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Matilda Jennings, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1846
Date of death: 21 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. External abscesses. Bronchitis and dilatation of bronchi. Considerable effusion into cavities of pleura. Serous effusion into pericardium and slight pericarditis. Fatty heart. Hypertrophy with dilatation of left ventricle. Atheromatous thickening of mitral valves. Blood fluid. Granular liver with gall stone in gall bladder. Granular kidnyes. Serous cyst of ovary. Effusion in sub arachnoid cellular tissue. Old apoplective softening of right hemisphere.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg, Face); Abscess (Arm); Bronchitis (Lung); Effusion (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart);Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries) ; Disease (Liver) ; Gallstone (Gall bladder) ; Disease (Kidney) ; Cysts (Ovary) ; Disease (Brain)
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 dyspnoea of so much urgency as to require immediate treatment. When she was somewhat more tranquil, she stated that about four years ago she had had a fit apparently of an apoplectic character and since then had never had good health.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

William Butcher, 31, [No occupation stated]

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

Susan Reese, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1846
Date of death: 31 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Diffuse cellular inflammation of face and neck. Inflamed mucous membrane of fauces and larynx with slight submucous effusion of epiglottis. Partial pleuritic adhesions. Hepatisation of left lung at back of lower part and same of right lung. Atheroma on aorta.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Face, Neck); Inflammation (Larynx); Effusion (Larynx); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Lung);Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries)
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 was admitted on a semi delirious state, unable to give a distinct account of her illness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, fauces, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Tomlin, 48, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1846
Date of death: 8 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Old pleuritis. Tubercular deposits in both lungs and bronchial glands. Acute pericarditis. Ascites, with opaque tubercles in sub peritoneal cellular tissue. Kidneys congested and mucous membrane inflamed. Inflamed condition of mucous membrane of bladder.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Congestion (Kidney);Inflammation (Kidney) ; Inflammation (Bladder)
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 stated that some five months ago he caught cold, accompanied by expectoration and some little pain in the chest ensued, and has continued more or less ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Margaret Allen, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1846
Date of death: 3 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Congested brain. Slight extravasation of blood external to theca spinalis. Acute pleuritis and pneumonia with extensive extravasation of blood into pleuritic cavity. Abscess of lung. Blood fluid.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain ); Extravasation (Spine); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Extravasation (Pleural cavity); Abscess (Lung)
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 stated that she had enjoyed good health up to the last week in September, when after some severe rigors, severe headache ensued and pains affecting all her limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Johnson, 22, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1846
Date of death: 11 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Peritonitis. Faecal abscess in cavity of peritoneum with ulceration of intestines.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Abscess (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared that the patient was suddenly seized with severe pain in the bowels and violent sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Hannah Lomax, 23, [No occupation stated]

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

Emma Howles, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Sep 1846
Date of death: 24 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions of pleura. Congestion and oedema of lungs. Recent pleuritis and thickening of pleura. Red heptisation of right lung. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Thickening of mitral valve and aortic. Dilatation of right ventricle. Kidneys granular.
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart);Disease (Kidney)
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 reported that she had suffered more of less from palpitation about ten years and that about four years ago it was so severe as to induce her to come into the Hospital for relief.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Caspill, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Nov 1846
Date of death: 25 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Enlarged heart, with ecchymosis on its surface. Dilated cavities. Liver large and granular.
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleural cavity); Disease (Heart); Ecchymosis (Heart); Disease (Liver)
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 was admitted complaining of palpitation, dyspnoea and slight anasarca.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Robinson, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1846
Date of death: 11 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of cellular tissue and integuments of right side. Acute pleurisy with congestion of the lungs. Blood fluid. Slight hypertrophy of left ventricle.
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Tissue); Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (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 was admitted in a state of collapse, complaining of cough and pain in the right side, profuse perspiration and increasing debility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Daniels, 32, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1846
Date of death: 15 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Acute bronchitis with ecchymosis under the mucous membrane and ulceration; and sloughing of submucous cellular tissue. Ulceration of cartilages of trachea. Inflammation of lungs with red and grey hepatisation. Recent pericarditis. Enlarged, hypertrophied and dilated heart.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Ecchymosis (Lung); Ulcer (Lung); Sloughing (Lung); Ulcer (Trachea); Inflammation (Lung);Disease (Lung) ; Pericarditis (Heart) ; 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 was admitted evidently suffering from pneumonia, the result he supposed of an accident. He had been blowing needles through a small tube at a mark on a wall, when he accidentally made an inspiratory effort and the needle passed rapidly down his throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Eleanor Kerr, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1846
Date of death: 17 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia?
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, no history of the case is recorded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

James Gilbert, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1846
Date of death: 20 Dec 1846
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of lower extremity following a blister. Recent pleuritis and congestion of lungs. Blood fluid. Recent inflammation of knee joint from fracture of femur into the cavity without displacement.
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg); Blister (Leg); Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (Lung); Inflammation (Leg); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted with symptoms of synovitis of left knee joint of five days standing, following a violent fall upon the knee.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremities
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Tassell, 35, [No occupation stated]

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

George Young, 31, [No occupation stated]

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

Sarah Woodason, 29, [No occupation stated]

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

Edward Rose, 19, Groom

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

John Martin, 58, [No occupation stated]

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

Anne Beard, 29, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 07 Oct 1846
Date of death: 02 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Abscess in lung. Pneumonia. Scattered tubercles in lungs. Scrofulous bronchial glands. Gall stones. Ulceration of bowels connected with abscess of cellular tissue. Abscesses of both ovaries.
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Gall stones (Gall Bladder); Ulcer (Intestines);Abscess (Intestines) ; Abscess (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared from the patient's account, that she was seized with rigors about the middle of September and since that time had suffered from cough and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Chilton, 56, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 03 Jan 1847
Date of death: 03 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of brain. Tubercles and vomicae of lungs. Emphysema. Fatty and diseased heart. Diseased aorta.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Arteries)
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 was admitted in a moribund state, and died about ten minutes after admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Sims, 19, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1846
Date of death: 05 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and inflammation of lung with extravasation and consolidation. Blood fluid. Extensive ulceration of bowels.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Inflammation (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 was seized about ten days before admission, with the ordinary symptoms of fever. Rigors occurred, and were soon succeeded by cough and pain in the chest, loss of appetite, thirst and a hot dry skin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Dillon, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 09 Jan 1847
Date of death: 10 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Great congestion of lung, with apparent extravasation.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Congestion (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: This patient was admitted suffering severely from dyspnoea. He had been in India, and had on occasion suffered from inflammation of the liver.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Hills, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 03 Dec 1846
Date of death: 11 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with great congestion. Diseased heart. Enlarged liver. Pus in wrist joint with no ulceration of cartilages.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Enlarged (Liver); Suppuration (Wrist)
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 was reported to be labouring under severe affection of the heart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen and upper extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Margaret Boulton, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1846
Date of death: 06 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema with congestion of lungs. Extravasation of blood. Diseased valves of heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (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 patient on admission was in a state of collapse. When she was somewhat recovered she stated that she had been subject to cough for four or five years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Ravany, 48, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1847
Date of death: 20 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Old pleuritis. Emphysema. Bronchitis. Slight disease of heart, with thin walls. Liver contracted. Kidneys granular. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney);Ascites (Abdomen)

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 about six weeks ago she began to suffer from cough and dyspnoea, which had gradually increased in severity ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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