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- 11 Jul 1849-28 Sep 1849 (Creation)
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Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849
Date of death: 28 Sep 1849
Disease (transcribed): Displacement of the body of the 6th from the seventh cervical vertebrae. Rupture of the interarticular cartilage between them, compression of the cord, & softening of [cord]
Disease (standardised): Displacement (Spine); Rupture (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a scalp wound 3 or 4 inches longs, extending obliquely over the left parietal bone, which had been inflicted by a fall from a scaffolding from a height of about 11ft into an area’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma / accident
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- Tatum, Thomas (Subject)
- Gray, Henry (Subject)
- Holl, Harvey Buchanan (Subject)