Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1849
Date of death: 27 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Old pleuritic adhesions. Old pericardial adhesions. Heart hypertrophied. Vegetations on the mitral & aortic semilunar valves. Liver & kidneys congested
Disease (standardised): Adhesion (Lungs, heart); Disease (Heart); Vegetation (Heart); Congestion (Liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted almost in a moribund state, suffering from universal anasarca, and ascites, with great difficulty of breathing, cough & palpitation of the heart. The history that was obtained of the case amounted to this that he had been in the hospital with rheumatic fever 4 years ago when he was cupped on the region of the heart, that he had suffered from palpitations & shortness of breath ever since, and that about 6 weeks ago dropsy had commenced’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a