Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1922
Date of death: 5 Jan 1922
Disease (transcribed): Endothelioma of ependymoma – Haemorrhage into left cerebral hemisphere – General atheroma – Commencing atrophy of kidneys – General venous congestion
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Central nervous system); Haemorrhage (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Atrophy (Kidney); Hyperemia (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Gainsborough, Hugh
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: 'History: She was admitted in a comatose condition. 4 days ago she was apparently well. On the following day she felt ill and gradually became comatose. On admission: 3/1/22. T.P.R. [Temperature, pulse, respiration rate] 98, 60, 20. Comatose. The arms were spastic. Pupils pinpoint, equal and no reaction to light. 4/1/22 T.P.R. [Temperature, pulse, respiration rate] 100.2, 70, 20. The left pupil was larger. The arms were less spastic but the lt. [left] leg was spastic. Rt. [Right] K.J. [Knee Jerks] absent. No Babinski response. ?Pareses of the lt. [left] face. Heart. N.A.D. [Nothing abnormal discovered]. S.P. Syst. 175 mm. Albuminuria present'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, membranes, tongue, tonsils, thymus, thyroid, parathyroids, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pulmonary artery, pericardium, heart, coronary vessels, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, bile ducts, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, spleen, ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, stomach, intestines, appendix
Type of incident: n/a