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- 20 Jun 1878-28 Jul 1878 (Creation)
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Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1878
Date of death: 28 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Weakly since marriage: rheumatic fever at 33: diaphoresis habitually scanty: fat not tolerated. Previous history of good health and natural functions. Forty seven days before admn [admission], she began to experience slight malaise and aching of limbs. Two days later a degree of icterus was established, which did not vary up to admission. After another two she began to vomit: vomiting from that time occurred on an average once a day: frothy matter vomited. Severe pain in the epigastrium appeared the day after the vomiting: it recurred afterwards at irregular intervals, generally in the evening to last all night. Loss of flesh during the illness: bowels fairly regular'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys
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- Barclay, Andrew Whyte (Subject)
- Ewart, William (Subject)
- Owen, Herbert Isambard (Subject)