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- 1 Oct 1897-2 Dec 1897 (Creation)
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Occupation or role: C. [Commercial] traveller
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1897
Date of death: 2 Dec 1897
Disease (transcribed): Columnar celled carcinoma of rectum and liver
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Intestines); Carcinoma (Liver) ()
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William and Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'Prev [Previous] and Fam [Family] History. This patient who was a commercial traveller had always enjoyed good health. A brother had died of 'Cancer of the stomach', beyond that there was nothing noteworthy. Pres. [Present] Illness. About 8 wks [weeks] before admission he had noticed pain in the Rt [Right] hypochondrium, which had gradually become worse, spreading over the whole abdomen, and occurring in paroxysms which appeared to have a special relation with taking food, coming on 10 mins [minutes] after ingestion. He had vomited once only before admission after taking indigestible food. There had been no haematemesis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a
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- Ewart, William (Subject)
- Haward, John Warrington (Subject)
- Latham, Arthur Carlyle (Subject)
- Fenton, William James (Subject)