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23rd January 1786 - 18th December 1786

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Image 447 of 68121st September 1786


John Dege< no role > of Isleworth Surgeon upon his Oath Saith that
he in Company with John Couch< no role > of the same place Surgeon
hath their day opened the head and Body of the deceased
and found the head in every respect both external and
internal perfectly sound and on opening and inspecting
the Body did not persons any bruise or injury either
internal or external her bowels very Empty and
had the appearance of a bilious pinging the Gall
bladder was extended and fuller than common her Lung
had the Appearance of a person in a decline, and the
Vigma had the appearance of a Veneral Complaint as
it was much inflamed the apparently an old land
Saith that he has been informed of the ill usage the deced
received by Water and Much being flung upon her
on the day before her Death and also of the Situation
in which she passed the Night, and was found dead in the Morning and
in of Opinion that if she had not received the ill usage
by water and much being flung upon her and could have got to
some place to have been taken proper Care of she might
have lived two or three days longer or even after she
had she received that ill usage if she could have had
proper Care taken of her she might haveleftlived tow or
three days longer but if she had not been ill used
at all and had lain under the rich on the Wet Night
as described the inclemoney of the Weather might have
hastened her Deathand further that if the had not
lain under the Rich but under Cover (the not is a proper
place) search to Preventbut frombeing exposed to the Weather it is
probable the ill usage she received might have occasioned




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