Item 185 - John Shields, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1854
Date of death: 17 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy. Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under the care of the surgeon with fistula in ano. On the very day of his admission he had slight haemoptysis, and it appeared that he had been suffering from cough for 2 or 3 years past’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a