Item 170 - Jeremiah Noon alias Calvin, Pugilist

Occupation or role: Pugilist
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1871
Date of death: 1 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of the aorta. Atheroma. Hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This patient, a prize-fighter, who had led an intemperate life, had been the subject of acute rheumatism twenty years previously, had been ill for nine months with cough & dyspnoea, & had been told that his heart was affected. Last winter he had a severe attack of bronchitis. He stated that he had not been dropsical for more than a fortnight’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a