Item 187 - Alexander Hirsch, 62, Starch maker

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406 PM/1886/187

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Alexander Hirsch, 62, Starch maker

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  • 25 May 1886-26 May 1886 (Creation)

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Occupation or role: Starch maker
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1886
Date of death: 26 May 1886
Disease (transcribed): Dislocation of 5th from 6th vertebrae. Pressure on spinal cord. Excess of fluid in lateral ventricle
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Spine); Pressure (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: While at work in a starch factory his coat caught in some machinery and he was whirled round a shaft several times and then crashed to the ground.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, pancreas, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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  • English

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The case continues on PM/1886/135

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No in Register 1886: 925

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Museum specimen of spinal cord 505 I 69.d

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