Elizabeth Humphrey, 43, Married
- 406 PM/1864/8
- Pièce
- 27 Oct 1863-6 Jan 1864
Fait partie de Post Mortem Examinations and Case Books
Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1863
Date of death: 6 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of leg. Bed sores
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Was admitted on October 27th 1863 with diffuse cellular inflammation of the right leg, from the knee to the ankle. An attempt was made to save the skin by timely incisions, but it had quite lost its vitality, and in the course of a week became a mass of slough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, head, chest, abdomen (‘the right leg had been amputated about the middle of the thigh’)
Type of incident: n/a