Occupation or role: Traveller
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1927
Date of death: 25 Jul 1927
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative colitis – Fatty degeneration of liver and fatty degeneration of myocardium – Dilatation of ventricles
Disease (standardised): Colitis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Liver, heart); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: 'Previous admission S.R. [Surgical Register] 2167/1926 ē [with] abdominal pain 1 yr [year] ago diagnosed as visceroptosis, supplied with a Curtis abdominal belt. Constipation and some mucus in stools for 1 month. S.R. [Surgical Register] 1587. Severe abdom. [abdominal] pain and increasing distension for the last 7 days. Diarrhoea, tenesmus and the passage of blood and mucus for 4 days. C.O.A. [Condition on Admission] tongue furred. Abdomen tender, distended and resistant. Operation on admission Mr Ewart. Caecostomy performed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Abdomen only'. Pleurae, lungs, mediastinal glands, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, aorta, peritoneum, stomach, appendix, intestines, liver, gall-bladder, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate
Type of incident: n/a