Item 421 - Louisa Rushen, 57, [No occupation stated]

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406 PM/1881/421

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Louisa Rushen, 57, [No occupation stated]

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  • 1 Nov 1881-26 Dec 1881 (Creation)

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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1881
Date of death: 26 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Sarcomata of cranium, scapula, ilium & of thyroid gland &c.
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Skull, shoulder, hip, thyroid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted into the surgical ward with an enlargement of the thyroid body of some 20 years standing, rapidly increasing during the last year. There was also a tumour on the scalp, looking not unlike a sebaceous cyst but less moveable, of some 7 months' growth and about the size of an orange. No head symptoms of any kind'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

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The case continues in PM/1881/414 and PM/1881/425

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No in register 1881: 1726

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Preparation 4345 (tumour of the thyroid gland)

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