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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1881
Date of death: 23 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Tuberculosis of intestines(?)
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Tuberculosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: ? and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Fairly healthy. Has had four children. One miscarriage. She had been losing her eyesight for several years and had had exophthalmos for two or three years. She had also been subject to occasional severe but short attacks of dyspnoea with dry cough. Ten days ago she had rigors: much depression and languor. Headache with diarrhoea 8-10 times a day'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, alimentary canal

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1881
Date of death: 13 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'For several years she has had polyuria & some dyspeptic symptoms. No history of rheumatism or any acute illness. For the last two winters she had had 'bronchitis'. For the last 10 weeks she has had bronchitic symptoms and for 3 weeks oedema'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, kidneys, spleen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1881
Date of death: 28 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pseudo-membranous disease of larynx & trachea
Disease (standardised): Disease (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The child had measles at 3 but had otherwise been in very good health up to the time of the present illness. On Dec 15 she came home from school complaining of lump in the neck behind & below the right ear: she was sick & listless, and found swallowing solid food painful'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, air passages, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchen Maid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1877
Date of death: 27 Oct 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid Fever. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Haemorrhage (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: The attack began with aching of the legs and loss of appetite, pain in the right side of head with giddiness and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, brain and uterus
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: School girl
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1869
Date of death: 26 Oct 1869
Disease (transcribed): Enteric 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: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient was taken ill with symptoms of fever one week before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1849
Date of death: 17 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Cirrhosis of the liver, with diminished weight of the organs. Fibrous patch on the heart, & on the capsule of the spleen
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart, spleen)
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 stated that dropsy had appeared in his left ankle about 2 months before admission, his right leg had subsequently swelled & then the abdomen. For ten days past he had cough & spitting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1853
Date of death: 17 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema of lungs. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
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 had been suffering from cough since June last, with gradually increasing weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Date of admission: 24 May 1854
Date of death: 12 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of the intestinal canal. Disease of the ovaries
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Disease (Ovary)
Admitting doctor: Lee, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Dickinson, William Howship and Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was a widow, the mother of two children. Her illness began about five years ago, when she found a small swelling in the right side of the hypogastric regions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1881
Date of death: 25 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: In October 1881 he had swelling of the larger joints with much pain. His breath had grown very short and he was incapable of any exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 9 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1863
Date of death: 14 Nov 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of liver. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This boy came into the hospital with slight general dropsy, cough and dyspnoea, and was stated to have been twice jaundice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, head, veins and blood
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bargeman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1880
Date of death: 6 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For two years or so he had noticed swelling round the ankles after heavy work and the lower eyelids also sometimes became puffy. He was often subject to fits of giddiness and was often in low spirits. For the last three or four months he was in the habit of passing much water at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1880
Date of death: 17 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Acute nephritis (scarlatinal). Catarrhal pneumonia and pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: His mother noticed a scarlatinal rash all over his body, he had a sore throat and was feverish.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman's servant
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1853
Date of death: 26 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Ptosis with peculiar fixedness of both eye balls. Sudden dyspnoea and other peculiar symptoms. Disease of the sphenoid bone
Disease (standardised): Blepharoptosis (Eye); Dyspnoea (Lung); Disease (Skull)
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 suffering from paralysis of certain of the cranial nerves.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1880
Date of death: 19 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the intestines and lungs. Peritonitis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient could give no definite account of herself. For six months she had been gradually losing flesh and every winter she had a cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1865
Date of death: 24 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had had a cough for five years but never haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1868
Date of death: 20 Oct 1868
Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); 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 man had been living in a small room in Kensington with three others. He was taken ill on the 26th September with rigors and pains in the bones. On admission he was covered with typhus eruption.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1879
Date of death: 12 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Intrapericardial aneurysm of the aorta, bursting into the left auricle
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient complained of cough, dyspnoea and pain in the front of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plate layer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1880
Date of death: 29 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma of the aorta. Dilated heart. Pulmonary haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: On admission in 1879 he complained of dyspnoea on exertion, less when lying down. On readmission he complained of the sensation of flatulence, shortness of breath and of slight cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta and vessels, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1854
Date of death: 26 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys & liver. Blood extravasation in lungs & under the scalp. Wet brain. Fluid in the cerebral ventricles
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient alleged that he had been in perfectly good health till 3 days before, when his legs began to swell, and a red rash had come out on the following day’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1880
Date of death: 31 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the pylorus. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: No history of previous disease, except that during the previous year he had noticed loss of strength and he had grown much thinner.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1869
Date of death: 20 Feb 1869
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Tubercular (?) ulceration of intestine. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestine); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: She was much deformed, with the tibia being very much curved forward, and the ribs and other bones much malformed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1849
Date of death: 5 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Subacute rheumatism (gout?). Pneumonia. Spotted fever
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints); Gout (Joints); Pneumonia (Lungs); Spotted fever (Systemic)
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 originally admitted with sub-acute rheumatism affecting chiefly the knee joints, from which he said he had then been suffering nearly a month. His first attack of a rheumatic character which he designated ‘fever’ had occurred about 18 years ago, and he had been in the hospital before with a similar attack to the present’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, knee joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851
Date of death: 5 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Old double pleurisy. Cartilaginiform thickening of the capsule of the spleen. Bronchitis. Fracture of the neck of the thigh bone
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Thickening (Spleen); Bronchitis (Lung); Fracture (Leg)
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: She alleged that she had suffered from cough for several years but she had been much worse for the last year and a half.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1877
Date of death: 13 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Purulent arthritis. Pneumonia. Cerebral congestion and oedema. Cerebral softening.
Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Joints); Pneumonia (Lung); Oedema (Brain); Softening (Brain); Suppuration (Joints)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: A month before admission she began to have pain in the right arm which later spread to other limbs. Her appetite failed and the pain became so severe that she retched much. She also began to shiver and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a