- 406 PM/1867/207
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- 6 May 1867-16 Aug 1867
Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1867
Date of death: 16 Aug 1867
Disease (transcribed): Softening of spinal cord. Effusion of lymphatic theca
Disease (standardised): Softening (Spinal cord); Effusion (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man, a greengrocer by day, a dancer and scene shifter by night, had had syphilis two and a half years before admission and since that time had suffered from secondaries for which he had been treated with mercury.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a