Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 May 1849 Date of death: 23 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the thyroid body. Constriction of the trachea Disease (standardised): Encephaloid disease (Neck); Constriction (Trachea) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an enlargement of the thyroid gland of 6 months’ duration. At first its growth was very gradual & unattended by pain, but in the course of a few weeks pain in the left side of the head & face & in the left shoulder were experienced’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea, thyroid gland, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 May 1853 Date of death: 21 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied and dilatation of heart. Congested liver and spleen Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Liver); Congestion (Spleen) 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, after having suffered more or less from cough all winter, had found his legs began to swell about six weeks before admission. 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: 26 May 1853 Date of death: 27 May 1853 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing phagadena. Extensive dilatation of stomach Disease (standardised): Phagedena (Tissues); Dilatation (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This woman was admitted in a state of extreme collapse, almost like a person in the blue stage of cholera. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Mar 1849 Date of death: 13 Jun 1849 Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Operation. Lung condensed & solid. Abscess in left kidney. Inflammation of the mucous lining of the tympanic cavity. Ulceration of the membrana tympani Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Operation (Lungs); Abscess (Kidneys); Inflammation (Ear); Ulcer (Ear) 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 was originally admitted into the hospital with epistaxis of 10 months’ duration, which he alleged had commenced after a fall on the head: this accident however appeared to have been 2 months previous to the first attack, of which there had been seven or eight of great severity. He had lost about ½ pint of blood on the morning before his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Pensioner Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jun 1849 Date of death: 14 Jun 1849 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Mitral valve thick & opaque. Scrofulous tubercular deposit in the subperitoneal tissue & substance of liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys &c Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Deposit (Peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, 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: 'An old pensioner who had been at a review on 1st June, when he said he had sweated a great deal & caught fresh cold. He had however had cough 3 weeks, but denied that he was in the habit of perspiring very freely, or that he had ever spit blood. Was complaining of great weakness so as to be unable to sit up in bed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Apr 1849 Date of death: 26 Jun 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extensive peritoneal tuberculosis. Tubercles in the lungs, in the subpleural areolar tissue & in the kidneys Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Peritoneum, lungs, 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 lad, who presented a very cachectic appearance, stated that he had suffered form diarrhoea for about a month, it having latterly become so urgent, that every thing he ate passed t hrough him, in about ¼ hour. He had never passed any blood. Latterly he had become considerably emaciated, but complained of no cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 May 1853 Date of death: 16 Jun 1853 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Scrofulous deposit in the mesenteric glands Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes) 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 with slight haemoptysis of about ten days duration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jul 1849 Date of death: 6 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Cholera maligna. Fluid in ventricles of the brain. Thoracic viscera healthy. Intestinal canals inflamed throughout. Glands large & conspicuous. Liver healthy, gall bladder distended. Bladder empty Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Disease (Brain); Inflammation (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 patient had been suffering for two or three days with looseness of the bowels, and was said to have been seized at 11am of the day of his admission with vomiting, purging & cramp’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
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
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jul 1849 Date of death: 8 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Cholera maligna. Fluid in the ventricles. Thoracic viscera healthy. Small intestines & stomach inflamed. Mucous glands large & conspicuous. Glands enlarged in great intestine. Urine contained in bladder Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Inflammation (Intestines, stomach); Enlargement (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 man was brought to the hospital in articulo mortis. The account that was brought with him was that he had been seized with purging & vomiting and cramps in the limbs at 2am, that the priest had been sent for at 4 1/2am, who stated that no purging had occurred to his belief since he had been with him, & very little vomiting, and he had passed no water. A doctor was sent for about 9, who was believed to have given laudanum, and recommended his being brought to hospita;’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Shoemaker Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Jun 1849 Date of death: 10 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the pylorus. Enlarged glands. Obliteration of the ductus communis choledochus. Dilatation of cystic, hepatic & biliary ducts, & of the gall bladder Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Abdomen); Enlargement (Glands); Disease (Ducts, gall bladder) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This man, a shoemaker by trade, stated that his symptoms had been of about 3 months’ duration, having commenced as dyspepsia, followed by vomiting which had latterly become so constant that he brought up almost every thing he ate’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 57 Date of admission: 15 May 1854 Date of death: 21 May 1854 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse suppuration of the cellular tissue of the scrotum & cord. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Genitalia); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was that of a person far more advanced in life than the age which he gave, was admitted on account of a swelling on the left side of the scrotum’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scrotum and spermatic cord, thorax, abdomen, spine
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Aug 1849 Date of death: 17 Aug 1849 Disease (transcribed): Cholera maligna. Thoracic viscera healthy. Gall bladder distended. Solitary glands very prominently marked throughout the whole length of the large intestine Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Disease (Gallbladder, glands) 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 was admitted with chronic inflammation of the synovial membrane of the right knee. The joint was enlarged & had lost its natural form; it was puffy & elastic to the feel, but there was no fluctuation & not much pain. She stated that it had been bad about 4 years […] On the afternoon of the 16th at 6 1/2pm she was seized with vomiting & purging’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left knee joint
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 5 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 May 1849 Date of death: 23 Aug 1849 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs. Mesenteric glands enlarged. Scrofulous disease of the hip Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Mesenteric glands); Disease (Hip) 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 child was admitted with scrofulous disease of both hips but from the mother’s account it appeared that the right hip was first affected about 2 months before. Both legs were drawn up and any attempt to straighten or move them caused pain’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left inferior extremity
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 May 1855 Date of death: 13 Jun 1855 Disease (transcribed): Abscess in and around thymus gland Disease (standardised): Abscess (Thymus Gland) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This child was originally under the care of Mr Johnson on account of pain in the neck, the result apparently of inflammation of the fibrous tissues surrounding the bones. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Sep 1849 Date of death: 5 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Cholera maligna. Thoracic viscera healthy, blood quite fluid. Intestines vascular, glands healthy except near the lower end of the ileum. Kidneys congested Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Congestion (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 man was admitted in the evening of 5th Sept, in the stage of collapse of cholera. He had only been seized at 2 the same afternoon with purging, vomiting & cramps in the limbs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Sep 1849 Date of death: 9 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the leg. Diffuse cellular inflammation. Exhaustion Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Inflammation (Leg); Exhaustion
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 was not examined’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: [Age not stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Sep 1849 Date of death: 16 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Gunshot wound in the left hypocondriac region. Wound of the spleen and the vessels of this organ. Extensive haemorrhage into peritoneal cavity Disease (standardised): Wound (Brain, spleen); Haemorrhage (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a gun shot wound situated in the left hypochondriac region which he was reported to have inflicted upon himself by means of a pistol loaded with slugs. He was brought to the hospital about ½ an hour after the receipt of the injury, cold and collapsed & apparently dying, his pulse scarcely perceptible’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Sep 1849 Date of death: 19 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Softening of the spinal cord. Brain healthy. Bladder distended, and its lining membrane vascular Disease (standardised): Softening (Spinal cord); Disease (Bladder) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of loss of power & feeling of numbness of both legs, but it did not appear on closer investigation that there was any loss of sensation. He stated that his symptoms had been coming on gradually for 5 months, that he had had no fit of any sort, and that he had an attack of a similar kind 3 years ago from which he had recovered, but not perfectly. For 5 months past he has been unable to work’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 12 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Sep 1849 Date of death: 19 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Tubercle in the brain. Hydrocephalus. Tubercles in the lungs, kidneys and mesenteric glands Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, mesenteric glands) 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 child, who was said to have been ailing for some time but much worse for a few days past presented on admission much of the character & appearance of common fever’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Aug 1849 Date of death: 23 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Fibrous tumours connected with the pericardium and anterior mediastinum. Hypertrophy of the spleen Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lungs); Tumour (Pericardium, mediastinum); Disease (Spleen) 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 presented from the first a very pale and anaemic aspect, with somewhat of the sallow hue which generally accompanies malignant disease. He stated his illness to have begun with pain of head and dizziness some 15 weeks previously, and that he had since suffered more or less from pain in the chest, & cough, and generally urgent dyspnoea’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Sep 1849 Date of death: 25 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Cholera maligna. Thoracic viscera healthy. Blood imperfectly coagulated. Glandulae solitariae in ileum distinct Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines) 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 on the afternoon of the 25th in a state of most complete collapse. She was said to have been in the enjoyment of perfect health the same morning, and to have been seized with purging, vomiting and cramps at 11 o’clock that forenoon’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Sep 1853 Date of death: 30 Sep 1853 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the liver, spleen and cranial bones Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Spleen); Cancer (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: The only account that had been obtained of his present condition was his having been guilty almost from boyhood of the practice of masturbation. He was sent to the hospital for rest and nourishment. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 6 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Aug 1849 Date of death: 26 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of the intestines. Mesenteric glands enlarged. Scrofulous tubercle in the pleura pulmonalis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Mesenteric glands); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: n/a Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'From the account given of this child it appeared that he had been ill a fortnight before his admission, and that his illness had commenced with diarrhoea, he had subsequently passed blood in his motions’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Sep 1849 Date of death: 28 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): ?Typhoid fever. Pericardium & surface of the heart very vascular. Ulcerations of the small intestines & portion of large. Blood extravasated beneath mucous membrane Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines); Extravasation (Tissues) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'No distinct account could be obtained from this patient of the commencement of his illness or the nature of his symptoms. He was said to have been ill a fortnight, and he alleged that his chief suffering had been headache, and pain in the chest’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen