- 406 PM/1878/91
- Unidad documental simple
- 16 Mar 1878-30 Mar 1878
Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1878
Date of death: 30 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of the liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Father consumptive. Patient healthy and without constitutional peculiarity: had suffered from nothing but an attack of rheumatism previously. The catamenia ceased to appear regularly 7 mo. [months] before admn [admission]: occurring twice subsequently; the last about the middle of February. She noticed a swelling in the waist preventing her stays meeting 7 wks [weeks] before admn [admission]. At the time, she was in perfect health, but a week later languor commenced, and was so severe as to make her take to her bed. She lost flesh from that time. Pain, increasing, for about 1 mo [month]. Epistaxis twice or thrice in the 3 wks. [weeks] previous to admn [admission]. Nausea and frequent severe mucous vomiting for a fortnight. The bowels had acted regularly'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spleen, liver, lungs, gall bladder, mesenteric glands, intestines, stomach, pancreas, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a