The author of The Mummy's Foot died of consumption in 1872.
The Mummy's Foot (French: "Le Pied de momie" ) is a gothic short story by the French writer Thophile Gautier, first published in 1840. 
Pierre Jules Thophile Gautier (] ; 30 August 1811  23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. 
