Individual Details
Alexander Stevenson
(7 Dec 1911 - 1922)
Marlene Williamsons Notes:
Place of death: Royal Infirmary, Glasgow
Notes: (Medical):Cancrum otis - A severe, destructive, eroding ulcer o f the cheek and lip, rapidly proceeding to sloughing. In the last centur y it was seen in delicate, ill-fed, ill-tended children between the age s of two and five. The disease was the result of poor hygiene acting upo n a debilitated system. It commonly followed one of the eruptive fevers a nd was often fatal. The destructive disease could, in a few days, lead t o gangrene of the lips, cheeks, tonsils, palate, tongue, and even half th e face; teeth would fall from their sockets, and a horribly fetid saliv a flowed from the parts
Place of death: Royal Infirmary, Glasgow
Notes: (Medical):Cancrum otis - A severe, destructive, eroding ulcer o f the cheek and lip, rapidly proceeding to sloughing. In the last centur y it was seen in delicate, ill-fed, ill-tended children between the age s of two and five. The disease was the result of poor hygiene acting upo n a debilitated system. It commonly followed one of the eruptive fevers a nd was often fatal. The destructive disease could, in a few days, lead t o gangrene of the lips, cheeks, tonsils, palate, tongue, and even half th e face; teeth would fall from their sockets, and a horribly fetid saliv a flowed from the parts
Events
| Birth | 7 Dec 1911 | Shettleston, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 1922 | Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland | |||
| FamilySearch Id | 9KP8-WFX |
Families
| Father | John Stevenson (1871 - 1962) |
| Mother | Annie McNair (1872 - 1944) |