Item 299 - Charles Tame, 28, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1890
Date of death: 31 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Lardaceous disease of kidneys, intestines, liver and spleen
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: He contracted a chancre about the beginning of 1884, which was followed by a rash on the body and sore throat. He was admitted here under Mr Holmes on May 13th 1886 with a syphilitic testicle and syphilitic sores on the elbow. He was readmitted on September 22nd for the same thing. Fourteen says before this readmission the legs swelled and he took to his bed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spleen, liver, suprarenals, kidneys, pancreas, testes, bladder, vesicula seminalis, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, larynx, pericardium, head and brain
Type of incident: n/a