Zoe Whitehead, 61, Monthly nurse
- 406 PM/1892/48
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- 9 Dec 1891-7 Feb 1892
Occupation or role: Monthly nurse
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1891
Date of death: 7 Feb 1892
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of gall-bladder. Secondary growths
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Gall bladder); Growths (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This woman had borne six children. Two months before admission she became jaundiced and there was violent retching. She lost much weight and began to suffer from vomiting after food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pleurae, lungs, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a