Annual report of cases admitted into the medical wards of St. George's Hospital, during the year ending Dec. 31st, 1853 / by Dr. Barclay.

  • Barclay, Dr.
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[1853]
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Credit: Annual report of cases admitted into the medical wards of St. George's Hospital, during the year ending Dec. 31st, 1853 / by Dr. Barclay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Cases admitted during the year 1863. Admitted during three years. Nature of Disease. Admitted. Died. Per centage of mortality. Complicated with other diseases. Deaths among compli- cated cases. Admissions. Per centage of mortality* Fvmctional disturbance ..... , 491 • 13 • 114 Inflammation of cord Paralysis: 1 ... 1* ... 5 60-0 Hemiple^a 34 2 6-85 • 10 2® 84 7-1 Paraplegia 20 6 • • 60 10-0 Local p^alysis Neuralgia: 6 i * 166 2 •* ' • 21 4-7 Tic douloureux 3 . • 11 Sciatica 19 • •- -1» 6 37 Hemicrania 3 * • 2 • 4 Angina Diseases of the heart: 1 ...■ • •...• ' *•! • 2 ... Pericarditis 16 9 ■ 66-25 • 16® 9 45 35-5 Endocarditis 6 3 60-0 6® 37 38 7-9 Hypertrophy 16 13 ■ 81-25 • 16* 13 75 62-7 Dflatation 15 11- • 73-3 16 9 11 41 46-3 Valvular disease Diseases of arteries and veins : 51 14 27-45 3910 14 164 24-4 Aneurism 6 2 • 40-0 4 •2 11 27-3 Phlebitis Diseases of respiratory organs: 8 3 • 37-5 6 20 30-0 Laryngitis 10 & 50-0 6 51® 20 40-0 Tracheitis 2 2 Bronchitis 150 li ■ 12-’6 • ■84 171® ■371 13-7 Pneumonia. 34 la • 29-4 • 201* ■8 108 26-8 Pleurisy 60 13 • 26-6 341* 15 148 27-0 I Seventeen cases presented more or less the characters of insanity^ * Associated with paraplegia. * In the fatal eases, hemiplegia was associated— in 1 with disease of kidney and efihsion of serum in the ventricles, in 1 with chronic inflammation of brain. * The fatal case presented no organic disease. Paralysis first attacked the muscles of the eyes, then the fauces, and lastly the muscles of respiration. ® Two had also endocarditis. Pericarditis was associated— ' in 8 eases with acute rheumatism, in 3 „ disease of kidney, in 1 „ phthisis, in 4 „ pleurisy. Pleurisy also co-existed in 3 of the rheumatijj cases, and 2 of those with disease of kidney. « Endocarditis was associated— in 4 cases with acute rheumatism, in 2 „ pleurisy. 7 Two of the fatal cases already enumerated under pericarditis. * Twelve had disease of the kidney. 9 had also dropsy. * Eleven had dropsy. 6 had also disease of the kidney. 10 Nineteen had dropsy. II All fatal from purulent contamination of blood. 1* All the fatal cases were phthisical. 1® Of the fatal cases, 10 were associated with disease of heart or kidneys. 4 „ „ emphysema, 2 „ „ pleurisy. 1 „ ,. peritonitis. i< Among those enumerated as complicated cases, eight had both pleurisy and pneumonia.