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Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1912
Date of death: 20 Aug 1912
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Heart failure. Cirrhosis of liver. Detached retina. Aortic reflux
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Failure (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver); Detached (Retina); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Grimsdale, Harold Barr
Medical examination performed by: James, Robert Rutson
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for treatment of an old retinal detachment. He then developed delirium tremens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal, skull and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchen porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1909
Date of death: 1 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral tumour (trephining). Septic meningo encephalitis. Horse shoe kidney. Double optic neuritis with haemorrhages
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain); Trephining (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic); Encephalitis (Brain); Fused (Kidney); Optic neuritis (Optic nerve);Haemorrhages (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield. Grimsdale, Harold Barr
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient was seen by the Ophthalmic Surgeon on account of headache which he had had for twelve months. The pain was chiefly occipital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a