Item 195 - Mary Weatherall, 49, Marble polisher

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406 PM/1891/195

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Mary Weatherall, 49, Marble polisher

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  • 21 May 1891-21 May 1891 (Creation)

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Occupation or role: Marble polisher
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 May 1891
Date of death: 21 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Fatty degeneration of right ventricle of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted in a dying state, pulseless and cyanosed, and lived a few minutes only. She had borne twelve children, and had been for the most part in good health. No history could be obtained of rheumatism of other serious illness, and it was stated that her habits were abstemious in the matter of alcohol. For six months she had been extremely short of breath upon the slightest exertion. On May 20th she took to bed on account of increased dyspnoea, and soon became unable to leave it. During her transference to the hospital she became unconscious'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, abdomen, thorax

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No in register 1891: 927

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