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Mary Fawconer, 60, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1849
Date of death: 8 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart. Albuminurious urine
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Albuminuria

Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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: 'The body was not examined at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

William Bonnett, 37, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1848
Date of death: 15 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fever? Congestion of brain. Diseased heart
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Heart)
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 man was said to have been seized about 14 days before admission with shivering, diarrhoea & vomiting: the stools were dark & watery, & on previous evening, having been seized with pain of head & giddiness, he was bled with relief, and a blister applied to the nape of the neck’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sophia Lambert, 38, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1848
Date of death: 27 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Dilated heart, diseased mitral & aortic valves. Inflamed lungs
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart); Inflammation (Lungs)
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 first admitted into the hospital under the care of Dr Page on 30 August 1848 with general dropsy which was said to be of 9 weeks’ duration. The legs were very extensively anasarcous, the abdomen gave very distinct fluctuation and the right arm, & surface of chest on right side were also anasarcous. Compexion was very dusky. She had constant cough with purulent expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Warby, 43, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1849
Date of death: 4 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Congestion of membranes & substance of the brain. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Stroke (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Presenting the quick, agitated manner of delirium a potu, although not very incoherent. Answering questions readily, but when left to himself beginning to mutter, and soon becoming very talkative. His nights were sleepless’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Sharp, 42, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1849
Date of death: 8 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Semipurulent fluid in pleural cavity. Old adhesions. Hypertrophy & dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
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 had suffered from palpitation of heart for five years was admitted complaining of darting pain shooting through the praecordium to the back, with increased palpitation & shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Parsons, 73, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1849
Date of death: 10 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Heart hypertrophied & dilated, diseased mitral & aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
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 stated that he had been suffering 4 months from cough, dropsy & palpitation of the heart, that he caught cold lately in consequence of which his sufferings had become much increased, that previously he had enjoyed remarkably good health, and never had suffered from rheumatism of any sort. Both legs were considerably oedematous on admission and the abdomen was distended’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Hodges, 21, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1849
Date of death: 8 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Peri- & endo?carditis
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints); Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This young man presented on admission the appearance of rheumatism affecting the joints but not of an acute type. He was admitted in the evening, and before the hour of visit next day almost every trace of rheumatism had disappeared. He then presented a pale, bloodless, death-like aspect. His skin was universally cold, his hands & feet remarkably so, and had been still colder some time previously. He was pulseless, but perfectly rational & collected, rather inclined to doze, and making no complaint except of intense thirst’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, knee joints

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Stokes, 60, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1849
Date of death: 23 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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 was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

John Miller, 62, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1849
Date of death: 23 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Popliteal aneurism. Operation. Gangrene
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Knee); Operation; Gangrene

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient, a healthy-looking man of temperate habits, stated that on the 16th of October last he began to feel some pain at the inner side of his right knee. Two days after, while digging in a field, his foot slipped form the spade, causing him pain in the knee, but it lasted only a minute, & scarcely attracted his attention. He continued to work two days after this occurrence, but on the night of the 21st of October on retiring to bed he found his right foot & leg swelled’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Langham, 68, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1849
Date of death: 21 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Dilated & hypertrophied heart. Extensive pleural adhesions. Congested kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart, lungs, kidneys)
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 dropsy, which she stated had commenced in the ankles about 6 weeks before admission. Having been ailing for some years, she had latterly suffered form cough & shortness of breath, but had no previous symptoms of dropsy’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Sherwood, 52, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1849
Date of death: 12 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

William Bell, 40, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 15 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhoids, sloughing of the mucous membrane of the rectum. Liver large. Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Rectum, anus); Sloughing (Rectum); Disease (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with three large inflamed & strangulated piles, each of them rather bigger than a large nut, & formed by dilated haemorrhoidal veins with very little mucous membrane covering them. They had come down on the preceding day, accompanied by considerable haemorrhage from the bowel, and the spincter having closed around them he was prevented from getting them back. He was a stableman, debilitated & out of health & had suffered for two years from cough & many of the symptoms of advanced phthisis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Keep, 47, Distillery worker

Occupation or role: Distillery worker
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 20 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Abscesses & cysts in both kidneys. Abscess of the prostate communicating with the urethra. Extravasation of blood beneath mucous membrane of the bladder. Serous apoplexy. Wet brain
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Kidneys); Cyst (Kidneys); Abscess (Prostate); Extravasation (Bladder); Apoplexy (Brain); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'No distinct account could be elicited respecting the history of this patient’s complaint, but it appeared that for years he had at intervals experienced some difficulty in passing his urine for which the catheter had occasionally been employed. He had been a pretty free drinker, having been employed at a distillery, and in the beginning his complaint appears to have been occasional attacks of spasmodic stricture, but for the last four months there had been some permanent difficulty in micturition’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Hannah Musselwhite, 58, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1849
Date of death: 29 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied & dilated heart, diseased mitral & aortic valves. Anasarca. Pulmonary apoplexy. Congested liver & kidneys. Fibrous tumours of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Edema (Systemic); Stroke (Lungs); Congestion (Liver, kidneys); Tumour (Uterus)
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 stated that she had been ill 3 months with cold & cough & expectoration of a large quantity of frothy mucus, that the cough was now somewhat relieved, but she suffered much from shortness of breath, being unable to lye down in bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Stevens, 44, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1849
Date of death: 1 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage

Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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 was not examined at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Moat, 48, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1849
Date of death: 12 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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 was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

William Henry Wise, 49, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1849
Date of death: 10 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Extravasation of blood in the third & fourth ventricles. Heart hypertrophied. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Extravasation (Heart); Disease (Heart, 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 man was brought to the hospital in a stated of complete unconsciousness. His friends stated that he had been complaining of headache & giddiness for 3 or 4 days previous, but had been able to continue at work till just before his admission, when he complained that the pain had become much more severe; he then began to scream out, became delirious and struggled a a good deal, after which he soon became insensible, and was immediately brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Nathaniel Vincent, 33, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1849
Date of death: 22 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Congenital malformation of the heart. Calcarous deposit in aortic semilunar valves. Atrophied muscular walls. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Stroke (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of pain of abdomen, referred chiefly to right side, which had existed during 5 months, generally acoompanied by pain of head, & constipation of bowels. Appeared a good deal depressed, said he felt very languid: complexion sallow, conjunctive yellowish’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Hockley, 41, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1849
Date of death: 23 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. False membrane on the internal surface of the arachnoid. Extravasation of blood in the arachnoid cavity. Adhesion between false membrane & visceral arachnoid. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); False membrane (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Meningitis (Brain)
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 man had been in attendance as an OP [out-patient] for upwards of 6 weeks and had been at the hospital for a fresh supply of medicine the same morning. He had applied to Dr Pitman [Henry Pitman] merely with cough & sore throat, and while under his care had an attack of haemoptysis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Bishop, 44, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1849
Date of death: 29 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Meningeal apoplexy. Blood effused beneath the arachnoid & pia mater. Atheromarous deposit in the arteries of the brain & in the aorta
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta, brain)
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, a single woman, who gained her livelihood by needlework, was admitted complaining of headache, dizziness & general debility. She presented a pale, sallow complexion, was somewhat emaciated & confessed that for some time back, she had not had sufficient nourishment’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Reynolds, 25, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1849
Date of death: 24 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied & dilated heart, disease of the mitral & aortic valves. Congested lungs. Pulmonary apoplexy. Nutmeg liver. Congested kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lungs); Stroke (Lungs); Disease (Liver); Congestion (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 stated that he had been out of health more than 6 months, that his legs & scrotum had been very much swelled, but this symptom had diminished; that he had suffered from palpitation of heart & cough, and on 16th inst he had brought up some blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Hine, 48, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1849
Date of death: 29 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Extravasation of blood in the right lateral ventricle. Optic thalamus broken up, & the corpus striatum displaced
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Injury (Brain)
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 was brought to the hospital having fallen down in a fit, in which he had been quite unconscious, but was not convulsed, and was found to have lost the use of his left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Hannah White, 38, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1849
Date of death: 20 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the mitral and tricuspid valves. Lungs, liver & kidneys congested. Oedema of the lower extremities
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lungs, liver, kidneys); Edema (Legs)
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 with considerable oedema of the lower extremities of about 14 days’ or 3 weeks’ duration. She was complaining of cough with considerable amount of dyspnoea & palpitation of the heart. She had had an attack of acute rheumatism when fourteen years of age, which had confined her to bed nearly 3 months, and a recurrence of it January last’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Longman, 45, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1849
Date of death: 1 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Atrophy of the aortic semilunar valves. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Atrophy (Aorta); Stroke (Lungs)
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 man dated his illness as being only of 13 months’ duration, having commenced as he alleged with cold, cough & frothy expectoration. He had formerly led a dissipated life, but not latterly, and had had no serious illness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Michael Collins, 16, Sailor

Occupation or role: Sailor
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1849
Date of death: 4 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Extensive peritonitis. Pleurisy. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart)
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 lad was brought to the hospital on the evening of the 3rd Dec apparently in the last stage of acute peritonitis, suffering intense pain in the abdomen aggravated on the very lightest touch, with a scarcely perceptible pulse, and in a condition quite beyond the power of any mode of treatmentn to alleviate. No distinct account could be obtained of the cause or commencement of his present illness. He was a sailor having just returned fromm sea, and there was a report of a hurt, accidental or otherwise, on the lower part of the abdomen, the exact nature of which could not be made out’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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