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- 20 Oct 1845-20 Oct 1845 (Creation)
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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1845
Date of death: 20 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive comminuted fracture of the skull with laceration of the brain & haemorrhage into the cavity of the arachnoid, into the ventricles and into the orbits
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient shortly before his admission fell from one of the trees in the park, a distance of 14 feet upon his head. When admitted there was ecchymosis of both eyelids, and of the cellular membrane beneath the conjunctiva. He was in a state of complete coma with apparent paralysis and complete loss of sensation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma / accident
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- Keate, Robert (Subject)
- Hewett, Prescott Gardner (Subject)
- Lee, Henry (Subject)