- 406 PM/1890/285
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- n/a-21 Aug 1890
Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 21 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of descending part of arch. Rupture into left bronchus
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Bronchi)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man was a valet who for twenty years had been addicted to excessive spirit drinking. He spent fifteen years of his youth in the army in India, and there suffered from severe chancre, not known to be followed by secondary symptoms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchus, aorta, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, duodenum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, kidneys, testes, skull and brain
Type of incident: n/a