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Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1858
Date of death: 5 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A footman in Berkeley Square who appeared to have been suffering from fever of some long duration. He was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse, with icy cold extremities & cold breath. The medicines given & the free administration of wine & brandy were of no avail in rallying him. From what was ascertained it seemed that for six weeks he had been very much out of health but continued to do his work until the 2nd when he was compelled to take to bed. Delirium came on during the night of the 3rd. He had never complained of sore throat. The room in which he slept was a damp & cold one & from its want of comfort & convenience the medical gentleman who saw the case recommended taking the man to some hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1858
Date of death: 7 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in tissue after diffuse inflammation. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Tissue); Inflammation (Tissue); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'An unhealthy-looking woman who was so deaf that it was impossible to carry on conversation with her. The friends who brought her said that siz weeks ago she was slightly jaundiced & attended by a doctor for ‘enlarged liver’. On feeling somewhat over the attack she was observed to be still very weak & languid & a month later she had violent rigors followed by delirium which continued with pyrexia for three days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left leg, left hand, right foot, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 May 1858
Date of death: 13 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This girl was housemaid in a family where there had been no known cause of infection. It appeared that nearly a fortnight ago she took cold & neglected herself for some time, & when getting worse applied for physic to a chemist, so that a regular practitioner did not see her until first before her admission, when she was in a high state of fever which the next day became typhoid. She was at once removed to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1858
Date of death: 11 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1858
Date of death: 22 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in various parts. Abscesses
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic); Abscess
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A negro engaged as servant to a medical man. He came over from Jamaica about seven years ago, & for some time his general health continued very good, but in 1854 he was attacked with shortness of breath & pain in the left side, for which he was admitted into St Bartholomew’s. Eight months ago he felt pain in the right side whenever he took a deep breath or went upstairs carrying a tea-tray, coal scuttle &c. One night on undressing he noticed a lump nearly as large as an egg just over the spine, about its centre’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Nov 1857
Date of death: 26 Nov 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This girl had been ill five days. The attack came on with sickness, headache and pain in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1857
Date of death: 23 Nov 1857
Disease (transcribed): Hemiplegia. Anaemia
Disease (standardised): Hemiplegia (Brain); Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the 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: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 May 1857
Date of death: 9 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Continued fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: No clear history was obtained from the friends of this patient. She was reported to have been ill a month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1848
Date of death: 1 May 1848
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Extensive ulceration of bowels. Slight congestion of lungs. Calcareous substances in choroid plexus.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lung); Calcareous substances (Brain)
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 with fever of about three weeks duration. She had been seized in the first instance with rigors, headache and sickness, rapidly followed by complete muscular prostration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1848
Date of death: 20 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Fever and acute inflammation of the tongue.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Inflammation (Tongue)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: As the body of this patient was removed without examination, the history of the case is not recorded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1848
Date of death: 6 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Brain congested. Oedema of lungs. Fluid blood. Extensive ulceration of bowels. Enlarged mesenteric glands. Fever.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Oedema (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlarged (Mesenteric glands); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This girl was admitted suffering apparently from continued fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1848
Date of death: 24 Feb 1848
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of upper lip. Pulmonary extravasation. Pneumonia and hepatisation. Ulceration of the bowels. Fever.
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Mouth); Extravasation (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man reported that he was in tolerably good health, when an opening a cess pool he was suddenly seized with faintness, followed almost immediately by sickness, headache and general muscular pains and nervous exhaustion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1848
Date of death: 13 Feb 1848
Disease (transcribed): Slight pneumonia. Extensive ulceration of the mucous membrane of caecum and rectum. Fever.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient, who for the last six weeks had been an outpatient of the Hospital suffering from gonorrhoea and swelled testicle, was admitted presenting all the symptoms of fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1847
Date of death: 21 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of brain and membranes. Pneumonia of both lungs. Fever
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was brought to the Hospital in the last stages of Fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1847
Date of death: 18 Aug 1847
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: As the body of this patient was not examined after death, the history of the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1847
Date of death: 19 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning from opium. Tubercles of lungs and oedema of back part. Atheromatous degeneration of mucous membrane of trachea.
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Trachea)
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 a state of insensibility after swallowing a considerable quantity of laudanum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1847
Date of death: 30 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Fever and delirium
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Delirium (Brain)
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 body was removed without examination, and the history of the case therefore is not recorded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1847
Date of death: 26 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Brain wet. Inflammation and hepatisation of lungs. Flabby heart with fluid blood. Slight ulceration of caecum with inflammation of solitary glands after fever.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Disease (Lung); Inflammation (Lung); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines); Inflammation (Intestines);Fever (Systemic)

Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient reported that she seven days before admission she was attacked with rigors, soon succeeded by severe headache, pains in the limbs, muscular depression and much fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1847
Date of death: 14 Feb 1847
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Extensive congestion of lungs. Extensive ulceration of bowels. Mesenteric glands enlarged.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlarged (Mesenteric glands)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted presenting the ordinary symptoms of fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1846
Date of death: 15 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Congestion of the brain. Congestion and slight oedema of lungs. Blood fluid. Considerable ulceration of small and large intestines and enlarged mesenteric glands.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlarged (Mesenteric gland)
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 labouring under symptoms of fever, with ulceration of the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1846
Date of death: 12 Aug 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Extensive ulceration of intestines. Great congestion of lower lobe of lungs. Blood fluid. Mesenteric glands enlarged.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lung); Enlarged (Mesenteric gland)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared from the account obtained of this patient, that she had been suffering from fever which commenced about three weeks ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1846
Date of death: 7 Aug 1846
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the fornia and corpus callosum. General anaemia. Structures of cerebral substance softer than usual. Lungs emphysematous anteriorly, slightly congested posteriorly. Organs of generation congested. Other viscera healthy.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain ); Anaemia (Systemic); Emphysema (Lung); Congestion (Uterus, Vagina, Ovaries, Fallopian tubes)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: It appeared from the account given by the husband of the woman, that she was in good health until the 6th when she began to complain of pain in the head. On the night of the 8th she woke her husband, complained severely of her head and insisted that she had had a fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1846
Date of death: 7 Aug 1846
Disease (transcribed): Kidneys dwindled, congested and granular. Fibrinous deposits on aortic valves. General anaemia. No dropsy of inferior extremities.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Thrombosis (Heart); Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient stated that she had been ailing about two years. During this time she had felt weak and languid and had suffered more or less from pain in the head, from dyspnoea with pyrosis, and from palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1846
Date of death: 26 Mar 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fever, with petechiae. Congestion of the viscera. Blood fluid. Pyerian glands and mesenteric glands larger than usual
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Purpura (Skin); Congestion (Viscera); Enlarged (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: It appeared from the account of this patients friends, that about six days prior to admission, she began to complain of languor and headache, which was soon followed by swelling of glands and swollen head and neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1845
Date of death: 9 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Body far advanced in decomposition in 34 hours. Diabetes. Diffuse cellular inflammation of both arms. Viscera so far advanced in decomposition that it was impossible to ascertain what organic changes they had undergone.
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Systemic); Inflammation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was in the Hospital about seven months ago, suffering from Diabetes. At that time the symptoms of the disorder had existed about nine months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and superior extremities
Type of incident: n/a