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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1850
Date of death: 30 Apr 1850
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Dilated pelvis of kidneys. Absorption. Serous effusion in brain. Albuminuria. Coma
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Kidney); Effusion (Brain ); Albuminuria (Kidney); Coma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry. Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: Having suffered for some time past from stricture, this man was admitted with the intention of having the catheter introduced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1853
Date of death: 12 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous tubercles in the brain. Effusion of serum in the ventricles and on the surface of the brain. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Tuberculosis (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: The child was alleged to have had whooping cough of about three months duration from which he recovered. His present illness was reported to have commences with faintness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needle woman
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1868
Date of death: 22 Mar 1868
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Morbus brightii
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Glomerulonephritis (Kidney)
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 woman had been ill three months with symptoms of dropsy and swelling of the legs attributed to cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Telegraph messenger
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1876
Date of death: 15 Mar 1876
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This boy was said to have been in good health until the day before his admission when on getting up in the morning he found pain across the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, intestines and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1878
Date of death: 25 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Chronic tubular nephritis. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Eight years before admission she was delivered of twins, and from that period the legs were constantly swelled. After taking a warm bath fourteen days before admission she felt chilly. The face, abdomen and legs became much swelled, the urine became dark and variable in amount.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1872
Date of death: 6 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid carcinoma of lumbar glands, liver and stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Stomach)
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 two months the patient had had pain in the body and distention of the belly with occasional sickness and always constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1867
Date of death: 31 Mar 1867
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii. Typhus fever
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); 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: This man, a labourer who lived in a small room in Chelsea with a wife and several children, had suffered several previous attacks of gout.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1866
Date of death: 12 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: She had always had good health up to nine months before admission when he suffered from cough and expectoration with occasional haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1852
Date of death: 25 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
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 not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1874
Date of death: 15 Mar 1874
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pericarditis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman had been subject to cough all her life. She was confined in May and afterwards her legs and abdomen began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1876
Date of death: 16 Mar 1876
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the mesentery
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Mesentery)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man said he had been out of health for six months. The abdomen began to swell and had increased ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, colon, peritoneum and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1870
Date of death: 11 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes mellitus. Scrofulous pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This boy, a grocer’s assistant, stated that he was overworked & had frequently to lift weights beyond his strength. He began to suffer from frequent headache & weakness & in February 1869 was obliged to give up his work, & it was then found that he had diabetes. He was an undersized boy, the breath had a characteristic sickly smell, the skin was harsh& dry & he weighed on admission 7 st 1 lb’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1852
Date of death: 28 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Calcaerous deposits in the lung and emphysema. White patch on heart. Deposits of yellow substance in kidneys and cysts. Fibrous tumours of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Calcareous deposits (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Deposits (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney);Cancer (Uterus)
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 woman stated that she had long been subject to cough, but that it had become much worse during the last three or four months, and during three weeks her legs had swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pharynx and oesophagus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Upholsterer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1871
Date of death: 12 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): No entry by registrar
Disease (standardised):

Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1866
Date of death: 14 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia after labour. Pyaemic affection of mitral valve. Fibrinous blocks
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Parturition (Uterus); Fibrinous blocks (Kidney); Fibrinous blocks (Spleen)
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: This woman was confined four months before admission. This was followed by fever and reported ulcerated throat and abscess of the right thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sawyer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1880
Date of death: 3 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration (epitheliomatous) of oesophagus. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Oesophagus); Carcinoma (Oesophagus); 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: One evening the came home from work as usual but found that he couldn’t swallow solids, they ‘seemed to stick in his throat’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Oesophagus, stomach, lungs, pleurae, bronchi, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys and suprarenal bodies
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dock worker
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1853
Date of death: 11 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Ulceration of the intestines. Deposit of scrofulous matter in the lacteal vessels and mesenteric glands
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Vessels); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A man who was employed in the wine vaults at the London Docks. He attributed his catching cold to getting constantly wet during the long continued rains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1866
Date of death: 8 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Capillary bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Case not given here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1877
Date of death: 6 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Simple ulcer of stomach; haemorrhage. Granular Kidney.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Haemorrhage (Stomach); Disease (Kidney)
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, emaciated and anaemic, was admitted suffering from severe pain in the abdomen and front of chest, constant diarrhoea and grumous vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1849
Date of death: 8 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart. Albuminurious urine
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Albuminuria

Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1851
Date of death: 3 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Continued fever attended by diarrhoea and vomiting and low pneumonia. Ulceration of ileum. Deposits of a low unorganizable substance in the kidneys. Ecchymosis and congestion of the spleen. Fluid state of the blood
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Vomiting (Stomach); Pneumonia (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Deposits (Kidney);Ecchymosis (Spleen) ; Congestion (Spleen) ; Fluid (Blood)
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 patient was admitted in an advanced stage of fever. She had been first seized with rigor and diarrhoea five weeks before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1851
Date of death: 14 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles in lungs & in pleura costatis, under peritoneum, in spleen, kidney & intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, chest, spleen, kidneys, intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'A pale cachectic-looking child, was stated by its mother to have enjoyed good health up to 6 weeks ago, since which it has suffered from cough supposed by her to be whooping cough, and had latterly lost flesh very much. Bowels said to be relaxed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1851
Date of death: 15 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca, Contracted granular & mottled kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart without valvular disease. Recent pericarditis. Inflammation of areolar tissue & under the fasciae of neck about the larynx & oesophagus. Congestion & oedema of the lungs. Effusion into subarachnoid tissue & ventricles of brain
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys, heart); Inflammation (Neck, throat); Congestion (Lungs); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur and Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was twice admitted at no very distant intervals into the hospital; first under Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] on the 12th February complaining of pain across the epigastrium & headache with some oedema of the ankles, and a very sallow aspect when it was ascertained that he was labouring under disease of the kidney with albuminous urine; and next under Dr Wilson [James Arthur Wilson] on 26th March with chronic rheuamtism, pain in head, & some confusion of ideas’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, pharynx, larynx, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1877
Date of death: 5 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cerebellar tumour (glioma). Increase of fluid in ventricles
Disease (standardised): Glioma (Brain); Fluid (Brain)
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 was admitted with severe occipital headaches, a red, foul tongue and no other symptoms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a