Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851 Date of death: 1 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Albuminous urine. Ascites. Dyspnoea. Palpitation. Convulsions. Clot in the ventricles and left optic thalamus of the brain. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Dyspnoea (Lung); Palpitation (Heart); Seizures (Brain); Thrombosis (Brain);Disease (Kidneys) 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 was admitted with considerable anasarca. It appeared that his legs had first begun to swell about twelve months before, and latterly also his abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Dec 1854 Date of death: 3 Jan 1855 Disease (transcribed): Pleuro Pneumonia. Stricture of the Urethra Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung, Pleura); Constriction (Urethra) 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 stated that he had been ill only about a week with cough and cold and pain in the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bricklayer Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Oct 1869 Date of death: 2 Jan 1870 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Small round celled sarcoma – glioma – involving the medulla oblongata and cervical region of the spinal cord – large cavity in the centre of the cord. Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Sarcoma (Spinal Cord); Cavity (Spinal cord) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The patient applied to the Hospital as an outpatient and was treated for lead palsy which affected his hands. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and spinal cord Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851 Date of death: 6 Jan 1852 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of intestines. Congestion of the lungs. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung) 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 was admitted with the ordinary history and symptoms of fever. He had been ill a week and confined to bed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 74 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Dec 1880 Date of death: 9 Jan 1881 Disease (transcribed): Left pleuritis. Granular & cystic degeneration of kidneys Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Evans, Arthur Owen and Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel and Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'No known family diseases. Was never before laid up with illness. Violent attacks of cough began about a month ago, with copious thick greyish expectoration, & sweating' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 2 years 6 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Jan 1855 Date of death: 14 Jan 1855 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Lobular Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: At the time of admission the child's skin was dusky and beginning to get cold, and the lungs were entirely obstructed. The mother reported that the child had always been delicate and had had a cough for some weeks. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 33 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Jan 1864 Date of death: 7 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 4 ½ Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Mar 1881 Date of death: 25 Mar 1881 Disease (transcribed): Membranous disease of the fauces & airpassages Disease (standardised): Disease (Throat) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'He attended as out-patient in Sep-Oct 1879 for convulsions which ceased after a vermifuge. No previous attack of croupous symptoms. He has had a slight dry cough for a month which has been growing upon him. A fortnight before admission he stopped going to school. Medical advice was taken then and on March 21 he was so far recovered as to be allowed out of doors. The cough recurred and on 22nd his medical attendant reports a patch of exudation visible on each tonsil' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Air passages, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1877 Date of death: 19 Mar 1877 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular and caseous pneumonia; ulcers of large bowel. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: Since early in 1875 he had not been free from cough. He spat a little, but there was no unusual dyspnoea, nor did the sputa even contain blood. About the same time began a looseness of the bowels. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and intestine Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 May 1848 Date of death: 18 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of brain and membranes. Pneumonia and hepatisation of lung. Scrofulous bronchial glands. Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung) 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 was said to have been taken ill with severe pain in the head, delirium, and occasionally very noisy and troublesome. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Messenger Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Mar 1876 Date of death: 3 Apr 1876 Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the lungs. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This man said he had been in good health until three weeks before his admission, since when he had had cough, spitting and gradually increasing dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 19 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Apr 1848 Date of death: 18 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with abscess in lung. Pleuritis. Ascites. Anasarca. Fluid blood. Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This patient stated that she she had enjoyed very good health up to twelve months ago, when the catamenia seemed to decrease in quantity, and finally disappeared entirely in the course of two or three months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Mar 1877 Date of death: 21 Mar 1877 Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Pleurisy. Emphysema Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Emphysema (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: This case was not seen by the Registrar. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and douglas' pouch Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 58 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Mar 1851 Date of death: 16 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): 'Granular disease’ of the kidney. Double pleurisy. Heart with dilated cavities, also thickening of flaps of the aortic & mitral valves, with mitral orifice contraction. ‘White patch’ on heart’s surface Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
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, who had borne a very large family, stated that she had been subject to cough for 2 or 3 winters, which had been worse during the past year than usual, but had been relieved until 2 days ago. The legs had been observed to swell for 8 days past’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 66 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Apr 1867 Date of death: 22 Apr 1867 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient had been out of health three weeks. She had oedema of the legs a short time before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 May 1851 Date of death: 19 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Granular & atrophied kidneys. Imperfect paraplegia, also partial loss of speech following epileptic fits. Double pleurisy. Death by apnoea. Nothing remarkable in the brain Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Paraplegia (Brain); Epilepsy (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Apnea (Respiratory system) 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: 'The report that was brought with this patient was that since her last confinement which had occurred 3 months previously she had had 3 fits and that in the last which had occurred only a few days before, she had partially lost the use of speech; her mind was evidently confused and it was impossible to obtain from her any distinct account of her own sensations. The child was her third, was a seven-month child, and she had nursed it up to her admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Mar 1864 Date of death: 13 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This woman had been a patient of Dr Page’s [William Page] in March 1863 for dropsy and diseased heart, she had left the hospital on the 10th of that month relieved. Oedema reappeared the end of last year and she now again sought relief in much the same condition as at first’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Apr 1853 Date of death: 11 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys and liver. Cartaligeniform state of splenic capsule. Dilated and fatty heart. Scrofulous deposits in the lungs Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen); Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Lung) 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 was first admitted on 22nd January 1851 with dropsy of two months standing and bronchitis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Mar 1876 Date of death: 3 Apr 1876 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Tubercle Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This man said he had been in good health until a fortnight before his admission, at which time he had a tooth abscess which was followed by some suppuration and several rigors. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Apr 1848 Date of death: 22 May 1848 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of face and head. Pleuritis and empyema. Pericarditis. Cysts in kidney. Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Empyema (Pleural cavity); Pericarditis (Heart); Cysts (Kidney) 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 applied for advice regarding a firm tumour of some size adhering to the upper part of the sternum. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 4 ½ Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1881 Date of death: 3 Apr 1881 Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'Not reported here' Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851 Date of death: 22 May 1851 Disease (transcribed): Heart enlarged. Dilatation of its cavities & hypertrophy of left ventricle. Calcareous deposits on aortic & mitral valve flaps. Old double pleurisy. Recent pleurisy on right side. Disease of kidneys. Atheroma of aorta Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones [Henry Bence Jones] in November 1850, complaining of cough & ‘stoppage of the breath’ which had then lasted more than a month. His general health continued good, and he had no previous illness’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Apr 1874 Date of death: 16 Apr 1874 Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: She had been subject to winter cough for years. This attack commenced last November when she suffered from cough and spitting. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Still room maid Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Mar 1875 Date of death: 29 Mar 1875 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the aortic valves. Pneumonia. Renal embolism Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Embolism (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This patient said that she had been in good health until six weeks before admission when she was attacked with severe cough and spitting. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 2 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Apr 1867 Date of death: 25 Apr 1867 Disease (transcribed): Pleuro-pneumonia. Tuberculosis. Nephritis Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This child had been ill for two weeks before admission with whooping cough. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a