William Deverell, 22, Labourer
- 406 PM/1888/79
- Item
- 23 Feb 1888-24 Feb 1888
Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1888
Date of death: 24 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Purulent meningitis, chiefly over right hemisphere, following disease of right petrous bone and right middle ear
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Disease (Temporal bone, ear)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said that he was in good health till the early morning (12) of the 23rd February. He then shivered and had acute headache. Later in the day he came to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, ears, abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines, thorax, larynx, lungs, heart
Type of incident: n/a