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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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1851
Date of death: 12 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Death by coma & delirium. Jaundice. Almost universal destruction of the true texture of the liver accompanied by the deposition of much fat
Disease (standardised): Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Nervous system); Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Bence Jones, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad stated that his illness was only of a week’s duration, during which he had suffered from sickness & pain at the pit of the stomach and his skin had been of a yellow hue, his water had been of a darker colour than usual, he believed as long as a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1851
Date of death: 14 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
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: 'This body was removed unexamined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1867
Date of death: 15 Aug 1867
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Typhus fever
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Systemic); Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic)
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: He had been drinking for some time before admission and seemed to have had a previous attack.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1852
Date of death: 27 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of small intestine. Fibrinous deposit in the spleen. Deposition of a peculiar dark fluid under the peritoneum at the posterior part of the abdominal cavity
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Fibrin (Spleen); Deposits (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man stated that having been at work the previous day he had been seized with sore throat, shivering, feeling of prostration, loss of appetite and thirst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1850
Date of death: 29 Nov 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Congestion of lungs. Ulceration of small intestine with sloughs. One perforated. Peritonitis. Two ulcers in colon
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Colon) ;
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: The patient was said to have been ill about ten days before admission when she was attacked by sickness, rigors, pains in limbs and relaxation of the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1852
Date of death: 28 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of neck of femur. Low fever
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1853
Date of death: 9 Oct 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Effusion of serum in the ventricles and on the surface of the brain. Ulcerations of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Effusion (Brain); Ulcer (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 with an attack of fever which had confined him to bed for a fortnight.
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: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 19 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Bronchitis. Congestion of the lungs & liver &c. Peritonitis. Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the small intestines
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Bronchitis (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs, liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a report of having been out of sorts for 3 weeks & laid up entirely during a fortnight. She complained of headache & pain in the back which was especially accompanied by a feeling of chilliness and great feeling of weakness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1853
Date of death: 22 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Fibrin in veins about uterus &c. Deposits in lungs. Disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Uterus); Deposit (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'A married woman who had borne 3 children previously & was now again pregnant, who had had a severe attack of rheumatism 11 years ago, during which she had suffered from pain in the chest, & had one blister applied, but had not been conscious of palpitation since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1877
Date of death: 20 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the stomach and of other organs.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: From early in March he suffered from craving hunger, severe epigastric pains after food and almost constant vomiting of food and liquid, with a little blood every two or three days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, pancreas and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1849
Date of death: 9 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (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 person, who had rather a florid aspect, stated that she had observed her legs swell during the last 3 or 4 months, but was not aware that she was ‘dropsical’ until a fortnight ago when they had swelled very much more than ever, and within 4 days the skin of one had burst from distension, giving exit to a quantity of colourless fluid’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1851
Date of death: 31 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca of lower extremities. Peritonitis. Slightly hypertrophied heart with thickening of the mitral valve flaps
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Lower extremities); Edema (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
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 man reported himself to have been a strong healthy man previous to this attack, accustomed to work hard & to drink somewhat freely. He had been operated upon for cataract some short time previously; and about a month ago his abdomen had first begun to swell’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Oct 1849
Date of death: 9 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fever after cholera. Membrane of brain congested, sinuses loaded. Lungs congested. Blood fluid. Stomach & small intestine very vascular
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Cholera (Intestines); Congestion (Brain, lungs); Disease (Stomach, 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, whose general state of health was said to be good, was seized on the morning of her admission with sickness & pain of abdomen about 7am, but first complained of illness at 8 ½. She was proceeding to the house of a surgeon at 10 when seized in the street with vomiting & purging, and carried into a house from whence she was brought to hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1864
Date of death: 3 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus fever
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Lattey, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Medical notes: 'This man had been ill two weeks before admission & had been obliged to keep his bed for one week. The premonitory symptoms seem to have been chiefly pain in the limbs, which were mistaken for rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, bladder, intestines & mesenteric glands, kidneys, spleen, liver

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1865
Date of death: 25 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Three months before admission this patient was confined. She was suffering from pains in all the limbs, short hacking cough and some amount of fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 8 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Anasarca. Ascites. Extravasation of blood into the lower lobe of right lung with pleurisy on the same side & coagula in the pulmonary arteries. Hypertrophied heart with some degree of thickening of the flaps of the aortic & mitral valves. Disease of the kidneys & liver
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Lungs); Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys, liver)
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 very depressed state. She stated that she had been suffering from dropsy since April, the legs having first begun to swell & afterwards the abdomen. Latterly she had experienced great difficulty in breathing, and for the last month had been spitting blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: White smith
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1862
Date of death: 10 Aug 1862
Disease (transcribed): Typhus fever
Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted into the hospital for gout, from which he had suffered all his life since he was a child.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Joints, brain, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6 weeks
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1850
Date of death: Dead on admission
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Deficient nutrition.
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: n/a
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: The first child of a young mother in bad circumstances. It appeared that she had not sufficient milk to support the child.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Compositor
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1872
Date of death: 15 Sep 1872
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic growths in the cerebral hemispheres. Effusion into the ventricles
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Growths (Brain); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The history given by the patient’s wife was that he was a compositor of railway line books, and that he was quite well up to fourteen days before admission when he first complained of pain in the head and occasional giddiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, organs of generation and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1853
Date of death: 23 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Ascites. Diseased lungs (tissue of lungs compressed). Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'With a very blue dusky skin, and great oppression of breathin, swelled legs, severe cough & very abundant symptoms, she stated that she had been long subject to cough, but had now been very seriously ill for upwards of 3 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1853
Date of death: 1 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina followed by diseased kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: This child was admitted with general ansarca alleged to be of three days duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1849
Date of death: 29 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Continued fever. Erysipelas. Oedema of the glottis. Pneumonia. Ulcerations of the small intestine
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Erysipelas (Skin); Edema (Larynx); Pneumonia (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 admitted on the 12th day of an attack of continued fever, which had commenced, as she alleged, in consequence of exposure to cold and wet, with rigors and pain of head and back, with sickness and relaxation of the bowels, which had continued for more than a week’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 13 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites with anasarca
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
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 removed unexamined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stable helper
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1850
Date of death: 22 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Congestion of brain and lungs. Enlarged intestinal glands. Mesenteric glands much enlarged, and infiltrated with purulent fluid.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Enlarged (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was excessively delirious on his admission and no history of his previous symptoms could be obtained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a