Item 290 - George Somers, 36, Shopman

Occupation or role: Shopman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1894
Date of death: 15 Sep 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pernicious anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The family history in this case was to the effect that the mother died of ?? [phthisis] - The patient's wife had had several miscarriages - The patient denied syphilitic taint - When a child he had smallpox and scarlet fever - Since then he had been well up till two years ago when he began to suffer from slight haemorrhage (bright red blood) from the rectum [...] For two years he had been getting progressively weaker, till latterly he has been unable to work or walk - He has been short of breath on exertion'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a