Item 159 - Edward Isaac, 27, Greengrocer

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1888
Date of death: 4 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of lower lobe of the left lung (delirium tremens)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man said he had had no previous illness except measles when he was a child. When he came in he said he did not take more than 3 half pints of beer daily; but he afterwards admitted that ‘he was not such a f[?] as to decline drinks when they were offered him’. A sister of his said that he drank much beer but did not get drunk’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a