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Account to Dept. three or four times at the Hospital
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during the first fortnight after his being there but not
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since. And this Dept. further says that on the 24th. day of
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January he went from the Hospital to Mr. Ferrens in
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who told this Dept. that he pushed the
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Deced out of his House of the Man that struck him in
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the House the Night before, to Fight, because he would
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have no Fighting there.
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William Knight
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Thomas Keate
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House Surgeon at
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St. George's Hospital
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in the
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on his Oath Saith
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That
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Abraham Javelleaue
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was brought to said Hospital Janr. 24th.
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about one
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o Clock
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Morning being then a little in Liquor
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on Examining the Deced, Dept. discovered a large Wound
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on the right side of his Head, and many Bruises in different
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parts of his Body, Says that the Deced became better the next
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day and continued so for the 1st. five or six days, but had a
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considerable Degree of Fever from the Beginning, together
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with an intense pain in his Head, about that time other
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dangerous Symptons came on and the Fever and pain in
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his Head increased. About a fortnight after his Admission
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he was seized with a violent Cough, and the other bad Symptons
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continued, not with standing the utmost care was taken
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of him till he died on
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February 20th
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. about three o'Clock
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in the Morning. Says that he this day carefully Examined
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the dead Body of the Deced, and found the following appearances
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Vizt. In his Head immediately under the Wound an unusual
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thicker'd Appearance of the dura Mater, and in another part
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a Tendeney towards Mortification In the Breast, general
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Adhesion of the Lungs to the Plaura, and upon cutting into
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the Lungs, matter, No Mischief or Morbis appearance in
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the Abdomen, Says that from the above Accot. it is
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probable that the Fever, Pain in his
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Head and other
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bad Symptones were occasioned by the Wound and Briuses
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which he had received; but it is reasonable to suppose that
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the Caugh and Disease of the Lungs was not the Effect of the
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Injury then done him, The Diseased appearance of the
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dura Mater after Death was without doubt the Consequence
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of the Wound, and might have given rise to many of the
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bad Symptons that ensued. How far the Disease of the
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