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- 27 Apr 1882-5 May 1882
Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1882
Date of death: 5 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Abscess of heart and endocarditis. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Abscess (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Eight days before admission she had a severe rigor with much vomiting. She was living as a cook in a London family and she described the house as smelling offensively of the drainage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a