Letter 0755

Patient Details

• Patient info
  Name: N/A Unnamed Boy
  Gender:
  Age:14 years old
• Description

  Described as being of a sanguine constitution.

• Diagnosis

  Iliac passion (an obstruction of the bowel) that resulted in the boy's death. Vaughan dissected the boy the next day. There was something in the liver larger than usual and he found in the boy's intestines what appeared to be a contused wound, 3 or 4 days old.

• Treatment
  Previous Treatment:

  Vaughan had administered a liniment roughly 3-4 hours before the boy had died.

  
  Ongoing Treatment:
  Response:

  The boy vomited out Vaughan's liniment an hour before his death.

• More information
• Medical problem reference
  Iliac passion, Death, Stomach, Pain