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Jonathan Wathen< no role > of Bartholomew Lane London
Surgeon maketh Oath that having been applied to
open and examine a new born Male Child found a
large wound in the Fore part of the Neck in which
the Wind Pipe,theand Gullet were totally divided
as was also half the Spine of the Neck together with
the Arti [..] es and Veins anning march side of the
Neck; that then Dept. opened the Chist & extracted the
Lungs which being put in Water swam upon the
Surface; that the Child appeared to be a strong full
grown Child and that the wound aforesd. was the
immediate and abselute cause of the death of the sd.
Child as this Dept. verilybelivebelieves and that the
wounds & hunts appeared to Dept. to be given by
a Knife or other sharp shut Instrument.

Jonan: Wathen< no role >

The said Jonathan Wathen< no role > further deposed that
having seen the aged Woman he [..]
a [..] hed at him of [..] had been delivered of a Child & he acknowledged to this Dept. that she
had been Yesterday delivered of a Child and that
her Name was Elizabeth Parkins< no role > This name instance is in set 706. This set is in the group(s): MothersOBP . [..]
[..]
according to the bast of this Dept. recollection.

Jonan: Wathen< no role >




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