Item 178 - Mary Martin, 48, Monthly nurse

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406 PM/1849/178

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Mary Martin, 48, Monthly nurse

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  • 3 Sep 1849-3 Sep 1849 (Creation)

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Occupation or role: Monthly nurse
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1849
Date of death: 3 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Clot in the substance of the right hemisphere. Atheromaous deposit in the arteries of the brain. Hypertrophy of the heart. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Clot (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Brain); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'A monthly nurse. Had left home in the morning in her usual health to take a situation where she was engaged to attend a lady in her confinement, and was seized with pain in the head in walking along the street, which when she reached the hospital was so severe that she felt utterly unable to proceed. She described it as confined to the right side of the head, and being so intense that she could not hold up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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The page refers to case PM/1849/181 (Henry Harris)

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No in register 1849: 2229

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