Annie Gledhill, 30, Dressmaker
- 406 PM/1891/348
- Unidad documental simple
- 17 Jul 1891-23 Sep 1891
Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1891
Date of death: 23 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of the duodenum (sarcomatous)
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Sarcoma
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This patient was born in India but came to England in infancy and lived chiefly at Winchester till the age of 20. Then she came to London and worked as a dressmaker, enjoying fair health till Christmas 1889 when she had an attack of the then prevalent influenza accompanied by diarrhoea and much coryza. She did not regain her former health but remained weak and suffered a good deal from vomiting. In August 1890 she was obliged to give up business on account of progressive weakness and frequent expulsions from the mouth of foul gas ‘smelling like rotten eggs', the latter being so noisome that she could not stay in the same room with other people. Since Christmas 1890 she had been confined to bed, a medical man having diagnosed gastric ulcer'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a