. Granular kidney Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Coronary arteries); Disease (Liver, kidneys) 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 patient who was a large muscular man, stated that he had first suffered form swelling of the ankle 2 months ago, but that under treatment this had been relieved, and the dropsy had again returned about 3 or 4 weeks before his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen