William Wilkes, 28, Kitchen porter
- 406 PM/1909/69
- Item
- 11 Jan 1909-1 Mar 1909
Occupation or role: Kitchen porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1909
Date of death: 1 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral tumour (trephining). Septic meningo encephalitis. Horse shoe kidney. Double optic neuritis with haemorrhages
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain); Trephining (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic); Encephalitis (Brain); Fused (Kidney); Optic neuritis (Optic nerve);Haemorrhages (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield. Grimsdale, Harold Barr
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient was seen by the Ophthalmic Surgeon on account of headache which he had had for twelve months. The pain was chiefly occipital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a