Item 122 - Eliza Swoffer, 30, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1865
Date of death: 21 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of hip. ‘Amyloid’ disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Disease of the hip first appeared when she was six years old. After the birth of her youngest child three years ago, an abscess appeared.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a