Item 268 - Ann Milsom, 51, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1864
Date of death: 18 Oct 1864
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This woman, who had been in the hospital repeatedly with dropsy and dyspnoea, was admitted on this occasion with moderate oedema (which had commenced in the feet six months before) and some distension of the belly. On admission the face was blue and the patient breathed with considerable difficulty, sitting far forward in her bed. She was by occupation a cook of sober habits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a