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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1846
Date of death: 20 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound with cellular inflammation. Secondary pleuritis and abscesses of lungs. Pus in sterno-clavicular joint
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Inflammation (Head); Pleurisy (Pleura); Abscess (Lung); Suppuration (Sterno-clavicular joint)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man came to the Hospital in consequence of having been pushed down some steps during a drunken brawl and thereby received a small wound on the forehead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1846
Date of death: 21 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Old pleuritic adhesions. Scrofulous deposits in lungs. Diabetes. Foul sloughing cavity in right lung and sloughing pleura. Heart flabby. Kidneys coarse in structure.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Sloughing (Lung); Sloughing (Pleura); Disease (Heart);Disease (Kidney)
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 presenting all the ordinary symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1846
Date of death: 24 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Large sloughs on sacrum and trochanter. Slight recent pericarditis. Slight recent pleurisy. Congested lungs. Pus in wrist and knee joint, and loose pieces of lymph in the left knee joint.
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Spine); Sloughing (Leg); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Suppuration (Wrist);Suppuration (Knee)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient who about ten years ago underwent a severe attack of Acute Rheumatism and had ever since suffered occasionally from wandering rheumatic pains, was admitted suffering from an acute attack of this disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, upper and lower extremities
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1848
Date of death: 24 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Large sloughs on sacrum and trochanter. Slight recent pericarditis. Slight recent pleurisy. Congested lungs. Pus in wrist and knee joints and loose pieces of lymph in the left knee joint.
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Spine); Sloughing (Leg); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Suppuration (Wrist);Suppuration (Knee) ; Lymph (Knee)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient who about ten years ago underwent a severe attack of Acute Rheumatism, and had ever since suffered occasionally from wandering rheumatic pains, was admitted suffering from an acute attack of this disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, upper and lower extremities
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1848
Date of death: 13 Feb 1848
Disease (transcribed): Slight pneumonia. Extensive ulceration of the mucous membrane of caecum and rectum. Fever.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Fever (Systemic)
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, who for the last six weeks had been an outpatient of the Hospital suffering from gonorrhoea and swelled testicle, was admitted presenting all the symptoms of fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1846
Date of death: 27 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Hydro thorax. Congestion and inflammation of lungs. Considerable hypertrophy and dilatation of heart with extensive disease of the aortic valves.
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Congestion (Lung); Inflammation (Lung); Disease (Heart)
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 stated that he had enjoyed excellent health up to two months ago, when he began to suffer from slight cough, dyspnoea and pain in chest referred to the cardiac region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1848
Date of death: 27 Dec 1848
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Congestion and inflammation of lungs. Considerable hypertrophy and dilatation of heart with extensive disease of the aortic valves.
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Congestion (Lung); Inflammation (Lung); Disease (Heart)
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, stated that two months ago he began to suffer from slight cough, dyspnoea and pain in the chest referred to the cardiac region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 82
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1872
Date of death: 15 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Bronchitis. Atheroma. Gangrene
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Gangrene (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with commencing dry gangrene of all the toes of the left foot, and a patch of discolouration on the front of the leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Milliner
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1847
Date of death: 18 Feb 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with great heptisation. Pericarditis and extensive endocarditis. Ascites. Deposits in spleen and kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Deposits (Spleen);Deposits (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This girl reported that she had enjoyed excellent health up to twelve months ago, when she began to work at a Milliners and consequently became much confined to the house. Her health from this time gradually began to fail.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1869
Date of death: 5 Oct 1869
Disease (transcribed): Removal of scapula with a malignant tumour. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Removal (Scapula); Cancer (Scapula); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Nine months ago he first noticed pain and swelling over the back and upper part of the right shoulder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 72
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1878
Date of death: 19 Oct 1878
Disease (transcribed): Fract. [Fractured] clavicle – Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Clavicle); Bronchitis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1846
Date of death: 02 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Acute pleuritis. Emphysema. Bronchitis. Soft and flabby heart, with dilated cavities
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient had suffered more or less from cough for several years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1846
Date of death: 31 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed pleurisy. Old adhesions. Left lung compressed. Right lung loaded with frothy serum and much congested. Mucous membrane of a dark red colour. Specks of atheroma about aorta. Spleen soft and grumous
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient stated that he had been in very indifferent health for four months, suffering almost constantly from pain in the limbs. About two months ago he ‘caught a severe cold’ and pain in the chest ensued.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1870
Date of death: 15 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Recto-vaginal fistula. Operation. Pleurisy.
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Rectum, Vagina); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had been operated on for a fistular in ano five years before admission, the wound never having quite healed. Her mother and sister had died of phthisis, but she herself had no cough.
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: Carpenter
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1870
Date of death: 26 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Wound of Pleura. Pneumothorax.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Wound (Pleura); Pneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was knocked down by a cab, the wheels of which passed over his chest. On admission he was a good deal collapsed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1848
Date of death: 19 Feb 1848
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Pericarditis. Diseased heart. Endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
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, who was confined seven weeks ago, was seized with wandering rheumatic pains about three weeks ago, which continued without much aggravation up to the 28th January, when they became so severe that she was obliged to take to her bed where she had remained ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 06 Jan 1847
Date of death: 28 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Recent pneumonia. Enlarged, hypertrophied and dilated heart. Specs of atheroma on mitral valve. Blood fluid. Granular degeneration of and cysts in both kidneys. Calculi in the right one.
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney);Calculi (Kidney)

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 reported that she had enjoyed excellent health up to the beginning of last October at which time, without obvious cause, she began to feel weak and suffer from dyspnoea and palpitation going upstairs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Brushmaker
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1867
Date of death: 2 Dec 1867
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient had been ruptured ten years and had always worn a truss.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1870
Date of death: 19 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Amputation through the knee joint. Pleurisy (pyaemia?) Early lardaceous disease.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Knee joint); Pleurisy (Pleura); Sepsis (Systemic); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had for two years observed a tumour on part of the left tibia which had gradually enlarged, with increasing pain. She had vomited blood two months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Oct 1845
Date of death: 31 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Bronchial glands scrofulous. One crude tubercle in right lung. Large quantities of scrofulous matter in the pelvic cellular tissue in the neighbourhood of the uterus itself and in the fallopian tubes. Lungs congested and in parts condensed. Old adhesions.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Pelvis); Tuberculosis (Uterus, Fallopian tubes); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with an abscess on the foot of nine months standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Platelayer
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1878
Date of death: 10 Nov 1878
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic tetanus. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Central nervous system); Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. 3 wks [weeks] before admission crushed little finger of Rt. [Right] hand – Attended as an O.P. [Out-patient] – Was last seen as such a week before admission and was then doing well. 5 days before admission crampy pain in left side and some stiffness in back of neck – Jaw also became stiff and 3 days mouth could not be opened – About same time spasm and aching of back – 2 days before admission spasms 5 or 6 per hours, since that have been diminishing in frequency and violence – When spasms first commenced some shooting pain from wound up to axilla which passed off in an hour'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wound, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, spinal cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1848
Date of death: 24 Feb 1848
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of upper lip. Pulmonary extravasation. Pneumonia and hepatisation. Ulceration of the bowels. Fever.
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Mouth); Extravasation (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man reported that he was in tolerably good health, when an opening a cess pool he was suddenly seized with faintness, followed almost immediately by sickness, headache and general muscular pains and nervous exhaustion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1864
Date of death: 21 Dec 1864
Disease (transcribed): Bed sores. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pressure ulcer (Skin); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a very low, hectic state, with a very extensive bedsore on the back & another round sore under the elbow joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1869
Date of death: 28 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of Vagina and Rectum. Peritonitis. Pleuritis.
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Vagina, Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was admitted following her a severe labour with her first child.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1848
Date of death: 26 Feb 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with hepatisation and purulent infiltration. Congestions of the kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Congestion (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The mother of this child stated that she had been ill a week. Her illness began with fever and great restlessness, loss of appetite, occasional vomiting and cough and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a