Mary R. Damon, [Occupation not stated]
- 406 PM/1854/43
- Item
- 1 Feb 1854-12 Feb 1854
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 5
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1854
Date of death: 12 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever. Sloughing of the tonsils. Congested cerebral vessels
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Sloughing (Tonsils); Congestion (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This child was brought to the hospital because she had attained the age of 5 years without ever having been able to walk. She was very diminutive, but had not otherwise the aspect of disease. Her teeth it was remarked were small & ill-developed, and her manner indicated some degree of imbecility’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium & spine, pharynx & larynx, thorax, abdomen
Type of injury: n/a