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Matilda Jennings, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1846
Date of death: 21 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. External abscesses. Bronchitis and dilatation of bronchi. Considerable effusion into cavities of pleura. Serous effusion into pericardium and slight pericarditis. Fatty heart. Hypertrophy with dilatation of left ventricle. Atheromatous thickening of mitral valves. Blood fluid. Granular liver with gall stone in gall bladder. Granular kidnyes. Serous cyst of ovary. Effusion in sub arachnoid cellular tissue. Old apoplective softening of right hemisphere.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg, Face); Abscess (Arm); Bronchitis (Lung); Effusion (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart);Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries) ; Disease (Liver) ; Gallstone (Gall bladder) ; Disease (Kidney) ; Cysts (Ovary) ; Disease (Brain)
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 was admitted suffering from dyspnoea of so much urgency as to require immediate treatment. When she was somewhat more tranquil, she stated that about four years ago she had had a fit apparently of an apoplectic character and since then had never had good health.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Church, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1850
Date of death: 24 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Enlarged heart. Granular kidneys. Recent pleurisy, pericarditis and peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient who had some time previously been in the Hospital with a similar illness to her present one, stated that she had been now for some weeks suffering from swelling of the legs followed by distention of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Kirton, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1842
Date of death: 29 Jan 1842
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Mottling degeneration of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Elmsley, 56, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1845
Date of death: 20 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Inferior extremities anasarcous, inflamed, ulcerated, with superficial gangrene. Pericarditis. Slight thickening of mitral and aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Edema (Lower extremities); Ulcer (Lower extremities); Inflammation (Lower extremities); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'Stated that she had long been an inmate of the workhouse, and during the last nine months, had been suffering from dropsy, principally affecting the lower extremities’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Gibbs, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1851
Date of death: 5 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy & hemiplegia
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Hemiplegia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Kemp, 16, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: Feb 1842
Date of death: Feb 1842
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of both ovaries
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Ovaries)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Amelia Swift, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1842
Date of death: 8 Feb 1842
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Samuel, 39, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1845
Date of death: 5 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Enormous dilatation with slight hypertrophy of the heart. Internal coat of aorta atheromatous and brittle
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under the care of Dr Nairne [Robert Nairne] in May last, labouring under some little anasarca, dyspnoea & palpitation which was first perceived in the previous February’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Jones, 65, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 2 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Old & recent pleurisy on the right side with compression of the lung. Congestion of left lung. Heart hypertrophied. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This old man stated that he had suffered from an attack of diarrhoea in summer, which was followed by rheumatism; since which the legs had occasionally swelled, but for some time had been permanently oedematous. For two months past he had had cough & spitting. He was rather emaciated, his face was pale, and his legs were enormously swelled’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Susannah Flinn, 11, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1852
Date of death: 8 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart and pericardium. Fatty liver. Bed sores causing ulcerative destruction of the coverings of the trochanter of the femur also of the ligamentous tissues producing dislocation
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Ulcer (Leg); Dislocation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This girl was admitted with a fibrile attack which was associated with symptoms of a rheumatic character.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Ashdown, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1847
Date of death: 26 Nov 1847
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the cerebrum and calcareous deposit in the cortical structure and on surface of corpus striatum. Pneumonia with hepatisation. Large vegetations on mitral valve. Large white deposit in spleen.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Calcareous deposit (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: About five months ago this girl began to suffer from pain in the loins accompanied by much languor and general debility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Hannah Lomax, 23, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1846
Date of death: 14 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart. Pleurisy on the left side. Tubercles?
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: No history of this case is given as the body was removed without examination
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the urgent request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a

John Parrish, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 5 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the lower lobes of both lungs & surrounding ‘hepatization’. Coagulum in the minute pulmonary arteries. Double pleurisy & bronchitis. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lungs); Hepatization (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining chiefly of palpitation & shortness of breath, to which he alleged he had been more or less subject from boyhood, but from which he had suffered very much more during the last 6 months. He had never had rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Weaver, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1852
Date of death: 17 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Cysts under the arachnoid of the brain in various parts. Diseased heart and kidneys. Dilatation of aorta
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Brain); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Eight or nine months ago the patient first suffered from pain at the top of the sternum accompanied by shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: , cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Gibb, 17, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1852
Date of death: 18 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart. Fluid in pleural sacs. Consolidated lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Fluid (Pleura); Consolidation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This girl was admitted suffering from palpitation of the heart, shortness of breath and pain in the left side of about five months standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Townsend, 48, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845
Date of death: 20 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Anasarca. Heart dilated. Aorta extensively atheromatous. Large aneurysm of thoracic aorta. Kidneys granular
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient who had spent the greater part of his life in India, was admitted labouring under ascites & general anasarca, with dyspnoea and constant cough. He had been in the hospital for slight anasarca of the lower extremities about six months ago, but under the use of diuretics it had entirely disappeared in the course of three weeks, and he left the house’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

George Clarke, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1853
Date of death: 1 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of heart cavities. Adherent pericardium. Congestion of abdominal organs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a moribund state, having been suffering for some time past from cough and dyspnoea, with general anasarca of the lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth George, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1852
Date of death: 2 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Mitral disease. Contraction of the left aur ventricles and aortic orifices. Congested lungs. Deposits in spleen
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lung); Deposits (Spleen)
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 she had had spitting of blood during each successive pregnancy during the last six years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Dever, 35, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1852
Date of death: 28 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposit and vomicae in the lungs. Ulceration of intestine and deposit in mesenteric glands. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Deposit (Lymph nodes); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted evidently labouring under phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Savage, 39, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 30 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposit in the lungs. Diseased kidneys. Vegetation on valves of the heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient had first suffered from dropsy about two months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Edward North, 42, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1848
Date of death: 14 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Acute pleurisy and pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient stated that he had been seized with shivering and pains over the whole of his limbs about five or six days before his admission, followed by cough and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

George Robinson, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1846
Date of death: 11 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of cellular tissue and integuments of right side. Acute pleurisy with congestion of the lungs. Blood fluid. Slight hypertrophy of left ventricle.
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Tissue); Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Disease (Heart)
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 was admitted in a state of collapse, complaining of cough and pain in the right side, profuse perspiration and increasing debility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Osborne, 23, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1847
Date of death: 24 Dec 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Peritonitis. Numerous bands of omentum adhering to peritoneum and producing partial strangulation of intestine. Scrofulous tubercles in sub peritoneal cellular tissue.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Adhering (Intestines); Strangulation (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
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 said that about twelve days before admission after drinking freely and taking a considerable quantity of gin, he was seized with pain of a spasmodic nature around the navel.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Dockerall, 54, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1842
Date of death: 11 Apr 1842
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Watson, 63, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1845
Date of death: 6 Nov 1845
Disease (transcribed): Large ovarian cyst, with growths, apparently of an encephaloid nature, springing form its internal surface. Lungs emphysematous anteriorly and loaded posteriorly with red frothy serum. Slight hypertrophy of heart. Atheroma in aorta
Disease (standardised): Cyst (Ovaries); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)

Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient who was suffering from dropsy, apparently ovarian, of two years’ duration, was admitted at the latter end of August under the care of Dr Macleod [Roderick Macleod], in a state of considerable exhaustion, with dyspnoea & some little orthopnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

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