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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1841
Date of death: 15 Jan 1841
Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Inflammation of the gut and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Hernia Inflammation (Gut, peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Walker, Robert Benjamin
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: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1840
Date of death: 19 Jan 1841
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hope, James
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: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1840
Date of death: 22 Jan 1841
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Chronic peritonitis. Ulcers of intestines. Fatty liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Liver)
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: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1840
Date of death: 24 Mar 1841
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Extensive suppuration about pelvis & spine
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung); Suppuration (Pelvis, spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: [Not entered]
Post mortem examination performed by: [Not entered]
Medical notes: [Not entered]
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: [Not entered]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1840
Date of death: 24 Mar 1841
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Extensive suppuration about pelvis & spine
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Suppuration (Pelvis, spine)
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, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Oct 1850
Date of death: 10 Oct 1850
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Fluid in pleurae, pericardium and peritoneum. Liver large congested. Kidneys large, pale, mottled
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Heart); Effusion (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: Having passed through her first confinement only three months ago, this patient had first suffered from dropsy in the latter part of her pregnancy and about six months before admission, having commenced with swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1850
Date of death: 24 Nov 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Intestinal glands ulcerated with sloughs in centre of each. Perforation. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This child was said to have been ill in bed for a week before her admission. She had suffered much pain in the abdomen. She had shivering and great heat of skin, and had an attack of vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1850
Date of death: 8 Dec 1850
Disease (transcribed): Partial softening of brain. Emphysema and tubercles of lungs. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Emphysema (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 patient was admitted in a state of great exhaustion and no accurate history of the commencement of his symptoms was obtained. He complained chiefly of pain in the head and generally in his limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1851
Date of death: 13 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Old & recent peritonitis. Ascites & general dropsy. Adherent pericardium &c
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Adherent (Heart)
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 person had previously been admitted into the hospital under the care of Dr Bence Jones [Henry Bence Jones] when she stated that she had suffered from distention of the abdomen about 5 months. She had ‘a severe cold’ the previous Xmas but had suffered from no other serious ailment, and had never suffered from rheumatism of any sort. The legs had commenced to swell about the same time as the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1851
Date of death: 6 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Pelvic abscess communicating with rectum. Abscesses in liver. Effusion in right pleura &c
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Abscess (Pelvis, rectum, liver); Effusion (Lungs)

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 patient, a married woman, but who had never borne children, was stated to have been out of health two months, though able to continue at work until 3 weeks ago. She was first attacked by headache & sickness, & pain in the back, and had not menstruated since, but no further particulars were learned of her history. On the 19th January while at work, she was again seized with sickness & vomiting accompanied by diarrhoea, and she had been confined to bed nearly ever since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax (‘this body was examined earlier & should have been entered as No 25, but was omitted accidentally’)

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Omnibus driver
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1851
Date of death: 22 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Liver enlarged, capsule thickened. Old peritonitis. Fluid in abdomen & pleura &c
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Fluid (Abdomen, lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'An omnibus driver who stated that he had never been a man of dissipated habits. He had been ailing for 3 or 4 months, but nearly a month before admission had first found his abdomen enlarging, at first gradually, & then rapidly during a week past. The legs had also swollen latterly. He had no pain in the abdomen at first but now begins to suffer from it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1851
Date of death: 16 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the perineum communicating with the urethra. Stricture of the urethra & inflammation & formation of sinuses about the urethra & neck of the bladder. Also in the fat & areolar tissue around the bladder in the cavity of the pelves. Healthy condition of ureters & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Perineum, urethra); Stricture (Urethra); Inflammation (Urethra, bladder, tissue)

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient when admitted presented the following symptoms for observation. There was slight purulent discharge from the urethra, with considerable thickening of the corpus spongiosum, urethra, there was also swelling of the penis generally & hardness & fullness in the perineum’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 6 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys which were very small, granular & almost entirely devoid of cortical structure. Hypertrophy of the heart, ‘granulations’ on the margins of the mitral valve, slight contraction of the mitral orifice. ‘Pleural adhesion’ on the right side & effusion on the left. General anasarca and ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart, lungs); Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Admitted labouring under a fourth attack of dropsy within the short period of 13 months, this woman who was married & had borne seven children, stated that she had been an in-patient about 8 years ago in this hospital with some cutaneous affection, but beyond this had never suffered any ailment for very many years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1851
Date of death: 3 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Chronic peritonitis. Pneumonia in the lower part of the right lung. Double pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'A single woman, who was admitted with considerable swelling of the abdomen, and also some oedema of the legs. She had ceased to menstruate about 5 years before, and had generally enjoyed pretty good health. She stated her illness to have commenced about 4 months ago, when after a severe cold, she suffered from cramps in the legs, & pains in the hips which ultimately settled in the lower part of the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1851
Date of death: 9 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the bones & joints of the great toe. Tubercular deposit & vomicae in the lungs on both sides. Thinning of the walls of the heart. Ulceration of internal glands. Scrofulous deposit in mesenteric & lumbar glands
Disease (standardised): Disease (Toe); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Glands); Deposit (Glands)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient had been attending as an out-patient for some days with disease of the metacarpo-phalangeal joint of the great toe, the articular cartilage being destroyed by ulceration. He was sent into the house [hospital] for the purpose of having the toe amputated, but his health was so shattered that this was not done. He had suffered from cough & general debility for 13 months, being troubled with urgent dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1851
Date of death: 23 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of right groin leading into the abdomen. Wound of small intestine, escape of faecal matter. Peritonitis. Laceration of deep epigastric artery
Disease (standardised): Wound (Groin, abdomen, intestine); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laceration (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Blagden, Robert and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought into the hospital with a lacerated wound of the right groin caused in the following way. While riding round Dean Street as it enters Park Lane, two cabs were coming towards him, & he endeavouring to guide his horse between them, was struck with great violence by the shaft of one of the cabs which broke in consequence & he was borne to the ground’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jul 1851
Date of death: 1 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a blow across the chest. Fracture of both clavicles of the sternum & of ribs on both sides of the thorax. Lesion of the right jugular internal vein by fractured clavicle. Laceration of both lungs by broken ribs
Disease (standardised): Injury (Chest); Fracture (Sternum, ribs, clavicle); Lesion (Clavicle); Laceration (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'He was standing under a tree in the Park during a heavy shower when one of the boughs which seems to have been rotten, fell on him & struck him against a hurdle which was near. He was brought here immediately, but died just before his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 4 Aug 1851
Disease (transcribed): Extirpation of the right mammary gland for scirrhus thereof, & followed by collections of pus under the integument & among the muscles of the left thigh. Inflammation of the external iliac veins & purulent collections under iliac fascia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Excision (Breast); Scirrhus (Breast); Suppuration (Thigh); Inflammation (Pelvis); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with a scirrhous tumour of the right breast which was removed on the 8th of May. She gradually recovered from this operation, but the wound did not heal kindly, the discharge being offensive & [?], & there being a good deal of confinement of matter, requiring the opening to be constantly kept free’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lower extremities, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1851
Date of death: 20 Sep 1851
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Scrofulous deposits in most of the lymphatic glands of the abdomen & thorax, also under the mucous membrane of the ileum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Deposit (Abdomen, thorax, intestines)

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'A very cachectic & rather emaciated child, with swollen cheeks, rather brilliant eyes, & long eye lashes, but of a very dark complexion & black hair, was brought to the hospital with the report that she had been out of health more or less for 3 months, with irregularity of bowels, & want of appetite, with loss of strength, but that 3 weeks ago her abdomen had begun to swell, and she had complained of almost constantly of pain in the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 6 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Disease of the kidneys. Collection of acephalocyst hydatids between the rectum & the bladder & obstructing the flow of urine along the ureters. Old & suppurated hydatids in the liver
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys); Echinococcosis (Rectum, bladder, liver)

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 man, a brush-maker by trade, stated that he had been ailing for about 4 weeks, and entirely laid up for a week past. He alleged that he had caught a severe cold, of which however the chief symptom seemed to be severe pain in the right side, apparently below the hypochondrium, increased in taking a deep breath or in stooping’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvic cavity, cranium, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 8 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis & emphysema of the lungs. Slight hypertrophy of the heart & narrowing of the mitral orifice. Lateral curvature of the vertebral column. Narrowing of the thoracic cavity by the use of ‘stays’
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Scoliosis (Spine); Narrowing (Thorax)
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 suffered from anasarca 3 months before admission. She had had cough, dyspnoea & palpitation a month or two earlier. She had never had rheumatism, & could assign no cause for her illness. The abdomen latterly had also been swollen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1851
Date of death: 13 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites with anasarca
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
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: Check-taker
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1851
Date of death: 20 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Slough of the soft parts covering the sacrum with necrosis of subjacent bone. Purulent fluid & soft ‘lymph’ under the spinal arachnoid. Recent lymph also in arachnoid cavity of brain & in the meshes of the pia mater. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Nervous system); Sloughing (Sacrum); Necrosis (Bone); Suppuration (Brain); Disease (Kidneys)
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 man whose occupation was that of a check-taker and attributed his illness to the sedentary nature of his employment, stated that he had been suffering from headache for a week or two in the first instance, and then since 8 or 9 weeks before his admission he gradually lost the use of his right leg; about a fortnight ago, the left had become similarly affected’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal column, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1851
Date of death: 7 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammatory thickening of the submucous areolar tissue at the pyloric end of the stomach. Ulceration of the same. Perforation into the abdominal cavity only obviated by adhesion of the liver. Renal disease
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Stomach); Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (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: 'A married woman who had borne 9 children, with a sallow, emaciated appearance, & a quick & feeble pulse, who stated that during more than 2 years past she had suffered from painful sensations, & sinking at the epigastrium, which were especially severe after her food’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1851
Date of death: 13 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of the ribs. Tubercular deposit in its earliest condition throughout both lungs. Enormously thickened & heavy cranium, the inner wall being vascular. Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Ribs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Brain, kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient had been before under the care of Mr Hawkins [Caesar Henry Hawkins], from January to May of the present year, with caries & necrosis of one or more ribs on the left side. There were three [?]sinuses below the mamma leading down to diseased bone. He improved in health during his stay in the hospital, and a small piece of bone exfoliated, but it was not possible to make any attempts to remove the rest of the disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a