- 406 PM/1891/260
- Unidad documental simple
- 4 Jul 1891-11 Jul 1891
Occupation or role: Guitar teacher
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1891
Date of death: 11 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Aortic regurgitation. Cardiac aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Aneurysm (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The mother of this woman was Italian, the father French, but the patient herself had lived always in England. She was unmarried and supported herself by teaching the guitar. In her youth she had ‘inflammation of the lungs' more than once, and afterwards her throat was delicate and she was subject to cough since the age of 14. She lost her voice for a twelvemonth within two years of her death. For 10 or 12 years she had suffered from dyspeptic pains, and during the last three months these pains had been much worse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a