Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Apr 1853 Date of death: 8 Jul 1853 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. General anasarca. Hydrothorax Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Oedema (General); Hydrothorax (Lung) 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 man whose face had rather a pale puffy oedematous appearance, stated that swelling had been coming on in the legs, thighs and scrotum. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 56 Date of admission: 22 Apr 1854 Date of death: 28 May 1854 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid tumor of the bladder, blocking up the left ureter Disease (standardised): Tumour (Bladder) Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man presented himself as an OP [out-patient], giving the following history. That about Xmas 1852 he first noticed blood in his urine’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 59 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849 Date of death: 12 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Constipation. Inflammation of the stomach & small intestines. Ulceration of the colon & rectum. Tymphanitis. Gall bladder much distended Disease (standardised): Constipation (Bowels); Inflammation (Stomach, intestines); Ulcer (Colon, rectum); Tympanitis (Ear); Disease (Gallbladder) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient dated the commencement of her illness from an attack of stoppage in the bowels about 6 months ago, since which she has suffered more or less from pain & swelling of abdomen. On the last day of June she had more pain than normal, & took some domestic remedy which was followed by vomiting & purging & next day she was seen by a medical man & treated for ‘cholera’ ‘ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 May 1855 Date of death: 10 May 1855 Disease (transcribed): Retention of urine. Stricture of Urethra. Puncture of bladder Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Puncture (Bladder) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of retention of urine which had existed since the previous afternoon. It seemed that he had been labouring under difficulty of making water for about three years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Mar 1849 Date of death: 12 Jul 1849 Disease (transcribed): Caries & necrosis of the ilium. Disease of the sacro-iliac joint, Abscess in the left iliac cavity Disease (standardised): Caries (Hip); Necrosis (Hip); Disease (Hips); Abscess (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a chronic abscess situated in the left gluteal region which had been some months in forming, but had not prevented him from following his usual employment, which was that of a labourer, more than a week or ten days’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 26 Date of admission: 24 May 1854 Date of death: 31 May 1854 Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Disease of the kidneys. Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Lung) Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This woman reported that her illness had begun with cough & shortness of breath 4 or 5 months before, her legs had been swelled about a fortnight’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Jun 1856 Date of death: 16 Jun 1856 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the Kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man stated that six months ago he worked for a long time in the damp and that this produced chilliness, pain in his limbs and dropsical enlargement of the legs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Jun 1853 Date of death: 8 Jul 1853 Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the great toe. Secondary deposits in the anterior mediastinum, lungs, kidneys and right testis Disease (standardised): Abscess (Toes); Deposits (Thorax); Deposits (Lung); Deposits (Kidney); Deposits (Testis) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of an abscess in the great toe of the right foot. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right inferior extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Furnace repairer Age: 68 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Apr 1856 Date of death: 16 Jun 1856 Disease (transcribed): Diseased Kidneys. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man was employed in repairing furnaces and was constantly exposed to varying temperatures. By this means he caught cold three weeks before admission. He began to cough, his arms and legs swelled and his water became dark. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 44 Date of admission: 24 May 1854 Date of death: 31 May 1854 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Abscess of prostate. Diseased heart Disease (standardised): Stricture (Urethra); Abscess (Prostate); Disease (Heart) Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was admitted in consequence of difficulty of making water, the result of stricture of the urethra. On examination with an instrument, a stricture was discovered’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx & trachea, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jul 1853 Date of death: 15 Jul 1853 Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Endocarditis. Typhus Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Endocarditis (Heart); Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This patient was admitted labouring under the worst form of fever with great depression. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Jun 1856 Date of death: 16 Jun 1856 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Calculi in Kidneys. Abscess in knee Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Calculi (Kidney); Abscess (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted with acute pain and swelling of the right knee which he said he had suffered from for ten days. There was every appearance of suppuration going on within the joint. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jul 1853 Date of death: 15 Jul 1853 Disease (transcribed): Epilepsy. Extravasation of blood on the surface of the brain Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Extravasation (Brain) 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 seized on the morning of her admission with epileptic fits, which continued at intervals throughout the day. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 48 Date of admission: 22 Feb 1854 Date of death: 5 Jun 1854 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Cirrhosis of liver. Chronic peritonitis Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Fibrosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur Surgeon: Gray, Henry and Holmes, Timothy Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This patient stated that after having ‘brain fever’ 23 years ago he had enjoyed remarkably good health until the last 8 months, and that he had been a man of temperate habits’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 May 1853 Date of death: 15 Jul 1853 Disease (transcribed): Malignant ulceration of chest. Sloughing cavity of abscess on the right side of the abdomen Disease (standardised): Cancer (Thorax); Ulcer (Thorax); Sloughing (Abdomen); Abscess (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This patient was admitted on account of ulceration of the skin in the left pectoral region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 42 Date of admission: 16 May 1854 Date of death: 7 Jun 1854 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Ulceration of the intestinal canal Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry Surgeon: Gray, Henry and Holmes, Timothy Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with an attack of diarrhoea which had lasted nearly 3 weeks. He had slight cough’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 May 1856 Date of death: 20 Jun 1856 Disease (transcribed): Fever Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: A waiter at the Oxford and Cambridge Club who had been ill ten or eleven days before coming to the Hospital. It appeared that he got chilled which caused headache, sore throat and stiff neck at first, and then rigor. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jul 1853 Date of death: 16 Jul 1853 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Ulceration of the intestines Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This patient had been ill seven or eight days. He was in a low and depressed state. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 64 Date of admission: 10 May 1854 Date of death: 8 Jun 1854 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the ovaries. Chronic peritonitis. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Encephaloid disease (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura) Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This woman stated that her legs had been swelling for 4 months past, up to which time she had enjoyed very good health. On the 4th she had been seized with shivering, sickness & diarrhoea, followed by inflammation in the legs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Jul 1853 Date of death: 16 Jul 1853 Disease (transcribed): Abscess between the bone and dura mater. Inflammation of dura mater. Pus in cavity of arachnoid Disease (standardised): Abscess (Skull); Abscess (Brain); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain) 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 in a depressed state unable to give any account of himself. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 49 Date of admission: 8 Feb 1854 Date of death: 9 Jun 1854 Disease (transcribed): Malignant ulcerations of the uterus. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Malignant ulcer (Uterus); Pleurisy (Pleura) Admitting doctor: Lee, Robert Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical notes: 'This woman had been married some 30 or 40 years, had borne 4 children, the last 14 years ago. The menses continued regular & her general health good up to 6 months ago’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 May 1856 Date of death: 23 Jun 1856 Disease (transcribed): Diseased knee. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: Five weeks before admission this man had begun to suffer from swelling and stiffness in the left knee. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right knee Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Jan 1853 Date of death: 19 Jan 1853 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Ligature to femoral artery for aneurism Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Ligature (Arteries); Aneurysm (Arteries) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man when admitted presented the usual symptoms of fractured femur. He was at his front door when he bent to pick up the key and heard something snap in his leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 4 Date of admission: 27 Dec 1853 Date of death: 13 Jan 1854 Disease (transcribed): Severe burn Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin) Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This little child had fallen into the fire & was burnt principally about the face, neck, chest & arms, but though the burnt surface was so extensive, the injury did not extent very deeply and she did not seem so much prostrated as might have been expected from so extensive a burn’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Dec 1856 Date of death: 13 Jan 1857 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax. Emphysema Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung); Emphysema (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted with violent pain in the left side, brought on as he stated by exposure to the cold whilst at work. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a