Occupation or role: Butler
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1878
Date of death: 19 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemic deposits in the skin, muscles and lungs. No ascertained cause for pyaemia? Farcy
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Skin); Sepsis (Muscles); Sepsis (Lung); Glanders (Respiratory system, skin);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Attack of rheumatic pains 7 yrs [years] before admn [admission]: smallpox, scarlatina and typhus in early life. A healthy man, without constitutional peculiarities or discovered hereditary tendencies: accustomed to take 1-4 pts [pints] beer and 2 gl. [glasses] of whiskey daily. On Jan [January] 10th, attacked with shivering and general aching on coming out of a hot room. Cough commenced next morning, with clear expectoration (no nasal catarrh). It continued from that time, with frequent shivering, and cold sweats at night; the bowels being regular and the urine as usual. Three times it nearly disappeared under treatment, but relapsed as often, with a similar onset: - rig. [rigors] on Jan [January] 30th, Feb [February] 4th and Mar [March] 11th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, larynx, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, brain, glans penis
Type of incident: n/a