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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1857
Date of death: 23 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian cyst. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman had been in the hospital twelve different times for ovarian dropsy, and each time paracentesis was performed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1853
Date of death: 6 Sep 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous peritonitis. Old cretaceous deposit in the lungs. Fibrin in the pericardium. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Deposits (Lung); Fibrin (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman stated that she had menstruated regularly until last May, but since the commencement of this illness they had not reappeared.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 May 1846
Date of death: 6 Jun 1846
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis of a very low character. Heart dilated and thin. Other viscera healthy.
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of pain in the loins extending up the back to the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Aug 1856
Date of death: 14 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This girl stated that she was in good health until nine days ago; when without any very obvious cause she was taken with violent abdominal pain and retching. The next day the belly and legs began to swell and she complained of a tingling sensation in the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1853
Date of death: 23 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Diseased lungs (tissue of lungs compressed). Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'With a very blue dusky skin, and great oppression of breathin, swelled legs, severe cough & very abundant symptoms, she stated that she had been long subject to cough, but had now been very seriously ill for upwards of 3 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1852
Date of death: 24 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis with ulcerative perforation of the small intestine. Faeces in the abdominal sac. Large cyst containing recent as well as long standing extravasation of blood within the broad ligament of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Cysts (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient was first admitted on the 4th February with what appeared to be local peritonitis attended by very severe pain at the lower part of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1852
Date of death: 28 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extensive pleurisy on left side. Slight on the right. Consolidated lung from pressure and displacement of the heart. The operation of the paracentesis thoracis had been resorted to
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Consolidated (Lung); Displacement (Heart); Paracentesis (Thorax)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient said she had been suffering from cough three years, which had been much worse lately and was accompanied by weakness and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1859
Date of death: 30 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Peritonitis. Atrophy of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Atrophy (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old woman began to experience swelling of the legs about Christmas ‘58. The symptom lasted about three weeks and then disappeared until the following August’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1857
Date of death: 13 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian tumour. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Her health had been quite food until two years ago when she felt pain in the right side of the abdomen which was soon succeeded by swelling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Draper
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1861
Date of death: 11 Sep 1861
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular Peritonitis. Faecal vomiting. Communication between caecum and duodenum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Vomiting (Stomach); Communication (Intestines);

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for month before admission. He had been suffering from diarrhoea and pains in the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1852
Date of death: 30 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Hydatids of the liver and omentum. Bile tinged condition of various fluids. Peritoneal inflammation preceded death
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Echinococcosis (Liver); Echinococcosis (Intestines); Inflammation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient stated that jaundice had been gradually coming on for seven weeks, but had during the last few days become much more marked.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1846
Date of death: 8 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Old pleuritis. Tubercular deposits in both lungs and bronchial glands. Acute pericarditis. Ascites, with opaque tubercles in sub peritoneal cellular tissue. Kidneys congested and mucous membrane inflamed. Inflamed condition of mucous membrane of bladder.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Congestion (Kidney);Inflammation (Kidney) ; Inflammation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient stated that some five months ago he caught cold, accompanied by expectoration and some little pain in the chest ensued, and has continued more or less ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1846
Date of death: 11 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Peritonitis. Faecal abscess in cavity of peritoneum with ulceration of intestines.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Abscess (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared that the patient was suddenly seized with severe pain in the bowels and violent sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1855
Date of death: 19 Dec 1855
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Heart and Kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A week before admission her legs began to swell and she suffered from giddiness and tinnitus with occasional numbness of the hands. She also complained of slight cough and fluttering in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1860
Date of death: 20 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dropsy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A clerk. When 7 years ago he had scarlatina and never was well afterwards, being ‘delicate’ and subject to superficial abscesses, but he never, as far as he knew, had any trace of dropsy until the end of January of the present year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Agricultural labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 May 1859
Date of death: 31 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He began to suffer from pain in the chest and slight cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1852
Date of death: 20 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema pulmonum with old cretaceous deposits and bronchitis. White patch on heart. Thick and opaque capsule of liver. Cysts in fallopian tubes and local peritonitis. Fibrous uterine tumours
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Cretaceous deposits (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Cysts (Fallopian tubes);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with cough and shortness of breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1847
Date of death: 06 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Perforation of both corneae from sloughing. Considerable slough on the sacrum. Blood fluid. Ascites and effusion of lymph. Contracted liver. Gall bladder much distended.
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Perforation (Eye); Sloughing (Eye); Sloughing (Spine); Ascites (Abdomen); Effusion (Abdomen);Disease (Liver) ; Distended (Gall bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in an almost moribund state. She had been ailing it appeared between two or three months, suffering from dyspepsia in an aggravated form.
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: 12 May 1852
Date of death: 15 Jun 1852
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous deposits in the liver, ovaries and pleura. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Ovaries); Cancer (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: She reported that a tumour had first been observed to the right of and below the umbilicus two months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1858
Date of death: 29 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the intestines. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman was originally admitted on the 31st March for ‘dyspepsia’ but after being in the house a very short time was sent out & made an out-patient. She again applied for admission on 21st April much enfeebled, pale & very emaciated about the face & neck. There was also an unhealthy tinge of the complexion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1851
Date of death: 20 Sep 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Scrofulous deposits in most of the lymphatic glands of the abdomen & thorax, also under the mucous membrane of the ileum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Deposit (Abdomen, thorax, intestines)

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'A very cachectic & rather emaciated child, with swollen cheeks, rather brilliant eyes, & long eye lashes, but of a very dark complexion & black hair, was brought to the hospital with the report that she had been out of health more or less for 3 months, with irregularity of bowels, & want of appetite, with loss of strength, but that 3 weeks ago her abdomen had begun to swell, and she had complained of almost constantly of pain in the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1850
Date of death: 26 Feb 1850
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles with softening of the brain. Extravasation of blood. Effusion in ventricles. Tubercles in lungs and pleura, in peritoneum and viscera of abdomen
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Effusion (Brain ); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen) ;
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: The child of a nurse at the Hospital, who had not been aware of the severity of the attack until the previous day. She stated that the child had always been delicate and subject to coughs and colds.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1851
Date of death: 8 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tumour at the lower part of the abdomen, disappearing greatly before death. Pelvic peritonitis & two collections of purulent fluid with form parietes within the pelvis found in communication with the lower part of colon & rectum
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Pelvis); Suppuration (Pelvis, colon, rectum)

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This woman stated that her illness had begun very suddenly with pain in the abdomen, & especially on the right side, a month before her admission. She had never been free from pain since, and very soon after it had commenced the abdomen had begun to swell. The catamenia [menstruation] had been quite regular up to the last occasion before her illness began’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, cranium, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1849
Date of death: 30 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Lateral curvature of the spine. General anasarca. Lungs healthy. Extravasation of blood on the surface of the heart. Ascites. Congestion of the liver. Cysts in both kidneys
Disease (standardised): Spinal curvatures (Spine); Edema (Systemic); Extravasation (Heart); Ascites (Peritoneum); Congestion (Liver); Cyst (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, who was a good deal deformed by lateral curvature owing, as she stated, to an accident 5 or 6 years before, had suffered from swelled legs more or less for the previous 12 months. After childbirth in August last she also observed that her abdomen was more prominent than natural & she had increased in size up to her admission. She had long suffered from shortness of breath & palpitations of heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1849
Date of death: 2 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hepatization of the lower lobes of both lungs. Heart healthy. Ascites. Peritoneal adhesions. Congested liver
Disease (standardised): Hepatisation (Lungs); Ascites (Peritoneum); Congestion (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Some four or five weeks after her last confinement this patient had an attack of what she was told was inflammation of the liver, attended with severe pain especially on the right side of the abdomen. She had had an ordinary labour, and had got about again well’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a