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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1855
Date of death: 26 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous deposit in Kidney
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis, Lymph Node (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: An emaciated man of intemperate habits who caught a severe cold five weeks ago by sleeping in a damp bed. He had cough and some oppression of breathing and a fortnight later experienced cutting pain at the middle and back part of his left side, aggravated by deep inspiration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potboy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1855
Date of death: 27 Jan 1856
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient had always felt well until ten days before his admission when a cough came on caused by getting his feet wet several times. He coughed up blood several times.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
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: Servant
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 10 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in lungs and kidneys and under the pleural membrane and arachnoid membrane
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Brain)
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: A Welsh girl who had not long been in service in London, she was admitted in such a wandering state of mind that she was unable to give any distinct amount of herself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1850
Date of death: 9 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Brain wet. Tubercles in lungs. Liver soft
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Liver)
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 man was reported by his Friends to have lived rather intemperately, and to have been labouring under his present attack about three weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 9 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs. Diseased kidneys and liver. Recent lymph and pus in the peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Lymph (Abdomen); Suppuration (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 with severe cough and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 13 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 13 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Albuminous urine. Sarcinae in vomited fluids. Double pleurisy. Chronic pneumonia in the lower lobes of both lungs. Peritonitis. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Albuminuria (Kidneys); Sarcina; Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (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 youth had been suffering from general dropsy about 2 months before his admission. He had never suffered from scarlatina and without any previous illness, the swelling had come on after exposure to wet & cold: it had first been observed in the scrotum; he had not experienced pain in the loins’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1846
Date of death: 27 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of mucous membrane of larynx and general thickening extending down trachea. Old pleuritis. Vomicae and tubercles with considerable hepatisation of lungs. Old peritonitis. Fatty liver.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Thickening (Trachea); Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Disease (Lung);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Fatty (Liver)
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 cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1842
Date of death: 27 Jan 1842
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of intervertebral substance between the 5th & 6th cervical vertebrae. Fractured sternum
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Spine); Fracture (Sternum)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
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, lungs, heart, spinal column

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1852
Date of death: 13 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, in the membranes of the brain and cerebellum and of the spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Spinal cord)
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: The history of this case was extremely obscure. He had some illness last summer for which he had been treated at the Westminster Hospital but the nature of it was not known.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Courier
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1846
Date of death: 1 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Vomicae of both lungs and general deposit of tubercles throughout both lungs. Emphysema with congestion and inflammation. Spleen large and lobulated with deposit of lymph on surface.
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Lung); 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: This patient was admitted in the last stage of Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Oct 1844
Date of death: 22 Oct 1844
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles and vomicae in lungs with pneumonia and pleurisy. Tubercles in small intestine and mesentery.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: According to the patient’s own account, the active symptoms of his illness had commenced about seven weeks prior to his admission into the Hospital, with a severe cough with expectoration and a sense of weight in the left side of his chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1848
Date of death: 22 Nov 1848
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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 was admitted complaining of pains and debility, having been an outpatient at the hospital with cough and shortness of breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1848
Date of death: 23 Nov 1848
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis (rapidly fatal) with acute pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
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 has left Ireland only a few months previously. Her illness was of four weeks duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1852
Date of death: 3 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
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: n/a
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1852
Date of death: 7 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs. Ulcerated intestines. Ulceration of tracheal mucous membrane
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Ulcer (Trachea)
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 had long been suffering from cough and expectoration, and had spit blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1851
Date of death: 5 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1844
Date of death: 7 Nov 1844
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with inflammation of the lungs running on to gangrene of those organs.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Gangrene (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of severe pain in the left side of the chest and abdomen which had existed about 18 weeks and was attributed by the patient to a strain lifting a heavy weight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1842
Date of death: 4 Mar 1842
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by hydrargum bichloratum
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, pharynx, abdomen

Type of incident: Suicide?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1842
Date of death: 5 Mar 1842
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic deposit in the joints. Phthisis pulmonalis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Deposit (Joints); Tuberculosis (Lungs); 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

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

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